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B 1795 John Polidori, Byron's travelling companion & author of The Vampyre (1819). F Gainsford c1816

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in 1871, Otis Swamm, having married a Sioux woman after 10-years in the Indian Territory, was court-martialed.

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in '57 Soviet Union announces test of intercontinental ballistic missile, sparks US anxiety over missile gap.

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in FIRE! Vesuvius in 79 & Burning of DC in 1814 by British troops depicted here by Dolley Madison

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The great William Wilberforce politician, reformer, abolitionist b 1759. W/c by George Richmond 1833

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B 1944 the great Peter Weir director of fab Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli & v splendid Master & Commander

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Happy Birthday to Julie Newmar.. Born OTD in 1933.

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The great d 1827. Here's the extraordinary The Great Red Dragon ink & w/c c1803-5

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I have often said he died because he was too good for this world"Christopher Lee on Peter Cushing who died OTD in1994

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Happy B'day Emil Nolde 1867 fab selfportrait 1917 (Nolde Stiftung Seebüll) & Moonlit Scene 1917

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The great Grinling Gibbons d 1721 portr Kneller 1690 & Stoning of St Stephen late 17thc

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Qn Anne dies 1714 & is succeeded by Georg Ludwig of Hanover, ushering in the Georgian Era. Portraits

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July 31, 1935: US journalist Edgar Snow among authors whose work is banned in

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ZOMBI 3 was released OTD in 1988. "I'm feeling better, but I'm thirsty... for your blood!"

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Hooke (born 1635) inspired use of microscopes 4 scientific exploration w/ "Micrographia" http://t.co/jZPvdZ2EeT

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Louisine Havemeyer born 28July1855 owned El Greco ‘Toledo’ now Archive online: http://t.co/YoeL2Yw7MM

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1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart (engr ) steps ashore at Eriskay. Photo via

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Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951. The 1st edition can be found in the Reading Room.

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10 Jul 1890 we opened a trunk circuit linking London to Birmingham, first North - South telephone comms in UK

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