The More Hall Annex was a nuclear research building on the campus of the
University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Built in 1961, it
housed a small research reactor until June 30, 1988, operating at a peak
of 100 kilowatts thermal (kWt), and was decommissioned in 2007. The
building was designed in the Brutalist architectural style by UW faculty
members, using reinforced concrete walls. Large windows overlooking the
reactor room allowed observation from the outside, in an attempt to
demonstrate the safety of nuclear energy. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 2009, after a campaign led by an
architecture student in response to a demolition proposal from the
university. Despite a lawsuit from preservation groups and the City of
Seattle, the university began demolition of the building in July 2016.
It will be replaced by a new computer science building that is expected
to open in 2019.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Hall_Annex>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1559:
During a jousting match, King Henry II of France was mortally
wounded when fragments of the splintered lance of Gabriel Montgomery
pierced his eye.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France>
1859:
French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge on a
tightrope, making him one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Blondin>
1894:
London's Tower Bridge, a combined bascule and suspension bridge
over the River Thames, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge>
1960:
The Belgian Congo received its independence from colonial rule,
beginning a period of instability that ended in the dictatorship of
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu in 1965.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis>
1985:
Ryan White was denied re-admittance to his school due to HIV he
had contracted during treatments for hemophilia; his legal battle made
him a poster child for the disease in the U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_White>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pulse-pounding:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pulse-pounding>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Someone will read as moral That the people of Rome or Warsaw
Haggle, laugh, make love As they pass by martyrs' pyres. Someone else
will read Of the passing of things human, Of the oblivion Born before
the flames have died. But that day I thought only Of the loneliness
of the dying, Of how, when Giordano Climbed to his burning There were
no words In any human tongue To be left for mankind, Mankind who live
on.
--Czesław Miłosz
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_Mi%C5%82osz>
Ice drilling allows scientists studying glaciers and ice sheets to gain
access beneath the ice, to take measurements along its interior, and to
retrieve samples. Instruments in the bored holes can record temperature,
pressure, speed, and direction of ice movement. Many different methods
have been used since 1840, when the first scientific ice drilling
expedition attempted to bore through the Unteraargletscher in the Alps.
Two early methods were percussion, in which the ice is fractured and
pulverized, and rotary drilling, a method often used in mineral
exploration for rock drilling. In the 1940s, thermal drills that melt
ice were developed, and jets of hot water or steam to bore through ice
soon followed. A growing interest in ice cores, used for
paleoclimatological research, led to the development of ice coring
drills in the 1950s and 1960s, and there are now many different coring
drills in use.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_drilling>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1149:
Second Crusade: An army led by Nur ad-Din Zangi destroyed the
forces of Antioch led by Prince Raymond.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inab>
1659:
Russo-Polish War: The hetman of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky and his
allies defeated the armies of Russian Tsardom led by Aleksey Trubetskoy
at the Battle of Konotop in the present-day Sumy Oblast of Ukraine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Konotop>
1914:
During the second day of the anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo
(aftermath pictured), numerous buildings owned by ethnic Serbs were
vandalized and looted.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Serb_riots_in_Sarajevo>
1950:
In one of the greatest upsets in tournament history, the United
States defeated England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v_England_(1950_FIFA_World_Cup)>
1985:
The European Economic Community adopted the Flag of Europe, a
flag previously adopted by the Council of Europe in 1955.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Europe>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
abiogenesis:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abiogenesis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame
at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride
in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's
stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.
--Antoine de Saint Exupéry
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint_Exup%C3%A9ry>
The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. is a 1981 literary and
philosophical novella by George Steiner (pictured). The story is about
Jewish Nazi hunters who find a fictional Adolf Hitler (A.H.) alive in
the Amazon jungle thirty years after the end of World War II. The book
was controversial, particularly among reviewers and Jewish scholars,
because the author allows Hitler to defend himself when he is put on
trial in the jungle by his captors. There Hitler maintains that Israel
owes its existence to the Holocaust and that he is the "benefactor of
the Jews". A central theme of The Portage is the nature of language, and
revolves around Steiner's lifelong work on the subject and his
fascination in the power and terror of human speech. Other themes
include the philosophical and moral analysis of history, justice, guilt
and revenge. Despite the controversy, it was a 1983 finalist in the
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It was adapted for the theatre by
British playwright Christopher Hampton.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portage_to_San_Cristobal_of_A.H.>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
American Revolutionary War: South Carolina militia repelled a
British attack on Charleston.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sullivan%27s_Island>
1841:
Giselle (Anna Pavlova pictured in the title role), a ballet by
French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de
l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giselle>
1911:
The first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on
Mars fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhla_meteorite>
1978:
In Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, the U.S. Supreme
Court barred quota systems in college admissions but declared that
affirmative action programs giving advantage to minorities are
constitutional.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_Univ._of_Cal._v._Bakke>
2016:
Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people
and injuring more than 230 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Atat%C3%BCrk_Airport_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
stonewall:
1. (intransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate,
especially in supplying information.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stonewall>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.
--Jean-Jacques Rousseau
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau>
Monroe Edwards (1808–1847) was an American slave trader who was
convicted of forgery after a well-publicized trial in 1842. Originally
from Kentucky, Edwards moved to New Orleans, then settled in Texas. He
smuggled slaves into Brazil in 1832 and into Texas in 1836. After a
swindle, he was forced to flee the Republic of Texas to the United
States. He tried to scam money out of various abolitionists in the
United States and the United Kingdom, partly with forged letters of
introduction. He then forged letters from cotton brokers in New Orleans,
which he used to secure bank drafts for large sums. His fabrications
caught up with him and he was arrested and tried. Convicted partly
because his distinctive good looks made him memorable and easily
recognizable, and partly from repetitive spelling errors in his
forgeries, Edwards was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and died while
incarcerated. He is mentioned in Herman Melville's 1853 short story
"Bartleby, the Scrivener".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Edwards>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
678:
Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Roman
Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his pontificate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Agatho>
1899:
A. E. J. Collins scored 628 runs not out, the highest-ever
recorded score in cricket until 2016.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._J._Collins>
1954:
The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant was connected to the electrical
grid, becoming the world's first nuclear power plant to produce
electricity industrially.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obninsk_Nuclear_Power_Plant>
1994:
Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult released sarin gas in
Matsumoto, Japan, killing 8 and injuring over 500 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumoto_sarin_attack>
2008:
Robert Mugabe was re-elected as President of Zimbabwe with an
overwhelming majority after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew a
week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_general_election,_2008>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
latter-day:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/latter-day>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and
purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another, This
conception is a potent menace to social regeneration. All human
experience teaches that methods and means cannot be separated from the
ultimate aim. The means employed become, through individual habit and
social practice, part and parcel of the final purpose; they influence
it, modify it, and presently the aims and means become identical.
--Emma Goldman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman>
C. R. M. F. Cruttwell (1887–1941) was a British historian and academic
who served as principal of Hertford College, Oxford (pictured). The
author of A History of the Great War, 1914–18, he specialised in
modern European history. In 1912 he became a lecturer in history at
Hertford. His academic career was interrupted by war service during
which he suffered severe wounds. He became dean of Hertford in 1919, and
its principal in 1930. He served as a Justice of the Peace in Hampshire,
where he had a country home, and stood unsuccessfully for the
university's parliamentary seat in the 1935 general election,
representing the Conservative party. The novelist Evelyn Waugh showed
his distaste for Cruttwell, his former tutor, by repeatedly using the
name in his early novels and stories to depict a sequence of unsavoury
or ridiculous characters. This vendetta may have contributed to
Cruttwell's eventual mental breakdown.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._R._M._F._Cruttwell>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1295:
Przemysł II was crowned King of Poland, the first coronation
of a Polish ruler in 219 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przemys%C5%82_II>
1848:
French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising, in which
workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Days_uprising>
1918:
World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne
River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest
of German troops.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood>
1945:
At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations
signed a charter establishing the United Nations.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations>
2015:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that the
right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by the 14th Amendment.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
moiety:
1. A share or portion, especially a smaller share.
2. (anthropology) Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly
into two descent groups.
3. (chemistry) A specific segment of a molecule.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moiety>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Religion, mysticism and magic all spring from the same basic
"feeling" about the universe: a sudden feeling of meaning, which human
beings sometimes "pick up" accidentally, as your radio might pick up
some unknown station. Poets feel that we are cut off from meaning by a
thick, lead wall, and that sometimes for no reason we can understand the
wall seems to vanish and we are suddenly overwhelmed with a sense of the
infinite interestingness of things.
--Colin Wilson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Colin_Wilson>
The Russulaceae are a diverse family of fungi in the order Russulales,
with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They
include the genus Russula and the milk-cap mushrooms, some of which are
edible. Russulaceae have gilled mushrooms characterised by brittle
flesh. In addition to these typical agaricoid forms, the family contains
species with fruitbodies that are laterally stiped (pleurotoid), closed
(secotioid or gasteroid), or crust-like (corticioid). Molecular
phylogenetics has demonstrated close affinities between species with
very different fruitbody types and has discovered new, distinct
lineages. An important group of root-symbiotic Russulaceae fungi in
forests and shrublands around the world includes Lactifluus, Multifurca,
Russula, and Lactarius. The crust-forming genera Boidinia,
Gloeopeniophorella, and Pseudoxenasma, all wood-decay fungi, have basal
positions in the family.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russulaceae>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1658:
Anglo-Spanish War: English colonial forces repelled a Spanish
attack in the largest battle ever fought on the island of Jamaica.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_Nuevo>
1940:
World War II: The evacuation of nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers
from French ports was completed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aerial>
1967:
More than an estimated 400 million people viewed Our World, the
first live international satellite television production.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(TV_special)>
1978:
The rainbow flag (most common version pictured) representing
gay pride first flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT_movement)>
2013:
In response to a Freedom of Information request, the CIA
admitted the existence of Area 51, the secretive military airfield in
Nevada that has become a focus of various UFO and conspiracy theories.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
today is a good day to die:
1. An expression indicating that one should not live with any regrets, or
tasks left undone.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/today_is_a_good_day_to_die>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I
realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize
how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go,
how much more there is to learn. Maybe that's enlightenment enough —
to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of
smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small
I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.
--Anthony Bourdain
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain>
The small-toothed sportive lemur is a primate species in the family
Lepilemuridae that—like all lemurs—is endemic to Madagascar. The
species lives in dense rainforest in southeastern Madagascar, and can be
found in two national parks, Ranomafana and Andringitra. Described in
1894, it is difficult to visually distinguish from the weasel sportive
lemur. Phylogenetic studies support its species status and suggest that
it is the only eastern Malagasy sportive lemur that is more closely
related to western than to other eastern species. It weighs between 0.9
and 1.2 kg (2.0 and 2.6 lb) and measures 55 to 64 cm (22 to 25 in)
from head to tail. Its fur is mostly reddish-brown or chestnut color,
with a dark stripe running from its head down its back. Its underside
and neck are lighter in color. Like other sportive lemurs, it is
nocturnal, sleeping in concealed tangles of vegetation and tree holes.
It is solitary and eats leaves, fruits, and flowers.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-toothed_sportive_lemur>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1340:
Hundred Years' War: The English fleet commanded by Edward III
almost totally destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Sluys.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sluys>
1571:
Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi established a
council to govern the city of Manila (Manila Cathedral pictured), now
the capital of the Philippines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila>
1943:
An attempt by white U.S. Army military police to arrest black
servicemen at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England, turned into a firefight,
leaving one dead and seven injured.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge>
1973:
A fire of unknown origin broke out at the UpStairs Lounge, a
gay bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., causing 32 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UpStairs_Lounge_arson_attack>
2010:
Julia Gillard assumed office as the first female Prime Minister
of Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Exhibit A:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exhibit_A>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When, O crowned Jesus; when, O loving Saviour; when, O patient
and just Judge — when wilt Thou come forth from Thy hiding, and change
tears to smiles, and groans to joys? When shall that choral song burst
forth, sweeping through the air, and circling about Thy throne, which
shall proclaim the redemption of the world to the Lord God?
--Henry Ward Beecher
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Ward_Beecher>
The equestrian statue of Edward Horner stands inside St Andrew's Church
in the village of Mells in Somerset, south-western England. The
sculpture was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and executed
by the equestrian painter and war artist Alfred Munnings. It is a
memorial to Edward Horner, who died of wounds in the First World War.
Edward Horner was the only surviving son and heir of Sir John and Lady
Frances Horner of Mells Manor and a member of an extended upper-class
social group known as the Coterie, many of whom were killed in the war.
Lutyens was a friend of the Horner family, having designed buildings and
structures for them since the beginning of the 20th century. For
Horner's memorial, Lutyens designed the plinth himself, and engaged
Munnings for the latter's first public work of sculpture. The statue is
a bronze of a cavalry officer on horseback, bare-headed, with his helmet
and sword on the horse's saddle.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Edward_Horner>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1280:
Reconquista: Troops of the Emirate of Granada defeated those of
the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of León in the Battle of
Moclín.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mocl%C3%ADn_(1280)>
1594:
Anglo-Spanish War: During the Action of Faial, an English
attempt to capture a Portuguese carrack, reputedly one of the richest
ever to set sail from the Indies, caused it to explode with all the
treasure lost.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_Faial>
1894:
Led by French historian Pierre de Coubertin, an international
congress at the Sorbonne in Paris founded the International Olympic
Committee to reinstate the ancient Olympic Games.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin>
1982:
Chinese American Vincent Chin died after being beaten into a
coma in Highland Park, Michigan, U.S., by two automotive workers who
were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Vincent_Chin>
2013:
A group of militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering
base camp in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and killed 11 people; 10
climbers and one local guide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Nanga_Parbat_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
catheter:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catheter>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through
honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am
grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have
helped guide this extraordinary nation’s destiny. I leave this life
with no regrets. It was a wonderful life — full and complete with the
great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to
leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I
intended.
--Charles Krauthammer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer>
Dilophosaurus was one of the earliest large predatory dinosaurs, living
in what is now North America during the Early Jurassic, about
193 million years ago. The genus name means "two-crested lizard". It
was smaller than some later theropods, about 7 meters (23 ft) in
length, with a weight of about 400 kilograms (880 lb). It had a pair of
plate-shaped crests on its skull, and the upper jaw had a gap below the
nostril. The teeth were long, curved, and thin. The arms were powerful,
and the hands had four fingers. Dilophosaurus was active and bipedal,
and may have hunted large animals, though it could also have fed on
smaller animals and fish. The function of the crests is unknown; they
were too weak for battle, but may have been used in visual display.
Dilophosaurus was featured in the movie Jurassic Park, in which it was
given the fictional abilities to spit venom and expand a cowl on its
neck. It has been designated as the state dinosaur of Connecticut.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilophosaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1593:
Ottoman forces were crushingly defeated by the Habsburgs at
Sisak (now in Croatia), triggering the Long War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sisak>
1813:
War of 1812: After learning of a forthcoming American attack,
Laura Secord set out on a 30 km (19 mi) journey from Queenston,
Ontario, Upper Canada, on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Secord>
1948:
Over 800 West Indian immigrants disembarked the British
troopship HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury, England, becoming known as
the "Windrush generation".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMT_Empire_Windrush>
1986:
Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored both the "Hand of
God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the
quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_v_England_(1986_FIFA_World_Cup)>
2002:
An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw struck a region of northwestern
Iran, killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others, and
eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official
response.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bou%27in-Zahra_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fiendishly:
1. Extremely, very.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fiendishly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One sole God; One sole ruler, — his Law; One sole interpreter
of that law — Humanity.
--Giuseppe Mazzini
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Mazzini>
Two Andrea Doria-class dreadnought battleships were built for the Royal
Italian Navy. Completed during World War I, Andrea Doria (pictured) and
Caio Duilio displayed incremental improvements over the preceding Conte
di Cavour class. Like the earlier ships, they were armed with a main
battery of thirteen 305-millimeter (12.0 in) guns. The two ships were
based in southern Italy during World War I to help contain the Austro-
Hungarian Navy surface fleet in the Adriatic, but neither vessel saw
combat during the conflict. After the war, they cruised the
Mediterranean and were involved in several international incidents,
including at Corfu in 1923. In 1940, when Italy was engaged in World War
II, they were moored when the British launched a carrier strike on the
Italian fleet. In the resulting Battle of Taranto, Caio Duilio was hit
by a torpedo and forced to beach to avoid sinking.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Doria-class_battleship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1734:
A black slave known as Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been
convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of Montreal, was
tortured and then hanged in New France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Joseph_Ang%C3%A9lique>
1854:
Crimean War: During the first Battle of Bomarsund, Irish sailor
Charles Davis Lucas threw an artillery shell off his ship before it
exploded, earning him the first Victoria Cross.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Lucas>
1898:
In a bloodless event during the Spanish–American War, the
United States captured Guam from Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Guam>
1948:
The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first
stored-program computer, ran its first computer program.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Baby>
1963:
Italian cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was elected as Pope
Paul VI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
melomaniac:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/melomaniac>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
My personal attitude toward atheists is the same attitude that I
have toward Christians, and would be governed by a very orthodox text:
"By their fruits shall ye know them." I wouldn't judge a man by the
presuppositions of his life, but only by the fruits of his life. And the
fruits — the relevant fruits — are, I'd say, a sense of charity, a
sense of proportion, a sense of justice. And whether the man is an
atheist or a Christian, I would judge him by his fruits, and I have
therefore many agnostic friends.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr>