46 years ago today, on April 12, 1979, the first Mad Max film premiered in Australia, kicking off George Miller's ever-evolving, dystopian post-apocalyptic action film saga.

(Original film poster illustrations by Bill Garland and John Hamagami.)

Greater Feast of Donald Weiser, died April 12, 2017 at Florida https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/donald-weiser #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay

Greater Feast of Abbie Hoffman, died April 12, 1989 at Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/abbie-hoffman #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay

Greater Feast of Mary d'Esti Sturges, Virakam, died April 12, 1931 at New York, New York https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/mary-d-esti-sturges #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay

Very early #OnThisDay, 12 Apr 1944, Odette Wilen parachutes into France to work as a wireless operator for the British Special Operations Executive. The SOE supports the French resistance.

Wireless operators were at the greatest risk of discovery, as their position could be triangulated whenever they were transmitting messages back to London.

Wilen evades capture by minutes and escapes over the Pyrenees. She lives until 2015.

Released 31 years ago today
Weight, the fourth studio album by the Rollins Band, featuring the track"Liar"

Rollins Band - Liar (1994) Official Music Video Remastered

Released 40 years ago today
Back to the Known, the second EP by American punk rock band Bad Religion, featuring the track Frogger

Bad Religion - Frogger

31 years ago today
Weight is the fourth studio album by American rock band Rollins Band, released on April 12, 1994. It featured the band's biggest hits, "Liar" and "Disconnect".

40 years ago today
Back to the Known is the second EP by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on this day in 1985, and it's a return to their punk roots.

#OtD 11 April 1945 expecting the arrival of US troops, the resistance in the Buchenwald concentration camp rose up and seized control of it. This delayed the Nazi evacuation of the camp which helped save many lives. US forces arrived later that day. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/11244/liberation-of-buchenwald [stories.workingclasshistory.com]

#OtD 11 Apr 1914 a UK anarchist conference began in Newcastle. The DailyMirror reported that it "sounds very terrible" but that the delegates were "in reality the mildest people imaginable… including three girls in the 'flapper' stage" https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8263/anarchist-conference-in-newcastle [stories.workingclasshistory.com]

#OtD 11 Apr 1871 women in the Paris commune set up the Union of Women for the Defence of Paris. They organise to defend the commune, care for the wounded, and abolish gender inequality. They later fought government troops. Learn more about the commune: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/voices-of-the-paris-commune

“Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American Indian ballerina.”

Died #OTD, 11 Apr 2013, Maria Tallchief - the first prima ballerina of Native American descent (Osage).

We'd love a date for her stage debut.

#OnThisDay, 11 Apr 1913, the Nevill Pavilion in Tunbridge Wells, UK, is destroyed by arson. No-one is injured. Suffragettes are suspected of starting the fire because their leaflets are found nearby, but no-one is ever caught.

#OtD 10 Apr 1919 Emiliano Zapata, peasant leader during the Mexican Revolution, was murdered by forces of the "revolutionary" Carranza government. He was lured to a meeting by a fake defector and assassinated. We have reproduced this iconic photo: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/emiliano-zapata

42 years ago
Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and a punk from the audience at Rollerworks, Chatsworth, California, April 2, 1983.

Linda Aronow

Btw - > Minor Threat and Suicidal Tendencies on one stage

Moon enters Libra, April 11, 2025, 01:12 UTC (☉ in ♈︎, ☾ in ♎︎) #calendar #astronomical #OTD #OnThisDay

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

10 years ago today the first season of Daredevil premiered. Still one of the best live action Marvel productions, and still one of the most successfully executed comic-to-screen adaptations we got, managing to keep a perfect balance between having a more serious tone, while still not feeling ashamed to stay true to its source material.

Greater Feast of Algernon Charles Swinburne, died April 10, 1909 at London, England https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/algernon-charles-swinburne #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay