Halloween II is a 1981 horror film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and
is set in the fictional Midwest town of Haddonfield, Illinois, on
Halloween night, 1978. It is the sequel to the influential film,
Halloween (1978). While other films in the Halloween series follow,
this is the last one written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. The
film immediately follows the events of the first film, and centers on
Myers's attempts to find and kill Laurie Strode and Samuel J. Loomis's
efforts to track and kill Myers. Stylistically, the sequel reproduces
certain key elements that made the original Halloween a success such
as first-person camera perspectives and unexceptional settings. The
film, however, departs significantly from the original by
incorporating more graphic violence and gore, making it imitate more
closely other films in the emerging splatter film sub-genre. Still,
Halloween II was not as successful as the original, even though it
grossed $25.5 million at the box office in the United States despite
its $2.5 million budget. Halloween II was intended to be the last
chapter of the Halloween series to revolve around Michael Myers and
the Haddonfield setting, but after the lacklustre reaction to
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Myers returned in the film
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988).
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_II
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1517:
According to traditional accounts, Martin Luther nailed his 95
Theses onto the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany, marking the
beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_95_Theses)
1863:
The New Zealand land wars resumed as British forces in New Zealand
led by General Duncan Cameron began their Invasion of Waikato along
the Waikato River.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Waikato)
1922:
Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy at the age of 39,
establishing a coalition government composed of fascists,
nationalists, and liberals during his first years in office.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini)
1941:
Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers completed the colossal busts of U.S.
Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt,
and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore)
1984:
Indira Gandhi, India's first and to date only female prime minister,
was assassinated by two of her own bodyguards after Operation Blue
Star on the holy Sikh temple in Amritsar. Riots soon broke out in New
Delhi and several other cities throughout the country.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
jack-o'-lantern: A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out
and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to
represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack-o'-lantern)
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Wikiquote of the day:
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt. Love is the law, love under
will. -- Aleister Crowley --
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley)
The Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) is a youth
organization for girls in the United States and American girls living
abroad. The Girl Scout program developed from the concerns of the
progressive movement in the United States from people who sought to
promote the social welfare of young women and as a female counterpart
to the Boy Scouts of America. It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in
1912 and is based on the Scouting principles developed by Robert
Baden-Powell. The GSUSA uses the Scout method to build self-esteem and
to teach values such as honesty, fairness, courage, compassion,
character, sisterhood, confidence, and citizenship through activities
including camping, community service, learning first aid, and earning
numerous badges that can teach lifelong skills. Girl Scouts are
recognized for their achievements through rank advancement and various
special awards. GSUSA has programs for girls with special interests,
such as water-based activities. Membership is organized according to
age levels with activities appropriate to each age group.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Scouts_of_the_USA
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1268:
Conradin, the last Duke of Swabia, was beheaded in Naples after
failing to reclaim Sicily for the House of Hohenstaufen from Charles
of Anjou.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conradin)
1787:
The opera Don Giovanni, based on the legendary fictional libertine
Don Juan and composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered in the
Estates Theatre in Prague.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Giovanni)
1923:
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first President of the Republic of
Turkey, a new nation founded from remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk)
1956:
The Suez Crisis began with Israel invading the Sinai Peninsula and
pushing Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis)
1998:
After more than three decades, 77-year old John Glenn returned to
space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-95, to study the
effects of space flight on the elderly.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
moribund: Approaching death; about to die.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moribund)
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Wikiquote of the day:
This is a terrific outburst. And since it doesn’t have a tail right
now, some observers have confused it with a nova. We’ve had at least
two reports of a new star. -- Brian G. Marsden
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_G._Marsden)
Shen Kuo was a polymath Chinese scientist and statesman of the Song
Dynasty (960–1279). Excelling in many fields of study and statecraft,
he was a mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, geologist,
zoologist, botanist, pharmacologist, agronomist, ethnographer,
encyclopedist, and poet. He was the head official for the Bureau of
Astronomy in the Song court, as well as an Assistant Minister of
Imperial Hospitality. In his Dream Pool Essays of 1088, Shen was the
first to describe the magnetic needle compass, which would be used for
navigation (first described in Europe by Alexander Neckam in 1187).
Shen Kuo devised a geological theory of land formation, or
geomorphology, based upon findings of inland marine fossils, knowledge
of soil erosion, and the deposition of silt. He also advocated a
theory for gradual climate change, after observing ancient petrified
bamboos that were preserved underground in a dry northern habitat that
did not support their growth in his time. Shen Kuo wrote extensively
about movable type printing invented by Bi Sheng, and because of his
written works the legacy of Bi Sheng and the modern understanding of
the earliest movable type has been handed down to later generations.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen_Kuo
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Today's selected anniversaries:
312:
Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the
Milvian Bridge in Rome, leading him to end the Tetrarchy and become
the only ruler of the Roman Empire.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Milvian_Bridge)
1886:
In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the
Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, to commemorate the centennial
of the United States Declaration of Independence.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty)
1940:
The Balkans Campaign in World War II: Italy invaded Greece after
Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Italian dictator Benito
Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the occupation of Greek territory.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Italian_War)
1954:
The Kingdom of the Netherlands was re-founded as a federacy with the
proclamation of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands)
1965:
Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with
Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, was
promulgated by Pope Paul VI, absolving the Jews of the killing of
Jesus, and calling for increased relations with all non-Christian
religions.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostra_Aetate)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
retinue: A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone
considered important.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/retinue)
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Wikiquote of the day:
I have dreams, and I have nightmares. I overcame the nightmares
because of my dreams. -- Jonas Salk
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk)
The Siege of Malakand was the 26 July – 2 August 1897 siege of the
British garrison in the Malakand region of modern day Pakistan's North
West Frontier Province. The British faced a force of Pashtun tribesmen
whose tribal lands had been dissected by the Durand Line, the 1,519
mile (2,445 km) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan drawn up at
the end of the Anglo-Afghan wars to help hold the Russian Empire's
spread of influence towards British India. The unrest caused by this
division of the Pashtun lands led to the rise of Saidullah, a Pashtun
Fakir who led an army of at least 10,000 against the British garrison
in Malakand. Although the British forces were divided amongst a number
of poorly defended positions, the small garrison at the camp of
Malakand South and the small fort at Chakdara were both able to hold
out for six days against the much larger Pashtun army. The siege was
lifted when a relief column dispatched from British positions to the
south was sent to assist General William Hope Meiklejohn, commander of
the British forces at Malakand South. Accompanying this relief force
was second lieutenant Winston S. Churchill, who later published his
account as The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of
Frontier War.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malakand
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1553:
Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake
outside Geneva.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Servetus)
1904:
The New York City Subway, one of the most extensive public
transportation systems in the world, opened with its first segment
running between New York City Hall and Harlem.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway)
1958:
General Ayub Khan deposed Iskander Mirza in a bloodless coup d'état
to become the second President of Pakistan, less than three weeks
after Mirza had appointed him the enforcer of martial law.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan)
1961:
NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket, the United States' first
dedicated spacecraft designed specifically to launch loads into Earth
orbit.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_I)
1971:
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was renamed Zaire after a
Portuguese mispronunciation of the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi, which
translates to "the river that swallows all rivers."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
delude: To deceive someone into believing something which is false.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delude)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by
the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree
in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support
him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic
not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or
otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. -- Theodore
Roosevelt
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt)
Bob Meusel was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played eleven
seasons between the years 1920 to 1930, all but one for
the New York Yankees. He was best known as a member of the "Murderers'
Row" of the New York Yankees championship teams of the 1920s. Meusel,
a left fielder noted for his strong throwing arm, batted fifth behind
Baseball Hall of Famers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. He led the American
League in home runs (33), runs batted in (138) and extra-base hits
(79) in 1925. Nicknamed "Long Bob" because of his height,
Meusel hit a .309 career batting average while making 368 doubles, 94
triples, 156 home runs, and driving in 1,067 runs in his career.
Meusel played his entire career with the Yankees, with the exception
of the 1930 season in which he played for the Cincinnati Reds. He
drove in 100 runs five times and hit .300 seven times. He hit for the
cycle a record-tying three times. His brother, Irish, was a star
outfielder in the National League. He had a comparable career batting
average (.310) but, unlike Meusel, he had a weak throwing arm which
prevented him from being a great outfielder.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Meusel
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1597:
Imjin War: About twelve Korean ships commanded by Admiral Yi Sun-sin
defeated a large Japanese invasion fleet of at least 300 at the Battle
of Myeongnyang in the Myeongnyang Strait.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myeongnyang)
1863:
The Football Association, the oldest governing body in football, was
founded at a pub in London's Great Queen Street.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_Association)
1881:
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place in Tombstone, Arizona,
USA between the Wyatt Earp faction and Ike Clanton's gang.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral)
1937:
Second Sino-Japanese War: Xie Jinyuan and his 'Lone Battalion' of
Chinese soldiers began the Defense of Sihang Warehouse against waves
of Japanese attackers during the Battle of Shanghai.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Sihang_Warehouse)
1955:
Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims himself the first President of the newly
proclaimed Republic of Vietnam, having deposed Emperor Bao Dai in a
fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_State_of_Vietnam_referendum)
2001:
U.S. President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law,
significantly expanding the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies
in fighting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
delude: To deceive someone into believing something which is false.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delude)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Contempt loves the silenceit thrives in the darkwith fine winding
tendrilsthat strangle the heart. -- Natalie Merchant
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Natalie_Merchant)
The 2000 Sri Lanka cyclone was the strongest tropical cyclone to
strike the country of Sri Lanka since 1978. The fourth tropical storm
and second cyclone of the 2000 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, the
cyclone developed out of an area of disturbed weather on December 25.
It moved westward, and quickly strengthened under favorable conditions
to reach peak winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). The cyclone hit eastern Sri
Lanka at peak strength, and weakened slightly while crossing the
island before hitting and dissipating over southern India on December
28. The storm was the first cyclone to hit Sri Lanka with winds of at
least hurricane strength since a 110 mph (175 km/h) cyclone hit in the
1978 season, as well as the first tropical storm to hit the island
since 1992. The storm was also the first December tropical cyclone of
hurricane intensity in the Bay of Bengal since 1996. It produced heavy
rainfall and strong winds, damaging or destroying tens of thousands of
houses and leaving up to 500,000 homeless. Nine died as a result of
the cyclone.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Sri_Lanka_cyclone
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1147:
Reconquista: Forces under King Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon
from the Moors after a four-month siege in what would be their only
success during the Second Crusade.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lisbon)
1616:
The Dutch sailing ship Eendracht reached Shark Bay on the western
coastline of Australia, as documented on the Hartog Plate etched by
explorer Dirk Hartog.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eendracht_%281615_ship%29)
1875:
The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky is
given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._1_%28Tchaikovsky%29)
1922:
The Third Dáil adopted the Constitution of the Irish Free State,
based on the requirements of the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the
first independent Irish state to be recognised by the British.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Irish_Free_State)
1971:
The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, replacing the
Republic of China with the People's Republic of China as China's
representative at the United Nations.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_and_the_United_Nations)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
quorum: The minimum number of members required for a group to
officially conduct business and to cast binding votes.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quorum)
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Wikiquote of the day:
For out of olde feldes, as men seith,Cometh al this new corn fro yeer
to yere;And out of olde bokes, in good feith,Cometh al this newe
science that men lere. -- Geoffrey Chaucer
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer)
Enzyme kinetics is the study of the rates of chemical reactions that
are catalysed by enzymes. Enzymes are molecules that manipulate other
molecules — the enzymes' substrates. These target molecules bind to an
enzyme's active site and are transformed into products through a
series of steps known as the enzymatic mechanism. The study of an
enzyme's kinetics provides insights into the catalytic mechanism of
this enzyme, its role in metabolism, how its activity is controlled in
the cell and how drugs and poisons can inhibit its activity. Knowledge
of the enzyme's structure is helpful in visualizing the kinetic data.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme_kinetics
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1383:
King Ferdinand I of Portugal died without a male heir to the
Portuguese throne, resulting in a period of civil war and anarchy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1383%E2%80%931385_Crisis)
1844:
Millerites and members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church were
greatly disappointed that Jesus did not return as predicted by
American preacher William Miller.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment)
1924:
The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International
was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toastmasters_International)
1934:
Pretty Boy Floyd, an American bank robber and alleged killer who was
later romanticized by the media, was gunned down by Federal Bureau of
Investigation agents near East Liverpool, Ohio.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd)
1962:
Cuban Missile Crisis: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced on
television that Soviet nuclear weapons had been discovered in Cuba and
that he had ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
consequently: As a result or consequence of something.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consequently)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Think for yourself and question authority. -- Timothy Leary
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary)
The England national rugby union team is a sporting side that
represents England in rugby union. Currently world champions, they
compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland,
Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on
twenty-five occasions, twelve times winning the Grand Slam. England
also compete for the Calcutta Cup—which they currently hold—with
Scotland as part of the Six Nations. They are currently ranked third
in the world. The history of the team extends back to 1871 when the
English rugby team played their first official Test match. England
dominated the early Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations)
which started in 1883. England players traditionally wear white
shorts, navy socks with white tops, and a white shirt with a red rose
embroidered on it. Their home ground is Twickenham Stadium where they
first played in 1910. The team is administered by the Rugby Football
Union. Four former players have been inducted into the International
Rugby Hall of Fame.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1740:
Maria Theresa assumed the throne of the Habsburg Monarchy in
Austria, following the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_of_Austria)
1818:
The United Kingdom and the United States signed the Treaty of 1818,
which settled the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for
most of its length.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_1818)
1827:
An allied British, French, and Russian naval force destroyed a
combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino, a
decisive moment in the Greek War of Independence.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Navarino)
1941:
World War II: German soldiers began a massacre of thousands of
civilians in Kragujevac in Nazi-occupied Serbia.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kragujevac_massacre)
1973:
Queen Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, formally
opened the Sydney Opera House on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
churlish: Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/churlish)
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Wikiquote of the day:
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest
thing. -- Tom Petty
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Petty)
Larrys Creek is a 22.9 mile (36.9 km) long tributary of
the West Branch Susquehanna River in Lycoming County in the U.S. state
of Pennsylvania. A part of the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin, the
Larrys Creek watershed drains 89.1 square miles (230.8 km²) in six
townships and a borough. The creek flows south from the dissected
Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians through
sandstone, limestone, and shale from the Devonian, Mississippian, and
Pennsylvanian periods. The first recorded inhabitants were the
Susquehannocks, followed by the Lenape and other tribes. The Great
Shamokin Path crossed the creek near its mouth, where Larry Burt, the
first settler, (for whom Larrys Creek is named) also lived by 1769. In
the 19th century, the creek and its watershed were a center of the
lumber and other industries, including 53 sawmills, grist mills,
leather tanneries, coal and iron mines. No other stream in the country
had so many sawmills in so small a territory. For transportation, a
plank road ran along much of the creek for decades, and two "paper
railroads" were planned, but never built. As of 2006, the Larrys Creek
watershed is 83.1% forest and 15.7% agricultural (in marked contrast
to the 19th century's clear-cut land).
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrys_Creek
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1469:
Ferdinand II of Aragon wedded Isabella of Castile, a marriage that
paved the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single
country, Spain.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon)
1781:
American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis
officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George
Washington, ending the Siege of Yorktown.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown)
1943:
Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, was
first isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptomycin)
1987:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6% on Black Monday, the
largest one-day percentage decline in stock market history.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_%281987%29)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
churlish: Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/churlish)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person,
provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's
further development. -- Lewis Mumford
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lewis_Mumford)
Truthiness is a satirical term created by television comedian Stephen
Colbert to describe things that a person claims to know intuitively or
"from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual
examination, or actual facts. Colbert created this definition of the
word during the inaugural episode of his satirical television program
The Colbert Report, as the subject of a segment called "The Wørd". It
was named Word of the Year for 2005 by the American Dialect Society
and for 2006 by Merriam-Webster. By using the term as part of his
satirical routine, Colbert sought to criticize the use of "truthiness"
as an appeal to emotion and tool of rhetoric in contemporary
socio-political discourse. He particularly applied it to U.S.
President George W. Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme
Court and decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1346:
King David II of Scotland led an invasion of England during the
Hundred Years' War, but was captured in the Battle of Neville's Cross.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neville%27s_Cross)
1604:
Kepler's Star: German astronomer Johannes Kepler observed an
exceptionally bright star which had suddenly appeared in the
constellation Ophiuchus.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1604)
1662:
King Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France for £40,000.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk)
1860:
The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in
men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick,
South Ayrshire, Scotland.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Championship)
1977:
German Autumn: Four days after it was hijacked, Lufthansa Flight 181
landed in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a team of German GSG 9 commandos
rescued all remaining hostages on board.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Flight_181)
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Wiktionary's Word of the day:
accrete: To grow together, combine.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accrete)
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Wikiquote of the day:
My conception of the audience is of a public each member of which is
carrying about with him what he thinks is an anxiety, or a hope, or a
preoccupation which is his alone and isolates him from mankind; and in
this respect at least the function of a play is to reveal him to
himself so that he may touch others by virtue of the revelation of his
mutuality with them. If only for this reason I regard the theater as a
serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which
is to say, less alone. -- Arthur Miller
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller)