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May 1st: Happy Purrday to:
Born today in 1855 painter Cecilia Beaux.
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Below: Beaux portrait “Man with the Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker)”.
Today in History 5-2-33
Happy Anniversary to Nessie 😉
This Day in History: Loch Ness Monster Sighted
Although accounts of an aquatic beast living in Scotland’s Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster is born when a sighting makes local news on May 2, 1933. The newspaper Inverness Courier related an account of a local couple who claimed to have seen “an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface.” The story of the “monster” (a moniker chosen by the Courier editor) became a media phenomenon, with London newspapers sending correspondents to Scotland and a circus offering a 20,000 pound sterling reward for capture of the beast.Wow, already 56 years ago!
FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE – MAY 5, 1961
From Cape Canaveral, Florida, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere 🙂Today in Historoy:
1945
V-E Day is celebrated in America and Britain
On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.
Today in History: May 10th
1869
Transcontinental railroad completed
On this day in 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history…
Midweek Art Share:
Born today in 1874 archaeologist Howard Carter.Below: Carter painting of “The Cat in the Marshes” a detail from the tomb of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hasan.
Born 5/8 in 1938 artist and writer Jean (Moebius) Giraud.
Today in History with Happy Birthday to:
1937
Madeleine Albright is born:
On this day in 1937, Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born Maria Jana Korbelova in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). The daughter of Czech diplomat Josef Korbel, Albright fled to England with her family after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939…
The daughter of Czech diplomat Josef Korbel, Albright fled to England with her family after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939. Though Albright long believed they had fled for political reasons, she learned as an adult that her family was Jewish and that three of her grandparents had died in Nazi concentration camps. 🙁
In 1993, Clinton appointed her ambassador to the United Nations. In that post, Albright earned a reputation as a straight-talking defender of American interests and an advocate for an increased role for the U.S. in U.N. operations. In late 1996, Clinton nominated Albright to succeed Warren Christopher as U.S. secretary of stateArtists of the Month:
Happy Purrday to:
Born today in 1844 painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt.Below: “Sara Holding A Cat” (19080.
Yesterday:
Born in 1844 painter Henri Rousseau.
…enjoy!
Born 05-23 in 1910 actor, dancer and musician Scatman Crothers.
Feline fact: The animated character from the film “The Aristocats”, Scat Cat, was originally written for Louis Armstrong and was originally named Satchmo Cat but when Armstrong became ill it was decided to replace him with Scatman Crothers and rename him “Scat Cat” and write a new song, “Everybody Wants to Be a Cat.”Blueberrry Hill:
1859
Big Ben goes into operation in LondonThe famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high St. Stephen’s Tower, rings out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on this day in 1859.
The name “Big Ben” originally just applied to the bell but later came to refer to the clock itself. 🙂It’s Thursday June 1st:
Art Share of the Day: Happy Purrday to…
Born today in 1856 painter W?adys?aw ?lewi?ski.
June 6, 1944
D-Day
#NeverAgain War to End All Wars!
Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II.
…Though it did not go off exactly as planned, as later claimed by British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery–for example, the Allies were able to land only fractions of the supplies and vehicles they had intended in France–D-Day was a decided success. By the end of June, the Allies had 850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles in Normandy and were poised to continue their march across Europe.The heroism and bravery displayed by troops from the Allied countries on D-Day has served as inspiration for several films, most famously The Longest Day (1962) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). It was also depicted in the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers (2001).
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