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Working Class History<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OtD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OtD</span></a> 4 Apr 1966 So Sau-chung launched a hunger strike in Hong Kong, then a British colony, in protest against a 25% price increase for the Star Ferry. He was arrested and jailed, which led to riots, and an upsurge of discontent with British colonial rule. <a href="https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e30-31-the-hong-kong-riots-1967/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">workingclasshistory.com/podcas</span><span class="invisible">t/e30-31-the-hong-kong-riots-1967/</span></a></p>
armadillosoft<p>Belated, sigh <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 4/3/19 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aBirdAday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aBirdAday</span></a> (or more) Bushtit on the Pillar Point Bluffs</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/32746486737/in/album-72157706722584691/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/armadillosof</span><span class="invisible">t/32746486737/in/album-72157706722584691/</span></a></p>
armadillosoft<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> 4/4/21 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aBirdAday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aBirdAday</span></a> (or more) Spotted towhee in the neighborhood</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/51096286115/in/album-72157718906089915" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/armadillosof</span><span class="invisible">t/51096286115/in/album-72157718906089915</span></a></p>
Alex Ross<p>WCCO radio coverage of the assasination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> in 1968 <a href="https://youtu.be/ucCmEhoL1N8?si=BrDpL0975g9ZxlEF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/ucCmEhoL1N8?si=BrDpL0</span><span class="invisible">975g9ZxlEF</span></a></p>
Alex Ross<p>At Riverside Church in New York City, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr delivers his speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" in which he expresses opposition to the Vietnam War <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> in 1967 <a href="https://youtu.be/vSIAHeQ01Wc?si=MR2pAsUjKY9ev7SR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/vSIAHeQ01Wc?si=MR2pAs</span><span class="invisible">UjKY9ev7SR</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> 4 Apr 1935 bodies of German anti-Nazi activists Dora Fabian and Mathilde Wurm were found in London. Despite burglaries and threats, the deaths were ruled suicide, while the British government and media was keen to appease Hitler <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10399/german-anti-nazis-found-dead-in-london" 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/10399/german-anti-nazis-found-dead-in-london</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> 4 Apr 1886 Rev Newman Smith, pastor in New Haven, CT, delivered a lecture at the Labor Lyceumwhere he condemned strikes. He said they "killed the goose that lays the golden eggs", and argued strikers should try to prevent scabs from working. More: <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7950/pastor-condemns-strikes" 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/7950/pastor-condemns-strikes</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> 4 Apr 1525 5000 peasants took part in the ‘Battle of Leipheim', one of the early battles of the German Peasants' War. Confronted by over 8000 better armed troops controlled by local nobles, the peasants lost but the revolt continued <a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10398/battle-of-leipheim" 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/10398/battle-of-leipheim</span></a></p>
Mathzy<p>Went for a run today and it felt like summer with temperatures easily rising above 20℃.</p><p>Interesting that (almost) <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 2008 we had heavy snow in early April in Portsmouth!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Portsmouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portsmouth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Pompey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/LangstoneHarbour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LangstoneHarbour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Hampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hampshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897) was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 4 April – a 🎂 🧵</p><p>“MISS MARJORIBANKS (1866) is surely the most interesting and entertaining example of a woman writing about men in the 19th century”</p><p>—Tom Crewe in the London Review of Books on Margaret Oliphant’s 1866 novel MISS MARJORIBANKS</p><p>1/7</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n14/tom-crewe/on-the-shelf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n14/to</span><span class="invisible">m-crewe/on-the-shelf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Oliphant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oliphant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MargaretOliphant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MargaretOliphant</span></a></p>
Writers of Wrongs<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1961: U.S. officials arrested <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Mafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mafia</span></a> boss Carlos <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Marcello" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Marcello</span></a> and immediately deported him to Guatemala, the country named on his fraudulent birth record.</p><p>Read about it:<br /><a href="https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/deported-to-guatemala-due-to-fake-birth.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/de</span><span class="invisible">ported-to-guatemala-due-to-fake-birth.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mafiahistory" class="u-url mention">@<span>mafiahistory</span></a></span></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 4) 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>: Piraino is charged with assault in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brooklyn</span></a>, Drucci is killed by a <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> detective, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Schultz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schultz</span></a> surrenders after 10 weeks in hiding, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Bompensiero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bompensiero</span></a> enters federal prison, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Marcello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marcello</span></a> is deported from <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewOrleans</span></a>, Dellacroce's son dies in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>, Salemme is charged with theft in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</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>4 Apr 1628: Commissioners are appointed (under a 33 Hen VIII law) to boost <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> They paid 1s per new bow cut. The scheme ended 1631 in a scandal. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cashforbows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cashforbows</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>4 Apr 1623: Bl. William Tirry Augustinian is consecrated Bishop of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cork</span></a> &amp; Cloyne at Brussels <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> Hanged on 2 May 1654 in his habit at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Clonmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clonmel</span></a> Co. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tipperary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tipperary</span></a>, then buried in the ruined <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Augustinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Augustinian</span></a> Abbey at Fethard. </p><p>(Photo of SS Michel et Gudule: I, Luc Viatour)</p>
Veit Schiele<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1984, George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four about the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation begins: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen</span><span class="invisible">_Eighty-Four</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSpeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpeak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThoughtPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtPolice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1984.</p><p>The narrative of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) begins and causes widespread discussion. G. K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) is also set in this year; and Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 (2009–2010) is set in a parallel version of it.</p><p>There has been a theory that 1984 was chosen simply as an inversion of the year 1948, the year in which it was being completed.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen</span><span class="invisible">_Eighty-Four</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Napoleon_of_Notting_Hill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Napo</span><span class="invisible">leon_of_Notting_Hill</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1Q84" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1Q84</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Wikinaut<p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/H%C3%B6rtipp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hörtipp</span></a><br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/20250404date" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20250404date</span></a><br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/ZeitzeichenWDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZeitzeichenWDR</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/WDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WDR</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Zeitzeichen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zeitzeichen</span></a><br>Oscar für den Dokumentarfilm "Serengeti darf nicht sterben" <a href="https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/zeitzeichen/audio-oscar-fuer-den-dokumentarfilm-serengeti-darf-nicht-sterben-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/ze</span><span class="invisible">itzeichen/audio-oscar-fuer-den-dokumentarfilm-serengeti-darf-nicht-sterben-100.html</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@wikinaut" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikinaut</span></a></span>)</p>
Wikinaut<p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/H%C3%B6rtipp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hörtipp</span></a><br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/20250404date" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20250404date</span></a><br><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/KalenderblattDLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KalenderblattDLF</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/DLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DLF</span></a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Kalenderblatt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kalenderblatt</span></a><br>Computer-Geschichte - Bill Gates und Paul Allen schaffen Software für die Welt <a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/04-04-1975-bill-gates-and-paul-allen-gruenden-das-unternehmen-microsoft-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deutschlandfunk.de/04-04-1975-</span><span class="invisible">bill-gates-and-paul-allen-gruenden-das-unternehmen-microsoft-100.html</span></a> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@wikinaut" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikinaut</span></a></span>)</p>
jdmccafferty<p>4 Apr 1508: Andrew Myllar prints off the first printed book in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> (eebo)</p>
jdmccafferty<p>4 Apr 1659: Sarah Cheevers &amp; Katharine Evans <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Quaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quaker</span></a> missionaries are imprisoned by the Inquisition in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Malta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> (eebo) Released July 1662.</p>
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