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18 Feb 1455: d. Bl. Fra Angelico #Dominican #painter #otd - who was declared patron of Catholic artists in 1984.
#OTD in 1933: the annual anniversary reappearance of Eustace Tilley
Cover of The New Yorker, February 18, 1933
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #EustaceTilley
#OTD in 1913, the #ArmoryShow opens. While staged uptown, this exhibition which brought modernism to America definitely had roots and an aesthetic that were very downtown: https://t.co/DL8tevEeGm
#OTD #Classical #Music 1904 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" premieres La Scala opera house, Milan. Puccini researched Japanese music, visiting wife of Japanese ambassador to Italy, who sang Japanese folk songs to him, he references them in opera https://t.co/ukOXkiNgde
#OTD | It's Philipp Franz von Siebold's 227th birthday!
He was one of the first Western scientists to visit Japan and collected knowledge about its culture, flora & fauna.
For example this beautiful agricultural encyclopedia held in our @AsianLibraryNL:
➡️https://t.co/1qsMN6KsPJ
#OTD in 1941
‘Ooooooh… Succotash! And in February! And good! And cheap! Special! This Week Only! . . .’ Illustration by Harry Beckhoff (1901–1979)
Birds Eye Frosted Foods
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #HarryBeckhoff
Un bel dì? Puccini’s Madama Butterfly had its disastrous premiere in Milan @teatroallascala #OTD in 1904.
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bandori rarepair otd is yohako! this ship consists of ako from roselia and yohane from guilty kiss (lovelive)! they play video games together and give eo silly nicknames!! The two met at a game convention and immediately became bffs!
LADY SOPHIA BRUNEL born OTD 1775. Wife of Sir Marc, mother of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Support to both building Thames Tunnel. Also English spy and governess who escaped French Revolution and guillotine. Inventor. Hero. And the name of Crossrail's first tunnelling machine.
OTD 1594 Dowdall re-edified Enniskillen & put 30 men in garrison. Castle was isolated at the end of vulnerable supply line, but assured by his spies that Hugh Maguire has 'not 8 horse and 20 foot' & all in Fermanagh loyal saving 1 or 2- Dowdall needed better spies #nineyearswar