State Route 75 (SR 75) is a 13-mile (21 km) expressway in San Diego
County, California. It is a loop route of Interstate 5 that begins near
Imperial Beach, heading west on Palm Avenue. The route continues north
along the Silver Strand, a thin strip of land bordering San Diego Bay,
through Silver Strand State Beach. SR 75 passes through the city of
Coronado as Orange Avenue (pictured) and continues onto the San
Diego–Coronado Bay Bridge over the bay, before joining back with
Interstate 5 near downtown San Diego at a freeway interchange. Orange
Avenue dates from the late 19th century, and the Silver Strand Highway
was open to the public by 1924. What would become SR 75 was added to
the state highway system in 1933 and designated Legislative Route 199 in
1935. SR 75 was not officially designated until the 1964 state highway
renumbering. The Coronado Bay Bridge opened in 1969, providing a direct
connection between San Diego and Coronado. SR 75 is marked as a scenic
route for nearly its entire length.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_75>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
284:
Diocletian became Roman emperor, eventually establishing reforms
that ended the Crisis of the Third Century.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian>
1776:
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Lee marked the
invasion of New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and the subsequent
general retreat of the Continental Army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_Historic_Park>
1845:
Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: The Argentine
Confederation were defeated in the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, but the
losses ultimately made the United Kingdom and France give up the
blockade.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vuelta_de_Obligado>
1945:
The Nuremberg trials (defendants pictured) of 24 leading Nazis
involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II
began in Nuremberg, Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials>
1979:
A group of armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid
al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders, Muhammad bin abd
Allah al-Qahtani, was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
adoxography:
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adoxography>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When you teach a man to hate and fear his brother, when you teach
that he is a lesser man because of his color or his beliefs or the
policies he pursues, when you teach that those who differ from you
threaten your freedom or your job or your family, then you also learn to
confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies, to be met not
with cooperation but with conquest; to be subjugated and mastered. We
learn, at the last, to look at our brothers as aliens, men with whom we
share a city, but not a community; men bound to us in common dwelling,
but not in common effort. We learn to share only a common fear, only a
common desire to retreat from each other, only a common impulse to meet
disagreement with force.
--Robert F. Kennedy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy>
Romance is the eighth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel
(pictured), released by WEA Latina in 1991. At the suggestion of his
manager, he recorded classic boleros on the album, after songwriter Juan
Carlos Calderón pulled out of a collaboration on pop songs and ballads.
Singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero co-produced the album with Miguel,
with arrangements by Bebu Silvetti. Miguel promoted the record with a
tour of the United States and Latin America. The songs were generally
well received by music critics, who praised the singing and production,
and Miguel received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Album.
Romance sold over seven million copies worldwide. In the United States,
it spent 32 weeks at number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart,
and was the first Spanish-language album by a non-crossover Latin artist
to be certified gold; it was also certified gold in Brazil and Taiwan.
Romance is the third-bestselling album of all time in Mexico, and the
bestselling record in Argentina by a non-native artist. The album
revived interest in bolero music, and Miguel released three more bolero
records between 1994 and 2001.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_(Luis_Miguel_album)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1493:
Christopher Columbus became the first European to land on
Puerto Rico, naming it San Juan Bautista after John the Baptist.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico>
1816:
The University of Warsaw, the largest university in Poland, was
established as Congress Poland found itself a territory without a
university.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Warsaw>
1942:
World War II: Soviet troops launched Operation Uranus at the
Battle of Stalingrad, with the goal of encircling Axis forces, turning
the tide of the battle in the Soviet Union's favour.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Uranus>
1985:
Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and US President
Ronald Reagan (both pictured) held the first of five summit meetings
between them in Geneva.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Summit_(1985)>
2005:
Iraq War: A group of United States Marines allegedly massacred
twenty-four people in the town of Haditha in Iraq.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha_killings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
trite:
Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is
commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Normal is not something to aspire to, it is something to get away
from.
--Jodie Foster
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jodie_Foster>
The African crake (Crex egregia) is a bird in the rail family that
breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa, except for the arid south and
southwest. A partial migrant, it moves away from the equator as soon as
the rains provide sufficient grassland or crops for breeding areas. It
is commonly found in most of its range, depending on the season. A
smallish crake, it has brown-streaked blackish upperparts, bluish-grey
underparts and black-and-white barring on the flanks and belly, with a
red bill, red eyes, and white facial streak. Its most characteristic
call is a series of rapid grating krrr notes. The male has a territorial
threat display, and may fight at territory boundaries. The nest is a
shallow cup of grass leaves built in a depression under a grass tussock
or small bush. The 3–11 eggs start hatching after about 14 days, and
the black, downy precocial chicks fledge after four to five weeks. The
African crake feeds on a wide range of invertebrates, along with some
small frogs and fish, and plant material, especially grass seeds. It may
itself be eaten by large birds of prey, snakes, or mammals, including
humans.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_crake>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1210:
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor was excommunicated by Pope Innocent
III after he commanded the Pope to annul the Concordat of Worms.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor>
1812:
Napoleonic Wars: During Napoleon's invasion of Russia, Marshal
Michel Ney's leadership in the Battle of Krasnoi earned him the nickname
"the bravest of the brave" despite the overwhelming French defeat.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Krasnoi>
1865:
American author Mark Twain's story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog
of Calaveras County", his first great success as a writer, was
published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrated_Jumping_Frog_of_Calaveras_Coun…>
1943:
Second World War: The Royal Air Force began its bombing
campaign against Berlin (ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign)>
1985:
Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson that was at
its height one of the most popular in the world, was first published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sodden:
1. Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
2. (figuratively) Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sodden>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Most people find the word "Apocalypse" to be a terrifying concept.
Checked in the dictionary, it means only revelation, although it
obviously has also come to mean end of the world. As to what the end of
the world means, I would say that probably depends on what we mean by
world. I don't think this means the planet, or even the life forms upon
the planet. I think the world is purely a construction of ideas, and not
just the physical structures, but the mental structures, the ideologies
that we've erected, THAT is what I would call the world. Our political
structures, philosophical structures, ideological frameworks, economies.
These are actually imaginary things, and yet that is the framework that
we have built our entire world upon. It strikes me that a strong enough
wave of information could completely overturn and destroy all of that. A
sudden realization that would change our entire perspective upon who we
are and how we exist.
--Alan Moore
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Moore>
Tyrone Garland (born 1992) is an American professional basketball player
who last played with the National Basketball League of Canada's
Mississauga Power, before the team folded in 2015. Garland initially
competed at the collegiate level with the Virginia Tech Hokies, but
transferred out during his sophomore season after limited playing time.
Before his 2012–13 junior season, he joined the La Salle Explorers and
instantly assumed a leading role. He lifted them to a second-round win
at the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with a game-
winning shot known as the "Southwest Philly Floater". By the end of his
college career, his senior basketball class at La Salle had become the
most successful in 22 years. Prior to that, Garland starred for John
Bartram High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he finished
third on the all-time Philadelphia Public League scoring list in 2010,
behind only Maureece Rice and Wilt Chamberlain.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Garland>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1558:
Elizabeth I became Queen of England and Ireland, marking the
beginning of the Elizabethan era.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England>
1869:
The Suez Canal opened, allowing shipping to travel between
Europe and Asia via the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal>
1905:
Influenced by the result of the Russo-Japanese War, the Empire
of Japan and the Korean Empire signed the Eulsa Treaty, effectively
depriving Korea of its diplomatic sovereignty.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_Treaty_of_1905>
1950:
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was enthroned as Tibet's
head of state at the age of fifteen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama>
1968:
NBC controversially cut away from an American football game
between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi,
causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic
ending.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fedge:
A fence made up of living plants, especially willow, thus somewhat
resembling a hedge.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fedge>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As to the American tradition of non-meddling, Anarchism asks that
it be carried down to the individual himself. It demands no jealous
barrier of isolation; it knows that such isolation is undesirable and
impossible; but it teaches that by all men's strictly minding their own
business, a fluid society, freely adapting itself to mutual needs,
wherein all the world shall belong to all men, as much as each has need
or desire, will result. And when Modern Revolution has thus been carried
to the heart of the whole world — if it ever shall be, as I hope it
will — then may we hope to see a resurrection of that proud spirit of
our fathers which put the simple dignity of Man above the gauds of
wealth and class, and held that to be an American was greater than to be
a king. In that day there shall be neither kings nor Americans — only
Men; over the whole earth, MEN.
--Voltairine de Cleyre
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltairine_de_Cleyre>
Hiryū ("Flying Dragon") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial
Japanese Navy during the 1930s. The only ship of her class, she was
built to a modified Sōryū design. Her aircraft supported the Japanese
invasion of French Indochina in mid-1940. During the first month of the
Pacific War, she took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle
of Wake Island. In early 1942, the ship's aircraft supported the
conquest of the Dutch East Indies and bombed Darwin, Australia. After a
brief refit, Hiryū and three other fleet carriers of the First Air
Fleet (Kido Butai) participated in the Battle of Midway in June. After
bombarding American forces on the atoll, the carriers were attacked by
aircraft from Midway and from the carriers USS Enterprise, Hornet, and
Yorktown. Dive bombers from Yorktown and Enterprise crippled Hiryū and
set her afire. She was scuttled the following day after it became clear
that she could not be salvaged. The loss of Hiryū and three other
carriers at Midway was a crucial strategic defeat for Japan and
contributed significantly to the Allies' ultimate victory in the
Pacific.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiry%C5%AB>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1532:
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Spanish Conquistador
Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack in Cajamarca, Peru,
capturing Sapa Inca Atahualpa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cajamarca>
1885:
After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion,
Louis Riel, Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of
Manitoba", was executed by hanging for high treason.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel>
1945:
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO>
1979:
The first line of Bucharest Metro (train pictured), the M1
Line, opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest_Metro>
1997:
Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng was released for "medical
reasons" after spending 17½ of the previous 18 years in prison, and was
deported to the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Jingsheng>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
galanthophile:
An enthusiastic collector of snowdrops.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/galanthophile>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Any persons may attempt to unite kindred spirits, but, whatever
their hopes and longings, none have the right to impose their vision of
unity upon the rest.
--Robert Nozick
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Nozick>
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American independent drama film directed by
Kimberly Peirce and written by Peirce and Andy Bienen. Starring Hilary
Swank (pictured), it dramatizes the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a
trans man who is beaten, raped and murdered by his male acquaintances
after they discover he is transgender. The film also stars Chloë
Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, and Alicia Goranson.
Peirce's interest in the events surrounding Brandon's murder led to a
nearly five-year-long writing and casting process. Principal photography
in Greenville, Texas, lasted 30 days. Film scholars and reviewers have
focused on the film's depiction of romantic relationships and the causes
of violence against LGBT people, among other themes. After premiering at
the Toronto International Film Festival in October 1999, Boys Don't Cry
grossed roughly $12 million in North America. The film was very well
received by critics, and Swank won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Don%27t_Cry_(film)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1315:
A 1,500-strong force from the Swiss Confederacy ambushed a
group of Austrian soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire on the shores of
Lake Ägerisee in Switzerland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Morgarten>
1688:
Prince William of Orange landed at Brixham in Devon, on his way
to depose his uncle and father-in-law King James II, the last Catholic
monarch of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution>
1859:
Sponsored by businessman Evangelos Zappas, the first modern
revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zappas_Olympics>
1935:
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was officially established,
with Manuel L. Quezon inaugurated as its president.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines>
1988:
PLO leader Yasser Arafat proclaimed the creation of the State
of Palestine as "the state of Palestinians wherever they may be".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
poculiform:
Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poculiform>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Peace for Paris
--Jean Jullien
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Jullien>
Elias Abraham Rosenberg (c. 1810 – 1887) was an adviser to King
Kalākaua of Hawaii. He had lived in San Francisco in the 1880s, working
as a peddler and selling illegal lottery tickets. In 1886, he traveled
to Hawaii and performed as a fortune-teller. Endearing himself to the
king with favorable predictions, he received lavish gifts and was
appointed as a kahuna-kilokilo (royal soothsayer), customs appraiser,
and guard. Rosenberg and the king enjoyed talking and drinking together,
but he was distrusted by other royal advisers and satirized in the
Hawaiian press. He encouraged the king to revive the traditional
Hawaiian religion, an idea that fascinated Kalākaua but angered
political rivals. In 1887 Rosenberg returned to California; a month
later, he was admitted to a hospital in San Francisco, where he died. In
Hawaii, the 1887 Constitution—which curtailed royal power—was forced
on Kalākaua. A Torah scroll presented to the king by Rosenberg was
later exhibited with other royal treasures and eventually donated to
Temple Emanu-El in Honolulu.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Abraham_Rosenberg>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1910:
Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performed the first takeoff from a
ship, flying from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in Hampton
Roads, Virginia, US.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Burton_Ely>
1940:
Second World War: Coventry Cathedral and much of the city
centre of Coventry, England, were destroyed by the German Luftwaffe
during the Coventry Blitz.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Blitz>
1975:
With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain agreed to
withdraw its presence from the territory of Spanish Sahara.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Accords>
1995:
As a result of budget conflicts between President Bill Clinton
and the United States Congress led by Newt Gingrich, the federal
government was forced to shut down non-essential services.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdowns_of…>
2003:
Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L.
Rabinowitz discovered the trans-Neptunian object 90377 Sedna.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
calamondin:
1. A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the species Citrofortunella
mitis, sometimes cultivated for its fruit.
2. The fruit of this tree.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calamondin>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you
smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The
Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then get
elected and prove it.
--P. J. O'Rourke
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/P._J._O%27Rourke>
Typhoon Gay was the strongest and longest-lasting storm of the 1992
Pacific typhoon season. Forming in November near the International Date
Line, Gay moved through the Marshall Islands as an intensifying typhoon,
severely damaging crops and leaving 5,000 people homeless. The nation's
capital of Majuro experienced power and water outages during the storm.
There were no fatalities among Marshall Islands citizens, although the
typhoon killed an American woman in a yacht. After passing through the
country, Gay reached its peak intensity over open waters before
weakening rapidly and striking Guam. Most of the weaker structures on
that island had been destroyed during Typhoon Omar earlier in the year,
and Gay caused little additional structural damage, but strong, salty
winds defoliated plants. The typhoon briefly re-intensified before
weakening and becoming extratropical south of Japan, where it brought
flooding and power outages to Okinawa Prefecture.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Gay_(1992)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1642:
First English Civil War: The Royalist army engaged the much
larger Parliamentarian army at the Battle of Turnham Green near Turnham
Green, Middlesex.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Turnham_Green>
1841:
Scottish surgeon James Braid observed a demonstration of animal
magnetism, which inspired him to study the subject he eventually called
hypnotism.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Braid_(surgeon)>
1940:
Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film shown in
stereophonic sound, premiered in thirteen cities across the United
States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_film)>
1985:
The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted, causing a volcanic
mudslide that buried the town of Armero, Colombia (destruction
pictured), and killed approximately 23,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armero_tragedy>
1990:
A man began shooting people indiscriminately in Aramoana, New
Zealand, killing thirteen people in the country's deadliest criminal
shooting.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramoana_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Romanesco:
1. Romanesco broccoli, a light-green edible flower bud of the species
Brassica oleracea, which is thus related to broccoli and cauliflower.
Its form is a natural approximation of a fractal.
2. Romanesco dialect, the dialect of Italian language spoken in Rome.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Romanesco>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
An unjust law is no law at all.
--Augustine of Hippo
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo>
Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies, published from 1757 to 1795,
was an annual directory of prostitutes working in and around Covent
Garden, London. It sold for two shillings and sixpence, and in 1791 had
an estimated circulation of around 8,000 copies. Each edition contains
entries describing the physical appearance and sexual specialities of
about 120–190 prostitutes, in sometimes lurid detail. While most
entries compliment their subjects, some are critical of bad habits, and
a few women are even treated as pariahs, perhaps having fallen out of
favour with the lists' authors, who are never revealed. Samuel Derrick
is normally credited for originating Harris's List, which may have been
named after a Covent Garden pimp, Jack Harris. A Grub Street hack,
Derrick may have written the lists from 1757 until his death in 1769;
thereafter, the annual's authors are unknown. As the public's opinion
began to turn against London's sex trade, and with reformers petitioning
the authorities to take action, those involved in the release of
Harris's List were in 1795 fined and imprisoned. Modern writers tend to
view Harris's List as erotica.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27s_List_of_Covent_Garden_Ladies>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1028:
Future Byzantine empress Zoe first took the throne as empress
consort to Romanos III Argyros.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Porphyrogenita>
1893:
Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Abdur
Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, signed the Durand Line Agreement,
establishing what is now the international border between Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line>
1940:
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to
discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Axis_talks>
1945:
Sudirman was elected the first commander-in-chief of the
Indonesian Armed Forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudirman>
1970:
The Oregon Highway Division unsuccessfully attempted to destroy
a rotting beached sperm whale near Florence, Oregon, with explosives.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
inoculate:
1. (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine
into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
2. (transitive, by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by
inoculation.
3. To add one substance to another; to spike.
4. To graft by inserting buds.
5. (figuratively) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful
ideas or principles); to imbue.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inoculate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Man is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a proper education hath,
however, deprived him of that which he doth inherently possess. Through
a word proceeding out of the mouth of God he was called into being; by
one word more he was guided to recognize the Source of his education; by
yet another word his station and destiny were safeguarded. The Great
Being saith: Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value.
Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable
mankind to benefit therefrom.
--Bahá'u'lláh
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h>
Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence was adopted by the
mostly white minority government of Prime Minister Ian Smith on 11
November 1965. It announced that the British colony of Rhodesia, self-
governed since 1923, regarded itself as a sovereign state. The
culmination of a protracted dispute between the British and Rhodesian
governments, it was the first unilateral breakaway by a British colony
since the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was
largely motivated by the perception among white Rhodesians that they
were due independence following four decades of self-government and that
Britain was betraying them by insisting on majority rule as a condition;
the white minority of about 5% was loath to transfer power to black
nationalists because of racial tensions and reservations about the
country's stability. Britain, the Commonwealth and the United Nations
deemed Rhodesia's declaration illegal, and economic sanctions, the first
in the UN's history, were imposed on the breakaway colony. Rhodesia
continued as an unrecognised state until the Lancaster House Agreement
of 1979, and became Zimbabwe in 1980.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Indepe…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1620:
The Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of the
Plymouth Colony, was signed by 41 of the Mayflower 's passengers
while the ship was anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact>
1805:
War of the Third Coalition: French, Austrian and Russian units
all suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Dürenstein.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_D%C3%BCrenstein>
1926:
The plan for the United States Numbered Highway System was
approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Numbered_Highways>
1940:
World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captured
top secret documents from SS Automedon that would later influence
Japan's decision to enter the war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Atlantis>
1960:
A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against
President Ngo Dinh Diem was crushed after Diem falsely promised reform,
allowing loyalists to rescue him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_South_Vietnamese_coup_attempt>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Catch-22:
(idiomatic) A difficult situation from which there is no escape because
it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Catch-22>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of
our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be
surmounted by patience and perseverance.
--Abigail Adams
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abigail_Adams>