OHS Social Studies

Carpet bagger right out of the 1920s for #SpiritWeek @OSSATHLETICS

Queen Elizabeth II made her first visit to the United States as a monarch on October 17, 1957. #ThisDayInHistory

#HappyBirthday to Mae Jemison! 🎂 Dr. Jemison became the first African American woman to go to space when she went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.

Arthur Miller, the playwright who penned "Death of a Salesman," "The Crucible," and more, was born October 17, 1915. #ThisDayInHistory thoughtco.com/arthur-miller-…

Join the Human Rights Club on October 26 at 3pm for a Q&A with Representative Mondaire Jones #RollPride @OssiningSup @OHSPrincipal3

.@USMC Cpl. Alexis McMaster helps an Afghan child with her shoe laces during a celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child on Fort Pickett, Va. #OperationAlliesWelcome @USNorthernCmd

On this day in 1917, the legendary spy Mata Hari (aka Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod) is executed by the French for espionage. She reportedly wears a tricorne hat and blows a kiss to her firing squad. Read the full story here: militaryhistorynow.com/2020/10/15/the…

Clarence Thomas was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as an Associate Supreme Court Justice on October 15, 1991, filling the vacated seat of Thurgood Marshall. #ThisDayInHistory

On October 15, 1962, the White House received photographic evidence of the Soviet Union building nuclear missile sites in Cuba. So began a tense 13-day stand-off known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. #ThisDayInHistory

On this day in 1815, a vanquished Napoleon Bonaparte begins his second and final exile on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena.

#OTD in 1985, Space Shuttle Atlantis completed its first mission (STS-51J) when it landed at Edwards Air Force Base.

In the 20s, the major European nations competed to build large airships to gain control over the air-travel industry. Britain’s latest model could carry 100 passengers. The dirigible crashed in France on its maiden overseas flight on #ThisDayInHistory in 1930.

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Richard Kraus, 18, posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions #OnThisDay in 1944 on Peleliu Island. A USMC supply driver, he volunteered to evacuate wounded Marines. While on mission, he dove on a grenade to save his squad. Rest In Peace, Sir. #WWII #WeRememberThem

On this day in 1993, a standoff between Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the Congress of People's Deputies turns deadly as army tanks roll into Moscow and open fire on the legislature. Nearly 200 are killed in hours of bloody street fighting.

On this day in 1795, a 26-year-old artillery officer by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte famously orders his gunners to give a mob of counter-revolutionaries in Paris a "whiff of grapeshot."

On this day in 1990, East and West Germany are reunified. It's more than 45 years after the end of the Second World War and less than 12 months since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

On this day in 1993, two U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters are shot down over Mogadishu, Somalia. 18 Americans are killed and 73 are wounded during the fight to recover the crews. As many as 500 Somalis perish in the battle.

On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the 96th — and first African American — justice on the Supreme Court. #ThisDayInHistory pbs.org/wgbh/americane…

At the center of the Salem witch trials were a core group of accusers, all girls and young women ranging in age from nine to 20, who screamed, writhed, barked and displayed other horrifying symptoms they claimed were signs of Satanic possession. history.com/news/salem-wit…