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Three more landscapes by James Ward, born OTD in 1769: Stonehenge (1845, Birmingham Museums); Reculver Church, Isle of Thanet (1818, Canterbury Museums), and Kenilworth Castle (1840, Yale Center for British Art). 13/14

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2019-10-24

James Ward, born OTD in 1769, was an admired painter of animals. Around 1800 the Board of Agriculture commissioned him to paint a series documenting breeds of British livestock. "Two Extraordinary Oxen" (1814, National Museum Wales); Gloucestershire Old Spot (1800-1805, YCBA)9/14

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2019-10-24

Actress Anne Oldfield–died 1730–who, not wishing to be buried in wool, said to her maid: "Let a charming chintz & Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs & shade my lifeless face; One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead, & give this cheek a little red."

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2019-10-23

bought two cannons from the as features for Park. One of the many stories told is that one was fired 1805 during the Battle of Trafalgar. Another is that they were melted down for the war effort. Mmm

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2019-10-22

Jack Kerouac — who died in 1969 — at a café reading in New York in 1959. Photo by Burt Glinn.

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2019-10-21

21 October 1998, launch of Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator) on 503 V112, 1st Earth-return craft

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2019-10-21

1827 Battle of Navarino was fought between allied Franco-Russian-British naval forces and the fleet assisted by the Egyptians, as part of the Wars of Independence. It was a decisive win for the allied forces against a decaying Ottoman Empire.

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2019-10-20

Second Peace of Thorn (Toruń) signed on 19th of October 1466 between monarch Casimir IV Jagiellon and the Teutonic Knights, ending the Thirteen Years War.

Painting by M. Jaroczyński, 1873.

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2019-10-20

Tom Savini's remake of the Romero classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD was released in 1990.

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2019-10-19

This photographic print shows the High Street, King's Lynn looking north, with rows of shops facing both sides of the street. There is a green halfpenny postage stamp on the reverse that was franked in 1906. The postcard is addressed to Mr Todd of Peterborough.

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2019-10-18

1945 Paul Robeson, actor & singer, wins the Spingarn Medal (which recognizes the achievements of African Americans). Image below is from the archive of the Bristol Unity Players (MSS.212/L/3/1). https://t.co/MQ7DbwJlPP

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2019-10-18

OTD in 1967, the groundbreaking musical ‘Hair’ debuts at the , before its record-breaking run. Find out how this culture-shifting event came about, and what followed: https://t.co/NIXZwwTrGy

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2019-10-17

Honeysuckle design by May Morris who died 1938

Find out about May’s life & work at the in Edinburgh next month

May Morris: Art & Life opens on 28 November
For more info & to book tickets: https://t.co/GNoDVwiXVO

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2019-10-17

1708 Oct 16: Swiss physician Albrecht von Haller born; died 1777. Often called the father of experimental physiology https://t.co/plP6zjZFLr

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2019-10-16

'The Blanched Soldier' first published 1926 in Liberty Magazine. 'It is my business to know things. That is my trade.'

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2019-10-17

(1859) - An armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown, launched an assault on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American

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2019-10-17

in 1936, Jean Batten reaches New Zealand after flying solo from Kent, in a record-breaking flight lasting 11 days & 45 minutes. Aviation history is one of our specialities. More images here - https://t.co/DfF2WThspX

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2019-10-16

Born in Dublin the great playwright, poet and writer Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900). "The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever." -

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2019-10-16