In memory of Hilly Kristal, who owned the legendary New York club CBGB, born on this day in 1931, New York City

Photo by J. R. Rost

#punk #punkrock #HillyKristal #cbgb #omfug #bowery #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory #otd

45 years ago today
Parallel Lines is the third studio album by the pop punk / newwave band Blondie, released on this day in 1978, featuring the singles "Hanging on the Telephone", "Heart of Glass", "Sunday Girl" and "One Way or Another"

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47 years ago today
The Notting Hill riots take place as black youth clash with police at the Notting Hill Carnival in England. The event inspires the Clash to write "White Riot" as a call for white people to protest with the same furor.

#punk #punkrock #whiteriot #history #otd

41 years ago today
"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released as the second single from their fifth album Combat Rock on this day in 1982

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#OnThisDay, 5 Jun 1915, 12,000 people march in Copenhagen to celebrate Denmark's new Constitution giving women the right to vote and stand for election.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #VotesForWomen #DanishHistory

#OnThisDay, 5 Jun 1973, Doris A Davis is sworn in as mayor of Compton, becoming the first black female mayor of a US city of more than 50,000 residents.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory

#wine should come in bigger bottles

this stuff is amazing