[Wikipedia] October 4: Kingdom Hearts (series)

[Faraaz Damji]

   Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and
   published by Square Enix (formerly Square).  It is the result of a
   collaboration between Square and Disney Interactive Studios, and is
   under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura, a longtime Square character
   designer.  Kingdom Hearts is a crossover of various Disney settings
   based in a universe made specifically for the series.  In addition, it
   has an all-star voice cast which included many of the Disney
   characters' original voice actors.  Characters from Square Enix's Final
   Fantasy series also make appearances and interact with the player and
   Disney characters.  The series centers around the main character Sora's
   search for his friends and his encounters with Disney and Final
   Fantasy characters on their worlds.  The Kingdom Hearts series
   currently consists of four games across different video game
   platforms, though future titles are planned.  Most of the games in the
   series have been both critically acclaimed and commercially
   successful, though each installment has seen different levels of
   success.  As of December 2006, the Kingdom Hearts series has shipped
   over ten million copies worldwide, with 2.0 million copies in PAL
   regions, 3.0 million copies in Japan, and 5.6 million copies in North
   America.  The video games have also been adapted into a manga series as
   well as a novel series.

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1830:
   Belgian Revolution: A provisional government in Brussels declared
   the creation of the independent and neutral state of Belgium, in
   revolt against the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Revolution)

1910:
   Manuel II, the last King of Portugal, fled to the United Kingdom
   when a revolution erupted in Lisbon and his palace was shelled.  The
   Portuguese First Republic was proclaimed the next day.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_of_Portugal)

1957:
   Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit
   the Earth, was launched by an R-7 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
   near Tyuratam, Kazakh SSR.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1)

1985:
   Software developer Richard Stallman founded the Free Software
   Foundation to support the free software movement.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation)

1993:
   Russian Constitutional Crisis: Tanks bombarded the White House in
   Moscow while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rallied
   outside.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis)


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Wiktionary's Word of the day:

   ballast: Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship or in the
   gondola of a balloon, to provide stability.
   (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ballast)


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Wikiquote of the day:

   Personally I do not resort to force — not even the force of law — to
   advance moral reforms.  I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and
   above all the influence of example — of fashion.  -- Rutherford B.
   Hayes
   (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes)