#OnThisDay in 1960, African Americans, for the first time, were served at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. These Greensboro activists trained and strategized for five months before successfully getting their seats at the counter. #FreedomForward

Versailles penultimate

The final Versailles episode is on tonight - I’ll let you know!!

Versailles’ last episode ever got me like:

A special day for the HisSoc Vice President- gone all the way to Museum of Liverpool to see the #DoubleFantasy exhibit, very excited xx

This is absolutely lovely #History xx

BREAKING NEWS: We still have our HisSoc FC team looking players!! #GoGenghisCanFC !!! If you would like to join, search Genghis Can FC on Facebook or you can email our lovely former President David: [email protected] HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️

Come along to the NTU Fresher’s Fairs and have your picture taken with A Touch of History’s historic hats and helmets. Post the picture during freshers week + one of the links below to be entered into a competition. Prize for the best picture! Members only £5 to be paid by Sunday

Kicking off the #NTUHistorySoc2018 selfies with the committee. Hats courtesy of A Touch of History - Heritage freelancers. NTSU Societies

Hey!! The Genghis Can Football team are looking for new players for our football team!! Look on our Facebook page for more details m.facebook.com/groups/1647237…

On this day... 1220: Frederick II is crowned emperor 1757: Austrian Army defeats Prussians at Breslau in Seven Years War 1935: Pan Am inaugurates first transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila 1963: JFK is assassinated in Dallas #history #OnThisDay

Check out our blog and have a read of some of the works by our fabulous members: ntuhistsoc.wordpress.com #History #NTU #Wordpress

On this day: 43BC: Octavian, Antony and Lepidus form the triumvirate of Rome 511: Clovis dies, Frankia is split up by his 4 sons 1095: Pope Urban II calls for aid to recover Jerusalem 1919: Bulgaria signs peace with allies 1936: Britain warn Hitler they’ll protect Belgium

On this day: 1869: In the Wyoming territory, women were granted the right to vote and hold public office 1898: US and Spain sign the treaty of Paris, ceding Spanish possessions to the states 1919: Cpt. Ross Smith becomes first man to fly from England to Australia Mad.

This is what remains of some of the houses that were used between 1962 and 89 by families trying to escape Bernauer Straße and East Berlin for the sanctuary of West Berlin. #Berlin #berlinwall #history Think you need a better wall.

On this day in 1282 King of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, was killed near #Cilmeri. otd.wales/2016/01/1112.h…

On this day in 1395: John "Eleanor" Rykener, a male cross-dressing prostitute, is brought to court in London for "committing that detestable unmentionable and ignominious vice" in late medieval England's only recorded case on same-sex intercourse (verdict unknown)

On this day in History: 1189: Philip Augustus, Henry II of England and Frederick Barbarossa gather troops for the Third Crusade. 1790: Joseph Guillotine proposes a more human way of execution.. The Guillotine... Exactly 3 years later, Louis XVI is executed this way. #history