Cryptoprocta spelea, the giant fossa, is an extinct species from
Madagascar in the family Eupleridae. Most closely related to the
mongooses, the family includes all of Madagascar's carnivorans. The
giant fossa was first described in 1902, and in 1935 was recognized as a
separate species from its closest relative, the living fossa
(Cryptoprocta ferox). Apart from its size, C. spelea was similar to the
fossa. When and how C. spelea became extinct is unknown, and there is
some anecdotal evidence of more than one surviving species. The species
is known from subfossil bones found in a variety of caves in northern,
western, southern, and central Madagascar. In some sites, it occurs with
remains of C. ferox, but there is no evidence that the two lived in the
same places at the same time. C. spelea would have been able to prey on
larger animals than its smaller relative could have, including the
recently extinct giant lemurs.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoprocta_spelea>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1937:
Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the
Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean
Sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyon_Conference>
1960:
Running barefoot in the marathon event at the Rome Olympics,
Abebe Bikila became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an
Olympic gold medal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abebe_Bikila>
2000:
British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held
captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the
end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barras>
2008:
CERN's Large Hadron Collider (section pictured), the world's
largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, first began operations
beneath the France–Switzerland border.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
atiptoe:
1. On tiptoe; on the tips of one's toes in order to move quietly or to
stand taller.
2. (figuratively)
3. Quietly, and little by little.
4. Without retreating from adversity, confrontation, or danger; standing
tall; bravely, proudly, unyieldingly.
5. In a state of anticipation; keenly awaiting.
6. On tiptoe; moving or standing on the tips of one's toes.
7. (figuratively) In a state of anticipation; keenly awaiting.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atiptoe>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In a little over a week's time we will come together as a nation,
as a Commonwealth and indeed a global community, to lay my beloved
mother to rest. In our sorrow, let us remember and draw strength from
the light of her example. On behalf of all my family, I can only offer
the most sincere and heartfelt thanks for your condolences and support.
They mean more to me than I can ever possibly express. And to my
darling mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late
papa, I want simply to say this: thank you. Thank you for your love and
devotion to our family and to the family of nations you have served so
diligently all these years. May "flights of angels sing thee to thy
rest."
--Charles III
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_III>
William the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 1087) was the first Norman king of
England. He became Duke of Normandy in 1035, although his illegitimate
status and youth caused him difficulties until he secured the duchy in
about 1060. In the 1050s and early 1060s, William was a contender for
the English throne, then held by Edward the Confessor. Another claimant
was Harold Godwinson, whom Edward named as the next king on his deathbed
in January 1066. William invaded England in September 1066, defeated
Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and was crowned on Christmas Day 1066.
Unsuccessful rebellions followed, but by 1075 William's hold on England
was mostly secure. William's final years were marked by difficulties in
his continental domains, troubles with his eldest son, and threatened
invasions of England by the Danes. In 1085 he ordered the compilation of
the Domesday Book, listing all landholders in England and their
holdings. He died in September 1087 on a campaign in northern France.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1320:
Byzantine forces defeated Achaean troops at the Battle of Saint
George, taking control of the Arcadia region of Greece.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saint_George>
1892:
At the Lick Observatory in California, Edward Emerson Barnard
discovered Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter and the last natural satellite to
be discovered by visual observation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalthea_%28moon%29>
1999:
The first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore
dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Portrait_Series_currency_notes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Elizabethan:
1. Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and
Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.
2. Often preceded by new or second: pertaining to the reign of Queen
Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022.
3. A person (especially a writer) who lived during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.
4. A person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of
the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elizabethan>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We continue to be inspired by the kindness of strangers and draw
comfort that — even on the darkest nights — there is hope in the new
dawn.
--Elizabeth II
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II>
"Sardines" is the first episode of Inside No. 9, a British dark comedy
anthology series. Written by Steve Pemberton (pictured) and Reece
Shearsmith, it premiered on BBC Two on 5 February 2014. In the episode,
a group of adults play sardines at an engagement party. Rebecca, the
bride-to-be, finds a player in a wardrobe, and they are subsequently
joined by other guests. As more people enter, dark secrets are revealed,
with various allusions to incest, child abuse and adultery. The humour
is dark and British, with polite but awkward interactions. The story
takes place entirely in the bedroom of a country house, with much of it
inside the wardrobe to evoke a feeling of claustrophobia. The cast
included Katherine Parkinson, Tim Key, Luke Pasqualino, Ophelia
Lovibond, Anne Reid, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Anna Chancellor, Marc Wootton,
Ben Willbond, Timothy West and the two writers. The cast and writing
were praised by critics, and the episode was watched by 1.1 million
viewers on its first showing.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardines_%28Inside_No._9%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1566:
Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Although Ottoman forces led by
Suleiman the Magnificent captured the fortress of Szigetvár in Hungary,
they were forced to end their campaign to take Vienna.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Szigetv%C3%A1r>
1831:
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King
and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen>
1900:
The Great Galveston hurricane, the deadliest disaster in U.S.
history, struck Galveston, Texas, with estimated winds of 135 miles per
hour (215 km/h) at landfall, killing at least 6,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane>
1966:
The science fiction show Star Trek made its American premiere
with "The Man Trap", launching a media franchise that has since created
a cult phenomenon and has influenced the design of many current
technologies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Trap>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
talk like a book:
1. To talk pedantically, or using excessively difficult or literary
words.
2. To talk precisely and with authority.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/talk_like_a_book>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Trump was saying that the only way he could lose the election is
if there was — let me get the exact quote — "the only way they can
take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election." Now he
is making that statement at a time when virtually every national poll
has him behind. … there is a very high likelihood that Trump will
contest the results if he loses … And it would be an unprecedented
moment in American history and undermining everything that this country
stands for if we have a president remain in office who lost the
election. … I certainly hope with all of my heart that none of this
happens.
--Bernie Sanders
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders>
"Daisy" is a controversial political advertisement that aired on
television as part of Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign
against Republican Barry Goldwater. Though officially aired only once,
on September 7, 1964, it is considered a turning point in political and
advertising history. It was designed to broadcast Johnson's anti-nuclear
positions, contrary to Goldwater's stance. The commercial begins with
Monique Corzilius picking petals of a daisy, while counting from one to
ten incorrectly. After she reaches "nine", a booming male voice is heard
counting the numbers backward from "ten", similar to the start of a
missile launch countdown. The scene is replaced by a nuclear explosion,
with Johnson's voice-over stating: "We must either love each other, or
we must die." Although the Johnson campaign was criticized for
frightening the voters by implying that Goldwater would wage a nuclear
war, various other campaigns since have adopted and used the "Daisy"
advertisement.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_%28advertisement%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1642:
First English Civil War: Royalist and Parliamentarian forces
clashed in the Battle of Babylon Hill, after which both sides claimed
victory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Babylon_Hill>
1936:
The last thylacine died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine>
1986:
Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican
Church of Southern Africa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu>
2004:
Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada and devastated at least
85 percent of buildings on the island.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
porterage:
1. (uncountable) The carrying or transportation of goods by a porter
(“person who carries luggage and related objects”) or other person.
2. (uncountable) Porters regarded collectively.
3. (uncountable, obsolete, rare) Goods or other things which are
carried; burdens.
4. (countable, uncountable) The charge for such carrying or
transportation.
5. The occupation of, or services provided by, a porter (“person in
control of the entrance to a building”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/porterage>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We shouldn't be daunted by the challenges we face. As strong as
the storm may be, I know that the British people are stronger. Our
country was built by people who get things done. We have huge reserves
of talent, of energy, and determination. I am confident that together
we can ride out the storm, we can rebuild our economy, and we can become
the modern brilliant Britain that I know we can be. This is our vital
mission to ensure opportunity and prosperity for all people and future
generations. I am determined to deliver.
--Liz Truss
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Liz_Truss>
Avery Brundage (1887–1975) was the fifth president of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC), the only American to hold that
office. In 1912, he competed in the Summer Olympics, contesting the
pentathlon and decathlon; both events were won by Jim Thorpe. Brundage
became a sports administrator, rising rapidly through the ranks in U.S.
sports groups. He fought zealously against a boycott of the 1936 Summer
Olympics in Berlin, Nazi Germany. Although Brundage was successful, the
U.S. participation was controversial, and has remained so. Brundage was
elected to the IOC that year, and quickly became a major figure in the
Olympic movement. Elected IOC president in 1952, Brundage fought
strongly for amateurism. On September 6, 1972, at the Munich Olympics,
his final as president, when addressing the memorial service following
the murder of eleven Israelis by terrorists, Brundage refused to cancel
the remainder of the Olympics, declaring that "the Games must go on".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Brundage>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1901:
William McKinley, President of the United States, was fatally
wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in
Buffalo, New York, and died eight days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley>
1952:
A prototype aircraft crashed at the Farnborough Airshow in
Hampshire, England, killing the pilot and test observer on board, and 29
spectators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Farnborough_Airshow_crash>
1997:
An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide watched the funeral
of Diana, Princess of Wales, on television.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_of_Diana,_Princess_of_Wales>
1999:
The Parliament of Singapore relocated from the Old Parliament
House to its current meeting place (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
I'll be blowed:
(Britain, informal, dated) Used to express amazement and surprise.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I%27ll_be_blowed>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have wedded the cause of human improvement, staked on it my
fortune, my reputation and my life.
--Frances Wright
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frances_Wright>
Cedar Hill Yard is a railroad classification yard in New Haven, North
Haven, and Hamden, Connecticut, in the United States. It was built by
the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in the early 1890s in and
around New Haven's Cedar Hill neighborhood, which gave the yard its
name. Following an expansion begun in 1917, and further improvements in
the 1920s, Cedar Hill Yard became one of the largest rail yards in the
United States, routinely handling more than 4,000 railroad cars each day
on 880 acres (360 ha) of land. After the rise of trucks and highways,
and rerouting of rail traffic to newly built Selkirk Yard in the state
of New York, Cedar Hill Yard significantly declined in importance and
much of it was abandoned, as ownership was transferred to Penn Central
in 1969, and subsequently Conrail in 1976. Since 1999, the yard has been
owned and operated by CSX Transportation, and also hosts operations by
Amtrak, the Connecticut Southern Railroad, and the Providence and
Worcester Railroad.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill_Yard>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1781:
American Revolutionary War: French naval forces handed Britain
a major strategic defeat at the Battle of the Chesapeake (depicted).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake>
1915:
The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international
socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in
Switzerland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerwald_Conference>
1943:
World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed
at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Nadzab>
1977:
NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the
farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dispatch box:
1. A box or case with a lock that is used for carrying dispatches
(“important official messages”) and other documents.
2. (Commonwealth of Nations, politics) A box that is placed on a table
in a legislative debating chamber and used as a lectern for addressing
the legislature.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dispatch_box>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'm a proud capitalist. I spent most of my career representing
the corporate state of Delaware. I know America can't succeed unless
American business succeeds. But let me be very clear: Capitalism
without competition isn't capitalism; it's exploitation.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
Tropical Storm Carrie was a tropical storm that affected the East Coast
of the United States in early September 1972. The third tropical
cyclone of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season, it formed on August 29
from a complex sequence of meteorological events starting with the
emergence of a tropical wave into the Atlantic in the middle of August.
Tracking generally northward, Carrie reached an initial peak intensity
as a moderate tropical storm before nearly weakening back into tropical
depression status. The storm began to reintensify in a baroclinic
environment after turning toward the northwest; its winds of 70 mph
(110 km/h) as it was transitioning into an extratropical system
eclipsed the cyclone's previous maximum strength. The extratropical
remnants of Carrie skirted eastern New England before making landfall in
Maine on September 4 and dissipating over the Gulf of St. Lawrence
over the next two days. Overall damage was light, with total losses
valued at $1,780,000, and four deaths.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Carrie_%281972%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1839:
First Opium War: British vessels opened fire on Chinese war
junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community on the
Kowloon Peninsula.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kowloon>
1843:
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and Pedro II of Brazil
(both pictured) were married in an extravagant wedding at the Cathedral
of Rio de Janeiro.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Cristina_of_the_Two_Sicilies>
1934:
Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in
full.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Handful_of_Dust>
1977:
A gang-related shooting took place in Chinatown, San Francisco,
leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in
the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dragon_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tawny:
1. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
2. (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to
brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
3. (intransitive) To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to
tan, to tawn.
4. A light brown to brownish orange colour. tawny:
5. (specifically, heraldry) Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of
orange or bright brown”)
6. Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if
it has the word tawny in its name).
7. (Somerset) The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula
pyrrhula).
8. (alcoholic beverages) In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port
wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
9. (obsolete)
10. A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
11. (probably derogatory) A person with skin of a brown colour.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tawny>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir mens' blood and
probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in
hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded
will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing,
asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons
and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your
watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
--Daniel Burnham
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Burnham>
Corry Tendeloo (3 September 1897 – 18 October 1956) was a Dutch
lawyer, feminist and politician who sat in the House of Representatives
for the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) from 1945 until 1946, and
then for the Labour Party until her death in 1956. Born in the Dutch
East Indies, Tendeloo studied law at Utrecht University, during which
time she made contact with people within the women's rights movement. In
1945, Tendeloo was appointed a member of the House of Representatives
for the VDB in the national emergency parliament, formed to rebuild the
country after World War II and organise elections. In 1948, she helped
secure universal suffrage for the Dutch colonies of Suriname and
Curaçao. In 1955, she put forward a motion to abolish the ban on state
employment for married women. The next year she was instrumental in
introducing legislation that would start to end couverture, a 19th-
century law that labelled married women as incompetent to act on their
own behalf.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_Tendeloo>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1650:
Under Oliver Cromwell, the English New Model Army ambushed a
poorly prepared Scottish force at the Battle of Dunbar, the first battle
of the Third English Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dunbar_%281650%29>
1878:
The passenger steamship SS Princess Alice sank in the River
Thames after colliding with a collier, killing more than 600 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_SS_Princess_Alice>
1942:
The Holocaust: In possibly the first Jewish ghetto uprising,
residents of the Łachwa Ghetto in occupied Poland, informed of the
upcoming "liquidation" of the ghetto, unsuccessfully fought against
their Nazi captors.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81achwa_Ghetto>
1991:
A fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken
processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_chicken_processing_plant_fire>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dogman:
1. A man who has charge of dogs, such as a dog breeder or dog trainer;
specifically, a man who trains dogs for the bloodsport of dogfighting.
2. Alternative form of dog man (“a man who likes dogs or prefers dogs as
pets, often as opposed to liking cats”)
3. (cryptozoology, mythology) An alleged cryptid or mythological
creature that is part dog and part man; also (religion) a deity who is
part dog and part man.
4. (obsolete, rare) A man who sells dog meat.
5. (Australia, New Zealand) An assistant to a crane operator,
responsible for securing the crane's load and directing the operator.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogman>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
He who knows naught of dreaming can, likewise, never attain the
heights of power and possibility in persuading the mind to act. He who
dreams not creates not.
--Louis Sullivan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Sullivan>
Caroline Island is the easternmost of the uninhabited coral atolls which
comprise the southern Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. First
sighted by Europeans in 1606 and claimed by the United Kingdom in 1868,
it has been part of the Republic of Kiribati since the island nation's
independence in 1979. Despite guano mining, copra (coconut meat)
harvesting, and human habitation in the 19th and 20th centuries,
Caroline Island has remained relatively unspoiled compared to other
tropical islands. It is home to one of the world's largest populations
of the coconut crab and is an important breeding site for seabirds, most
notably the sooty tern. The atoll is known for its role in celebrations
surrounding the arrival of the year 2000. A 1995 realignment of the
International Date Line made Caroline Island the easternmost land west
of the Date Line and therefore one of the first points of land on Earth
to see sunrise in the year 2000.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Island>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1870:
Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at
the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the Second French
Empire within days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan>
1957:
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official
visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to
the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_Australia>
1985:
Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone
that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf
Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major
hurricane.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Elena>
1992:
An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw off the coast of Nicaragua
became the first tsunami earthquake to be captured on modern broadband
seismic networks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Nicaragua_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tar with the same brush:
(transitive, figuratively) To characterize (someone or something) using
the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tar_with_the_same_brush>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I wanted to have a voice, and it was okay if I wasn't going to be
so famous or so rich. And this the one thing I learned: How do you
recognize what's your true dream and what is the dream that you are
dreaming for other people to love you? … The difference is very easy
to understand. If you enjoy the process, it's your dream. … If you are
enduring the process, just desperate for the result, it's somebody
else's dream.
--Salma Hayek
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Salma_Hayek>
Benedict Joseph Fenwick (1782–1846) was an American Catholic bishop
and educator who served as Bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death.
Born in Maryland, he entered the Society of Jesus and began his ministry
in the Diocese of New York, where he eventually became the vicar general
and administrator. In 1817, he became the president of Georgetown
College in Washington, D.C. Months later, Ambrose Maréchal, Archbishop
of Baltimore, sent him to St. Mary's Church in Charleston, South
Carolina, to resolve a longstanding schism. In 1825, Fenwick became the
bishop of Boston, during a period of rapid growth of the city's Catholic
population due to Irish immigration. Intense nativism and anti-
Catholicism culminated with the burning of the Ursuline Convent in 1834,
threats against Fenwick's life, and the formation of the Montgomery
Guards. He established numerous churches, charitable institutions,
newspapers, and schools, including The Pilot in 1829 and the College of
the Holy Cross in 1843.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Fenwick>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1937:
The first group of around 172,000 Koreans were deported by
Soviet authorities from the Russian Far East to the Kazakh and Uzbek
SSRs; around 10 to 25 percent died.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Koreans_in_the_Soviet_Union>
1939:
German forces began an invasion of Poland, including attacks at
Wieluń and at Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westerplatte>
1969:
Muammar Gaddafi led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of
Libya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi>
1972:
In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation,
American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess
Champion with his victory over Russian Boris Spassky.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lum:
1. A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
2. (specifically, mining) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a
mine.
3. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A grove or wood; also, a
woody valley.
4. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A deep pool, especially one
in a riverbed.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lum>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
This is what Russia wants. A primitive plot in three acts for the
world to make three dramatic mistakes. To get used to the war. To put up
with the war. To forget about the war. This intention should never
succeed. … Your position is important, your voice is influential, your
word is loud. The least you can do today, or rather, NOT do, is not to
be silent, not to be afraid, not to turn away, not to pass by and not to
be indifferent to the war in Ukraine, which was unleashed by Russia.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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