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Happy birthday to the one and only Barbara Steele. She was born in England #OTD in 1937.
28 December 1665, birth of George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, the third and youngest illegitimate son of Charles II and Barbara Villiers. #otd
#TodayInMystery 1906
James Hadley Chase was #BornOnThisDay in London.
"The vulture is a patient bird."
#authors #mystery #thriller #noir #pulp #pulps #books
#BOTD #OnThisDay #OTD #quotes #quoteoftheday
#ArtHistory 1903
Turkish #painter Aliye Berger was #BornOnThisDay in #Istanbul Province.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #painting #paintings #expressionism
#discoverher #BOTD #OnThisDay #OTD
#ArtHistory 1877
Finnish #painter Sigrid Schauman was #BornOnThisDay in what is now #Ukraine.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #painting #paintings #landscapes
#DiscoverHer #BOTD #OnThisDay #OTD
Off to a panto over the #Christmas holidays? #otd 1930, flyer for Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Huddersfield which included a harlequinade which was a rarity at this date. From our fabulous Michael Diamond collection @Mary_Evans #behindyou #panto #thighslapping #cinderella
This black and white press photograph from our collection shows Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, being driven to Sandringham House in Norfolk for Christmas #onthisday in 1952 #otd
Sir Richard Arkwright born #OTD 1723. Inventor & entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution he was the inventor of the Spinning Frame & Carding Machine #weaving #technology #inventor #industry
#OTD St Thomas’ Day the poor went a-thomasing, children in #Saltaire queued for a gift from #TitusSalt & were counted twice to make sure no-one had more than one. #ShortestDay #WinterSolstice
Friday - Terraform - Xmas Jungle Party! B2B all night long for D&B, REGGAE & JUNGLE!
Gates 22:30 - £5b412, £7 after.
Saturday - Keep It- Support The Small Town Club! RR residents band together 21:00 - Adv tix £8, £10 OTD - More info and tickets here - https://t.co/ksvYj98Jlz
#otd in 1843 Charles Dickens’ 'A Christmas Carol' was published. By #Christmas that year it had sold an impressive 6000 copies! It continues to be 'A tale for all time'. Read why in @martinjohnes' piece here: https://t.co/9BOrHubTMr #Dickens #christmascarol
"The Retired Colourman" 1st published in Liberty Magazine #OTD 1926. Gloriously illustrated by Frederic Dorr Steele
Happy Birthday #ludwigvanbeethoven 17th December 1770 #OTD #bornotd #classicalmusicdates
Day 17 #LibraryChristmasCountdown
The familiar tradition of decking the halls with boughs of holly for winter festivals pre-dates Christmas. Today is the Roman festival of Saturnalia, when Romans would decorate their houses with holly & exchange gifts.
#OnThisDay #OTD #rarebooks
Happy Birthday to #janeAusten, born #otd in 1775. “I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.”―from PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1813)
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#otd #thelarkascending by #vaughanwilliams premiered in 1920 #violinillustration #illustration #rosiebrooks
#otd #thelarkascending by #vaughanwilliams premiered in 1920 #violinillustration #illustration #rosiebrooks