James B. Weaver (1833–1912) was a two-time candidate for US president
and a congressman from Iowa. After serving in the Union Army in the
Civil War, Weaver worked for the election of Republican candidates, but
switched to the Greenback Party in 1877, and won election to the House
in 1878. The Greenbackers nominated Weaver for president in 1880, but he
received only 3.3 percent of the popular vote. He was again elected to
the House in 1884 and 1886, where he worked for expansion of the money
supply and for the opening of Indian Territory to white settlement. As
the Greenback Party fell apart, he helped organize a new left-wing
party, the Populists, and was their nominee for president in 1892. This
time he gained 8.5 percent of the popular vote and won five states.
Several of Weaver's political goals became law after his death,
including the direct election of senators and a graduated income tax.
(This article is part of a featured topic: 1880 United States
presidential election.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/1880_United_States_…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1916:
The final letter in the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence was
written, agreeing that Britain would recognise Arab independence in
return for the Sharif of Mecca launching a revolt against the Ottoman
Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMahon%E2%80%93Hussein_Correspondence>
1949:
Mildred Gillars, nicknamed Axis Sally, was convicted of treason
for working with the Nazis as a broadcaster.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Gillars>
1967:
British progressive-rock band Pink Floyd released their first
single, "Arnold Layne".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd>
2019:
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (aircraft pictured) crashed
shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, with the deaths of all 157
people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_302>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
long COVID:
(pathology, neologism) Long-term sequelae or symptoms (such as brain
fog, extreme fatigue, or shortness of breath) following a COVID-19
infection, which persist after the SARS-CoV-2 virus is no longer active.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/long_COVID>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The mind understands something only insofar as it absorbs it like
a seed into itself, nurtures it, and lets it grow into blossom and
fruit. Therefore scatter holy seeds into the soil of the spirit.
--Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Schlegel>
Sumitro Djojohadikusumo (1917–2001) was an Indonesian statesman and
economist. Widely considered to be Indonesia's most influential
policymaker during his time, he joined the republican government during
the Indonesian National Revolution after his economics education in the
Netherlands. During Indonesia's era of liberal democracy, he served once
as industry and trade minister and twice as finance minister. Unpopular
due to his stance favoring foreign investment, he joined the
insurrectionary Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia,
operating from abroad as the movement's fundraiser and foreign minister.
Following the movement's defeat, he remained abroad in exile until
Suharto took power and invited him back. Appointed as trade minister in
1968 and research minister in 1973, Sumitro also established private
business interests and a political presence for his family. After his
departure from government in 1978, he continued to work as an economist
until his death.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitro_Djojohadikusumo>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that
established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabucco>
1847:
Mexican–American War: The Siege of Veracruz began, the first
large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States military
forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Veracruz>
1932:
Éamon de Valera, a dominant political figure in 20th-century
Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free
State.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89amon_de_Valera>
1959:
The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American
International Toy Fair in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
parosmia:
(pathology) A distorted sense of smell, often resulting in the apparent
detection of non-existent smells which are mostly unpleasant.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parosmia>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a
mistake.
--Luis Barragán
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Luis_Barrag%C3%A1n>
Eunice Newton Foote (1819–1888) was an American inventor, women's
rights campaigner, and the first scientist to conclude that rising
levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) could impact climate. Born in
Connecticut, she was raised in New York at the center of movements such
as the abolition of slavery, anti-alcohol activism, and women's rights.
The Troy Female Seminary and Rensselaer School gave her a broad
education in science. After marrying an attorney in 1841, Foote settled
in Seneca Falls. She signed the Declaration of Sentiments and edited the
1848 Seneca Falls Convention's proceedings. In 1856 she published a
paper (pictured) demonstrating the absorption of heat by CO2 and water
vapor, hypothesizing that changing amounts of atmospheric CO2 would
alter the climate. Foote died in 1888; her contributions were largely
unknown before being rediscovered by women academics in the late 20th
century. The American Geophysical Union instituted the Eunice Newton
Foote Medal for Earth-Life Science in 2022.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Newton_Foote>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1736:
Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned
Shah of Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah>
1919:
During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested
rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1919>
1978:
BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later
adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_%28rad…>
1983:
Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of
Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described
the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Empire_speech>
2017:
The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta,
collapsed during a storm.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Window>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
foundress:
1. (dated) A female founder (“one who founds or establishes”).
2. (zoology, specifically) A female animal which establishes a colony.
3. (obsolete, rare) A female founder (“one who founds or casts metals”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foundress>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A definition is the start of an argument, not the end of one.
--Neil Postman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Postman>
The armadillo shoe is a high fashion platform shoe created by British
fashion designer Alexander McQueen (pictured) for his final collection,
Plato's Atlantis (Spring/Summer 2010). Only 24 pairs exist: 21 were made
during the initial production in 2009, and 3 were made in 2015 for a
charity auction. The shoes are named for their unusual convex curved
shape, which resembles an armadillo. Each pair is approximately 12
inches (30 cm) in height, with a 9-inch (23 cm) spike heel; this
extreme height caused some models to refuse to walk in them. American
pop star Lady Gaga famously wore the shoes in several public
appearances, including the music video for her 2009 single "Bad
Romance". They are often considered iconic in the Plato's Atlantis
collection, McQueen's body of work, and fashion history in general.
Criticism focused on the height of the heel, which has been viewed as
impractical, even unsafe. Critics have called them both grotesque and
beautiful, sometimes in the same review.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_shoe>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1814:
War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail
Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des
Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Craonne>
1985:
The charity single "We Are the World" by the supergroup United
Support of Artists for Africa was released, and went on to sell more
than 20 million copies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World>
2009:
The Kepler space telescope (depicted), designed to discover
Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, was launched.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_space_telescope>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
elbow bump:
1. A hit to the elbow; also, an injury to the elbow caused by such a
hit.
2. A hit or jab made with the elbow.
3. The touching of elbows between two people, sometimes as an
alternative to a handshake, fist bump, or other form of contact when
attempting to avoid the spread of germs.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elbow_bump>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If we merge mercy with might and might with right, then love
becomes our legacy and change our children's birthright.
--Amanda Gorman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Amanda_Gorman>
Operation Flavius was a military operation in which three members of the
Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) were killed by the British
Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988. The three were
believed to be mounting a car bomb attack on British military personnel,
but they proved to be unarmed and no bomb was discovered. This event
started a violent spree in which mourners were killed at the funeral of
the IRA members, then two British soldiers were killed after they
accidentally drove into a funeral procession for one of the mourners. A
documentary, "Death on the Rock", was televised on 24 April 1988 and
presented the possibility that the three IRA members had been unlawfully
killed. An inquest ruled that the SAS had acted lawfully, but the
European Court of Human Rights held that the planning and control of the
operation was so flawed as to make the use of lethal force almost
inevitable, a breach of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human
Rights.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Flavius>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1853:
Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at La Fenice in Venice,
but the performance was considered so bad that it caused him to revise
portions of the opera.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_traviata>
1933:
The Nazi Party took the first step in the Gleichschaltung
process by passing the Enabling Act, giving the government the right to
make laws without the involvement of the Reichstag.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung>
1964:
In a radio broadcast, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad
announced that American boxer Cassius Clay would change his name to
Muhammad Ali (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali>
1987:
The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the
harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Herald_of_Free_Enterprise>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Coronatide:
(Christianity, neologism) The period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Coronatide>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Barrett_Browning>
Simonie Michael (1933–2008) was a Canadian politician from the eastern
Northwest Territories (later Nunavut) who was the first Inuk elected to
a legislature in Canada. Before becoming involved in politics, Michael
worked as a carpenter and business owner, and was one of very few
translators between Inuktitut and English. He became a prominent member
of the Inuit co-operative housing movement and a community activist in
Iqaluit, and was appointed to a series of governing bodies, including
the precursor to the Iqaluit City Council. He became the first elected
Inuk member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Council in 1966,
where he worked on infrastructure and public health initiatives. Michael
is credited with bringing public attention to the dehumanizing effects
of the disc number system, in which Inuit were assigned alphanumerical
identifiers in place of surnames. Michael helped prompt the government
to authorise Project Surname, which replaced the disc numbers with
names.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonie_Michael>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1279:
The Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order suffered a great loss
when 71 knights died in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aizkraukle>
1824:
The First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war
in British Indian history, began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War>
1966:
BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji
shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all
113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_911>
1975:
Computer hobbyists in Silicon Valley held the first meeting of
the Homebrew Computer Club (founder pictured), whose members went on to
have great influence on the development of the personal computer.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
anhelation:
1. (uncountable, pulmonology, archaic) Breathing difficulty, shortness
of breath.
2. (figuratively, obsolete)
3. (uncountable) Mental or spiritual agitation.
4. (uncountable) Followed by after or for: eager desire; (countable) an
instance of this.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anhelation>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press
and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every
public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the
bureaucracy remains as the active element. Public life gradually falls
asleep, a few dozen party leaders of inexhaustible energy and boundless
experience direct and rule.
--Rosa Luxemburg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg>
The hooded pitohui, found in New Guinea, is a medium-sized songbird with
rich chestnut and black plumage. It is one of the few known poisonous
birds, containing a range of batrachotoxin compounds in its skin,
feathers and other tissues. These toxins are thought to be derived from
their diet, and may function both to deter predators and to protect the
bird from parasites. The toxic nature of this bird is well known to
local hunters, who avoid it. The hooded pitohui is found in forests from
sea level up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), but is most common in hills
and low mountains. A social bird, it lives in family groups and
frequently joins and even leads mixed-species foraging flocks. The diet
is made up of fruits, seeds and invertebrates. This species is
apparently a cooperative breeder, with family groups helping to protect
the nest and feed the young. The hooded pitohui is common and not
currently at risk of extinction, with its numbers being stable.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_pitohui>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1804:
Irish convicts formerly involved at the Battle of Vinegar Hill
during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 began an uprising against British
colonial authorities in New South Wales, Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Hill_convict_rebellion>
1837:
Chicago, Illinois, was incorporated as a city after its
population increased in seven years from 200 to more than 4,000.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago>
1943:
The Holocaust: Almost all Jews in Bulgarian-occupied northern
Greece were deported to Treblinka extermination camp to be killed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Bulgarian-occupied_Greece>
2012:
A series of blasts occurred at an arms dump in Brazzaville,
Republic of the Congo, killing at least 300 people and injuring 2,500
others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazzaville_arms_dump_blasts>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
steam shovel:
1. (historical) An excavating machine designed to effect a shovelling
action through steam power.
2. (by extension) Any excavating machine of similar design, no matter
how powered.
3. (transitive) To excavate (a place, or something from a place) using a
steam shovel.
4. (intransitive) To operate a steam shovel.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/steam_shovel>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Every shot that takes an innocent life must result in a legal and
fair sentence that punishes murder. Every violence that destroys a
person's life must result in a legal and fair judicial decision that
protects human dignity. These are constants for civilized and
democratic countries. For the countries in which the rule of law is
consistently ensured. But it is time to make it constant for
international relations as well. The constants that will act
universally and most importantly — irrevocably in relation to any
violator of international law. Especially when it comes to the crime of
aggression. The world needs a real embodiment of the rule of law, which
is guaranteed to protect humanity from the "right of force" — from the
source of all aggressions.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>
The Waddesdon Bequest was left to the British Museum in 1898 by Baron
Ferdinand Rothschild's will. Taken from his New Smoking Room at
Waddesdon Manor, it consists of almost 300 pieces, including jewellery,
plate, enamel, carvings, glass and maiolica. Earlier than most objects
is the Holy Thorn Reliquary, probably created in the 1390s in Paris for
John, Duke of Berry. The wide-ranging collection is in the tradition of
a treasure house, such as those owned by the Renaissance princes of
Europe. Most of the objects are from late Renaissance Europe; there are
several important medieval pieces, and outliers from classical antiquity
and medieval Syria. Rothschild selected intricate, superbly executed,
highly decorated and rather ostentatious works of the Late Gothic,
Renaissance and Mannerist periods for this collection. Few of the
objects relied on the Baroque sculptural movement for their effect,
though several come from periods and places where many Baroque pieces
were being made.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddesdon_Bequest>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1875:
French composer Georges Bizet's opera Carmen (poster pictured),
based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, premiered
at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen>
1945:
Second World War: The Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the
neighbourhood of Bezuidenhout in The Hague, killing 511 evacuees.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Bezuidenhout>
1972:
The British rock band Jethro Tull released Thick as a Brick, a
parody concept album allegedly adapted from an eight-year-old boy's epic
poem.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick_as_a_Brick>
2012:
Two passenger trains collided near Szczekociny, Poland,
resulting in 16 deaths and 58 injuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szczekociny_rail_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
biomass:
1. (biology)
2. The total mass of a living thing or a part thereof (such as a cell).
3. The total mass of all, or a specified category of, living things
within a specific area, habitat, etc.
4. Organic matter from living things which were recently alive
(especially vegetation) used as a fuel or source of energy, especially
if cultivated for that purpose; also, fuel produced from such organic
matter; biofuel.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biomass>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It has an unhappy effect upon the human understanding and temper,
for a man to be compelled in his gravest investigation of an argument,
to consider, not what is true, but what is convenient. The lawyer never
yet existed who has not boldly urged an objection which he knew to be
fallacious, or endeavoured to pass off a weak reason for a strong one.
… Above all, the poet, whose judgment should be clear, whose feelings
should be uniform and sound, whose sense should be alive to every
impression and hardened to none, who is the legislator of generations
and the moral instructor of the world, ought never to have been a
practising lawyer, or ought speedily to have quitted so dangerous an
engagement.
--William Godwin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Godwin>
Cyclone Dumazile was a strong tropical cyclone in the South-West Indian
Ocean that affected Madagascar and Réunion in early March 2018.
Dumazile originated from a low-pressure area that formed near Agaléga
on 27 February. It became a tropical disturbance on 2 March, and was
named the next day after attaining tropical storm status. Dumazile
reached its peak intensity on 5 March, with 10-minute sustained winds
of 165 km/h (105 mph), 1-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h
(125 mph), and a central atmospheric pressure of 945 hPa
(27.91 inHg). As it tracked southeastwards, Dumazile weakened steadily
over the next couple of days due to wind shear, and became a post-
tropical cyclone on 7 March before completely dissipating on 10 March.
Dumazile dropped torrential rainfall in Réunion and
Madagascar—reaching 1,600 mm (63 in) in Salazie and 210 mm
(8.3 in) in northeastern Madagascar—causing widespread flooding and
damaging crops and infrastructure. Two deaths were caused by Dumazile,
both in Madagascar.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Dumazile>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in
U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Slave_Auction>
1919:
Communist, revolutionary-socialist, and syndicalist delegates
met in Moscow to establish the Communist International.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Congress_of_the_Comintern>
1962:
Led by General Ne Win, the Burmese military seized power in a
coup d'état.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Burmese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1978:
As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot
Vladimír Remek became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or
the United States to go into space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Remek>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
recuse:
1. (transitive)
2. To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment,
etc.).
3. (reflexive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare
(oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or
potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
4. (chiefly Canada, US, law) To object to (a judge, juror, or
prosecutor) participating in a court case due to an actual or potential
conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
5. (obsolete)
6. To refuse (to do something).
7. (rare) To dismiss (an appeal).
8. (intransitive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare
oneself disqualified from trying a court case due to an actual or
potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recuse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to
learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
--Dr. Seuss
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss>
Nigel (c. 1100 – 1169) was Treasurer of England under King
Henry I, before being appointed to the see of Ely in 1133. Nigel owed
his advancement to his uncle, Roger of Salisbury, a bishop and
government minister. After the accession of Henry I's successor, King
Stephen, Nigel remained as treasurer only briefly. He deserted to
Stephen's rival Empress Matilda, and never regained high office under
Stephen. On the king's death, Nigel was returned to the treasurership by
Henry II. In Nigel's second tenure as treasurer, he returned the
administration to the practices of Henry I. He withdrew from much of
his public work after around 1164, following an attack of paralysis. He
was succeeded as treasurer by his son, Richard fitzNeal, whom he had
trained in the operations of the Exchequer, or Treasury of England. Most
historians have felt that Nigel's administrative abilities were
excellent; he is considered to have been more talented as an
administrator than as a religious figure.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_%28bishop_of_Ely%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1872:
Yellowstone National Park (bison pictured), located mostly in
the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming, was established by President
Ulysses S. Grant.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park>
1921:
The Kronstadt rebellion began following mass protests in
Petrograd demanding greater freedom in Russia with sailors and citizens
taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt_rebellion>
1944:
World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of
Sio against Japanese forces in New Guinea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sio>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
enough is enough:
1. One should be satisfied; nothing additional is required.
2. Especially as an expression of exasperation: the limit of patience
or tolerance has been reached.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enough_is_enough>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A thrush, because I'd been wrong,Burst rightly into songIn a
world not vague, not lonely,Not governed by me only.
--Richard Wilbur
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Wilbur>