Tammi Minoski 🟦
@TammiMinoski
Graduate of Kent State University. Lover of books and classic rock. Proponent of the Oxford comma. Common sense rules the day; no political party‼
"Lance Armstrong wins seventh Tour de France." How is this still considered history after what we now know regarding Armstrong and his doping? @HistoryChanneI
On July 23, 1938: The Nazis took another step in the systematic persecution of #Jews by enacting compulsory ID cards. This mandated that Jews were required to carry special identity cards that indicated their Jewish heritage. ghdi.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?… #JewishHistory #Holocaust
#OTD 1973: The Supreme Court, in the case of United States v. Nixon, unanimously ordered President Richard #Nixon to release the 64 subpoenaed White House tapes to Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. #Watergate #USHIstory
#OTD 1948: The USSR initiated the #BerlinBlockade, cutting off all land and water access to West Berlin. A major event of the #ColdWar, it was a response to the Western Allies' plans to unify their occupation zones and introduce a new currency the Deutsche Mark.#ColdWarHist
#OTD 1509: #HenryVIII was crowned King of England, and his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned Queen Consort. gcollinsandsons.com/en-us/pages/th… #EuropeanHistory
#OTD 1959: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Vice President #RichardNixon debated capitalism and communism in a model kitchen during an American Exhibition in Moscow. cia.gov/library/readin… #KitchenDebate #ColdWarHist
#OTD 1847: #BrighamYoung led 148 #Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley. This resulted in the establishment of Salt Lake City. This date is commemorated annually as #PioneerDay in Utah and by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
#OTD 1945: "On July 24, I casually mentioned to Stalin that we had a new weapon of unusual destructive force ... All he said was he was glad to hear it and hoped we would make 'good use of it against the Japanese.'" - President #HarrySTruman at Potsdam. #WWII #AtomicBomb
Anyone going to be in Chicago for #TheWho concert in September?
#RevWar #AmRev
17 Jul 1776 Philadelphia, PA. The Continental Congress learns of and approves of Gen. Washington's refusal to accept a dispatch from British Gen. William Howe and his brother, Adm. Richard Viscount Howe, due to their refusal to address him as General. #RevWar #History #AmRev
This was my exact uniform! They did a few things absolutely better than anyone else and then messed up their brand by cutting corners. I haven’t eaten at @Wendys in years due to poor quality and service.
I miss when @Wendys was the best burger in town! #nostalgia
#OTD 2011: Singer #AmyWinehouse died at her Camden Square home in London of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. Any struggled throughout her life with substance abuse, mental illness and addiction. #MusicHistory #PopCulture
#OTD 1967: Hundreds of people riot on #Detroit's westside, throwing stones and bottles at store fronts and looting them. The #raceriot was set off after police raided an after-hours club called a blind pig on 12th Street. freep.com/pages/interact… #USHistory #1960s
#OTD 1914: After the assassination of Archduke #FranzFerdinand, the Austro-Hungarian government issued Serbia with an ultimatum containing specific demands in order to prevent an escalation. ww1.habsburger.net/en/chapters/ul… #WWI
#OTD 1914: Archduke #FranzFerdinand, heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in the streets of Sarajevo. Opening the door to the #GreatWar in Europe. #WWI #EuropeanHistory
#OTD 1984: #VanessaWilliams resigned as #MissAmerica after Penthouse magazine announced plans to publish nude photos of her. But the wonderful songstress and actress proved that she didn’t need their award. #PopCulture
#OTD 1999: A private invitation-only memorial was held to celebrate the lives of #JohnKennedyJr and his wife Carolyn, at the Church of St. Thomas More in New York. John’s uncle, Sen. Ted Kennedy, delivered the eulogy. jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jf… #KennedyHistory
