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#OTD #Writers 1782 "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos published by Durand Neveu in four volumes. It is seen as depicting the decadence of the French aristocracy shortly before the French Revolution, been described as an amoral story. https://t.co/3cSXQjFOuK

#OTD #Classic #Movie 1933 "King Kong" starring Fay Wray premieres Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy in NYC to rave reviews. Deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by Library of Congress,selected 4 preservation National Film Registry https://t.co/qXULebwdoq

#OTD #Classical #Music 1904 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" premieres La Scala opera house, Milan. Puccini researched Japanese music, visiting wife of Japanese ambassador to Italy, who sang Japanese folk songs to him, he references them in opera https://t.co/ukOXkiNgde

#OTD #Artist #Author 1970 Myrea Pettit born Northampton. Studies with Ann Mari Sjogren & becomes acclaimed fantasy & fairy artist and illustrator in own right. Author of '500 Fairy Motifs' and co-illustrated 'Fairies Art Studio'. https://t.co/5rRncH9xVx

#OTD #Engineering 1826 The Menai Suspension Bridge opens.Connects Isle of Anglesey to NW coast of Wales. Considered world's 1st modern suspension bridge. Designed by Thomas Telford, 16 huge chains hold 579 feet of deck, allowing 100 feet space beneath. https://t.co/u2fZfsswv4

#OTD 1912 Alfred Wegener, geophysicist/meteorologist, presents his controversial theory of continental drift in lecture at Geological Association, Senckenberg-Museum, Frankfurt. He argues all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass & had since drifted apart.

#OTD #Yacht 1866 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean between 3 of richest & most influential at the time: Pierre Lorillard (Vesta), George Osgood (Fleetwing), John Gordon Bennett Jr. (Henrietta). Fleetwing was favourite, followed by Vesta & Henrietta https://t.co/58exexe10E

#OTD 1815 Grace Darling born Bamburgh, England. The daughter of a lighthouse keeper she became famous for her participation in the rescue of shipwreck survivors, most noticeably from the steamship Forfarshire in September 1838, 9 survivors. https://t.co/SKt0zHflyL via @britannica

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