Jean-François-Marie de Surville (1717–1770) was a merchant captain
with the French East India Company who commanded a voyage of exploration
to the Pacific in 1769 and 1770. Born in Brittany, France, Surville
joined the company when he was 10 years old. For the next several years,
he sailed on voyages in Indian and Chinese waters. In 1740, he joined
the French Navy. He fought in the War of the Austrian Succession and the
Seven Years' War, twice becoming a prisoner of war. In 1769, in command
of Saint Jean-Baptiste, he sailed from India on an expedition to the
Pacific looking for trading opportunities. He explored the seas around
the Solomon Islands and anchored in December at Doubtless Bay, New
Zealand (commemorative plaque pictured). Part of his route around New
Zealand overlapped that of James Cook in Endeavour, who had preceded him
by only a few days. Three months later, Surville drowned off the coast
of Peru while seeking help for his scurvy-afflicted crew.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois-Marie_de_Surville>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1853:
Crimean War: Russian warships led by Pavel Nakhimov destroyed
an Ottoman fleet of frigates at the Battle of Sinop, prompting France
and Britain to enter the war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sinop>
1953:
Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, was temporarily deposed and
exiled to London by Andrew Cohen, the British governor of Uganda.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaka_crisis>
1979:
The Wall (performance pictured), a rock opera and concept album
by the English band Pink Floyd, was first released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall>
1999:
Marconi Electronic Systems and British Aerospace merged to form
BAE Systems, one of the world's largest defence companies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
laird:
1. (chiefly Scotland) The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the
landed gentry, a landowner.
2. (chiefly Scotland, historical) Often in the form Laird of, followed
by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief.
3. (transitive, Scotland) Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a
laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laird>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them
not ashamed.
--Jonathan Swift
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift>
Raymond Robert Emery (1982–2018) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender
who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 11 seasons. Chosen
99th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, he
helped them reach the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, the first appearance in
the finals by the modern Senators. With Emery, the Chicago Blackhawks
won the 2013 Stanley Cup championship. He won, among numerous other
awards and accolades, the William M. Jennings Trophy in April 2013 along
with teammate Corey Crawford for giving up the fewest goals in the
season. Emery finished the 2012–13 season with 1.94 goals against
average and a 0.922 save percentage. His 17 wins included 12 straight to
start the year, the best such streak in NHL history. He was a two-time
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy finalist for his dedication and
perseverance. His teammates and fans often referred to him as "Razor" or
"Sugar Ray" for his aggressive playing style..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Masterton_Memorial_Trophy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1807:
Peninsular War: Maria I of Portugal, the Braganza royal family
and its court of nearly 15,000 people departed Lisbon for the colony of
Brazil just days before French forces invaded the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_of_the_Portuguese_court_to_Brazil>
1890:
The National Diet of Japan (pictured in session), a bicameral
legislature modelled after both the German Reichstag and the British
Westminster system, first met in Tokyo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet>
1963:
Five minutes after taking off from Montreal, Trans-Canada Air
Lines Flight 831 crashed in bad weather, killing all 118 people on
board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Air_Lines_Flight_831>
2007:
During their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Philippine
soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes mutinied and seized a
conference room in The Peninsula Manila hotel in Makati.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Peninsula_siege>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
endow:
1. (transitive, archaic or obsolete) To provide with a dower (“the
portion that a widow receives from her deceased husband's property”) or
a dowry (“property given to a bride”).
2. (transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically,
to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a
permanent fund of money or other benefits.
3. (transitive) Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish
with some faculty or quality.
4. (transitive) Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with
something).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endow>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world
can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for
another world.
--C. S. Lewis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis>
The Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar was a commemorative fifty-cent coin
struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1920 and 1921 to mark
the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims in North America.
It was designed by Cyrus E. Dallin. Massachusetts congressman Joseph
Walsh was involved in joint federal and state efforts to mark the
anniversary. He saw a reference to a proposed Maine Centennial half
dollar and realized that a coin could be issued for the Pilgrim
anniversary in support of the observances at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The bill moved quickly through the legislative process and became the
Act of May 12, 1920, with the signature of President Woodrow Wilson.
Sculptor James Earle Fraser criticized some aspects of the design, but
the Treasury approved it. After a promising start, sales tailed off, and
tens of thousands of coins from each year were returned to the
Philadelphia Mint for melting.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Tercentenary_half_dollar>
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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>
1925:
Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the
U.S., first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry>
1967:
Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in data from a
radio telescope, which turned out to be from PSR B1919+21, the first
discovered pulsar.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_B1919%2B21>
1979:
Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Antarctica's Mount
Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
turducken:
(US, cooking) A dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey
stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned
chicken, and also containing stuffing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turducken>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Lord, for the erring thought Not into evil wrought: Lord, for
the wicked will Betrayed and baffled still: For the heart from itself
kept, Our thanksgiving accept. For ignorant hopes that were Broken to
our blind prayer: For pain, death, sorrow, sent Unto our chastisement:
For all loss of seeming good, Quicken our gratitude.
--William Dean Howells
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Dean_Howells>
Caroline Brady (1905–1980) was an American philologist whose
scholarship focused on Old English and Old Norse. Her works included the
1943 book The Legends of Ermanaric, based on her doctoral dissertation,
and three influential papers on the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. She was
born an American citizen in Tientsin, China, and studied in the
University of California system, receiving her Doctor of Philosophy
degree in 1935. The Legends of Ermanaric discussed two competing
traditions about the Gothic king Ermanaric, who ruled in the fourth
century AD. Ostrogothic lore viewed him as a good king, whereas a second
tradition, promulgated by those subjugated by him, saw him as evil.
Brady was known as an investigator of the intractable problems of
Germanic myth, and the convoluted nature of the related scholarship. In
1952–53 she was the Marion Talbot Fellow of the American Association
of University Women.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Brady_%28philologist%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1895:
Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel signed his last
will and testament, setting aside the bulk of his estate to establish
the Nobel Prize after his death.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel>
1919:
The first fraternity exclusively for collegiate band members,
Kappa Kappa Psi, was founded on the campus of Oklahoma State University
in Stillwater.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_Kappa_Psi>
1999:
The Labour Party defeated the governing National Party in the
New Zealand general election, with Labour's Helen Clark becoming the
country's first female prime minister to have won office at an election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Clark>
2009:
A bomb exploded under, and derailed, a Russian high-speed train
travelling between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, killing 28 passengers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nevsky_Express_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
potluck:
1. (dated) A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of
whatever food is available.
2. (by extension) Whatever is available in a particular situation.
3. (originally Canada, US) A shared meal consisting of whatever guests
have brought (sometimes without prior arrangement); a potlatch; also, a
dish of food brought to such a meal.
4. (obsolete) The last draft or portion of an alcoholic beverage in a
pot or other drinking vessel.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/potluck>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a
learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and
simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life
is made up of.
--Bruce Lee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee>
The Littlemore Priory scandals of 1517 and 1518 involved accusations of
sexual immorality and brutal violence. The Benedictine priory in
Oxfordshire, England, was very small and poor and had a history of
troubled relations with its bishop. Katherine Wells, the prioress of
Littlemore, was accused of putting nuns in the stocks for extended
periods and physically assaulting them. She entertained men in her
parlour, had a baby by the priory's chaplain and pawned the priory's
jewels to pay for the child's upbringing; at least one other nun also
had a child. On one occasion several nuns broke out of the priory
through a window and escaped into the surrounding villages. The bishop
launched an investigation, and in 1525 the priory was closed. It was one
of the priories that Cardinal Wolsey suppressed during the 1520s. The
house became a farmstead and was gradually pulled down; only one
original building survived into the 21st century.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littlemore_Priory_scandals>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1917:
Being unable to resolve disputes with Eddie Livingstone, owner
of the Toronto Blueshirts, the other ice hockey clubs of Canada's
National Hockey Association officially agreed to break away and form the
National Hockey League.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League>
1939:
The Soviet Red Army shelled the village of Mainila and then
claimed that the fire originated from Finland, giving them a casus belli
to launch the Winter War a few days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelling_of_Mainila>
2011:
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission from Cape
Canaveral, carrying the Curiosity rover onboard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_%28rover%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
double life:
1. An existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of
them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept
hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues.
2. The hidden, or more unusual, aspect of a person's life.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/double_life>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To introduce people to a different world, to encounter the
miracle of being, that is important.
--Eugène Ionesco
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco>
The Black Prince's chevauchée was a large-scale mounted raid carried
out by an Anglo-Gascon force under the command of Edward, the Black
Prince (depiction shown), between 5 October and 2 December 1355 during
the Hundred Years' War. John, Count of Armagnac, who commanded the local
French forces, avoided battle, and there was little fighting during the
campaign. The Anglo-Gascon force of 4,000–6,000 men marched from
Bordeaux in English-held Gascony 300 miles (480 km) to Narbonne and
back to Gascony, devastating a wide swathe of French territory and
sacking many French towns on the way. During the four months following
Christmas, more than 50 French-held towns or fortifications were
captured. In August 1356 the Black Prince headed north on another
chevauchée with 6,000 men; he was intercepted by the main French army,
11,000 strong, at Poitiers, where he decisively defeated them and
captured King John II.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Prince%27s_chevauch%C3%A9e_of_1355>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
American Civil War: Confederate forces were defeated at the
Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, opening the door
to the Union's invasion of the Deep South.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Missionary_Ridge>
1936:
Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan signed the Anti-Comintern
Pact, agreeing that, if the Soviet Union attacked one of them, they
would consult each other on what measures to take to "safeguard their
common interests".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Comintern_Pact>
1960:
Three of the four Mirabal sisters, who opposed the dictatorship
of military strongman Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, were
beaten and strangled to death.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabal_sisters>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
vinous:
1. Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.
2. Involving the use of wine.
3. Having the colour of red wine; vinaceous.
4. Tending to drink wine excessively.
5. Affected by the drinking of wine.
6. Induced by the drinking of wine.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vinous>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We think we have got freedom of the press. When one millionaire
has ten newspapers and ten million people have no newspapers — that is
not freedom of the press.
--Anastas Mikoyan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anastas_Mikoyan>
Spinophorosaurus was a sauropod dinosaur that lived around 167 million
years ago, during the Middle Jurassic. The first two specimens of the
genus were excavated from the Irhazer Shale formation in Niger in the
2000s by German and Spanish teams. Spinophorosaurus ("spine-bearing
lizard") was the first sauropod to have its skeleton 3D-printed
(reconstruction pictured), when the fossils were brought to Europe and
digitally replicated. The shoulder height was an estimated 4 m
(13 ft), and its weight was about 7 metric tons (7.7 short tons). The
braincase was short, deep, and broad, and the teeth were spoon-shaped.
The neck contained 13 vertebrae. The tail was powered by strong
musculature and had a rear section that was rather rigid due to long and
overlapping chevron bones. Features of the vestibular apparatus suggest
that vision and coordinated eye, head, and neck movements were important
in Spinophorosaurus. Paired spikes on the tail may have been used for
defence.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinophorosaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1832:
South Carolina passed the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring
that the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were null and void in the state,
beginning the Nullification Crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_Crisis>
1950:
The "Great Appalachian Storm", a large extratropical cyclone,
struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Storm_of_1950>
1976:
A magnitude 7.3 Ms earthquake struck eastern Turkey, destroying
80 per cent of the buildings in the area, with at least 4,000
casualties.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_%C3%87ald%C4%B1ran%E2%80%93Muradiye_eart…>
2016:
The Colombian government signed a revised peace deal with the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, temporarily bringing an end to
the ongoing civil war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_peace_process>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
slimeball:
1. (biology) A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-
like substance such as mucus.
2. (helminthology, specifically) A mucus-coated lump containing the
cercariae (“parasitic larvae”) of a liver fluke (of the phylum
Platyhelminthes).
3. (originally US, colloquial, derogatory) A person who is regarded as
slimy (that is, sneaky or underhanded) or otherwise undesirable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slimeball>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
He whose honor is rooted in popular approval must, day by day,
anxiously strive, act, and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For
the populace is variable and inconstant, so that, if a reputation be not
kept up, it quickly withers away. Everyone wishes to catch popular
applause for himself, and readily represses the fame of others. The
object of the strife being estimated as the greatest of all goods, each
combatant is seized with a fierce desire to put down his rivals in every
possible way, till he who at last comes out victorious is more proud of
having done harm to others than of having done good to himself. This
sort of honor, then, is really empty, being nothing.
--Ethics
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ethics_%28Spinoza%29>
T7 was a sea-going torpedo boat operated by the Royal Yugoslav Navy
between 1921 and 1941. Originally 96 F, a 250t-class torpedo boat
commissioned on 23 November 1916 by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, she
performed escort, minesweeping, anti-submarine and shore bombardment
operations during World War I. Following Austria-Hungary's defeat in
1918, she was allocated to Yugoslavia and renamed T7. She was captured
by the Italians during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 and
used for coastal and second-line tasks, after her main armament was
modernised. Following the Italian capitulation in September 1943, she
was captured by Germany and handed over to the Navy of the Independent
State of Croatia, continuing to serve as T7. Her crew came under the
influence of the Yugoslav Partisans, and were preparing to mutiny when
the Germans intervened. She ran aground during a battle with British
motor torpedo boats in June 1944 and was then destroyed.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_torpedo_boat_T7>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1876:
William "Boss" Tweed, a New York City politician who had been
arrested for embezzlement, was handed over to U.S. authorities after
having escaped from prison and fled to Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Tweed>
1992:
IBM introduced the Simon, a handheld touchscreen mobile phone
and personal digital assistant that is considered the first smartphone.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon>
2009:
A crowd of people on their way to register Esmael Mangudadatu's
candidacy for governor of Maguindanao, Philippines, were kidnapped and
killed by supporters of his rival, resulting in 58 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maguindanao_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
intraordinary:
(rare, nonstandard) Falling within normal parameters; normal, ordinary.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intraordinary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those who knowingly allow the King to err deserve the same
punishment as traitors.
--Alfonso X of Castile
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfonso_X_of_Castile>
Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure video game for the Nintendo 64 console,
first released on November 22, 1999. It was the first in the series to
feature 3D gameplay. As the gorilla Donkey Kong, the player explores an
island to collect items and rescue his kidnapped friends. The player
completes minigames and puzzles as five playable Kong characters, each
with its own special abilities. The game's exceptionally large marketing
budget included advertisements, sweepstakes, and a United States tour.
The game received universal acclaim from reviewers, but was criticized
for its camera controls and emphasis on item collection and
backtracking. It won the 1999 E3 Game Critics award for the best
platform game, and multiple awards and nominations from games magazines.
By 2004, 2.3 million units had been sold. A rap song from the game's
introductory sequence is often cited among the worst songs to feature in
a video game.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong_64>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1635:
Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launched a three-month
pacification campaign against Taiwanese indigenous peoples.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_pacification_campaign_on_Formosa>
1910:
The crews of three Brazilian warships – all commissioned
only months before – and several smaller vessels mutinied against
perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Lash>
1971:
In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm
Plateau disaster (location pictured), five teenage students and one of
their leaders were found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairngorm_Plateau_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
grace note:
1. (music) A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or
without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as
part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time
value of the measure it appears in.
2. (figuratively) Something that decorates, embellishes, or ornaments; a
finishing touch.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grace_note>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
President Putin and the Russian security services operate like a
Super PAC. They deploy millions of dollars to weaponize our own
political opposition research and false narratives. When we are consumed
by partisan rancor, we cannot combat these external forces as they seek
to divide us against each another, degrade our institutions, and destroy
the faith of the American people in our democracy. I respect the work
that this Congress does in carrying out its constitutional
responsibilities, including in this inquiry, and I am here to help you
to the best of my ability. If the President, or anyone else, impedes or
subverts the national security of the United States in order to further
domestic political or personal interests, that is more than worthy of
your attention. But we must not let domestic politics stop us from
defending ourselves against the foreign powers who truly wish us harm.
--Fiona Hill
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fiona_Hill_%28presidential_advisor%29>
Cut the Crap is the sixth and final studio album by the English punk
band the Clash. Released in November 1985, it followed a turbulent
period for the band, after the dismissal of co-founder, lead guitarist
and principal songwriter Mick Jones and drummer Topper Headon by lead
vocalist Joe Strummer (pictured) and bassist Paul Simonon. They were
replaced by the unknowns Vince White, Nick Sheppard, and Pete Howard,
as manager Bernie Rhodes fought for control over songwriting and musical
direction during tense recording sessions, and Simonon refused to take
part in any activity involving Rhodes. The album's final production, as
engineered by Rhodes, relied heavily on synthetic drum sounds and
sampling, and was widely derided. Upon its release, Strummer disowned
the album, split the band, and moved to Spain. Some critics have found
merit in Strummer's songwriting and vocal performance, especially on the
single "This Is England", although the album is still generally regarded
as the band's worst.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_the_Crap>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1894:
First Sino-Japanese War: After capturing the Chinese city of
Port Arthur, the Japanese Second Army began a massacre of the city's
soldiers and civilians.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_%28China%29>
1950:
Two trains collided near Valemount, Canada; the subsequent
trial catapulted future prime minister John Diefenbaker into the
political limelight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoe_River_train_crash>
1964:
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, connecting Staten Island and
Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic as the longest suspension
bridge in the world at the time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge>
2009:
An explosion in a coal mine in Heilongjiang, China, killed 108
miners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Heilongjiang_mine_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
well-boat:
(nautical) a fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or
well.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well-boat>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We think we write definitively of those parts of our nature that
are dead and therefore beyond change, but that which writes is still
changing — still in doubt. Even a monotonously undeviating path of
self-examination does not necessarily lead to self-knowledge. I stumble
towards my grave confused and hurt and hungry.
--Quentin Crisp
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Quentin_Crisp>