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It was on 19th August 43BC that Octavian (later the Emperor Augustus) compelled the Roman senate to elect him consul after marching on the city with eight legions, leading to the creation of the second Triumvirate. Also in 14AD died, aged 75.

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the third autistic character otd is Ryan Akagi from Infinity Train! (implied)

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the autistic character otd is Peridot from Steven Universe! (heavily implied)

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Todays picrew otd is Epithet Erased (inspired) CC!
Creator:
Quote rt with your version!

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18 Aug 1626: Jeremy Taylor future devotional writer & bishop of Down & Connor admitted to Caius College
as a sizar

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18 August 1654 a committee chaired by John Disbrowe was appointed to prepare the Western Design, an attack by the Protectorate on Spanish colonial territories in the Caribbean. The strategy was misconceived and poorly planned, ending in failure.

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USS Tang (SS 306) was launched at Mare Island in 1943. Under the command of Medal of Honor recipient Richard O'Kane, the Balao-class boat became the most combat successful submarine in history, by tonnage & number of enemy vessels sunk.

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17 August 1828 Jules Bernard Luys was born. He became a neurologist who made important contributions to the fields of neuroanatomy and neuropsychiatry. Luys published the first photographic atlas on the brain and nervous system

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The 2nd of a planned 5 Pioneer solar probes is launched OTD in 1966. Pioneer 7 (B) gathered solar data in support of the Apollo program, studied Halley's Comet in 1986 from 12.3 million km & was last tracked in March 1995 when one of the science instruments was still functioning.

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17 August 1922, the Royal Irish Constabulary was disbanded, to be replaced by the Garda Síochána.

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in 1929
Cover of The New Yorker, August 17, 1929
Peter Arno

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17 August 1658, after a bout of ill health exacerbated by the shock of his daughter Elizabeth’s death, Oliver Cromwell's health improved enough to go riding in Hampton Court Park where he met George Fox, who said that he looked “like a dead man".

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why are there no dinosaur otd accs :(
i wanna rt pictures of these guys all day!

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the creature OTD is Tsubasa Inuzuka/InuBrother from Avataro Sentai Donbrothers!
submitted by anon

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OTD 1602 Chichester took Tyrone's stronghold at Inishloughan. Held by 42 shot and 20 swordsmen, it had '2 deep ditches both compassed with strong palisades...high and thick rampeire..well flanked with bulwarks'. It had little chance against well-placed artillery

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16 Aug: feast of St. Roch, patron of plague victims, &c (BM) Very popular in middle ages & early modern period for good reason. And being more remembered these days too

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Born 1888, T E Lawrence (d. 1935). Archaeologist, army officer, RAF aircraftman, diplomat, desert war strategist and writer, notable for Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Inspiration of film & theatre, including David Lean’s Academy Award-winning movie Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

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Today’s Henson Creature OTD is The Griffin from The Storyteller, performed by Brian Henson and Alistair Fullarton.

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