🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Thursday, February 12. Today we're digging into the Great Northern War, the NAACP, Christian Dior's first influential collection, Hollywood's longest strike, and much more—quick, sharp, and bursting with inspiration!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1700
Denmark-Norway, Saxony, Russia, and the Swedish Empire began the Great Northern War in Northern Europe.
-1909
On the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, African American leaders founded the NAACP, which profoundly influenced civil rights in America.
-1912
China's last Qing Emperor, Puyi (age 6), abdicated after losing the Chinese people's support and thus the "mandate of heaven".
-1924
George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" premieres at the "Experiment in Modern Music" concert by Paul Whiteman's orchestra at Aeolian Hall, NYC.
-1947
The French fashion designer Christian Dior unveils his first influential collection, titled "New Look".
-1999
The Senate acquitted US President Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial.
-2001
NEAR Shoemaker lands on 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
-2002
Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial in The Hague, Netherlands, for genocide and war crimes in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo.
-2008
Hollywood's longest strike since 1988 ends as over 90% of WGA members vote to return to work.
-2013
North Korea allegedly conducted its third nuclear test, which they claim can be weaponized.
-2016
Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill meet in Havana for the first time in 1,000 years.
📸 Snapshot
Soldiers wearing gas masks to stop crying while peeling onions in WWII, 1941
🗨️ Last Words
“I have not yet lost my feeling for humanity.”