Dress uniforms worn #onthisday in 1921 by Maj. Henry Rogers Broughton of the Royal Horse Guards and his brother Lt. Urban H. Rogers Broughton of the 1st Life Guards. Born in the US to a British civil engineer and an American oil heiress, both brothers became barons. #OTD V&A

Worn #onthisday in 1957 by Dr. Warner Wright and his debutante daughter Brenda (second from left) at the annual Links Cotillion Ball at the @BeverlyHilton in Beverly Hills, CA. Founded in 1946, The Links, Incorporated is the largest Black women's organization in the US. #OTD @usclibraries

Worn #onthisday in 1926 by Geraldine Grey at her #wedding to the Hon. Robert Trench in Stourbridge, UK. The Morning Post praised her long-sleeved gown of "softly-clinging white velvet" with a "train of antique Brussels lace," brightened by a "deep crimson" bouquet. #OTD V&A

Worn #onthisday in 1961 by Lousanne Wise on a "predominantly soft pink" parade float as Queen of the Texas Rose Festival in Tyler, TX. The Tyler Courier-Times praised her "very pretty pink Coronation gown and the fur-trimmed and sparkling red train" made by Ann Lowe. #OTD @nmaahc

Worn #onthisday in 2012 by a Russian Orthodox priest to bless the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, before takeoff. Priests have a long tradition of sprinkling holy water on Russian submarines, missiles, rockets, and other hardware. #OTD

Worn #onthisday in 1915 by Margaret Vale, President Wilson's niece, costumed as Alaska; Catherine Howard as California; and other activists in the Suffrage Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York, NY. The 19th Amendment would be ratified on August 18, 1920. #OTD Library of Congress #Vote

Fur cape worn #onthisday in 1931 by Princess Elizabeth, 5, over her powder blue velvet gown as a bridesmaid in the #wedding of Lady May Cambridge (Queen Mary's niece) and Capt. Henry Abel-Smith in Balcombe, UK. It was her first official public appearance. #OTD Royal Collection Trust

Worn #onthisday in 1924 by Beatrice Beck, daughter of the Solicitor General, at her Washington, DC, #wedding to diplomat S. Pinkney Tuck. Her silver gown "came straight from Paris," per the Sioux City Journal, "with an enormous court train of silver moire." #OTD Library of Congress

Worn #onthisday in 1962 by Audrey Hepburn (with husband Mel Ferrer) to a gala honoring the World War II film "The Longest Day" at the Palais De Chaillot in Paris, France. Her Autumn/Winter 1962 @Givenchy beaded pink silk gown is now in the Henry Wilkinson Collection. #OTD

Unseasonably warm Santa suits worn #onthisday in 1999 by the Rockettes at the Guinness World of Records Museum in Hollywood CA. Along with hundreds of high school students named "honorary Rockettes" for the day, they set a record for the world's longest kickline. #OTD LAPL Photos

Gown and garters worn #onthisday in 1828 by the Hon. Frances Barrington at her #wedding to widower William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, in Florence, Italy. Her gown was made in Paris, according to family tradition. They would have six sons and nine daughters. #OTD V&A

Worn #onthisday in 1941 by two ticket-takers on a London bus: new winter uniforms, including a three-quarter length coat and "slack" trousers. During World War II, many women stepped into jobs vacated by enlisted men, acquiring uniforms of their own. #OTD @gettyimages

Plastic Guy Fawkes mask worn #onthisday in 2011 at the Occupy London protest outside St. Paul's Cathedral. The masks--inspired by the one worn by the hero of the 1982 graphic novel "V for Vendetta"--were worn at Occupy protests worldwide. #OTD @gettyimages 📷 Museum of London

Catwoman costume worn #onthisday in 2009 by First Lady Michelle Obama to hand out treats at a #Halloween party for military families and children of The White House staff in the East Room. It was her first White House Halloween. Happy Halloween from WOTD! #OTD #VOTE 📷 Pete Souza

Costumes designed by Leon Bakst worn #onthisday in 1921 by Ballets Russes dancers in the London premiere of "The Sleeping Princess." The Observer praised "the daring but always perfectly harmonised colour orgy presented . . . by the costumes." #OTD Library of Congress V&A

Worn #onthisday in 1913 by Ada Hoyt, who worked in an overall factory, at her #wedding to policeman John Ventres in New Canaan, CT. The 1913 International Exposition made Orientalist details like tassels, obis, and asymmetrical closures fashionable. #OTD 📷 New Canaan Museum

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Worn #onthisday in 2004 by ballerina Darcey Bussell in the premiere of The Royal Ballet revival of "Sylvia" at London's Royal Opera House. The 19th-century ballet is based on a story from Greek mythology, as sugested by the tutu's draped, fringed neckline and Greek key motif. #OTD

Worn #onthisday in 1968--his 21st birthday--by Peter Noone, lead singer of pop group Herman and the Hermits, and Mireille Strasser at their Guy Fawkes Day #wedding in London. They have been married 56 years. #OTD

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