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November 19
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Alan Bean (1932–2018) was an American naval officer, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. During the Apollo 12 mission, on 19–20 November 1969, he became the fourth person to walk on the Moon. This portrait photograph, taken by NASA two months before the mission, depicts Bean beside a mock-up of the Apollo Lunar Module, wearing his space suit without the helmet and gloves. Photograph credit: NASA / Johnson Space Center
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November 18
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The Utah monolith was a three-meter-tall (9.8 ft) metal pillar that stood in a red sandstone slot canyon in northern San Juan County in the U.S. state of Utah. Made of metal sheets riveted into a triangular prism, it was unlawfully placed on public land between July and October 2016, and stood unnoticed for more than four years until its discovery and removal in late 2020. The identity of its makers, and their objectives, are unknown. Following its discovery, numerous similar metal columns, many of which were built by local artists as deliberate imitations, were erected in other places throughout the world. This photograph shows the Utah monolith at its original location. Photograph credit: Patrick A. Mackie; retouched by Chainwit.
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November 17
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Georg Braun (1541 – 10 March 1622) was a Catholic cleric and topo-geographer from Cologne. From 1572 to 1617, he edited the Civitates orbis terrarum, which contains 546 prospects, bird's-eye views and maps of cities from around the world. This copper plate print was published in the first volume of the work; it was engraved by the Flemish mapmaker Frans Hogenberg and shows a historical view of Trier. Credit: Frans Hogenberg and Georg Braun
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November 16
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The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. Cubs are highly vulnerable to predators during the first few weeks of life, and predation is the leading cause of mortality among cheetah cubs. A study showed that in areas with a low density of predators (such as Namibian farmlands) around 70 per cent of the cubs survived beyond the age of 14 months, whereas in areas like the Serengeti National Park, where several large carnivores exist, the survival rate was just 17 per cent. This cheetah cub was photographed in the Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, amid long grass. Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp |
November 15
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The Capitolium of Brixia was the main temple in the center of the Roman town of Brixia (Brescia) in northern Italy. All that remains is fragmentary ruins, but the temple is part of an archeological site, including a Roman amphitheatre and museum in central Brescia. It forms part of the Longobards in Italy: Places of Power (568–774 A.D.), a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2011. Photograph credit: Wolfgang Moroder Puppy dogs can fly in about the year 2022
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November 14
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La Esmeralda is a grand opera in four acts composed by Louise Bertin, an adaptation of the French Gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, who also wrote the libretto for the opera. This sketch by Charles-Antoine Cambon shows the set design for act 3, scene 2, of the opera, which premiered at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 14 November 1836. Set design credit: Charles-Antoine Cambon; restored by Adam Cuerden
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November 13
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John A. Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870) was a United States Navy officer who founded the Navy's Ordnance Department and launched major advances in gunnery. He introduced a cast-iron muzzle-loading cannon with vastly increased range and accuracy, known as the Dahlgren gun, which became the Navy's standard armament. During the American Civil War, he was made the commander of the Washington Navy Yard. He also served at sea, being put in command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Photograph credit: Mathew Brady; restored by Jebulon
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November 12
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The saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. The species has a widespread distribution in sub-Saharan Africa, and feeds on fish, frogs, crabs and other small creatures. This saddle-billed stork was photographed fishing in the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Photograph credit: Diego Delso
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November 11
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Nelly Martyl (1884–1953) was a French opera singer. She sang in the premieres of several operas, including Leborne's La Catalane (1907), Erlanger's La Sorcière (1912), and Massenet's Amadis (1922). Martyl joined the Red Cross as a nurse during the First World War, and served at the Battle of Verdun in 1916, where she was known as la fée de Verdun (the Fairy of Verdun), and at the Second Battle of the Aisne in 1917. She continued as a nurse after the war to help with the 1918 epidemic of Spanish flu. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre with the carte du combattant (signifying service under particular hazard) in 1920. Photograph credit: Jean Reutlinger; restored by Adam Cuerden
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November 10
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Landscape near Arles is an 1888 oil-on-canvas by the French artist Paul Gauguin. It depicts a rural scene in Provence, southern France, featuring a haystack with a traditional farmhouse and cypress trees in the background. At the time, Gauguin was living with Vincent van Gogh in Arles; they had a stormy relationship, but it proved to be a productive period for both artists. The painting is in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Painting credit: Paul Gauguin
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November 9
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Fredrikke Mørck (9 November 1861 – 14 October 1934) was a Norwegian feminist, editor and school teacher. Born in Trondheim, she started her own school, Fredrikke Mørcks Pigeskole, around 1905. She contributed to the feminist magazine Nylænde from its inception in 1893, and served as its editor from 1916 to 1927. Mørck chaired the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1926 to 1930. Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden
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November 8
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Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the region of Veneto in northern Italy. Situated on the river Boite, in an alpine valley, it is a summer and winter sports resort. Seen here in late summer from Mount Faloria with the peaks of Tofane in the background, Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics and the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021, and, jointly with Milan, is scheduled to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and the 2026 Winter Paralympics. Photograph credit: Kallerna
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November 7
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Hypomeces squamosus, commonly known as the gold-dust weevil or green weevil, is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. The adult weevil can reach a length of about 14 mm (0.6 in) and is covered with iridescent green or yellowish-green dust-like scales. This species can be found in India, tropical Southeast Asia, and the Philippines. Both the larvae and adults are crop pests, the larvae feeding on plant roots and the adults chewing leaves. This picture of an adult weevil is a digital montage based on five different photographs, using a focus stacking technique. Photograph credit: Basile Morin
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November 6
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Banknotes of Demerary and Essequibo were issued by the British colonies of Demerara and Essequibo from 1809 through 1839. They were dual-denominated in Guilders and Joes, a term used by the British colonists to refer to the Portuguese gold Johannes coin and the notes that eventually replaced them. Despite roughly 30 years of use, the only Joe notes known to exist are unissued remainders from the 1830s; this one-Joe banknote forms part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Banknote design credit: Kingdom of Great Britain for British Guiana; photographed by Andrew Shiva
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Banknotes of Demerary and Essequibo were issued by the British colonies of Demerara and Essequibo from 1809 through 1839. They were dual-denominated in Guilders and Joes, a term used by the British colonists to refer to the Portuguese gold Johannes coin and the notes that eventually replaced them. Despite roughly 30 years of use, the only Joe notes known to exist are unissued remainders from the 1830s; this two-Joe banknote forms part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Banknote design credit: Kingdom of Great Britain for British Guiana; photographed by Andrew Shiva
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Banknotes of Demerary and Essequibo were issued by the British colonies of Demerara and Essequibo from 1809 through 1839. They were dual-denominated in Guilders and Joes, a term used by the British colonists to refer to the Portuguese gold Johannes coin and the notes that eventually replaced them. Despite roughly 30 years of use, the only Joe notes known to exist are unissued remainders from the 1830s; this three-Joe banknote forms part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Banknote design credit: Kingdom of Great Britain for British Guiana; photographed by Andrew Shiva
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Banknotes of Demerary and Essequibo were issued by the British colonies of Demerara and Essequibo from 1809 through 1839. They were dual-denominated in Guilders and Joes, a term used by the British colonists to refer to the Portuguese gold Johannes coin and the notes that eventually replaced them. Despite roughly 30 years of use, the only Joe notes known to exist are unissued remainders from the 1830s; this ten-Joe banknote forms part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Banknote design credit: Kingdom of Great Britain for British Guiana; photographed by Andrew Shiva
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Banknotes of Demerary and Essequibo were issued by the British colonies of Demerara and Essequibo from 1809 through 1839. They were dual-denominated in Guilders and Joes, a term used by the British colonists to refer to the Portuguese gold Johannes coin and the notes that eventually replaced them. Despite roughly 30 years of use, the only Joe notes known to exist are unissued remainders from the 1830s; this twenty-Joe banknote forms part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Banknote design credit: Kingdom of Great Britain for British Guiana; photographed by Andrew Shiva
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November 5
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Fort Ross is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in present-day Sonoma County, California. It was established in 1812 by the Russian-American Company to act as an agricultural base from which the Russian settlements in North America could be supplied with food and trade with Spanish Alta California. By 1841, the settlement was no longer needed for that purpose and was sold. The fort became a National Historic Landmark on November 5, 1961, and is part of California's Fort Ross State Historic Park. This photograph shows the Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Chapel at Fort Ross, which was rebuilt in 1973 after a fire. Photograph credit: Frank Schulenburg
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November 4
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The green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) is a large hummingbird native to the highlands from Costa Rica to western Ecuador where it lives at altitudes of between 700 and 2,000 m (2,300 and 6,600 ft). It feeds at the large inflorescences of Marcgravia vines, which the male will sometimes defend, and will also feed at Heliconia and other large flowers. Unlike many hummingbirds, the green-crowned brilliant almost always perches to feed. This female, subspecies H. j. henryi, was photographed in the Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama. Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp
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November 3
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Anne Dallas Dudley (November 13, 1876 – September 13, 1955) was a prominent activist in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. In 1917, she became the third vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, where she contributed significantly to advancing legislation on the issue of women's suffrage. In 1920, along with several others, she led the campaign in Tennessee to approve ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. As a result, Tennessee became the 36th and deciding state to ratify the amendment, thereby giving women the right to vote throughout the country. Photograph credit: Bain News Service
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November 2
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William Adams Richardson (November 2, 1821 – October 19, 1896) was an American lawyer who served as the 29th United States secretary of the treasury from 1873 to 1874. During his tenure, the Panic of 1873 swept the nation and caused a depression that lasted five years. He controversially responded by issuing $26 million in greenbacks, which averted the crisis, although there was debate as to whether he had the authority to do so. He was later appointed a judge, and subsequently the chief justice, of the Court of Claims. This line engraving of Richardson was produced around 1902 by the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) as part of a BEP presentation album of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury. Engraving credit: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; restored by Andrew Shiva
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November 1
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Stereoscopy is a technique for creating or enhancing the illusion of depth in an image by means of stereopsis for binocular vision. This image of two Passiflora caerulea flowers is arranged as a stereo image pair; it can be viewed stereoscopically by using the cross-eyed viewing method (parallel version here). Photograph credit: Franz van Duns
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October 31
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The over-the-shoulder shot is a camera angle used in film and television, in which the camera is placed above and behind one of the participants. In this lithographic colour poster, which advertised a show in 1896, it is used to show the scene from the perspective of an audience member watching images projected by a Vitascope, an early type of film projector. Poster credit: Metropolitan Print Company; restored by Adam Cuerden
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October 30
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George M. Bibb (October 30, 1776 – April 4, 1859) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the seventeenth United States secretary of the treasury from 1844 to 1845. He was also Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and twice represented Kentucky as a U.S. senator, serving from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. This line engraving of Bibb was produced around 1902 by the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) as part of a BEP presentation album of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury. Engraving credit: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; restored by Andrew Shiva
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October 29
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The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, found in the Palearctic region. Females are larger and less vibrant in color than males. Due to their short lifespan, females mate soon after they emerge from the chrysalis. They bear so many eggs that they crawl to nearby vegetation to start laying them, being unable to fly far until they are less burdened. These two marsh fritillaries were photographed in Dorset, England, while mating; the male is on the left of the image and the female on the right. Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp
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October 28
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Wheat Fields is a series of paintings by the Dutch Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. This 1889 work, entitled Enclosed Field with Ploughman, is one of many oil-on-canvas paintings he created that included wheat cultivation. He wrote to his brother Theo of his approach to painting, "One must undertake with confidence, with a certain assurance that one is doing a reasonable thing, like the farmer who drives his plow ... (one who) drags the harrow behind himself. If one hasn't a horse, one is one's own horse." This painting is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Painting credit: Vincent van Gogh
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October 27
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The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl is a Russian Orthodox church situated at the confluence of the Nerl and the Klyazma in Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Oblast. It was commissioned by Andrey Bogolyubsky, a 12th-century Russian grand prince, and has been little altered since. The building is constructed in white stone, and has one dome and four columns in the interior. Its proportions are elongated on purpose to make its outline seem slenderer, although this architectural solution restricts its use in holding services. In 1992, the church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal. Photograph credit: Alexander Savin
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October 26
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The rockwarbler (Origma solitaria) is a species of bird in the Australian warbler family Acanthizidae. It is found only in the Australian state of New South Wales, where its preferred habitat is woodland with cliffs and gullies and exposed sandstone or limestone rocks. Its nest is a hanging structure in a cave, made of grasses, roots, bark and moss, with spider web used as an adhesive. The species is listed as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This rockwarbler was photographed in the Royal National Park. Photograph credit: John Harrison
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October 25
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The 5th Dragoon Guards was a British army cavalry regiment, officially formed in January 1686 as Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse. The unit was redesignated as heavy cavalry and was sent to the Crimean War in 1853, taking part in the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854. This photograph shows Private Michael McNamara, of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and was part of a commissioned set of photographs taken at Aldershot for Queen Victoria in 1856. Photograph credit: Hughes & Mullins after Cundall & Howlett; restored by Adam Cuerden
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October 24
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La Juive (The Jewess) is a grand opera in five acts by Fromental Halévy with an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe. It was first performed on 23 February 1835 at the Paris Opera. With the premise of an impossible love between a Christian man and a Jewish woman, the work has been seen by some as a plea for religious tolerance. This illustration shows the set design for the first act of La Juive for the inaugural production of the opera. Lithograph credit: Eugène Cicéri and Philippe Benoist; restored by Adam Cuerden
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October 23
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Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) is a moss frog found in tropical southeastern Asia. It is named after the British naturalist Alfred R. Wallace, who collected the first known specimen of the species. It lives almost exclusively in trees, and when threatened, or in search of prey, will leap from a branch and splay its four webbed feet; the membranes between its toes and the loose skin flaps on its sides catch the air as it falls, helping it to glide. This individual was photographed in Khao Sok National Park, Thailand. Photograph credit: Rushenb
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October 22
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Sarah Bernhardt (22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who had lead roles in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", while Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatrical tours around the world, and was one of the first prominent actresses to make sound recordings and to act in motion pictures. This photograph by Nadar was taken around 1864. Photograph credit: Nadar; restored by the Getty Center
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October 21
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An mRNA vaccine is a type of vaccine that uses a copy of a molecule known as messenger RNA (mRNA) to produce an immune response. The vaccine transfects molecules of synthetic RNA into dendritic cells, where the vaccine functions as mRNA, causing the cells to build foreign protein that would normally be produced by a pathogen (such as a virus) or by a cancer cell. These protein molecules stimulate an adaptive immune response that teaches the body to identify and destroy the corresponding pathogen or cancer cell. This animated video illustrates how immunization with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine stimulates an immune response against COVID-19 infection. Video credit: Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences
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