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Mar 27 1918 #OTD Canadian pilot Alan Arnett McLeod's plane was on fire so to keep away from the flames he flew the plane from wing. Survived landing and awarded was #VictoriaCross but died months later Nov 6 1918 from Spanish Flu. Painting by Merv Corning.
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#Otd 1949: #Belfast's CS Lewis completed The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! 1st of 7, The Chronicles of Narnia, but vol 2 sequenced by the stories' chronology! Here's Aslan's resurrection to mark Christ's resurrection in Irish martyrologies (27 March)! https://t.co/fcPa2JATE2
#OTD March 27 in 1967, The Young Rascals recorded "Groovin'"
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Catherine Johnston, n.d., by #MaryBeale (English, 1633-1699), who was born #otd (Mar 26). Held by @Orleanshg, https://t.co/IRanUueyti #artherstory #womenartists
Mar 26 1917 #OTD saw an Ottoman victory at the First Battle of Gaza. This Regimental Standard was presented to the defenders of Gaza, who repulsed the first British attack, 1917.
LC-DIG-ppmsca-13709-00116 (digital file from original on page 33, no.115)
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Died #OTD 1649, John Winthrop, #English Puritan lawyer and a founder of the #MassachusettsBayColony
Priceless https://t.co/pxBvDbNtia
'...In such circumstances, the striving for commonwealth was not a design but an instinct for survival...'
Princeton dropout, Army vet & car-roof repairman #FScottFitzgerald saw his first novel, "This Side of Paradise," published OTD in 1920. Its success announced the 23 y/o author as the poet of the Jazz Age. He finished just 3 other novels in his lifetime, including #TheGreatGatsby.
OTD 1595 While Tyrone's modernised forces were tearing up Crown armies in the north, traditional forces remained the norm in relatively peaceful Munster. Estimate put numbers at 1,360 galloglass remain in the province. #nineyearswar
Today, we are sharing with you this painting by 👨🎨Augustus Leopold Egg, who died #OTD in 1863.
🖼️ It will be part of our new exhibition Inspired!, opening 8th April. Do you know what the name of the artwork is? 🔗https://t.co/LvSVYIWwzC #InspiredAtGuildhall
“If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.”
Mythomaniac Joseph Campbell was born #OTD 1904
🎨 Ulpiano Checa "El Rapto de Proserpina" (1888)
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Our black editor otd is @grrowchy!! he makes edits of series like bleach and soul eater!! be sure to support his work!
#Liverpool OTD - 1749: The first Liverpool Infirmary for the Sick was opened on Shaw's Brow (now William Brown St) by the Earl of Derby. Now site of Steble Fountain/Wellington Monument/St George's Plateau
Maps - 1765 and 1785
Happy birthday to #WilliamMorris, born #OTD in 1834. An artist who helped spark the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement, the designs produced by Morris still inspire today. Many of @kehindewileyart's portraits utilize similar patterns, like those in his rendition of "Blue Boy."
Today's pathetic woman otd is Ange ushiromiya! Lost her family in a large scale accident that she survived because she wasn't present. Unable to accept their deaths she dedicated her life to finding out the truth, only to become a witch's puppet. Her best friend is an ice pick😭
Mark Catesby was born #OTD in 1683.
As Emma says in her #blog "‘The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands’(published between 1731-1743) remained an authority on American natural history for over 100 years": https://t.co/COwiZ1uDv6