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The electron was discovered on this day in 1897, and suddenly atoms were revealed to be mostly empty space—a dizzying notion the more you contemplate it. No one has written about its existential undertones more beautifully than physicist Alan Lightman: https://t.co/4YpRb21iNZ
Rudyard Kipling, who was born on this day in 1865, first began what would become The Jungle Book while living in a cottage in Vermont. After it was published, by 1897, Rudyard Kipling was not only among the most acclaimed authors but also the highest paid writer in the world.
Fruit, 1897, Alphonse Mucha
Size: 66.2x44.4 cm
Medium: lithography
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This Owl Squad is WAITING, so COME ON! Get up and at 'em!
These expectant owls are from 'Little Rosebud's Menagerie,' 1897, published as part of a series titles 'Chatterbox Series of Juveniles' abt which title there was quite a kerfuffle! Learn more here: https://t.co/VsGuonkwXl
Happy Birthday to the great clarinetist/saxophonist SIDNEY BECHET!
May 14, 1897, New Orleans, LA - May 14, 1959, Garches, France
Enid Blyton born #OTD in 1897, wrote a Book of Fairies, full of tales of magic, pixies & adventure #FolkloreThursday
Born today...Gregorio Prieto, 2 May,1897, Valdepeñas, Ciudad Real, Spain
image: Creation, oil on canvas ca 1931-1936
Claude #Monet, Nymphéas, effet du soir
1897, Musée Marmottan Monet
Claude #Monet, Nymphéas, effet du soir, 1897, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris