Pokémon Channel is a 2003 video game in the Pokémon series for the
GameCube, developed by Ambrella and published by Nintendo and The
Pokémon Company. The game's central premise is to watch television with
a Pikachu so as to help Professor Oak refine and promote his TV network.
It contains elements of adventure, digital pet, and simulation genres.
The player can explore full 3D environments, have the Pikachu converse
with other Pokémon, and collect various items. The game was developed
rather quickly to serve as a sequel to the Nintendo 64 title Hey You,
Pikachu! and to promote the Nintendo e-Reader accessory, and uses a
novel 3D texturing effect. It was first showcased at Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3) 2003 and later at a month-long series of
promotional events in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It was released on July
18, 2003 in Japan, December 1 in North America, and April 2 in Europe.
In Japan, the game sold 66,373 copies in its first year. It received
mixed reviews, which generally criticized its low level of interactivity
and repetitive sound effects, though its collecting aspects and visuals
were somewhat better received.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Channel>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1651:
Khmelnytsky Uprising: Ukrainian Cossacks and their Crimean
Tatar allies were annihilated by a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army
in the Battle of Berestechko, probably the largest land battle in the
17th century.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berestechko>
1860:
Seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the
Origin of Species, several prominent British scientists and philosophers
participated in an evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum in
Oxford, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Oxford_evolution_debate>
1934:
Adolf Hitler violently purged members of the Sturmabteilung,
its leader Ernst Röhm (pictured), and other political rivals in the
Night of the Long Knives, executing at least 85 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives>
1974:
Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike
seeking higher wages and better conditions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_municipal_strike_of_1974>
2007:
In an attempted terrorist attack, a car loaded with propane
canisters was driven into the terminal of Scotland's Glasgow
International Airport and set ablaze.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Glasgow_International_Airport_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
miserabilist:
One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher
of pessimism.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/miserabilist>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have heard that voice many a time when asleep and, what is
strange, I understood more or less an order or an appeal in an unearthly
tongue: day draws near another one do what you can.
--Czesław Miłosz
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Mi%C5%82osz>
Kelpie is the Lowland Scottish name given to a malevolent water spirit
or demon inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually been
described as appearing as a horse, but can adopt human form. Some
accounts state that the kelpie retains its hooves when appearing as a
human, leading to its association with the Christian idea of Satan as
alluded to by Robert Burns in his poem "Address to the Deil". Almost
every sizeable body of water in Scotland has an associated kelpie story,
but the most extensively reported is that of Loch Ness, first recorded
in the 6th century. The kelpie has counterparts across the world, such
as the wihwin of South America, the Scandinavian bäckahästen and the
Australian bunyip. The origin of the belief in malevolent water horses
may lie in the human sacrifices once made to appease the gods of water,
but it also helped to keep children away from dangerous stretches of
water and to warn young women to be wary of handsome strangers. Kelpies
have been portrayed in their various forms in art (painting by Thomas
Millie Dow pictured) and literature, most recently in two 30-metre
(98 ft) high steel sculptures in Falkirk, The Kelpies.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1864:
Canada's worst railway accident took place when a passenger
train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near
present-day Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St-Hilaire_train_disaster>
1889:
Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be
annexed by Chicago, forming the largest city in area in the United
States and second largest in population.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park_Township,_Cook_County,_Illinois>
1914:
During the second day of the anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo
(pictured), numerous buildings owned by ethnic Serbs were vandalized and
looted.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Serb_riots_in_Sarajevo>
1950:
In one of the greatest upsets in sporting history, the United
States defeated England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_1%E2%80%930_England_(1950_FIFA_…>
1974:
Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet
Union while on tour with the Bolshoi Ballet in Toronto.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Baryshnikov>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
enterolith:
A mineral concretion in the intestinal tract.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enterolith>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To love is not to look at one another: it is to look, together,
in the same direction.
--Antoine de Saint Exupéry
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint_Exup%C3%A9ry>
John Young Brown (1835–1904) represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of
Representatives and served as its 31st governor. He was first elected to
the House in 1859, but was initially too young to serve. Re-elected in
1866, he was denied his seat because of alleged disloyalty to the Union
during the Civil War. After an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid in 1871,
Brown served in the House from 1872 to 1877, and was censured for a
speech excoriating Massachusetts Representative Benjamin F. Butler.
Brown was elected governor of Kentucky in 1891, but little of
significance was accomplished during his term as time was spent adapting
the state's laws to the new constitution. He hoped the legislature would
elect him to the U.S. Senate after his term ended in 1895, but the
deaths of two of his children ended his political ambitions. After the
Republicans won the 1895 election, William Goebel was chosen as the
Democrats' 1899 candidate, although a disgruntled faction selected
Brown. Goebel won the election, but was assassinated in 1900; Brown
represented Caleb Powers, an alleged conspirator in the assassination,
at his first trial.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Y._Brown_(politician,_born_1835)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1651:
Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Zaporozhian Cossacks began clashing
with forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of
Berestechko in the Volhynia Region of present-day Ukraine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berestechko>
1895:
The United States Court of Private Land Claims ruled that the
title claimed by James Reavis to 18,600 sq mi (48,000 km2) in
present-day Arizona and New Mexico was "wholly fictitious and
fraudulent".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Reavis>
1914:
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,
Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated (Ferdinand's blood-stained
uniform pictured) by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip during a
motorcade in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_…>
1969:
In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York
City, groups of gay and transgender people began to riot against New
York City Police officers, a watershed event for the worldwide gay
rights movement.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots>
2004:
The Coalition Provisional Authority dissolved after handing the
governance of Iraq to the Iraqi Interim Government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Interim_Government>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
röck döts:
(informal, humorous) Heavy metal umlauts; umlauts over letters in the
name of a heavy metal band (as in "Motörhead", "Queensrÿche" and
"Mötley Crüe"), added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%B6ck_d%C3%B6ts>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 I observed, "Love is the fulfilling of the law, the end of
the commandment." It is not only "the first and great" command, but all
the commandments in one. "Whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things
are pure, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise," they are all
comprised in this one word, love. 
--John Wesley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Wesley>
Cyclone Joy led to the government of Queensland, Australia, issuing a
disaster declaration for about 30% of the state. The cyclone began in
late 1990 as a weak tropical low near the Solomon Islands, and initially
moved westward. On 18 December, it was named Joy, becoming the 2nd
named storm of the season. After turning southwest, Joy strengthened to
maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h (105 mph) while approaching Cairns
in Far North Queensland. Brushing the city with strong winds, the
cyclone soon weakened and dissipated on 27 December. There was
torrential rainfall over Queensland for two weeks, and severe flooding
caused most of the storm-associated damage. Rains significantly
increased water levels on 10 rivers, among them the Fitzroy River,
which discharged about 18 trillion freshwater litres (4.9 trillion
gallons) into Keppel Bay over 25 days. In turn, the Great Barrier Reef
suffered biological damage from coral bleaching and decreased salinity.
Overall, Joy killed six people and caused A$300 million in damage.
Afterwards, the name Joy was retired from the list of tropical cyclone
names.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Joy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1556:
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs were burned at the stake near
London for their Protestant beliefs.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Martyrs>
1760:
Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeated British forces
at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina, US.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Echoee>
1927:
Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi led a conference to
discuss Japan's plans for China, out of which came the Tanaka Memorial,
a strategic document detailing these plans (now believed to be a
forgery).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Memorial>
1986:
In Nicaragua v. United States, the International Court of
Justice ruled that the United States had violated international law by
supporting the Contras in their rebellion against the Nicaraguan
government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_v._United_States>
1989:
The International Labour Organization Convention 169, a major
binding international convention concerning indigenous peoples, and a
forerunner of the 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
was adopted.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_and_Tribal_Peoples_Convention,_1989>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
philander:
To make love to women; to play the male flirt.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/philander>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the
overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of
evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing
effort always to cooperate with the good, that it may prevail. I try to
increase the power God has given me to see the best in everything and
every one, and make that Best a part of my life.
--Helen Keller
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Keller>
WINC (1400 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Winchester,
Virginia, United States. WINC (studios pictured) serves Winchester, and
Frederick and Clarke Counties, Virginia. The station's current format,
established in 1996, is mainly conservative talk programs and top-of-
the-hour news from Fox News Radio; sports at Virginia Tech are also
covered. Launched on June 26, 1941, by Richard Field Lewis, Jr., WINC
was Winchester's first radio station. Events in its history include a
1947 contest to win "a free pair of nylon hose and a $10 handbag" that
knocked out the city's entire telephone system, and country music legend
Patsy Cline making her performing debut in 1948. In the late 1950s, the
station's chief engineer designed a CONELRAD alarm device for FM
stations to warn listeners in the event of enemy attack during the Cold
War. WINC had difficulty renewing its license in the early 1970s, as it
was exceeding Federal Communications Commission limits on commercials
per hour. In 1988, a local prosecutor called one of its promotions an
"illegal cash lottery"; a judge disagreed. The station was sold by the
Lewis family to North Carolina-based Centennial Broadcasting in 2007.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WINC_(AM)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
699:
En no Gyōja, the founder of the Japanese Buddhist sect known as
Shugendō, was exiled to Izu Ōshima for witchcraft.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_no_Gy%C5%8Dja>
1740:
War of Jenkins' Ear: A Spanish column of 300 regular troops,
free black militia and Indian auxiliaries stormed Britain's
strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Mose>
1886:
French chemist Henri Moissan reported he was able to
successfully isolate elemental fluorine, for which he later won the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorine>
1945:
At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations
signed a charter establishing the United Nations.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations>
1996:
Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin was murdered while she was
stopped at a traffic light, an event which helped establish Ireland's
Criminal Assets Bureau.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Guerin>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
not dog:
A vegetarian imitation-sausage, or hot dog sandwich made with one.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/not_dog>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Choose your friends, then treat them as friends; do not regard
them like slaves or servants, but associate with them frankly and simply
and generously; not saying one thing of them and thinking something
else.
--Julian
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian>
The white-necked rockfowl is a medium-sized bird in the family
Picathartidae, mainly found in fragmented groups in rocky forested areas
at higher altitudes in West Africa from Guinea to Ghana. The rockfowl
typically chooses to live near streams and inselbergs. It has greyish-
black upperparts and white underparts. Its unusually long, dark brown
tail is used for balance. The head is nearly featherless, with the
exposed skin being bright yellow except for two large, circular black
patches located just behind the eyes. These rockfowl feed primarily on
insects, though parents feed small frogs to their young. Rockfowl move
through the forest primarily through a series of hops and bounds or
short flights in low vegetation. This species rarely flies for long
distances. This species is classified as Vulnerable as it is threatened
by habitat destruction; conservation efforts are underway in parts of
its range. Some of the indigenous peoples of Sierra Leone considered the
species to be a protector of the home of their ancestral spirits. This
rockfowl is considered one of Africa’s most desirable birds by birders
and is a symbol of ecotourism across its range.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-necked_rockfowl>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1658:
Anglo-Spanish War: English colonial forces repelled a Spanish
attack in the largest battle ever fought on Jamaica.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_Nuevo_(1658)>
1910:
The United States Congress passed the Mann Act, which
prohibited interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Act>
1944:
World War II: United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombarded
Cherbourg, France, to support U.S. Army units engaged in the Battle of
Cherbourg.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Cherbourg>
1975:
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi unilaterally had a state of
emergency declared across the nation that last nearly two years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)>
2009:
Singer Michael Jackson died after suffering cardiac arrest at
his Los Angeles home, which authorities later declared a homicide caused
by the combination of drugs in his body.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Michael_Jackson>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
flense:
To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flense>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If you turn the other cheek, you will get a harder blow on it
than you got on the first one. This does not always happen, but it is to
be expected, and you ought not to complain if it does happen.
--George Orwell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Orwell>
Enid Blyton (1897–1968) was an English children's writer whose books
have sold more than 600 million copies. She wrote on a wide range of
topics, but is best remembered for her Noddy, Famous Five, and Secret
Seven series. Her first book, Child Whispers (cover pictured), was
published in 1922. Following the success of her early novels such as
Adventures of the Wishing-Chair (1937) and The Enchanted Wood (1939),
Blyton went on to build a literary empire, sometimes producing fifty
books a year. Her work became increasingly controversial from the 1950s
onwards because of the alleged unchallenging nature of her writing and
the themes of her books. Some libraries and schools banned her works,
which the BBC had refused to broadcast from the 1930s until the 1950s
because they were perceived to lack literary merit. Her books have been
criticised as being elitist, sexist, racist, xenophobic and at odds with
the more liberal environment emerging in post-war Britain, but have
continued to be bestsellers. The story of her life was dramatised in a
2009 BBC film, Enid, featuring Helena Bonham Carter; there have also
been several adaptations of her books for stage, screen and television.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1314:
In the decisive battle in the First War of Scottish
Independence, Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeated English
troops under Edward II near Bannockburn, Scotland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn>
1622:
Dutch–Portuguese War: An outnumbered Portuguese force
repelled a Dutch attack in the Battle of Macau, the only major military
engagement that was fought between two European powers on the Chinese
mainland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Macau>
1880:
"O Canada" (audio featured), today the national anthem of
Canada, was first performed in Quebec City, Quebec, during a Saint-Jean-
Baptiste Day banquet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada>
1994:
A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress based at
Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane County, Washington, crashed, killing
all four crew members, and later providing a case study on the
importance of compliance with safety regulations.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Fairchild_Air_Force_Base_B-52_crash>
2010:
After 11 hours, 5 minutes of play over three days, John Isner
defeated Nicolas Mahut at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships in the
longest match in tennis history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isner%E2%80%93Mahut_match_at_the_2010_Wimbled…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dead tree edition:
(idiomatic, pejorative, humorous) Paper version of a publication that
can be found online.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dead_tree_edition>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The soul may always say, whether occupied with temporal or
spiritual things, "My sole occupation is love." Happy life! happy state!
and happy the soul which has attained to it!
--John of the Cross
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_of_the_Cross>
Kronan was the flagship of the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea in the
1670s. When built, she was one of the largest seagoing vessels in the
world. After four years of service, the ship foundered in rough weather
at the Battle of Öland on 1 June 1676, with the loss of about 800 men
(including the navy's acting supreme commander Lorentz Creutz and other
senior officers), over 100 guns, and large quantities of silver and gold
coin. This was a hard blow for Sweden during the Scanian War
(1675–79), as besides being the largest and most heavily armed ship in
the Swedish navy, Kronan had been an important status symbol for the
monarchy of the young Charles XI. The inexperienced Creutz has been
blamed by many historians for the sinking of Kronan, although recent
research points to Sweden's general lack of a well-developed naval
organization and officer corps at the time. Most of her guns were
salvaged in the 1680s, but eventually the wreck fell into obscurity
before its exact position was rediscovered in 1980. Yearly diving
operations have since surveyed and excavated the site, and many of the
artifacts recovered have been put on display at the Kalmar County
Museum.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronan_(ship)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1757:
Seven Years' War: British forces under Robert Clive defeated
troops under Siraj ud-Daulah at the Battle of Plassey, allowing the
British East India Company to annex Bengal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey>
1887:
The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act,
creating Banff National Park as the country's first national park.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park>
1919:
Estonian War of Independence: Estonian troops engaged the
forces of the Pro-German Government of Latvia near Cēsis, Latvia,
recapturing the area four days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_C%C4%93sis_(1919)>
1926:
The College Board administered the first SAT, a major
standardized test for university and college admissions in the United
States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT>
1982:
Chinese American Vincent Chin died after being beaten into a
coma in Highland Park, Michigan, US, by two automotive workers who had
mistaken him for Japanese and who were angry about the success of
Japanese auto companies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Vincent_Chin>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
unbeknownst:
(followed by to) Without the knowledge of.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unbeknownst>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The
morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the
presence of any grander scheme.
--Joss Whedon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon>
The Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar was an American fifty-cent piece
struck in 1925. Its main purpose was to raise money for the Stone
Mountain Memorial – a large sculpture in memory of Confederate general
Robert E. Lee on a huge rock outcropping near Atlanta, Georgia. The
obverse of the coin (pictured) features Lee and Stonewall Jackson; the
reverse has the caption "Memorial to the Valor of the Soldier of the
South". Stone Mountain and the coin were designed by sculptor Gutzon
Borglum, who, like other proponents, was a Ku Klux Klan member. To
appease Northerners, the proposed coin was also to honor the recently
deceased president, Warren G. Harding, but all reference to him was
removed, by order of his successor, Calvin Coolidge. Extensive sales
efforts for the coin took place throughout the South, though these were
hurt by the firing of Borglum in 1925, which alienated many of his
supporters. A 1928 audit of the fundraising showed excessive expenses
and misuse of money, and construction halted the same year—a scaled-
down sculpture was completed in 1970. Due to the large quantities
issued, the Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar remains inexpensive
compared with other U.S. commemoratives.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain_Memorial_half_dollar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1593:
Ottoman forces were crushingly defeated by the Habsburgs at
Sisak (now in Croatia), triggering the Long War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sisak>
1813:
War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a forthcoming
surprise attack, Laura Secord set out on a 30 km (19 mi) journey from
Queenston, Ontario, Upper Canada, on foot to warn Lieutenant James
FitzGibbon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Secord>
1937:
Camille Chautemps became Prime Minister of France for the third
time, in the second Popular Front ministry.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Chautemps>
1986:
Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored both the "Hand of
God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the
quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_v_England_(1986_FIFA_World_Cup)>
2009:
Two Metro trains in Washington, D.C., collided, killing nine
people and injuring 80 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2009_Washington_Metro_train_collision>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
avocation:
1. A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
2. Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment;
vocation.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avocation>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone
taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To
suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love,
openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. All these and other
factors combined, if the circumstances are right, can teach and can lead
to rebirth.
--Anne Morrow Lindbergh
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anne_Morrow_Lindbergh>
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the
English rock band the Beatles (pictured). Released on 1 June 1967, it
was an immediate commercial and critical success. After the group
retired from touring, Paul McCartney had an idea for a song involving an
Edwardian era military band, and this developed into a plan to release
an entire album as a performance by the fictional Sgt. Pepper band.
Knowing they would not have to perform the tracks live, the Beatles
adopted an experimental approach to composition, writing songs such as
"With a Little Help from My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
and "A Day in the Life". The producer George Martin's innovative
recording of the album included the liberal application of signal
processing. The cover, depicting the band in front of a collage of
celebrities and historical figures, was designed by the English pop
artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth. One of the best-selling albums of
all time, Sgt. Pepper is regarded as an important work of British
psychedelia and an early concept album. One music scholar has described
it as "the most important and influential rock and roll album ever
recorded".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1734:
A black slave known as Marie-Joseph Angélique, after having
been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of Montreal, was
tortured and then hanged in New France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Joseph_Ang%C3%A9lique>
1864:
New Zealand Wars: British victory in the Battle of Te Ranga
brought the Tauranga Campaign to an end.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauranga_Campaign>
1919:
Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttled the German High Seas Fleet
in Scapa Flow to prevent the ships from being seized and divided amongst
the Allied Powers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_German_fleet_in_Scapa_Flow>
1964:
Three civil rights workers were lynched by members of the Ku
Klux Klan near Philadelphia, Mississippi, US.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_civil_rights_workers%27_murders>
2004:
SpaceShipOne completed the first privately funded human
spaceflight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
angst:
1. A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied
by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
2. More commonly, painful sadness or emotional turmoil, as teen angst.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/angst>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Aion is a child at play, gambling; a child’s is the
kingship. Telesphorus traverses the dark places of the world, like a
star flashing from the deep, leading the way to the gates of the sun and
the land of dreams. by Carl Jung, quoting
--Homer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Homer>