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'Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled'
This 1850 print's title is taken from Robert Burns' poem 'Robert Bruce's Address to his Troops on the Eve of Bannockburn'
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2019-06-24

1947 businessman Kenneth Arnold, flying over the Cascade Mountains, Washington State, sees 'a formation of very bright objects', A prospector also saw the on the same day in the same area. Unnamed artist, in 'Soucoupes Volantes' produced by Biscottes DOR

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2019-06-24

The Covenanters won the Battle of Drumclog on 1 June 1679, forcing Government troops to flee to - commander's request to burn it was (thankfully) refused, although it was pillaged. 3 weeks later, the Covenanters lost the Battle of Bothwell Bridge.

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2019-06-22

Welsh artist Gwen John was born in Haverfordwest in 1876.

She loved to paint cats, which is perfect for

Her brother Augustus John predicted that: "In 50 years' time I will be known as the brother of Gwen John" - he could be right.

Tate.

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2019-06-22

EVANGELION ON NETFLIX [🔷screams geometrically🔷] so of course my characters OTD (21) are: Kaworu Nagisa and Shinji Ikari 👼💔🤖

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2019-06-22

in 1813, Laura Secord learned of a planned U.S. attack, convincing her to travel more than 30 kilometres to warn British, Canadian and First Nation forces fighting during the War of 1812.

https://t.co/LAnKjPMndq

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2019-06-21

Here is high human drama at sea playing out 100 yrs ago today. The German navy have scuttled their fleet & are being told to return to their sinking ships. Artist Bernard Gribble was an eyewitness & the Harris bought his dramatic painting in 1920.

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2019-06-21

1981
New Order made their debut at the Glastonbury Festival.

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2019-06-21

1702: According to Jonathan Swift’s book, Gulliver’s Travels, it was on this day that Lemuel Gulliver set sail again. Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag (W coast of N America)! He meets giants! Even the grass is as tall as a tree! https://t.co/x35gLpHGry

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2019-06-20

in 1931 haematologist Lucy Wills published her paper on pernicious anaemia in pregnant women in the British Medical Journal. She'd identified a B vitamin in Marmite (the "Wills Factor") that prevented and cured anaemia—later shown to be folic acid. https://t.co/jwwWBKlUbJ

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2019-06-20

1818 Mary Shelley writes in her journal: "Read 23rd Canto of Ariosto & Gibbon - & the 3rd Ode of Horace - S[helley] finishes the Clouds [of Aristophanes] - Reads Hume's England aloud in the evening - take a long and delightful walk"

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2019-06-19

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

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2019-06-18

Captain America by Ed Brubaker, Butch Guice, et al., covers by and . Published 10 years ago today.

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2019-06-18

Hard to pick a favourite among Burne-Jones's works (he died on the night of 16 June 1898, but some sources say it was 17th). This one of 1881 is fun: town-bred Lady Lewis, knees drawn up, watches in trepidation as a tiny lizard slithers past her! https://t.co/oD7xxaEzfw

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2019-06-18

17 June 1714, French astronomer César-François Cassini de Thury born: son of Jacques Cassini, grandson of Giovanni https://t.co/qTyQrMQeXr

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2019-06-17

1928, Amelia Earhart with pilot WIlmer Stultz right; and co-pilot Louis Gordon, started on her non-stop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Pwll, near Burry Port, Wales, © The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)

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2019-06-17

1798: Execution in Co of Henry Munro, U.I. leader & Presbyterian linen merchant. Tried by court-martial & hanged in front of his home, in front of wife & sisters. "behaved with marvellous coolness to the last" & settled a money account https://t.co/uVAVE4agdW

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2019-06-16