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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 10:55 UTC

~ July 10 ~ 2018: The last day of the Tham Luang cave rescue, where 12 members of a junior association football team and their coach had been trapped in a cave in Thailand by floodwater since June 23.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 10:16 UTC

~ July 9 ~ 1918: The Great Train Wreck of 1918 - the deadliest rail accident in United States history - occurs when two passenger trains travelling between 50 and 60 mph collide head-on while traversing Dutchman's Curve, a single-track line in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 10:19 UTC

~ July 8 ~ 1947: News of the Roswell UFO incident is first reported by the media after the United States Army announces their retrieval of a "flying disc" (a description that would hastily be amended to a "weather balloon") following the discovery of metallic and rubber debris by army personnel.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 09:46 UTC

~ July 7 ~ Happy 84th Birthday, Ringo Starr!

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 10:02 UTC

~ July 6 ~ 1994: The release of the film "Forrest Gump".

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:22 UTC

Yoink!

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 09:29 UTC

~ July 5 ~ 1687: Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (or "Principia", for short).

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 11:42 UTC

~ July 4 ~ Happy Birthday, Rube Goldberg! (1883-1970)

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:45 UTC

~ July 3 ~ It's your birthday, Yeardley! Happy Birthday, Yeardley! Yeardley Smith (b. 1964), a voice actor who you might remember from such animated classics as "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story".

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 11:47 UTC

~ July 2 ~ 1962: Sam Walton opens the first Walmart store, in Rogers, Arkansas.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 08:43 UTC

~ July 1 ~ 1979: Sony introduces the Walkman.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 05:11 UTC

~ June 30 ~ 1908: The Tunguska Event occurs over Eastern Siberia. It is the largest impact event on Earth in recorded history, and it didn't even leave an impact crater, exploding in the atmosphere and levelling an estimated 80 million trees over an area of 830 square miles.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 13:30 UTC

~ June 29 ~ 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns down.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 08:22 UTC

~ June 28 ~ 2009: Professor Stephen Hawking throws a party for time travelers at the University of Cambridge, waiting until after the party to send out invitations.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 09:27 UTC

~ June 27 ~ Happy 58th Birthday, J. J. Abrams!

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 10:29 UTC

~ June 26 ~ 1963: President John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in West Berlin.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 08:47 UTC

~ June 25 ~ 1935: Professional boxer Joe Louis KOs the former world heavyweight champion Primo Carnera in six rounds, greatly boosting Louis' career and contributing to a renewal of American interest in the sport of boxing itself.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 06:49 UTC

~ June 24 ~ 1939: Siam is renamed Thailand.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 04:33 UTC

~ June 23 ~ 1961: The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 07:27 UTC

~ June 22 ~ 1633: Galileo Galilei is forced by the church to do a takesie-backsies on his position (and astronomical observations) of heliocentrism.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 09:21 UTC

~ June 21 ~ 1893: The original Ferris Wheel, designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., opens to the public. It is not the first "big wheel" ride but it is legally distinct from earlier patented designs for big wheel attractions.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 11:12 UTC

~ June 20 ~ 2024: Tress MacNeille turns 73 on Thursday the 20th. Happy Birthday, Tress!

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 09:03 UTC

~ June 19 ~ 1978: The first Garfield newspaper comic strip is published.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 12:23 UTC

You're welcome! And with the post I made right now, we should be on track with the usual timing once more.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 12:21 UTC

~ June 18 ~ Happy 82nd Birthday, Paul McCartney!

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 12:13 UTC

Apologies, for I am but a lowly human. I hope someday there will be a scheduling feature on BlueSky but for now it is up to my fallible human biological systems to make updates. But take heart - it may still be the right day in some time zones! Beep boop. I mean... *fleshy human noises*.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 09:16 UTC

~ June 17 ~ 653: Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 08:48 UTC

~ June 16 ~ 1884: The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 00:12 UTC

~ June 15 ~ 1667: The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 09:03 UTC

~ June 14 ~ 1846: The Bunsen burner is invented by Robert Bunsen.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 10:45 UTC

~ June 13 ~ Happy Birthday, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen! (b. 1986)

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 09:49 UTC

~ June 12 ~ 1972: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's political album "Sometime in NYC" is released.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 08:36 UTC

~ June 11 ~ Happy Birthday, Jacques Cousteau! (1910-1997)

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 09:54 UTC

~ June 10 ~ 2007: The series finale of "The Sopranos" airs. Titled "Made in America", it is considered one of the greatest series finales of all time.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 03:45 UTC

~ June 9 ~ 1959: The first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the USS George Washington, is launched.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 09:44 UTC

~ June 8 ~ 1949: George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is published.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 11:18 UTC

~ June 7 ~ 1938: The 1938 Yellow River Flood is caused by the Chinese National Army to halt the advancing troops of the Imperial Japanese Army. Also, Happy 50th Birthday, Bear Grylls! 🥂

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 10:26 UTC

~ June 6 ~ 1983: "Reading Rainbow" premieres.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 11:25 UTC

~ June 5 ~ 1989: The "Tank Man" halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks the day after the massacre that ended the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 09:35 UTC

~ June 4 ~ 1917: The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 08:51 UTC

~ June 3 ~ National Egg Day!

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 02, 2024 at 10:02 UTC

~ June 2 ~ 1953: Queen Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 00:46 UTC

~ June 1 ~ 2009: General Motors files for bankruptcy - the fourth-largest United States bankruptcy so far.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 01, 2024 at 00:40 UTC

And speaking of clocks, here's a reminder that the information I find on these "On This Day" websites often needs to be verified by more reliable sources before I can assign a Simpsons screenshot to it.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 09:48 UTC

~ May 31 ~ 1859: The clock in the tower that houses Big Ben begins operating.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 08:48 UTC

~ May 30 ~ 1431: Joan of Arc is burned at the stake.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 09:16 UTC

~ May 29 ~ Happy Birthday, Danny Elfman! (b. 1953)

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 08:42 UTC

~ May 28 ~ 1951: The premiere of Spike Milligan's BBC-produced radio comedy programme "Crazy People", which would become better known by its later title, "The Goon Show".

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] May 27, 2024 at 08:44 UTC

~ May 27 ~ 1933: Walt Disney's Academy Award-winning animated short "Three Little Pigs" is released.

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Today in Simpsons Screenshots @todaysimpsons.bsky.social [ View ] May 26, 2024 at 06:56 UTC

~ May 26 ~ 1897: Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" is published.

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