Neptune Shows Off Its Rings in Near-Infrared Light via NASA https://t.co/jnlcq7yDBn https://t.co/CEtJtpy36o
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2022
Happy double anniversary @WNCathedral! #OTD 1907, workmen laid the foundation stone as President Teddy Roosevelt & Bishop of London spoke to a crowd of 10,000. #OTD 1990, the Cathedral was finished! Photo: Cathedral in 1980, Carol M. Highsmith Archive @LibraryCongress …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2022
34 years ago today, Washington's @UnionStationDC_ reopened after a massive renovation that took 7+ years... and #DC was giddy about it! #OTD #DCHistory Photo from the AWESOME @ddotdc Historic Collection. https://t.co/vhsdPR1KEb 34 years ago today, Washington's @UnionStationD…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2022
Several detailed illustrations of local structures surround this plan of the city of New Orleans from 1817. You’ll find that the city did not extend particularly far at this point in time and was bordered by vacant land. See for yourself: https://t.co/cXM2uxB6vC …
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2022
Today in History - September 29 https://t.co/OmCPtDJ2OY On September 29, 1789, the final day of its first session, the United States Congress passed "An act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution of the United States, the establishment of the troops raised under the reso…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 29, 2022
Here's a 1926 map of Nauru, an 8-square-mile island lying nearly on the Equator in the Pacific. Today it's the world's smallest independent republic. Check out the map here: https://t.co/iYbtem1bK5 https://t.co/slDQHzKwlU Here's a 1926 map of Nauru, an 8-square-mile island lyi…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2022
#OTD 1994 @Disney gave up on plans to build history-oriented "Disney's America" theme park in #PrinceWilliamCounty. The project had been controversial -- both in the land it was planning to occupy & the historical interpretation it was planning to offer. https://t.co/1PmFapziZl…
— Kenneth Samson (@PangurBanC) Sep 28, 2022