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Today's brown skin character OTD is: Prince Kelby from Cannon Busters! The prince of Botica
Happy Birthday to Astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn, 33°. Born on this day in 1921.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
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#JohnGlenn #Astronaut #NASA #Senator #otd #ScottishRite #ScottishRiteNMJ #33rdDegree #Freemasons #Freemasonry #Masonic #TravisSimpkins #art
July 18, 1950, died #OTD American geologist Mignon Talbot, the first woman to find and describe a dinosaur - Podokesaurus holyokensis - now the official State #Dinosaur of Massachusetts 🦖🇺🇸
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🖌️ by https://t.co/sefyGoaMln
#OTD in 1925
‘Constant Vigilance Insures that Extra Quality and Value You Receive in All Certain-teed Products’
#Certainteed Products - July 18, 1925
#illustration by Herbert Paus (1880-1946)
#illustrationartists #illustrationart #HerbertPaus #industrialsublime #rawmaterials
“Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?” (William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair), born OTD in 1811. 🎂🎉
#OTD in 1812
‘Chase of the CONSTITUTION, July 1812 Painting by Anton Otto Fischer, depicting the boats of U.S. Frigate CONSTITUTION towing her in a calm, while she was being pursued by a squadron of British warships, 18 July 1812’
#AmericanArt #AntonOttoFischer #WarOf1812 #USNavy
#xenogender OTD!
Astrostarlic!
A xenogender that has a connection/relation to astronomy, Star constellations/other Astronomical things and nostalgia!
#xenic #xenictwt #xenogenders #OTD
Cred: gendertianguis on tumblr
Fragaria Phil-Crates / Strawberries, 1901, by #DeborahGriscomPassmore (American, 1840-1911), who was born #otd (Jul 17). Held by @USDA, https://t.co/7Ysl41swj3 #artherstory #womenartists #womenbotanicalillustrators #hernaturalhistory
the soulmates otd are... mikaela and yuuchiro from owari no seraph ! ♡ they are romantic soulmates ( half-canon/implied )
the soulmates otd are... Goro Akechi and Joker from Persona 5 ! ♡ they are rivalry / alterous soulmates ( canon )
#OTD in 1954
‘She came up in his arms, spluttering and clinging to him while he kissed her wet face.’
Illustration by Robert Meyers (1919-1970) ...
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #RobertMeyers #swimmingpool
bandori rare pair otd is aya x Rinko ayarin!!
Aya from pasupare & Rinko from Roselia !!
they like wearing matching clothes, + when they get married aya will sing alongside Rinko and play a beautiful melody song, aya and Rinko may not seem close from afar but I assure you they are
"That wascally wabbit!"
85th Today! 💥#ElmerFudd [originally Egghead], #WarnerBros cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones (#LooneyTunes and #MerrieMelodies series), first debuted in "Egghead Rides Again" #OTD 17 July 1937. #Animation
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Captain Kenneth Keith Forbes paints this scene, CWM 19710261-0142, of a Canadian 6 in howitzer supporting British troops in the attack on Thiepval #OTD Jul 16 1916, during the Somme offensive. Note lack of ear protection, causing deafness in many #WWI vets https://t.co/nYtddoTvsv
One of our funniest science fiction writers, Robert Sheckley was born OTD in 1928. More famous for his wry, unpredictable short stories, his work was the basis for the movies THE 10th VICTIM and FREEJACK. Was also briefly the editor of OMNI magazine. Sheckley died in 2005.
Roald Amundsen — the Norwegian explorer who, with his team, became the first to reach the South Pole — was born #onthisday in 1872. See our highlights of the wonderful set of photos from the 1910–12 expedition: https://t.co/NeIvHPOlvz #OTD
Frederick William Frohawk was born #OTD in 1861. He supplied #sciart for ZSL's Proceedings (now @JZoology), 23 plates between 1886 & 1900. These two examples both accompany 1886 papers by G.A. Boulenger, a #ZSLFellow & #Herpetologist.
“Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck, people call it.”
#OTD in 1872, Roald Amundsen was born in Norway 🇳🇴.
One of the greatest explorers in history, Amundsen was the first man to reach the North Pole, the South Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage.
OTD 1589 Ships of English Armada straggled to home ports. Officers like Norreys tried to conceal the enormity of the disaster & Queen reported 'well pleased', but of 25k who left just 5k returned & over 1/3 of fleet-40 ships lost-tragedy rarely makes it into Elizabethan narrative