The 1880 Greenback National Convention met from June 9 to 11 in Chicago
to select candidates and write a platform for the Greenback Party in the
presidential election. Delegates chose James B. Weaver (pictured) of
Iowa for President and Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas for Vice
President. The Greenback Party was a response to government policy
tightening the money supply and returning to the gold standard. Many
felt that issuance of "greenbacks" would improve economic conditions.
Weaver, the favorite for the presidential nomination, won on the first
ballot; Chambers, one of his defeated rivals, was his running mate. More
tumultuous was the fight over the platform, as delegates from disparate
factions of the left-wing movement clashed over women's suffrage and
Chinese immigration. In the presidential election, the party received
only about three percent of the vote, as Republican congressman James A.
Garfield of Ohio triumphed. (This article is part of a featured topic:
1880 United States presidential election.).
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
American Civil War: Union and Confederate forces fought the
Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry engagement to take place
on American soil.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brandy_Station>
1928:
Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed
the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific
flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith>
1973:
The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors
pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first
American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Belmont_Stakes>
1982:
Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole
Cricket 19, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses in the Beqaa
Valley, Lebanon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mole_Cricket_19>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
unparished:
1. (Britain, Ireland, Christianity) Not designated as a parish (“an
administrative part of a diocese that has its own church”).
2. (England) Of an area: not in a civil parish (“an administrative
subdivision of a borough or local government district”), or not having a
parish council or town council.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unparished>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami
on Tuesday, at 3 PM. I never thought it possible that such a thing could
happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more
votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is
currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican,
in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election. I AM AN INNOCENT MAN!
--Donald Trump
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump>
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