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9 ore fa · Brigadier Clive William Beckett (1935—2021), Director of Operational Requirements; Major-General Denis Arthur Beckett CB DSO OBE (1917—2016), Director of Personal Services; Major-General Edwin Beckett (1937—2018), Head of British Defence Staff – US; Lieutenant-General Sir Tom Beckett (1962—), Defence Senior Advisor Middle East
1 giorno fa · There have been over 1,200 rugby league footballers who have played for the Sydney Roosters in the premiership since its foundation in 1908. They are listed in order of cap number, with the first going to the club's inaugural captain, Harry “Jersey” Flegg.
9 ore fa · Burt Freeman Bacharach ( / ˈbækəræk / BAK-ə-rak; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. [4] [5] [6] Starting in the 1950s, he composed hundreds of pop songs, many in ...
9 ore fa · In the United Kingdom, general elections occur at least every five years. About 650 constituencies return a member of Parliament.Prior to 1945, electoral competition in the United Kingdom exhibited features which make meaningful comparisons with modern results difficult.
1 giorno fa · 1959 in art – Birth of Caio Fonseca, Death of Frank Lloyd Wright, Sir Jacob Epstein. 1958 in art – Frank Stella begins black pinstripe paintings; Birth of Brian O'Connor (artist) and Don Yeomans. 1957 in art – Death of David Bomberg, Diego Rivera, Jack Butler Yeats; Birth of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.
On a summer day in 1862, a tall, stammering Oxford University mathematician named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a boat trip up the River Thames, accompanied by a colleague and the three young daughters of university chancellor Henry Liddell.
You can see and hear that journey recounted by gallerist-Youtuber James Payne in the new Great Art Explained video at the top of the post. Just above is a British Pathé newsreel that shows Miller at home with Penrose in 1946, the year between the end of the war and the birth of their son Antony Penrose, who re-discovered and re-publicized his mother’s ...
