On this day in history. Mary Queen of Scots escaped from imprisonment in Lochleven Castle, on its island in Loch Leven, 456 years ago today on 2 May 1568. She would subsequently make an unsuccessful attempt to regain power in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kinross/lochlevencastle/index.html
Polska przystąpiła do Unii Europejskiej 20 lat temu, 1 maja 2004 roku, wraz z dziewięcioma innymi państwami. Proces akcesji Polski do UE trwał kilkanaście lat i wymagał wypełnienia szeregu kryteriów politycznych, gospodarczych i prawnych określanych jako "kryteria kopenhaskie". Członkostwo w UE otworzyło przed Polską nowe możliwości współpracy gospodarczej, swobodnego przepływu osób, towarów i usług, a także wsparcie w postaci funduszy unijnych na rozwój różnych sektorów.
#OnThisDay, 1 May 1944, South African Phyllis Latour parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.
Very early #OnThisDay, 30 April 1944, New Zealander Nancy Wake parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported French Resistance to Nazi occupation.
Nick-named 'the white mouse' by the Gestapo, she is never captured. She died in 2011.
#OnThisDay in 1980, six terrorists took over the #IranianEmbassy in #London, taking 26 hostages, just a day after the Metropolitan Police assured the Iranians that there was no threat.
My book, Operation Nimrod, covers the siege and the dramatic assault by the #SAS, dispelling the myths.
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#OnThisDay, April 28, 1992, Jim Gallien gave Christopher McCandless a ride to the head of the Stampede Trail in the Denali Borough in Alaska, the last time McCandless was seen alive (depicted in Into the Wild, 2007)
#GutenMorgen, heute, #onthisday, vor 76 Jahren am 28.04.1948 wurde Terry Pratchett, englischer Schriftsteller und Fantasy-Autor geboren.
"Nun, die Wahrheit ist ein eigenartiges und recht seltenes Phänomen. In der Badewanne der Geschichte ähnelt sie einem Stück Seife, dass man nur mit Mühe festhalten kann - vorausgesetzt, man findet es überhaupt."
#Tschernobyl ist ein zentraler Erinnerungsort der ukrainischen Geschichte. Vielen gilt der Reaktorunfall #onthisday 1986 auch als Katalysator für das Ende der Sowjetunion und den Neubeginn der unabhängigen #Ukraine. Mehr dazu im Erklärvideo mit Anna Veronika Wendland (in Kooperationmit @bpb): https://youtu.be/8bSMtowwcPY?si=CTEviDQ25WWosdRS
April 25th, 251 BCE—Apollonios writes to Zenon #OTD#OnThisDay, saying that the king keeps demanding gifts for his crown, and commanding Zenon to "turn night into day" (νύκτα ἡμέραν ποιούμενος) working all hours in order to ship enough gifts to the king within a 3 day deadline
966 years ago today. Malcolm Canmore was crowned King Malcolm III of Scotland at Scone - on the Stone of Scone - on 25 April 1058. He was the first king of the House of Dunkeld that would go on to rule Scotland for the next 232 years. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/malcolmiii.html