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"The revolution is over. I am the revolution."
👑⚔️ #NapoleonBonaparte, Corsica-born French military leader and Emperor of the French (1804-14, 1815), was #BOTD 15 August 1769. #Napoleon
🎨 #FrancescoZuccarelli, Italian rococo painter, was #BOTD 15 August 1702. #Art #Painting
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.
Casey At The Bat: https://t.co/W4Xy2K2tnK
✒️ #ErnestThayer, American poet, was #BOTD 14 August 1863. #Poetry #Literature
🎨 #CarleVernet, French painter and lithographer, was #BOTD 14 August 1758. #Art #Painting
👋🏽They've historically been given a bad rep, and even the Latin word for lefthanded is "sinister"!
👋🏽 Today is #InternationalLeftHandersDay!
👋🏽 Of course, lefthanders are fine people, so put your two hands together for them. Here are some famous lefthanders...
📰 #WilliamCaxton, English printer and translator, first to print in the English language, was #BOTD 13 August 1422 (date disputed). #Publishing #History
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour"
Poems: https://t.co/0EIbkJpVZo
195th Anniversary ✒️🎨 #WilliamBlake, visionary English poet and artist, #DOTD 12 Aug 1827. #Art #Poetry #Literature
"Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning I woke in a room filled with light and silence, the whole world seemed to be held in a dream-like stillness. It was a magical day... and it was on that day I made the Snowman."
✒️RIP. #RaymondBriggs has passed away🕯️
🎨 #AntonLosenko, Russian painter, was #BOTD 10 August 1737. #Art #Painting
“What a long strange trip it's been.”
🎸#JerryGarcia, American rock and bluegrass guitarist, singer-songwriter (#GratefulDead), and painter, #DOTD 9 August 1995.