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Happy 297th birthday to Robinson Crusoe… remember that guy? The one on an island, inventor of the pro/con list. #OTD
#CharlotteBrontë, author of #JaneEyre, was born #otd in 1816 #Bronte200 #literature
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Al's 1st full color for @nytimesarts #OTD 1994 https://t.co/RcTSjO6xjQ
#OTD 1755, Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London, it contained 42,773 definitions.
Leonardo da Vinci, born OTD 1452, at the 3rd hour of the night, the illegitimate son of a legal notary & a peasant.
Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, scientist, astronomer, born #OTD 14 April 1629 https://t.co/F5RQ740PGI
“Whenever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there." - The Grapes of Wrath, first published #OTD 1939
What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes — Samuel Beckett, born #OTD 1906
Remember Dante Gabriel Rossetti who died #OTD 1882 with Swinburne's elegy on his good friend https://t.co/OqMprrm3aq
Isambard Brunel-civil engineer extraordinaire-b. #OTD 1806! Bio via @LindaHall_org: https://t.co/e37ls4ocgW #histSTM
"A monster of creation's dawn breaks loose in our world today!" KING KONG, released #otd in 1933.
#OTD 150 years ago these arms were matriculated for John Cockburn-Hood of Stoneridge, #Berwickshire #heraldry
#WilliamHolmanHunt, founding member of the #PreRaphaeliteBrotherhood, was born #otd in 1827 #arthistory #history
#MayMorris, talented daughter of #WilliamMorris, was born #otd in 1862 #art #19thcentury
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#KateGreenaway, artist & illustrator, was born #otd in 1846 #art #19thcentury #childrensliterature #history
Caroline Herschel–born OTD 1750–discovered 8 comets, rediscovered another & recorded 560 undocumented stars.