"Delicate" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Taylor
Swift (pictured), taken from her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017),
and released as a single in March 2018. It was written by Swift and its
producers, Max Martin and Shellback. The lyrics are about insecurity
with a new love interest. To create a sound accompanying the vulnerable
sentiment, Martin and Shellback manipulated Swift's vocals with a
vocoder. "Delicate" is a ballad with dense synthesizers and house beats.
In the music video, Swift dances barefoot through public places,
dripping wet from the rain and invisible to others. Music critics
praised Swift's songwriting and the mellower production compared to the
album's overarching brash sound. The song featured in 2018 year-end
lists by Billboard, Slant Magazine, and Rolling Stone. A sleeper hit in
the U.S., "Delicate" peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and
topped Billboard's airplay charts: Mainstream Top 40, Adult
Contemporary, and Adult Pop Songs.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicate_%28Taylor_Swift_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1311:
The peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England published the
Ordinances of 1311 to restrict King Edward II's powers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinances_of_1311>
1797:
French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch
Navy ships without any losses at the Battle of Camperdown.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camperdown>
1942:
World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest
coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese
fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Esperance>
1968:
Apollo 7 (lift-off pictured), the first manned mission of
NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission,
launched from Complex 34 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
heart of grace:
(archaic) Chiefly preceded by get, give, take, etc.: courage or relief,
especially when gained as a result of favour shown to one.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heart_of_grace>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The present moment contains past and future. The secret of
transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.
--Thích Nhất Hạnh
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh>
The Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent
piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1925 in honor of
the founding of Fort Vancouver in present-day Vancouver, Washington. The
obverse of the commemorative coin (pictured) depicts John McLoughlin,
who built the fort for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1825. The reverse
shows an armed frontiersman standing in front of the fort.
Representative Albert Johnson of Washington state was able to get
Congress to authorize a coin for Fort Vancouver's centennial
celebrations, and President Calvin Coolidge signed the authorizing act
on February 24, 1925. Laura Gardin Fraser was engaged to design the
coin on the recommendation of the United States Commission of Fine Arts.
The coins were struck at the San Francisco Mint, and then were flown to
Washington state by airplane as a publicity stunt. They sold badly, and
are valuable today since few of the coins survive.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Vancouver_Centennial_half_dollar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1760:
In a treaty with Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people
of Suriname gained territorial autonomy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndyuka_people>
1846:
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the
largest moon of Neptune.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28moon%29>
1973:
U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged
with tax evasion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew>
1992:
After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu, the longest
cable-stayed bridge in India, was opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyasagar_Setu>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Weltschmerz:
An apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or
discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du
siècle, world-weariness.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weltschmerz>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 to Ales Bialiatski,
Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties, the Norwegian Nobel
Committee wishes to honour three outstanding champions of human rights,
democracy and peaceful co-existence in the neighbour countries Belarus,
Russia and Ukraine. Through their consistent efforts in favour of
humanist values, anti-militarism and principles of law, this year’s
laureates have revitalised and honoured Alfred Nobel’s vision of peace
and fraternity between nations — a vision most needed in the world
today.
--Norwegian Nobel Committee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee>
Daglish railway station is a commuter railway station on the boundary of
Daglish and Subiaco, suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Opened on 14
July 1924, the station was named after Henry Daglish, who was a mayor of
Subiaco, a member for the electoral district of Subiaco, and a premier
of Western Australia in the 1900s. The station consists of an island
platform accessed by a pedestrian underpass. Daglish station is on the
Fremantle line, and starting on 10 October 2022, the Airport line, which
are both part of the Transperth network. Fremantle line services run
every 10 minutes during peak hour and every 15 minutes outside peak hour
and on weekends and public holidays. Upon the Airport line's opening,
Fremantle line and Airport line services will run every 12 minutes
during peak hour, for a combined frequency of a train every 6 minutes.
The journey to Perth station is 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) long and takes
7 minutes.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daglish_railway_station>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1780:
The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record began to impact the
Caribbean, killing at least 20,000 people across the Antilles over the
subsequent days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780>
1942:
World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the
Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, reversing
the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions_along_the_Matanikau>
1962:
Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first
public demonstration of a light-emitting diode.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Holonyak>
2012:
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was severely injured by a
Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nine-day wonder:
(idiomatic) Something that generates interest for a limited time and is
then abandoned.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nine-day_wonder>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One must manifest discipline of spirit; without it one cannot
become free. To the slave discipline of spirit will be a prison; to the
liberated one it will be a wondrous healing garden. So long as the
discipline of spirit is as fetters the doors are closed, for in fetters
one cannot ascend the steps. One may understand the discipline of
spirit as wings. Whosoever will comprehend the discipline of spirit as
illumination of the future worlds is already prepared.
--Nicholas Roerich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicholas_Roerich>
The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House is located at 1 Bowling Green,
near the southern end of Manhattan. Named for Alexander Hamilton, a
Founding Father, and designed by Cass Gilbert in the Beaux-Arts style,
it was erected from 1902 to 1907 to house the Port of New York's duty-
collection operations. The building contains the George Gustav Heye
Center museum, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
District of New York, and local offices of the National Archives. The
facade and part of the interior are New York City designated landmarks,
and the building is a National Historic Landmark listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. The main entrance consists of a grand
staircase flanked by Four Continents, a set of four statues by Daniel
Chester French. The United States Customs Service moved out of the
building in 1974, and it remained vacant for more than a decade until
renovations in the late 1980s.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton_U.S._Custom_House>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1952:
Three trains collided (aftermath pictured) at Harrow &
Wealdstone station in London, killing 112 people and injuring 340
others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow_and_Wealdstone_rail_crash>
1967:
Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara was
captured near La Higuera, Bolivia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara>
1998:
A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing
a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the
city's previous main airport at Fornebu.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Airport,_Fornebu>
2001:
At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight
SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet,
killing 118 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linate_Airport_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
brusque:
1. Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.
2. (obsolete) Sour, tart.
3. (transitive) To act towards (someone or something) in a curt or
rudely abrupt manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brusque>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Does a populace have informed consent when a ruling minority acts
in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the existence of the
minority's forces? History already has answered that question. Every
society in the ConSentiency today reflects the historical judgment that
failure to provide full information for informed consent on such an
issue represents an ultimate crime.
--Frank Herbert
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert>
>From the late 19th century until 1933, the first homosexual movement
unsuccessfully sought the repeal of Paragraph 175, a German law
criminalizing sex between men. In 1897, Magnus Hirschfeld founded the
Scientific-Humanitarian Committee—the world's first homosexual rights
organization—to achieve this goal through science. The movement
greatly expanded after World War I and the German revolution, when the
first mass-market periodicals for gay people were published. The German
Friendship Society and the League for Human Rights, founded after the
war, emphasized human rights and respectability politics. In 1929, the
German parliament considered but ultimately did not vote on a proposal
to decriminalize homosexuality. The movement waned after failing to
achieve its objectives, and was shut down after the Nazi takeover in
early 1933. The first homosexual movement has inspired and influenced
later LGBT movements.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_homosexual_movement>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1868:
Ōdate, the last castle of the Satake clan in Japan's Tōhoku
region, was captured during the Boshin War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satake_clan>
1878:
The state funeral of Mindon Min, who ruled Burma for 25 years,
was held.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_funeral_of_Mindon_Min>
1914:
Japan captured Pohnpei from Germany, eventually leading to
large-scale Japanese immigration to Micronesia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Micronesians>
2006:
Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist and human-rights
activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in
Moscow.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anna_Politkovskaya>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
man-of-war:
1. (military, archaic except humorous) A man whose occupation is
fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.
2. (military, nautical, chiefly historical) A powerful armed naval
vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a
warship.
3. (obsolete, rare) In full man-of-war's-man: a sailor serving on board
an armed naval vessel.
4. Senses relating to animals.
5. Short for man-of-war bird or (obsolete) man-of-war hawk: any of a
number of seabirds, especially one which attacks other seabirds to take
their food.
6. (specifically, archaic) A frigatebird (family Fregatidae), especially
the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens).
7. (specifically, US) The Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).
8. Short for Portuguese man-of-war (“Physalia physalis, a jellyfish-like
marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached
to a float”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/man-of-war>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We respect Ukrainians' desire to see their country free, safe and
prosperous. I am confident that true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible
only in partnership with Russia. Our spiritual, human and civilizational
ties formed for centuries and have their origins in the same sources,
they have been hardened by common trials, achievements and victories.
Our kinship has been transmitted from generation to generation. It is in
the hearts and the memory of people living in modern Russia and Ukraine,
in the blood ties that unite millions of our families. Together we have
always been and will be many times stronger and more successful. For we
are one people. Today, these words may be perceived by some people with
hostility. They can be interpreted in many possible ways. Yet, many
people will hear me. And I will say one thing — Russia has never been
and will never be "anti-Ukraine". And what Ukraine will be — it is up
to its citizens to decide.
--Vladimir Putin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin>
The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Mexican
Yucatán Peninsula, with its center located offshore, near the town of
Chicxulub. The crater is about 180 kilometers (110 mi) in diameter,
making it one of the largest confirmed impact structures in the world;
the asteroid whose impact (animation shown) formed the crater was at
least 10 km (6 mi) in diameter. Discovered by geophysicists looking
for petroleum in the late 1970s, the impact structure was formed around
66 million years ago near the end of the Cretaceous period. It is
widely accepted that the devastation and climate disruption from the
impact was the cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, in
which around 75 percent of all plant and animal species on Earth became
extinct, including all non-avian dinosaurs. A 2021 study stated that the
impactor likely originated in the outer main part of the asteroid belt.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1777:
American Revolutionary War: Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery
were captured by British forces under Sir Henry Clinton, dismantling the
Hudson River Chains.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Forts_Clinton_and_Montgomery>
1908:
Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, causing a crisis that permanently damaged the country's
relations with the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_Crisis>
1973:
Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal to launch an attack on
the fortified Israeli Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom Kippur War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Badr_%281973%29>
1989:
About 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department
instigated a police riot in the Castro following a peaceful protest held
by ACT UP.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro_Sweep>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
subliminal:
1. (physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious
perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also
(generally), below the threshold where a response can be produced.
2. (psychology) Without directed awareness or thought; subconscious
(dated), unconscious.
3. (by extension) Of an advertisement, a message, etc.: conveyed in a
manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.
4. (physiology) Chiefly preceded by the: something which is below the
limen or threshold of conscious perception.
5. (psychology) Chiefly preceded by the: the subconscious (dated) or
unconscious self.
6. (by extension) An advertisement, a message, etc., which is conveyed
in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subliminal>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Beware of assumptions that seem 'obvious' in one decade. They may
become quaint in the next.
--David Brin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin>
Rachel Dyer is a Gothic novel of historical fiction by American writer
John Neal (depicted). Published in 1828 in Maine, it is the first bound
novel about the Salem witch trials. It garnered little critical notice
in its day but influenced works by better-known authors. It is best
remembered for "Unpublished Preface", an American literary nationalist
essay that precedes the story. Following a darkly poetic narrative, the
story centers around historical figure George Burroughs and fictional
witch hysteria victim Rachel Dyer. About two-thirds of the story takes
place in the courtroom, following the trials of alleged witches. Themes
include justice, sexual frustration, mistreatment of American Indians by
Puritans, the myth of national American unity in the face of pluralist
reality, and republican ideals as an antidote for Old World precedent.
The novel experiments with speech patterns, dialogue, and transcriptions
of Yankee dialect that Neal hoped would come to characterize American
literature.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dyer>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of
bread, thousands of Parisian women and allies marched on the Palace of
Versailles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_March_on_Versailles>
1936:
Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march from Jarrow to
London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-
establishment of industry in the town.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrow_March>
1962:
Dr. No, the first James Bond film, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._No_%28film%29>
1963:
The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main
economic support for South Vietnam, in response to the oppression of
Buddhists by President Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Import_Program>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
orthography:
1. (countable, architecture) A form of projection used to represent
three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection
lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an
orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation,
vertical projection, etc., of a building; also (obsolete) a drawing made
in this way.
2. (linguistics)
3. (countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of
language by written symbols; spelling.
4. (countable, more broadly) A set of conventions for writing a
language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis,
hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.
5. (uncountable) The aspect of language study concerned with letters and
their sequences in words; the study of spelling.
6. (uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also
(obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
7. (countable, obsolete) Synonym of orthographer (“someone knowledgeable
in spelling rules”)
8. (transitive, rare) To spell (words) or write (text) according to
established usage.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orthography>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Sometimes I think some people were disappointed when they met me
and found out I wasn't any smarter or happier than they were. I'm proud
and I've got my own ideas, but I ain't no better than nobody else. I've
often wondered why I became so popular, and maybe that's the reason. I
think I reach people because I'm with 'em, not apart from 'em.
--Loretta Lynn
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Loretta_Lynn>
The banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus) is a species of typical
broadbill found in Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda
Islands. It inhabits a variety of forests, mostly in lowland areas. A
striking, large-bodied bird, it is mostly purplish-red, with yellow-
streaked black wings, a bright blue beak, a blackish face, and greyish
chin and upper breast. Females can usually be told apart from males by
their lack of a neckband. The species mainly eats arthropods, but also
feeds on snails, lizards, frogs, and figs. Breeding occurs during the
dry season on the mainland, from March to November in the Greater
Sundas, and year-round on Java. Nests are built over clearings or water
bodies and have clutches of two or three eggs. The banded broadbill is
sometimes split into two species, E. javanicus and E. harterti,
including by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which
classifies E. javanicus as being near-threatened and E. harterti as
being of least concern.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_broadbill>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1876:
Texas A&M; University opened as the first public institution of
higher education in the U.S. state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University>
1917:
First World War: The Allies devastated the German defence at
the Battle of Broodseinde, prompting a crisis among German commanders
and causing a severe loss of morale in the 4th Army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Broodseinde>
1941:
Willie Gillis, one of Norman Rockwell's trademark characters,
debuted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Gillis>
1957:
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1 (replica pictured), the first
artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
belap:
(transitive, chiefly passive, obsolete) To lap or wrap around (someone
or something); to envelop, to surround.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/belap>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
With the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian in Florida …
I’ve directed that every possible action be taken to save lives and
get help to survivors, because every single minute counts. It’s not
just a crisis for Florida. This is an American crisis. We’re all
in this together. And I’ve spoken to Governor DeSantis on multiple
occasions, as well this morning, as well as mayors and county officials
— both Republican and Democrat — from the places most affected.
And I spoke with Governor McMaster of South Carolina this morning as
well. … We’re just beginning to see the scale of that destruction.
It’s likely to rank among the worst … in the nation’s history. …
It’s going to take months, years to rebuild. … I just want the
people of Florida to know we see what you’re going through, and
we’re with you. We’re going to do everything we can for you.
… I’m grateful for the brave women and men — federal, state, and
local folks working so hard. They’re all working as one team. … I
have immense gratitude for the first responders and the emergency crews
who always show up no matter what. At times like these, Americans come
together. They put aside politics, they put aside division, and we come
together to help each other. … That’s America. That’s who we
are. We’re going to keep doing everything we can, and we’ll do it
as the United States of America.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
Operation Hurricane was the first test of a British atomic device,
detonated on 3 October 1952 in the lagoon in the Montebello Islands in
Western Australia. During the Second World War, Britain commenced a
nuclear weapons project, known as Tube Alloys, but the 1943 Quebec
Agreement merged it with the American Manhattan Project. Several key
British scientists worked on the Manhattan Project, but after the war
the Americans ended cooperation. In January 1947, a cabinet sub-
committee decided to resume efforts to build nuclear weapons. To test
the effects of a ship-smuggled atomic bomb on a port (a threat of
concern to the British at the time), the bomb was exploded inside the
hull of a frigate, HMS Plym, leaving a saucer-shaped crater on the
seabed 6 metres (20 ft) deep and 300 metres (1000 ft) across. With the
success of Operation Hurricane, Britain became the third nuclear power,
after the United States and the Soviet Union. (This article is part of
a featured topic: Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Nuclear_weapons_and…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1849:
American author Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious in a gutter
in mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public
before his death four days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe>
1951:
The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the
Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san>
1962:
Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission,
was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying
astronaut Wally Schirra (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_8>
1981:
A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze
outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten
deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
build bridges:
(intransitive, idiomatic) Often followed by between or to: to establish
friendly relations or links.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/build_bridges>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me If they
can't understand it, how can they reach me I guess they can't, I guess
they won't I guess they front, that's why I know my life is out of
luck, fool. Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's
paradise Been spendin' most their lives, livin' in the gangsta's
paradise Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise.Tell me
why are we, so blind to see That the ones we hurt, are you and me?
--Coolio
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Coolio>
Hurricane Sergio was a powerful and long-lived tropical cyclone that hit
the Baja California Peninsula as a tropical storm and caused flooding
throughout southern Texas in early October 2018. Sergio became the
eighth Category 4 hurricane in the East Pacific for 2018, breaking the
record of seven set in the 2015 season. The twentieth named storm,
eleventh hurricane, and ninth major hurricane of the season, Sergio
organized into a tropical storm on September 29 and became a hurricane
on October 2. It peaked as a Category 4 hurricane on October 4, with
reported maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h). It maintained
peak intensity for 12 hours before weakening. The system then began
another period of intensification, achieving a secondary peak with
reported winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) on October 6. It made landfall
in western Baja California Sur on October 12, caused over US$2 million
in damage, and triggered over a thousand school closures. (This article
is part of a featured topic: 2018 Pacific hurricane season.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/2018_Pacific_hurric…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1835:
Mexican dragoons dispatched to disarm settlers at Gonzales in
Mexican Texas encountered stiff resistance from a Texian militia at the
Battle of Gonzales, the first armed engagement of the Texas Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gonzales>
1879:
Qing China signed the Treaty of Livadia with the Russian
Empire, but the terms were so unfavorable that the Chinese government
refused to ratify the treaty.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Livadia>
1942:
Second World War: HMS Curacoa was accidentally rammed and sunk
by RMS Queen Mary while escorting the liner to provide protection from
submarine attacks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Curacoa_%28D41%29>
1971:
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was re-elected unopposed as President of
South Vietnam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_V%C4%83n_Thi%E1%BB%87u>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Gandhigiri:
(India) The practice of Gandhism (“the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi,
encompassing tenets such as non-violent activism”), often expressed
through unorthodox forms of activism such as depositing flowers or
planting trees.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gandhigiri>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple,
however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.
--Graham Greene
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Graham_Greene>