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May 6, 1895: Rudolph Valentino is born. Born in Italy, Rudolph...
May 6, 1895: Rudolph Valentino is born.Born in Italy, Rudolph Valentino was one of the most popular actors of the last years of the silent movie era - his most notable films, including The Four...
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Hi, I'm just curious about your picture-painting of a young woman looking at...
Sure! It’s John William Waterhouse’s La Belle Dame sans Merci (“The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy”), a figure from John Keats’ ballad of the same title who was, like many siren-like women from myth and...
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May 7, 1915: A German U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania. The...
May 7, 1915: A German U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania.The sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania was one of the most infamous events of World War I, carried out by the SM U-20 as part of Germany’s...
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Saul Bass: Film Title Sequences— It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad...
Saul Bass: Film Title Sequences— It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Anatomy of a Murder, Something Wild, North by Northwest, Edge of the City, Psycho, The Man With the Golden Arm, Goodfellas, Cowboy,...
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May 10, 1774: The reign of Louis XVI begins. Louis XVI succeeded...
May 10, 1774: The reign of Louis XVI begins.Louis XVI succeeded his grandfather Louis XV as King of France and of Navarre at age nineteen. By this time he had already been married to the Austrian...
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psyclonejack: kelvin506: unhistorical: Saul Bass: Film Title...
psyclonejack:kelvin506:unhistorical:Saul Bass: Film Title Sequences— It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Anatomy of a Murder, Something Wild, North by Northwest, Edge of the City, Psycho, The Man With the...
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Jason Charming the Dragon (1665 - 1670) - Salvator Rosa
Jason Charming the Dragon (1665 - 1670) - Salvator Rosa
View ArticleWhat other history blogs do you know of on tumblr? I truly love your blog, so...
I actually made a recommendation list once, but I think at this point it’s probably outdated. If anyone has any more blogs to add, please do by replying to this ask. (And thanks!)
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May 13, 1943: The North African Campaign ends. The North African...
May 13, 1943: The North African Campaign ends.The North African Campaign of World War II began on June 10, 1940, when Italy officially declared war on Great Britain and France, after which forces of...
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Online museum collections are the best. My favorites, though, are the National Museum of the American Indian, which has a really neat search function, and the Met, although the other Smithsonian...
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May 15, 1536: Anne Boleyn is found guilty of treason. Anne...
May 15, 1536: Anne Boleyn is found guilty of treason.Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife after Catharine of Aragon and the wife for whom the king broke away from the Catholic Church, was arrested in...
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laineporwit: unhistorical: May 15, 1536: Anne Boleyn is found...
laineporwit:unhistorical:May 15, 1536: Anne Boleyn is found guilty of treason.Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife after Catharine of Aragon and the wife for whom the king broke away from the Catholic...
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Besides the fact that it’s super interesting and that even someone whose favorite subject isn’t history will find something interesting about it, history can teach practical skills like critical...
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Besides the fact that it’s super interesting and that even...
Besides the fact that it’s super interesting and that even someone whose favorite subject isn’t history will find something interesting about it, history can teach practical skills like critical...
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May 17, 1954: The Supreme Court unanimously rules public school...
May 17, 1954: The Supreme Court unanimously rules public school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education.Fifty-nine years ago today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a...
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“Suddenly a rumour spread among the people that there was...
“Suddenly a rumour spread among the people that there was not enough beer and pretzels for everybody”“1,389 people were trampled to death”
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Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long...
Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.
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May 21, 1979: The White Night riots begin. On November 27, 1978,...
Moscone and MilkMay 21, 1979: The White Night riots begin.On November 27, 1978, Harvey Milk - San Francisco’s first and one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials - was shot and killed by...
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