#notable humans

[postcards-and-postcrossing]

The Surrender at Yorktown

Postcard from USA Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and Gen. Charles O’Hara where formal surrender was made 1781 Wednesday Who

The Surrender at Yorktown

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-Portrait of a Boy as St. Sebastian

Postcard from Belarus By Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1490s. A student of Leonardo da Vinci sARTurday

-Portrait of a Boy as St. Sebastian

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Pink Floyd

Postcard from Russia Wednesday Who

Pink Floyd

[amiscellany]

A Tribute to Christian Marty

Eternal Moments of a Heroic Life

I recently learned about Christian Marty, the Concorde pilot for the horrific crash in 2000. You might expect “Concorde pilot” to be the most notable thing about a person, even if they weren’t at the controls for a crash. But Marty was the first person to windsurf across the Atlantic Ocean. It took over a month. He slept on the board. 

“I didn’t want to gain a single mile unless my wrists and arms felt it,” Marty told a reporter after his historic crossing.