Herman Vandenburg Ames (1865–1935) was an American legal historian,
educator, and document preservationist. He was a professor of
constitutional history at the University of Pennsylvania, and the dean
of its graduate school for more than two decades. As a doctoral student
at Harvard, he studied under the historian Albert Bushnell Hart. Like
Hart, Ames spent time in Europe learning German historical methodology;
drawing on his studies at the universities of Heidelberg and Leipzig, he
later helped establish government archives throughout the United States.
His 1897 monograph The Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the
United States During the First Century of Its History was the first
exhaustive catalog of such amendments. He also authored John C. Calhoun
and the Secession Movement of 1850 and Slavery and the Union
1845–1861, and coauthored The X.Y.Z. Letters. He has been credited
with stimulating his student Ezra Pound's lifelong interest in history.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Vandenburg_Ames>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1898:
White supremacists seized power in Wilmington, North Carolina,
in the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in
United States history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898>
1958:
Merchant Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond, the "most
famous diamond in the world", to the Smithsonian Institution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond>
1975:
The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379,
which equated Zionism with racism.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_33…>
2006:
Prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician and human rights lawyer
Nadarajah Raviraj was assassinated in Colombo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadarajah_Raviraj>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
heresiarch:
(religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent
of such a heresy.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heresiarch>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We all – adults and children, writers and readers – have an
obligation to daydream. We have an obligation to imagine. It is easy to
pretend that nobody can change anything, that we are in a world in which
society is huge and the individual is less than nothing: an atom in a
wall, a grain of rice in a rice field. But the truth is, individuals
change their world over and over, individuals make the future, and they
do it by imagining that things can be different.
--Neil Gaiman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman>
Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held
on November 9, 2008, in Orlando, Florida, produced by the American Total
Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It was the fourth event in the
Turning Point chronology and the eleventh in the 2008 TNA PPV schedule.
Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.
In the main event, Sting defeated A.J. Styles to retain the TNA World
Heavyweight Championship. Booker T (pictured earlier in 2008) fended off
Christian Cage to retain the TNA Legends Championship. Kevin Nash bested
Samoa Joe in a featured event, and Kurt Angle defeated Abyss in a Falls
Count Anywhere match. Turning Point had an attendance of 1,100 people
and, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, a PPV audience of
30,000. Bryan and Chris Sokol of the professional wrestling section of
the Canadian Online Explorer website rated the event 7 out of 10, up
from the 2007 event's rating of 6.5.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_%282008_wrestling%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1918:
The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted
the national flag (pictured) which is still used by the 21st-century
Republic of Azerbaijan, with minor modifications.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan>
1938:
Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed
and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and
Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of 30,000
men to concentration camps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht>
1967:
French comic book heroes Valérian and Laureline first appeared
in Pilote magazine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C3%A9rian_and_Laureline>
2016:
A tram derailed in Croydon, United Kingdom, killing seven
people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Croydon_tram_derailment>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
arrowroot:
1. (countable, uncountable) Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae
family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green
leaves about 15 centimeters long with white stripes.
2. (countable, uncountable) Usually preceded by an attributive word:
some other plant the rhizomes of which are used to prepare a substance
similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida
arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or
kudzu).
3. (uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an
arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arrowroot>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those worlds in space are as countless as all the grains of sand
on all the beaches of the earth. Each of those worlds is as real as ours
and every one of them is a succession of incidents, events, occurrences
which influence its future. Countless worlds, numberless moments, an
immensity of space and time. And our small planet at this moment, here
we face a critical branch point in history, what we do with our world,
right now, will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully
affect the destiny of our descendants, it is well within our power to
destroy our civilization and perhaps our species as well. If we
capitulate to superstition or greed or stupidity we could plunge our
world into a time of darkness deeper than the time between the collapse
of classical civilisation and the Italian Renaissance. But we are also
capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and
our wealth to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant
of this planet.
--Carl Sagan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan>
Nemegtomaia, a genus of feathered oviraptorid dinosaur, lived in what is
now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago.
The first specimen was found in the Nemegt Basin in 1996, and became the
basis of the new genus and species N. barsboldi in 2004, honouring the
palaeontologist Rinchen Barsbold. Two more specimens were found in 2007.
Nemegtomaia is estimated to have been around 2 m (7 ft) in length and
to have weighed 40 kg (88 lb). It had a deep, narrow, and short skull,
with an arched crest. It was toothless, with a short snout, a parrot-
like beak, and a pair of tooth-like projections on its palate. The first
of its three fingers bore a strong claw. One specimen was found on top
of a fossilised nest of eggs that were probably arranged in a ring, with
streams nearby, judging from stratigraphic data. This individual may
have been protecting its eggs by covering them with its tail and wing
feathers.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemegtomaia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1861:
American Civil War: The USS San Jacinto stopped the British
mailship Trent and arrested two Confederate envoys en route to Europe,
sparking a major diplomatic crisis between the United Kingdom and the
United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Affair>
1940:
The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek
units repulsed the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elaia%E2%80%93Kalamas>
1971:
English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album,
which would go on to be one of the best-selling albums worldwide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin_IV>
2016:
The Government of India announced the demonetisation of certain
banknotes, causing prolonged cash shortages in the weeks that followed
and significant disruption throughout the economy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
wendigo:
(mythology) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in
Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the
body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wendigo>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a
revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one
of us?
--Dorothy Day
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dorothy_Day>
"Déjà Vu" is a song by American singer Beyoncé (pictured) that
features vocals by rapper Jay-Z. It was produced by Rodney "Darkchild"
Jerkins and Beyoncé for her second solo album, B'Day (2006). An R&B;
song, it incorporates elements of 1970s funk and soul music, with bass
guitar, hi-hat, and French horns. In the lyrics, a woman is constantly
reminded of a past lover. The song was released as the album's lead
single to US radio stations in June 2006. It received mixed critical
reviews, with favorable comparisons to Tina Turner's vocal performances
of the 1980s. "Déjà Vu" was recognized as the Best Song of 2006 at the
MOBO Awards, and a club remix by the Freemasons received three
nominations for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 2007 Grammy
Awards. The song peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100
chart, at number one on the UK Singles Chart, and generally within the
top 20 in Europe. The accompanying music video was directed by Sophie
Muller.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0_Vu_%28Beyonc%C3%A9_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1811:
American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated the
forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing confederation at the Battle
of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe>
1949:
Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of
Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's
first offshore oil platform.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neft_Da%C5%9Flar%C4%B1>
1987:
Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, declaring him medically unfit for
the duties of the office.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Tunisian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
2000:
Hillary Clinton was elected as a Senator, becoming the first
First Lady to win public office in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
endmember:
1. A member at one end of a range or series made up of similar members.
2. (mineralogy, specifically) A mineral that occurs at one end in a
range of solid solutions.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endmember>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the
higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes
that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him
neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake
of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle
itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must
imagine Sisyphus happy.
--Albert Camus
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Camus>
The municipal election of November 6, 1951, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, produced the first Democratic victory in the city in more
than a half-century. In the 1940s, Philadelphia had been the last major
American city with nearly all of its political offices occupied by
Republicans. The election was the first held under a reform charter that
had been overwhelmingly approved by voters the previous April. Joseph S.
Clark Jr. (pictured) and his running mate, Richardson Dilworth, were
elected mayor and district attorney; they had been two of the main
movers for the reform. Led by local party chairman James A. Finnegan,
the Democrats also took fourteen of seventeen city council seats and all
of the citywide offices on the ballot. A referendum on consolidating the
city and county governments passed by a wide margin. The election marked
the beginning of Democratic dominance of Philadelphia city politics,
which continues today.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_municipal_election,_1951>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1868:
Red Cloud, a leader of the Oglala Lakota Native American tribe,
signed the second Treaty of Fort Laramie, ending his war and
establishing the Great Sioux Reservation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_%281868%29>
1935:
The Hawker Hurricane, the aircraft responsible for 60% of the
Royal Air Force's air victories in the Battle of Britain, made its first
flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane>
1939:
As part of their plan to eradicate the Polish intellectual
elite, the Gestapo arrested 184 professors, students and employees of
Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderaktion_Krakau>
1995:
Madagascar's Rova of Antananarivo, which served as the royal
palace from the 17th to 19th centuries, was destroyed by fire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rova_of_Antananarivo>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
audient:
Listening, paying attention.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/audient>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy, although I know well
the weaknesses of the democratic form of government. Social equality and
economic protection of the individual have always seemed to me the
important communal aims of the state. Although I am a typical loner in
daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of
those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice keeps me from feeling
isolated.
--Albert Einstein
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein>
Spiro Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States from 1969
until his resignation in 1973. A Republican, Agnew was born in Baltimore
to a US-born mother and a Greek immigrant father. He became a lawyer,
then held minor political offices before his election in 1962 as
Baltimore County Executive. In 1966, he was unexpectedly elected
Governor of Maryland, and was a surprise choice as Richard Nixon's
running mate at the 1968 Republican National Convention. Initially
regarded as a progressive, after his election, Agnew moved to the right,
appealing to conservatives who were wary of stances taken by Nixon, and
also gained their applause for attacking the news media for bias. He had
accepted kickbacks during his time in Maryland, and he was investigated
for corruption in 1973. He pleaded no contest to tax evasion and
resigned from office. Despite his fall he is regarded as a significant
contributor to the Republican Party's move to the right.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1757:
Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great
defeated the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman/Austrian Empire
at the Battle of Rossbach.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach>
1925:
Sidney Reilly, a "super-spy" who was one of the inspirations
for James Bond, was executed by the Soviet secret police.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Reilly>
1950:
Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in
preventing a Chinese break-through at Pakchon in the Battle of Pakchon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon>
2013:
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars
Orbiter Mission, the nation's first interplanetary probe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
recension:
1. A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.
2. A critical revision of a text.
3. A text established by critical revision.
4. A family of manuscripts which share similar traits; the variety of a
language which is used in such manuscripts.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recension>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is a mistake to think that the past is dead. Nothing that has
ever happened is quite without influence at this moment. The present is
merely the past rolled up and concentrated in this second of time. You,
too, are your past; often your face is your autobiography; you are what
you are because of what you have been; because of your heredity
stretching back into forgotten generations; because of every element of
environment that has affected you, every man or woman that has met you,
every book that you have read, every experience that you have had; all
these are accumulated in your memory, your body, your character, your
soul. So with a city, a country, and a race; it is its past, and cannot
be understood without it.
--Will Durant
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Will_Durant>
The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) is a bird in the sparrow
family with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on pure
white cheeks on both sexes. It is widespread in the towns and cities of
eastern Asia, but in Europe it is a bird of the lightly wooded open
countryside. It is not closely related to the American tree sparrow. Its
untidy nest is built within a natural cavity, a hole in a building, or
the large nest of a Eurasian magpie or white stork. It feeds mainly on
seeds, but invertebrates are also consumed, particularly during the
breeding season. Parasites, diseases and birds of prey take their toll,
and the typical life span is about two years. There have been large
declines in western European populations, in part due to increased use
of herbicides and a decline in winter stubble fields. The species has
long been depicted in Chinese and Japanese art, and has appeared on the
postage stamps of Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus, Belgium, Cambodia, the
Central African Republic, China, Estonia, The Gambia and Taiwan.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_tree_sparrow>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1890:
London's City and South London Railway (locomotive pictured),
the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially
opened, running a distance of 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of
London and Stockwell.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_South_London_Railway>
1960:
At the Kasakela chimpanzee community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall
observed a chimpanzee using a grass stalk to extract termites from a
termite hill, the first recorded case of tool use by animals.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasakela_chimpanzee_community>
2010:
In the first aviation occurrence for an Airbus A380, Qantas
Flight 32 suffered an uncontained engine failure and safely made an
emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport with no casualties.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_32>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cloud-headed:
Having one's head in the clouds: prone to daydreaming, or thinking
impractically.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud-headed>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Christ whose glory fills the skies,Christ, the true, the only
light,Sun of Righteousness, arise,Triumph o'er the shades of night;Day-
spring from on high, be near, Day-star in my heart appear.
--Augustus Toplady
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Augustus_Toplady>
Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards (2005) is a graphic novel
written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by the company Big Time Attic.
It tells a slightly fictionalized account of the Bone Wars, a period of
intense rivalry over the excavation of dinosaur fossils in the western
United States. The novel is the first semi-fictional work written by
Ottaviani; previously, he had taken no creative license with the
characters he depicted, portraying them strictly according to historical
sources. Bone Sharps follows two scientists, Othniel Charles Marsh and
Edward Drinker Cope (pictured), as they pursue their hotheaded and
sometimes illegal acquisitions of fossils. Along the way, they encounter
P. T. Barnum, Buffalo Bill, Alexander Graham Bell, Ulysses S. Grant, and
other figures of the Gilded Age. Upon release, the novel was praised by
critics for its historical content, although some reviewers were
disappointed by the fictional elements.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Sharps,_Cowboys,_and_Thunder_Lizards>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1812:
French invasion of Russia: As Napoleon's Grande Armée began
its retreat, its rear guard was defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vyazma>
1948:
The Chicago Daily Tribune published the erroneous headline
"Dewey Defeats Truman" in its early morning edition shortly after
incumbent U.S. President Harry S. Truman officially upset the heavily
favored Governor of New York Thomas Dewey in the presidential election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Defeats_Truman>
1954:
The first film featuring the giant monster known as Godzilla
was released (poster pictured) nationwide in Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla>
1996:
Abdullah Çatlı, a leader of the ultra-nationalist Grey
Wolves, was killed in a car crash near Susurluk, Balıkesir Province,
Turkey, sparking a scandal which exposed the depth of the state's
complicity in organized crime.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susurluk_scandal>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
amigurumi:
1. (uncountable, knitting) The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting
stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads.
2. (countable, knitting) Such a stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from
yarn.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amigurumi>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Political ideological systems are based on conceptions of the
natural life process. They may further or hinder the natural life
process. They themselves, however, do not function at the roots of the
social process. They may be democratic; in that case they further the
natural human life process. They may be authoritarian and dictatorial;
in that case they are its deadly enemy.
--Wilhelm Reich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich>
God of War: Ghost of Sparta is a third-person action-adventure video
game for the PlayStation Portable, first released on November 2, 2010.
Loosely based on Greek mythology, it is the sixth installment in the God
of War series and the fourth chronologically. The player controls
Kratos, a Spartan warrior who became the God of War. Haunted by visions
of his mortal past, he journeys to the Domain of Death to rescue his
brother Deimos, then teams up with him to battle the God of Death,
Thanatos. The gameplay focuses on combo-based combat and includes quick
time events that require the player to complete game controller actions
in a timed sequence to defeat stronger enemies. The game also features
magical attacks, puzzles, and platforming elements. Critics praised its
story, gameplay, and graphics, and the game won awards at the 2010
Electronic Entertainment Expo and the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards. By
June 2012, it had sold nearly 1.2 million copies worldwide. A remastered
version was released for the PlayStation 3, included in the 2011 and
2012 God of War video game collections.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_War:_Ghost_of_Sparta>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1917:
British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued a declaration
proclaiming British support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland
in Palestine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration>
1943:
World War II: A U.S. Navy task force was able to turn away an
Imperial Japanese Navy fleet in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus
protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Empress_Augusta_Bay>
1990:
Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting merged to
form BSkyB, currently the largest pay-TV broadcaster in Europe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_plc>
2000:
Aboard Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and
Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured)
became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space
Station.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_1>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
homily:
1. A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
2. A moralizing lecture.
3. A platitude.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/homily>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I was suddenly arrested by what seemed to be an awful voice
proclaiming the words, "Eternity! Eternity! Eternity!" It reached my
very soul — my whole man shook — it brought me like Saul to the
ground. The great depravity and sinfulness of my heart were set before
me, and the gulf of everlasting destruction to which I was verging. I
was made to bitterly cry out, "If there is no God — doubtless there is
a hell." I found myself in the midst of it.
--Stephen Grellet
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Grellet>
Interstate 75 in Michigan is a part of the Interstate Highway System
that runs 396 miles (637 km) generally northward from Ohio to the
Canadian border in Sault Ste. Marie. It passes near Lake Erie and
through Detroit, Pontiac and Bay City, Michigan, crossing the Mackinac
Bridge (pictured) in the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and
Lake Huron. Within the state, the Interstate shares parts of its route
with circle tours around four of the five Great Lakes, and spawns four
auxiliary Interstates. Native American trails spanned the state along
the general path of the modern freeway; after statehood, several of
these were converted into plank roads that later became some of the
first state highways. Interstate construction in Michigan started in
1957, signs went up in 1959, and the last section was opened on November
1, 1973. South of Michigan, Interstate 75 continues for 1,391 miles
(2,239 km), terminating in Miami, Florida.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_75_in_Michigan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1611:
The first recorded performance of William Shakespeare's play
The Tempest was held at the Palace of Whitehall in London, exactly seven
years after the first certainly known performance of his tragedy Othello
was held in the same building.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othello>
1914:
World War I: The first contingent of the First Australian
Imperial Force departed Albany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force>
1956:
The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were
formally created under the States Reorganisation Act.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka>
1968:
The voluntary Motion Picture Association of America film rating
system came into effect, affecting films released in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America_film_ra…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Indian summer:
1. A stretch of sunny and warm, often hazy, days during late autumn.
2. (figuratively) The late autumn of life; a late flowering of activity
before old age.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Indian_summer>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We belong to the Society of Friends, a community of love, a
family of persons. In so far as we are not just another
“denomination,” we know also that the salvation of our age is in our
keeping; that is, that it lies in the divine-human society which is
"rooted and grounded in love." This is the unity which alone can make
one world out of "one world", and not one nightmare, one hell, one
burned-out cinder. We know also and in a way we respond to the fact that
we have a mission, we are "called to be saints".
--A. J. Muste
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A._J._Muste>