#1940

Ian 😎🍺

Grittygroblet

Time to do a little research on something that has been #lurkingintheloft since inheriting from the out-laws a while back. No prizes for guessing what is in the bag... 1/

Jeffro Johnson

JohnsonJeffro

Around 1980 or so, pop culture ceased to be an expression of culture, but instead because a SUBSTITUTE for culture. With each succeeding decade, it has become more infiltrated, more

Rory Yeomans

YeomansRory

It's nearly 80 years since the series of atrocities known as the Glina massacres took place. There are still people alive today who were small children at the time. In

GOLFTV

GOLFTV

Jack Nicklaus' career in ten tweets. The thread. Nicklaus was born in Ohio in 1940. His father was a scratch golfer which led to Jack taking up golf at 10.

The Royal Family

RoyalFamily

“I have decided to create at once a new mark of honour for men and women in all walks of civilian life.”80 years ago today, King George VI announced the

David Burge

iowahawkblog

It's an all-wreck #DavesCarIDService today, brought to you by Like-Nu Body & Fender and Bondo Bodyman, the Miracle Dent Filler Leading off our parade of hulks today is this unfortunate

Gabelou 🛃🛂

gabelou_delta

Parlons histoire de la douane. On va surtout parler douane moderne, sinon on pourrait parler pendant des jours ;) #histoiredouane Le père de la douane moderne en France n'est nul

Stephen Moore

smooreBofB1940

1. As September ends, the 80th commemoration of the Battle of Britain continues. Whilst the Battle officially ran from 10 July to 31 October, due the dates chosen by Dowding

Marina Amaral

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WITOLD PILECKI died #OnThisDay in 1948.Pilecki was a reserve officer in the Polish Army, born in Olonets, Russia. During WWII, while attached to a Polish resistance group, he volunteered for

Stephen Green

one_short

A personal thread. Today my family were due to be commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Glowworm in the Battle of Narvik and the death of my

William H. Hannon Library

LMULibrary

May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth . We have thousands of e-books on the topic for LMU students, faculty, and staff interested in learning more. Here are 5 titles that illustrate some of

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Keynes's 1940 pamphlet "How to Pay For the War" reframed the question of large-scale project financing. Rather than focusing on money (which governments can print at will), it focused on

India Wants To Know - Panel Quiz Show

IWTKQuiz

Imagine a world with no countriesImagine all the people living in peaceImagine no need for greed or hungerImagine all the people sharing all the worldSome say he's a dreamer, but

duaa

DuaaDa

Bayonne Festival In Basque Country (Les Fêtes de Bayonne) #fetedebayonneA thread https://duaamumin.wordpress.com/2020/11/07/bayonne-festival-in-basque-country-les-fetes-de-bayonne/ I was lucky enough to attend the biggest festival in F

Steve Hunnisett

Blitzwalker

Greetings virtual Blitz walkers, wherever you are. Something of a mixed day with the weather in London but we're gathered outside Sloane Square Underground Station to begin our exploration of

Alexis Karklins-Marchay 🇫🇷+🇺🇸

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Parmi les hommes exceptionnels qui ont incarné l’âme de la France au 20e siècle, Philippe ‘Leclerc’ de Hauteclocque occupe une place à part. Retour sur le destin hors norme d’un