Hoodening is a folk custom found in Kent, a county in south-eastern
England. The tradition entails the use of a wooden hobby horse, known as
a "hooden horse", that is mounted on a pole and carried by an individual
hidden under a sackcloth. It represents a regional variation of a hooded
animal tradition that appears throughout the British Isles. As recorded
from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, hoodening was
performed at Christmas time by groups of farm labourers who would form
into teams to accompany the hooden horse on its travels. These often
included an individual to carry the horse, another to lead the horse, a
man in female clothing known as a "Mollie", and several musicians. The
team would then carry the horse to local houses and shops, where they
would expect payment for their appearance. Although this practice is now
extinct, the hooden horse is still incorporated into various Kentish
Mummers' plays and Morris dances that take place at different times of
the year.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodening>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1811:
A British squadron under Charles Marsh Schomberg defeated a
French force off Tamatave, Madagascar, that was attempting to reinforce
the French garrison on Mauritius.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tamatave>
1943:
The Luttra Woman (skull pictured), a bog body from the Early
Neolithic period, was discovered near Luttra, Sweden.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luttra_Woman>
1947:
The first session of the National Diet opened in Tokyo, Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet>
2013:
A tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, United States, killing 24
people and causing an estimated $2 billion of damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moore_tornado>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cut of one's jib:
(idiomatic, dated) A person's general appearance, manner, or style.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cut_of_one%27s_jib>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is
poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear being
thrust back by the efforts of others to push themselves forward.
--John Stuart Mill
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill>
Witchfinder General is a 1968 British period horror film directed by
Michael Reeves. The screenplay, by Reeves and Tom Baker, was based on
Ronald Bassett's novel Witchfinder General. The plot follows Roundhead
soldier Richard Marshall, played by Ian Ogilvy, who pursues witchfinder
general Matthew Hopkins, played by Vincent Price (pictured), and his
assistant John Stearne, played by Robert Russell. The low-budget film
was produced by Tigon British Film Productions. In the United States,
the film was retitled The Conqueror Worm by its distributor American
International Pictures to link it with their earlier series of Edgar
Allan Poe adaptations. Witchfinder General became a cult film, partially
attributable to Reeves's death nine months after its release. Critics'
praise for the film highlighted its direction, performances, and musical
score by Paul Ferris. In 2005, the magazine Total Film named Witchfinder
General the 15th-greatest horror film of all time.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchfinder_General_%28film%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1845:
Captain John Franklin departed Greenhithe, England, on an
expedition to the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage;
all 129 men were later lost when their ships became icebound in Victoria
Strait.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition>
1915:
First World War: Australian and New Zealand troops repelled the
third attack on Anzac Cove, inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking
Ottoman forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_attack_on_Anzac_Cove>
1991:
Breakup of Yugoslavia: With the local Serb population
boycotting the referendum, Croatians voted in favour of independence
from Yugoslavia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Croatian_independence_referendum>
2015:
A corroded pipeline near Refugio State Beach, California,
spilled 142,800 gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto the Gaviota
Coast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugio_oil_spill>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
involve:
1. To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to
include.
2. (specifically) To include (something) as a logical or natural, or
necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to
entail, to imply.
3. To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or
implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
4. (specifically, also reflexive, chiefly passive) Chiefly followed by
with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual
relationship.
5. (figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one
or more other things, or several things together); especially, to
entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
6. (archaic)
7. To cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround.
8. To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine,
to fold up, to roll, to wind round.
9. (archaic or obsolete)
10. To make (something) intricate; to complicate.
11. (mathematics) To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of
times; to raise to any assigned power.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/involve>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents
and our expectations.
--Edward de Bono
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_de_Bono>
Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was the fourth crewed mission in the
United States Apollo program, and the second to orbit the Moon. NASA
described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing, and
designated it an "F" mission. While John Young remained in the Command
and Service Module orbiting the Moon, Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan flew
the Apollo Lunar Module (pictured) to within 14.4 kilometers (7.8 nmi)
of the lunar surface, the point at which powered descent for landing
would begin on a landing mission, before rejoining Young in the Command
and Service Module. While in the Lunar Module, Stafford and Cernan
photographed the site where Apollo 11 would land two months later.
After orbiting the Moon 31 times over 61.6 hours, Apollo 10 returned
safely to Earth, setting a record that still stands for the highest
velocity achieved by a crewed spacecraft. Both Young and Cernan would
walk on the Moon later in the Apollo program; Stafford flew again in
1975 on Apollo–Soyuz.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1936:
In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe strangled her lover,
cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her for several days
until her arrest.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sada_Abe>
1952:
First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and
Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Muong_Khoua>
1965:
Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant
intelligence used by Israel during the Six-Day War, was publicly hanged
in Syria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen>
1996:
Ireland won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time,
still the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden tied it
in 2023.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1996>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
limbo:
1. (Roman Catholicism, uncountable) The place, thought to be on the edge
of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased
people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those
of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the
limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of
unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the
infants); (countable) the place where each category of souls exists,
regarded separately.
2. (by extension)
3. (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between
place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in
deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.
4. (slang, archaic, uncountable) Jail, prison; (countable) a jail cell
or lockup.
5. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of Hades or Hell
6. (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of pawn (“the state of something
being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge”)
7. (countable, military, nautical, weaponry) A type of antisubmarine
mortar installed on naval vessels.
8. (transitive, rare) To place (someone or something) in an in-between
place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in
deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/limbo>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from
convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism
of themselves. They will pardon much unconventionality in a man who has
enough jollity and friendliness to make clear, even to the stupidest,
that he is not engaged in criticizing them.
--The Conquest of Happiness
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Conquest_of_Happiness>
Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam was an exhibition held at the
British Museum in London from 26 January to 15 April 2012. It was the
world's first major exhibition telling the story, visually and
textually, of the hajj: the pilgrimage to Mecca which is one of the five
pillars of Islam. Textiles, manuscripts, historical documents,
photographs, and art works from many different countries and eras were
displayed to illustrate the themes of travel to Mecca, hajj rituals, and
the Kaaba (depicted). The exhibition was formally opened by the then
Prince Charles and was popular both with Muslims and non-Muslims,
attracting nearly 120,000 adult visitors and favourable press reviews.
An exhibition catalogue with essays about the hajj was published by the
British Museum in 2012, along with a shorter illustrated guide to the
hajj. An academic conference, linked to the exhibition, resulted in
another book about the topic.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj:_Journey_to_the_Heart_of_Islam>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
American Civil War: at the Battle of Big Black River Bridge in
Mississippi, Union forces under John McClernand defeated a Confederate
rearguard, capturing around 1,700 men.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Big_Black_River_Bridge>
1900:
The first copies of the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard
of Oz by L. Frank Baum were printed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz>
1954:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Brown v.
Board of Education, outlawing racial segregation in public schools
because "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and
therefore unconstitutional.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education>
1987:
An Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the American
frigate USS Stark leaving 37 personnel of the warship dead and 21
others injured.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stark_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
internetted:
1. Entwined or linked together so as to form a network; interconnected,
networked.
2. (networking) Connected into a computer network.
3. (specifically, Internet) Connected to, or able to access, the
Internet. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/internetted>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
That society is badly arranged which forces nearly all women to
be servants.
--Henri Barbusse
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henri_Barbusse>
"Paint It Black" is a song by the Rolling Stones (pictured), recorded in
1966 and released as a single in May. Two months later, London Records
included it as the opening track on the American version of the band's
studio album Aftermath. The song's unconventional instrumentation
includes a prominent sitar, a Hammond organ, and castanets. Reviews at
the time were mixed. Some music critics believed the sitar was used to
attempt to copy the Beatles; others criticized its experimental style
and doubted its commercial potential. Retrospectively, however, it is
considered a turning point in the band's development; Pitchfork called
it "rock's most nihilistic hit to date". It spent 11 weeks (including 2
at number one) on the US Billboard Hot 100, and 10 weeks (including 1 at
the top) on the UK Record Retailer chart. A 2007 re-issue spent 11 weeks
on the UK Singles Chart. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018,
the song is ranked 213th on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All
Time list.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_It_Black>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1605:
After a scuffle in which one cardinal received broken bones,
the papal conclave elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1605_papal_conclave>
1929:
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Academy_Awards>
1960:
American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working
laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Maiman>
1975:
Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach
the summit of Mount Everest.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_Tabei>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Eoan:
1. Relating to the dawn.
2. Relating to the east; eastern.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eoan>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Voice had promised me that, as soon I came to the King, he
would receive me. Those of my party knew well that the Voice had been
sent me from God; they have seen and known this Voice, I am sure of it.
My King and many others have also heard and seen the Voices which came
to me: there were there Charles de Bourbon and two or three others.
There is not a day when I do not hear this Voice; and I have much need
of it. But never have I asked of it any recompense but the salvation of
my soul.
--Joan of Arc
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc>
Enoch Fenwick (May 15, 1780 – November 25, 1827) was an American
Catholic priest and Jesuit, who ministered throughout Maryland and
became the president of Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. Born in
Maryland, he studied at Georgetown College (pictured). Like his brother,
future bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, he entered the priesthood,
studying at St. Mary's Seminary before entering the Society of Jesus,
which was suppressed at the time. He became the rector of St. Peter's
Pro-Cathedral in Baltimore for ten years, and was briefly also the vicar
general of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. In 1820, Fenwick reluctantly
accepted his appointment as the president of Georgetown College. While
he made some improvements to the curriculum, his presidency was
considered unsuccessful by contemporaries due to declining enrollment
and mounting debt. In August 1825, he abandoned the presidency
following a disagreement with the provincial superior. Two years later,
he died at Georgetown College.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Fenwick>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1855:
Thieves stole 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold from a train
travelling from London to Folkestone, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Gold_Robbery>
1904:
Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese battleships Hatsuse and
Yashima sank after striking several mines off Port Arthur, China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yashima>
1916:
Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was
lynched in Waco, Texas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Washington>
1979 :
Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces captured Lira in
central Uganda in what became the last organised stand made by the
Ugandan Army during the war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lira>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
once a man, twice a child:
A man is born as a child, grows to adulthood, and consequently enters
old age, when he deteriorates and reverts to a childlike state.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/once_a_man%2C_twice_a_child>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have no patience with this dreadful idea that whatever you have
in you has to come out, that you can’t suppress true talent. People
can be destroyed; they can be bent, distorted and completely crippled.
To say that you can’t destroy yourself is just as foolish as to say of
a young man killed in war at twenty-one or twenty-two that that was his
fate, that he wasn’t going to have anything anyhow. I have a very
firm belief that the life of no man can be explained in terms of his
experiences, of what has happened to him, because in spite of all the
poetry, all the philosophy to the contrary, we are not really masters of
our fate. We don’t really direct our lives unaided and unobstructed.
Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many
things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are
so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled.
--Katherine Anne Porter
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter>
Marriage License is an oil painting by American illustrator Norman
Rockwell (pictured) created for the cover of the June 11, 1955, edition
of The Saturday Evening Post. It depicts a young man and woman filling
out a marriage license application at a government building in front of
a bored-looking clerk. Although the room and its furnishings are dark,
the couple are illuminated by the window beside them. The contrast
between the couple and the clerk highlights two reoccurring themes in
Rockwell's works: young love and ordinary life. The painting has been
praised by critics and compared to the works of Johannes Vermeer due to
the use of light and dark. The painting is in the Norman Rockwell
Museum's collection and has been a part of major exhibitions in 1955,
1972, and 1999. In 2004 the magazine Mad published a parody of Marriage
License that depicted a pair of gay men, seen as a commentary on
competing meanings of marriage and the government's role in deciding
whether same-sex marriage is valid.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_License>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1857:
Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Mindon_Min>
1863:
American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital
of Mississippi.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jackson,_Mississippi>
1931:
Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened
fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85dalen_shootings>
1948:
David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of
Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Declaration_of_Independence>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mother figure:
One (especially an older woman) who behaves as, is regarded as
equivalent to, or represents a mother for another person or group of
people.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother_figure>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
All the measures now proposed are only a compromise with the
errors of the present systems; but as these errors now almost
universally exist, and must be overcome solely by the force of reason;
and as reason, to effect the most beneficial purposes, makes her advance
by slow degrees, and progressively substantiates one truth of high
import after another, it will be evident, to minds of comprehensive and
accurate thought, that by these and similar compromises alone can
success be rationally expected in practice. For such compromises bring
truth and error before the public; and whenever they are fairly
exhibited together, truth must ultimately prevail.
--Robert Owen
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Owen>
The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) is a species in the family
Agamidae. It is native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It
is the only member of the genus Chlamydosaurus. Its common name comes
from its large neck frill, usually folded against the lizard's body. It
is about 90 cm (35 in) in length and can weigh 600 g (1.3 lb). Males
are larger and more robust than females. The lizard is generally grey,
brown, orangish-brown, or black. The frills have red, orange, yellow, or
white colours. The lizard is largely arboreal, and its diet is mainly
insects and other invertebrates. It is more active during the wet
season, when it spends more time near or on the ground. In the dry
season, it seeks shade in the branches of the upper canopy. It breeds in
the late dry season and early wet season. The lizard uses its frill to
scare off predators and to display to other individuals. The species is
considered to be of least concern by the International Union for
Conservation of Nature.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frilled_lizard>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1958:
US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a
mob in Caracas, Venezuela.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Richard_Nixon%27s_motorcade>
2000:
An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in
Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately
€450 million in damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster>
2008:
Nine bombs placed by the Indian Mujahideen, then an unknown
terrorist group, exploded in a 15-minute period in Jaipur, India,
killing 80 people and injuring more than 200 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
passerine:
1. Of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds, which
are generally anisodactyl (“having three toes pointing forward and one
back, which facilitates perching”).
2. (archaic) Chiefly in the former names of some birds: approximately
the size of a sparrow.
3. Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half
of all bird species.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/passerine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Each brotherly compassion that man hath on his fellow Christians,
with charity, it is Christ in him.
--Julian of Norwich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich>
The Battle of Raymond was fought on May 12, 1863, near Raymond,
Mississippi, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In
late April, Union general Ulysses S. Grant led his army across the
Mississippi River and moved east. A portion of the army led by James B.
McPherson moved towards Raymond. Confederate brigadier general John
Gregg was ordered from Jackson to Raymond. The two forces met on the
morning of May 12. Gregg underestimated Union strength and acted
aggressively, while McPherson overestimated Confederate strength and
responded cautiously. Early on, the battle was relatively evenly
matched. McPherson brought up reinforcements and the weight of Union
numbers cracked the Confederate line. Gregg disengaged, but McPherson
did not pursue. The battle changed Grant's plans, leading him to first
focus on the Confederate forces at Jackson. Grant's men captured Jackson
and pivoted west. They sieged Vicksburg, which the Confederates were
forced to surrender on July 4.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raymond>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1938:
During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army
Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex 620
nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interception_of_the_Rex>
1948:
The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently
developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended
cooperation on the matter.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Explosive_Research>
1968:
Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of
Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for
the Australian Army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Coral%E2%80%93Balmoral>
1998:
Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at
Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the
resignation of President Suharto nine days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisakti_shootings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
largesse:
1. (uncountable)
2. The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time;
generosity, liberality.
3. Often preceded by do, give, or make: the generous or liberal giving
of gifts or money, especially by someone of high standing on a special
occasion; also, excessive or wasteful giving.
4. Money, etc., given in this way.
5. (figuratively) Abundance of something (chiefly beneficial), regarded
as having been given generously.
6. (countable)
7. An act of donating or giving generously.
8. (also figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this
way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/largesse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The way to live with God is to live with Ideals — not merely to
think about ideals, but to do and suffer for them. Those who have to
work on men and women must above all things have their Spiritual Ideal,
their purpose, ever present. The "mystical" state is the essence of
common sense.
--Florence Nightingale
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale>
Judy Ann Santos (born May 11, 1978) is a Filipina actress and film
producer. She is a recipient of two Luna Awards, three FAMAS Awards, a
Gawad Urian, and a Cairo International Film Festival Award. At age ten,
she had her breakthrough as the title character in the children's
television show Ula, Ang Batang Gubat (1988). Santos became more
recognized as a leading actress in primetime with starring roles in the
series Mara Clara (1992) and Esperanza (1997). She received critical
acclaim as a woman with dissociative identity disorder in the
psychological drama Sabel (2004), which won her a Gawad Urian for Best
Actress. Among her highest-grossing films are the comedy Kasal, Kasali,
Kasalo (2006) and its sequel Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo (2007). Santos co-
produced Ploning (2008) and starred in Mindanao (2019), which were
submissions for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.
Outside of acting, she is also a chef and a restaurateur. (This article
is part of a featured topic: Overview of Judy Ann Santos.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Overview_of_Judy_An…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1889:
Bandits attacked a U.S. Army paymaster's escort in the Arizona
Territory, stealing more than $28,000.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham_Paymaster_robbery>
1970:
Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people
dead.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbock_tornado>
2010:
Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition
agreement with the Liberal Democrats.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_government_formation>
2022:
Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed
civilians in Mondaingbin.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_Taing_Pin_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cluster:
1. (transitive, chiefly passive)
2. To collect (animals, people, or objects) into clusters (noun sense
1).
3. To cover or provide (something) with clusters of things.
4. (intransitive)
5. To form a cluster or group; to assemble, to gather.
6. To cover or provide with clusters of things.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cluster>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those who really desire to understand, who are looking to find
that which is eternal, without beginning and without an end, will walk
together with a greater intensity, will be a danger to everything that
is unessential, to unrealities, to shadows. And they will concentrate,
they will become the flame, because they understand. Such a body we must
create, and that is my purpose. Because of that real understanding there
will be true friendship. Because of that true friendship — which you
do not seem to know — there will be real cooperation on the part of
each one. And this not because of authority, not because of salvation,
not because of immolation for a cause, but because you really
understand, and hence are capable of living in the eternal.
--Jiddu Krishnamurti
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