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William Stott of Oldham was born #OnThisDay in 1857. See his works here on https://t.co/T2gbvsH0Vf
#OnThisDay in 1759 Admiral Hawke defeated the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay during the 7 years war. This action ended French Naval superiority and prevented a planned invasion of 🇬🇧. @HistoryHit @RoyalNavy @VAdmJWoodcock @thehistoryguy
🎂 #GameAnniversary #OnThisDay 🎂
Released in North America 🇺🇸 19 years ago today
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The arrival of George Stephenson's patented travelling engines at the Hetton coal company staiths on the river Wear #onthisday 1822 #Sunderland #Wearside #railways
#OnThisDay in 1511 Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon #MuseumFacts
1891 - German general Erwin Rommel is born #OnThisDay. Known for his military skills and chivalry, he was implicated in the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler.
The flapper to end all flappers, #LouiseBrooks, was born #onthisday in 1906. Known for PANDORA'S BOX (1927), DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (1929), BEGGARS OF LIFE (1928) #silentfilm
Account of a terrible explosion at Houghton Colliery, #onthisday 1850.
#Bornonthisday 1940 David 'Screaming Lord' Sutch (1940-1999), British politician, musician and maverick, founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party (1983).
#OnThisDay in 1934 was born #CarlSagan American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator.
#CarlSaganDay #Science
Born #OnThisDay in 1847, Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula. Bela Lugosi stars in this movie version from 1931 © Universal, courtesy Ronald Grant
#EATaylor died #onthisday 1951 #GlasgowStyle designer & husband of #JessieMKing
#OnThisDay Mary Stuart marries William of Orange. Both would be depicted on the ceiling of the Painted Hall https://t.co/IOm8ATgyrE
Annibale Carracci was born #OnThisDay in 1560. View ‘Christ to Saint Peter on the Appian Way’ in Room 37: https://t.co/7512OgWsgb
PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) premiered in Munich, West Germany 60 years ago #OnThisDay.
Do you know which famous film inspired Bacon's screaming faces? #bornonthisday in 1909
#OnThisDay 2006: #AceCombat X: Skies of Deception was released in Japan. #11thAnniversary
#OnThisDay in 2004: NJPW: @tanahashi1_100 defeated @WWEDanielBryan for the U-30 Openweight Title.
Happy birthday to Super Mario Bros. 3, released for the Nintendo Famicom in Japan #OnThisDay in 1988.