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"Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!"
#OnThisDay 260 years ago, William Blake was born at 28 Broad Street in Soho, London. Read more on https://t.co/zQBfYaJDiD
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, born #OnThisDay in 1886. Famed for his drawings of cats, his studio-home was in Villiers-le-Bâcle. https://t.co/tt2AbuNI0h
“Writers forget the old dome and savour new efficiency” so said The Guardian #onthisday 1997 to mark the opening of our new reading rooms.
Laurence Sterne, a personal favourite and author of the fabulous Tristram Shandy, was born #onthisday in 1713. #twitterstorians
#OnThisDay Charles Darwin published 'The Origin of Species' in 1859! Check out our Darwin collection in Luna 🤓 https://t.co/UUgX2AhiU5
The remarkable #GeorgeEliot (real name Mary Ann Evans) was born #onthisday 1819. 40 years later - by which time she had just started to become a regular @TheLondonLib - her first novel, #AdamBede appeared. Here's our 1859 copy:
#OnThisDay in 1898 the Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte was born #otd #surrealism https://t.co/joOWjmi9X4
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
Half-Life
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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