James B. Longacre (August 11, 1794 – January 1, 1869) was the Chief
Engraver of the United States Mint (1844–1869). He was born in
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, becoming an apprentice in an engraving
firm. He portrayed some of the leading men of his day in illustrations;
support from some, such as John C. Calhoun, led to his federal
appointment. In Longacre's first years, the Philadelphia Mint was
dominated by Director Robert M. Patterson and Chief Coiner Franklin
Peale, who resented Longacre's appointment. Peale and Patterson nearly
got Longacre fired, but the chief engraver convinced Treasury Secretary
William M. Meredith that he should be retained. In 1856, Longacre
designed the Flying Eagle cent, but the coin proved difficult to strike,
leading to the Indian Head cent three years later. He died in 1869,
succeeded by William Barber. Longacre's coins are generally well-
regarded today, though sometimes criticized for lack of artistic
advancement.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Longacre>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1492:
The first papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel elected
Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Pope Innocent VIII.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_conclave,_1492>
1952:
King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to health
reasons and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan>
1973:
At a party in the recreation room of a New York City apartment
building, DJ Kool Herc began rapping during an extended break, laying
the foundation for hip-hop music.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool_Herc>
2012:
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a
pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_East_Azerbaijan_earthquakes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
whip-smart:
(Canada, US, informal) Very intelligent.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whip-smart>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The very serpents bite their tails; the bees forget to sting,
For a language so celestial setteth up a wondering. And the touch of
absent mindedness is more than any line, Since direction counts for
nothing when the gods set up a sign.
--Nathalia Crane
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nathalia_Crane>
Bill McCann (1892–1957) was a decorated soldier of World War I, a
barrister, and a prominent figure in the military and ex-service
community of South Australia during the interwar period. He enlisted in
the Australian Imperial Force as a private in 1914, and rose through the
ranks to be commissioned during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. In
1916–1918 he fought on the Western Front in France and Belgium, was
wounded twice, and rose to the rank of major. For his gallantry on 10
August 1918 at Crépey Wood, he was made a Companion of the
Distinguished Service Order. Returning home, McCann became a barrister,
and was active in returned servicemen's organisations. He was state
prices commissioner and deputy Commonwealth prices commissioner from
1938 to 1954. In recognition of his work with the ex-service community,
McCann was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in
1935, and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1956.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_McCann>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1793:
The Louvre (Louvre Pyramid pictured), today the world's most
visited museum, officially opened in Paris with an exhibition of 537
paintings and 184 objets d'art.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre>
1897:
German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovered an improved way of
synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aspirin>
1953:
First Indochina War: The French Union withdrew its forces from
Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central modern-day Vietnam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Camargue>
1988:
Japanese American internment: The Civil Liberties Act of 1988
became law, authorizing US$20,000 in reparations to each surviving
internee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
doofer:
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doofer>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Certain truths about human beings have never changed. We are
tribal creatures in our very DNA; we have an instinctive preference for
our own over others, for "in-groups" over "out-groups"; for hunter-
gatherers, recognizing strangers as threats was a matter of life and
death. We also invent myths and stories to give meaning to our common
lives. Among those myths is the nation — stretching from the past into
the future, providing meaning to our common lives in a way nothing else
can. Strip those narratives away, or transform them too quickly, and
humans will become disoriented. Most of us respond to radical changes in
our lives, especially changes we haven’t chosen, with more fear than
hope. … If we ignore these deeper facts about ourselves, we run the
risk of fatal errors. It’s vital to remember that multicultural,
multiracial, post-national societies are extremely new for the human
species, and keeping them viable and stable is a massive challenge.
--Andrew Sullivan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrew_Sullivan>
Helicopter 66 (US Navy bureau no. 152711) was a Sikorsky Sea King used
for the water recovery of many of NASA's Apollo astronauts, including
those returning from the first manned moon landing in 1969. Space
historian Dwayne A. Day has called it "one of the most famous, or at
least most iconic, helicopters in history". Delivered to the navy in
1967, Helicopter 66 was in the inventory of U.S. Navy Helicopter Anti-
Submarine Squadron Four for the duration of its active life. One of its
pilots, Donald S. Jones, went on to command the United States Third
Fleet. It transported the Shah of Iran during his 1973 visit to the
aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. Later re-numbered Helicopter 740, it
crashed in the Pacific Ocean in 1975 during a training exercise, having
logged more than 3,200 hours of service. It was the subject of a 1969
song by Manuela and was made into a die-cast model by Dinky Toys.
Replicas of "Old 66" are on display at the USS Hornet Museum and the USS
Midway Museum.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_66>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
World War II: USAAF bomber Bockscar dropped a "Fat Man" atomic
bomb on Nagasaki, Japan (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man>
1956:
An estimated 20,000 women marched on Pretoria, South Africa, to
protest the introduction of the Apartheid pass laws for black women in
1952.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_March_%28South_Africa%29>
1988:
Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los
Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in
ice hockey history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky>
2001:
A suicide bomber attacked a Sbarro pizza restaurant in
Jerusalem, killing 15 people and wounding 130 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sbarro_restaurant_suicide_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ang moh:
(Singapore, Malaysia, informal, possibly mildly derogatory) A white
person, especially one perceived as a foreigner rather than a local
inhabitant.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ang_moh>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I dreamed I was an animal In a human world Now when I hear big
sounds I cry like a little girl I'm talking about connections Between
here and there All things exist at once Seems more than we can bear.
--Happy Rhodes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Happy_Rhodes>
The Dawn of Love is an oil painting by English artist William Etty,
first exhibited in 1828. Loosely based on a passage from John Milton's
1634 Comus, it shows Venus leaning across to wake the sleeping Love by
stroking his wings. It was very poorly received when first exhibited;
the stylised Venus was thought unduly influenced by foreign artists such
as Rubens as well as being overly voluptuous and unrealistically
coloured, while the painting as a whole was considered tasteless and
obscene. The Dawn of Love was omitted from the major 1849 retrospective
exhibition of Etty's works, and its exhibition in Glasgow in 1899 drew
complaints for its supposed obscenity. In 1889 it was bought by Merton
Russell-Cotes, and has remained in the collection of the Russell-Cotes
Art Gallery & Museum ever since.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_of_Love_%28painting%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1576:
The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory
Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uraniborg>
1918:
The Battle of Amiens began in Amiens, France, marking the start
of the Allied Powers' Hundred Days Offensive through the German front
lines that ultimately led to the end of World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_%281918%29>
1988:
A series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots, which
became known as the 8888 Uprising, began against the one-party state of
the Burma Socialist Programme Party.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8888_Uprising>
2008:
A EuroCity train en route to Prague struck a part of a motorway
bridge that had fallen onto the track near Studénka station and
derailed, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Stud%C3%A9nka_train_wreck>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pack journalism:
(journalism, derogatory) A tendency of reporting to become homogeneous
due to the reporters' habit of relying on one another for news tips, or
being dependent on a single source for information.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pack_journalism>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
That Action is best which procures the greatest Happiness for the
greatest Numbers; and that worst, which, in like manner, occasions
misery.
--Francis Hutcheson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_Hutcheson>
The mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) is a bird common to much of
Europe, Asia and North Africa. It is a year-round resident in much of
its range, but northern and eastern populations migrate south for the
winter, often in small flocks. It is a large thrush with pale grey-brown
upperparts, a greyish-white chin and throat, and black spots on its pale
yellow and off-white underparts. The sexes are similar in plumage, and
its three subspecies show only minimal differences. The male's loud song
is delivered even in wet and windy weather, earning the bird the old
name of "stormcock". Found in open woods, parks, hedges and cultivated
land, the mistle thrush feeds on a wide variety of invertebrates, seeds
and berries, especially mistletoe, holly and yew fruits. It defends its
open cup nest fearlessly against potential predators, sometimes
including humans or cats. Following a large range expansion in the 18th
and early 19th centuries, there has been a small decline in recent
decades, perhaps due to changes in agricultural practices.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistle_thrush>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1679:
Le Griffon, a brigantine built by René-Robert de La Salle,
began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper
Great Lakes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Griffon>
1933:
Iraqi troops slaughtered 600–3,000 Assyrians during the
Simele massacre in the Dahuk and Mosul districts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simele_massacre>
1998:
Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in
the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi,
Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings>
2008:
Fighting between the Georgian and South Ossetian separatist
forces escalated to the six-day Russo-Georgian War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bosomy:
1. Full of sheltered hollows or recesses.
2. Having a large bosom.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bosomy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
God writes a lot of comedy, Donna; the trouble is, he's stuck
with so many bad actors who don't know how to play "funny".
--Garrison Keillor
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Garrison_Keillor>
SMS Wörth was one of four German pre-dreadnought battleships of the
Brandenburg class, the first ocean-going battleships built by the
Imperial German Navy. Laid down at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel,
the ship was launched on 6 August 1892 and commissioned into the fleet
in October 1893. Like her sister ships, Wörth carried six heavy guns
rather than the standard four. She was named for the Battle of Wörth
fought in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. Wörth participated in
the normal peacetime routine of training cruises and exercises. She took
part in the German naval expedition to China in 1900 to suppress the
Boxer Rebellion but saw little direct action, since the siege of Peking
had already been lifted by the time the fleet arrived. Obsolete by the
start of World War I, the battleship served as a coastal defense ship
for the first two years of the war, but saw no action. Wörth was
reduced to a barracks ship by 1916, and was scrapped in the port of
Danzig in 1919.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_W%C3%B6rth>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1964:
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act
into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting
practices that had been responsible for widespread disfranchisement of
African Americans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965>
1997:
On approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in
Guam, Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill, killing 228 of the 254
people aboard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_801>
2008:
Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was
ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had
dismissed from office several hours earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
2011:
Following the death of a Tottenham man by the Metropolitan
Police of London, thousands of mostly young males rioted in several
London boroughs and in cities and towns across England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_England_riots>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
klaxon:
A loud electric alarm or horn.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/klaxon>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Know ye not then the Riddling of the Bards? Confusion, and
illusion, and relation, Elusion, and occasion, and evasion? I mock
thee not but as thou mockest me, And all that see thee, for thou art
not who Thou seemest, but I know thee who thou art. And now thou goest
up to mock the King, Who cannot brook the shadow of any lie.
--Idylls of the King
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Idylls_of_the_King>
The Huguenot-Walloon half dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the
United States Bureau of the Mint in 1924. It marks the 300th anniversary
of the voyage of the Nieuw Nederland. Many of the passengers were
Protestants, Huguenots from France or Walloons from Belgium; they became
early settlers of New York State and the surrounding areas. A bill to
authorize the coin passed through Congress without opposition in 1923
and was signed by President Warren G. Harding. Sketches were prepared by
Rev. John Baer Stoudt and converted to plaster models by the Mint's
chief engraver, George T. Morgan. Of the 300,000 coins authorized by
Congress, fewer than half were actually struck, and of these, 55,000
were returned to the Mint and released into circulation. The coin
excited some controversy because of its sponsorship by a religious
group. The coins are currently valued in the hundreds of dollars,
depending on condition.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenot-Walloon_half_dollar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1600:
Scottish nobleman John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, was killed
during what was most likely a failed attempt to kidnap King James VI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruthven,_3rd_Earl_of_Gowrie>
1888:
Bertha Benz made the first long-distance automobile trip,
driving 106 km (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz
Patent-Motorwagen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Benz>
1916:
First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine
Campaign began with a victory in the Battle of Romani.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Romani>
1962:
Actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her home in
Brentwood, Los Angeles, an event that has become the center of one of
the most debated conspiracy theories.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Marilyn_Monroe>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ark at ee:
1. (Bristol and West Country, informal) Listen to you; listen to
yourself; listen to it.
2. (Bristol and West Country, informal) Used to draw attention to
something or someone.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ark_at_ee>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have said repeatedly that as poetry is the highest speech of
man, it can not only accept and contain, but in the end express best
everything in the world, or in himself, that he discovers. It will
absorb and transmute, as it always has done, and glorify, all that we
can know. This has always been, and always will be, poetry’s office.
--Conrad Aiken
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Conrad_Aiken>
The history of Norwich City Football Club stretches back to 1902. Based
in Norfolk, England, the association football club spent 15 years as a
semi-professional team in the Southern League before admission to The
Football League in 1920. For most of the next 50 years, Norwich City
F.C. sat in Division Three (South), then the bottom tier. The club made
the FA Cup semi-finals in 1959, and won its first major trophy, the
League Cup, in 1962. Norwich finally reached the pinnacle of the league
structure in 1972, with their first promotion to the top tier. Since
then, they have acquired a reputation as a "yo-yo club", with
22 seasons in the top league and 15 in the second tier. During this
period the club has a long list of achievements: claiming the League Cup
in 1985, reaching the FA Cup semi-finals in 1989 and 1992, finishing
fifth, fourth and third in the top division, and beating Bayern Munich
in the UEFA Cup.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Norwich_City_F.C.>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1783:
A cataclysmic eruption of Mount Asama, one of the most active
volcanoes in Japan, killed roughly 1,400 people and exacerbated a
famine, resulting in another 20,000 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Asama>
1914:
First World War: Adhering to the terms in the 1839 Treaty of
London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to the
latter's invasion of Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_London_%281839%29>
1964:
A second U.S. Navy destroyer was reportedly attacked by North
Vietnamese forces in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize
the use of military force in Southeast Asia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident>
1995:
The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major
battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European land
battle since the Second World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Storm>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
luminary:
1. One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in
their chosen field; a leading light.
2. (archaic) A body that gives light; especially, one of the heavenly
bodies.
3. (archaic) An artificial light; an illumination.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luminary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Should we understand the last 25 years of global integration as
nothing more than a detour from the previous inevitable cycle of history
— where might makes right, and politics is a hostile competition
between tribes and races and religions, and nations compete in a zero-
sum game, constantly teetering on the edge of conflict until full-blown
war breaks out? Is that what we think? Let me tell you what I believe.
I believe in Nelson Mandela’s vision. I believe in a vision shared by
Gandhi and King and Abraham Lincoln. I believe in a vision of equality
and justice and freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise
that all people are created equal, and they’re endowed by our creator
with certain inalienable rights. And I believe that a world governed by
such principles is possible and that it can achieve more peace and more
cooperation in pursuit of a common good. That’s what I believe. And I
believe we have no choice but to move forward; that those of us who
believe in democracy and civil rights and a common humanity have a
better story to tell.
--Barack Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
"Baby Boy" is a song by American singer Beyoncé (pictured) from her
debut solo studio album Dangerously in Love. Featuring Jamaican rapper
Sean Paul, the song was released by Columbia Records and Music World
Entertainment as the second single from the album on August 3, 2003.
Both artists co-wrote the song with Scott Storch, Robert Waller and
Jay-Z; Beyoncé also co-produced the song. Containing a lyrical
interpolation of "No Fear" by hip hop group O.G.C, "Baby Boy" is an R&B;
and dancehall song with reggae and Arabic music influences. The lyrics
detail a woman's fantasies. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for
nine consecutive weeks, and was Beyoncé's longest-running solo number-
one single until 2007, when it was surpassed by "Irreplaceable". It
reached the top ten in many countries, and was certified platinum in
Australia and the US. The song's music video was directed by Jake Nava
and mostly shows Beyoncé dancing in various locations. "Baby Boy" has
remained a staple of Beyoncé's concert set lists.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Boy_%28Beyonc%C3%A9_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1903:
Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which
existed for only ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kru%C5%A1evo_Republic>
1913:
A strike in Wheatland, California orchestrated by agricultural
workers degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm
labor confrontations in California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatland_hop_riot>
1936:
African American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four
gold medals at the Berlin Summer Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes
of Aryan domination at the Olympics.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens>
2005:
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was
overthrown in a military coup while he was attending the funeral of King
Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
unwittingly:
In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally,
unknowingly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unwittingly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep
space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no
thought of dominating another intelligent species. Further than this,
there should be no economic necessity of its doing so.
--Clifford D. Simak
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak>
Ian Smith (1919–2007) was Prime Minister of Rhodesia (or Southern
Rhodesia; today Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. During the Second World
War, he served as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in the Middle East and
Europe, suffering permanent facial and bodily wounds. In 1962 he helped
form the all-white, firmly conservative Rhodesian Front, which called
for independence without an immediate shift to black majority rule. He
led the predominantly white government that unilaterally declared
independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, after prolonged dispute.
During Smith's premiership, the Bush War pitted the unrecognised
administration's forces against communist-backed black nationalist
guerrilla groups. His government endured in the face of United Nations
economic sanctions with the assistance of South Africa and, until 1974,
Portugal. Smith is still venerated by some, while critics describe an
unrepentant racist whose policies and actions caused the deaths of
thousands and contributed to Zimbabwe's later crises.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Smith>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1790:
The first United States Census was conducted, with the United
States residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790_United_States_Census>
1914:
World War I: Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and
Prime Minister Paul Eyschen surrendered to the invading German army and
the nation remained occupied for the rest of the war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Luxembourg_during_World_…>
1932:
At the California Institute of Technology, Carl David Anderson
proved the existence of antimatter when he discovered the positron.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron>
1990:
Iraq invaded Kuwait, overrunning the Kuwaiti military within
two days, and eventually sparking the outbreak of the Gulf War seven
months later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
do over:
1. (transitive) To cover with; to smear or spread on to.
2. (transitive, Britain, slang) To beat up.
3. (transitive, US) To repeat; to start over.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/do_over>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All
artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole
story, to vomit the anguish up.
--James Baldwin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Baldwin>