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#TodayInMystery 1671
Thomas Blood and accomplices steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of #London after stabbing their custodian, though they are immediately apprehended. Why Charles II responded to the #heist by awarding him land in #Ireland remains a #mystery.
#truecrime #OTD
#TodayInMovieHistory (April 25):
#IronMan3 was released 7 years ago today (UK).
[Dir. by @BonafideBlack].
The 7th film in the #MCU.
Cast: @RobertDowneyJr, @GwynethPaltrow, @DonCheadle, @TheGuyPearce, @Jon_Favreau, @StephShortstak, @Wm_Sadler, @TySimpkinsActor, @RealBingBingFan.
#TodayInMystery 2010
An explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon kill 11 people and sink the drilling rig off the #Louisiana coast. The subsequent #oil spill took five months to contain and remains the worst #environmental #disaster in American #history.
#OnThisDay #OTD
#TodayinHistory in 1521, the 1st #baptism was officiated in the Philippines by Fr. Pedro de Valderrama of the Magellan-Elcano expedition. Rajah Humabon of Cebu & household, Rajah Colambu of Limasawa, queen and her entourage, and other inhabitants were baptized throughout the day.
#TodayinHistory in 1788, the #Tagalog poet Francisco Baltazar y dela Cruz, or simply Francisco Balagtas, was born in Panginay, Balagtas, Bulacan, #Philippines. He is best known for producing great works of #Philippine literature, such as "Florante at Laura" & "Orosman at Zafira."
Today i also played "Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike" on arcade. One of my all time favorite. ^__^
#todayiplayed #retrogaming #arcadegames #arcade #エレメカ #アーケード #筐体 #アストロシティ #ゲームセンター #レトロ #筐体
Blue -ish for #doodleandchatnight with @HeckAwesome @GtanakaTanaka @VirtualGiff @markbrittmusic1 and lots of other #sketchnote peeps. #todayisketchnoted #DoodleAndChat #doodle
#TodayInGamingHistory in 1995 #Square released #ChronoTrigger in Japan 🇯🇵
Designed by a Dream Team with H. Sakaguchi (#FinalFantasy) teaming up with Y. Horii (#DragonQuest) and A. Toriyama (#DragonBall)
Square and Enix before Square Enix
#retrogaming #GamersUnite
#Gaming
Went on my 1st real outing since my shoulder surgery & visited @MichaelsStores to get some new markers & a dotted journal to practice my #sketchnoting. Used a new font shared by @BSGSCSFoster & some color shading like @MarshallNilufer. #TodayIsketchnoted @VirtualGiff
#TodayInMystery 1770
Soldiers fire into an armed mob of hundreds outside the #Boston Custom House, with ultimately 6 fatalities. The Massacre exacerbated public outrage over taxation and troop deployment and would prove a catalyst for revolution.
#OnThisDay #OTD #TodayinHistory
#TodayInMystery 1854
"City of Glasgow" departs #Liverpool for #Philadelphia with over 470 passengers and crew, never to be seen again. Though unusually dense ice was reported in the Atlantic that year, the cause of the steamer's disappearance is a #mystery.
#OnThisDay #unsolved
#TodayInMystery 1692
Three #Salem women are arrested for witchcraft after several village girls show signs of possession. Scores of people in what is now #Massaschusetts will be accused and twenty executed during the monthslong #hysteria.
#OnThisDay #OTD #history #mentalhealth