Yesterday

 

Dig it!

 

On this day, 1930, a city that straddles Europe and Asia, across the Bosphorus Strait, changed its name

The pictures lead to its former name. Solve the rebus and tell us what name the city is known as today...

 

Con
Stan
Tin
Ople (opal).

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

 

have fun
kfw

 

Well done @Canuck you made light work of that one

I think a star in the form of the Turkish flag is apt...

 

Grassy A$$!

 

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Two names in the clues. Another town that changed its name, about 150-60 years ago. First two clues, the original name. Second two clues, it’s new name. Carry this a bit further. Why the name change?

 

Plymouth Hollow became Thomaston.


Why?

Because of this person.

 

Well done @JimInOz ,

Plymouth Hollow, Conn., re-named Thomaston, because of the Seth Thomas clock (& watch) Co.

 

They Might Be Giants





I think this is a reference to the ‘Istanbul’ lyrics posted by @Canuck

Day
Mite
Bee
Giants

 

Well played, sir, have one of these on me...

 

That’ll ding dang do for me

 

Today marks the anniversary of the 1st recorded perihelion passage of which celestial body?

And I don’t mean one of Charlie’s Angels...

 

https://omegaforums.net/threads/rebus-puzzles.106743/page-115#post-1747061

 

An easy one for a change.

 

Halley’s Comet indeed

 

Have fun with this one. Name him, and name his alter ego with the name, and an image.