Kenneth R. Shadrick (1931–1950) was a private in the United States
Army who was widely, but incorrectly, reported as the first American
soldier killed in action in the Korean War. Shadrick was born in Harlan
County, Kentucky, one of 10 children. After dropping out of high school
in 1948, he joined the US Army, and spent a year of service in Japan
before being dispatched to South Korea at the onset of the Korean War in
1950 along with his unit, the 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry
Division. During a patrol, Shadrick was killed by the machine gun of a
North Korean T-34 tank, and his body was taken to an outpost where
journalist Marguerite Higgins was covering the war. Higgins later
reported that he was the first soldier killed in the war, a claim that
was repeated in media across the United States. His life was widely
profiled, and his funeral drew hundreds of people. His death is now
believed to have occurred after the first American combat fatalities in
the Battle of Osan. Since the identities of other soldiers killed before
Shadrick remain unknown, he is still often incorrectly cited as the
first US soldier killed in the war.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Shadrick>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
996:
Pope Gregory V crowned Otto III as Holy Roman Emperor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor>
1881:
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton>
1911:
Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary
Francisco Madero signed the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to
the fighting between the forces of both men, and thus concluding the
initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez>
1924:
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold,
Jr. murdered a 14-year-old boy in a thrill killing out of a desire to
commit a perfect crime.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Loeb>
1998:
Indonesian President Suharto resigned as a result of the
collapse of support for his three-decade-long reign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cloudburst:
A sudden heavy rainstorm.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloudburst>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The environment of human life has changed more rapidly and more
extensively in recent years than it has ever changed before. When
environment changes, there must be a corresponding change in life. That
change must be so great that it is not likely to be completed in a
decade or in a generation.
--Charles Lindbergh
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh>
Thomas Ellison (c. 1867 – 1904) was a New Zealand rugby union
player. After being educated at Te Aute College, where he was introduced
to rugby, Ellison moved to Wellington, and played for the Poneke
Football Club. He was subsequently selected to represent Wellington
province, and was later recruited into Joe Warbrick's privately
organised 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team. Ellison scored 113
points and 43 tries on their epic 107-match tour of the British Isles,
Australia and New Zealand. On his return he continued with Poneke and
Wellington, and from 1892 started to refine and popularise the wing-
forward system of play, which was a vital element of New Zealand rugby's
style until 1932. At the first New Zealand Rugby Football Union annual
general meeting in 1893, he proposed that the playing colours of the New
Zealand side should be predominantly black with a silver fern—a
playing strip that inspired the team’s name of All Blacks. That year
he captained the New Zealand side on their tour of Australia. He retired
from playing afterwards, but continued as a coach and administrator.
Ellison was the author of a coaching manual, The Art of Rugby Football,
published in 1902.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ellison>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1217:
In the Battle of Lincoln, the last land battle of the First
Barons' War, William the Marshal drove Prince Louis of France out of
England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lincoln_(1217)>
1609:
Thomas Thorpe published the first copies of Shakespeare's
sonnets, possibly without William Shakespeare's consent.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_sonnets>
1882:
The Triple Alliance was created between Germany, Austria-
Hungary and Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Alliance_(1882)>
1927:
By the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the
sovereignty of King Ibn Saud over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to
become Saudi Arabia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud>
1993:
"One for the Road", the series finale of American television
sitcom Cheers, was watched by 42.4 million American households on its
original airing.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(Cheers)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
much of a muchness:
(idiomatic) Of two or more things, having little difference of any
significance between them.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/much_of_a_muchness>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 There is a revolution coming. It will not be like revolutions
of the past. It will originate with the individual and with culture, and
it will change the political structure only as its final act. It will
not require violence to succeed, and it cannot be successfully resisted
by violence. It is now spreading with amazing rapidity, and already our
laws, institutions and social structure are changing in consequence. It
promises a higher reason, a more human community, and a new and
liberated individual. Its ultimate creation will be a new and enduring
wholeness and beauty — a renewed relationship of man to himself, to
other men, to society, to nature, and to the land. This is the
revolution of the new generation.
--Charles A. Reich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_A._Reich>
The Eurasian nuthatch is a small passerine bird found throughout
temperate Asia and in Europe. Like other nuthatches, it is a short-
tailed bird with a long bill, blue-grey upperparts and a black eye-
stripe. It is a vocal bird with a repeated loud dwip call. There are
more than 20 subspecies. Birds in the west of the range have orange-buff
underparts and a white throat, those in Russia have whitish underparts,
and those in the Far East have a similar appearance to European birds,
but lack the white throat. The preferred habitat is mature deciduous or
mixed woodland with large, old trees, preferably oak. Pairs nest in tree
holes, usually old woodpecker nests. The Eurasian nuthatch eats mainly
insects, particularly caterpillars and beetles, supplementing its diet
with nuts and seeds in autumn and winter. It can forage when descending
trees head first, as well as when climbing. It readily visits bird
tables and is an inveterate hoarder, storing food year-round. Its main
natural predator is the Eurasian sparrowhawk. It has a large population
and huge breeding area, and is therefore classified by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature as being of Least Concern.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_nuthatch>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
715:
The papacy of Gregory II began; his conflict with Byzantine
emperor Leo III eventually led to the establishment of the popes'
temporal power.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_II>
1743:
French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin published the design of a
mercury thermometer with the centigrade scale, with 0 representing the
freezing point of water and 100 its boiling point.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celsius>
1845:
Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition
departed from Greenhithe, England; the entire 129-man complement would
be lost.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition>
1962:
During a televised birthday celebration for U.S. President John
F. Kennedy at New York City's Madison Square Garden, actress and model
Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday,_Mr._President>
1997:
The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most
ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a result of
grassroots efforts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Gorda>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
front runner:
(idiomatic) The most likely winners in a contest, election, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/front_runner>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought
pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your — your
attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior
pattern and then you go on into some action.
--Malcolm X
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Malcolm_X>
Interstate 805 (I-805) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in
Southern California, USA. It is a bypass of I-5, running along the
eastern areas of the Greater San Diego region from San Ysidro to near
Del Mar. From I-5 in San Ysidro (less than a mile north of the
Mexico–U.S. border), I-805 then traverses through the cities of Chula
Vista and National City before reentering San Diego. The freeway passes
though the San Diego neighborhoods of North Park, Mission Valley,
Clairemont, and University City before terminating at I-5 in the
Sorrento Valley neighborhood near the Del Mar city limit. Planning for
I-805 began in 1956, and the route was officially designated in 1959
before it was renumbered in the 1964 state highway renumbering.
Construction started in 1967 and it was opened in 1975. Named the Jacob
Dekema Freeway after the longtime head of the regional division of the
California Department of Transportation, I-805 has been frequently cited
for its complex engineering and architecture, including near I-8 on the
Mission Valley Viaduct. High-occupancy toll lanes are under construction
on both the northern and southern portions of the route.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_805>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1388:
During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu led a Chinese
army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Toghus Temur, the Khan of
Northern Yuan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buyur_Lake>
1912:
The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, was
released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_India>
1944:
The Soviet Union forcibly deported the entire population of
Crimean Tatars as special settlers to Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the
country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Tatars>
1953:
At Rogers Dry Lake, California, in her Canadair Sabre, American
Jackie Cochran became the first female pilot to break the sound barrier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran>
1974:
India conducted its first nuclear test explosion at Pokhran,
the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the five permanent
members of the United Nations Security Council.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiling_Buddha>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
upend:
1. (transitive) To end up; to set on end.
2. To tip or turn over.
3. To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upend>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 The good life is one inspired by love and guided by
knowledge.
--Bertrand Russell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell>
Oxbow (foaled 2010) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for
winning the 2013 Preakness Stakes. A bay colt sired by Awesome Again, a
winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic and out of a full sister to Tiznow,
another Breeders' Cup Classic winner, he was sold as a yearling at
Keeneland for $250,000. Oxbow is owned by Brad Kelley of Calumet Farm,
was trained by D. Wayne Lukas, and was ridden in his Triple Crown races
by Gary Stevens. His Preakness win was Calumet Farm's first win in a
Triple Crown race in 45 years and breeder Richard Santulli's first win
in a Triple Crown classic race. It also was Stevens' first Triple Crown
win since 2001, following his return to riding in early 2013 after a
seven-year retirement, and Lukas' first Triple Crown win since 2000.
Oxbow's second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes in June made him only
the third horse to have $1 million in purse wins for 2013. Later in the
season, he was pulled up shortly after finishing fourth in the Haskell
Invitational, whereupon he was found to have suffered a soft tissue
injury, was taken out of competition for the remainder of his three-
year-old season, and retired to stud in October 2013.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbow_(horse)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1642:
The Société Notre-Dame de Montréal founded a permanent
mission known as Ville-Marie (Notre-Dame Church pictured), which
eventually grew into the city of Montreal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal>
1914:
Albania officially recognized the area of Northern Epirus as an
autonomous region within the Albanian state, which was never established
due to World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_of_Corfu>
1954:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Brown v.
Board of Education, outlawing racial segregation in public schools
because "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education>
1974:
The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force detonated a series of
car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland, killing 33 people and
injuring over 300 more.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_and_Monaghan_bombings>
2004:
Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex
marriage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Massachusetts>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
morpheme:
(linguistics) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry
a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word
"unbreakable".
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morpheme>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You
should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and
the things we love, and beauty, too.
--Lloyd Alexander
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lloyd_Alexander>
Nicolo Giraud (born c. 1795 – unknown) was a friend and possibly
lover of the English Romantic poet Lord Byron. The two met in 1809 while
Byron was staying in Athens. Giraud was reported to have taught him
Italian, and was his travel companion in Greece. Byron paid for Giraud's
education and left him £7,000 in his will. Years after they parted
company, Byron changed his will to exclude Giraud. Other than his
involvement with Byron, little is known of Giraud's life. The friendship
between Byron and Giraud has become a topic of interest among scholars
and biographers of Byron. Many believe that the pair's relationship was
platonic, but correspondence between Byron and his friends has been used
since the late 20th century to argue that the two were engaged in a love
affair. The earliest claim of a sexual relationship between them comes
from George Colman's poem Don Leon, published in 1833, in which Byron is
the principal character and Giraud is portrayed as his liberator from
the sexual prejudices in Britain. One modern writer says that the poem
and the fictional discussion of their relationship provides insights
into 19th-century British views on homosexuality.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolo_Giraud>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1771:
The Battle of Alamance—the final battle of the War of the
Regulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of
taxation and local control—was fought.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alamance>
1811:
Peninsular War: An allied force of British, Spanish, and
Portuguese troops clashed with the French at the Battle of Albuera south
of Badajoz, Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Albuera>
1929:
The 1st Academy Awards (statuette pictured) ceremony was held
at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Academy_Awards>
1961:
The Military Revolution Committee, led by Park Chung-hee,
carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Bo-seon,
ending the Second Republic of South Korea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_16_coup>
1966:
Chinese leader Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution
officially as a campaign to rid China of its liberal bourgeois elements
and to continue revolutionary class struggle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hue and cry:
1. (historical) The public pursuit of a felon; accompanied by shouts to
warn others to give chase.
2. (by extension) A loud and persistent public clamour; especially one of
protest or making some demand.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hue_and_cry>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but
from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.
--Man and Superman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Man_and_Superman>
Mycena aurantiomarginata, commonly known as the golden-edge bonnet, is a
species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. First formally
described in 1803, it was given its current name in 1872. It is common
in Europe and North America, and has also been collected in North
Africa, Central America, and Japan. The fungus produces fruit bodies
(mushrooms) that grow on the floor of coniferous forests. The mushrooms
have a bell-shaped to conical cap up to 2 cm (0.8 in) in diameter, set
atop a slender stem up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long with yellow to orange
hairs at the base. The fungus is named after its characteristic bright
orange gill edges. A microscopic characteristic is the club-shaped
cystidia that are covered with numerous spiky projections, resembling a
mace. The mushroom's edibility has not been determined. It can be
distinguished from similar Mycena species by differences in size, color,
and substrate. A 2010 publication reported the discovery and
characterization of a novel pigment named mycenaaurin A, isolated from
the mushroom. The pigment is responsible for its color, and it has
antibiotic activity that may prevent certain bacteria from growing on
the mushroom.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycena_aurantiomarginata>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1793:
Inventor Diego Marín Aguilera, the "father of aviation" in
Spain, flew one of the first gliders for about 360 m (1,180 ft).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Mar%C3%ADn_Aguilera>
1864:
American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included
cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union Army out
of the Shenandoah Valley.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Market>
1928:
Mickey and Minnie Mouse made their film debut in the animated
cartoon Plane Crazy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Mouse>
1974:
A unit of the Golani Brigade assaulted an elementary school in
Ma'alot, Israel, where three armed members of the Democratic Front for
the Liberation of Palestine had taken 115 people hostage, resulting in
28 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27alot_massacre>
1990:
Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold at auction
in Christie's New York office for a total of US$82.5 million, at the
time the world's most expensive painting.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Dr._Gachet>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
plangent:
Having a loud, mournful sound.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plangent>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its
present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover
America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination
has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and
the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became
realities. So I believe that dreams — day dreams, you know, with your
eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing — are likely to lead
to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the
imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to
foster civilization. A prominent educator tells me that fairy tales are
of untold value in developing imagination in the young. I believe it.

--L. Frank Baum
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum>
Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese
submarine off North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia, on 14 May
1943, killing the majority of those on board. She had been launched in
1924 as a combination passenger liner/freighter, operating between
Western Australia and Singapore. Following her early-1943 conversion to
a hospital ship, Centaur served as a medical transport between New
Guinea and Australia. Before dawn on 14 May 1943, while on her second
voyage, Centaur was torpedoed. Of the 332 medical personnel and civilian
crew aboard, 268 died, including 11 of the 12 nurses. The 64 survivors
were not discovered until 36 hours later. The incident resulted in
public outrage, as attacking a hospital ship was considered a war crime
under the 1907 Hague Convention. Despite this, it was not until the
1970s that the identity of the attacking submarine, I-177, became
public. The reason for the attack is unknown, although there are claims
that the ship may have been in breach of the international conventions
that should have protected her. The wreck was found in 2009, although
the incorrect identification of another wreck as Centaur stood from 1995
to 2003.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHS_Centaur>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1264:
Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle
of Lewes and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort
the de facto ruler of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_of_Lewes>
1607:
An expedition led by Edward Maria Wingfield, Christopher
Newport, and John Smith established Jamestown, Virginia, the first
permanent English settlement in North America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia>
1796:
English physician Edward Jenner began testing cowpox as a
vaccine against smallpox.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner>
1913:
The New York State Legislature accepted the charter for the
Rockefeller Foundation, which at one point was the world's wealthiest
charitable foundation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Foundation>
1948:
David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of
Independence at the present-day Independence Hall in Tel Aviv,
officially establishing a new Jewish state in parts of the former
British Mandate of Palestine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Declaration_of_Independence>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sumptuous:
Magnificent, splendid, extremely good.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sumptuous>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware:
Anger, fear, aggression — the dark side, are they. Once you start down
the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
--Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_VI:_Return_of_the_Jedi>
Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster at Cedar Point amusement park
in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Completed in 2000, it has broken and
helped to break ten world records. It was also the first Giga Coaster
(any complete circuit roller coaster that exceeds 300 feet (91 m) in
height) in the world. It was briefly the tallest and fastest complete
circuit roller coaster in the world, before being surpassed by Steel
Dragon 2000 in August 2000. The ride is also the second-longest roller
coaster in North America after The Beast at Kings Island, and was the
first roller coaster to use a cable lift system, rather than a
traditional chain lift. The coaster has a 310 ft (94 m), 45 degree
inclined lift hill with a 300 ft (91 m) drop, and features two
tunnels, three overbanked turns, and four hills. It has a top speed of
about 93 mph (150 km/h). Since 2001, Millennium Force has been voted
the number one steel roller coaster in the world eight times in
Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards, and has never been ranked lower
than number two. Although it is no longer the tallest or fastest roller
coaster at Cedar Point, it is still one of the tallest and fastest in
the world.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Force>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1638:
Construction began in Delhi on the Red Fort (Lahori Gate
pictured), the residence of the Mughal emperors, now an iconic symbol of
India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fort>
1779:
Russian and French mediators negotiated the Treaty of Teschen
to end the War of the Bavarian Succession.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Bavarian_Succession>
1913:
Russian American Igor Sikorsky flew the world's first multi-
engine fixed-wing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz, which he designed
himself.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky>
1948:
Fifteen Jewish residents of Kibbutz Kfar Etzion were massacred
following their surrender after a two-day battle with the Arab Legion
and Arab settlers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfar_Etzion_massacre>
1985:
Eleven members of the American black liberation group MOVE were
killed when a Philadelphia police helicopter dropped a bomb on their
house during a raid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mama bear:
(slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a
child or children.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mama_bear>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in
Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
--Julian of Norwich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich>
Sigi Schmid (born 1953) is a German-American soccer coach. Born in
Tübingen, West Germany, he moved to the United States with his family
when he was a child. He played college soccer as a midfielder from 1972
to 1975 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He coached
his former college team between 1980 and 1999 and became one of the most
successful collegiate coaches of all time. The UCLA Bruins made 16
consecutive playoff appearances from 1983 to 1998, winning the national
championship in 1985, 1990, and 1997. Schmid also worked with US Soccer
throughout the 1990s. Schmid has coached the Los Angeles Galaxy and the
Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer (MLS). He became the head coach of
Seattle Sounders FC in 2009. Throughout his career, Schmid has received
praise from critics for his ability to identify new talent. His
defensive tactics are also highly regarded in the press, although their
deployment in his final two seasons with Los Angeles led directly to the
termination of his contract. Despite never having played soccer at a
professional level, he has the most coaching wins in MLS history, and
was the recipient of the MLS Coach of the Year Award in 1999 and 2008.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigi_Schmid>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
907– Zhu Wen forced Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang
Dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Ai_of_Tang>
1364:
King of Poland Casimir III issued a royal charter to establish
Jagiellonian University, the nation's oldest university.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagiellonian_University>
1881:
Under the threat of invasion, the Bey of Tunis Muhammad III
as-Sadiq signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French
protectorate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_conquest_of_Tunisia>
1926:
The crew of the airship Norge (pictured), led by Roald
Amundsen, became the first people to make a verified trip to the North
Pole.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norge_(airship)>
1958:
Canada and the United States signed a formal agreement
establishing the North American Air Defense Command to provide aerospace
warning and defense for North America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
deskfast:
Breakfast eaten at work, particularly while sitting at a desk.
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Education is not a function of any church — or even of a
city — or a state; it is a function of all mankind.
--Philip Wylie
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