Onychopterella was a predatory aquatic arthropod of the order of
eurypterids, often called sea scorpions. Fossils of the species
O. kokomoensis (pictured) and O. pumilus have been found in the United
States, and fossils of O. augusti in South Africa. Onychopterella (from
Greek for 'claw wing') lived from the Late Ordovician to the Late
Silurian, from 444 to 422 million years ago. The head was almost
rectangular, with bean-shaped compound eyes. The limbs were generally
long and narrow with a spine on the tip, and the body was ornamented
with small, pointed scales. Lengths ranged from 16 cm (6.3 in) for
O. kokomoensis to 4 cm (1.6 in) for O. pumilus. Onychopterella was
able to swim, and probably able to walk on the seabed with its spines
and dig with its head. The best-preserved specimens of O. augusti show
similarities to modern scorpions in their alimentary canal, limb
musculature and respiratory system.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychopterella>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1919:
The First Dáil convened at the Mansion House in Dublin and
adopted a declaration of independence calling for the establishment of
the Irish Republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il>
1941:
World War II: Sparked by the murder of a German officer on the
previous day in Bucharest, Romania, members of the Iron Guard began a
rebellion and pogrom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires%27_rebellion_and_Bucharest_pogrom>
1968:
Cold War: A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed
onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized
radioactive contamination.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Thule_Air_Base_B-52_crash>
1981:
The DeLorean Motor Company completed the first production car
of the DMC DeLorean (example pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMC_DeLorean>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pomander:
1. (countable, uncountable, historical) A mixture of aromatic
substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet
smell or as a protection against infection.
2. (countable, historical) A small case in which an aromatic ball was
carried.
3. (countable) A perforated container filled with pot-pourri for placing
in a drawer, wardrobe, room, etc., to provide a sweet smell.
4. (countable) An apple or orange studded with cloves used for the same
purpose.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pomander>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Reason spoiled, marred, or robbed of its perfection, ceaseth to
be rational, and should not be called reason; inasmuch as it is premised
to be depraved, or degenerated from a rational nature; and in
consequence of the deprivation of its nature, should also be deprived of
its name, and called subterfuge, or some such like name, which might
better define its real character. Those who invalidate reason, ought
seriously to consider, "whether they argue against reason, with or
without reason; if with reason, then they establish the principle, that
they are laboring to dethrone;" but if they argue without reason,
(which, in order to be consistent with themselves, they must do,) they
are out of the reach of rational conviction, nor do they deserve a
rational argument.
--Ethan Allen
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen>
Buzz Aldrin (born January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut and
fighter pilot. As lunar module pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, he and
Neil Armstrong were the first humans to land on the Moon. A graduate of
West Point and MIT, where he earned a doctorate in astronautics, Aldrin
served as an Air Force fighter pilot during the Korean War, flying 66
combat missions and shooting down two MiGs. He was selected as an
astronaut with NASA's third group in 1963. His first spaceflight was in
1966 on Gemini 12, during which he spent over five hours outside the
spacecraft. He set foot on the Moon on July 21, 1969 (UTC), nine
minutes after Armstrong. He left NASA in 1971 and became commandant of
the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. His autobiographies Return to
Earth and Magnificent Desolation recount his struggles with depression
and alcoholism. He developed the Aldrin cycler, a Mars spacecraft
trajectory, and continues to advocate for space exploration,
particularly a human mission to Mars.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
World War II: Germany began the evacuation of at least 1.8
million people from East Prussia in anticipation of the advancing Soviet
Red Army, an operation that took nearly two months to complete.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_of_East_Prussia>
1968:
The Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins in what became known
as the "Game of the Century", ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak,
and establishing college basketball as a sports commodity on American
television.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_the_Century_%28college_basketball%29>
2018:
A group of Taliban gunmen attacked the Inter-Continental Hotel
in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle that left 42 people
dead and more than 14 others injured.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Inter-Continental_Hotel_Kabul_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
acquit:
1. (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
2. (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear
off, to pay off; to fulfil.
3. (transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge,
release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or
from an accusation or charge.
4. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
5. (reflexive) To clear oneself.
6. (transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
8. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acquit>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Every single thing in the world that was made by anyone started
with an idea. So to catch one that is powerful enough to fall in love
with, it is one of the most beautiful experiences. It's like being
jolted with electricity and knowledge at the same time.
--David Lynch
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Lynch>
Jill Valentine is a fictional character in Resident Evil, a survival
horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom.
Appearing in the original Resident Evil (1996), she featured as the
protagonist in several later games in the series. From 2002 onward, she
was drawn to resemble Canadian model and actor Julia Voth (pictured).
Valentine also appears in the Resident Evil film series, portrayed by
actor Sienna Guillory, and in several other game franchises, including
Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom and Project X Zone. Video game
publications praised Valentine as the most likable and consistent
Resident Evil character. Several publications praised the series for
making Valentine as competent and skilled as her male counterparts and
for avoiding sexual objectification; others criticized her costumes as
overtly sexual, and argued that her role as a heroine was weakened by
her unrealistic features.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Valentine>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1795:
The Batavian Republic was established, a day after Prince
William V (portrait shown) fled the Dutch Republic as a result of the
Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavian_Revolution_in_Amsterdam>
1920:
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded by the directors
of the National Civil Liberties Bureau.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union>
1930:
In Watsonville, California, tensions between nativists and
Filipino Americans escalated into riots that later spread to other
cities in the state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsonville_riots>
1975:
An earthquake registering 6.8 Ms struck northern Himachal
Pradesh in India, causing extensive damage to the region.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Kinnaur_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gumption:
1. (Britain) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
2. (US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.
3. (US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gumption>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I don’t want much outa life, I never wanted a mansion in the
south. I just-a want to find someone sincere Who’d treat me like he
talks, One good man.
--Janis Joplin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin>
The Coldrum Long Barrow is a ruined British Early Neolithic chambered
long barrow near the village of Trottiscliffe, Kent. Probably
constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, it was built by pastoralist
communities soon after the introduction of agriculture to Britain. Built
out of earth and around fifty local sarsen-stone megaliths, the barrow
consisted of a tumulus enclosed by kerb-stones. At the eastern end of
the tumulus was a stone chamber containing the remains of at least
seventeen human bodies, at least one of which had been dismembered
before burial, potentially reflecting a tradition of excarnation and
secondary burial. The long barrow later became dilapidated, possibly
exacerbated through deliberate destruction by iconoclasts or treasure
hunters. Local folklore associates the site with the burial of a prince
and the countless stones motif. Excavations took place in the early 20th
century, and in 1926, ownership was transferred to the National Trust.
Entry is free, and the stones are the site of various modern Pagan
rituals.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldrum_Long_Barrow>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1486:
Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen
consort of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York>
1788:
The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First
Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Supply_%281759%29>
1956:
Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the
Fada'iyan-e Islam fundamentalist group, was executed with three of his
followers for unsuccessfully attempting to assassinate Prime Minister
Hossein Ala'.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navvab_Safavi>
1977:
The lung infection Legionnaires' disease was found to be caused
by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella (colonies
pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires%27_disease>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
banausic:
1. (formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.
2. (formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banausic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the
decay of its principles.
--The Spirit of the Laws
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_the_Laws>
Apororhynchus is a genus of small, parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-
headed) worms, the only genus in the order Apororhynchida. A lack of
features commonly found in Acanthocephala suggests an evolutionary
branching from the other three orders of class Archiacanthocephala. The
distinguishing features of this order are a highly enlarged proboscis
containing small hooks, and differently structured musculature around
this proboscis in its receptacle and receptacle protrusor. The genus
contains six species that are distributed globally, being collected
sporadically in Hawaii, Europe, North America, South America, and Asia.
These worms exclusively parasitize birds by attaching themselves around
the cloaca using their hooks and adhesives secreted from cement glands.
The bird hosts are of different orders, including owls, waders, and
passerines. Infection by an Apororhynchus species may cause enteritis
and anemia.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apororhynchus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1773:
On James Cook's second voyage, his ship HMS Resolution became
the first vessel to cross the Antarctic Circle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_voyage_of_James_Cook>
1920:
The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of
alcohol in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States>
1945:
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of
Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody during the Siege
of Budapest and was never seen in public again.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg>
1948:
Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between
the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an
ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the
Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renville_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
snatch and run:
An unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's
property and attempting to flee with it.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snatch_and_run>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or
like you don't have a place in our American story — because you do.
And you have a right to be exactly who you are. But I also want to be
very clear: This right isn't just handed to you. No, this right has to
be earned every single day. You cannot take your freedoms for granted.
Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part
to preserve and protect those freedoms.
--Michelle Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama>
Ninian Park was an association football stadium in the Leckwith area of
Cardiff, Wales, that was the home of Cardiff City Football Club from
1910 to 2009, and of the Wales national football team from 1911 until
the late 1980s. Named after Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart, it was
originally constructed with a single wooden stand and three large banks
made of ash, but gradual improvements saw the construction of the Canton
Stand, the Grange End, and the Popular Bank in addition to the
grandstand (pictured). A record 62,634 fans watched a match against
England on 17 October 1959, but the stadium's capacity was eventually
reduced to 21,508 over safety concerns. The ground hosted its last match
on 25 April 2009 against Ipswich Town and was demolished soon after,
being replaced by the newly constructed Cardiff City Stadium located
opposite. The site was converted into a residential housing estate named
Ninian Park.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninian_Park>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1809:
Peninsular War: French forces under Jean-de-Dieu Soult attacked
the British's amphibious evacuation under Sir John Moore at Corunna in
Galicia, Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Corunna>
1920:
The League of Nations, the first worldwide intergovernmental
organization with a focus on peace and security, held its first council
meeting in Paris.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations>
1945:
World War II: Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the
Führerbunker in Berlin (entrance pictured), where he would eventually
commit suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrerbunker>
2018:
In Mrauk U, Myanmar, police fired into a crowd protesting the
ban of an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Kingdom of
Mrauk U, resulting in seven deaths and twelve injuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrauk_U_riot>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bounden:
1. (dated) Now chiefly in the term bounden duty: made obligatory;
binding.
2. (obsolete) Bound.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bounden>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
For Peace. Against War. Who is not? But how can you stop those
bent on genocide without making war?
--Susan Sontag
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Susan_Sontag>
Soeara Berbisa (Indonesian for Venomous Voice) is a 1941 film from the
Dutch East Indies. Produced by Ang Hock Liem for Union Films and
directed by R Hu, this black-and-white film starred Raden Soekarno,
Ratna Djoewita, Oedjang, and Soehaena. The story, written by
Djojopranoto, follows two young men who compete for the affections of a
woman before learning that they are long-lost brothers. Completed
between September and October 1941, Soeara Berbisa featured kroncong
music and was shot partly in western Java. It was released to coincide
with the Eid al-Fitr holiday, and rated for all ages. Advertisements
(example shown) emphasised the film's appeal to both Native and Dutch
audiences, and a review in De Indische Courant was positive. This was
Union's penultimate production before the company closed after the
Japanese occupied the Indies in March 1942. Soeara Berbisa was screened
as late as 1949 and is now likely lost..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_film>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1885:
Wilson Bentley took the first known photograph of a snowflake
by attaching a bellows camera to a microscope (process pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Bentley>
1947:
The mutilated corpse of the "Black Dahlia", a 22-year-old woman
whose murder is one of the most famous unsolved crimes in the U.S., was
found in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia>
1975:
Portugal signed the Alvor Agreement with the nationalist
factions of UNITA, the MPLA, and the FNLA, ending the Angolan War of
Independence.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvor_Agreement>
1993:
Salvatore Riina, one of the most powerful members of the
Sicilian Mafia, was arrested in Palermo after 23 years as a fugitive.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Riina>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
field of vision:
The area that a person, an animal, etc., can see with its eyes (or each
eye individually) without turning the head.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/field_of_vision>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Education does have a great role to play in this period of
transition. But it is not either education or legislation; it is both
education and legislation. It may be true that morality cannot be
legislated, but behavior can be regulated. It may be true that the law
cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I
think that’s pretty important also. It may be true that the law cannot
change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless, and this is what we
often do and we have to do in society through legislation. We must
depend on religion and education to change bad internal attitudes, but
we need legislation to control the external effects of those bad
internal attitudes. And so there is a need for meaningful civil right
legislation.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.>
Transandinomys talamancae is a widespread and common rodent in the genus
Transandinomys that occurs from Costa Rica to southwestern Ecuador and
northern Venezuela. Its habitat is lowland forests up to an altitude of
1,525 m (5,003 ft). It is a medium-sized rice rat with soft fur,
reddish to brownish on the overparts and whitish on the underparts. The
ears and feet are long, and the tail is dark brown above and lighter
below. The whiskers are very long. The species was first described in
1891 by Joel Asaph Allen. It was considered to be conspecific with what
is now Hylaeamys megacephalus from the 1960s until the 1980s and was
then placed in the genus Oryzomys until 2006, when it was moved to its
current genus. This is a terrestrial nocturnal rat that eats plants and
insects. It breeds throughout the year, but few individuals survive for
more than a year. After a gestation of about 28 days, two to five young
are born, which reach sexual maturity within two months..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_maturity>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1724:
Philip V, the first Bourbon ruler of Spain, abdicated in favour
of his seventeen-year-old eldest son, who became Louis I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_V_of_Spain>
1907:
An earthquake registering 6.5 Mw struck Kingston, the capital
of Jamaica (damage pictured), resulting in approximately 1,000 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Kingston_earthquake>
1960:
The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and
banknote-issuing authority, was established.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_Australia>
1970:
The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria
surrendered to the federal government less than three years after
declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
darkly:
1. With a dark appearance.
2. Faintly seen in the dark.
3. (figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
4. (figuratively) Mysteriously; forebodingly, ominously.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/darkly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a
government. "Am I my brother's keeper?" Most certainly I am! I cannot
escape my responsibility by saying the State will do all that is
necessary. It is a tragedy that nowadays so many think and feel
otherwise.
--Albert Schweitzer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer>
Art Ross (1886–1964) was a Canadian ice hockey player and executive
from 1905 until 1954. Among the best defencemen of his era, he was one
of the first to skate up the ice with the puck rather than pass it to a
forward. He won the Stanley Cup twice in a playing career that lasted
thirteen seasons; in January 1907 with the Kenora Thistles and in 1908
with the Montreal Wanderers. In 1911 he led one of the first organized
player strikes over pay. When the Wanderers' home arena burned down in
January 1918, the team ceased operations and Ross retired as a player.
After several years as an on-ice official, he was named head coach of
the Hamilton Tigers for one season. When the Boston Bruins were formed
in 1924, he was hired as the first coach and general manager of the
team. He would go on to coach the team on four separate occasions up to
1945 and stayed as general manager until retiring in 1954. Ross helped
the Bruins win the league ten times and win the Stanley Cup three times;
Ross himself coached the team to one of those victories.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Ross>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1884:
Welsh physician William Price was arrested for attempting to
cremate his deceased infant son; he was acquitted in the subsequent
trial, which eventually led to the legalisation of cremation in the
United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Price_%28physician%29>
1910:
The first public radio broadcast, a live performance of
Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci from the old Metropolitan Opera
House in New York City, took place.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_of_public_radio_broadcasting>
1972:
Ghanaian military officer Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup
d'état to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President
Edward Akufo-Addo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_Kutu_Acheampong>
2000:
Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive
officer of Microsoft.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
walk-on girl:
(darts) A woman who escorts a player to the stage at a darts event.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walk-on_girl>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In right knowledge the study of man must proceed on parallel
lines with the study of the world, and the study of the world must run
parallel with the study of man.
--G. I. Gurdjieff
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/G._I._Gurdjieff>
The South China Sea raid was conducted by the United States Third Fleet
between 10 and 20 January 1945 during the Pacific War. Undertaken to
support the liberation of Luzon in the Philippines, it targeted Japanese
warships, supply convoys and aircraft in the region. After attacking
airfields and shipping at Formosa and Luzon, the Third Fleet entered the
South China Sea and aircraft from its carriers attacked Japanese
shipping off French Indochina on 12 January, sinking 44 vessels. The
fleet then sailed north and attacked Formosa again on 15 January.
Further raids were conducted against Hong Kong, Canton and Hainan the
next day. The South China Sea raid was highly successful as the American
force destroyed a large number of Japanese ships and aircraft, while
losing relatively few aircraft. According to historians, the destruction
of cargo vessels and oil tankers was the most important result of the
raid, as these contributed to closing a supply route which was vital to
the Japanese war effort.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea_raid>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1895:
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural
Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern
Ireland, was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interes…>
1911:
The University of the Philippines College of Law, from which
many leading Filipino political figures have since graduated, was
founded in Quezon City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Law>
1964:
Rebels led by John Okello overthrew Sultan Jamshid bin
Abdullah, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_Revolution>
2010:
An earthquake registering 7.0 Mw struck Haiti (damage
pictured), affecting an estimated three million people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
charlotte russe:
A dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake, often in
the form of ladyfingers.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charlotte_russe>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It
is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man
means well to his country; it is not enough that in his single person he
never did an evil act, but always voted according to his conscience, and
even harangued against every design which he apprehended to be
prejudicial to the interests of his country. This innoxious and
ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and
disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of publick duty. That
duty demands and requires, that what is right should not only be made
known, but made prevalent; that what is evil should not only be
detected, but defeated.
--Edmund Burke
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke>