David Giard

@davidgiard.bsky.social

45 years ago today, US President Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 air traffic controllers for refusingto end a 2-day strike. Airlines canceled 7,000 flights and delayed countless others as a result.

When Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Puippines, Juan Sebastián Elcano took over command of his expedition and completed the first known circumnavigation of the Earth. Elcano died of scurvy on another voyage 400 years ago today!

I was traveling yesterday, so I neglected to share these tidbits: 56 people signed the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago yesterday 65 years ago yesterday, The Beatles performed their first gig as the house band at Liverpool's Cavern Club Wild Bill Hickock was murdered 150 years ago yesterday

90 years ago today, American sprinter Jesse Owens won the 100 m in 10.3 seconds in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, the first of four gold medals he won at the Games!