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Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent is a 1790 painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli, who died #OTD in 1825
Sir George Russell Drysdale, born #OTD in 1912, was an Australian #artist . He represented #Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1954
#OTD 6 February 1806 Vice-Admiral Duckworth's Royal Navy squadron destroy 2 & capture 3 French ships of the line in Battle of San Domingo.
OTD 1807: HMS Blenheim (90) and HMS Java (32) lost during a gale off the island of Rodriguez, India Ocean. About 870 seamen lost their life.
#OTD 45 years ago: Meet the @Fermilab accelerator operators from 1972: https://t.co/7lOpfUu3Vi #Fermilabs50th
#OTD in 1966, Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon & transmit images back to Earth. https://t.co/MZdov9O0V9
"The monster was the best friend I ever had." Boris Karloff, who passed away #OTD in 1969.
Thomas Cole, born #OTD 1801. Founder of the #HudsonRiverSchool, he's well known for #Romantic portrayals of the American wilderness #Art
Happy Birthday Franz Schubert! Born 31st January 1797 #bornotd #otd #franzschubert #schubert #classicalcomposer #unfinishedsymphony #trou...
Happy Birthday Franz Schubert! Born 31st January 1797 #bornotd #otd #franzschubert #schubert #classicalcomposer #unfinishedsymphony #trou...
o30 Jan 1608: Ferdinando Fairfax knighted by James I at Theobalds #otd; would later become #parliamentary general (BM/YorkMusTrust)
Walter Paget, who served as his brother Sidney’s model for Sherlock Holmes, died #OTD 1935 https://t.co/aZBXI215xQ
Happy Birthday to astronomer of Gdansk (and beer-brewer) Johannes Hevelius! Born #OTD, January 28th, 1611 https://t.co/VSODvd2ga3
Scottish painter John MacWhirter died #OTD 1911. He was greatly inspired by the Alps and Scotland's mountain landscapes #Art #Mountains
Scottish Colourist S J Peploe was born #OTD in 1871; his "Still Life" (1930) is part of @aberdeenuni's collection of oil paintings
Lewis Carroll was born #otd in 1832
Discover how he created #AliceinWonderland – & see the original manuscript! https://t.co/AjDePelIzz
#OTD 1798 Dorothy writes "while we were in the wood the moon burst through the invisible veil that enveloped her..."