LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 21:30:27 UTC
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Oct-2021 21:30:27 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} SOURCES: https://www.timeanddate.com/on-this-day/october/17 AND https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/17 AND https://www.historynet.com/today-in-history/october-17
* 1989--The Loma Prieta (aka "World Series") earthquake rocks Northern and Central California
* 1973--OPEC oil embargo begins
* 1933--Albert Einstein arrives in the US as a refugee from the Nazis
* 1888--Thomas Edison files a patent for the first motion pictures
* 1863--General Ulysses S Grant placed in charge of the US (Union) Western forces
* 1244-Sixth crusade ends after crushing defeat at Gaza.
* 79--Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and other towns
I really had no idea when most of those things happened.
#TIH #Today_In_History