The 27th Infantry Division Savska was an infantry formation of the Royal
Yugoslav Army's 4th Army during the German-led Axis invasion of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Commanded by August Marić, the
division was largely made up of Croat troops, many of whom saw the
Germans as potential liberators from Serbian oppression. It lacked
modern arms and sufficient ammunition, and like all Yugoslav infantry
divisions of the time, relied on animal transport. Upon mobilisation,
the division began to disintegrate due to fifth column actions,
rebellion and desertion. Its chief of staff countermanded orders for the
sabotage of a key bridge over the Drava river at Zákány, allowing the
German 14th Panzer Division to cross. In a single day, with overwhelming
air support, the panzers brushed aside the mostly Serbian remnants of
the division and captured Zagreb, covering nearly 160 km (100 mi) and
meeting little resistance (Yugoslav generals pictured). (This article
is part of a featured topic: 1st Army Group (Kingdom of Yugoslavia).).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/1st_Army_Group_%28K…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1925:
The novel The Great Gatsby by American author F. Scott
Fitzgerald was first published by Scribner's.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby>
1970:
In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul
McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney>
1973:
In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta
International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near
Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invicta_International_Airlines_Flight_435>
2019:
Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released
the first image of a black hole (depicted), located at the center of the
galaxy M87.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_Telescope>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Taoiseach:
(Irish politics) The head of the government of Ireland, comparable to a
prime minister of a Commonwealth of Nations country.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Taoiseach>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those who aim at faultless regularity will only produce
mediocrity, and no one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and
unknown to themselves.
--William Hazlitt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt>
Mount Price is a stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Ranges of southwestern
British Columbia. It is 2,049 m (6,722 ft) high, and rises on the
western side of Garibaldi Lake in New Westminster Land District. It has
a number of features, including Clinker Peak, the source of two thick
lava flows between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago. These unstable flows
produced large landslides as recently as the 1850s. A provincial park
surrounds Mount Price and other local volcanoes. It lies within an
ecological region that surrounds much of the Pacific Ranges. Mount Price
is one of a small group of volcanoes called the Garibaldi Lake volcanic
field, part of the larger Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, a volcanic zone in
the Canadian Cascade Arc. It began forming 1.2 million years ago and
continued until sometime in the last 15,000 years. It has not been
active for thousands of years, but if it did erupt, the Interagency
Volcanic Event Notification Plan outlines how agencies involved in
relief efforts may be notified.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Price_%28British_Columbia%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1388:
Despite being vastly outnumbered, forces of the Old Swiss
Confederacy defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Näfels.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_N%C3%A4fels>
1939:
After being denied permission to perform at Constitution Hall
by the Daughters of the American Revolution, African-American singer
Marian Anderson gave an open-air concert on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson>
1959:
NASA announced the selection of the Mercury Seven, the first
astronauts in Project Mercury.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
jarp:
1. (Cumbria, Ireland, Northumbria, Yorkshire, games) The act of knocking
one's pace-egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at
Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the
other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many
countries.
2. (transitive, Cumbria, Ireland, Northumbria, Yorkshire, games) To
knock (a pace-egg) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking
the other's egg and leaving one's own intact.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jarp>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
"Christ the Lord is risen to-day," Sons of men and angels say.
Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply!
Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won, Lo!
the Sun's eclipse is o'er, Lo! He sets in blood no more.
--Charles Wesley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Wesley>
R2K: The Concert was an arena concert by Filipina entertainer Regine
Velasquez held on April 7 and 8, 2000, at the Araneta Coliseum in
Quezon City. Supporting her 1999 album R2K, it was promoted by Viva
Concerts with Velasquez serving as stage and creative director. In
contrast to her previous smaller venue outings, the concert was her
first performance in a large-scale indoor arena. It featured a
360-degree configuration with a semi-circular plexiglass stage, four
large video screens, and an automated flying rig used during an aerial
performance (pictured). The costumes were designed by Rajo Laurel,
inspired by Dolce & Gabbana's "print-on-print" collection. She performed
numerous selections from R2K, with additional songs from her older
albums and various covers of pop hits. The concert was critically
praised for its modern production and Velasquez's vocal abilities,
showmanship, and wardrobe. She earned an Aliw Award for Best Female
Major Concert Act for the show.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2K:_The_Concert>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1904:
France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale,
agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent
conflict.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entente_Cordiale>
1911:
American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film
Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nemo_%281911_film%29>
1933:
The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from
the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be
unsuccessful.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Western_Australian_secession_referendum>
1973:
The Norwegian Progress Party was founded in a movie theater in
Oslo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_%28Norway%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
desnuda:
(US) A topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses
for photographs in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York
City's Times Square.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desnuda>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Say, its only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it
wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me.
--Yip Harburg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yip_Harburg>
Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere. There
are two extant species: the North American (pictured) and Eurasian
beaver. Both have stout bodies, large heads, chisel-like incisors, hand-
like front feet, webbed back feet and flat, scaly tails. The Eurasian
beaver has a longer skull, lighter color and narrower tail. Both are
found in freshwater habitats, and are herbivorous, consuming plants and
tree bark. They build dams and lodges using tree branches, vegetation,
rocks and mud. Their infrastructure has a great impact on the
surrounding environment. Adults live in monogamous pairs with their
offspring. Beavers are territorial and scent-mark with a secretion
called castoreum. Historically, beavers were hunted for their fur, meat
and castoreum. Overhunting nearly exterminated both species. With
protection, populations have rebounded, and both are listed as least-
concern species on the IUCN Red List. The beaver symbolizes
industriousness and is Canada's national animal.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1926:
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination
attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Gibson>
1945:
World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato
during Operation Ten-Go in the East China Sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ten-Go>
1979:
Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops
and their Libyan allies at the Battle of Entebbe, opening the way for an
advance on the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Entebbe>
2017:
A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along
Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Stockholm_truck_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dickkopf:
(biochemistry) Any of a family of glycoproteins that is involved in the
development of the embryo.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dickkopf>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We are all part of some cosmic pattern, and this pattern works
toward good and not evil.
--Henry Kuttner
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Kuttner>
The 149th Boat Race took place on 6 April 2003. Held annually, the
Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the
universities of Oxford and Cambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal
stretch of the River Thames in south-west London. The lead changed
twice during the race, which Oxford won by one foot (30 cm), the
smallest margin of victory in the history of the event. The close race
has been described as "epic". Five-time Olympic gold medallist Steve
Redgrave suggested that the race was the "greatest we will see in any of
our lifetimes". Umpired by the Boat Race veteran Boris Rankov, the 2003
race was the first to be scheduled on a Sunday. As a result of a
collision between the Cambridge boat and a launch, a member of the
Cambridge crew was replaced just two days before the race. This was the
first Boat Race to feature two sets of brothers on opposing sides. In
the reserve race Cambridge's Goldie beat Oxford's Isis and Oxford won
the women's race.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_Race_2003>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1809:
Napoleonic Wars: British forces captured the French frigate
Niémen in the Bay of Biscay.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_6_April_1809>
1945:
Second World War: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville
Island concluded with a decisive victory for the Australian Army's 7th
Brigade against the Imperial Japanese Army's 6th Division.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Slater%27s_Knoll>
2005:
Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was elected by the National
Assembly as the first non-Arab president of Iraq.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_Talabani>
2009:
An earthquake measuring 6.3 Mw struck near L'Aquila in the
central Italian region of Abruzzo, killing 308 people and leaving more
than 66,000 homeless.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L%27Aquila_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tight end:
1. (American football)
2. The position at the end of the offensive line whose primary jobs are
to block and serve as a short receiver.
3. A player (called an end) playing the position of tight end (sense
1.1).
4. (Canadian football, historical)
5. The position at the end of the offensive line whose primary jobs were
to block and serve as a short receiver; this position is no longer used.
6. A player (called an end) playing the position of tight end (sense
2.1).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tight_end>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
No good government can ever want more than two things for its
support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently
instructed, to be aware of that excellence. Every other pretended
support, must ultimately tend to its subversion, by lessening its
dependence upon these.
--James Mill
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Mill>
John C. Young (1803–1857) was an American educator and pastor who was
the fourth president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. He entered
the ministry in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1828. He accepted the presidency
of Centre College in 1830, holding the position until his death in 1857,
making him the longest-serving president in the college's history.
During his term, he increased the endowment of the college more than
fivefold and increased the graduating class size from two students in
his first year to forty-seven in his final year. Continuing to preach
while in office, Young accepted the pastorate of the Danville
Presbyterian Church in 1834, and founded the Second Presbyterian Church
in Danville in 1852. He was elected moderator of the Presbyterian
Church's General Assembly in 1853. Young is the namesake of several
facets of the college today, including Young Hall. He was the father of
William C. Young, who later became Centre's eighth president.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Young_%28pastor%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1966:
During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese military prime
minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempted to lead the capture of
the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_Uprising>
1998:
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, then the world's longest suspension
bridge, linking Awaji Island and Kobe in Japan, opened to traffic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi_Kaikyo_Bridge>
2000:
Fan violence broke out before a UEFA Cup semi-final in
Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in two Leeds United supporters being stabbed
to death and Galatasaray supporters being banned from attending the
second leg in England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_UEFA_Cup_semi-final_violence>
2018:
Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided
a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 Hispanic workers in
one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Southeastern_Provisions_raid>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
spatchcock:
1. (cooking, also attributively) Poultry which has been cut along the
spine and spread out for more even cooking.
2. (cooking) To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves
apart for more even cooking.
3. (figuratively) Often followed by in or into: to interpolate or insert
(something into another thing); to sandwich (something within another
thing).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spatchcock>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
From today, 31 flags will fly together — A symbol of our unity
and our solidarity. Joining NATO is good for Finland. It is good for
Nordic security. And it is good for NATO as a whole. Finland brings
substantial and highly capable forces, expertise in national resilience,
and years of experience working side by side with NATO allies. I am
deeply proud to welcome Finland as a full-fledged member of our
alliance. And I look forward to also welcoming Sweden as soon as
possible. At times like these, friends and allies are more important
than ever. And Finland now has the strongest friends and allies in the
world.
--Jens Stoltenberg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jens_Stoltenberg>
"Lips Are Movin" is a song by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor
(pictured) from her debut major-label studio album Title (2015). She
wrote the song with its producer Kevin Kadish. Epic Records released it
as Title's second single on October 21, 2014. A doo-wop and pop song,
it was inspired by Trainor's conflict with her label, but critics
interpreted it as a song about leaving a cheating significant other.
Some compared it to "All About That Bass" (2014); some found it catchy
while others criticized its lyrics. Peaking at number four on the
Billboard Hot 100, it was certified 4× Platinum in the United States.
It reached the top ten in countries including Australia and Canada,
where it received multi-platinum certifications. Philip Andelman
directed its music video, said to be the first created entirely by
social media influencers, portraying behind-the-scenes events of a video
shoot. Trainor performed the song on television shows and her concert
tours. (This article is part of a featured topic: Title (album).).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Title_%28album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1841:
William Henry Harrison became the first U.S. president to die
in office, sparking a brief constitutional crisis regarding questions of
presidential succession that were unanswered by the U.S. Constitution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison>
1905:
An earthquake hit the Kangra Valley in India, killing at least
20,000 people and destroying 100,000 buildings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Kangra_earthquake>
1975:
Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft>
2013:
A building collapsed on tribal land in Mumbra, a suburb of
Thane in Maharashtra, India, causing 74 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Thane_building_collapse>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
peter out:
(intransitive, originally US) Synonym of peter (“originally (mining), of
a vein of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (generally), to diminish to
nothing; to dwindle, to trail off”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peter_out>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What is man? … a strange union of matter and mind! A machine
for converting material into spiritual force.
--Benjamin Peirce
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Peirce>
Riders Field is a baseball park in Frisco, Texas, United States. The
home of the Frisco RoughRiders, a Double-A team of the Texas League, it
opened on April 3, 2003, and can seat 10,216 people. Primarily a venue
for Minor League Baseball games, the facility also hosts high school and
college baseball tournaments and other public and private events. It has
been the site of three Texas League All-Star Games. In his design, park
architect David M. Schwarz desired the creation of a village-like "park
within a (ball)park". The stadium received the 2003 Texas Construction
award for Best Architectural Design. Attendance for RoughRiders games at
the stadium has consistently placed first or second in the Texas League
and at the Double-A classification since its opening. After having the
second-highest attendance in its first two seasons, it had the highest
in the league and classification from 2005 to 2019.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riders_Field>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1721:
Robert Walpole took office as First Lord of the Treasury,
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, becoming
the first de facto prime minister of Great Britain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walpole>
1933:
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton and David McIntyre undertook the first
successful flight over Mount Everest.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%E2%80%93Mount_Everest_flight_expediti…>
1948:
Division of Korea: A communist uprising began on Jeju Island,
eventually leading to thousands of deaths and atrocities committed by
both sides.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_uprising>
2010:
Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet
computer.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_%281st_generation%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nutty slack:
(Britain, historical) A cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and
nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuel it was not
rationed during the period after World War II.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nutty_slack>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Show me a liar, and I'll show thee a thief.
--George Herbert
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Herbert>
The Boring Lava Field is a Plio-Pleistocene volcanic field with cinder
cones, small shield volcanoes, and lava flows in the northern Willamette
Valley of the U.S. state of Oregon and adjacent southwest Washington
state. The zone became active about 2.7 million years ago, with long
periods of eruptive activity interspersed with quiescence. Its last
eruptions took place about 57,000 years ago; individual volcanic vents
are considered extinct, but the field itself is not. The volcanic field
covers an area of about 1,500 square miles (3,900 km2) and has a total
volume of 2.4 cubic miles (10 km3). The highest elevation of the field
is at Larch Mountain, which reaches a height of 4,055 feet (1,236 m).
The Portland metropolitan area, including suburbs, is one of the few
places in the continental United States to have extinct volcanoes within
a city's limits. The probability of future eruptions affecting the
Portland metropolitan area is very low.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring_Lava_Field>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
American Civil War: The Union Army under Major General Philip
Sheridan inflicted more than 2,900 casualties on the Confederates at the
Battle of Five Forks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Five_Forks>
1879:
The Inland Customs Line, established by the British for the
collection of the salt tax in India, was abandoned.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Customs_Line>
1922:
Under the South Seas Mandate, Japan set up a government in
Koror, precipitating large-scale Japanese settlement in Palau.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_settlement_in_Palau>
1990:
The longest prison riot in British penal history began at
Strangeways Prison in Manchester, lasting for 25 days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Strangeways_Prison_riot>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
buttinsky:
1. (derogatory) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved
where they are not welcome; a busybody.
2. (telecommunications) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument
with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone
circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buttinsky>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Pardon me, if I'm sentimental When we say goodbye, Don't be
angry with me should I cry. When you're gone, yet I'll dream A little
dream as years go by… Now and then there's a fool such as I.
--Bill Trader
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Trader>