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📰 On this day 🔹532 Nika riots begin in Constantinople, a revolt against Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that leaves half the city burned and thousands dead. The riots were prompted by the failed execution of chariot racing supporters and only stopped after Empress Theodora refused to flee, forcing her husband to…

Former President Barack Obama talks with President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump listens and as former President Geroge W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice President Kamala Harris, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff arrive, before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan.

Drivers take part in a car demolition derby organised by the Cars and Motorcycles Sport Association (Malta) to raise funds for the Puttinu Cares children's cancer support group in Ta' Qali, Malta, January 5. 📸 #Picstr Darrin Zammit Lupi #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1879 Anglo-Zulu War begins as British Lieutenant-General Lord Chelmsford invades Zululand in South Africa #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

Pink flamingos are reflected in water at sunset in the Camargue regional natural park in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, southern France, January 9. 📸 #Picstr Manon Cruz #Nostr | #plebchain…

The head of a 276-kilogram bluefin tuna that was auctioned for 207 million Japanese yen (about 1.3 million U.S. dollars) is carried by a sushi chef at an Onodera sushi restaurant after the first tuna auction of the New Year in Tokyo, Japan, January 5. 📸 #Picstr Issei…

📰 On this day 🔹1839 Louis Daguerre demonstrates his 'daguerreotype' photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire as it burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, January 7. 📸 #Picstr Ringo Chiu #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹2016 Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announces the recapture of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán six months after his escape from prison #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

A missile flies during what North Korean state media KCNA says is a test of a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile at an undisclosed location. 📸 #Picstr KCNA #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1610 Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa and Ganymede Astronomer and Physicist Galileo Galilei #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

Jurrien Spoelstra, Holoconnects sales director EMEA, demonstrates the Holobox Mini, during CES Unveiled at CES 2025, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 5, 2025. 📸 #Picstr Steve Marcus #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1838 Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate their telegraph machine in New Jersey #OTD | #PlebChain | the first #Nostr…

An effigy of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is covered in snow during a protest against him near his official residence on a snowy day in Seoul, South Korea, January 5, 2025. 📸 #Picstr Tyrone Siu #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1477 Battle of Nancy: Swiss Confederacy led by René II decisively defeats the Duchy of Burgundy, 7,000+ killed including the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

The northern lights appear over homes in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. 📸 #Picstr Mark Thiessen #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church for failing to recant parts of his Ninety-five Theses which started the Protestant Reformation #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

The artwork Bright Dreams by French-Swiss artist Saype, which represents a girl holding a lighthouse pointing to a dingy boat filled with migrants, in support of the humanitarian sea rescue association SOS Mediterranee, in Irchelpark, Zurich, Switzerland. The work covers an area of 4,500 square meters using biodegradable…