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“Hippogriff,n. Animal…half horse and half griffin.The griffin was itself…half lion and half eagle.The hippogriff was…therefore,only one-quarter eagle,which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold.The study of zoology is full of surprises”
#BornOnThisDay Ambrose Bierce
🖌Ingres
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE was first released #onthisday in 1983!
The sci-fi/horror anthology was inspired by the iconic 60’s series created by Rod Serling. Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Joe Dante, & George Miller each direct
Born #OnThisDay in 1695: Dutch-Swedish painter #MartinvanMeytens (1695-1770), active at the Royal Court of Austria
Portrait of Birgitta Christina Sparre, Ulrika Lovisa Tessin and Carl Gustaf Tessin, 1736
#Meytens
Born #OnThisDay in 1695: Dutch-Swedish painter #MartinvanMeytens (1695-1770), active at the Royal Court of Austria
Portrait of Bernhard Otto von Rehbinder
#Meytens
Thread: Voices from today, 210 years ago
#Onthisday June 24, 1812, the main body of Emperor Napoleon’s Grand Armee crossed the Prussian-Russian border at the Niemen River. The I~III Corps under Davout, Ney, and Oudinot and cavalry under Murat had crossed the day before.
𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝟮𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟮 - 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟰)
"Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible." 🎂🏳️🌈
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#AlanTuring #Noufaux #LGBTQ #PrideMonth #Pride #ArtShare #OnThisDay #LGBT #ArtNouveau #Vintage
Released 🎬 #OnThisDay in 1955,
Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp
Happy Birthday to author Dan Brown.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#DanBrown #Birthday #DaVinciCode #TheLostSymbol #RobertLangdon #Langdon #Inferno #Origin #AngelsAndDemons #books #author #mystery #thriller #TravisSimpkins #OnThisDay #otd
Born #onthisday1870 Antonio Rubbo Italian-born #artist Inspiring art teacher introduced a generation of Australian #painters to #Modernism via his art school Critic Robert Hughes once said muddy genre portraits of very wrinkled old Tuscan peasants were his strong suit
Buried #OnThisDay in 1657: Dutch painter #JanvanRavesteyn (ca. 1572-1657)
Portrait of a Girl from the Van Paffenrode Family, 1629
#Ravesteyn #DutchBaroque #ChildrenInArt
Buried #OnThisDay in 1657: Dutch painter #JanvanRavesteyn (ca. 1572-1657)
Portrait of #HugoGrotius (1583-1645), 1599
#Ravesteyn #DutchBaroque
#ThisDayInMetal
June 21st 1985 Mötley Crüe released the album "Theatre Of Pain"
What’s your favourite song off the album?
Released today in 2018 @gorillaz Hollywood Ft @SnoopDogg and @jamieprinciple
#OnThisDay #Gorillaz #SnoopDogg @Damonalbarn
#OnThisDay—Juneteenth—in 1936, the Hall of Negro Life at the Texas Centennial Exposition was officially dedicated. Among the artworks it featured were four murals by Aaron Douglas, including "Aspiration," now @deyoungmuseum
In 1989 #onthisday, #Prince released the soundtrack to the #Batman movie.. What's your favourite track? #OTD #Prince4Ever #PaisleyPark #peachandblack #peachandblackpodcast
Happy 4th Anniversary of Big City Greens 💚🎉 the series premiered on @DisneyChannel in June 18, 2018 🎊💚 it's created by The Houghton Brothers (@shanehoughton) 💚☺
I hope we look forward to new episodes on July 16! ☺💚 #BigCityGreens #OnThisDay #Happy4thAnniversary
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After serious debates within the Vicious server, we've decided that we're grabbing Aug 20th as Viae Day!
We'll be using the following tags, so feel free to join us in our celebration of all things Viae!
#ViciousAndAegisDay2022
#ヴィイージの日
#OnThisDay in 1928, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen disappeared with 5 crew while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic. Their bodies were never found. 17 yrs earlier he became the 1st to reach the S. Pole. See photos from that expedition here: https://t.co/NeIvHPOlvz #OTD
John Rennie's Waterloo Bridge over the Thames opened #onthisday 1817. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1942 and various parts of it survive. We have the central span keystone on display. Find out more: https://t.co/7ucr0ciADL https://t.co/D5uQbePJ6v