#OnThisDay, 11 Dec 1983, tens of thousands of women take part in 'reflect the base' at Greenham Common in the UK.

They encircle the 9 mile perimeter fence of the nuclear missile base, tearing it down in at least one place. Hundreds of women are arrested.

The Peace Camp at Greenham ran for nearly 20 years, and founded and run by women.

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We put up #Christmas trees because… ancient solstice celebrations did it first 🎄

Evergreens symbolized life during winter darkness for Egyptians, Romans, Hopi, Persians and others. Christians adopted the tree centuries later, and Queen Victoria made it a worldwide trend. theconversation.com/the-christ… #Histodons @histodons

The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas

Evergreens have long served as symbols of life during the bleakness of winter. But Queen Victoria spurred the tradition that has become a global phenomenon.

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As we mark #PearlHarborDay, it’s worth remembering those whose suffering faded from view: Japanese Americans in Hawaii, many of whom were detained, displaced or denied full redress after the outbreak of war.

Their incarceration remains one of WWII’s most overlooked injustices. theconversation.com/the-overlo… #Histodons @histodons

The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II

When US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, he paved the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the mainland and Hawaii

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Frederick Douglass cited it.

So did Lincoln, FDR and MLK.

The Declaration of Independence has been a rallying cry in every major American crisis.

With its 250th birthday coming up, its promise that “all men are created equal” is again in the spotlight.
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Declaration of Independence’s promises ring out today as loudly as they did for Lincoln, FDR and through 249 years of US history

Americans have looked to the Declaration of Independence when they sought to remedy contemporary problems and create new visions for the country’s future.

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“The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became.”

#OnThisDay, 1 Dec 1955, Rosa Parks does *not* give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger, and is arrested. Her refusal is a key moment in the American civil rights movement.

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#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.

Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

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During the 1940s and 1950s, attacks against artists showed how fragile the First Amendment can be — and when it’s under attack, “bold and courageous acts of dissent are critical for protecting First Amendment rights for everyone,” according to a researcher who studies the Cold War.

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First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare

The congressional anti-communist hearings of the 1940s are a reminder that freedom of speech today is even more fragile than it may seem.

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Pecans weren’t always holiday pie royalty 🥧

They spent thousands of years being traded, poached, ignored and reinvented. But they’re nutritious and versatile and even went to the Moon on Apollo missions (yes, literally 🚀)

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How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nut crop

Pecans are a truly American nut: They grew on George Washington’s estate, and they flew to space on an Apollo mission.

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#OnThisDay, 19 Nov 1933, women across Spain voted for the first time.

Franco was in power from 1939, after the Spanish Civil War. Under his dictatorship only the heads of households could vote, radically reducing women's rights until after his death in 1975.

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"We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society."
- Ruby Bridges

On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges walked into a New Orleans school and sparked change that still shapes classrooms today.

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#OnThisDay, 13 Nov 1931, Democrat Hattie Wyatt Caraway is appointed as a US Senator for Arkansas.

The first woman to sit in the Senate for more than a day, she'd been selected by the party on the understanding that she would serve out her late husband's term and not stand for re-election in 1932.

Instead she stood again, and remained a Senator until 1945.

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