Mary Evans Picture Libraryさんのイラストまとめ

#OTD in 1887, Harvey Wilcox registers Hollywood with the LA Country recorder's office. He envisioned a utopian community for devout Christians, free of vices such as alcohol. Ahem.

The 5000th episode of iconic BBC children's programme, #BluePeter airs tonight and the show will celebrate its 60th birthday in October. Anyone else's interest in #history triggered by stories in the Blue Peter annual?!

#OnThisDay in 1983 it became compulsory in the UK for drivers to wear a seat belt. This trainee police officer sets a good example in the late 1960s. #safety

Born #OnThisDay in 1902, American actress and bonne vivant Tallulah Bankhead. Illustration by Olive Snell ©ILN Ltd, posing in 1932, & with Hedda Hopper in 1950 courtesy @EverettPhotos

#otd 1826, The Menai Suspension Bridge designed and built by Thomas Telford was opened. The world's first modern suspension bridge - and Grade I listed building - links North Wales to the island of Anglesey. Hand-coloured engraving, Grosvenor Prints @Mary_Evans

Born #otd 1736, James Watt, Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's steam engine with his steam engine in 1781 which was fundamental to the changes of the Industrial Revolution. Image bySir William Beechey repr. Bibby's Annual, 1920

Born #OTD in 1806, Scottish painter Daniel Maclise, renowned for his romanticised & often sentimental historical genre paintings.

Hold on to your hats (and umbrellas, and children) on this windy day! #breezy

Legendary jazz trumpeter, #HughMasekela, known as "the father of South African jazz", has died at the age of 78

#OTD in 1849, British-born Elizabeth Blackwell, becomes the first woman to qualify as a physician in the U.S. after earning her degree from Geneva College in New York. She would go on, with her sister Emily, to found the Medicine College for Women in NY.