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Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are #bornonthisday #otd
Happy Birthday to #French painter Gustave Courbet, born on this day in 1819. Wish I was in 'The Hammock' right now! #OnThisDay #artlover
Marie Laurencin, #French #painter and important figure of the #Parisian #avantgarde, died #OnThisDay in 1956. 'Young Girls' @ModernaMuseet
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was born #onthisday in 1757. #twitterstorians
Martha Washington, First Lady of the US, was born #onthisday in 1731. #twitterstorians
#onthisday 1820 #Newcastle keelman Thomas Matfin died - as a child he was almost buried alive (Sykes Local Records)
#onthisday 1812 tragedy struck our region as over 90 men and boys lost their lives at Felling Colliery #Gateshead #19thCentury #mining
Prolific Hollywood photographer Clarence Sinclair Bull #bornonthisday in 1896. https://t.co/7WMnRC9gyG
Breakfast in Bed, Mary Cassatt, 1897 at @TheHuntington -- Learn more: https://t.co/1snmNUhlcj #onthisday #bday
#OnThisDay 1917 William Orpen drew portrait of unknown young soldier. Remember the story of the artist https://t.co/fV3GkR2UOY #LivesOfWW1
#OnThisDay in 2016 @WWEFandango & @MmmGorgeous formed #Breezango! Find more #WWEFanArt at: https://t.co/qoCH6Upalk!
#bornonthisday #antonioscarpa #anatomia Book plate from Tabulae neurologicae 1794 engraved by Faustino Anderloni #nervoussystem
Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing by William Blake who was born #onthisday in 1757! #twitterstorians
Guillotined #OnThisDay 8May1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Chemist Who Identified Oxygen. #chemist #18thcentury
#onthisday 1867 there was an enthralling sporting contest on the #Tyne - sadly tragedy was to follow soon after #Newcastle #rowing
#onthisday in 1987 @kewgardens was sharing roots of #Arctium lappa for scientific research. The roots can be eaten too! #usefulplants
#ArtonthisDay feat #FranklinCarmichael a Canadian #artist who was born on this day in 1890. https://t.co/aC1EGB0sBj
#OnThisDay in 1936, Edna St Vincent Millay's "Conversations at Midnight" book of poetry was destroyed in a hotel fire.
The Marriage of Figaro first performed #otd May 1st 1786 #onthisday #opera #mozart #figaro #lorenzodaponte #operabuffa #burgtheater #vien...