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+++ Wishing a most wonderful 70th birthday, to Mister David Vanian, who was born on this day, the 12th of October 1956, in Newcastle Upon Tyne. +++

#davevanian #thedamned #OTD #punk #punkrock #goth #gothic #gothicrock #newwave #alt #altrock

Carel Fabritius, The Goldfinch, 1654
(Mauritshuis, The Hague)
Goldfinches were popular pets, as they could be taught tricks like drawing water from a bowl with a miniature bucket. The artist was killed, aged 32 in an explosion in Delft #otd 12 Oct 1654.

12 Oct 1537: b. #otd on the eve of the feast of King Edward the Confessor - baby Edward (VI) who was named for the royal saint (BM/NPG) to Henry VIII & Queen Jane

12 Oct 1660: Trial of some of the regicides of Charles I begins #otd at the Old Bailey (BM)

Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies and Other Flowers in an Urn on a Stone Ledge
By Rachel Ruysch, b. 3 June 1664. d. #otd 12 Oct 1750.

(National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC)

Here’s the Delft Explosion, #otd 12 Oct 1654 when a gunpowder store exploded. Over 100 people were killed & 1000s injured.

(Egbert van der Poel, National Gallery, London/Rijksmuseum)

On this day in 1820, Ellen Sullivan Lewis died aged 68. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick, in the Journals: tinyurl.com/lewi1820

Learn about the Journals at MemsDead.com

#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Limerick

Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha #India’s 1st Woman #ElectricalEngineer. Widowed young, her family supported her career in power transmission equipment, incl protective gear, substation & generator design incl Bhakra Nangal Dam @wes1919.bsky.social member d. #OTD 12 Oct 1979 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayyalas...

#OTD 12 Oct 1537

Finally #HenryVIII had the Male heir he so desired, Edward

After a long difficult labour, #JaneSeymour finally delivered her son at Hampton Court Palace

Henry was overjoyed, Jane initially appeared to recover well

However, the celebrations to mark his birth would be cut short

#OTD three years ago, caught, mid-blether, 'Talking Tosh' at Queen's Cross Church as part of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society's 50th anniversary shenanigans.

#Éphéméride : il y a 426 ans (1600) disparaissait Luis de Molina
#OTD

British nurse Edith Cavell🙏 treated wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War. She covertly helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium for which she was arrested and executed by a German firing squad #otd in 1915.

12.10.1902 Änne Saefkow in #Düsseldorf geb. (*Anna Thiebes), kommunistischer #Widerstand, gegen den NS, 5.3.1944 KZ #Ravensbrück, 1946 SED, Bezirksrätin #Berlin-#Pankow, Stadtbezirksverordnete, 1950-1953 Vorsitzende VVN LV Groß-Berlin, 1950-62 Mitglied Volkskammer.

#OTD #OnThisDay #DDR

12.10.1950 #Berlin Ost, Bauarbeiten an der #Stalinallee, das ersten städtebaulichen Prestigeobjekt der #DDR. Die vermeintliche Vorzeige-Baustelle war Ausgangspunkt für den #Volksaufstand vom 17.6.1953 gegen die Erhöhung der Arbeitsnormen. Im Herbst 1961 umbenannt in Karl-Marx-Allee. #OTD

Born on this day: Michal Rosiak (2005 — 21 years ago) — 0 apps, 0 goals for Arsenal 🎂
#Arsenal #OTD

Born on this day: Henri Lansbury (1990 — 36 years ago) — 8 apps, 1 goals for Arsenal 🎂
#Arsenal #OTD