The rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula) is a small swallow that is
resident in central and southern Africa. It breeds in the mountains, and
at lower levels in rocky areas and towns. It has mainly brown plumage
and white "windows" on the spread tail. Its call is a soft twitter. The
sexes are similar in appearance. The martin hunts along cliff faces for
flying insects. It breeds under cliff overhangs or on man-made
structures using mud pellets to build a bowl or half-bowl nest with a
soft lining. The bird is a solitary breeder, but small groups may nest
close together in suitable locations. A typical clutch has two to three
eggs, which are white with brown and grey blotches. Both adults
incubate the eggs for 16–19 days and feed the chicks. Fledging takes
another 22–24 days. The small martin is caught in flight by several
falcons, such as hobbies, but it faces no major threats. Because of its
extensive range and large stable population, it is assessed as a least-
concern species on the IUCN Red List. (This article is part of a
featured topic: Crag martins.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Crag_martins>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1846:
The first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history
using modern rules was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the "New York
Nine" defeating the New York Knickerbockers 23–1.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball>
1921:
A group of Black and Tans burned down the village of
Knockcroghery, Ireland, as an act of vengeance for the killing of a
British general two days earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockcroghery>
1965:
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, the head of the South Vietnam Air Force, was
appointed prime minister at the head of a military regime, ending two
years of short-lived military juntas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Cao_K%E1%BB%B3>
2006:
The ceremonial "first stone" of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault,
a facility established to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds from
locations worldwide in an underground cavern in Spitsbergen, Norway, was
laid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Juneteenth:
(US) Also more fully as Juneteenth Day: a holiday celebrated in many
states of the United States of America on June 19, commemorating the end
of slavery.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Juneteenth>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a
proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are
free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights
of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection
heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired
labor.
--Gordon Granger
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gordon_Granger>
Five Go Down to the Sea? were an Irish post-punk band from Cork, active
during 1978 to 1989. Vocalist and lyricist Finbarr Donnelly (pictured),
guitarist Ricky Dineen and brothers Philip O'Connell (bass) and Keith
O'Connell (drums) formed the band as Nun Attax when they were teenagers.
They became known for Donnelly's absurdist lyrics and stage presence,
Dineen's angular guitar and bass parts, and a rhythm section influenced
by Captain Beefheart. After developing a following in Ireland in the
early 1980s, they changed their name to "Five Go Down to the Sea?" and
moved to London. They did not find commercial success and split up in
1985. Donnelly and Dineen reformed in 1988 as Beethoven, and released
the EP Him Goolie Goolie Man, Dem the following year. Their reformation
was short-lived, as Donnelly drowned on 18 June 1989, aged 27. The
band's reputation has grown over time and they have influenced later
generations of Irish musicians, especially a succession of dryly
humorous Cork bands.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Go_Down_to_the_Sea%3F>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1858:
Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist
Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to
publish his own theory of evolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace>
1954:
Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across
the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1967:
American musician Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage at
the end of a performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix>
1981:
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to
be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
meet one's Waterloo:
To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a
problem that is too difficult.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meet_one%27s_Waterloo>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs And
what's wrong with that? I'd like to know 'Cause here I go again... I
love you.
--Paul McCartney
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney>
Antiochus X Eusebes (c. 113 BC – 92 or 88 BC) was a king of
Syria during the Hellenistic period. During his lifetime Seleucid Syria
was beset by civil wars, interference by Ptolemaic Egypt and incursions
by the Parthians. In 95 BC, Seleucus VI killed his own half-uncle
Antiochus IX, the father of Antiochus X, who took revenge by defeating
Seleucus VI and driving him to his death in 94 BC. Antiochus X did
not enjoy a stable reign as he had to fight three of Seleucus VI's
brothers, Antiochus XI, Philip I and Demetrius III. Antiochus XI
defeated Antiochus X and expelled him in 93 BC from Antioch, the
capital. A few months later, Antiochus X regained his position and
killed Antiochus XI. The civil war continued but its final outcome is
uncertain. Antiochus X married his stepmother Cleopatra Selene, and
had several children with her, including a future king, Antiochus XIII.
He probably died fighting against the Parthians in 88 BC.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_X_Eusebes>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1843:
New Zealand Wars: British settlers clashed with Māori over a
land dispute in the Wairau Valley, resulting in 26 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairau_Affray>
1900:
Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts
(depicted) from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Taku_Forts_%281900%29>
1963:
Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the
Joint Communiqué to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Communiqu%C3%A9>
2017:
Four wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually
killing at least 66 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2017_Portugal_wildfires>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gastrodiplomacy:
A type of cultural diplomacy where relations between representatives of
different cultures are improved by the means of gastronomy and the
promotion of national cuisines.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gastrodiplomacy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You share in all the love there is. The goddess awakens in
infinite forms and a thousand disguises. She is found where she is least
expected, appears out of nowhere and everywhere to illumine the open
heart. She is singing, crying, moaning, wailing, shrieking, crooning to
us, to be awake, to commit ourselves to life, to be a lover in the world
and of the world, to join our voices in the single song of constant
change and creation. For her law is to love all beings, and she is the
cup of the drink of life. The circle is ever open, ever unbroken.
--Starhawk
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Starhawk>
Podokesaurus is a genus of coelophysoid dinosaur that lived in what is
now the eastern United States during the Early Jurassic Period between
201 and 190 million years ago. Its only fossil was discovered by the
geologist Mignon Talbot near Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1910.
Talbot described and named the new genus and species Podokesaurus
holyokensis based on it, becoming the first woman to find and describe a
dinosaur. The holotype fossil (pictured) was recognised as significant
and was studied by other researchers, but was lost when the building it
was in burned down in 1917; no unequivocal Podokesaurus specimens have
since been discovered. It was nominated as the state dinosaur of
Massachusetts in 2021. Estimated to have been about 1 m (3 ft) in
length and 1–40 kg (2–90 lb) in weight, Podokesaurus was lightly
constructed with hollow bones and it is estimated it could have run at
15–20 km/h (9–12 mph). It is believed to have been a fleet-footed
predator, with powerful forelimbs and grasping hands.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podokesaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1883:
In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to
death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a variety
show in Sunderland, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Hall_disaster>
1911:
The technology company IBM was founded as the Computing-
Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing-Tabulating-Recording_Company>
1961:
Pioneering Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected from
the Soviet Union at Paris–Le Bourget Airport with the help of French
police and a Parisian socialite friend.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Nureyev>
2013:
A cloudburst caused severe flooding in the northern Indian
state of Uttarakhand, continuing for several days and resulting in over
5,700 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_North_India_floods>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nuke:
1. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a
target.
2. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or
erase completely.
3. (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-
service attack against (an IRC user).
4. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To expose to some form of
radiation.
5. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nuke>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
my God after that long kiss I near lost my breath yes he said I
was a flower of the mountain yes so we are flowers all a womans body yes
that was one true thing he said in his life and the sun shines for you
today yes that was why I liked him because I saw he understood or felt
what a woman is and I knew I could always get round him and I gave him
all the pleasure I could leading him on till he asked me to say yes and
I wouldnt answer first only looked out over the sea and the sky I was
thinking of so many things he didnt know
--Ulysses
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ulysses>
The Bombing of Yawata on the night of 15/16 June 1944 was the first
air raid on the Japanese home islands conducted by United States Army
Air Forces (USAAF) strategic bombers during World War II. The attack
was undertaken by 75 B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers (examples
pictured) staging from bases in China. Only 47 of these aircraft dropped
bombs near the raid's primary target, the Imperial Iron and Steel Works
at Yawata, and little damage was caused. Five B-29s were lost in
accidents during the operation and two were destroyed by Japanese
aircraft. While the raid did not achieve its aims, it raised Japanese
civilians' awareness that their country was being defeated and received
unduly positive media coverage in the United States. Intelligence
gathered also revealed weaknesses in Japan's air defenses and the raid
was the first of many on Japan. Yawata was attacked again on
20 August 1944. Much of the city was destroyed in a firebombing raid
conducted by B-29s based in the Mariana Islands on 8 August 1945.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Yawata_%28June_1944%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1896:
A 7.2 Ms earthquake and a subsequent tsunami struck Japan,
destroying about 9,000 homes and causing at least 22,000 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Sanriku_earthquake>
1944:
In the Saskatchewan general election, the Co-operative
Commonwealth Federation led by Tommy Douglas won enough seats in the
Legislative Assembly to form the first socialist government in North
America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Douglas>
1991:
The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines deposited
large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to lower
global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo>
2001:
Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Magna Carta:
1. (law, historical) A charter granted by King John to the barons at
Runnymede in 1215, which is one of the bases of English constitutional
tradition; a physical copy of this charter, or a later version.
2. (figuratively) A landmark document that sets out rights or important
principles.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Magna_Carta>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
London is always beautiful to those who love and understand that
extraordinary microcosm; but at five of a summer morning there is about
her an exquisite quality of youthful fragrance and debonair freshness
which goes to the heart.
--William McFee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_McFee>
Enthiran (Robot) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language science fiction film
written and directed by S. Shankar. Produced by Kalanithi Maran, it
stars Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (both pictured). The story
revolves around a scientist's struggle to control his creation, an
android that can comprehend and exhibit human emotions. The project
backfires when the robot falls in love with the scientist's girlfriend,
and is manipulated by a rival scientist into becoming homicidal.
Enthiran received praise for Rajinikanth's performance and for its
cinematography, art direction, and visual effects. It emerged as the
top-earning Indian film of 2010 and is among the highest-grossing South
Indian films of all time. It won two Indian National Film Awards, three
Filmfare Awards, seven Vijay Awards and two Screen Awards. It has
spawned parodies and homages. Enthiran was followed up by a standalone
sequel, 2.0, released in 2018.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthiran>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1846:
Settlers in Sonoma began a rebellion against Mexico,
proclaiming the California Republic and eventually raising a homemade
flag with a bear and star (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic>
1940:
Second World War: Four days after the French government fled
Paris, German forces occupied the French capital, a major accomplishment
in the Fall Rot operation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_Rot>
1971:
Emerson, Lake & Palmer released the progressive rock album
Tarkus.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkus>
2014:
War in Donbas: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the
Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-proclaimed
Luhansk People's Republic, killing all 49 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_Air_Force_Il-76_shootdown>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bloviation:
(US, possibly originally Ohio, informal) A boastful or pompous manner of
speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bloviation>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When we see the beauty of the snow, when we see the beauty of the
full moon, when we see the beauty of the cherries in bloom, when in
short we brush against and are awakened by the beauty of the four
seasons, it is then that we think most of those close to us, and want
them to share the pleasure. The excitement of beauty calls forth strong
fellow feelings, yearnings for companionship, and the word "comrade" can
be taken to mean "human being".
--Yasunari Kawabata
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yasunari_Kawabata>
Barren Island is a former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in
New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was occupied by the Lenape
Native Americans prior to the arrival of Dutch settlers in the 17th
century. Its name is a corruption of Beeren Eylandt, the Dutch-language
term for "Bears' Island". From the 1850s to the mid-1930s, the island
was an industrial complex with plants for rendering fish and processing
the carcasses of the city's dead horses, converting them into industrial
products. Because of this, the body of water on the island's western
shore was nicknamed "Dead Horse Bay". By the 1920s, most of the
industrial activity had tapered off, and most residents were evicted in
the late 1920s for the construction of an airport called Floyd Bennett
Field. Since 1972, the former island's site has been part of the Gateway
National Recreation Area, managed by the National Park Service.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barren_Island,_Brooklyn>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1514:
Henry Grace à Dieu (depicted), the largest warship in the
world at the time, was launched from Woolwich Dockyard, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grace_%C3%A0_Dieu>
1971:
The New York Times published the first excerpts from the
Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified Department of Defense history
of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam
War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers>
1981:
English teenager Marcus Sarjeant fired six blanks at Queen
Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall to the Trooping the Colour
ceremony.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Sarjeant>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nitrox:
1. (metallurgy) An industrial process for case hardening (imparting
greater surface hardness to) metal objects, involving nitrocarburizing
(the diffusion of carbon and nitrogen into the metal) followed by
oxidation.
2. (underwater diving) A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, the nitrogen
content being lower than what is normally present in air, which is used
in place of air as a breathing gas.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nitrox>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let's be simple and calm, Like the trees and streams, And God
will love us, making us Us, even as the trees are trees And the
streams are streams, And will give us greenness in the spring, which is
its season, And a river to go to when we end... And he'll give us
nothing more, since to give us more would make us less us.
--Fernando Pessoa
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa>
Durrell's vontsira (Salanoia durrelli) is a Madagascan mammal in the
family Eupleridae of the order Carnivora. It is most closely related to
the brown-tailed mongoose (Salanoia concolor), with which it forms the
genus Salanoia. The two are genetically similar, but morphologically
distinct, leading scientists to recognize them as separate species. The
animal was first known to science after an individual was observed in
2004, and S. durrelli was described as a new species in 2010. A small,
reddish-brown carnivore, Salanoia durrelli is characterized by broad
feet with prominent pads, reddish-buff underparts, and broad, robust
teeth, among other differences from the brown-tailed mongoose. In the
only two weighed specimens, the body masses were 600 and 675 g (21.2
and 23.8 oz). S. durrelli is a marsh-dwelling animal that may feed on
crustaceans and mollusks. It is found only in the Lac Alaotra area, a
threatened ecosystem, and may also be endangered by competition with
introduced species.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durrell%27s_vontsira>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1775:
Thomas Gage, the governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay,
offered a general pardon to colonists who remained loyal to Britain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gage>
1914:
As part of the Ottoman Empire's policies of ethnic cleansing,
Turkish irregulars (examples pictured) began a six-day massacre of the
predominantly Greek town of Phocaea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Phocaea>
1963:
African-American civil-rights activist Medgar Evers was
murdered by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tokamak:
(nuclear physics) A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research
in which a plasma is magnetically confined.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tokamak>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not
rush about at things. A person of little merit is not at peace but walks
about making trouble and is in conflict with all.
--Yamamoto Tsunetomo
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yamamoto_Tsunetomo>
A 7 January 1989 match between Sutton United and Coventry City took
place as part of the third round of the 1988–89 FA Cup association
football competition. Coventry City were in the top tier of English
league football, while Sutton United were in the fifth. Coventry, the
away team, started as strong favourites. The home side took the lead
three minutes before half-time when a corner towards the near post was
missed by the Coventry goalkeeper and volleyed into the goal by Tony
Rains. Seven minutes into the second half, David Phillips was able to
shoot past the Sutton goalkeeper to make it 1–1. In the 59th minute, a
short corner kick was crossed to Matthew Hanlan who volleyed in to give
Sutton the lead once again. Despite numerous late chances for Coventry,
the match ended 2–1. One of the most famous "giant-killings" in the
competition's history, the match has been described as "the biggest
shock in the history of the FA Cup [and] one of the biggest in any game
ever".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_United_2%E2%80%931_Coventry_City_%2819…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
The Second Continental Congress established the Committee of
Five to draft a declaration of independence for the Thirteen Colonies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Five>
1917:
Alexander was crowned King of Greece, succeeding his father
Constantine I, who had abdicated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_of_Greece>
1955:
The deadliest accident in motorsport history occurred when two
cars collided during a running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, causing 84
deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster>
2012:
Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a
massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Afghanistan_earthquakes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
esquamulose:
(botany, mycology) Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a
smooth skin or outer covering.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/esquamulose>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds.
It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that
the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are
threatened. Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote
and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. … We are confronted
primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the scriptures and is as
clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is
whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal
opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we
want to be treated.
--John F. Kennedy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy>
Hurricane Fay was the first of two hurricanes to make landfall on
Bermuda in October 2014. The fifth hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic
hurricane season, it was Bermuda's first landfalling hurricane since
Emily in 1987. Fay briefly achieved Category 1 hurricane status while
making landfall on Bermuda early on October 12, and despite its modest
strength, produced extensive damage. Winds gusting over 100 mph
(160 km/h) clogged roadways with downed trees and utility poles, and
left a majority of the island's electric customers without power. The
terminal building at L.F. Wade International Airport was flooded, and
along the coast, the storm unmoored and destroyed numerous boats. Within
six days, before cleanup efforts could be completed, the stronger
Hurricane Gonzalo struck the island and compounded the damage. Fay and
Gonzalo marked the first recorded instance of two Bermuda hurricane
landfalls in one season.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Fay>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1786:
Ten days after being formed by an earthquake, a landslide dam
on the Dadu River in China was destroyed by an aftershock, causing a
flood that killed an estimated 100,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1786_Kangding-Luding_earthquake>
1838:
At least 28 unarmed Indigenous Australians were massacred at
Myall Creek, New South Wales.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myall_Creek_massacre>
1916:
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, orchestrated a revolt against
the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unified and
independent Arab state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Revolt>
1991:
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake
Tahoe, California; she remained a captive until 2009.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jaycee_Dugard>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fillip:
1. (archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb
and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
2. A smart strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by
other means.
3. (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time
it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy.
4. (by extension) Something that excites or stimulates.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fillip>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is no God but Love.
--Fakhruddin 'Iraqi
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fakhruddin_%27Iraqi>