Wayne Lotter was a South African wildlife conservationist. Lotter was known as the founder of the PAMS Foundation, based in Tanzania. Lotter also previously served as Vice President of the International Ranger Federation. Wikipedia
Born: December 5, 1965, Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: August 16, 2017, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
He had death threats all the time. With typical bravado he ignored them, and just went out again to watch with a cherubic smile a herd of elephant making their way across the Tanzanian savannah
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".Wikipedia
Born: January 8, 1935, Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Died: August 16, 1977, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.
Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.
The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.
"There'd be a riot every time." Elvis Presley was originally declared a flash in the pan who couldn't sing—one year, his songs accounted for over 50% of a record label's sales. The singer and actor died on August 16th 1977
40 years after his death, Elvis Presley's legacy lives on. elvis.commercialappeal.com (Photo: AP)
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Margaret Mitchell died on August 16th 1949. We once wrote that “Gone With the Wind” was “mostly magnolias and melodrama” but that it tells “something of the densely interwoven southern culture, linking past and present and people of different castes and colours”
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Agostino Carracci was an Italian painter and printmaker. He was the brother of the more famous Annibale and cousin of Lodovico Carracci. Wikipedia
Born: August 16, 1557, Bologna, Italy
Died: March 22, 1602, Parma, Italy
The great Italian painter and printmaker Agostino Carracci was born on this day in Bologna in 1557! In 1582, he, his brother Annibale and cousin Lodovico founded the Accademia degli Incamminati of Bologna, which was one of the first art academies in Italy. By combining the observation of nature and realism with the imitation of the greats, this academy championed a return to the ancient forms that would later give rise to the classical and baroque styles of the 17th century. True to this style, we invite you to look at this selection of drawings by Agostino.
"Lawrence of Arabia" , The Arab spring. Do not give up hope /"沙漠革命記" Revolt in the Desert, 到"智慧七柱"Seven Pillars of Wisdom,
Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO was a British archaeologist, military officer, diplomat, and writer. Wikipedia
Born: August 16, 1888, Tremadog, United Kingdom
Died: May 19, 1935, Bovington Camp, United Kingdom
Height: 1.66 m
Our quote of the day is from British Army Officer T. E. Lawrence
“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
―from SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM: A Triumph (1926)
“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
―from SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM: A Triumph (1926)
"I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands
and wrote my will across the sky in stars
To earn you Freedom, the seven pillared worthy house,
that your eyes might be shining for me
When we came."
and wrote my will across the sky in stars
To earn you Freedom, the seven pillared worthy house,
that your eyes might be shining for me
When we came."
The dedication (to a mysterious "S.A.") that opens "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by #TELawrence who was born #onthisday 1888. He wrote the first version of this classic account of his involvement in the Arab Revolt in 1919-20, but lost the manuscript at Reading Station. Rewritten, the first public version appeared in 1926.
Archaeologist, soldier, diplomat and writer, #LawrenceofArabia was also a member of The London Library. He died at the age of 46 in a motorbike accident.
Archaeologist, soldier, diplomat and writer, #LawrenceofArabia was also a member of The London Library. He died at the age of 46 in a motorbike accident.
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