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📰 On this day 🔹1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his famous "Day of Infamy" speech to a joint session of Congress a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

📰 On this day 🔹1941 Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attacks the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

People hold candles and signs during a candlelight vigil to demand the resignation of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law which was reversed hours later, at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 5. 📸 #Picstr Kim Hong-ji #Nostr | #plebchain…

People record with their mobiles the switching on of Christmas illuminations at Passeig de Gracia ahead of the festive season in Barcelona, Spain November 28. 📸 #Picstr Albert Gea #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1848 US President James K. Polk triggers the Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming a gold discovery in California #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

The Parthenon temple is reflected in a puddle, while people visit the Ancient Acropolis archaeological site in Athens, Greece. 📸 #Picstr Louisa Gouliamaki #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1791 Britain's "The Observer" is first published, the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

People gather outside the National Assembly, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, December 4. 📸 #Picstr Kim Soo-hyeon #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1854 Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences The battle at Eureka Stockade in Australia, crucial to developing democracy in the…

Supporters of Georgia's opposition attend a rally to protest after the government halted the EU application process, in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, November 28. 📸 #Picstr Irakli Gedenidze #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1804 General Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the French at the Notre Dame de Paris in a ceremony officiated by Pope Pius VII #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

A boy walks near a minaret of a damaged mosque in Tayr Debba, on the second day of the ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah, southern Lebanon November 28. 📸 #Picstr Aziz Taher #Nostr | #plebchain…

A dust-covered camera is seen inside an office building damaged in an Israeli strike, in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh, November 28, 2024. 📸 #Picstr Adnan Abidi #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1487 🍻🍺 The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, stating beer should be brewed from only three ingredients – water, malt and hops #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

A view of the nave of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris, on November 29, 2024. The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on December 7 and 8, five years after the 2019 fire that ravaged the world…

📰 On this day 🔹1877 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

Italian comedian Leo Bassi is surrounded by duck memorabilia as he prepares to offer a mass at the "Paticano," a fake church where rubber ducks are venerated as a parody of religion, in Madrid, Spain, November 24. 📸 #Picstr Isabel Infantes #Nostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1240 Batu Khan's Mongol army lays siege to Kyiv and begins assaulting its city walls with catapults, city falls 8 days later Siege weapons and logistic supplies of the Mongol army laying siege to Kyiv #OTD | #PlebChain | #Nostr…

A woman attends a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, outside the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France. 📸 #Picstr Yves Herman #Nostr | #plebchain…