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#otd 14 February 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St.Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) & Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
#Royalnavy #BritishHistory
Spotted Lily, n.d., by #EmmaHomanThayer (American, 1842-1908), who was born #otd (Feb 13). From her book Wild Flowers of Colorado, published in 1885; source, @UofCalifornia Libraries via @BioDivLib https://t.co/rIJlM92Snu #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
#OTD in 1937
dog-tired
Cover of The New Yorker, February 13, 1937
Leonard Dove
#TheNewYorkerCover #LeonardDove #dogshow
Todays picrew otd is Guinea Pig Dress Up!
Creator: @jumimoco
Quote rt with your version!
#OTD in 1791, industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, educator, abolitionist, and reformer Peter Copper is born. Cooper left an incredible legacy in our neighborhoods, not least through @cooperunion and Cooper Square. More on this transformative figure: https://t.co/PxzINUWuLa
Executed (alas!) OTD in 1554, Lady Jane Grey. Those crazy Tudors! Always executing people. Here the tragic event as imagined by Paul Delaroche.
Rick and Morty Character of the Day:
Name: Baby Rick
Species: Human
#rick #rickandmorty #tvshows #oftheday #otd
“Our finger prints don't fade from the lives we touch.”
- Judy Blume, who was born #OTD in 1938
(illustration by Gwen Millward)
#OTD in 1949
The Valentine primeval
Cover of The New Yorker, February 12, 1949
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #caveman #valentne #valentinesday