Women Who Defied Traditional Gender Roles

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Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (Angola)
This Angolan warrior queen was born in 1583 and became a vital player in the resistance against Portuguese colonisers and slave traders in the 17th century. She seized the throne against much opposition and came to be a powerful warrior who dressed like males of the time, devised military strategies, and personally led her armies into battle. It probably wasn’t a good idea to stand in her way!

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What Happened on August 31st

August 31, 1994
Aldus and Adobe Systems Finalize Merger

Aldus Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. finalized their merger. The two companies hoped to combine forces in creating powerful desktop publishing software, building on the field Aldus founder Paul Brainerd had created in 1985 with his PageMaker software.

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On this dayAug 31, 1966

Alabama Senate Passes Law to Forbid School Desegregation

On August 31, 1966, in an ongoing battle with federal agencies and the U.S. Supreme Court, the Alabama Senate passed a law that made it illegal for public schools in the state to enter into desegregation plans with federal officials.

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Confederates evacuated from Atlanta
During the American Civil War, the Confederate evacuation of Atlanta began this day in 1864, shortly before Union troops led by William Tecumseh Sherman occupied the city, providing a much-needed victory for the North.

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Diana, princess of Wales
British princess

born
July 1, 1961
Sandringham, England
died
August 31, 1997 (aged 36)
Paris, France
(Died on this day)

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Jorogumo: The Terrifying Mythological Japanese Spider Seducer

In Japanese mythology, a Jorogumo was a deadly hybrid creature that could transform from a spider into a beautiful woman to seduce victims to their death. The story goes that when a Jorogumo spider, a common species found in Japan, reached 400 years, it gained the power to shapeshift and developed an appetite for human flesh.

Pictured here, a high resolution image of Enceladus is shown from a close flyby. The unusual surface features dubbed tiger stripes are visible in false-color blue. Why Enceladus is active remains a mystery, as the neighboring moon Mimas, approximately the same size, appears quite dead. An analysis of ejected ice grains has yielded evidence that complex organic molecules exist inside Enceladus.

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This ambitious painting is designed to deceive the eye—a trompe-l’oeil. We look through an archway into an inner courtyard of a distinguished mansion with classical statues and a colonnade. In the courtyard, some steps lower, a magnificently dressed woman stands reading a letter. Vistas reveal a cellar full of wine barrels and above it a room with a man sitting at a table.

On my walk today.

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Rosa Parks: Tired After a Long Day’s Work

The mother of the U.S. civil rights movement, Rosa Parks, knew that someone eventually had to say "No, I’m not moving to the back of the bus." Turned out that she was that someone. With her refusal to give in, she helped launch the Montgomery bus boycott and changed American civil rights history.

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What Happened on August 25th

August 25, 1996
Netscape Creates Navio to Compete with Microsoft

Netscape Communications Corp. announced it had created a software company to enter an alliance with IBM, Oracle, and four Japanese electronics companies: Sony, Nintendo, Sega, and NEC. The new company, Navio Corp., is intended to compete with Microsoft Corp. in creating a new operating system.

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On this day Aug 25, 1956

Home of Another Bus Boycott Supporter Bombed

On the night of August 25, 1956, several sticks of dynamite were thrown into the yard of Pastor Robert Graetz’s home in Montgomery, Alabama. The dynamite exploded, breaking the home's front windows and damaging the front door.

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Paris liberated

On this day in 1944, some two months after the Allied invasion of Normandy, Paris was liberated from German occupiers as the Free French 2nd Armoured Division under General Jacques-Philippe Leclerc entered the city.

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Sean Connery
British actor

born
August 25, 1930
Edinburgh, Scotland
(Birthday)
died
October 31, 2020 (aged 90)
The Bahamas

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