The Tosa-class battleships were two dreadnoughts ordered by the Imperial
Japanese Navy during the early 1920s. The ships were larger versions of
the preceding Nagato class, and carried an additional 41-centimeter
(16.1 in) twin-gun turret; their design served as a basis for the
Amagi-class battlecruisers. The first ship, Tosa, was canceled according
to the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty before it could be
completed, and was used in experiments testing the effectiveness of its
armor scheme before being scuttled in the Bungo Channel. The hull of the
second ship, Kaga (model pictured), was converted into an aircraft
carrier of the same name. The carrier supported Japanese troops in China
during the Second Sino-Japanese War of the late 1930s, and took part in
the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and the invasion of Rabaul
in the Southwest Pacific in January 1942. The following month her
aircraft participated in a combined carrier airstrike on Darwin,
Australia, during the Dutch East Indies campaign. She was sunk during
the Battle of Midway in 1942.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosa-class_battleship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
630:
Byzantine emperor Heraclius restored the True Cross to
Jerusalem.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Cross>
1556:
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer (pictured), one of the
founders of Anglicanism, was burnt at the stake in Oxford, England, for
heresy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer>
1871:
Founder of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck was proclaimed
as its first Chancellor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck>
1945:
World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully
defended the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the
Transdanubian Hills concluded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Transdanubian_Hills>
2002:
British schoolgirl Amanda Dowler was abducted on her way home
from Heathside School in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
itchy trigger finger:
(idiomatic) A tendency to act in haste or without consideration.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/itchy_trigger_finger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Is it so small a thing To have enjoy’d the sun, To have lived
light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done; To
have advanc’d true friends, and beat down baffling foes?
--Matthew Arnold
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold>
The 2001–02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season had the earliest
named storm since 1992. Eleven tropical storms, two more than average,
formed in the basin, which lies west of longitude 90°E and south of the
equator. Many storms formed in the north-east portion of the basin, and
several more originated around Australia. Tropical systems were present
during 73 days, 15 more than average. Tropical cyclones in this basin
are monitored by the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in
Réunion. The first storm was Andre, which emerged from the Australian
basin as Tropical Cyclone Alex in late October, before the conventional
storm season began. The strongest storm, Cyclone Hary (pictured), was
the first very intense tropical cyclone since 2000; it hit Madagascar,
where it caused lighter damage than expected but three deaths. In
January, Cyclone Dina left heavy damage in the Mascarene Islands,
particularly on Réunion, where it dropped 2,102 mm (82.8 in) of
rainfall. The final storm was Cyclone Kesiny, which killed 33 people
when it struck Madagascar amid a political crisis in May, after the
conventional storm season had ended.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_South-West_Indian_Ocean_cyclo…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
235:
Maximinus Thrax succeeded to the throne of the Roman Empire, the
first of the so-called barracks emperors who gained power by virtue of
his command of the army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximinus_Thrax>
1600:
Five advisers to Polish–Swedish king Sigismund III Vasa were
publicly executed, effectively ending his reign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping_Bloodbath>
1852:
Uncle Tom's Cabin by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe was
first published, profoundly affecting attitudes toward African Americans
and slavery in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin>
1923:
The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's
first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo
Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Club_of_Chicago>
1993:
The Troubles: The second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional
IRA in Warrington, England, killed two children.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bomb_attacks>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
forethoughtful:
Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forethoughtful>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live.
The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who knows when was the
Æquinox? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetick, which scarce
stands one moment.
--Thomas Browne
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Browne>
Brill railway station was the terminus of a small railway line in
Buckinghamshire, England, known as the Brill Tramway. Built and owned by
the 3rd Duke of Buckingham, it opened just north of Brill in 1872. As
the line was cheaply built and used poor quality locomotives, services
were slow, taking 1 hour 45 minutes to travel the six miles (10 km)
from Brill to the junction station with mainline services at Quainton
Road. Although little used by passengers, the station was important for
freight traffic, particularly shipping milk from the area's farms to
London. The Metropolitan Railway took over the line in 1899, and
upgraded it. In 1933 it became part of the London Underground as one of
the two north-western termini, despite being 45 miles (72 km) and over
two hours travelling time from London. The management of London
Transport aimed to reduce goods services, and it was felt that the line
to Brill was unlikely to become a viable passenger route. The line was
closed in 1935, and all buildings and infrastructure at Brill associated
with the railway were sold at auction. Most of the station
infrastructure was demolished, though three station cottages survive.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brill_railway_station>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1279:
Emperor Bing, the last emperor of the Song dynasty, died during
the Battle of Yamen, bringing the dynasty to an end after three
centuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_the_Song_dynasty>
1808:
Charles IV of Spain abdicated in favour of his son,
Ferdinand VII.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IV_of_Spain>
1915:
Pluto was photographed for the first time, 15 years before it
was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto>
1979:
The American cable television network C-SPAN, dedicated to
airing non-stop coverage of government proceedings and public affairs
programming, was launched.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-SPAN>
2011:
Libyan Civil War: The French Air Force launched Opération
Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Harmattan>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
vaguery:
1. (uncountable) Vagueness, the condition of being vague.
2. (countable) A vagueness, a thing which is vague, an example of
vagueness.
3. (countable, in the plural) An eggcorn for vagaries.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaguery>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe the preservation of our civil liberties to be the most
fundamental and important of all our governmental problems, because it
always has been with us and always will be with us and if we ever permit
those liberties to be destroyed, there will be nothing left in our
system worthy of preservation.
--Earl Warren
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Earl_Warren>
Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953) was a British Labour politician, trades
unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female
cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor, when she
was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31.
Bondfield was born in humble circumstances and received limited formal
education. Beginning as a shopworker in Brighton and London, she was an
active trades unionist and held union office from 1898. Bondfield helped
to found the Women's Labour League in 1906, and was chair of the Adult
Suffrage Society. She was a socialist rather than a suffragette, which
divided her from some factions in the women's movement. She was first
elected to parliament in 1923, and was a junior minister in the Labour
government of 1924. Her term in the cabinet was overshadowed by the
economic crises that beset the 1929–31 Labour ministry, and her
actions in office antagonised many in the Labour Party. She left
parliament in 1931, but continued in quiet public service until shortly
before her death.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bondfield>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1871:
French President Adolphe Thiers ordered the evacuation of Paris
after an uprising broke out as the result of France's defeat in the
Franco-Prussian War, leading to the establishment of the Paris Commune
government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune>
1892:
Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award for Canada's
top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup
(pictured), the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup>
1925:
The Tri-State Tornado spawned in Missouri, traveled over 219
miles (352 km) across Illinois and Indiana, and killed 695 along the
way, making it the tornado with the longest continuous track ever
recorded and the deadliest in U.S. history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_Tornado>
1985:
The first episode of the Australian soap opera Neighbours was
broadcast on the Seven Network, eventually becoming the longest running
drama in Australian television history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours>
2005:
As per a court order, the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo, an
American woman who suffered brain damage, was removed at the request of
her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on euthanasia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tribology:
(physics, engineering) The science and technology of friction,
lubrication, and wear.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tribology>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I do not think discursively. It is not so much that I arrive at
truth as that I take my start from it.
--Nikolai Berdyaev
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nikolai_Berdyaev>
Audie Murphy (1925–1971) was one of the most decorated American combat
soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for
valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards
for heroism. Coming from a poor sharecropping family of Irish descent in
Texas, he served in nine World War II campaigns, receiving the Medal of
Honor after single-handedly holding off an entire company of German
soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France. After the war, he
appeared in more than forty feature films, mostly westerns; his most
successful film was To Hell and Back (1955), based on his war memoirs.
During the Korean War, Murphy was commissioned as an officer in the 36th
Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard. Possessing a natural gift
for rhyme, he collaborated on numerous songs between 1962 and 1970. He
suffered from what would today be termed posttraumatic stress disorder,
and was plagued by money problems in the last few years of his life, but
refused offers to appear in alcohol and cigarette commercials to avoid
setting a bad example. Murphy died in a plane crash in Virginia, and was
interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1337:
Edward, the Black Prince was created Duke of Cornwall, the
first duchy in England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward,_the_Black_Prince>
1452:
Reconquista: The combined forces of Castile and Murcia defeated
the Emirate of Granada at the Battle of Los Alporchones around the city
of Lorca.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Alporchones>
1776:
American Revolutionary War: The British Army garrison in
Boston, Massachusetts, withdrew from the city, ending the 11‑month
Siege of Boston.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Boston>
1955:
Six thousand people in Montreal rioted to protest the
suspension of ice hockey star Maurice Richard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riot>
1985:
American serial killer Richard Ramirez (pictured), known as
"the Night Stalker", began a home invasion burglary and killing spree
that resulted in 13 deaths and 11 sexual assaults over the following
five months.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dudeen:
A short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dudeen>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Acceptance. Acceptance of the impermanence of being. And
acceptance of the imperfect nature of being, or possibly the perfect
nature of being, depending on how one looks at it. Acceptance that this
is not a rehearsal. That this is it.
--William Gibson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Gibson>
...And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by American heavy
metal band Metallica, released in 1988 by Elektra Records, and the first
to feature bassist Jason Newsted after the death of Cliff Burton in
1986. The album is musically progressive, with long and complex songs
and fast tempos. Producer Flemming Rasmussen was absent during the
mixing process, and the production has been criticized as "dry". The
lyrics feature themes of political and legal injustice seen through the
prisms of censorship, war, and nuclear brinkmanship. The album's front
cover features a representation of Lady Justice; the phrase "...And
Justice for All" appears spray-painted in the lower right corner.
Originally released on one vinyl disc, the album was quickly re-released
as a double album without additional tracks. The album was included in
The Village Voice 's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll of the year's
best albums, and the single "One" earned Metallica its first Grammy
Award for Best Metal Performance in 1990. The group's best-selling album
at the time and second best-selling ever, it was the first underground
metal album to achieve chart success in the US, shipping eight million
copies by 2003.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...And_Justice_for_All_(album)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1322:
Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas,
2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed
King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Boroughbridge>
1621:
Samoset became the first Native American to make contact with
the Pilgrims when he strolled straight through the middle of the
encampment at Plymouth Colony and greeted them in English.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoset>
1872:
In the first-ever final of the FA Cup, today the oldest
association football competition in the world, Wanderers F.C. defeated
Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_FA_Cup_Final>
1968:
Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed
civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South
Vietnam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre>
1984:
William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was
kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Francis_Buckley>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
damnify:
(law) To cause injuries or loss to.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/damnify>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Big Bang, the formation of stars and planets, the origin and
evolution of life on this planet, the advent of human consciousness and
the resultant evolution of cultures — this is the story, the one
story, that has the potential to unite us, because it happens to be
true.
--Ursula Goodenough
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ursula_Goodenough>
The Peru national football team has represented Peru in international
football since 1927. Organised by the Peruvian Football Federation, it
is one of ten members of FIFA's South American Football Confederation
(CONMEBOL), playing most home matches at the Estadio Nacional in Lima.
Peru took part in the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 and the 1936
Olympic football competition. Goalkeeper Juan Valdivieso and forwards
Teodoro Fernández and Alejandro Villanueva led the squad to wins in the
1938 Bolivarian Games and the 1939 Copa América. The team won the Copa
América in 1975 and qualified for three World Cups in the 1970s with
Hugo Sotil, defender Héctor Chumpitaz, and Teófilo Cubillas, the
player often regarded as Peru's greatest. Peru last qualified for the
World Cup in 1982 (team pictured). Players wear white shirts adorned
with a red diagonal stripe, Peru's national colours. This basic design
has been used continuously since 1936, and gives rise to the team's
common Spanish nickname, la Blanquirroja ("the white-and-red"). The team
has longstanding rivalries with Chile and Ecuador.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru_national_football_team>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
44 BC:
Dictator Julius Caesar of the Roman Republic was stabbed to
death (painting by Vincenzo Camuccini pictured) by Marcus Junius Brutus
and several other Roman senators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar>
1311:
The Catalan Company defeated Walter V, Count of Brienne in the
Battle of Halmyros and took control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader
state in Greece.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halmyros>
1875:
Archbishop of New York John McCloskey was named the first
cardinal in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCloskey>
1945:
World War II: The Soviet Red Army began the Upper Silesian
Offensive aimed at capturing the industrial and raw materials resources
located in Upper Silesia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Silesian_Offensive>
1990:
Iraqi authorities hanged freelance Iranian reporter Farzad
Bazoft for spying for Israel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farzad_Bazoft>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
enshrine:
1. (transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
2. (transitive) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine;
to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enshrine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Strive for perfection in everything we do. Take the best that
exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it. Accept
nothing nearly right or good enough.
--Henry Royce
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Royce>
Portrait of a Young Girl is a small oil-on-oak panel painting in the
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, by the Early Netherlandish painter Petrus
Christus. It was completed between 1465 and 1470, towards the end of the
artist's life, and marks a significant advance in the oeuvres of both
Christus and contemporary portraiture. The girl is set in an airy,
three-dimensional, realistic setting, confronting the viewer with an
expression that is reserved, but alert and intelligent. She reflects the
Gothic ideal of elongated facial features, narrow shoulders, tightly
pinned hair and an almost unnaturally long forehead. The painting is
widely regarded as one of the most exquisite Northern Renaissance
portraits. Art historian Joel Upton describes the sitter as resembling
"a polished pearl, almost opalescent, lying on a cushion of black
velvet." The panel builds on the work of the first generation Northern
Renaissance painters Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, and was
highly influential in the decades after its completion. Its appeal lies
in part in the intriguing stare, accentuated by the slight misalignment
of her eyes and asymmetry of her eyebrows.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_a_Young_Girl_(Christus)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1757:
British Royal Navy Admiral John Byng was court-martialled and
executed by firing squad when he failed to "do his utmost" during the
Battle of Minorca at the start of the Seven Years' War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng>
1794:
American inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, the
first ever machine that quickly and easily separated cotton fibers from
their seedpods.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin>
1915:
First World War: British forces cornered and sank the SMS
Dresden, the last remnant of the German East Asia Squadron, near the
Chilean island of Más a Tierra.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_M%C3%A1s_a_Tierra>
1945:
The British Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000
lb (9.98 t) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railroad viaduct in
Bielefeld, Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(bomb)>
1972:
Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for his
decision to translate and publish Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago
after it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, was killed in an
explosion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giangiacomo_Feltrinelli>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
annis Domini:
(of multiple years or of a date range) Taking place a specifed number of
years following the assumed birth of Jesus Christ.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/annis_Domini>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
He does love his numbers And they run, they run, they run him
In a great big circle In a circle of infinity 3.14159 26535897932 3846
264 338 3279...
--Kate Bush
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush>
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist. His
vivid plots, skill at scene-setting, and high profile as a lecturer on
literature brought him financial success and a large readership in the
UK and North America in the 1920s and 1930s, but his work has been
largely neglected since his death. Between 1909 and 1941 Walpole wrote
thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two original plays and
three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the
macabre, children's stories and historical fiction, most notably his
Herries Chronicle series, set in the English Lake District. During the
First World War he served in the Red Cross on the Russian–Austrian
front, and worked in British propaganda. He worked in Hollywood writing
scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s. Walpole
conducted a succession of intense but discreet relationships with other
men, and eventually settled down with a married policeman in the Lake
District. Having as a young man eagerly sought the support of
established authors, he was in his later years a generous sponsor of
many younger writers. He bequeathed a substantial legacy of paintings to
the Tate Gallery and other British institutions.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Walpole>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1697:
Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish
conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Guatemala>
1845:
German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, one of the
most popular and most frequently performed violin concertos of all time,
was first played in Leipzig.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Mendelssohn)>
1920:
The Kapp Putsch briefly ousted the Weimar Republic government
from Berlin.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapp_Putsch>
1988:
The Seikan Tunnel, the longest and deepest tunnel in the world,
opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikan_Tunnel>
2013:
Francis was elected pope, making him the first Jesuit, the
first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the
first non-European pope in over 1,000 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hamiform:
Curved at the extremity, shaped like a hook.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hamiform>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or
simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society
detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great
Time, the sacred time.
--Mircea Eliade
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade>
Tylopilus felleus is a fungus of the bolete family. Its distribution
includes east Asia, northern Europe, and eastern North America,
extending south into Mexico and Central America. A mycorrhizal species,
it grows in deciduous and coniferous woodland, often fruiting under
beech and oak. Its fruit bodies (mushrooms) have convex or flat caps
that are shades of brown, buff, or tan, and typically measure up to
15 cm (6 in) in diameter. The pore surface is initially white before
turning pinkish with age. Like most boletes it lacks a ring, and it may
be distinguished from Boletus edulis and other similar species by its
unusual pink pores and the prominent dark brown netlike pattern on its
stalk. French mycologist Pierre Bulliard described this species as
Boletus felleus in 1788 before it was transferred into the new genus
Tylopilus. It is the type species of Tylopilus, and the only member of
the genus found in Europe. Tylopilus felleus has bioactive compounds
that have been tested for antitumour and antibiotic properties. Although
not poisonous, it is generally considered too bitter to be edible.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus_felleus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
538:
Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ended his siege of Rome,
leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general,
Belisarius.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Rome_(537%E2%80%9338)>
1881:
Andrew Watson made his debut with the Scotland national
football team and became the world's first black international football
player.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Watson_(footballer)>
1930:
Gandhi (pictured with Sarojini Naidu) began the Salt March, a
24-day walk to defy the British tax on salt in colonial India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March>
1952:
British diplomat Hastings Ismay was appointed as the first
Secretary General of NATO.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Ismay>
1993:
The 1993 Storm of the Century formed over the Gulf of Mexico;
at its height its effects were directly experienced by nearly 40 percent
of the United States' population.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
zombie out:
(informal) Become like a zombie in being listless, vacant, and
unresponsive.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zombie_out>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I
thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a
friend. But I always thought that I'd see you again.
--James Taylor
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Taylor>