Newlyweds, the Hamills, pose for a wedding portrait in Northern Ireland on the 17th of October, 1935. The couple also posed with their wedding party, and at the church with their guests. The bride also posed outside her wedding car.
The bride and groom were from the town of Dungannon, the third-largest in County Tyrone.
Foyer de Danse, a ballet by English choreographer Frederick Ashton, had its premiere on the 9th of October, 1932.
This footage (begins 24 seconds in) from the 1932 production features Ashton alongside English prima ballerina Alicia Markova (born Lilian Alice Marks):
Ashton would go on to become one of ballet’s best-known choreographers. His productions of ballets such as Cinderella and La fille mal gardée are still seen onstage at the Royal Opera House on a regular basis.
A picnic to celebrate Labour Day in New South Wales in the first half of the twentieth century. The photograph was taken by Australian photojournalist Sam Hood (1872-1953).
Labour Day in 2017 falls on the 2nd of October in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia.
Labour Day in Australia falls on different dates in different regions. In 2017 the 2nd of October is Labour Day for the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia.
These images show celebrations of the day in the state of Queensland.
The Fish Board: Eat More Fish – 1940.
State Butcheries: the People’s Business – 1920.
Preparing a float in Brisbane in 1940.
This photograph, taken on the 26th of September, 1942, is of famous London pub The Prospect of Whitby.
Claiming to be London’s oldest riverside public house, a tavern has stood on this site since approximately 1520.
In her mid-twenties in 1945. X
Kim Jong-suk, a Korean anti-Japanese guerrilla fighter, Communist, and mother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, died on the 22nd of September, 1949.
The “Great Mother” as a fighter in a propaganda painting. X
Twenty-nine at the time of her death, while the official state explanation is that she died of the hardships of fighting for Korea, it is thought she possibly died either giving birth to a stillborn son, from tuberculosis, or from a gunshot wound. Her death is not even mentioned in her biography.
The year before her death. X
Kim Jong-suk was the first wife of Kim Il-sung, and the grandmother of current leader Kim Jong-un. She is buried in the “Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery” near Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea.
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