The Battle of Tassafaronga was fought on the night of November 30, 1942,
between US Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy warships near Tassafaronga
Point on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. Five cruisers and four
destroyers under the command of Rear Admiral Carleton H. Wright
(pictured) stalked eight Japanese destroyers under Rear Admiral Raizō
Tanaka that were en route to deliver food to their forces on the island.
Using radar, the US warships gained surprise, opened fire, and sank one
of the destroyers. Tanaka's ships reacted quickly, launching Type 93
"Long Lance" torpedoes that sank one US cruiser and heavily damaged
three others. The rest of Tanaka's force escaped without significant
additional damage, abandoning the intended supply mission. The battle
had little strategic impact, and the Japanese were unable to recapture
Guadalcanal from Allied forces.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1872:
The first international football match took place at Hamilton
Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Scotland_vs_England_football_match>
1982:
Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time,
was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_%28Michael_Jackson_album%29>
1993:
U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act into law, requiring purchasers of handguns to pass a
background check.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act>
2005:
John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the
first black person to serve as an archbishop in the Church of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sentamu>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
loch:
1. (Ireland, Scotland) A lake.
2. (Ireland, Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loch>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The citizen who thinks he sees that the commonwealth's political
clothes are worn out, and yet holds his peace and does not agitate for a
new suit, is disloyal; he is a traitor. That he may be the only one
who thinks he sees this decay, does not excuse him; it is his duty to
agitate anyway, and it is the duty of the others to vote him down if
they do not see the matter as he does.
--Mark Twain
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Twain>
New York State Route 308 is a 6.19-mile-long (9.96 km) state highway
within northern Dutchess County in New York State that connects U.S.
Route 9 and NY 9G. The western end of the highway is in the Rhinebeck
Village Historic District, a 2.6-square-mile (6.7 km2) area that
features 272 buildings in a variety of architectural styles. NY 308
passes near the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, several historical
landmarks, and the Landsman Kill River, a minor tributary of the Hudson
River. Around 1685, the Native American Sepasco Trail ran from the
Hudson eastward through modern-day Rhinebeck and ended at Lake Sepasco,
roughly following NY 308 and its side roads. The trail remained until
1802, when part of the Ulster and Delaware Turnpike was chartered over
it, extending from Salisbury, Connecticut, to the Susquehanna River at
or near the town of Jericho (now Bainbridge). NY 308 incorporates a
portion of the former turnpike.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_308>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1781:
The crew of the British slave ship Zong, running low on water,
began killing 133 African slaves by throwing them into the sea to claim
insurance.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zong_massacre>
1847:
Oregon missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, along with
about a dozen others, were killed by members of the Cayuse and Umatilla
tribes, sparking the Cayuse War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman_massacre>
1972:
Atari released Pong (screenshot pictured), one of the first
video games to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home
console markets.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong>
2012:
The United Nations General Assembly voted to accord non-member
observer state status to Palestine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_resolution_67…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bivious:
(rare) Having, or leading, two ways.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bivious>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What can you ever really know of other people's souls — of
their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the
whole creation you do know: and it is the only one whose fate is placed
in your hands. If there is a God, you are, in a sense, alone with Him.
You cannot put Him off with speculations about your next door neighbours
or memories of what you have read in books.
--C. S. Lewis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis>
Bulgaria is a country in Southeastern Europe. It borders Romania to the
north, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, Greece and
Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The semi-nomadic
Bulgars founded the first Bulgarian state in AD 681, which was
instrumental in the development and spread of the Cyrillic script. The
modern Bulgarian state was established following the Russo-Turkish War
of 1877–78 and obtained full independence in 1908. It transformed into
a Soviet-allied people's republic in 1946, but the fall of communism
paved the way for a transition into a parliamentary democracy in 1990.
Since joining the European Union in 2007, Bulgaria has improved its
Human Development Index. The country has an open market economy focused
on services. The biggest cities are Sofia (the capital), Plovdiv, Varna
and Burgas. The population, currently around seven million, has declined
significantly since 1988.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1895:
The first automobile race in the United States, the Chicago
Times-Herald race, was held in Chicago.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Times-Herald_race>
1912:
At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was
constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet
from the Ottoman Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_of_Vlor%C3%AB>
1943:
World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin (all
three pictured) met at the Tehran Conference to discuss war strategy
against the Axis powers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Conference>
2002:
Suicide bombers blew up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa,
Kenya, but their colleagues failed in their attempt to bring down an
Arkia Israel Airlines charter flight with surface-to-air-missiles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Mombasa_attacks>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Martian:
1. Of or relating to the planet Mars, or (science fiction) its imagined
inhabitants.
2. (astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet
Mars; aggressive, bellicose.
3. (obsolete) Pertaining to battle or war; martial, military.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Martian>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
While I complain of being able to glimpse no more than the shadow
of the past, I may be insensitive to reality as it is taking shape at
this very moment, since I have not reached the stage of development at
which I would be capable of perceiving it. A few hundred years hence, in
this same place, another traveller, as despairing as myself, will mourn
the disappearance of what I might have seen, but failed to see.
--Claude Lévi-Strauss
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Claude_L%C3%A9vi-Strauss>
Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by English-American rock
band the Jimi Hendrix Experience (pictured). Released in 1967, the LP
was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely
regarded as one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock music.
Featuring Jimi Hendrix's songwriting and electric guitar playing, the
album established a new direction in psychedelic and hard rock music.
Are You Experienced and its preceding singles were recorded between late
October 1966 and early April 1967. Released in the UK in May, the album
spent 33 weeks on the charts, peaking at number two. The US release,
issued in August, contained some of Hendrix's best-known songs,
including the Experience's first three singles: "Purple Haze", "Hey
Joe", and "The Wind Cries Mary". Both the US and UK versions included
"Foxy Lady". In 2005, Rolling Stone ranked Are You Experienced 15th on
its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Experienced>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1835:
James Pratt and John Smith became the last people executed in
England for sodomy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pratt_and_John_Smith>
1856:
King-Grand Duke William III unilaterally revised the
constitution of Luxembourg, greatly expanding his powers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Coup_of_1856>
1940:
The Iron Guard killed 64 political detainees at a penitentiary
near Bucharest and followed up with several high-profile assassinations,
including that of former Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga>
2001:
The Hubble Space Telescope detected sodium in the atmosphere of
the extrasolar planet HD 209458 b (artist's impression pictured), the
first planetary atmosphere outside our solar system to be measured.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_209458_b>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mirative:
1. (uncountable, grammar) A grammatical mood that expresses (surprise
at) unexpected revelations or new information.
2. (countable, grammar) (An instance of) a form of a word which conveys
this mood.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mirative>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if
it can awaken some little thing in their minds... Cause there are so
many sleeping people.
--Jimi Hendrix
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix>
Grasshoppers are insects in the suborder Caelifera, probably the oldest
living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early
Triassic around 250 million years ago. They are typically ground-
dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which enable them to escape
from threats by leaping vigorously. Defences against their many
predators include camouflage, flight, and brilliantly coloured wing-
flashes that can startle or distract an assailant. Some species have
warning coloration. Grasshoppers share the order Orthoptera with
crickets and their allies in the other suborder Ensifera. Some
grasshopper species can change colour and behaviour to form locust
swarms that can destroy crops and cause famine over wide areas. Even in
smaller numbers, the insects can be serious pests. They are used as food
in some countries, including Mexico and Indonesia. They feature in art,
symbolism and literature.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
The University of Notre Dame was founded by Rev. Edward Sorin,
of the Congregation of Holy Cross, as an all-male institution in South
Bend, Indiana, U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame>
1943:
Second World War: The British troop ship HMT Rohna was sunk in
the Mediterranean by a Luftwaffe bomb, killing more than 1,100 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMT_Rohna>
1983:
Six robbers broke into the Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow
Airport in London and stole three long tons (3,000 kilograms) of gold
bullion, much of which has never been recovered.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brink%27s-Mat_robbery>
2008:
A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across
Mumbai began, ultimately killing at least 174 people and wounding more
than 300 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
illustrious:
Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known, especially due to past
achievements or noble qualities.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illustrious>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The French Revolution liberated people from the power of the
aristocrats. But the bourgeoisie that took over represented the
exploitation of man by man, and had to be destroyed — as in the
Russian Revolution, which then degenerated into totalitarianism,
Stalinism, and genocide. The more you make revolutions, the worse it
gets. Man is driven by evil instincts that are often stronger than moral
laws … there is a higher order, but man can separate himself from it
because he is free — which is what we have done. We have lost the
sense of this higher order, and things will get worse and worse,
culminating perhaps in a nuclear holocaust — the destruction predicted
in the Apocalyptic texts. Only our apocalypse will be absurd and
ridiculous because it will not be related to any transcendence. Modern
man is a puppet, a jumping jack.
--Eugène Ionesco
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco>
Wiglaf (died 839) ruled the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 827 to
829 and again from 830 until his death. His ancestry is uncertain: the
820s were a period of dynastic conflict within Mercia, and the
genealogies of several of the kings of this time are unknown. He
succeeded Ludeca, who was killed campaigning against East Anglia.
Wiglaf's first reign coincided with the continued rise of the rival
kingdom of Wessex under Ecgberht. Ecgberht drove Wiglaf from the throne
in 829, and ruled Mercia directly for a year. Mercia never regained the
south-eastern kingdoms, but Berkshire and perhaps Essex came back into
Mercia's control. Although Wiglaf appears to have restored independence,
the recovery was short-lived, and later in the century Mercia was
divided between Wessex and the Vikings. Wiglaf died in about 839, and
was eventually succeeded by Beorhtwulf, though one tradition records his
son Wigmund as having reigned briefly. Wiglaf is buried at Repton, near
Derby (engraving of the crypt pictured).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_of_Mercia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1510:
Afonso de Albuquerque, the governor of Portuguese India, led an
armada to conquer the city of Goa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Goa>
1678:
Trunajaya rebellion: After a series of difficult marches, the
allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel
stronghold of Kediri in eastern Java.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kediri_campaign_%281678%29>
1917:
World War I: German troops invaded Portuguese East Africa in an
attempt to escape superior British forces to the north and resupply from
captured Portuguese materiel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ngomano>
1940:
The de Havilland Mosquito (examples pictured) and the Martin
B-26 Marauder, two of the most successful military aircraft in World
War II, both made their first flights.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_B-26_Marauder>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chatelaine:
1. (dated) The mistress of a castle or large household.
2. (historical) A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with
handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of
keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chatelaine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I must mend the ways of my mind. This is a very big place, and I
do not know how it works. I am a member of a fragile species, still new
to the earth, the youngest creatures of any scale, here only a few
moments as evolutionary time is measured, a juvenile species, a child of
a species. We are only tentatively set in place, error prone, at risk of
fumbling, in real danger at the moment of leaving behind only a thin
layer of of our fossils, radioactive at that.
--Lewis Thomas
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lewis_Thomas>
The SECR N class was a steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for
mixed-traffic duties on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) in
London and south-east England. This locomotive class, with two leading
wheels and no trailing wheels (2-6-0), was mechanically similar to the
SECR K class 2-6-4 passenger tank engine, also by Maunsell. Built at
Ashford Works and the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, between 1917 and 1934,
the N class was based on the GWR 4300 Class design, improved with
Midland Railway concepts. The class replaced obsolete 0-6-0s as part of
the SECR's fleet standardisation, using parts interchangeable with those
of other classes. Eighty N class locomotives were built in three
batches between the First and Second World Wars. They worked over most
of the Southern Railway network, and were used by the Southern Region of
British Railways until the last was withdrawn in 1966. One locomotive is
preserved on the Swanage Railway in Dorset, undergoing overhaul.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SECR_N_class>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
On the Origin of Species (title page pictured) by British
naturalist Charles Darwin was first published, and sold out its initial
print run on the first day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species>
1922:
Irish Civil War: Author and Irish nationalist Erskine Childers
was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying a semi-
automatic pistol.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Childers_%28author%29>
1943:
World War II: Following the American capture of Makin Atoll,
USS Liscome Bay was sunk by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-175,
killing 644.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liscome_Bay>
2012:
A fire at a clothing factory in the Ashulia district on the
outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 117 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Dhaka_fire>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
battue:
1. (uncountable, hunting, often attributively) A form of hunting in
which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes,
etc.
2. (countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/battue>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is before all things useful to men to associate their ways of
life, to bind themselves together with such bonds as they think most
fitted to gather them all into unity, and generally to do whatsoever
serves to strengthen friendship. But for this there is need of skill
and watchfulness. For men are diverse (seeing that those who live under
the guidance of reason are few), yet are they generally envious and more
prone to revenge than to sympathy. No small force of character is
therefore required to take everyone as he is, and to restrain one's self
from imitating the emotions of others. But those who carp at mankind,
and are more skilled in railing at vice than in instilling virtue, and
who break rather than strengthen men's dispositions, are hurtful both to
themselves and others.
--Ethics
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ethics_%28Spinoza%29>
Nico Ditch is a six-mile-long (9.7 km) linear earthwork between Ashton-
under-Lyne and Stretford in Greater Manchester, England. It was dug as a
defensive fortification, or possibly a boundary marker, between the 5th
and 11th centuries. The earliest documented reference to the ditch is in
a charter detailing the granting of land in Audenshaw to the monks of
the Kersal Cell. In the document, dating from 1190 to 1212, the
earthwork is referred to as "Mykelldiche", and a magnum fossatum, Latin
for "large ditch". Despite heavy weathering, it is still visible in
short sections, which can be 4–5 yards (3.7–4.6 m) wide and up to 5
feet (1.5 m) deep. A 330-yard (300 m) stretch through Denton Golf
Course and a section running through Platt Fields Park are considered
the best-preserved remains. In 1997, a segment of the ditch in Platt
Fields was protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The rest of the
ditch remains unprotected.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Ditch>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1867:
The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England, for
killing a police officer while helping two Irish nationalists escape
from police custody.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Martyrs>
1924:
The New York Times published evidence from Edwin Hubble that
stated the Andromeda Nebula, previously believed to be part of the Milky
Way, is actually another galaxy—one of many in the universe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble>
1996:
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked, then crashed into
the Indian Ocean near the Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125
of the 175 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961>
2012:
"Il Canto degli Italiani" officially became the national anthem
of Italy almost seventy years after it was provisionally chosen
following the birth of the Italian Republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
exiguity:
The quality of being meagre or scanty.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exiguity>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It isn't always easy to act on what's in your head instead of
what's in your heart. And it isn't always right to. The whole trick to
knowing what to do is deciding when to make yourself listen to your
head, and when it's okay to just follow your feelings.
--Steven Brust
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Brust>
"Triangle" is the third episode of the sixth season of the American
science fiction television series The X-Files. Written and directed by
series creator Chris Carter (pictured), it premiered on the Fox network
on November 22, 1998, with 18.20 million viewers. In this episode, FBI
special agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), who works on cases linked to
the paranormal along with Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), boards a
passenger liner in the Bermuda Triangle. Transported back in time to the
outbreak of World War II, he encounters German soldiers searching for a
superweapon called Thor's Hammer. Main and recurring cast members,
including Anderson, William B. Davis, Chris Owens, James Pickens Jr. and
Mitch Pileggi, play additional characters aboard the ship, distinct from
their regular characters. Inspired by the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film
Rope, many scenes were edited to appear as single takes. The episode
received generally positive reviews.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_%28The_X-Files%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1718:
The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party
of British sailors off the coast of North Carolina, ending his reign of
terror in the Caribbean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard>
1873:
The French steamship Ville du Havre collided with a Scottish
iron clipper in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of 226 lives.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ville_du_Havre>
1968:
The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly
known as "The White Album".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_%28album%29>
1988:
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force
was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale,
California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ariose:
(music) Melodic and song-like.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ariose>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Much time has passed since the first colonists came to rocky
shores and dark forests of an unknown continent, much time since
President Washington led a young people into the experience of
nationhood, much time since President Lincoln saw the American nation
through the ordeal of fraternal war — and in these years our
population, our plenty and our power have all grown apace. … Yet, as
our power has grown, so has our peril. Today we give our thanks, most of
all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers
— for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of
will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which
we must seek every day to emulate. As we express our gratitude, we must
never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to
live by them. Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Providence for
manifold blessings — let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals
— and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with
our fellow human beings throughout the world.
--John F. Kennedy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy>
Hurricane Irene was a long-lived tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic
hurricane season. After forming near Cape Verde on August 4, it crossed
the Atlantic, turned northward near Bermuda, and was absorbed by an
extratropical cyclone southeast of Newfoundland. Irene persisted for
14 days as a tropical system, longer than any other storm of the
2005 season. It was the ninth named storm and fourth hurricane of what
became the most active Atlantic hurricane season since record-keeping
began. Irene proved to be a difficult storm to forecast due to
oscillations in strength. After almost dissipating on August 10, it
peaked as a Category 2 hurricane on August 16. Because of uncertainty in
predicting the storm's track, there were initial fears of a landfall in
the United States, but Irene never approached land and caused no
recorded damage. One person died in Long Beach, New York, from swells up
to 8 feet (2.4 m) and strong rip currents.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irene_%282005%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1918:
Polish troops and civilians began a three-day pogrom against
Jews and Christians in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_pogrom_%281918%29>
1922:
Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the
United States Senate, albeit for only one day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Latimer_Felton>
1977:
"God Defend New Zealand" (audio featured) became New Zealand's
second national anthem, on equal standing with "God Save the Queen",
which had been the traditional anthem since 1840.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Defend_New_Zealand>
2012:
A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel,
injuring at least 28 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Tel_Aviv_bus_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
remora:
1. Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal
fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold
against the skin of larger marine animals.
2. (heraldry) A serpent.
3. (obsolete) A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
4. (obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts
in their places.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/remora>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
All mortals are equal; it is not their birth, But virtue itself
that makes the difference.
--Voltaire
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltaire>