"Imagine" is a song written and performed by English musician John
Lennon. The best selling single of his solo career, its lyrical
statement is one of collectivist positivism. It challenges the listener
to imagine a world at peace, without the divisiveness and barriers of
borders, religious denominations and nationalities, and to consider the
possibility that the focus of humanity should be living a life
unattached to material possessions. Lennon and Yoko Ono co-produced the
song and album of the same name with Phil Spector. One month after the
September 1971 release of the LP, Lennon released "Imagine" as a single
in the United States; the song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot
100 and the album became the most commercially successful and critically
acclaimed of his solo career. Lennon released "Imagine" as a single in
the United Kingdom in 1975, and the song has since sold more than 1.6
million copies in the UK. It earned a Grammy Hall of Fame Award, an
induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped
Rock and Roll, and Rolling Stone ranked it number 3 in their list of
"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(song)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1854:
In his apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX
proclaimed the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds
that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception>
1941:
Second World War: Led by Takashi Sakai, the Imperial Japanese
Army invaded Hong Kong and quickly achieved air superiority by bombing
Kai Tak Airport.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong>
1987:
A man shot and killed eight people at the Australia Post
building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Street_massacre>
1991:
Leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed the Belavezha
Accords, agreeing to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the
Commonwealth of Independent States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States>
2010:
The Japanese experimental spacecraft IKAROS (model pictured)
passed by Venus at about 80,800 km distance, completing its planned
mission to demonstrate solar sail technology.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKAROS>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
menorah:
(Judaism) A candelabrum with nine branches used in Jewish worship on
Hanukkah.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/menorah>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
How could I think the brief years were enough To prove the reality of
endless love?
--Delmore Schwartz
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Delmore_Schwartz>
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