Fork-marked lemurs (the genus Phaner) are primates native to Madagascar.
Weighing around 350 grams (0.77 lb) or more, they are some of the
largest members of the family of dwarf and mouse lemurs in the suborder
Strepsirrhini. They have a dorsal forked stripe, dark rings around their
eyes, and large membranous ears. Like other members of their family,
they are nocturnal, and sleep in tree holes and nests during the day.
Males are very vocal, making repeated calls at the beginning and end of
the night. Monogamous pairing is typical; females are dominant, and are
thought to have only one offspring every two years or more. Fork-marked
lemurs run quadrupedally across branches in a wide variety of habitats,
ranging from dry deciduous forests to rainforests. Their diet consists
primarily of tree gum and other exudates, though they may obtain some of
their protein by hunting small arthropods later at night. Three of the
four species are endangered and the other is listed as vulnerable. Their
populations are in decline due to habitat destruction.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork-marked_lemur>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1492:
Members of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus reported
the sighting of unknown light on their way to Guanahani.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1492_light_sighting>
1531:
Swiss Reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli was killed in battle
when Catholic cantons attacked in response to a food blockade being
applied by his alliance.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli>
1942:
World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest
coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese
fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Esperance>
1987:
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Indian Peace Keeping Force began
Operation Pawan to take control of Jaffna from the Tamil Tigers to
enforce their disarmament as a part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pawan>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
surrey:
(historical) A light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats
accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a
motorized carriage of similar design.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/surrey>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us
to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not
have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
--Thích Nhất Hạnh
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh>
Paul Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904) was one of the dominant
political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and
President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900. He was the
face of the Boer cause against Britain during the Second Boer War of
1899–1902. As a child in the late 1830s, he took part in the Great
Trek of people migrating east, away from the British Cape Colony. He
witnessed the signing of the Sand River Convention with Britain in 1852
and over the next decade played a prominent role in the forging of the
South African Republic, leading its commandos and resolving disputes
between the rival Boer leaders and factions. After the South African
Republic was annexed by Britain as the Transvaal, he became the leading
figure in the movement to restore its independence, culminating in the
Boers' victory in the First Boer War of 1880–81 and Britain's
recognition of the republic as a fully independent state. During his
presidency, tensions with Britain increased as thousands of
predominantly British settlers arrived with the Witwatersrand Gold Rush.
His portrait is on the Krugerrand, a gold bullion coin still being
produced.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kruger>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1846:
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the
largest moon of the planet Neptune.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon)>
1897:
German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovered an improved way of
synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aspirin>
1911:
The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, marking
the beginning of the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the establishment
of the Republic of China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuchang_Uprising>
1967:
The Outer Space Treaty, a treaty that forms the basis of
international space law, entered into force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty>
1982:
Maximilian Kolbe, who had volunteered to die in place of a
stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland, was
canonized by the Catholic Church.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oofy:
(Britain, slang, dated) Having lots of oof (money); rich, wealthy.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oofy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is
about to set.
--Lin Yutang
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lin_Yutang>
DNA nanotechnology is the design and manufacture of technologically
useful macromolecules using nucleic acids, the building blocks of DNA.
In living cells, DNA is the carrier of genetic information. In the lab,
strands of nucleic acids can spontaneously bind to form strong, rigid
double helix structures with precisely controlled nanoscale features.
Two- and three-dimensional crystal lattices, nanotubes, polyhedra, and
various functional devices have been created. Tiles of nucleic acids can
be assembled into larger units. Artificial DNA structures have been used
to solve basic science problems in structural biology, biophysics and
X-ray crystallography, and have helped identify protein structures
through nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Potential applications
in molecular scale electronics and nanomedicine are being investigated.
The conceptual foundation for DNA nanotechnology was first laid out by
Nadrian Seeman in the early 1980s, and the field began to attract
widespread interest in the mid-2000s.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_nanotechnology>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1594:
Sinhalese–Portuguese War: Portugal had almost conquered the
island of Sri Lanka when its army was completely annihilated, ending the
Campaign of Danture.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_of_Danture>
1874:
The Universal Postal Union, then known as the General Postal
Union, was established with the signing of the Treaty of Bern to unify
disparate postal services and regulations so that international mail
could be exchanged freely.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union>
1942:
World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the
Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, avenging
the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_along_the_Matanikau>
2012:
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was gravely injured by a
Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai>
2016:
Militants attacked a border police post in Myanmar, triggering
a period of intense persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_persecution_in_Myanmar_(2016%E2%80%9…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oche:
(darts) A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when
throwing a dart.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oche>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You say you want a revolution, Well, you know, we all want to
change the world... But when you talk about destruction, Don't you know
that you can count me out.
--John Lennon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Lennon>
Underwater diving is the practice of descending below the water's
surface to interact with the environment. Humans are not biologically
adapted for deep diving, and must use special equipment to extend the
depth and duration of their dives. In ambient pressure diving, with
direct exposure to the pressure of the surrounding water, the diver can
use breathing apparatus for scuba diving or surface-supplied diving. For
repeated deep dives, divers can reduce the risk of decompression
sickness by living in a pressurized environment on the surface to
prevent pressurization and depressurization as they dive. Atmospheric
diving suits may be used to isolate the diver from high ambient
pressure. Diving activities are restricted to maximum depths of about 40
metres (130 ft) for recreational scuba diving, 530 metres (1,740 ft)
for commercial saturation diving, and 610 metres (2,000 ft) if
atmospheric suits are worn. The history of breath-hold diving goes back
at least to classical times, and there is evidence of prehistoric
hunting and gathering of seafoods that may have involved underwater
swimming.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_diving>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
American Civil War: The Battle of Perryville, one of the
bloodiest battles of the war, was fought in the Chaplin Hills west of
Perryville, Kentucky.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Perryville>
1897:
Composer Gustav Mahler was appointed the director of the Vienna
Court Opera.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler>
1952:
Three trains collided at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London
killing 112 people and injuring 340.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_and_Wealdstone_rail_crash>
1967:
Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara was
captured near La Higuera, Bolivia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara>
1998:
A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing
a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the
city's previous main airport at Fornebu.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Airport,_Fornebu>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
extremity:
1. The most extreme or furthest point of something.
2. An extreme measure.
3. A hand or foot.
4. A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or
wing”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extremity>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Bless the Maker and all His Water. Bless the coming and going of
Him, May His passing cleanse the world. May He keep the world for his
people.
--Dune
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dune>
No. 1 Wing was an Australian Flying Corps and Royal Australian Air
Force wing active during World War I and World War II. Established in
September 1917 as the 1st Training Wing, it commanded Australian pilot
training squadrons in England until April 1919, when it was disbanded.
It was re-formed as No. 1 Wing on 7 October 1942 as a fighter unit of
one British and two Australian flying squadrons equipped with
Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, and a mobile fighter sector headquarters.
The wing provided air defence to Darwin and several other key Allied
bases in northern Australia. During its first months at Darwin, its
fighters intercepted several air raids on Northern Australia by the
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force and Imperial Japanese Navy. Although
the wing was hampered by mechanical problems with its Spitfires and
suffered heavy losses in some engagements, it eventually downed a
greater number of Japanese aircraft than it lost in combat. The wing's
two Australian flying squadrons were replaced with British units in July
1944, and it was disbanded after the war.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._1_Wing_RAAF>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1513:
War of the League of Cambrai: A Venetian army under Bartolomeo
d'Alviano was decisively defeated by the Spanish army commanded by
Ramón de Cardona and Fernando d'Avalos.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_La_Motta_(1513)>
1780:
American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias
engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain>
1800:
The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to
capture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Surcouf>
1958:
Attempting to control the political instability in Pakistan,
President Iskander Mirza suspended the 1956 constitution, imposed
martial law, and dissolved the National Assembly.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskander_Mirza>
1985:
As a result of severe flooding in Puerto Rico, at least 130
people died as a result of the deadliest single landslide on record in
North America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Puerto_Rico_floods>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
squeeze box:
1. (caving) A box with an adjustable opening used by cavers to practise
crawling through tight spaces.
2. (veterinary medicine) A container that fits tightly around an animal to
immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/squeeze_box>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The belief of some governments that nuclear weapons are a
legitimate and essential source of security is not only misguided, but
also dangerous, for it incites proliferation and undermines disarmament.
All nations should reject these weapons completely — before they are
ever used again. This is a time of great global tension, when fiery
rhetoric could all too easily lead us, inexorably, to unspeakable
horror. The specter of nuclear conflict looms large once more. If ever
there were a moment for nations to declare their unequivocal opposition
to nuclear weapons, that moment is now.
--ICAN
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/International_Campaign_to_Abolish_Nuclear_Wea…>
Akhmad Bassah (flourished 1923–1930), known by his pen name Joehana,
was an author from the Dutch East Indies who wrote stories, articles,
and several novels in Sundanese. He worked for a time on the railroad
before becoming an author by 1923. His strong interest in social welfare
is evident in his novels. He has been classified as a realist owing to
his use of the names of actual locations and products in his works, as
well as the predominantly vernacular Sundanese in his novels, but
influences from traditional theatrical forms such as wayang and
literature such as pantun are also evident. Joehana's works cover a wide
range of themes, especially social criticism and modernization. Although
his writings were adapted to the stage and film, they received little
academic attention until the 1960s, and critical consensus since then
has been negative. Two of his works have been republished since the
1960s, and stage productions of his novel Rasiah nu Goreng Patut
continued into the 1980s.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joehana>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
69 BC:
Third Mithridatic War: Forces of the Roman Republic captured
the Armenian capital city Tigranakert.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tigranocerta>
1777:
American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of
General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, and
then dismantled the Hudson River Chain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Forts_Clinton_and_Montgomery>
1973:
Egypt, under the leadership of President Anwar Sadat, launched
Operation Badr in coordination with Syria, crossing the Suez Canal and
attacking the fortified Israeli Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom Kippur
War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Badr_(1973)>
1985:
Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in
the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Keith_Blakelock>
2000:
Denouncing corruption in the administration of Argentine
President Fernando de la Rúa and in the Senate, Vice President Carlos
Álvarez resigned from his office.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_%C3%81lvarez_(politician)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
subspecies:
1. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below species.
2. (taxonomy) A taxon at that rank, often indicated with trinomial
nomenclature (such as Felis silvestris silvestris in zoology and Pinus
nigra subsp. salzmannii in botany).
3. A subdivision of a species in other scientific disciplines.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subspecies>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Perhaps … I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make
the best of what remains of my day. After all, what can we ever gain in
forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned
out quite as we might have wished? The hard reality is, surely, that for
the likes of you and I, there is little choice other than to leave our
fate, ultimately, in the hands of those great gentlemen at the hub of
this world who employ our services. What is the point in worrying
oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control
the course one’s life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you
and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something
true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in
life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself,
whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment.
--Kazuo Ishiguro
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kazuo_Ishiguro>
Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864–1945) was a prelate of the Church of England
who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of
Canterbury (1928–1942). He was a parish priest in Leeds and
Portsmouth, and a suffragan Bishop of Stepney, before his surprise
appointment as Archbishop of York. A controversial speech in the House
of Lords in 1908, against the Lords' proposal to reject David Lloyd
George's 1909 "People's Budget", marked him as a radical, although he
soon discarded this reputation. After the First World War he promoted
church unity, and supported the failed attempt to revise the Book of
Common Prayer. As Archbishop of Canterbury during the 1930s Lang
condemned European fascism and anti-semitism. However, he later
supported the appeasement policies of the British government, as
necessary for the preservation of world peace. During the abdication
crisis of 1936, he took a strong moral stance, his public comments being
widely condemned as uncharitable towards the ex-king. After retiring in
1942 Lang considered himself a failure, believing he had achieved
little. Others have praised his qualities of industry, efficiency, and
commitment to his calling.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon_Lang>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
610:
Heraclius was crowned Byzantine Emperor, having personally
beheaded the previous emperor Phocas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius>
1869:
During construction of the Hennepin Island tunnel in St.
Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis), U.S., the Mississippi River broke
through the tunnel's limestone ceiling, nearly destroying Saint Anthony
Falls.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennepin_Island_tunnel>
1903:
Samuel Griffith became the first Chief Justice of Australia,
while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne
Justices of the High Court of Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Connor_(politician)>
1962:
Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._No_(film)>
2011:
Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch of the
Mekong River in the Golden Triangle area of Southeast Asia, and their
crews murdered.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_River_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
keen:
1. […] (transitive) To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
2. (transitive) To mourn.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keen>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order!
Putting things in order always means getting other people under your
control.
--Denis Diderot
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot>
The 2005 Azores subtropical storm was the nineteenth nameable storm of
that year's record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season. It developed on
October 4 in the eastern Atlantic Ocean out of a low-pressure area that
gained subtropical characteristics. Crossing over the Azores later that
day, it became extratropical again the following day. No damage or
fatalities were reported. The storm was not officially named by the US
National Hurricane Center as it was classified at the time as a non-
tropical low, partly due to its unusual location and wide wind field.
Months after the hurricane season, when the Center was performing its
annual review of the season and its named storms, forecasters Jack Beven
and Eric Blake identified a well-defined center convecting around a warm
core—the hallmark of a subtropical storm. After being absorbed into a
cold front, the system went on to become Hurricane Vince. Weakening to a
tropical depression, this storm became the first tropical system to make
landfall on the Iberian Peninsula since the 1842 Spain hurricane.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Azores_subtropical_storm>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1876:
Texas A&M; University opened as the first public institution of
higher education in the US state of Texas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University>
1917:
First World War: The British devastated the German defence in
the Battle of Broodseinde, which prompted a crisis among the German
commanders and caused a severe loss of morale in the German Fourth Army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Broodseinde>
1957:
Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1 (replica pictured), the first
artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched by an R-7 rocket
from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1>
2003:
A suicide bomber killed 21 people and injured more than 50
others inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa, Israel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_restaurant_suicide_bombing>
2010:
The dam holding a waste reservoir in western Hungary collapsed,
freeing 1 million cubic metres (1,300,000 cu yd) of red mud, which
flooded nearby communities and killed at least nine people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajka_alumina_plant_accident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pabulum:
1. Food or fodder, particularly that taken in by plants or animals.
2. Material that feeds a fire.
3. (figuratively) Food for thought.
4. (figuratively) Bland intellectual fare; an undemanding diet of words.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pabulum>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Yeah, it's over before you know it. It all goes by so fast. And
bad nights last forever And the good nights don't ever seem to last. And
man, we never had the real thing, But sometimes we used to kiss Back
when we didn't understand What we were caught up in. Wherever you are
tonight I wish you the best of everything, in the world, And I hope you
found Whatever you were looking for.
--Tom Petty
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Petty>
Confusion is a 1975 studio album by Nigerian Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti
(pictured) and his band. It was arranged, composed, and produced by
Kuti, who emphasized his African heritage and nationalism on the album.
Confusion is a commentary on post-colonial Lagos and its lack of
infrastructure and proper leadership. Kuti's pidgin English lyrics
depict difficult conditions in the city, including frenetic,
multilingual street markets and inextricable traffic jams at Lagos'
major intersections. Confusion is a one-song Afrobeat album with an
entirely instrumental first half featuring free form interplay between
Kuti's electric piano and Tony Allen's percussion. It leads to an
extended mid-tempo section with polyrhythms by Allen and tenor saxophone
by Kuti, who follows with call-and-response vocal passages. Since the
record's release by EMI, it has been praised by music critics, who found
it exemplary of Kuti's Afrobeat style and recommended it as a highlight
from his extensive catalog. In both 2000 and 2010, Confusion was
reissued and bundled with Kuti's 1973 Gentleman album.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confusion_(album)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
2333 BC:
According to Korean legend, Dangun, the "grandson of
heaven", established Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangun>
1952:
The United Kingdom successfully completed a nuclear test to
become the world's third nuclear power.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hurricane>
1963:
Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Honduran President Ramón
Villeda Morales in a violent coup and initiated two decades of military
rule.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1981:
The hunger strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at HM
Prison Maze in Belfast ended after seven months and ten deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike>
2008:
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, establishing
the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly referred to as a bailout of
the U.S. financial system, was enacted.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Männlein:
A little man; a dwarf, a mannikin.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/M%C3%A4nnlein>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to
bring the truth back.
--Gore Vidal
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal>
The 1926 World Series of Major League Baseball began on October 2 at
Yankee Stadium, pitting the St. Louis Cardinals against the New York
Yankees. The National League champion Cardinals defeated the American
League champion Yankees four games to three. This was the first World
Series appearance for the Cardinals, and the first of eleven World
Series championships in Cardinals history, while the Yankees were in
their fourth World Series in six years. In the Yankees' 10–5 Game 4
win, Babe Ruth hit three home runs, a World Series record that has been
equaled only four times since. According to newspaper reports, Ruth had
promised before the game that he would hit a home run and dedicate it to
a sickly boy named Johnny Sylvester. An alternative version of this
story, later portrayed in The Babe Ruth Story, claims that Ruth went to
Sylvester's hospital bed and made the promise in person. This story is
disputed by contemporary baseball historians, but it remains one of the
most famous anecdotes in baseball history.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_World_Series>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1263:
Scottish–Norwegian War: The armies of Norway and Scotland
fought at the Battle of Largs, an inconclusive engagement near the
present-day town of Largs in North Ayrshire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Largs>
1835:
Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales,
Texas, encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia in the Battle
of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gonzales>
1942:
Second World War: HMS Curacoa was accidentally rammed and sunk
by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from
submarine attacks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Curacoa_(D41)>
1992:
In response to a prison riot, military police stormed the
Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, killing at least 100
prisoners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carandiru_massacre>
1996:
A maintenance worker's failure to remove tape covering the
static ports of the aircraft caused Aeroperú Flight 603 to crash into
the ocean near Lima, Peru, due to instrument failure.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroper%C3%BA_Flight_603>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
drawing board:
1. A plane surface or table to which paper can be fastened for drawing
purposes.
2. (figuratively) The planning stage of a project.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drawing_board>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most
lives.
--Graham Greene
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Graham_Greene>