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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
#BornthisDay June 30 1917 #singer #dancer #actress civil rights activist #StyleIcon Lena Horne. Film roles inc Stormy Weather,I Dood it, Meet me in Las Vegas Duchess of Idaho & Death of a Gunfighter. One biggest nightclub acts C20th best known song of course Stormy Weather
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
#SaintExupery was born #onthisday in 1900
#TheLittlePrince ☀️
Happy 1st Anniversary of Craig of the Creek episode “The Ground Is Lava” 🌳🎉 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in June 29, 2020 🌋💚🔥 I Like how Tomon Plays The Ground Is Lava. #CraigOfTheCreek #TheGroundIsLava #OnThisDay #Happy1stAnniversary https://t.co/L5enMF9af4
#OnThisDay in 1998: Nitro: Magnum Tokyo walks up and starts dancing with Disco and Alex Wright even though they were opponents.
French writer, poet, and pioneering pilot, the adventurous Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born today (June 29th) in 1900.
#OTD #History #OnThisDay #author #Illustrator #Pilot
Happy 506th Birthday to Anne of Cleves too! Born on this day in 1515 🥳🥳 #History #Tudors #OnThisDay #OTD #happybirthdayoldgirl
Born #OnThisDay in 1577, 🍰, #PeterPaulRubens is best known for his dynamic #paintings of #religious & #mythological subjects. His emphasis on #movement, #color & #sensuality have led to him being considered one of the greatest #painters of the #17thcentury #Baroque period. 👼
One of the most admired botanical artists of the 20th century was Cecily Mary Barker. #BornThisDay in 1895, she was best known for her illustrated books of delightful fairies, flowers and poetry.
1st recognition of the harmful effects of CFCs: #OnThisDay #OTD in 1974 Rowland & Molina published research showing Chlorofluorocarbons were destructive to Earth's ozone layer. An ozone hole over #Antarctica was discovered 11 years later https://t.co/HMJLLZBie1 @nature @UCIrvine
Frontispiece to Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), a book of traditional Japanese ghost stories compiled by the great scholar and translator Lafcadio Hearn, who was born #onthisday in 1850. Read the book here: https://t.co/RopiXB1BBa #otd
Helen Keller was born today (June 27th) in 1880. Author, eloquent advocate for #disability rights and awareness, and women's rights activist, she was the first #deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, and from Harvard no less! #OnThisDay
#InspirationalQuotes