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#OTD in 1924.

Seán O'Casey's drama Juno and the Paycock opens at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. It is set in the working-class tenements of Dublin in the early 1920s, during the Irish Civil War period.

It is the second of his "Dublin Trilogy" – the other two being The Shadow of a Gunman (1923) and The Plough and the Stars (1926).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_and_the_Paycock

#books #literature #drama #theatre

Poster for the 1930 film “Juno and the Paycock” (alternate title “The Shame of Mary Boyle”).

Since it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on Seán O’Casey’s acclaimed play, the poster have been designed in the early sound era’s style, featuring bold typography and theatrical imagery.

A strong central image, possibly depicting key characters like Juno Boyle (a struggling mother) and Captain Boyle (her irresponsible husband).

A somber or dramatic color scheme reflecting the film’s serious tone.

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#OTD in 1912.

Frieda Weekley meets D. H. Lawrence in Nottingham. She met D. H. Lawrence, a former student of her husband's; they soon fell in love and eloped to Germany. During their stay Lawrence was arrested for spying; after the intervention of Frieda's father, the couple walked south over the Alps to Italy. In 1914, following her divorce, Frieda and D.H. Lawrence married.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieda_Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/123

#books #literature

David Herbert Lawrence & Frieda von Richthofen, 1914.

The image typically shows them sitting close together, reflecting their deep and unconventional relationship.

David Herbert Lawrence, known for his intense gaze and bohemian appearance, is often depicted with unkempt hair and a beard, dressed in simple, rugged clothing that suggests his rejection of traditional societal norms.

Frieda, who came from an aristocratic German background, appears confident and free-spirited, sometimes wearing a long dress or a coat suitable for the countryside.

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#OTD in 1910.

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.

She received the 36th aeroplane pilot's licence issued by the Aeroclub de France, the world's first organization to issue pilot licences. At the time, pilot licences were only required for pilots operating aircraft for commercial purposes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymonde_de_Laroche

#WomensDay2025

Raymonde de Laroche in her Voisin aeroplane in 1909

Unknown author. - Scanned from a postcard published in France in 1909 by Neurdein (ND Phot.)

She is dressed in early aviation attire, wearing a thick sweater, gloves, and a fur-trimmed hat to protect against the cold at high altitudes.

Her hands grip the control wheel as she looks confidently at the camera, symbolizing her trailblazing role in aviation history.

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#OTD in 1914 (dated February).

Publication of the first issue of New Numbers, a quarterly collection of work by the Dymock poets in England edited by Lascelles Abercrombie with Wilfrid Gibson. It containing poems such as Brooke's "The Soldier", published in 1915.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymock_poets

The Soldier at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/48306/pg48306-images.html#v-the-soldier

#books #literature #poetry

Image of Rupert Brooke (frontispiece) from For remembrance: soldier poets who have fallen in the war

Arthur St. John Adcock - https://archive.org/details/forremembranceso00adco

Brooke is depicted as a young man with wavy hair, gazing into the distance with a contemplative and idealistic expression.

The lighting emphasizes the classical features of his face, often described as handsome and romantic.

The portrait conveys a sense of youth, intellect, and melancholy, fitting for a poet who became a symbol of lost potential during World War I.

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Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli was born #OTD in 1700.

He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics. His name is commemorated in the Bernoulli's principle, a particular example of the conservation of energy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bernoulli

Books by Daniel Bernoulli at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41345

#books #science #mathematics #physics

Portrait of Daniel Bernoulli, c.1720-1725. Oil painting on canvas, Height 90.6 cm, Width 73.8 cm. inventory number 1991.156 (Basel Historical Museum, Peter Portner).

In the portrait, Bernoulli is depicted as a young man with long, curly white hair, dressed in elegant 18th-century attire.

He wears a light-colored coat with gold buttons, a white cravat, and a dark cloak draped over his shoulder.

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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) was born #OTD in 1832.

An interesting comment from one proofreader at @DProofreaders : "It is said that Queen Victoria enjoyed the Alice books so much that she sent for all the author's works, and was then appalled to find herself confronted by mathematics."

"Curiosa mathematica, Part I: A new theory of parallels" by Dodgson, Charles L. coming soon at PG.

Lewis Carroll at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7

#books #literature #mathematics

1863 photograph of Carroll by Oscar G. Rejlander.

Carroll appears formally dressed in Victorian clerical attire, with wavy, somewhat disheveled hair, contemplative, serious expression and relaxed pose with hands clasped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll#/media/File:Lewis_Carroll_1863.jpg

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When you have walked through a town, as an infantryman
you’ll never go through streets the same way again.

There is shoulder-ache from rifle-sling, and sore
butt-bruise, of bolt, on hip and thigh…

—“Infantryman”, by Colin McIntyre (1927–2012) – born #OTD, 27 January

Published in FROM THE LINE: Scottish War Poetry 1914–1945

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/from_the_line/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #warpoetry #WW2

Infantryman
by Colin McIntyre

When you have walked through a town, as an infantryman
you'll never go through streets the same way again.

There is shoulder-ache from rifle-sling, and sore
butt-bruise, of bolt, on hip and thigh.

The walk comes somewhere between slope and slow hike,
a wary step, splay-footed, as drawers cellular,
catch in the crotch, twist centrifugally around.

Our lot moved at slow deliberate plod, eyes down, look out,
Ted walked on the left, looks right; I took the right,
looked left. Well spaced out, bloody tired all the time.

Ted and I had a reputation, in Four Section, for hitting
the deck, together, quick as a flash, at the first shell.
Ted had a nose for crossroads ranged by guns.

Infantrymen grow fat in later years, from never walking.
Ted would have become quite gross. But Ted's dead.
Stepped on an AP mine in champagne country.
Cheers, Ted, you old sod, you.

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#OTD in 1888.

During Joseph Conrad's career at sea as Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, he departs from Bangkok for Sydney in his first command as master, on the British barque Otago. This provides a basis for his novella The Shadow Line (1916).

It was first published as a serial in New York's Metropolitan Magazine in the English Review and published in book form in 1917 in the UK and America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Line_(novel)

The Shadow Line at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/451

#books #literature

First edition (UK) of Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad.

The title, The Shadow Line, is prominently displayed at the top in bold, dark lettering. Below the title, a red-bordered box contains text posing a mysterious question about the challenges faced by the captain and crew in passing latitude 8° 20' in the Far East.

Centered on the cover is a black-and-white portrait of Joseph Conrad, framed within a red rectangular border. He has a distinguished look with a mustache and beard.

At the bottom, the author’s name, Joseph Conrad, is printed in bold, capitalized letters on a red background, ensuring visibility.

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Happy birthday Shakespeare (born #OTD in 1564)!

#OTD in 1932. To mark Shakespeare's birthday:

The Royal Shakespeare Company's new theatre opens at Stratford-upon-Avon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company

The Folger Shakespeare Library opens in Washington, D.C.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folger_Shakespeare_Library

Shakespeare at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65

#books #literature #theatre

Artistic depiction of the Shakespeare family, late 19th century

Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885, printmaker. - engraved for the Eclectic by Perine & Giles.

Illustration of William Shakespeare reciting his play Hamlet to his family. His wife, Anne Hathaway, is sitting in the chair on the right; his son Hamnet is behind him on the left; his two daughters Susanna and Judith are on the right and left of him. (Hamnet shown younger than his twin, Judith, as he had died a few years before Hamlet was written).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare#/media/File:Shakespeare's_family_circle.jpg

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#OTD in 1616.

Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published. The book, first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire, offered an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's geocentric system, which had been widely accepted since ancient times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium

About Copernicus at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=copernicus&submit_search=Search

#books #astronomy

Order of the heavenly spheres annotated with periods of revolution from Chapter 10 of Copernicus' manuscript.

At the center of the diagram is the Sol (Sun), around which the planets are arranged in concentric circles. The planets are labeled with their Latin names and their respective orbital periods:

Stellarum Fixarum Sphaera Immobilis (Sphere of the Fixed Stars – the outermost, immobile sphere)
Saturnus (Saturn – 30-year revolution)
Iovis (Jupiter – 12-year revolution)
Martis (Mars – 2-year revolution)
Telluris cum Luna (Earth with the Moon – 1-year revolution)
Veneris (Venus – approximately 9-month revolution)
Mercurii (Mercury – approximately 88-day revolution)

The surrounding Latin annotations provide explanations about the movements of celestial bodies, reinforcing the revolutionary idea that Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun rather than the traditional geocentric (Earth-centered) model.

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#OTD in 1922 American journalist Nellie Bly died.

She "was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly

Books by Bly at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/9648

#history #journalism

"American journalist Nellie Bly, in a publicity photo for her around-the-world voyage." - picryl.com. She is wearing a long checkered coat, holding a travel bag in her left hand and her right hand is raised with her hat(?) in her hand.

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#OnThisDay, 24 Mar 1944, Éliane Plewman is arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France after six months operating as a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier carried messages and equipment around their network.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory #SOE

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studio photo of Éliane Plewman in civvies. She is a white woman with dark hair.

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"I did not think; I investigated."

German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen died #OTD in 1923.

On 8 November 1895, he produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. The non-SI unit of radiation exposure, the roentgen (R), is also named after him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen

Books about Röntgen at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=R%C3%B6ntgen&submit_search=Search

#books #physics

Hand mit Ringen (Hand with Rings): a print of one of the first X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923) of the left hand of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig.

It was presented to Professor Ludwig Zehnder of the Physik Institut, University of Freiburg, on 1 January 1896.

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#OtD 8 Mar 1979 women who had participated in the Iranian revolution took to the streets with the slogan: "We did not make a revolution to go back!" The protest came shortly after the announcement of a law making wearing of the hijab mandatory https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/11068/iranian-women-protest

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#art #history:
question: what's better than juliette greco?
answer: three juliette grecos.
the smoky-toned chanteuse & actor (interpreter of jacques brel & prevert, boris vian, charles aznavour...) was born #otd in 1927.
the OG boho certainly made a mark with her life. how could she not? jean-paul sartre declared her to have 'a million poems in her voice'.
#illustration #julietteGreco #music #cinema #france

digital pencil, pastel & ink drawing of legendary french bohemian, juliette greco.
here, her perfectly lined eyes look off-camera to her left & her hands are folded in front of her, eclipsing the right side of her chin.
apart from her red lips & red pastel background, she's in black & white.

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THAT PROMETHEAN SPARK
The Bottle Imp – Muriel Spark special issue

Muriel Spark was born #OTD, 1 Feb, 1918

“With a writing career that included biography, criticism, drama and short fiction as well as novels, Muriel Spark was never one to do things by halves…”

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2017/11/that-promethian-spark/

#Scottish #literature #MurielSpark #20thCentury #WomenWriters

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#OTD in 1776.

Scottish political economist Adam Smith's book The Wealth of Nations, the first modern work in economics, was published.

It has become a fundamental work in classical economics, and has been described as "the first formulation of a comprehensive system of political economy".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations

Wealth of Nations at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300

#books #literature #economy

The full title reads:

"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations",
by Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S.,
Formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.

The title is arranged in a centered layout, using a combination of capital and small capital letters, reflecting the typographic conventions of the time. Below the author’s name and credentials, the volume number (as the work was published in two volumes) is indicated.

At the bottom of the page is the publication information, which reads:

"London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand. MDCCLXXVI."

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#OTD in 1889.

Henrik Ibsen's symbolic drama The Lady from the Sea (1888) receives simultaneous first performances in Oslo (in Norwegian) and Weimar (in German). The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's later play The Master Builder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_from_the_Sea

The Lady from the Sea at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2765

#books #literature #theatre

Dining room in the house of Dr. Vangel. 1905 Sketch of the scenery for Ibsen's drama “Daughter of the Sea” State Central Theater Museum named after A.A.Bakhrushin. A.A.Bakhrushin State Central Theater Museum.

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#OTD in 1851.

The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto

Le Roi s'amuse at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29549

#books #literature #theatre

Set design for act "IV" (III as normally counted) of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto. (For the production of the Théâtre national de l'Opéra at the Palais Garnier that opened 27-02-1885).

A rustic, slightly decrepit inn or house by a lakeside or riverbank, surrounded by dense trees. The building is shown in a cross-section, revealing two levels.

A warmly lit bedroom where a woman stands holding a torch or candle near a reclining figure on a bed—suggestive of the characters Maddalena and the Duke in Rigoletto.

A dimly lit interior room with a few figures around a table—possibly representing Sparafucile (the assassin) and other characters in the plot’s unfolding.

The scene is bathed in moonlight with dark clouds, creating a dramatic chiaroscuro between the natural night and the warm indoor light.

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#OTD in 1914.

In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.

It was founded by Victor Herbert, George Botsford, Silvio Hein, Irving Berlin, Louis Hirsch, John Raymond Hubbell, Gustave Kerker, & Jean Schwartz; Glen MacDonough; publishers George Maxwell and Jay Witmark & copyright attorney Nathan Burkan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers

ASCAP archives at NYPL:
https://archives.nypl.org/mus/22936

#copyright

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"Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants, willing to be dethroned."
ch. 2: Nestor page 28

Ulysses by James Joyce was partially serialised in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach #OTD in 1922.

Ulysses at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300

#books #literature

Picture of first edition of Joyce's Ulysses.

Cover design:
Simple, elegant design in blue-green/teal color
Greek-inspired lettering for "ULYSSES"
Minimal decoration, emphasizing the classical connection
The color was chosen to match the Greek flag (blue and white)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)#/media/File:JoyceUlysses2.jpg

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#OTD in 1889.

August Strindberg's naturalistic drama Miss Julie (Fröken Julie), 1888, is first performed, by the Scandinavian Experimental Theater at the University of Copenhagen. His wife Siri von Essen plays the title rôle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Julie

Miss Julie at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14347

#books #literature #theatre

Photograph of the first production of Miss Julie at The People's Theatre in November 1906.

Unknown photographer, 1906 - Strindberg and the Five Senses, bu Hans-Goran Ekman.

On the left, a woman dressed in traditional servant attire appears to be engaged in a kitchen task, emphasizing the play’s working-class setting.

In the center-right, a woman in a long white dress (likely portraying Miss Julie) is interacting closely with a man in a formal suit (likely the character Jean), highlighting the tension and intimacy central to the plot.

The set design features modest furniture, utensils hanging on the wall, and exposed wooden beams, reflecting the realistic and detailed staging typical of early 20th-century naturalist theatre.

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#OnThisDay, 20 Apr 1902, Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie refine radium chlorine. The discovery leads to Marie being the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

The committee had planned to only award the Nobel to Pierre and Henri. Committee member and Swedish mathematician Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler alerted Pierre Curie to the plan. Pierre insisted Marie also receive the prize.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomenInSTEM #NobelWomen #Histodons

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"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."
Quiet Strength (2000)

~Rosa Parks born #OTD in 1913

She is best remembered for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake's demand that she relinquish her seat so a white man could sit in the row.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

#civilrights #blackhistorymonth

Photo of Rosa Parks.

This image shows Parks:
In what appears to be the 1950s
Wearing glasses and a striped blouse
Smiling warmly at the camera
With a dignified, composed bearing
In an outdoor setting
A man visible in the background

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#OTD in 1920.

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald sets him up as a writer and celebrity. An initial 3,000 copies sell out in three days. The book's reputation dims in later years, but Dorothy Parker will recall that it was seen as innovative when it first appeared.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise

This Side of Paradise at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/805

#books #literature

Cover of Fitzgerald's 1920 novel, This Side of Paradise, by illustrator W. E. Hill. The cover's title text is in white font, and the background is dark yellow.

The cover depicts a haughty young woman wearing a white dress and holding a hand fan with large white feathers.

Behind her, a dashing young man in a dark suit, white shirt, and black bow tie is leaning forward as if to whisper in her ear.

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