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Owliphant
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Artist, Cartographer, GIS, Web Developer, Data Viz, History, Revolutionary History, French Revolution, Trees
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Maker of 'Where in the World...' https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/

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John Lennon died 45 years ago on December 8th in 1980 at the age of 40 in New York City.

Can you guess where he was born?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=8&type=q

I've written on some various places of John Lennon. Hope you can take a look - www.patreon.com/posts/some-p...

#Music #History #Maps
Black and white photo of John Lennon playing a piano.
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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#OTD in 1882, Winnie-the-Pooh author A.A. Milne was born. The Winnie-the-Pooh stories took place in the fictional Hundred Acre Woods which were based on the real Ashdown Forest.

Can you find where Ashdown Forest is on a map?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=98&type=q

#History #Literature #OnThisDay
Black and white drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet walking.
January 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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#OTD in 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born.

Quote by MLK, "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

Can you find where he was born on a #map?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=11&type=q

#History #MLK #CivilRights #OnThisDay
Black and white image of Martin Lither King Jr waving to the crowds.
January 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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#OTD in 1876, author Jack London was born. His many works include 'Call of the Wild', 'Martin Eden' and 'White Fang'. His one-time home and property are now the 'Jack London Historic Park'.

Can you find on a #map where this park is?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=189&type=q

#History #OnThisDay
Black and white image of author Jack London writing at a table outside.
January 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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#OTD in 1951, author Sinclair Lewis died. His novel 'Main Street' satirizes small town life USA and the ignorance of its residents.

The town in the novel was based on his home town.

Can you find his home town on a #map? Click below to guess:
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=188&type=q

#Literature
Black and white photo of author Sinclair Lewis sitting in front of a typewriter thinking.
January 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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#OTD January 1st in 1818, the novel 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus' by Mary Shelley was published anonymously.

Can you find on a #map where Mary Shelley started writing the novel?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=123&type=q

#Literature #History #OnThisDay #Geography #TodayInHistory
Title page of the first edition of the novel Frankenstein.
January 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#OTD in 1890, the deadliest mass shooting in US history occurred as US soldiers killed up to 300 Lakota men, women and children.

Known as the 'Wounded Knee Massacre', click below to find the location on a #map:
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=158&type=q

#Lakota #History #Geograpy #Indigenous
Image of Lakota survivors of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
December 29, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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#OTD in 1895, the Lumière brothers presented 10 short films, which would be the the first public screening of a film.

Can you find on a #map where this first screening took place? Click below to guess:
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=86&type=q

#Film #Movies #History #Geography #TodayInHistory
A color graphic poster to promote the first film screening to the public.
December 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Today is the winter solstice. There are a few ancient monuments that are aligned with the solstice. The most famous being Stonehenge.

Can you find Stonehenge on a map? Click below to give it a try:
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=15&type=q

#History #OTD #Archaeology #Geography #Maps
Color image of Stonehenge.
December 21, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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The first flight lasted 12 seconds and travelled 120 feet.
Black and white photo of first flight by Wright brothers.
December 17, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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#OTD Dec. 17th 1770, composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born. Considered one of the greatest composers of all time, he gave prominence to instrumental #music as opposed to vocal.

Click the link to find on a #map where he was born:
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=31&type=q

#History #TodayInHistory
Painting of composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
December 16, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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#OTD December 12th, 1863, artist Edvard Munch was born. His best known painting 'The Scream', was inspired by anxiety and his feeling of an 'infinite scream passing through nature'.

Click the link to guess where the painting was based?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=46&type=q

#Art #Maps #History
The painting 'The Scream'.
December 12, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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#OTD December 10th, 1967, singer/songwriter Otis Redding died. A few months earlier he performed at a famous music festival that also featured Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.

Click the link to find the festival location on a map:
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=150&type=q

#music #history #maps
Image of Otis Redding performing on stage.
December 10, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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#OTD December 5th in 1926, artist Claude Monet died. Many of the last years of his life were focused on his 'Water Lilies' series of paintings.

Can you find on a map where these paintings were based?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=107&type=q

#Art #History #TodayInHistory #geography #maps
Image is a painting of water lilies by Claude Monet.
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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#OTD December 2nd in 1859, abolitionist John Brown was executed for trying to start a slave revolt in order to end slavery.

Can you find the location where John Brown's raid took place?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=152

#Abolition #History #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #geography #maps
Black and white engraving of John Brown's raid.
December 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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#OTD December 1st in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

Can you find on a map where this took place?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=40&type=q

#CivilRights #History #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #geography #maps
Black and white photo of Ros Parks.
December 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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#OTD November 28 in 1859, author Washington Irving died. One of his most famous stories was 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.

Can you find the location of Sleepy Hollow? How close can you get?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=184&type=q

#Literature #History #TodayInHistory #maps
Painting of The Legend of Sleep Hollow. A headless horseman is chasing Ichabod Crane. Both are on horses.
November 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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#OTD in 1476, Vlad the Impaler won a battle leading to his third rule of Wallachia. He lived for some time in 'Poenari Castle' which some says deserves the title of Dracula's Castle.
Can you find this location?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=183&type=q

#History #TodayInHistory #geography #maps
Color image of Poenari Castle
November 26, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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#OTD November 25 in 1968, the author and activist Upton Sinclair died. His most famous novel, 'The Jungle' exposed the horrid conditions of the meatpacking industry.

Can you find the location where the novel was based?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=182&type=q

#Literature #History
Color photo of the book cover of the novel 'The Jungle'.
November 25, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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50 years ago #OTD November 24 in 1974, the 3 million year old fossilized bones of a human ancestor, known as 'Lucy' were found.

Can you locate where Lucy was found?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=155&type=q

#Science #History #OnThisDay #Geography #Maps
Photo of the fossilized remains of Lucy.
November 24, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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#OTD November 22 in 1963, US president John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade. He was 46 years old at the time of his death.

Can you find on a map where where the assassination took place?
www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=181&type=q

#History #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay
Color photo of JFK riding in a limousine before he was assassinated.
November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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There are many great quotes by Voltaire, but some of the best are 'Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities' and
'Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.'

Recommended reading - 'Candide'.
Paiting of Voltaire.
November 21, 2024 at 3:04 PM