Admirable Women

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22 October 2026 06:55

Anne Sullivan--the Miracle Worker--was the lifelong teacher and companion of Helen Keller, the first deaf-blind person to earn a college degree. She transformed Keller from an isolated, unruly child into a world-renowned author, lecturer, and activist. She died #OTD in 1936. #education #HistSky

Auschwitz Memorial

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22 October 2026 06:53

21 October 1902 | Eddy Hamel was born in New York. As a teenager, he moved to #Amsterdam. 1st Jewish player in Ajax Amsterdam. He scored 8 goals in 125 league games. After his arrest in October 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished on 30 April 1943.

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22 October 2026 06:50

#windowsonWednesday Factory beside the Grand Union canal Brentford

Simon Knott

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22 October 2026 06:42

Today is the feast of St Ursula, perhaps a 4th Century Romano-British princess, if she existed at all. In a roundel of glass at South Elmham All Saints, Suffolk, she holds an arrow and the ship in which legend says she took 11,000 virgins to Cologne where they suffered martyrdom. 1/3

Auschwitz Memorial

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22 October 2026 06:42

20 October 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Annette Bojmal, was born in Paris. In August 1942, she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy. After the selection, she was murdered in a gas chamber. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck