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#OnThisDay in 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
#OnThisDay in 1570, Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, was born
Harvey Ball, American illustrator, recognized as the earliest known designer of the smiley, died #OnThisDay in 2001.
"Vision is the true creative rhythm” —Robert Delaunay, cofounder of the cubist Orphism movement #bornonthisday
Concordat between #Napoleon and #PopePiusVII , promulgated #OnThisDay 1802
#OnThisDAy in 1520, Raphael, Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, dies on his 37th birthday.
#Born #OnThisDay in 1732 british #artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard
pic.: "The Musician Contest" at @WallaceMuseum
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Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator, born #OnThisDay 1647
Hans Christian Andersen, author of terrifying #fairytales, was born #onthisday in 1805. #twitterstorians
Giacomo Casanova, famed adventurer, was born #onthisday in 1725. #twitterstorians
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Garden by John Constable, who died #onthisday in 1838… #twitterstorians #art
#BornOnThisDay artist #BertramBrooker, best known for the bold stance he took on the Canadian painted nude in 1931.
Happy birthday Vincent van Gogh, born on this day in 1853. #VanGogh #OnThisDay
#OnThisDay: Vincent van Gogh was born. Happy 163rd birthday to a man who could paint a bit: https://t.co/qhsdipoNm5
#OnThisDay 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft married William Godwin. She was pregnant with their daughter Mary at the time.
“Resist much, obey little.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass.
Walter Whitman, American poet, died #OnThisDay in 1892.
Happy birthday to our founding benefactor, Andrew W. Mellon! He was born #onthisday in 1855. https://t.co/3WOGJU466d
Caricature of the great William Morris, born #onthisday in 1834. More "cartoon portraits": https://t.co/weGV06e0Wf