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#OnThisDay in 2019, Thembinkosi Lorch fired South Africa to a memorable win in Cairo! 🇿🇦
The Bafana Bafana forward scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations win over Egypt.
Where were you when he stunned the host nation into silence?
#BackpageMediaZA
#OTD 1415 Jan Hus, Bohemian theologian, reformer and inspiration of the Hussite movement, was executed in Konstanz after his trial ended with a condemnation for heresy. In 1419 the Hussite wars would commence. #OnThisDay #History
Born #OnThisDay in 1554: #ElisabethofAustria (1554-92), Queen of France as spouse of #CharlesIX, daughter of Emperor #MaximilianII
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, after 1574
#Habsburg #Valois
Worn #onthisday in 1871 by Alexandra, Princess of Wales--dressed as Mary, Queen of Scots, and carrying a Brazilian hummingbird feather fan--to the Waverley Ball in London, held to celebrate the centenary of Sir Walter Scott's birth and raise funds for his memorial. #OTD @RCT
#OnThisDay 1809 the start of the Battle of Wagram between Napoleon I and Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen and the 5th coalition. In 1810 Joseph Chabord portrayed the emperor in the posture of the statue of Marcus Aurelius on a light gray horse dominating the Wagram plateau.
#OnThisDay in 2018, @TomKingTK’s "The Wedding of #Batman & Catwoman" was celebrated in Batman #50 w/ over a dozen DC Comics artist contributing to the anniversary issue🦇🖤🐱
🎨: David Finch, Jordie Bellaire, @JimLee, @ScottW_inks, @Sinccolor, @GregCapullo, @fcoo, & @Inkdropinc
@BoxerJoeGrim What a fighter #jackdempsey was...
love this original artwork and Dempsey's expressive look... this art was @ringmagazine cover April 1949...
#wegerichcollection
#boxing #jackdempsey #OnThisDay #history
Born #onthisday1914 Fernand Leduc Canadian #abstractexpressionist #painter & major figure in 1940s & 1950s Quebec contemporary art scene co-founded Les Automatists later experimented with spontaneous & gestural nonfigurative painting with colour contrasts & interactions
#Words & #Art
“I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.”
#BornOnThisDay Franz Kafka (Letters to Milena)
🖌Ron Hicks🇺🇸Spending More Time
John Singleton Copley was born #onthisday in 1738, Copley was famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in both America and Britain. Here is his depiction of Richard Heber from 1782, from the @YaleBritishArt collection
https://t.co/kOKv7tHvOq
Happy 1st Anniversary of Craig of the Creek episode “Craig of The Beach” 🏖🌳🎉 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in July 2, 2020 💚🏖 I Like how Craig hits the beach with his friends and family. #CraigOfTheCreek #OnThisDay #Happy1stAnniversary
Good morning #OnThisDay 1928 The Equal Franchise Act of 1928 granted equal voting rights to women and men. As a result, both men and women could vote at the age of 21. #askhertostand
#OnThisDay in 1975, Muhammad Ali defended the heavyweight championship with a 15 round unanimous decision over Joe Bugner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia #boxing #history
#OnThisDay in 552 CE the Battle of Taginae was fought in Italy between the Byzantine Empire and the Ostrogoths ⚔️
Lead by the eunuch Narses, the Byzantine force won, killing some 6,000 men and the Ostrogothic King Totila.
#Classics #Roman #Byzantine #History #Battle
Happy 1st Anniversary of Craig of the Creek episode “The Bike Thief” 🚴♂️🌳🎉 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in July 1st, 2020 💚🚴 I Like how Craig investigates the theft of the 10 Speeds' bikes in hopes of finding the culprit. #CraigOfTheCreek #OnThisDay
Born #OnThisDay in 1723: Scottish philosopher #AdamFerguson (1723-1816)
Portrait by #JoshuaReynolds (1723-92), ca. 1781
#Ferguson #ScottishEnlightenment
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
#SaintExupery was born #onthisday in 1900
#TheLittlePrince ☀️