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Metal Slug 2 released in arcades today in 1998, 23 years ago. #MetalSlug #SNK #NeoGeo #RETROGAMING #OnThisDay
G. F. Watts was #bornonthisday in 1817 🥳 Here are some jewels from @WattsGallery - a place very close to my heart.
Time Death and Judgement, 1900
Fiesole, Tuscany, 1844-5
Paolo and Francesca, 1872-5
Lady Augusta Holland, c.1844
#watts #BOTD #art #arthistory
#OnThisDay 1685 George Frideric #Handel, German-British baroque #composer and #organist, born in Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg, Germany
‘Poetry should be great & unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul’
200 years ago #otd in 1821, John Keats died in Rome aged just 25.
Follow #keats200 @Keats_Shelley @KeatsHouse @KeatsLetters for news marking his incredible life & talent today #Romantics200 #OnThisDay
#TodayInMystery 1770
A #Boston customs officer fires on stone-throwing protestors outside his home, killing 11yo Christopher Seider. Tensions between colonists and Crown agents over #taxes erupted into violence that presaged the #Massacre 12 days later.
#onthisday #otd #history
On this day in 1875, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot died in Paris.
A pivotal figure in landscape painting, Corot was a leading artist of the Barbizon School.
#OTD #OnThisDayInArtHistory
Happy Birthday to George Washington, born on this day in 1732. (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799)
by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#GeorgeWashington #presidentoftheunitedstates #TravisSimpkins #WashingtonDC #MountVernon #History #TravisSimpkins #POTUS #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay in 1986, Ozzy Osbourne released his 4th album "The Ultimate Sin" featuring hit single Shot In The Dark (which hit #68 on the Billboard Hot 100). The album was a huge success , peaking at #6 on the Billboard 200 while going 2x platinum. #80sMetal
Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #GeorgeWashington (1732-99), first president of the USA
Portrait by #GilbertStuart (1755-1828), 1796
#Washington #FoundingFathers
Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #GeorgeWashington (1732-99), first president of the USA
Portrait by #GiuseppePerovani (1765-1835), 1796
#Washington #FoundingFathers
On this day in 1925, the @NewYorker published its first issue.
The magazine’s first ever cover art – an illustration of dandy ‘Eustace Tilley’ by then-art editor Rea Irvin – has become a recurring mascot for the magazine.
#OTD #OnThisDayInArtHistory
Happy Birthday Wendy✨
#ShineOnWendy #WendyOnThisDay #Wendy28thBday_Frame #redvelvetfanart #fanart #giadoredraw
#OnThisDay in 1948, Ezzard Charles scored a fateful 10th round KO of Sam Baroudi in Chicago. Baroudi would go on to die of injuries sustained in the bout, spawning the (untrue) rumor that Charles was no longer an aggressive fighter #boxing #history
Feb. 19, 1998, SNK Corp & Yumekobo Co., Ltd. released Blazing Star to the arcades #1990s #arcade #arcadegames #arcadehistory #bullethell #games #gaming #gamer #History #retro #RETROGAMING #RetroGames #shmup #ThisDayInHistory #Videogame #videogamer #videogaming @SNKPofficial
Born #OnThisDay in 1712: English painter #ArthurDevis (1712-87)
Portrait of Edward Payne (1716-94)
#Devis #BritishArt #Georgian
Bank of England Museum
Born #OnThisDay in 1712: English painter #ArthurDevis (1712-87)
Portrait of Thomas Lister and Family at Gisburne Park, 1740
#Devis #BritishArt #Georgian #ChildrenInArt #FamilyPortraits
Born #OnThisDay in 1712: English painter #ArthurDevis (1712-87)
Portrait of Anne Streatfeild, née Sidney, 1756
#Devis #BritishArt #Georgian
Born #OnThisDay in 1712: English painter #ArthurDevis (1712-87)
Portrait of A Lady in a Drawing Room, 1740-1
#Devis #BritishArt #Georgian
Born #OnThisDay in 1712: English painter #ArthurDevis (1712-87)
Portrait of a Family, Traditionally Known as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire, 1749
#Devis #BritishArt #Georgian #ChildrenInArt #FamilyPortraits
Born #OnThisDay in 1712: English painter #ArthurDevis (1712-87)
Portrait of An Unknown Man with His Daughter, 1746-8
#Devis #BritishArt #Georgian #ChildrenInArt