Eric Arthur Blair, or George Orwell as we know him, was born today (June 25th) in 1903, in Bihar, British India. He is most famous for the novels '1984' and 'Animal Farm'.
We can thank him for phrases like 'Big Brother', 'Room 101', and 'thought police'.

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Lot 104 班克斯(Banksy)《爱在空气中》
2005年作,喷漆及油彩画布
90 x 90 公分
估价:3,000,000 – 5,000,000 美元
成交价:12,903,000 美元

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V is for Van Meter Visitor

In September and October 1903, the residents of Van Meter, Iowa were terrorised by a 9-foot tall creature. Beams of light shone from the horn on its head.

Artwork (c) Lizzie Cavanagh

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Cherry Blossom Flurry, 1903, Kayburagi Kiyokata

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อัพเดทยอดกันค่านุช

ยอดโดเนทถึงวันนี้คือ 903,287.55 บาท
เรามีโอนคชจส่วนนึงออกไปแล้ว 172,000 บาท
เหลือในบช 731,287.55 ตามรูปข้างล่าง

ทีนี้แอดลองกะคร่าวๆถ้าหักคชจทั้งหมด ณ ตอนนี้ กำไรสำหรับบริจาคจะคือ 407,967.55บาท ค่ะ

หนทางยังอีกยาวไกล :D แต่ของแอดก็ยังไม่หมดน้า 55

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The Brown Pelican has a long history as a symbol of conservation. In 1903, Pres. Teddy Roosevelt set aside Florida’s Pelican Island to be the first National Wildlife Refuge to protect them from hunters. The Brown Pelican was made the state bird of Louisiana in 1966

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Echo and Narcissus, John William Waterhouse, 1903, [4903 x 2797]

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【ご報告】
昨年4/18に収益化申請が通ってから、
2020年中に皆様から頂いたスーパーチャット

全716件 ¥903,589

でした。改めまして心から感謝申し上げます!!

少なくてごめんなさい、等言って頂ける方もいらっしゃいますが全くそんなことありません

とてつもなく大きな力になるんです!感謝!!

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Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight of a self-propelled aircraft near Kitty Hawk, NC. Here are two images from that day by James H. Hare. Not on view. See more of Hare's work: https://t.co/e59xEvGt9P

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William Irish, auteur américain, né le 4 décembre 1903, est peut-être l'un des écrivains dont les romans ont été le plus souvent adaptés au et à la télé. En France, il l'a été par bien sûr, Delannoy, Davis et Habib et bien plus aux USA. https://t.co/kv6RS9gdWX

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Drawn by a Hopi man named White-Bear in 1903, these are kachinas. Popular in Hopi and Pueblo culture, a kachina is a spirit or personification of a thing in the real world, anything from a revered ancestor to a quality or concept. More here: https://t.co/7sI66vFXGm

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La Vie, by Pablo Picasso (Spanish), 1903,

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"Les meves cosines", 1903, Ignacio Zuloaga. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

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Homenaje a Cassius Marcellus Coolidge con su obra "A friend in need" , 1903, de la serie Perros jugando al póker.
😁😁😁😁

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Homenaje a Cassius Marcellus Coolidge con su obra "A friend in need" , 1903, de la serie Perros jugando al póker.
😁😁😁😁

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Ver Sacrum Kalender 1903, featuring the groundbreaking lettering of Alfred Roller who inspired psychedelic poster artists, like Wes Wilson, 63 years later.

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Anime cursor with a blue robotic cat named Doraemon, code MS-903, coming from the future to help a boy named Nobita Nobi.
https://t.co/JhDxQ9cWpE

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On this day in 1903, Marie Skłodowska Curie defended her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at The Sorbonne.
The committee expressed the view that Curie's findings represented the greatest scientific contribution ever made in a doctoral thesis.

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