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SempaiScuba

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Archaeologist and scuba diver (a sort of "Indiana Cousteau" if you like). IT Trainer and eLearning designer. Genealogist & bibliophile. Woodworker and amateur radio enthusiast.

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SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 32m

14 October 1066: The Battle of Hastings.

Norman forces under Guillaume le Bâtard defeated the English army at Senlac Hill and killed King Harold Godwinson. #History #BattleOfHastings #Norman

The scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting death of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings.

The text states: HIC HAROLD REX INTERFECTUS EST ("Here King Harold is slain").

SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 12h

13 October 1923: Ankara replaced Istanbul as the capital city of #Turkey. #History

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13 October 1915: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt began. It would continue until 19 October, and would mark the end of the Battle of #Loos. #History #WW1

SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 14h

13 October 1884: #Greenwich was established as the Universal Time meridian of longitude. #History #London

The Greenwich meridian facing north (marked outside the Royal Greenwich Observatory).

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SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 16h

13 October 1812: British and native forces commanded by Sir Isaac Brock decisively defeated a United States invasion of #Canada at the Battle of Queenston Heights. #History #Warof1812

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13 October 1792: The cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion was laid in Washington DC.

Since 1818 the United States Executive Mansion has been known as the "White House". #History #USA

The Executive Residence of the White House.

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SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 20h

13 October 1399: The coronation of Henry IV of England was held in Westminster Abbey. #History #England

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13 October 1307: Hundreds of members of the Templar order were arrested across #France on the orders of king Philip IV. #History #Templars

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13 October 1269: The present church building at Westminster Abbey was consecrated. #History #WestminsterAbbey

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13 October 54 CE: Nero became Roman Emperor following the death of his step-father Claudius. #History #Rome

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Let's talk about Trump's Insurrection Act moves being undercut by the courts....

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SempaiScuba @sempaiscuba.bsky.social · 1d

12 October 2000: al-Qaeda suicide bombers damaged the USS Cole destroyer while it was anchored in Aden for refueling. 17 crew members were killed and at least 39 were injured. #History

The USS Cole under-tow after the attack. The damage caused by the terrorist bomb can bee seen on the port side.

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Five people, including a sitting Conservative MP, were killed in the Brighton hotel bombing, and 31 were injured. #History #Terrorism #IRA

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12 October 1984: An #IRA bomb exploded at the Grand Hotel, #Brighton.

The bombing was an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. #History #Terrorism

Aftermath of the IRA terrorist bomb explosion at the Grand Hotel, Brighton.

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12 October 1979: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, was published by Pan Books in the UK. #History #Literature #H2G2

First edition cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.

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12 October 1917: The First Battle of Passchendaele. #History #WW1

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12 October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape. #History #WW1

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12 October 1823: Glasgow chemist, inventor and businessman, Charles Macintosh, sold his first waterproof raincoat. #History #Scotland

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12 October 1810: The first #Oktoberfest was held in #Munich to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of #Bavaria. #History

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12 October 1773: America's first public insane asylum, the Eastern State Hospital, opened in Williamsburg, Virginia. #History #USA

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12 October 1654 A gunpowder store exploded in the city of Delft in the Netherlands, destroying much of the city. More than 100 people were killed and thousands were injured. #History

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12 October 1492: Christopher Columbus's first expedition made landfall in the Bahamas. #History #Exploration

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12 October 633: King Edwin of Northumbria was defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd in the Battle of Hatfield Chase. #History #AngloSaxon

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12 October 539BC: The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia captured #Babylon. #History

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11 October 2000: NASA launched the 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) using Space Shuttle Discovery. #History #NASA #Exploration

The launch of Space Shuttle mission STS-92