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A woman appeared on an English public stage for the first time #OnThisDay in 1660, as #Desdemona in #Othello https://t.co/z01eHkwz7i
"For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence."
#OnThisDay in 1870, Alexandre Dumas ('The Count of Monte Cristo') dies at 68.
#OnThisDay in 1492 Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (Haiti & the Dominican Republic)
"Just one more lamprey... Aarrgh!" #OnThisDay 1135 King Henry I died after ignoring doctor's orders: https://t.co/U100Xwc06U
#OnThisDay in 1919, Nancy Astor became the first woman to take her seat in parliament. Here she is in 1920 photographed by #OliveEdis
"A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." -Washington Irving, an American writer, died #OnThisDay in 1859
Dante's Hell XII by William Blake who was born #onthisday in 1757! #twitterstorians
#Onthisday 1703, Eddystone Lighthouse was washed away, taking crew and engineer! https://t.co/XxmYgMEo4l #twitterstorians #sundayblogshare
Laurence Sterne, a personal favourite and author of the fabulous Tristram Shandy, was born #onthisday in 1713. #twitterstorians
Here's to you, Jack London (who died #OnThisDay 100 years ago) - blaming you for spoiling childhood me w/ unquenchable thirst for adventure.
Happy 153rd birthday to Jean Mannheim, born #onthisday in 1863! While working in Pasadena he became well-known for his figures & landscapes.
The #JusticeLeague animated series made its debut on television #OnThisDay, November 17 in 2001. @Paul_Dini @RealKevinConroy @georgenewbern
It's Monet's birthday! See his work alongside Daubigny and Van Gogh at the @vangoghmuseum https://t.co/sZ2NWGxXO4 Born #onthisday 1840
American cartoonist and a landscape painter of the Southwest deserts James Guilford Swinnerton (“Swinny”/“Swin”) born #OnThisDay 13 Nov 1875
“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, born #OnThisDay 1821
#Russian #painter and #art teacher Pavel Chistyakov, known for historical scenes and #portraits, died #OnThisDay in 1919.
Finally, did you know that in Ian Fleming's books, James Bond was said to be born #onthisday in 1920 or 1921. (Mysterious.)
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