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#OTD in 1928 Emmeline Pankhurst died, just a few weeks before women were granted equal voting rights with men in the Equal Franchise Act. She is remembered as a brave and inspirational suffrage leader.
#ArtHistory 1866
Aurélia de Sousa was #bornonthisday in #Valparaíso.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #painter #painting #painting #chile #portugueseart #portrait #botd #onthisday #otd #discoverher
#OTD (June 13 OS), #Linnaeus rode from Persnäs to Gaxa where Argentina anserina (silverweed/gåsört) & Senecio vulgaris (groundsel/korsört) grew on beach.; cinnabar moth (karminspinnare) caterpillars were feeding on the latter. https://t.co/c28r3KDjGe
#OTD in 1994, the world watched as @BoeingAirplanes 777 took to the skies for the first time. The 777 is going strong today and is still loved by airlines and passengers alike. Look forward to seeing the #777X take off from the same runway in Everett, this Year.
Death of Miss Gardiner, 1789, by #MariaHadfieldCosway (Italian-English, 1730-1838), who was born #otd (June 11). Held at (Italian-English, 1730-1838), who died #otd (Jan 5). Held at the Musée de la Révolution française; source, https://t.co/y6rk6116ec #artherstory #womenartists
#OTD 1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. @Machezm @karana68 @JesusMartinMx @elisaalanis @darthfader64 @enriquetames @lmainero @Criskras2010 @marioeliasm @GueroDuclaud @calasava @LupitaJuarezH @SergioSarmiento
#OTD #AlexandertheGreat died in 323bce. The painting from 1644 by Pietro da Cortona shows Alexander defeating Darius III at the battle of Issus which hangs in the Capitoline Museum #Rome
After Agnes of Dunbar had defended Dunbar Castle in Scotland for 5 months against the English, on this day in 1338 the English lifted the siege. https://t.co/vXYmeyzmu0 (Ballad) #otd
Gustave Courbet was born #otd 200 years ago.
Courbet gives us a taste of the seaside with this painting, ‘The Sea-arch at Etreat’.
Where do you want to explore this summer? ☀️ Besides the Barber of course 😍
#BarberInstitute #hellobrum #uniofbirmingham
From our #archives, #otd 1949, during a missile test at White Sands proving ground, New Mexico, a missile is 'paced' by two inquisitive UFOs. Unnamed artist for 'Soucoupes Volantes' album [Biscottes DOR] @Mary_Evans Evans #UFOs
8 June 1795, Louis XVII, second son and third child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, dies aged 10 as prisoner in the Temple. #otd
Happy birthday to #JaimeLaredo, virtuoso Bolivian violinist and conductor born #OnThisDay. Laredo performed here @DumbartonOaks in 1963. https://t.co/2QT6toS6YC
#OTD @FrankSalomonAs
Another birthday to celebrate--Elizabeth Bowen, born #otd in 1899! She wrote many excellent ghost stories. The modern ghost manifests “through series of happenings whose horror lies in their being just, just out of the true. Ghosts exploit the horror latent behind reality..."
"She's too good to be true... And too real to be otherwise." GALAXINA, released #OTD in 1980.
🗓️ #OTD June 6, Alexander #Pushkin turns 220 years young!
This day has a special place in the Russian literary calendar, as the birthday of the country’s greatest poet #Pushkin🎩 and @UnitedNationsRU #RussianLanguageDay🇷🇺
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@CartonHouse #Otd 1798: Scullabogue Barn massacre near #Newbawn, Co #Wexford. Some rebels massacred 100-200 noncombatant men, women & children, mostly Protestant, held prisoner in a barn which was then set alight. Due to burning alive of rebel prisoners at New Ross? https://t.co/ejvVscYAIN
#OTD
5th June 1600
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was charged with insubordination at a special hearing at York House. After which, he was ordered to remain under house arrest.
#RobertDevereux #2ndEarlofEssex #QueenElizabethI #QueensFavourite #Tudors #History
#OTD in 1838, the first recorded baseball game in North America took place near Beachville Baptist Church in present-day Beachville, Ont.
https://t.co/9JvOqI90cC #history #baseball #numismatics #coins
Launched At The Deep End In Weymouth https://t.co/DxjriLOowg< Born #OTD 1738 George III of the #UnitedKingdom