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1799 Frigate HMS LUTINE wrecked off Holland. Originally a French ship she was won by British after Siege of Toulon under Adm Hood. Her bell was recovered in 19th Century and hangs as the famous LUTINE Bell, tolled for lost and found ships

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1871
Millions of acres are razed by firestorms in & lakeside towns, including Peshtigo, where over a thousand died. These tragedies have been eclipsed by Great Fire that began the same day.

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in 1789, the women of Paris marched on Versailles to confront Louis XVI. It was a turning point in the French Revolution.

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In un giorno come oggi del 1712 nacque il pittore veneziano Francesco Guardi. Celebriamo il compleanno di con questa veduta del sottoportico di


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1927
Kenojuak Ashevak was in what is now
"There is no word for [in Inuktitut]. We say it is to transfer something from the real to the unreal."

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1815 Keats registers as a trainee surgeon-apothecary at Guy's Hospital. What effect did Keats' time at Guy's have on his life and work? blogs for us /2 https://t.co/ZqwCWcCIeQ

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1969 Concorde broke the sound barrier for the first time

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Principal Sam's Calendar:

September 29

Today is World Heart Day. What a great day!

Take a moment to tell someone that you love them.






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"I don't express myself in my paintings. I express my not-self"

Mark one of the greatest exponents of American abstraction, was born in 1903

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Principal Sam's Calendar:

September 24

Today is Family Day.

Take time to spend with the people you love.




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In the year 3018-2, Frodo left The Shire. "...Frodo was going on foot. His plan—for pleasure and a last look at the Shire..."

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Principal Sam's Calendar:

September 22

Today is the first day of Autumn.




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In Fictional history:
Kara Zor-El is born!

Supergirl by Bruce Timm

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Principal Sam's Calendar:

September 18

Today is National Respect Day!



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Celebrating the birth of artist and designer Henry Collins 1910 whom painted this beautiful view for the 1967 calendar

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The Stony Monday Riot erupted in 1849! The riot began at a political meeting and quickly degenerated into all-out gang warfare during which an unarmed bystander, David Borthwick, was shot and killed and more than 30 others were injured.

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to John Gould who was born in 1804. An eminent ornithologist, who worked here at ZSL as Curator of Birds. Gould described the birds Darwin brought back from his expedition aboard HMS Beagle, so we decided to share the famous 'Darwin's finches'!

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French painter Nicolas Lancret died in 1743

These Chinese dinner plates, c. 1750, are decorated after Lancret’s work ‘Les Oies de Frere Philippe’

The original is housed in the Metroplitan Museum, New York

Plates courtesy of Cohen & Cohen https://t.co/KEcBWPFfxc

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