Recorded #OnThisDay 44 years ago:

Blue Orchids - Peel Session 1982

The complete session recorded by the Blue Orchids on 17 April 1982 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 5 May 1982.

Tracklist:

1. A Year With No Head (0:07)
2. No Looking Back (2:50)
3. Bad Education (6:37)
4. Sun Connection (9:13)

https://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2012/05/blue-orchids-peel-session-1982.html

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New Moon in Aries, April 17, 2026, 11:51 UTC (☉ in ♈︎, 🌑 in ♈︎) (… belatedly, earlier this morning!)

https://hermetic.com/crowley/astrology/your-place-among-the-stars/moon-in-aries

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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Martin Luther is on trial over his teachings during the assembly of the Diet of Worms and is given a stay of one day, 1521, …

https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/april-17

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🚨 BAY OF PIGS INVASION BEGINS

April 17, 1961 — In the pre-dawn darkness of the Caribbean, CIA-backed Cuban exile forces land at Playa Girón, launching a bold but doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. The failed invasion would become a defining Cold War moment, embarrassing the Kennedy administration and pushing Cuba closer to the Soviet Union.

This post is 100% AI generated.

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APRIL 17, 1965: LARGEST ANTI-WAR PROTEST

One of the largest anti-war protests in US history was held in Washington, D.C.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/largest-antiwar-protest/

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APRIL 17, 1944: MODJESKA SIMKINS CHALLENGES SC GOVERNOR TO A DEBATE

Prompted by South Carolina’s all-white political primary system, civil rights advocate Modjeska Monteith Simkins wrote a letter to Governor Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina challenging him to a debate on white supremacy.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/modjeska-monteith-simkins-debate/

📅 APRIL 17 📖
#OnThisDay in #history:

1521 – Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.

1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtian province, Taiwan and the Penghu to Japan.

1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

1982 – Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

*Events selected are not necessarily positive/happy/to-be-celebrated, but items I thought were historically interesting and/or significant to their time and I'm trying to select items from a broad range of history and not clumped too close together.