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today’s first object oc otd is overgrown fence (he/it) owned by @windowbrain
Today's brown skin character OTD is: Giovanna from Guilty Gear STRIVE! A Us Secret Service agent tasked with protecting the 76th President of the United States. She's afro-brazilian! 🇧🇷
Captain James Cook was born #OTD in 1728. The NHM Library holds all the surveying artworks from Cook’s first voyage, The Endeavour (1768-1771). The voyage greatly expanded Western scientific knowledge of the South Pacific. Explore the collections here: https://t.co/oXnBp5F5ph
The disabled character OTD is...
Bucky Barnes, better known as the Winter Soldier!
He lost his entire left arm in the plane explosion that was originally thought to have killed him. He has a cybernetic prosthesis fitted with various sensors and superior defenses.
#OTD in 1936
L’Apache c’est chic!
Cover of The New Yorker, November 7, 1936
Peter Arno
#TheNewYorker #PeterArno #ApacheDance
‘Apache, or La Danse Apache, Bowery Waltz, Apache Turn, Apache Dance and Tough Dance is a highly dramatic dance associated in popular culture with...
#OTD in 1931
yet another (this time thoroughly modern) fox hunt
Cover of The New Yorker, November 7, 1931
Margaret Schloeman
#TheNewYorker #MargaretSchloeman #fox #foxhunt #hunt
" I suppose my imaginary life made me one long continuous joy - filled everything with a strange wonder and beauty.”
Author & illustrator Kate Greenway died #OTD in 1901
The disabled character OTD is...
Julian Keller, better known as Hellion!
His lost both of his hands to a Nimrod during the Second Coming event. Hellion initially rejected his prosthetic hands, but after the Age of X event, he is able to manipulate them fully via telekinesis.
Talking about dysfunctional father-son relationships, it was #OTD, November 6th, 1730 that Hans Hermann von Katte, the best friend of the future Frederick the Great was executed upon orders of Frederick’s father, King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia.🧵 (1/17)
The Miku Fan OTD is Nene Kusanagi from Project Sekai!!! (Canon)
"I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love"
Edvard Munch's first solo exhibition opened #OTD 1892 in Berlin, only to be closed after just one week due to public protest
🎨 "Despair" (1892)
4 Nov 1791 - U.S. forces, commanded by Major General Arthur St. Clair, are decisively defeated by native forces of the Western Confederacy at the battle of the Wabash. (1/2) #OTD #History #BattleofWabash #NativeAmerican
Fairy tale artist Gustaf Teggren, whose work shaped the look of Disney's Snow White & Pinocchio, was born #OTD in 1896. His work was heavily influenced by such illustrators as John Bauer & Arthur Rackham. He would later illustrate such Golden Books as The Pokey Little Puppy.
Plumbago capensis, by #LenaLowis (#SelinaCarolineShakespear, British, 1845-1919), who was born #otd (Nov 3). Plate 3 from Familiar Indian Flowers, published in 1878; source, https://t.co/pd6oDnKCkU #hernaturalhistory #womenarstists #artherstory
The disabled character OTD is...
Takeshi Matsuya, better known as Wiz-Kid!
In the same accident that killed his parents, Takeshi became paraplegic and acquired aphasia (specifically dyslexia). His mutant power, technokinesis, allows him to shape his wheelchair at will.
#OTD in 1934
an heiress is born
Cover of The New Yorker, November 3, 1934
Richard Decker
#TheNewYorker #RichardDecker