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A spark of freedom can light up the future of many.

#OnThisDay, 35 years ago, the Velvet Revolution began in Prague.

When people took to the streets in the autumn of 1989, they risked their own freedom to achieve it for all.

Their unity inspired Europe and the world, and their peaceful revolution changed the course of history forever.

#VelvetRevolution

People celebrating at the Prague Hradcany Castle in support of Vaclav Havel, following his election as Czechoslovakia's first non-communist president since 1948. They wave flags and make the victory sign with their hands.
Young people waving from a tramway in support of Vaclav Havel's presidency during the protest rally on 17 December 1989 near Wenceslas Square in Prague. They are leaning out the window and making the victory sign with their hands.
Students waving country flags, during a protest rally in front of mounted statue of St. Wenceslas and National Museum at Wenceslas Square in Prague. Many flags are waving, and a little stage is set before the statue.
Students making victory signs and lighting candles in support of Vaclav Havel's presidency during a protest rally in Albertov quarter in Prague. On the banner on the right is written: "Liberty"
#OnThisDay #velvetrevolution

#OnThisDay, 28 Oct 1908, Muriel Matters, Violet Tillard and Helen Fox unfurl a banner and then chain themselves to the grille in the Ladies Gallery in the House of Commons, London, demanding votes for women.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons
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Dramatic newspaper illustration of Muriel Matters being taken away along with the trellis she had chained herself to. She is white, as are all the dudes in tailcoats trying to tell her off.
#History #OnThisDay #otd #histodons #womeninhistory #womenshistory #BritishHistory

#OnThisDay, 27 Oct 1967, the Abortion Act gains royal assent. It allows women in the UK – except for Northern Ireland - to legally have an abortion on a range of medical grounds but stops short of making abortion legal.

It came into effect in April 1968 everywhere except Northern Ireland: NI passed their own act in 2020.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons

Six women holding up signs that together read "no return to back street abortion"
#History #OnThisDay #otd #histodons #womeninhistory #womenshistory #BritishHistory

#OnThisDay, 24 Oct 1901, American Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first *person* to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The cat did *not* do the stunt with her.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

Annie Edson Taylor standing with the barrel "Queen of the Mist". She is a white woman in large skirts, and is only a few inches taller than the barrel. A small white cat is sitting on top of the barrel.
Annie Edson Taylor being helped ashore along a plank, having survived the falls. She is a white woman in a blouse and skirts.
#History #OnThisDay #otd #histodons #womeninhistory #womenshistory

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