Oscar Isaac (born 1979) is an American actor who is credited with
contributing to a change in the portrayal of Latinos in Hollywood. Born
in Guatemala, Isaac moved with his family to the United States while an
infant. An alumnus of the Juilliard School, Isaac was a character actor
in films for much of the 2000s. After gaining recognition for playing
supporting parts in Robin Hood (2010) and Drive (2011), Isaac had his
breakthrough with the eponymous role of a singer in the musical drama
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
He became an international star with the role of Poe Dameron in the Star
Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). Isaac was named the best actor of his
generation by Vanity Fair in 2017 and one of the 25 greatest actors of
the 21st century by The New York Times in 2020. His accolades include a
Golden Globe Award, a National Board of Review Award and an appearance
on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Isaac>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1639:
The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in
present-day Chennai, the capital of the modern Indian state of Tamil
Nadu, to the East India Company.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai>
1777:
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to
convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them
to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Stanwix>
1864:
Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International
Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First
Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of
armed conflict.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Geneva_Convention>
2015:
A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham
Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Shoreham_Airshow_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sweetness and light:
(idiomatic, often in the negative or ironic) That which is good,
pleasant, pure, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweetness_and_light>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people,
war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and
mothers. All you have to do is hold your first dying soldier in your
arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that his life is flowing out
and you can’t do anything about it. Then you understand the horror of
war. Any soldier worth his salt should be anti-war. And still there
are things worth fighting for.
--Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Norman_Schwarzkopf,_Jr.>