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#OTD 1903, Dorothy Levitt became the first British woman in the world to compete in a motor-race. A pioneer for female independence and motoring, she also held the world's first water speed record, the women's world land speed record and taught female royals how to drive!
#OTD July 2 1944: USS Bremerton (CA 130) heavy cruiser launched. Named after @CityofBremerton to celebrate bond competition win! #WWII
OTD 103 years ago - The Battle of the Somme began. It remains the bloodiest day in British military history This is my tribute to each and everyone of them.
'...thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death'
#Somme #1stJuly #WW1 @sommecourt @UCL_FWWCBTP @PoppyLegion
#OTD in 1916 the Battle of the Somme begins. Visit our free exhibition, World War Ireland, in No.2-3 Kildare Street to learn more about the Irish involvement in #WorldWarOne. #WW1 #OnThisDay Zoom in here:https://t.co/KHGC8hmnAZ
#OTD 1.7.1644: Die Seeschlacht auf der Kolberger Heide im Torstenssonkrieg, einem Teilkrieg des Dreißigjährigen Krieges zwischen Dänemark und Schweden, endet für beide Seite ohne Schiffsverluste. Eine schwedische Landung wird verhindert https://t.co/dEqC0iYaAh
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), botanist and explorer, was born #OTD 1817.
Image from The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya, published in 1849.
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#OnThisDay in 1613, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England, burns down during a performance of "Henry VIII." The fire was apparently started by a misdirected canon shot that set its thatched roof ablaze. (Images: Getty) #OTD #SaturdayThoughts #Shakespeare
#OtD 28 Jun 1969 the #Stonewall riots began after the NYPD raided the Stonewall Inn. Black, Latinx, white, trans women, lesbians, drag queens and gay men all fought back for 6 days. Next year, the first #Pride marches took place. More info in our podcast: https://t.co/XMbtzJSmZp
Frontispiece to Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), a book of traditional Japanese ghost stories compiled by the great scholar and translator Lafcadio Hearn, who was born #onthisday in 1850. Read the book here: https://t.co/DrgAdVo3Vc #OTD
Boshin (Civil) War between #Japan Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial faction ended #OTD 1869. Shogun forces surrendered. British & French Imperial rivalry - supported different sides & featured in such (romanticised) depictions as 1880 painting. #ThursdayThoughts #FolkloreThursday
#otd 1743, George II became the last British monarch to lead an army into battle at Dettingen where the British won a decisive victory. Our image is from a Franklyn's series cigarette card from our #archives @Mary_Evans
#otd in 1996, 37-year-old Irish journalist Veronica Guerin - known worldwide for her articles on criminal gangs and the drug trade - was murdered by drug lords. In 2000, she was named as one of the Int'l Press Institute's World Press Freedom Heroes. https://t.co/e6ECQI66vu
"Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone" THE THING directed by John Carpenter was released #OTD in 1982. #Horrormovies
The brilliant Australian artist Ida Rentoul Outhwaite died #OTD 1960. Her Waterfall Fairy and both beautiful bat- & broomstick-riding #Witches are from “The Enchanted Forest” (1921). Her Witch on a hill surrounded by familiars is from “Elves & Fairies” (1916).
#FairyTaleTuesday
#OTD 6-24-1978 My largest moon is christened #Charon. Discoverer James Christy chooses the name to honor his wife Charlene & later discovers the name has a connection to the mythical Greek ferryman who escorted dead souls to the Underworld. #Pluto #Space https://t.co/Ie4JMiP2BJ
#otd 1340, at the battle of Sluys under Edward III, the English navy defeated the French fleet capturing or destroying virtually every vessel with very few casualties Our image with beautiful border illustrations is from Les Chroniques de Jehan Froissart, page 62 @Mary_Evans