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#OnThisDay 1735 the future Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, was born. He had a full and sometimes controversial @RoyalNavy career but is most famous for defeating 27 Spanish ships with his Fleet of 15 off Cape St Vincent. The action resulted in him being made, Earl St Vincent.
The work-tastic, fan-favorite TREMORS came out today in 1990.
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#Tremors #KevinBacon #OnThisDay
Despite some controversy (see 'Sea of Glory' by @natphilbrick), it is thought that on 19 January 1840, USS Vincennes of the U.S. Exploring Expedition became the first U.S. naval vessel to reach Antarctica. She is depicted here in Disappointment Bay.
#OnThisDay #OTD #history
Andy Warhol's ethereal portrait of @DollyParton, who was born #OnThisDay in 1946 @SFMOMA https://t.co/eLD4XpnZWO
‘There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.’ – #PaulCézanne born #onthisday in 1839. Discover our fine art prints by the French painter, produced in collaboration with our partner, @TheCourtauld: https://t.co/lMixisb0sX
#OnThisDay 1760, Italian castrato-soprano Giuseppe Belli is stabbed to death in Naples by "an envious Venetian". Belli was highly praised for his sweet voice and one of his best performances was Licida's aria "Consola il genitore", written for him by of Johann Adolph Hasse. ➡️
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Janis💔Joplin
Piece of My Heart
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#JanisJoplin
#19gennaio 1943
#OnThisDay
Janis Joplin
†#4oct 1970
#club27
#OnThisDay 1975: #DoctorWho - Robot, part four.
#DrWho #scifi #sciencefiction #ClassicTV #1970s
The conchologist and malacologist John Gwyn Jeffreys was born in #Swansea #onthisday 1809 https://t.co/yps8WWhmlB #WelshHistory #Wales
Happy Birthday to Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, born on this day in 1853. (January 17, 1853 - January 26, 1933)
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#AlvaVanderbilt #NewportMansions #GildedAge #MarbleHouse #WomensSuffrage #history #OnThisDay #TravisSimpkins #otd #art
Happy Birthday to Benjamin Franklin, born on this day in 1706.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#BenjaminFranklin #foundingfathers #enlightenment #inventor #printer #wit #wisdom #AmericanHistory #history #OnThisDay #otd #GrandMaster #GrandLodgeOfPennsylvania
#Words
“This rose is not so fragrant as a summer rose, but it has stood through hardships none of them could bear: the cold rain of winter has sufficed to nourish it, and it’s faint sun to warm it…—Will you have it?”
#BornOnThisDay Anne Bronte
🖌Sarah Buell Dowling🇺🇸Winter Rose
Born #OnThisDay in 1820: English writer #AnneBrontë (1820-49)
Portrait with her sisters #EmilyBrontë (1818-48) & #CharlotteBrontë (1816-55) by their brother #BranwellBrontë (1817-48), ca. 1833
#Brontë #Englishliterature #WomenWriters
#OnThisDay one hundred and ten years ago a doctor succumbed to his inner monster after discovering a special concoction.
Born #onthisday1877 May Gibbs MBE whimsical pioneering Australian female cartoonist children's #author #illustrator & enchanting #cartoonist best known for Snugglepot and Cuddlepie & her iconic timeless Gumnut Babies series of illustrations Gibbs' 1st gumnut babies book Gumnut…
#OnThisDay 1780 Admiral Rodney in HMS SANDWICH defeated a Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. After the battle he re-supplied the besieged garrisons at Gibraltar and Minorca. The victory at St Vincent owes much to @RoyalNavy ships speed due to having copper sheath hulls.
#OnThisDay 23 years ago, January 16th, 1999 - the episode "Mad Love"
aired on television
Direct by Butch Lukic
Written by @Paul_Dini
Story by Bruce Timm & Paul Dini
Born #onthisday1897 Elise Blumann German born #artist achieved recognition as an Australian #Expressionist #painter Works investigate unique light & colour of Western Australian landscape Co-founded the Art Group discussion group promoting modernist ideas in art & art education
#OnThisDay, 1804, #DorothyWordsworth writes to Catherine Clarkson of preparations made incase Napoleon invaded: 'We have given over even thinking about Invasion though our Grasmere Volunteers do walk past the door twice a week ... to be exercised at Ambleside.'
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