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The Jimi Hendrix Experience album 'Axis: Bold as Love' #OTD https://t.co/WsjiDgZ2DX
“Fairyland is the loveliest word because it means everything the human heart desires.”
- LM Montgomery, who was born #OTD in 1874
(art by Ida Rental Outhwaite)
OTD in 1808, the charge of the Polish Cheval Legers took place in the Somosierra Gorge and opened the road to Madrid for Napoleon. Many myths still circulate around the charge, so the following description will be based on the latest research (Laske&Małowiecki, 2013). 1/
The disabled character OTD is...
Tony Masters, better known as the Taskmaster!
After injecting himself with a knock-off Super-Soldier Serum during his time with S.H.I.E.L.D., Taskmaster's hippocampus, a part of the brain linked with memory and learning, was severely damaged.
Our 2nd transfem otd is Shigeo Kageyama from Mob psycho 100! She uses she/any pronouns and is also autistic (Autistic heavily implied rest headcanon)
OTD (11/29/1979): Episode 55 of Galaxy Express 999, "The Tale of the Endless Summer - Part Two", airs on Fuji TV at 7 PM. #galaxyexpress999 #leijimatsumoto #銀河鉄道999
#RIP #OTD in 1643, composer (opera L'Orfeo), string player and choirmaster Claudio Monteverdi died in Venice at the age of 76. Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice https://t.co/Lz9JTmsxc5
The Venetian #Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini died #OnThisDay in 1516 and we remember him with one of our favourite paintings from @museobrera in #Milano: the #Madonna and Child (1510) #OTD #Brera #Venice https://t.co/x7A53RvroD
#OnThisDay 1549 Papal Conclave of 1549-50 began. It ended in February 1550 with the election of Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte as Pope Julius III. #History #OTD
#OTD -11/28/1520- Portuguese navigator #Magellan achieved the 1st #circumnavigation of the #globe by reaching the #Pacific #Ocean after passing thru the #SouthAmerican strait that now bears his name.
#OnThisDay #TIH
🖼️Discovery of the Strait of Magellan, Álvaro Casanova Zenteno
Born this day - William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Nebuchadnezzar
Newton
The Ghost of a Flea
(Tate collection)
#art #artist #WilliamBlake #OTD #BOTD
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."
William Blake was born #OTD in 1757.
Books by William Blake at PG:
https://t.co/FOiBbrHz3N
OTD (11/27/1980): Episode 97 of Galaxy Express 999, "Flying Kuro - Part Two", airs on Fuji TV at 7 PM. #galaxyexpress999 #leijimatsumoto #銀河鉄道999
The disabled character OTD is...
Clint Barton, better known as Hawkeye!
He has been deaf on and off throughout his lifespan. He is arguably the most visibly deaf hero within Marvel comics, having multiple instances of him using American Sign Language and wearing hearing aids.
Lathyrus Latifolius / Everlasting Pea, by #MaryEmilyEaton (English, 1873-1961), who was born #otd (Nov 27). Plate 210 of Addisonia, Vol 6 (1921). @NYBG, via @BioDivLibrary, https://t.co/Kkv9mICDZz #hernaturalhistory #MaryEaton #artherstory #womenartists
The wonderful Charles M Schulz (whom I was lucky enough to meet a few times) b otd 1922!
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia."
"I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it."