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1959, Hawai'i becomes 50th US state, but 's connection dates to 1898 US annexation of Hawaiian Islands, when responsibility for relations was assigned to Interior. Most Hawaiian artifacts in 's collection, like this pandanus fan, are from 1930-50s.

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2019-08-21

21 Aug 1670: b. James Fitzjames, future Duke of son of James Duke of [James VII & II] & Arabella Churchill (Museo del Prado)

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2019-08-21

1718 Carr Lord Hervey (older brother of John) wrote to Henrietta from Aswarby complaining "we can find no other employment here but riding & walking about all day which unluckily gives us too good appetites for the slender diet my guests & I commonly meet with"

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2019-08-20

Alfred Kubin died 60 years ago in 1959. Here are some ever-inspiring favorites:

Death as a Horseman
Witch and the Water-Snake
Dream Animal
Sea Ghost

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2019-08-20

“Where there is a monster, there is a miracle.”
― Ogden Nash, born in 1902
(illustration by Sholto Walker)

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2019-08-19

Frances Ledwidge, Irish poet, was born in 1887. One of his war poems After Court Martial:

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2019-08-19

Herpetologist and former director of Thomas Barbour was born 1884. He traveled the globe extensively for scientific studies, particularly throughout Cuba. Explore his "The Herpetology of Cuba" (1919) in via ➡️ https://t.co/OfRTZ2bl23

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2019-08-19

19 August 1743, birth of Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry. Born as the illegitimate daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne became the last official mistress of Louis XV.

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2019-08-19

Happy birthday to my favorite "Catwoman" Julie Newmar.. Born in 1933.

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2019-08-16

1952 from our colour photo from Picturegoer magazine of debonair and swoon-some actor Cary Grant running through the surf with his second wife Betsy Drake, who also co-starred in a couple of his films. Courtesy of The Land of Lost Content Collection

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2019-08-16

Napoleon was born 250 years ago, on 15 Aug 1769. Here are some myths and facts about his birth: https://t.co/y1VOGUQpns

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2019-08-15

August 14, 1856, died Victorian theologian & geologist William Buckland, he described the 1st dinosaur as Megalosaurus in 1824 based on a fragmentary preserved jaw 🦖Artwork by Paleontologists and their Prehistoric Pets site https://t.co/vYucXthAtw

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2019-08-14

Norman Rockwell, "Distortion", August 13, 1921, Saturday Evening Post cover, private collection. © Curtis Licensing.

Have you ever tried a fun distorting mirror?

Check back for more paintings by Norman Rockwell.

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2019-08-14

Gillray, who was born 1756, caricatured the great & the good as well as depicting social scenes & more surreal subjects. He is particularly valuable for students of for his depictions of MPs mid-flow in the old House of Commons
https://t.co/ujT9ygCEKc

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2019-08-13

The ailing William Blake cried out 1827: "Stay Kate! Keep just as you are – I will draw your portrait – for you have ever been an angel to me." He finished sketching her & began to sing hymns & verses, and, after promising his wife that he would be with her always, he died.

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2019-08-12

12 Aug 1690: William III's cannon captured at Ballyneety Co. (BM); actual scene not shown!

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2019-08-12

William Blake, poet & painter, died 1827. The only review published during his lifetime described him as “an unfortunate lunatic" & his works as “ebullitions of a distempered brain.” Discouraging, huh! Here ~ Pity / What is Man / Running from the 3 Beasts

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2019-08-12

11 August 1675, birth of Anne-Marie-Victoire de Bourbon. She was the seventh child Henri-Jules de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, and Anne de Bavière. Mademoiselle de Condé never married and died of a lung disease at the age of 25.

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2019-08-11

On this day otd 10th August 1778 Mozart completed Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

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2019-08-10