🎉 Happy Birthday to #ColinDexter who was #bornonthis day in 1930. Creator of Inspector Morse, he blended puzzles with modern themes, redefining detective fiction. Winner of all major CWA Daggers, his plots and characters left a lasting mark on crime literature. #CrimeFiction

🎉 Happy Birthday to #AgathaChristie who was #bornonthis day in 1890.
She is a celebrated English detective novelist and playwright from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, who has revolutionised crime fiction and is the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. #CrimeFiction

Wu Guanzhong (29 August 1919 – 25 June 2010) was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting.

Spring Melody, 2007, Lithograph, 29.5 × 22.375 in / 75 × 57 cm

#BornOnThis Day #ChineseArtist #ContemporaryArt

Billie Holiday American jazz/blues singer Billie Holiday was BOTD in 1915. Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia, she was raised in Baltimore, surviving an horrendous childhood marked by poverty and sexual abuse. S…

The sensational American jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday was BOTD in 1915. #bornonthisday #supergays #bornonthis