The Australian boobook (Ninox boobook) is an owl native to mainland
Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda
Islands. Described by John Latham in 1801, its name is derived from its
two-tone boo-book call. Eight subspecies are recognised; three further
subspecies were reclassified as separate species in 2019. The smallest
owl on the Australian mainland, the boobook is 27 to 36 cm (10.5 to
14 in) long, with predominantly dark-brown plumage and prominent pale
spots. It has grey-green or yellow-green eyes. It is generally
nocturnal, though it is sometimes active at dawn and dusk, retiring to
roost in secluded spots in the foliage of trees. The Australian boobook
feeds on insects and small vertebrates, hunting by pouncing on them from
tree perches. Breeding takes place from late winter to early summer, and
tree hollows are used as nesting sites. The species has a large range
and apparently stable population, and is not threatened.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_boobook>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1844:
The Rochdale Pioneers opened their store in Rochdale, England,
forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Society_of_Equitable_Pioneers>
1923:
Nepal and the United Kingdom signed the first treaty that
defined the international status of Nepal as an independent and a
sovereign nation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal%E2%80%93Britain_Treaty_of_1923>
1965:
The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member
states have since signed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Convention_on_the_Elimination_o…>
1988:
The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, made
its first flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Sherman necktie:
(US, rail transport, historical, chiefly in the plural) A segment of
rail that has been heated and twisted into a loop, as a means of
destroying a railway.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sherman_necktie>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is
often more earnest than truth.
--Benjamin Disraeli
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli>
The seventeenth season of Grey's Anatomy was ordered in May 2019, by
ABC, as part of a double renewal with the sixteenth season. For the
2020–2021 U.S. broadcast television season, filming began in September
2020 while the season did not premiere until November 12, 2020, both
delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of the
pandemic on U.S. television only allowed seventeen episodes to be
produced, the fewest of any season since the fourth. COVID-19 safety
protocols were also implemented during production, and most main
storylines dealt with the pandemic in the U.S. with some also connecting
to spin-off series Station 19 through fictional crossover events.
Numerous former starring cast members guest starred throughout the
season, which received mixed reviews from critics but remained ABC's
most-watched scripted series. It concluded on June 3, 2021. Despite
initial uncertainty from the cast, crew, and network, the series was
eventually renewed for an eighteenth season.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy_%28season_17%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1948:
Indonesian National Revolution: Dutch forces captured
Yogyakarta, the Indonesian Republic's temporary capital, and seized
President Sukarno.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Kraai>
1955:
Cardiff (City Hall pictured) was recognised as the capital of
Wales.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff>
1988:
The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances governing international
cooperation against the illegal drug trade was signed in Vienna.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Tra…>
1995:
American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga,
Colombia, killing 151 passengers and 8 crew members.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_965>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bewilder:
(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially
with many different choices.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bewilder>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to
aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy.
--Edwin Abbott Abbott
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edwin_Abbott_Abbott>
Dracophyllum fiordense, the Fiordland grass tree, is a tree or shrub
endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. A heath, it is 1.5–5.0
metres (5–16 feet) tall and has tufts of distinctive long leaves at
the ends of its branches. It has pyramidal flower spikes hidden under
each clump of leaves, with over 100 pink flowers on each spike that
later produce reddish-brown fruit. It inhabits shrubland, forests, and
tussock grassland. Its range is mainly within Fiordland, Aoraki / Mount
Cook and Westland Tai Poutini National Parks. D. fiordense was first
described by the New Zealand naturalist Walter Oliver in 1928 and placed
by him in the subgenus Dracophyllum, in a group with D. menziesii,
which genetic sequencing later confirmed. In 2017, it was classed as a
declining species. The kākāpō, a flightless bird, feeds on the bases
of the leaves by making incisions in new shoots. D. fiordense is likely
pollinated by insects and its seeds are dispersed by the wind.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracophyllum_fiordense>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1675:
King Philip's War: The colonial militia of New England and
their Pequot allies attacked a Narragansett fort in Rhode Island,
killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Swamp_Fight>
1956:
British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams
was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bodkin_Adams>
1985:
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by the co-pilot and landed
in a rice field in China, where he was apprehended.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_101/435>
2016:
Andrei Karlov, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated
at an art gallery in Ankara.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
scut:
1. (obsolete) A hare; (hunting, also figuratively) a hare as the game in
a hunt.
2. A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
3. (by extension) The buttocks or rump; also, the female pudenda, the
vulva. […]
4. (chiefly Ireland, colloquial) A contemptible person. […]
5. (also attributively) Distasteful work; drudgery; specifically
(medicine, slang) some menial procedure left for a doctor or medical
student to complete, sometimes for training purposes.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scut>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Show me a prison, show me a jail Show me a pris'ner whose face
has grown pale And I'll show you a young man With many reasons why
There but for fortune, go you or I.
--Phil Ochs
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs>
The Surrogate's Courthouse is a historic building at the northwest
corner of Chambers and Centre Streets in New York City. A seven-story,
steel-framed structure in the Beaux Arts style, with a granite facade
and elaborate marble interiors, it was completed in 1907. John Rochester
Thomas created the original plans while Arthur J. Horgan and Vincent J.
Slattery oversaw the building's completion. The exterior is decorated
with fifty-four sculptures by Philip Martiny and Henry Kirke Bush-Brown,
as well as three-story Corinthian-style colonnades on Chambers and Reade
Streets. The building's basement houses the New York City Municipal
Archives. The fifth floor contains the surrogate's court for New York
County, which handles probate and estate proceedings for the New York
State Unified Court System. The Surrogate's Courthouse is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark,
and its facade and interior are both New York City designated landmarks.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogate%27s_Courthouse>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1898:
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the first official land speed
record, averaging 63.15 km/h (39.24 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in
Achères, France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record>
1916:
The French defeated German forces around the city of Verdun-
sur-Meuse in northeast France, ending the longest and one of the
bloodiest battles in the First World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun>
1963:
Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in
Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student
Edmund Assare-Addo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Moscow_protest>
1996:
The school board of Oakland, California, passed a controversial
resolution officially declaring African-American Vernacular English to
be a separate language or dialect.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English_and_educa…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
primum mobile:
1. (astronomy, historical) The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens
in Ptolemaic astronomy, which was believed to cause all the inner
spheres to rotate.
2. (chiefly philosophy, theology) The prime mover or first cause (“an
initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow”).
3. (by extension) The person or thing that is the main impetus for some
action; a driving force.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/primum_mobile>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When I'm away from you I'm happier than ever Wish I could
explain it betterI wish it wasn't true. Give me a day or two To think
of something clever To write myself a letter To tell me what to do.
--Billie Eilish
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billie_Eilish>
Hunky Dory is the fourth studio album by English musician David Bowie,
released on 17 December 1971 by RCA Records. It was co-produced by
Bowie and Ken Scott and featured the Spiders from Mars backing band and
Rick Wakeman (pictured) on piano. The songs are melodic and piano-based,
with lyrics reflecting themes of artistic reinvention and occult
philosophies. It also contains three tributes to American artists. The
cover artwork was inspired by actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Despite positive reviews, the album initially failed to chart, becoming
a commercial success following Bowie's breakthrough with The Rise and
Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972.
Retrospectively, Hunky Dory has been acclaimed as one of Bowie's best
works and features on several lists of the greatest albums of all time.
Within the context of his career, it is considered to be the album where
Bowie definitively discovered his voice and style.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1583:
Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeated Gebhard
Truchsess von Waldburg's troops at the siege of Godesberg.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Godesberg>
1918:
About 1,000 demonstrators marched on Government House in
Darwin, Australia, where they burned an effigy of Administrator John
Gilruth and demanded his resignation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_rebellion>
1951:
The Civil Rights Congress presented a document to the United
Nations Genocide Convention charging the United States government with
genocide against African Americans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Charge_Genocide>
2009:
The livestock transporter MV Danny F II capsized and sank in
bad weather off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in 43 human and more
than 28,000 sheep and cattle deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Danny_F_II>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nithing:
1. (archaic) A coward, a dastard; a wretch.
2. (archaic) A wicked person; also, one who has acted immorally or
unlawfully.
3. (archaic) Cowardly, dastardly.
4. (archaic) Notoriously evil or wicked; infamous.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nithing>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nothing is so fatal to the progress of the human mind as to
suppose that our views of science are ultimate; that there are no
mysteries in nature; that our triumphs are complete, and that there are
no new worlds to conquer.
--Humphry Davy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Humphry_Davy>
Jameson's mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni) is a species of highly venomous
snake native to equatorial Africa. A member of the mamba genus
Dendroaspis, it is slender with dull green upperparts and cream
underparts and generally ranges from 1.5 to 2.2 m (4 ft 11 in to
7 ft 3 in) in length. Described by Scottish naturalist Thomas Traill
in 1843, it has two recognised subspecies: the nominate subspecies from
central and western sub-Saharan Africa and the eastern black-tailed
subspecies from eastern sub-Saharan Africa. Predominantly arboreal, it
preys mainly on birds and mammals. Its venom consists of both
neurotoxins and cardiotoxins. Symptoms of envenomation in humans include
pain and swelling of the bite site, followed by swelling, chills,
sweating, abdominal pain and vomiting, with subsequent slurred speech,
difficulty breathing and paralysis. Fatalities have been recorded within
three to four hours of being bitten. The eastern subspecies is twice as
venomous as the nominate subspecies.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameson%27s_mamba>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1893:
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony (audio
featured) premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_%28Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k%29>
1918:
Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declared the formation of the
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, a puppet state created by Soviet
Russia to justify the Lithuanian–Soviet War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281918%…>
1971:
The surrender of East Pakistani forces in Dacca concluded the
Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971>
2014:
A hostage crisis in a Lindt chocolate café in Sydney,
Australia, ended with police storming the building, killing the
perpetrator and one of the hostages.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindt_Cafe_siege>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
reconciliation:
1. The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation,
rapprochement.
2. (accounting) The process of comparing and resolving apparent
differences between accounting records, or between accounting records
and bank statements, receipts, etc.
3. Religious senses.
4. (Christianity) The end of estrangement between a human and God as a
result of atonement.
5. (Christianity) The reconsecration of a desecrated church or other
holy site.
6. (Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) Admission of a person to
membership of the church, or readmission after the person has previously
left the church.
7. (Roman Catholicism) Short for sacrament of reconciliation (“a
sacrament (sacred ritual) formerly called confession, involving
contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed
by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reconciliation>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have
superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and
self-destroying.
--Arthur C. Clarke
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke>
The 1988 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker
tournament held from 16 April to 2 May 1988 at the Crucible Theatre in
Sheffield. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker
Association, it was the sixth and final ranking event of the 1987–88
snooker season and the twelfth consecutive World Snooker Championship to
be held at the Crucible since 1977. At Preston Guild Hall, 113 players
competed in a qualifying event, 16 of whom reached the final to join
the 16 invited seeded players. The tournament was broadcast in the UK by
the BBC, and was sponsored by cigarette brand Embassy. The winner
received £95,000 from the prize fund of £475,000. Defending champion
Steve Davis (pictured), who had previously won the championship four
times, met Terry Griffiths, the 1979 champion, in the best-of-35-frames
final. Davis won 18–11, after being level at 8–8 at the end of the
first day. The event's highest break was 140 by Steve James, and there
were 18 century breaks during the championship.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_World_Snooker_Championship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1025:
Constantine VIII became the sole Byzantine emperor, 63 years
after being crowned co-emperor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_VIII>
1946:
U.S.-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis
when they marched on the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured
the territory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_crisis_of_1946>
1961:
Former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death after
being found guilty on fifteen criminal charges, including war crimes and
crimes against humanity.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann>
1981:
The Iraqi Shia Islamist group al-Dawa carried out one of the
first modern suicide bombings, targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut,
Lebanon, resulting in 61 deaths and 110 injuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_embassy_bombing_in_Beirut>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Groom of the Stool:
(Britain, monarchy, historical) Originally an official responsible for
helping the English monarch use the toilet; later a senior official who
was allowed access to the monarch's privy chamber and served as a
personal secretary.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Groom_of_the_Stool>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance
to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
--Oscar Niemeyer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oscar_Niemeyer>
Gianni Schicchi is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an
Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The work
is the third and final part of Puccini's Il trittico, three one-act
operas with contrasting themes, following the dramatic Il tabarro and
the lyric Suor Angelica. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned
in Dante's Divine Comedy. Set in 1299 Florence, the title character
pretends to be a rich citizen who had died, dictating a new will in
favour of the deceased's family members but especially of himself (scene
in the premiere pictured). The comedy, a rarity in the composer's work,
combines elements of Puccini's modern harmonic dissonances with lyrical
passages such as the aria "O mio babbino caro". When Il trittico
premiered at New York's Metropolitan Opera on 14 December 1918, only
Gianni Schicchi became an immediate hit. It has been performed more
frequently than the other two, often combined with other short operas.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Schicchi>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
American Civil War: The Battle of Bean's Station, the final
battle of the Knoxville campaign, was fought in Grainger County,
Tennessee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bean%27s_Station>
1918:
The first British general election with female voters took
place, with women over the age of thirty permitted to vote.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election>
1981:
The Knesset passed the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli
"laws, jurisdiction and administration" to the Golan Heights,
effectively annexing the territory internationally recognized as part of
Syria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights>
1998:
Kosovo War: Yugoslav forces ambushed a group of Kosovo
Liberation Army militants attempting to smuggle weapons into Yugoslavia
from Albania.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_14,_1998,_Albanian%E2%80%93Yugoslav_…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
by virtue of:
(idiomatic) (originally) by the authority or power of; (now) because of;
on the grounds of; by reason of.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/by_virtue_of>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The stars are alive and nights like thesewere born to be
sanctified by you and me.
--Mike Scott
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_%28musician%29>
The Sega CD is a CD-ROM accessory for the Genesis (also known as Mega
Drive), produced by Sega as part of the fourth generation of video game
consoles. It was released on December 12, 1991, in Japan, in 1992 in
North America, and in 1993 in Europe. It plays CD-based games and adds
hardware functionality such as a faster central processing unit and
graphic enhancements such as sprite scaling and rotation. It also plays
audio CDs and CD+G discs. The main benefit of CD technology was greater
storage; CDs offered more than 320 times the space of Genesis
cartridges. Sega partnered with JVC to design the Sega CD, which was
redesigned several times by Sega and licensed third-party developers. By
March 1996, Sega discontinued it to focus on the Sega Saturn;
2.24 million units had been sold. Retrospective reception is mixed,
with praise for some games and functions, but criticism for its dearth
of deep games, high price and lack of support from Sega. (This article
is part of a featured topic: Sega video game consoles.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Sega_video_game_con…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1769:
Dartmouth College, in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire, was
established by royal charter, becoming the last university to be founded
in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College>
1981:
Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski performed a self-coup
by declaring martial law, suspending the trade union Solidarity and
imprisoning many of its leaders.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland>
2001:
The Parliament of India was attacked by five gunmen, who killed
nine people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Indian_Parliament_attack>
2011:
After murdering a woman at his home, a man threw grenades and
fired a rifle at crowds in Liège, Belgium, killing 6 people and
injuring 125 others, before committing suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Li%C3%A8ge_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hippic:
1. Relating to horses or horse-riding.
2. (humorous, dated) Relating to horse racing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make
the world safe for diversity.
--Aga Khan IV
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV>
Dhoby Ghaut MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)
interchange station on the North South, North East and Circle lines in
Singapore. Located in Dhoby Ghaut, the station is beneath Orchard Road
and is integrated with the commercial development The Atrium@Orchard.
The station serves landmarks such as the Istana and Plaza Singapura. The
only triple-line MRT interchange station in Singapore, Dhoby Ghaut
station is one of the deepest and largest stations in Singapore with
five basement levels. Constructed as part of Phase I of the MRT
network, the station commenced operations on 12 December 1987. The North
East line platforms were completed in 2003, while the Circle line
platforms opened in 2010 along with Stages 1 and 2 of the line. The
station features many works of art, three of them under the Art-in-
Transit scheme in the North East line and Circle line stations, a pair
of Art Seats at the Circle line platforms, and a piece above the North
South line platforms.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoby_Ghaut_MRT_station>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1866:
England's worst mining disaster occurred when a series of
explosions (depicted) caused by flammable gases ripped through the Oaks
Colliery, killing 361 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_explosion>
1905:
In support of the December Uprising in Moscow, the Council of
Workers' Deputies of Kiev staged a mass uprising, establishing the
Shuliavka Republic in the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuliavka_Republic>
1941:
The Holocaust: At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich
Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the
Jewish people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reich_Chancellery_meeting_of_12_December_1941>
1985:
Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after takeoff in Gander,
Newfoundland, Canada, killing 256 people, including 248 members of the
U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_Air_Flight_1285>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Wiktionary:
1. A collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation to produce a
free and complete dictionary in every language; the dictionaries,
collectively, produced by that project.
2. A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain
language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as
the English Wiktionary).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the
ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.
--Gustave Flaubert
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gustave_Flaubert>