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On November 7, 1917, Bolshevik forces seized the Winter Palace in Petrograd. The event became one of the defining moments of the Russian Revolution, although the famous image of a massive revolutionary army storming the palace is far removed from what actually happened. 🧵
ALT "Pogrom in the Winter Palace" by Ivan Vladimirov
The country soon descended into a brutal civil war between the Reds, who supported the Bolshevik government, and the Whites, a diverse collection of anti-Bolshevik forces.
What followed would reshape Russia and have enormous consequences for the rest of the twentieth century.
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ALT Lenin, Trotsky and Kamenev celebrating the second anniversary of the October Revolution
On November 6, 1869, Rutgers College defeated the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, 6–4 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in what is recognized as the first official intercollegiate football game in the United States. The game looked very different from modern football: 🧵
The rivalry between Rutgers and Princeton continued. Princeton won the rematch two weeks later by a score of 8–0. A third game had been scheduled, but it was never played.
What began as a match between two neighbouring colleges eventually developed into a major collegiate sport, with a national following and traditions that continue more than 150 years later.
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ALT Plaque on College Avenue on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University identifying the place where the game was played