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“The great south sea caterpillar, transform’d into a Bath butterfly” (1795), James Gillray's caricature of English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences Joseph Banks, born #onthisday in 1743.
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#OnThisDay, 19 Feb 1951, Egyptian activist Doria Shafik leads a crowd of 1,500 women onto the floor of the Egyptian parliament demanding equal rights for women.
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#OnThisDay, 18 Feb 1944, Special Operations Executive courier Mary Herbert was arrested by the Gestapo in Poitiers.
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Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born #OTD in 1964.
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On this day in 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took a photo of our planet from approximately 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) away.
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#OnThisDay, 13 Feb 1907, around 15 suffragettes rush into the lobby of the House of Commons in London: around 60 more are arrested outside.
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