George Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American
businessman and Republican Party politician, and the father of Mitt
Romney. George Romney was born to Americans living in the Mormon
colonies in Mexico. He spent much of his youth in Salt Lake City, but
moved to Detroit in 1939, working in the automotive industry, and rising
to lead American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962. Entering politics
at a 1961 Michigan state constitutional convention, he was elected
governor in 1962, 1964, and 1966. He ran for the Republican nomination
for president in 1968, but was defeated by Richard Nixon. President
Nixon appointed Romney as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Romney's plans, which included housing for the poor and the
desegregation of suburbs, were modestly successful. He left office in
1973, returning to the private sector. Devoutly religious, he presided
over the Detroit Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, serving as a regional representative of the Twelve within his
church.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Romney>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1709:
Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were
defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the Battle of
Poltava, effectively ending Sweden's role as a major European power.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poltava>
1947:
Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S.
Army Air Force personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military said
that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident>
1994:
Upon the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il became the supreme
leader of North Korea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pessimize:
1. (transitive) To take a pessimistic view of; to speak of in a negative
or pessimistic way.
2. (transitive) To make (something) pessimal or the worst; (in a weaker
sense) to make (something, such as a computer program) less efficient.
3. (intransitive) To think like a pessimist; to believe the worst.
4. (intransitive) To become pessimal or the worst.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pessimize>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Purity of heart will not make us poor. The exaltation of poverty
as a spiritual virtue is of the ego, not the spirit. A person acting
from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of
moral authority, that worldly success is a natural result. Give all
your gifts away in service to the world. If you want to paint, don’t
wait for a grant. Paint a wall in your town that looks drab and
uninviting. You never know who’s going to see that wall. Whatever it
is you want to do, give it away in service to your community.
--Marianne Williamson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson>
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