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#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
Our FIRST Disabled character OTD!
Xi'an Coy Manh, better known as the New Mutant member Karma!
After sustaining serious injuries during the Second Coming event, her left leg was amputated above the knee. She currently uses a cybernetic prosthesis.
She is also a canon lesbian!
#OttomanEmpire #Map November 1, 1922 - 100 Years ago #OTD, the Ottoman Empire ends post WW1... Founded in 1299 AD by namesake Osman I, it quickly spread across Anatolia, conquered #Byzantium and Constantinople and so much more. The apex was under #Suleiman the Magnificent.
Character with a special interest otd is Hunter from The Owl House❕His special interest are wolves!
Though it is not confirmed by the creators he is popularly headcannoned as autistic by fans!
🐺 Submitted by @KantaD2 https://t.co/xKLtxE4izk
For the Feast of All Saints #otd 1 Nov here's:
The Trinity Adored by All Saints, Spanish, c. 1400.
(Met Museum)
"Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
Shakespeare's "Tempest" premiered #OTD 1611
🎨 Dulac
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