Heart, we will forget him,
You and I, tonight!
You must forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.
~ Emily Dickinson,
#BornThisDay in 1830
Art: A Passing Cloud by Arthur Hughes
Hans Christian Andersen was #bornthisday in 1805, a Danish poet and author best remembered for his children's stories including The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Princess and the Pea and many more.
The Princess and the Pea ~ Gennady Spirin
Cinematographer Gregg Toland was #BornThisDay in 1904. In his too-short life and career there are many gems, like 1937's DEAD END. He shoots the huge set in ways both lifelike and fanciful. For my money, one of the most beautiful films of its era.
The rose has significant associations with tennis. Several players have had roses named after them.
In 1992, Gabriela Sabatini was the first – a fiery orange-red bloom.
If you watched tennis in late 80s until mid 90s, she was everybody's favourite.
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Happy birthday Sir Michael Philip Jagger! Keep rocking the Arts. Clip crime thriller 'THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY'. Screening link: apple.co/3O1gGFs • #MickJagger #BornThisDay
Happy Birthday to beautiful Joanne Froggatt #bornthisday 23rd August 1980 💝 #Littlebeck 🇬🇧📺 Classic British TV 📺🇬🇧 Zoe's feather boa 19K
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Sam Manekshaw speaks to Army officers on Infantry Day in New Delhi.
India's first Field Marshal #SamManekshaw is credited for India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war when he served as Chief of the Army Staff.
Express photo by Ravi Batra.
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“I’d like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.” - John Coltrane
#jazz #BornThisDay #ForeverTrane
'Sirk created his own brand of tragedy—the unhappy happy ending—and Tarnished Angels is the bleakest of them all. It's that line from Caddyshack, 'You'll get nothing and like it.' ' —Errol Morris, 2017. Douglas Sirk was #BornThisDay in Hamburg, in 1897.
