#thisdateinhistory

[steamship-historical-society]

#OnThisDay in 1819, the Rogers brothers and their crew (with no passengers on board) set sail from Savannah, GA. The 29-day trip logged only 80 hours of steam-engine use, mostly relying on sail because of the limited amount of coal the ship could carry. The hybrid vessel arrived in Liverpool, England in mid-June to great fanfare, and visited several ports in Europe before sailing back to the United States. Despite the Savannah’s success crossing the Atlantic, passengers remained wary about the safety of steam-powered ocean vessels. It would be nearly 30 years before another American steamship would attempt a trans-Atlantic voyage. #otd #didyouknow #onthisdate #thisdateinhistory #sshsa #shiphistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CPQr4XWnbjg/?utm_medium=tumblr

[submarineforest]

- august 31st, 2011... i had been married for seven years, it would be another two years before my brother would die, i had had a headache for two and a half years at that point... what was your life like then? what has changed? do you like where you are, or where you were then? #ThisDateInHistory #FortyTwos #sometimesithinktoomuch (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo_0obbg-lW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hx2qvfovielq

[sonsandbrothers]

On this date in 1905, Civil Rights activist WEB Dubois founds the Niagra Movement, the first significant Black organized protest movement of the 20th century in America. 

The movement represented the attempt of a small yet articulate group of radicals to challenge the then dominant ideals of Booker T. Washington. The name came because of the location and the "mighty current" of protest they wished to unleash. 

[ryancrawfordphotography]

#RIPTupac #tupac #shakur #1996 #thisdateinhistory