Amador Valley High School is a public high school in Pleasanton,
California, a city east of San Francisco. Amador Valley is one of four
high schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District, which includes
Foothill High School, Village High School, and Horizon High School. The
school was founded as Amador Valley Joint Union High School, from which
its first class graduated in 1923. The school has been named a
California Distinguished School, a National School of Character, and a
National Blue Ribbon School. As of 2009, Amador Valley offers its
2,500 students 23 varsity sports, 20 Advanced Placement courses, a
program to study local aquatic wildlife, and vocational training. A
monthly school publication, the Amadon, reports on athletics, academic
and extracurricular issues, and news of the school and community.
Student groups, including the Marching Band and Math Team, have toured
out-of-state after achieving high rankings in Californian competitions.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amador_Valley_High_School>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1816:
The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, rival fur-
trading companies, engaged in a violent confrontation in present-day
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Oaks>
1939:
Former American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States
as "Lou Gehrig's Disease".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig>
1978:
Garfield, created by American cartoonist Jim Davis, made its
debut, eventually becoming one of the world's most widely syndicated
comic strips.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield>
1987:
Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at the
Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 and injuring 45.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Hipercor_bombing>
2006:
The ceremonial "first stone" of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault,
a facility established to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds from
locations worldwide in an underground cavern in Spitsbergen, Norway, was
laid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
salad dodger:
(informal) An overweight person.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salad_dodger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside
the frame.
--Salman Rushdie
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie>
The Washington quarter is the present quarter dollar or 25-cent piece
issued by the United States Mint. The coin was first struck in 1932; the
original version was designed by sculptor John Flanagan. The new silver
quarters entered circulation on August 1, 1932; they were struck in that
metal until the Mint transitioned to copper-nickel clad coinage in 1965.
A special reverse commemorating the United States Bicentennial was used
in 1975 and 1976, with all pieces bearing the double date 1776–1976;
there are no 1975-dated quarters. Since 1999, the original eagle reverse
has not been used; instead that side of the quarter has commemorated the
50 states, the nation's other jurisdictions, and National Park Service
sites—the last as part of the ongoing America the Beautiful Quarters
series, which will continue until 2021. The bust of Washington was made
smaller beginning in 1999; in 2010 it was restored to bring out greater
detail.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_quarter>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
618:
Li Yuan became Emperor Gaozu of Tang (pictured), initiating
three centuries of the Tang Dynasty in China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Dynasty>
1815:
War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte fought and
lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo in present-day Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo>
1858:
Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist
Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which prompted Darwin to
publish his theory of evolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace>
1908:
The University of the Philippines, the national university of
the Philippines, was established.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines>
1983:
Aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Sally Ride became
the first American woman in space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chiaroscuro:
An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the
use of exaggerated light contrasts in order to create the illusion of
volume.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chiaroscuro>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe we are born with our minds open to wonderful experiences, and
only slowly learn to limit ourselves to narrow tastes. We are taught to
lose our curiosity by the bludgeon-blows of mass marketing, which
brainwash us to see "hits," and discourage exploration.
--Roger Ebert
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert>
Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945) was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April
1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in
a Nazi-backed coup d'etat. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-
President, working with the occupying forces. His collaborationist
government, known as the Quisling regime, was dominated by ministers
from Nasjonal Samling, the party he had founded in 1933. Among other
things, it participated – willingly or unwillingly – in Germany's
Final Solution. Quisling was put on trial during the post-war legal
purge in Norway and found guilty of charges including embezzlement,
murder and high treason. He was executed by firing squad at Akershus
Fortress, Oslo, on 24 October 1945. During World War II, quisling became
a synonym for traitor.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1462:
Forces led by Vlad III Dracula of Wallachia attacked an Ottoman
camp at night in an attempt to assassinate Mehmed II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Attack>
1631:
Mumtaz Mahal, wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in
childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her
mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_and_architecture_of_the_Taj_Mahal>
1861:
American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place,
which involved one of the earliest military movements of troops by train
in the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna,_Virginia>
1963:
Around 2,000 people rioted in South Vietnam, despite the
signing of the Joint Communique to resolve the ongoing Buddhist crisis
one day earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Communique>
1991:
The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population
Registration Act, which required that each inhabitant of South Africa be
classified and registered by race as part of the system of apartheid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_Registration_Act>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
postilion:
A rider mounted on the near, leading horse pulling a carriage who guides
the team.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/postilion>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
My work is a game, a very serious game.
--M. C. Escher
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/M._C._Escher>
The Nashville Sounds are a minor league baseball team of the Pacific
Coast League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They
are located in Nashville, Tennessee, and are named for the city's
association with the music industry. The team plays its home games at
Herschel Greer Stadium, which opened in 1978 and holds 10,300 fans.
Established as a Double-A team in 1978, the Sounds moved up to the
Triple-A level in 1985. The team has served as a farm club for six major
league franchises. A total of 22 managers have helmed the club and its
over 950 players. As of the completion of the 2011 season, the team had
played in 4,869 regular season games and compiled a win–loss record
of 2,527–2,342. The team fielded in 1980 was recognized as one of the
100 greatest minor league teams of all time. The Sounds won the PCL
Championship in 2005, sweeping the Tacoma Rainiers in three games in the
final series. Previous league titles won by the team are the Southern
League title in 1979, as the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds,
and again in 1982 as the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_Sounds>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1795:
French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a British
Royal Navy battle squadron commanded by William Cornwallis fended off a
numerically superior French Navy battlefleet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwallis%27s_Retreat>
1846:
Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti was crowned Pius IX, and he
would become the longest-reigning elected pope in the history of the
Catholic Church.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX>
1904:
Irish author James Joyce began his relationship with Nora
Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922
novel Ulysses.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce>
1958:
Imre Nagy and other leaders of the failed Hungarian Revolution
of 1956 were executed following secret trials.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imre_Nagy>
1960:
The thriller/horror film Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(film)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
abeyance:
1. (law) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined; undetermined
ownership.
2. Suspension; temporary suppression.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abeyance>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If others have their will Ann hath a way. in
--Ulysses
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)>
Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737) was the queen consort of King George II
of Great Britain. Her father, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-
Ansbach, was the ruler of a small German state. As a young woman,
Caroline was much sought-after as a bride. After rejecting the suit of
the nominal King of Spain, Archduke Charles of Austria, she married
George Augustus, the third-in-line to the British throne and heir
apparent to the Electorate of Hanover. Caroline moved permanently to
Britain in 1714 when her husband became Prince of Wales. Caroline
succeeded as queen and electress consort in 1727, when her husband
became King George II. Her eldest son, Frederick, became Prince of
Wales. He was a focus for the opposition, like his father before him,
and Caroline's relationship with him was strained. As princess and as
queen, Caroline was known for her political influence. Her tenure
included four regencies during her husband's stays in Hanover, and she
is credited with strengthening the Hanoverian dynasty's place in Britain
during a period of political instability. Her death in 1737 left
Caroline widely mourned not only by the public, but also by the King,
who refused to remarry.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_of_Ansbach>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1219:
Northern Crusades: According to a popular Danish legend, the
Dannebrog (Flag of Denmark), today one of the oldest state flags in the
world still in use, fell from the sky and gave the Danish forces renewed
hope to defeat the Estonians at the Battle of Lyndanisse (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lyndanisse>
1520:
Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine to censure
propositions from Martin Luther's 95 theses and threaten him with
excommunication.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exsurge_Domine>
1859:
The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-
called Pig War over the border between the United States and British
North America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War>
1920:
Three African American circus workers were lynched by a mob in
Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken
place in the Northern United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Duluth_lynchings>
1954:
The Union of European Football Associations, the administrative
and controlling body for European football, was founded in Basel,
Switzerland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
encapsulate:
1. To cover something as if in a capsule.
2. To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/encapsulate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
People don't ever seem to realise that doing what's right's no guarantee
against misfortune.
--William McFee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_McFee>
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a 1984 motion picture released by
Paramount Pictures. The film is the third feature film of the Star Trek
science fiction franchise and is the center of a three-film story arc
that begins with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and concludes with
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. After the death of Spock (Leonard
Nimoy), the crew of the USS Enterprise (pictured) returns to Earth. When
James T. Kirk (William Shatner) learns that Spock's spirit is held in
the mind of Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Kirk and
company steal the Enterprise to return Spock's body to his home planet.
The crew must also contend with hostile Klingons, led by Kruge
(Christopher Lloyd), bent on stealing the secrets of a powerful
terraforming device. Paramount commissioned the film after positive
critical and commercial reaction to The Wrath of Khan. Nimoy directed,
the first Star Trek cast member to do so. Producer Harve Bennett wrote
the script starting from the end and working back, and intended the
destruction of the Enterprise to be a shocking development. The film
grossed $76 million at the domestic box office and a total of
$87 million worldwide. Critical reaction to The Search for Spock was
mixed to positive. Reviewers generally praised the cast and characters,
while criticism tended to focus on the plot; the special effects were
conflictingly received. Roger Ebert called the film a compromise between
the tones of the first and second Star Trek films.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_III:_The_Search_for_Spock>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1645:
English Civil War: In the Battle of Naseby, the main army of
King Charles I was defeated by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under
Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Naseby>
1822:
In a paper presented to the Royal Astronomical Society, English
mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine (pictured),
an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial
functions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine>
1940:
World War II: Four days after the French government fled Paris,
German forces occupied the French capital, essentially ending the Battle
of France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France>
1985:
The Schengen Agreement, a treaty to abolish systematic border
controls between participating European countries, was signed between
five of the ten member states of the European Economic Community.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement>
1994:
After the Vancouver Canucks lost to the New York Rangers in ice
hockey's Stanley Cup Finals, a riot ensued in Downtown Vancouver,
causing C$1.1 million in damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_riot>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
vexillology:
The study of flags.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vexillology>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and
trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new
light, as a discovered diamond?
--Harriet Beecher Stowe
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe>
The Ediacara biota consisted of enigmatic tubular and frond-shaped,
mostly sessile organisms which lived during the Ediacaran Period (c.
635–542 Ma). Trace fossils of these organisms have been found
worldwide, and represent the earliest known complex multicellular
organisms. The Ediacara biota radiated in an event called the Avalon
Explosion, 575 million years ago, after the Earth had thawed from the
Cryogenian period's extensive glaciation, and largely disappeared
contemporaneous with the rapid appearance of biodiversity known as the
Cambrian explosion. Most currently existing body-plans of animals first
appeared only in the fossil record of the Cambrian rather than the
Ediacaran. For macroorganisms, the Cambrian biota completely replaced
the organisms that populated the Ediacaran fossil record.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ediacara_biota>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1886:
King Ludwig II of Bavaria was found dead in Lake Starnberg near
Munich under mysterious circumstances.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria>
1955:
Soviet geologists discovered the Mir mine (pictured), the first
diamond mine in the USSR and the second largest excavated hole in the
world, in Eastern Siberia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_mine>
1981:
English teenager Marcus Sarjeant fired six blank shots at Queen
Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall to the Trooping the Colour
ceremony.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sarjeant>
1996:
After an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted
from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, US, the Christian
Patriot group Montana Freemen surrendered to the FBI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Freemen>
2010:
The Japanese Hayabusa space mission became the first to return
samples of an asteroid (25143 Itokawa) to Earth for analysis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
corniche:
A road built alongside a sea, especially one cut into a cliff.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/corniche>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Gradually I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally
influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my
orientation. This began, most recognizably, with the rejection of
politically-oriented thinking as essentially a hopeless waste of
intellectual effort.
--John Forbes Nash
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash>
Cyclone Waka was one of the most destructive tropical cyclones ever to
impact the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. Waka originated within the
near-equatorial trough in mid-December 2001. The storm gradually matured
and attained tropical cyclone status on December 29. Subsequently, Waka
underwent rapid intensification in which it attained its peak intensity
as a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone on December 31, with winds of
185 km/h (115 mph). Shortly thereafter, it passed directly over
Vava'u, Tonga, resulting in widespread damage. By January 1, 2002, the
cyclone began to weaken as it underwent an extratropical transition. The
remnants of Waka persisted for several more days and were last observed
near the Southern Ocean on January 6. Although the storm affected
several countries along its path, Waka left the most significant losses
in Tonga, where it killed one person and wrought 104.2 million paʻanga
($51.3 million USD) in damage. Hundreds of structures, including 200 in
the island's largest city, and much of the nation's agriculture were
destroyed. Due to the severity of damage, the name Waka was later
retired and replaced with Wiki.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Waka>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
68:
Roman Emperor Nero (bust pictured) committed suicide after he was
deposed by the Senate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero>
1772:
In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American
patriots led by Abraham Whipple attacked and burned the British schooner
Gaspée.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9e_Affair>
1873:
Sixteen days after it was built, Alexandra Palace in North
London, England, was destroyed by fire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Palace>
1928:
Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed
their Southern Cross aircraft in Brisbane, completing the first ever
trans-Pacific flight from the United States mainland to Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith>
1954:
During the Army–McCarthy hearings investigating conflicting
accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy,
Army lawyer Joseph N. Welch famously asked McCarthy, "At long last, have
you left no sense of decency?"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%E2%80%93McCarthy_hearings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
colloquy:
1. A conversation or dialogue.
2. (law) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the
defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their
rights are.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colloquy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One thing most of us agree on is that the universe exists (people who
deny that usually follow some trade other than science), so if some
theoretical particle interaction would lead ultimately to the
nonexistence of the universe, then you can save a lot of electricity by
not trying to demonstrate it.
--Joe Haldeman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Haldeman>
Resident Evil 2 is a survival horror video game originally released for
the PlayStation in 1998. Developed by Capcom as the second installment
in the Resident Evil series, its story takes place two months after the
events of the first game, Resident Evil. It is set in Raccoon City, a
Midwestern American mountain community whose residents have been
transformed into zombies by the T-virus, a biological weapon developed
by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella. In their escape from the city,
the two protagonists, Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, encounter
other survivors, and are confronted by William Birkin, the mutated
creator of the G-virus, a more powerful variation of the T-virus. The
gameplay of Resident Evil 2 focuses on exploration, puzzle solving and
combat, and features typical survival horror elements such as limited
saves and ammunition. The game's main difference from its predecessor is
the "Zapping System", which provides each playable character with unique
storylines and obstacles. Resident Evil 2 was well received by critics,
who praised its atmosphere, setting, graphics and audio. Its controls,
voice acting and inventory system were criticized, however, and certain
reviewers disliked its puzzles. The game has become a million-seller,
and is the franchise's most successful title on a single platform. Years
after its first release, Resident Evil 2 was included in several lists
of the 100 best games.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_2>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1783:
Iceland's Laki craters began an eight-month eruption,
triggering major famine and massive fluorine poisoning.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki>
1887:
German-American statistician Herman Hollerith received a patent
for his punch card calculator.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card>
1950:
Thomas Blamey became the first Australian to attain the rank of
Field Marshal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blamey>
1995:
Danish-Greenlandic programmer Rasmus Lerdorf released the first
version of the scripting language PHP, which is now used as the server-
side language on 75% of all Web servers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP>
2007:
A major storm in New South Wales, Australia, beached the bulk
carrier ship MV Pasha Bulker.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Pasha_Bulker>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oneironaut:
A person who explores dream worlds, usually associated with lucid
dreaming.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oneironaut>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nothing is slower than the true birth of a man.
--Marguerite Yourcenar
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marguerite_Yourcenar>
The Red-billed Chough is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only
two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. It lives and breeds on mountains
and coastal cliffs, from Ireland and Great Britain east through southern
Europe and North Africa, and farther east to Central Asia, India, and
China. It has a glossy black plumage, a long curved red bill, red legs,
and a loud, ringing call. It has a buoyant, acrobatic flight with widely
spread primaries. The Red-billed Chough pairs for life and displays
fidelity to its breeding site, which is usually a cave or crevice in a
cliff face. It builds a wool-lined stick nest and typically lays three
eggs. It feeds, often in flocks, on short grazed grassland, consuming
mainly invertebrate prey. The main threat to this species is changes in
agricultural practices, which have led to population decline, some local
extirpation, and range fragmentation in Europe; however, it is not
threatened globally. The bird has also been depicted on postage stamps
in a few countries, including the Isle of Man, with four different
stamps, and The Gambia, where this species does not occur.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_Chough>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1494:
Ferdinand II of Aragon and John II of Portugal (pictured left
and right, respectively) signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, dividing the
Americas and Africa between their two countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas>
1810:
Journalist Mariano Moreno published Argentina's first
newspaper, the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Moreno>
1929:
The Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See signed the Lateran Treaty
to bring Vatican City into existence, thus ending the "Roman Question".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateran_Treaty>
1975:
The inaugural Cricket World Cup, the premier international
championship of men's One Day International cricket, began in England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup>
2006:
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, was
killed when the United States Air Force bombed his safehouse near
Baqubah.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
trendite:
(slang) A person given to following trends.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trendite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the
world.
--Gwendolyn Brooks
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks>