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Punkrock History<p>48 years ago today<br>The Misfits play their first show ever at CBGB, April 18, 1977, New York City. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punks</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punkrock</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hardcorepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardcorepunk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/horrorpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horrorpunk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/misfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misfits</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cbgb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cbgb</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punkrockhistory</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a></p>
Punkrock History<p>Happy Birthday Lucky Lehrer, drummer for Circle Jerks, Redd Kross, Bad Religion, Darby Crash Band and Wasted Youth, born on this day in 1958, New York City </p><p>Photo by Alison Braun (Circle Jerks, Lucky Lehrer. Florentine Gardens September 6,1981) </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punks</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punkrock</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/drummer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drummer</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkdrummer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punkdrummer</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/luckylehrer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luckylehrer</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punkrockhistory</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 200 years ago, France forced Haiti to pay for its own freedom—150 million francs, extorted under threat of war. </p><p>That ransom bled the world’s first Black republic dry and still reverberates through Haiti today. </p><p>Now Haitians are asking: When will France pay reparations? <a href="https://buff.ly/UCpHhS1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/UCpHhS1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Working Class History<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OtD</span></a> 17 Apr 1958 Belgium opened the world fair, and included a ‘human zoo' displaying Black men, women and children from the Congo. The people used were mocked by white spectators, until they left in October. More about Belgian colonialism in this book: <a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collections/books/products/lord-leverhulme-s-ghosts-colonial-exploitation-in-the-congo-jules-marchal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shop.workingclasshistory.com/e</span><span class="invisible">n-gb/collections/books/products/lord-leverhulme-s-ghosts-colonial-exploitation-in-the-congo-jules-marchal</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 1654: St John Lloyd of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Brecon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brecon</span></a> is sent home to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ghent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ghent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> He ministered on the Glamorgan-Monmouthshire border area. Executed with St Phlip Evans at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cardiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cardiff</span></a> in July 1679 (eebo/Therese Wynn-Davies)</p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 1194: Richard I holds a solemn crown-wearing at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Winchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Winchester</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a></p>
Chris Bond<p>Recorded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> 47 years ago:</p><p>The Slits - Peel Session 1978</p><p>The complete session recorded by The Slits on 17 April 1978 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 22 May 1978.</p><p>Tracklist:</p><p>1. So Tough (0:07)<br>2. Instant Hit (2:22)<br>3. FM (4:51)</p><p><a href="https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2012/05/slits-peel-session-1978.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2012</span><span class="invisible">/05/slits-peel-session-1978.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheSlits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSlits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeelSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeelSessions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Punk</span></a></p>
Ԏєηυкι, 手抜き🚀🐧♏ 🔭 ⚫⚪<p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> (<a href="https://norden.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/raumfshrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raumfshrt</span></a>) 1998 startete die letzte Spacelab (D!) Mission (v.22 seit 1983) mit STS-90 und dem NeuroLab unter Leitung der Neuro-Wissenschaftlerin Anne Mary Frey (1934-2019). Ca 500 Tiere ( 200 Ratten, Mäuse) neben Astronauten als Testpersonen wurden nachhaltig untersucht. Ergebnis: Mensch altert im Space schneller . Und Altern ist reversibel.</p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 1643: Bl. Henry Heath <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Franciscan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Franciscan</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Peterborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peterborough</span></a> A convert, he was executed <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> , in religion he was called Paul of St. Mary Magdalen. (BM)</p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 1320: Canonization <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> of St. Thomas Cantilupe, former Lord Chancellor of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> who died in 1282. </p><p>Three Lords Chancellor of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> called Thomas, all canonised saints... (Dilif/eebo)</p><p>They don’t make them like that any more.</p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 1530: From this day <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> government tripled the daily wage of the diplomat and Orator to the Holy See, Thomas Cranmer (NPG) Did they get value for money?</p>
Working Class History<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OtD</span></a> 17 Apr 1920 dockers in Dublin refused to load foodstuffs destined for England. The action helped relieve severe food shortages in Dublin, which had been dire since 1917, while huge quantities of food were shipped to Britain <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8849/dublin-dockers-refuse-to-load-food-for-england" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/8849/dublin-dockers-refuse-to-load-food-for-england</span></a></p>
Blätter<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>: Heute vor 500 Jahren ereignet sich während des Bauernkriegs die »Weinsberger Bluttat«. Sie war ein Fanal. Zur Geschichte des Bauernkrieges schrieb Albert Scharenberg: <a href="https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024/september/zwoelf-artikel-fuer-die-freyheyt-500-jahre-grosser-bauernkrieg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024/septe</span><span class="invisible">mber/zwoelf-artikel-fuer-die-freyheyt-500-jahre-grosser-bauernkrieg</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 1599: b. Patrick [Christopher] Fleming, Clonkeen Co. Louth <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> future <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Franciscan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Franciscan</span></a>, hagiographer of St. Columbanus, founder of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Franciscan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Franciscan</span></a> college in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Prague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prague</span></a>, killed at Beneschau on 7 Nov 1631 (GoogleBooks/@ucdarchives)</p>
Working Class History<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OtD</span></a> 17 Apr 1912 Russian troops shot over 500 striking gold miners protesting against inhumane conditions, killing over 250 and crushing the strike. Although many of the surviving workers joined the revolution five years later <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8848/lena-massacre" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stories.workingclasshistory.co</span><span class="invisible">m/article/8848/lena-massacre</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 615: the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> Abbot Donnán &amp; his community are burnt to death by pirates in their refectory <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> on the Isle of Eigg (Nick R) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 50 years ago, Khmer Rouge tanks rolled into Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, launching four years of a regime that “brought terror to the nation through ideological purges, forced labor, and racial genocide of minority groups.” <a href="https://buff.ly/94BVakM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/94BVakM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Sophal Ear, Arizona State University</p>
Tom Hunt<p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> (Apr 17) in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a>: Bill the Butcher is acquitted, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> counterfeiters are sentenced, Amato is murdered in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Petrosino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petrosino</span></a> nabs <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Alfano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alfano</span></a>, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> slaver gets prison, gangsters are found dead in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/YoungstownOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoungstownOH</span></a> poolroom, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Colosimo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colosimo</span></a> takes a new bride, Rossi is killed in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brooklyn</span></a>, Philip <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Mangano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mangano</span></a> disappears, Genovese leaders get long sentences, body of <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> mobster found in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/BronxNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BronxNY</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mafiahistory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mafiahistory</span></a></span></p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 1656: State funeral <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> of James Ussher, Archbishop of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Armagh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Armagh</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dubliner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dubliner</span></a>, outstanding scholar of his generation, using the proscribed Church of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> Prayer Book in St. Erasmus Chapel <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> (Bodleian)</p>
jdmccafferty<p>17 Apr 1534: Having refused the Oath in the Act of Succession on 12 April, former Lord Chancellor, Thomas More is imprisoned <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> in the Tower of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> (NPG)</p>
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