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1944 submarine HMS SHALIMAR bombarded Malacca, Nicobar Island destroying Japanese Landing Craft and infrastructure. SHALIMAR survived and paid off in 1950. One of a class of 62 S- Class Submarines but Still the only vessel to hold the name.

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2018-11-02

1883
Marie Laurencin was in Paris.
“Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.”

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2018-10-31



And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.

- Endymion
Born 1795

Sydney Long - The Spirit of the Plains - 1914

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2018-10-31

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!."
in 1811 Jane Austen's first novel, Sense and Sensibility, was published.

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1930
Niki de Saint Phalle was in
"Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy."

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2018-10-29

Principal Sam's Calendar

OCTOBER 26

Today is Pumpkin Day! (That means Halloween is coming soon!)





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2018-10-26

Born in 1881—Few modern artists have been as prolific and influential as Pablo Picasso.

See 15 works by the modern master on view at the Art Institute and explore all 360 Picasso works in the collection: https://t.co/d6XLDgmvZC

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2018-10-26

Born in 1852—Jean Louis Forain burst upon the Parisian art scene in 1879 when he joined the Impressionists. Like his hero Honoré Daumier, Forain is known for works of astute social commentary.

Find over 400 works by Forain in the collection: https://t.co/rC1TwlBbYO

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2018-10-24

Happy First celebrated by the National Mole Day Foundation 1991, Mole Day commemorates Avogadro’s number (6.022 x 10^23) - the number of atoms in 12 g carbon-12 (one mole).
https://t.co/jiKKAYmYx5

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2018-10-23

Happy birthday to N. C. Wyeth, in 1882. The first in the famous Wyeth family to achieve acclaim, N. C. is the patriarch to one of the greatest artistic legacies in American history. https://t.co/uc7Xl9ZLaq

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2018-10-23

Happy birthday, Edmund Dulac (France/UK, 1882-1953). Artist & illustrator. His first big commission was illustrating the novels of the Brontë Sisters. Also designed banknotes & postage stamps.

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2018-10-22

Paul Cézanne died in 1906. He associated with the Impressionists, but always had other aims. Cézanne said that his ambition was to 'make of Impressionism something solid and durable like the art of museums': https://t.co/7oHKVoWbiC

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2018-10-22

Ursula K. Le Guin was born in 1929. Described by  as ‘one of the literary greats’, she stands as a colossus in speculative fiction. The Folio editions of A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness are now 15% off as a set. https://t.co/9U3qajT9yd

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2018-10-21

1805 was successful in defeating the Franco-Spanish Fleet at the Battle of which confirmed British superiority of the seas but was not decisive in the Napoleonic wars. Admiral Nelson was fatally wounded at 1330 and died by 1630.

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Happy birthday and deathday to 17th-century polymath and all round hero Sir Thomas Browne! We are big fans of Browne's here at the PDR and as such have a variety of things on the site for you to get stuck into. (1/4)

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2018-10-19

Principal Sam's Calendar:

OCTOBER 18

Today is Conflict Resolution Day.

It is good to talk and work together to solve differences.




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2018-10-18

Born in 1827—Arnold Böcklin's “In the Sea,” part of a series of mythological subjects, displays an unsettling, earthy realism.

Explore this imaginative, bizarre painting and eerie artworks—now on view at the Art Institute.

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2018-10-17

Born on this day in 1901, the painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Read about him here: https://t.co/bZ3vhu4Kvq

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2018-10-10

Two days after its author's death, last "Annabel Lee" first appeared in print at the end of Poe's obituary, published in 1849. https://t.co/QggKYhXN0F

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2018-10-10