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#OnThisDay in 1897, one of the greatest pioneers in American aviation was born. ✈️ #AmeliaEarhartDay #FirstNamesSeries https://t.co/QuT34dpiHU
Botanist #GregorMendel is purported to have been born #OnThisDay in 1822. His experiments with pea plants laid the groundwork for the field of #genetics.
📷: Pea plants 2 centuries earlier by artist Giovanna Garzoni. Learn: https://t.co/Eot2xQCyBJ.
#Mendel #MendelsBirthday #OTD
#ArtHistory 1908
Claire Falkenstein was #bornonthisday in #Oregon.
"The admonition to look within has always kept me going. It's when people are always copying each other that they don't establish their own #identity as an #artist."
#art #sculpture #sculptor #contemporaryart
On this day in 2003, we released our self-titled album. Thanks for all the support!! What’s your favorite song from the record? #onthisday #threedaysgrace #3dg4life
Listen here: https://t.co/fPW2dbdMR4
#OnThisDay in 1984: Houston Wrestling: @TheJimCornette introduces The Midnight Express, and Bobby Eaton returns the favour by introducing Jim Cornette.
#OnThisDay 1588 the Spanish Armada was spotted off #Plymouth The English Fleet under Lord Howard and Sir Francis Drake, sailed from Plymouth and engaged the Armada the next day starting an epic chase/battle that led to a decisive victory for the English Navy. @HMNBDevonport
#onthisday in 1783, Master Coachbuilder James Ewer Cutten was born. The Cutten's had a coachbuilding business in St Pancras.
Here are a lovely selection of coachbuilders designs by the Cutten's
#onthisday in 1994 Stereolab @stereolabgroop released Ping Pong, the video for which was filmed by Nick Abraham’s @AbrahamsNick on @FourCornersE2 very own Arri ST camera 🎥 🏓 https://t.co/L2nxiO7qBP
#OnThisDay 1801 Cdr Matthew Flinders sailed from @HMNBPortsmouth in HMS INVESTIGATOR charged with the task of circumnavigating Terra Australis. Which he did, naming many inlets, ports and features. He also pushed for the name #Australia to be used to define the land. @RoyalNavy
Happy birthday to the self-portrait master Rembrandt van Rijn, the iconic Dutch painter who was born #onthisday in 1606!
Artwork by Jenna Yao (Ryman '19)
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#rymanarts #nonprofit #artsed #artseducation #inspire #creative #art #arts #artist #young #t… https://t.co/kPcFyvKbRz
"I think I'm of so little interest to the English public that it doesn't matter at all if an English magazine publishes me or not" - Anton #Chekhov, who died #onthisday 115 years ago. Time proved that the great writer was wrong.
#OnThisDay in 1973, Queen released their self titled debut album featuring their 1st single Keep Yourself Alive. The album laid the foundation for a band that would become one of the biggest rock groups of all time! #ClassicRock #Queen
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born #OnThisDay in 1834. To mark the occasion we have two drypoint images from our collection - The Forge, 1861 and The Limeburner, 1859.
For prints see https://t.co/Gub3FRfFgk
James Abbott McNeil Whistler #bornonthisday in 1834 in Lowell Massachusetts, painter of wonderful scenes of Wapping and the Thames in 1861
"I know so little – things do not go quickly!” he wrote at the time
#OTD Evening of 9th July 1553. A 'great banquet' was held in honour of the new Queen Jane.
Jane was also probably briefed and prepared for the following days events.
Painting by: John Singleton Copley 1807
#ladyjanegrey #OnThisDay #ninedays
The Polish painter & illustrator Julian Fałat passed away #OnThisDay 90 years ago. He was a leading representative of landscape & genre painting in the Young Poland (Młoda Polska) period 🖼️
👉 https://t.co/UVDdbSJSnq
@Lynx_art @DailyArtApp @PLInst_London @posklondon
#ArtHistory 1867
Käthe Kollwitz was #bornonthisday in what is now #Russia.
"I want to have an effect on my time, in which humans are so confused and in need of help."
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #painter #printmaking #illustration #germanart #botd #otd #onthisday
#OnThisDay in 1977, Styx released their 7th album "The Grand Illusion" featuring the hit singles Come Sail Away and Fooling Yourself. The album was the bands commercial breakthrough, peaking at #6 on the Billboard charts and selling over 3 million copies in the US. #ClassicRock