Today in History - 1973: Congress overrode Pres. Richard M. Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Resolution that limited presidential power to wage ware without congressional approval. #TodayInHistory
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today in History - 1973: Congress overrode Pres. Richard M. Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Resolution that limited presidential power to wage ware without congressional approval. #TodayInHistory
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🎂Nov 9, 1897 Edgar Anderson born in Forestville, NY, USA 🇺🇸
1928: Multivariate glyphs, invented to display four variables and their relations (length and width of petals and sepals in iris flowers)
And, of course gave us the famed (or infamous) iris dataset
🎂Nov 9, 1897 Edgar Anderson born in Forestville, NY, USA 🇺🇸
1928: Multivariate glyphs, invented to display four variables and their relations (length and width of petals and sepals in iris flowers)
And, of course gave us the famed (or infamous) iris dataset
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Nov 9, 1897 Edgar Anderson born in Forestville, NY, USA 🇺🇸
1928: Multivariate glyphs, invented to display four variables and their relations (length and width of petals and sepals in iris flowers)
And, of course gave us the famed (or infamous) iris dataset
🎂Nov 9, 1897 Edgar Anderson born in Forestville, NY, USA 🇺🇸
1928: Multivariate glyphs, invented to display four variables and their relations (length and width of petals and sepals in iris flowers)
And, of course gave us the famed (or infamous) iris dataset
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Nov 6, 1771 Aloys Senefelder born in Prague, Czech Republic
1798: Invention of lithographic technique for printing of maps and diagrams 🗺️
"At the time the effect of lithography ... was as great as has been the introduction [of the Xerox machine]" - A.H. Robinson
🎂Nov 6, 1771 Aloys Senefelder born in Prague, Czech Republic
1798: Invention of lithographic technique for printing of maps and diagrams 🗺️
"At the time the effect of lithography ... was as great as has been the introduction [of the Xerox machine]" - A.H. Robinson
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Nov 6, 1771 Aloys Senefelder born in Prague, Czech Republic
1798: Invention of lithographic technique for printing of maps and diagrams 🗺️
"At the time the effect of lithography ... was as great as has been the introduction [of the Xerox machine]" - A.H. Robinson
🎂Nov 6, 1771 Aloys Senefelder born in Prague, Czech Republic
1798: Invention of lithographic technique for printing of maps and diagrams 🗺️
"At the time the effect of lithography ... was as great as has been the introduction [of the Xerox machine]" - A.H. Robinson
#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 2003, the last Redbird #NYCsubway cars were retired from revenue service.
Hundreds of people rode a final 11-car train of Redbird R36 cars on the IRT Flushing Line (7 train) from Grand Central to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in a bittersweet celebration.
Hundreds of people rode a final 11-car train of Redbird R36 cars on the IRT Flushing Line (7 train) from Grand Central to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in a bittersweet celebration.
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 2003, the last Redbird #NYCsubway cars were retired from revenue service.
Hundreds of people rode a final 11-car train of Redbird R36 cars on the IRT Flushing Line (7 train) from Grand Central to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in a bittersweet celebration.
Hundreds of people rode a final 11-car train of Redbird R36 cars on the IRT Flushing Line (7 train) from Grand Central to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in a bittersweet celebration.
#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1918, the worst subway accident in #NYC history occurred.
A train of wooden cars derailed in a tunnel below Brooklyn’s Malbone Street (now known as Empire Boulevard), resulting in the death of nearly one hundred riders.
A train of wooden cars derailed in a tunnel below Brooklyn’s Malbone Street (now known as Empire Boulevard), resulting in the death of nearly one hundred riders.
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1918, the worst subway accident in #NYC history occurred.
A train of wooden cars derailed in a tunnel below Brooklyn’s Malbone Street (now known as Empire Boulevard), resulting in the death of nearly one hundred riders.
A train of wooden cars derailed in a tunnel below Brooklyn’s Malbone Street (now known as Empire Boulevard), resulting in the death of nearly one hundred riders.
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Oct 31, 1974 Mordecai J. B. Ezekial died in Washington, D.C, USA 🇺🇸
In 1924, he developed the essential idea behind what are now called _partial residual plots_ -- showing the net relation of a predictor controlling for others.
💀Oct 31, 1974 Mordecai J. B. Ezekial died in Washington, D.C, USA 🇺🇸
In 1924, he developed the essential idea behind what are now called _partial residual plots_ -- showing the net relation of a predictor controlling for others.
November 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Oct 31, 1974 Mordecai J. B. Ezekial died in Washington, D.C, USA 🇺🇸
In 1924, he developed the essential idea behind what are now called _partial residual plots_ -- showing the net relation of a predictor controlling for others.
💀Oct 31, 1974 Mordecai J. B. Ezekial died in Washington, D.C, USA 🇺🇸
In 1924, he developed the essential idea behind what are now called _partial residual plots_ -- showing the net relation of a predictor controlling for others.
#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 2002, the first M7 railcars entered revenue service on the @mta.info Long Island Railroad. Manufactured by Bombardier, the M7s were introduced on the LIRR's Long Beach Branch. This photograph shows two M7 cars at Jamaica station in 2025.
October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 2002, the first M7 railcars entered revenue service on the @mta.info Long Island Railroad. Manufactured by Bombardier, the M7s were introduced on the LIRR's Long Beach Branch. This photograph shows two M7 cars at Jamaica station in 2025.
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Oct 29, 1946 Leonard Porter Ayres died in Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
1919: Social statistical chartbook, containing a variety of graphic and semi-graphic displays in a USA Government report, ending a dark period in govt graphics
(These ideas influenced JW Tukey's EDA)
💀Oct 29, 1946 Leonard Porter Ayres died in Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
1919: Social statistical chartbook, containing a variety of graphic and semi-graphic displays in a USA Government report, ending a dark period in govt graphics
(These ideas influenced JW Tukey's EDA)
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Oct 29, 1946 Leonard Porter Ayres died in Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
1919: Social statistical chartbook, containing a variety of graphic and semi-graphic displays in a USA Government report, ending a dark period in govt graphics
(These ideas influenced JW Tukey's EDA)
💀Oct 29, 1946 Leonard Porter Ayres died in Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
1919: Social statistical chartbook, containing a variety of graphic and semi-graphic displays in a USA Government report, ending a dark period in govt graphics
(These ideas influenced JW Tukey's EDA)
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
📅Oct 26, 1893 Karl Pearson's first statistical publication, a letter to Nature [Stigler:1986, p.331]
Asymmetrical Frequency Curves,
👀 www.nature.com/articles/048...
📅Oct 26, 1893 Karl Pearson's first statistical publication, a letter to Nature [Stigler:1986, p.331]
Asymmetrical Frequency Curves,
👀 www.nature.com/articles/048...
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
📅Oct 26, 1893 Karl Pearson's first statistical publication, a letter to Nature [Stigler:1986, p.331]
Asymmetrical Frequency Curves,
👀 www.nature.com/articles/048...
📅Oct 26, 1893 Karl Pearson's first statistical publication, a letter to Nature [Stigler:1986, p.331]
Asymmetrical Frequency Curves,
👀 www.nature.com/articles/048...
📆October28, 1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts the first #performance of his #Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathetique," in #StPetersburg, #Russia, 9 days before his death
#Tchaikovsky #Symphony
#Pathetique
#Todayinhistory #ClassicalMusicHistory
#MusicHistory
#Tchaikovsky #Symphony
#Pathetique
#Todayinhistory #ClassicalMusicHistory
#MusicHistory
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
📆October28, 1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts the first #performance of his #Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathetique," in #StPetersburg, #Russia, 9 days before his death
#Tchaikovsky #Symphony
#Pathetique
#Todayinhistory #ClassicalMusicHistory
#MusicHistory
#Tchaikovsky #Symphony
#Pathetique
#Todayinhistory #ClassicalMusicHistory
#MusicHistory
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Oct 26, 1954 Luke Tierney born in New York City, NY, USA 🇺🇸
1990: Lisp-Stat, an object-oriented environment for statistical computing and dynamic graphics based on lisp. It was Influential for devel of S, now #rstats
🎂Oct 26, 1954 Luke Tierney born in New York City, NY, USA 🇺🇸
1990: Lisp-Stat, an object-oriented environment for statistical computing and dynamic graphics based on lisp. It was Influential for devel of S, now #rstats
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Oct 26, 1954 Luke Tierney born in New York City, NY, USA 🇺🇸
1990: Lisp-Stat, an object-oriented environment for statistical computing and dynamic graphics based on lisp. It was Influential for devel of S, now #rstats
🎂Oct 26, 1954 Luke Tierney born in New York City, NY, USA 🇺🇸
1990: Lisp-Stat, an object-oriented environment for statistical computing and dynamic graphics based on lisp. It was Influential for devel of S, now #rstats
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Oct 25, 1914 Wilhelm Lexis died in Gottingen, Germany 🇩🇪
1875: The Lexis diagram, showing relations among age (cohort), calendar time, and life spans of individuals simultaneously.
Revolutionized demography, making key variables visible
💀Oct 25, 1914 Wilhelm Lexis died in Gottingen, Germany 🇩🇪
1875: The Lexis diagram, showing relations among age (cohort), calendar time, and life spans of individuals simultaneously.
Revolutionized demography, making key variables visible
October 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Oct 25, 1914 Wilhelm Lexis died in Gottingen, Germany 🇩🇪
1875: The Lexis diagram, showing relations among age (cohort), calendar time, and life spans of individuals simultaneously.
Revolutionized demography, making key variables visible
💀Oct 25, 1914 Wilhelm Lexis died in Gottingen, Germany 🇩🇪
1875: The Lexis diagram, showing relations among age (cohort), calendar time, and life spans of individuals simultaneously.
Revolutionized demography, making key variables visible
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Oct 24, 1870 Charles Joseph Minard died in Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷
(6 wks after fleeing Paris from the Prussian army, carrying some unfinished, now lost works)
💀Oct 24, 1870 Charles Joseph Minard died in Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷
(6 wks after fleeing Paris from the Prussian army, carrying some unfinished, now lost works)
October 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀Oct 24, 1870 Charles Joseph Minard died in Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷
(6 wks after fleeing Paris from the Prussian army, carrying some unfinished, now lost works)
💀Oct 24, 1870 Charles Joseph Minard died in Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷
(6 wks after fleeing Paris from the Prussian army, carrying some unfinished, now lost works)
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
Also on this day: 📅Oct 24, 1854 As a young engineer, Charles Joseph Minard made this fabulous before/after diagram of the collapse of a bridge on the Rhone, a great visual explanation of why the bridge collapsed [Tufte:1983,p.24]
Also on this day: 📅Oct 24, 1854 As a young engineer, Charles Joseph Minard made this fabulous before/after diagram of the collapse of a bridge on the Rhone, a great visual explanation of why the bridge collapsed [Tufte:1983,p.24]
October 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
Also on this day: 📅Oct 24, 1854 As a young engineer, Charles Joseph Minard made this fabulous before/after diagram of the collapse of a bridge on the Rhone, a great visual explanation of why the bridge collapsed [Tufte:1983,p.24]
Also on this day: 📅Oct 24, 1854 As a young engineer, Charles Joseph Minard made this fabulous before/after diagram of the collapse of a bridge on the Rhone, a great visual explanation of why the bridge collapsed [Tufte:1983,p.24]
#OTD On October 24, 1929 : "Black Thursday" saw a catastrophic stock market crash on Wall Street, initiating the Great Depression. This financial disaster sent shockwaves through the global economy, plunging nations into economic turmoil throughout the 1930s. #history #blackthursday #todayinhistory
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#OTD On October 24, 1929 : "Black Thursday" saw a catastrophic stock market crash on Wall Street, initiating the Great Depression. This financial disaster sent shockwaves through the global economy, plunging nations into economic turmoil throughout the 1930s. #history #blackthursday #todayinhistory
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Oct 20, 1719 Gottfried Achenwall born in Elbing, Germany 🇩🇪
1749: First use of the term "statistik", meaning numbers of the state, and implying collection of data by government entities.
Sometimes called the Father of #Statistics.
🎂Oct 20, 1719 Gottfried Achenwall born in Elbing, Germany 🇩🇪
1749: First use of the term "statistik", meaning numbers of the state, and implying collection of data by government entities.
Sometimes called the Father of #Statistics.
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Oct 20, 1719 Gottfried Achenwall born in Elbing, Germany 🇩🇪
1749: First use of the term "statistik", meaning numbers of the state, and implying collection of data by government entities.
Sometimes called the Father of #Statistics.
🎂Oct 20, 1719 Gottfried Achenwall born in Elbing, Germany 🇩🇪
1749: First use of the term "statistik", meaning numbers of the state, and implying collection of data by government entities.
Sometimes called the Father of #Statistics.
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Oct 20, 1632 Christopher Wren born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England 🏴
More than an architect anatomist, astronomer, geometer, inventor
1663: Automatic recording device (weather clock) producing a moving graph of temperature & wind direction (in polar coordinates)
🎂Oct 20, 1632 Christopher Wren born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England 🏴
More than an architect anatomist, astronomer, geometer, inventor
1663: Automatic recording device (weather clock) producing a moving graph of temperature & wind direction (in polar coordinates)
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
🎂Oct 20, 1632 Christopher Wren born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England 🏴
More than an architect anatomist, astronomer, geometer, inventor
1663: Automatic recording device (weather clock) producing a moving graph of temperature & wind direction (in polar coordinates)
🎂Oct 20, 1632 Christopher Wren born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England 🏴
More than an architect anatomist, astronomer, geometer, inventor
1663: Automatic recording device (weather clock) producing a moving graph of temperature & wind direction (in polar coordinates)
#OTD in 1991, Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing then–Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of workplace harassment. Her courage forced a national reckoning on gender and power.
#aurn #aurnonline #blackhistory #history #onthisday #todayinhistory
via Clay Cane
#aurn #aurnonline #blackhistory #history #onthisday #todayinhistory
via Clay Cane
Anita Hill Faced the Senate — and Changed History
On this day in 1991, Anita Hill’s Senate testimony reshaped America’s understanding of sexual harassment and helped pave the way for #MeToo.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#OTD in 1991, Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing then–Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of workplace harassment. Her courage forced a national reckoning on gender and power.
#aurn #aurnonline #blackhistory #history #onthisday #todayinhistory
via Clay Cane
#aurn #aurnonline #blackhistory #history #onthisday #todayinhistory
via Clay Cane
#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 1964, Simon & Garfunkel released their debut album “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.” For the album cover, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were photographed inside the #NYCsubway's Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station. The musicians met at the age of 11 in Forest Hills, Queens.
October 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#TodayInHistory: #OnThisDay in 1964, Simon & Garfunkel released their debut album “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.” For the album cover, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were photographed inside the #NYCsubway's Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station. The musicians met at the age of 11 in Forest Hills, Queens.
📆October 20, 1934, Richard Strauss complete his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" (The Silent Woman)
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #RichardStrauss #DieSchweigsameFrau
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #RichardStrauss #DieSchweigsameFrau
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📆October 20, 1934, Richard Strauss complete his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" (The Silent Woman)
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #RichardStrauss #DieSchweigsameFrau
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #RichardStrauss #DieSchweigsameFrau
📆October 20, 1877 Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major premieres in #London, England, performed by the #CrystalPalace #Orchestra and #conducted by #AugustManns
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Symphony #Schubert
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Symphony #Schubert
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
📆October 20, 1877 Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major premieres in #London, England, performed by the #CrystalPalace #Orchestra and #conducted by #AugustManns
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Symphony #Schubert
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Symphony #Schubert
📆 October 19, 1845 Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhäuser" #premieres in #Dresden
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Tannhäuser #Wagner
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Tannhäuser #Wagner
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📆 October 19, 1845 Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhäuser" #premieres in #Dresden
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Tannhäuser #Wagner
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Opera #Tannhäuser #Wagner
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀 Oct 18, 1871 Charles Babbage died in London, England 🇬🇧
1822: Mechanical device for calculating mathematical tables (the Difference Engine) by interpolation
See: bit.ly/3UfBYDf
💀 Oct 18, 1871 Charles Babbage died in London, England 🇬🇧
1822: Mechanical device for calculating mathematical tables (the Difference Engine) by interpolation
See: bit.ly/3UfBYDf
Difference engine - Wikipedia
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October 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
#TodayinHistory #dataviz #OTD 📊
💀 Oct 18, 1871 Charles Babbage died in London, England 🇬🇧
1822: Mechanical device for calculating mathematical tables (the Difference Engine) by interpolation
See: bit.ly/3UfBYDf
💀 Oct 18, 1871 Charles Babbage died in London, England 🇬🇧
1822: Mechanical device for calculating mathematical tables (the Difference Engine) by interpolation
See: bit.ly/3UfBYDf
📆 October 18, 1855 Franz Liszt's #symphonic poem #Prometheus #premieres
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #FranzLiszt
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #FranzLiszt
October 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
📆 October 18, 1855 Franz Liszt's #symphonic poem #Prometheus #premieres
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #FranzLiszt
#TodayInHistory #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #FranzLiszt
October 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM