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in -Battle for Convoy ONS154 begins. In a 7 day running battle HMCShips ST. LAURENT, BATTLEFORD, CHILLIWACK, NAPANEE, SHEDIAC & KENOGAMI engage 21 UBoats. 14 of 46 merchant ships are lost w/ 551 sailors killed, 1 UBoat sunk. painting.

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25.12.1705: Sendlinger ca. 1100 bayr. Aufständische werden nach Kapitulation durch österreich. Truppen niedergemetzelt

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in 1843 first published the beloved novel

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2017-12-20

18 Dec 1627: John Lambe examined by the College of Physicians & found to be ignorant of the language and practice of In June 1628 Lambe was stoned & killed by a mob as a reputed sorcerer.

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Born in 1778, Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian & performer, who made the role of Clown in Harlequinade his own.

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George Romney, the famed portrait artist who depicted Georgian England's elite, was born in 1734, though due to the 1752 change from the Julian to Gregorian calendar, his birthdate is sometimes listed December 26. More: https://t.co/oms7YuquOc

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Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger was born 1610. I’ve always found his creatures and demons in his Temptation of St. Anthony series quite disturbing.

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Dulle Griet (Mad Meg)
Temptation of St. Anthony
Temptation of St. Anthony

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in 1966, Walt Disney died. During and his artists designed many squadron insignia for & other military branches

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Viktor Madarász
* 14.12.1830; † 10.1.1917
Portrait of a Woman


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This 1862 map shows the very beginnings of Antarctic exploration. That point James Weddell reached in 1823 was the farthest south a ship had ever been. 88 years later - - Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.
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Published in The Illustrated London News, 1929, this illustration by G.H. Davis of the Prince of Wales (King Edward VIII) in his Gipsy Moth flying over Windsor Castle

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in 1809, Napoleon and Josephine divorce. Satirical cartoon in 'Hibernia' magazine.

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American artist Helen Frankenthaler—a pioneer of new techniques in abstract expressionist painting—was born in 1928. Her “Jacob’s Ladder” is now on view in the gallery. https://t.co/yU4tLmGIvp

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Erasmus Darwin, born in 1731, published Zoonomia (1794) which made the Vatican's banned books list and influenced his grandson Charles Darwin's work on evolution

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in 1863 Edvard Munch was born. Check out the best places to see his work via https://t.co/kZQVYzBK5U

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