#20July

@helencpugh.bsky.social

8 months ago

Happy St Ealswitha's Day!

Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.

One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.

For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.

#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history

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Pulse of Europe

@pulseofeurope.bsky.social

8 months ago

Joyeux anniversaire - en pensant à Jacques Delors!

Wir denken an ein Genie, der die 🇪🇺 groß gemacht hat.

Ein solcher Geist mit so viel Leidenschaft❤️‍🔥 ist heute wieder gefragt.
#20July #Delors100
#MehrDelorsWagen
#EUVision
#EUTheBlueForce
#EUInnovation
#EUSocial
#EUHistory

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Flagsbook

@flagsbook.bsky.social

8 months ago

#20July is independence day in #Colombia. It marks the date in 1810 that the people of #Bogotá began protesting against Spanish rule. Find out about all the countries on flagsbook youtube. #Flagsbook #20Julio

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Trailer Night

@trailernight.com

8 months ago

On This Day | 20 July

On this day, in 1848, the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concluded.

#OnThisDay #20July #History

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Pete Brown

@ldugardepeach.bsky.social

8 months ago

OTD in 1969 Apollo 11 lands on the Moon.

‘Astronauts Aldrin and Armstrong walked on the moon. They were the first ever to do so.’

Words: W Murray
Artist: F Humphris
(c) Wills & Hepworth Ltd.

#LadybirdBooks #OTD #20July #Apollo11