The 1964 European Nations' Cup final was held at the Santiago Bernabéu
Stadium (pictured) in Madrid on 21 June 1964 to decide the winner of
the 1964 European Nations' Cup (now the UEFA European Football
Championship). The match was contested by Spain and the Soviet Union,
the defending champions. En route to the final, Spain defeated Romania,
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland over two-legged ties before
beating Hungary in the semi-final. The Soviet Union received a bye in
the qualifying round before beating Italy, Sweden and Denmark. In the
sixth minute, Marcelino dispossessed Valentin Ivanov and crossed for
Chus Pereda, who scored to give Spain a 1–0 lead. Two minutes later,
Viktor Anichkin passed to Galimzyan Khusainov, who equalised. With six
minutes remaining, Pereda beat Anichkin and played in a cross which
Viktor Shustikov failed to clear, before Marcelino headed the winning
goal inside the near post. Spain won 2–1 to claim their first European
Championship title.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_European_Nations%27_Cup_final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1838:
The Maryland province of the Jesuits contracted to sell 272
slaves to buyers in Louisiana in one of the largest slave sales in
American history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Jesuit_slave_sale>
1939:
American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States
as "Lou Gehrig's disease".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig>
1987:
The Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at a
Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and injuring 45
others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipercor_bombing>
2009:
War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's
Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on Taliban
positions in southern Afghanistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
shackle:
1. (transitive)
2. To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun sense 1); to
immobilize or restrain using shackles.
3. To connect or couple (something) to another thing using a shackle
(noun sense 1.1.1, sense 1.1.2, etc.).
4. To provide (something) with a shackle.
5. (figurative)
6. To inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of
(someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or
ineffectual.
7. (chemistry, obsolete) To combine (a substance) with another
substance.
8. (intransitive, reflexive) Of two things: to connect or couple
together. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shackle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the
part the schools cannot recognize.
--Pauline Kael
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pauline_Kael>
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star
nor a stellar remnant. The Solar System has eight (pictured): four
terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars; and four giant
planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The term "planet" at first
included the Sun, Moon and the five naked-eye planets that move across
the background of the stars; they were seen as having associations with
the gods. Copernicus theorized the Earth was a planet and, like the
others, orbited the Sun. "Planet" came to include many objects, such
as moons, within and beyond the Solar System. The International
Astronomical Union in 2006 defined a planet in the Solar System to have
cleared its neighborhood of other bodies, and that extrasolar planets
should orbit stars and not be large enough to support deuterium fusion.
Many planetary scientists, though, still apply the word "planet" more
broadly, including dwarf planets, planetary-mass moons, rogue planets
and brown dwarfs.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1958:
English composer Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde
was premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noye%27s_Fludde>
1981:
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to
be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk>
1994:
The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded
bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six
people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughinisland_massacre>
2009:
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA's first mission to the
Moon in more than ten years, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
savour:
1. (countable) An aroma or smell.
2. (uncountable) The quality which the sense of taste detects; also
(countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from
the predominant one.
3. (countable, chiefly in the negative) An appealing or appetizing
flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
4. (figurative)
5. (countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an
aroma or smell.
6. (countable) A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a
hint or trace of something.
7. (countable, chiefly in the negative) A quality which is appealing or
enjoyable; merit, value.
8. (countable, archaic) A reputation.
9. (uncountable) Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation;
pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
10. (uncountable, obsolete) Knowledge; understanding. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/savour>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have no patience for churches that evangelize aggressively. I
have no interest in being instructed in what I must do to be saved. I
prefer vertical prayer, directed up toward heaven, rather than
horizontal prayer, directed sideways toward me. I believe a worthy
church must grow through attraction, not promotion. I am wary of
zealotry; even as a child I was suspicious of those who, as I often
heard, were “more Catholic than the pope.” If we are to love our
neighbors as ourselves, we must regard their beliefs with the same
respect our own deserve.
--Roger Ebert
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert>
The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Developed
from ponies brought to Iceland by Norse settlers in the 9th and 10th
centuries, the breed is mentioned in Icelandic literature and historical
records. They are long-lived, hardy, and have few diseases in their
country. In addition to the gaits typical of other horse breeds, many
Icelandic horses can also do the tölt (pictured) and the flying pace.
The only breed of horse in Iceland, sizable populations exist in Europe
and North America. They are used for sheepherding work in Iceland,
leisure, showing, and racing. Selective breeding and natural selection
with the Icelandic climate developed them into their current form. In
the 1780s, much of the breed was killed after a volcanic eruption at
Laki. The first breed society for the Icelandic horse was created in
Iceland in 1904; the breed is now represented by organizations in 19
nations, under the auspices of the International Federation of Icelandic
Horse Associations.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_horse>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1631:
Mumtaz Mahal, wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in
childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her
mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal>
1919:
Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England,
leading to the death of a British police officer.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsom_riot>
1952:
Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed
Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres
(0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_900>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fatwa:
1. (Islam)
2. A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other
Islamic judicial authority.
3. (by extension, loosely, erroneous) A decree issued by a mufti or
other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death,
usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.
4. (religion, by extension) A formal decree or ruling, or statement,
issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
5. (figurative, informal) An emphatic decree or opinion, especially one
which condemns or criticizes.
6. (transitive, rare) To issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone);
specifically (loosely, erroneous), a fatwa imposing a ban or a death
sentence.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fatwa>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
New weapons require new tactics. Never put new wine into old
bottles.
--Heinz Guderian
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinz_Guderian>
Whisky Galore! is a British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios and
released on 16 June 1949, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan
Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. The directorial debut of Alexander
Mackendrick, it was based on the 1947 novel Whisky Galore by Compton
Mackenzie (pictured), and written by Mackenzie and Angus MacPhail.
Inspired by the 1941 wreck of the SS Politician, the story concerns a
shipwreck off a fictional Scottish island. The islanders, who have run
out of whisky because of wartime rationing, salvage cases of it from the
ship, against the opposition of the local Customs and Excise men. Like
other Ealing comedies, Whisky Galore! explores the actions of a small
group facing and overcoming a more powerful opponent. The film was well
received on release; renamed Tight Little Island, it became the first
film from the studios to achieve box office success in the US. It was
followed by Rockets Galore!, a sequel. A remake was released in 2016.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_Galore!_%281949_film%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1819:
A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India,
caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was
later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819_Rann_of_Kutch_earthquake>
1904:
Irish author James Joyce began a relationship with Nora
Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922
novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce>
1936:
A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a
mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hav%C3%B8rn_Accident>
1997:
The English rock band Radiohead released their landmark third
album OK Computer.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sacrifice:
1. (religion)
2. Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an
animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object
to a deity.
3. A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing
(see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
4. (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer,
thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
5. (Christianity, specifically)
6. Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be
crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
7. (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as
(Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's
crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-enactment of Christ's
sacrificial offering.
8. (figurative)
9. The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something
else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or
surrendered for this purpose.
10. (baseball) Short for sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in
which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread
batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”)
11. (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is
unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will
incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by
opponents in making their contract.
12. (business, slang, dated) A monetary loss incurred by selling
something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
13. (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured
by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sacrifice>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our national epic has yet to be written.
--Ulysses
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ulysses>
Kevin Gately died on 15 June 1974 as the result of a head injury
received in the Red Lion Square public disorder in London while
protesting against the National Front, a far-right, British fascist
party. Gately, a 20-year-old student, was not a member of any
organisation. On 15 June, the National Front held a march through
central London in support of the expulsion of immigrants. A counter-
demonstration was planned by Liberation, an anti-colonial pressure
group. When the Liberation march reached Red Lion Square, the
International Marxist Group twice charged the police cordon blocking
access to Conway Hall (pictured). Police reinforcements forced the
demonstrators out of the square. Gately was found unconscious on the
ground. He was taken to hospital and died later that day. A public
inquiry into the events was conducted by Lord Scarman, who found no
evidence that Gately had been killed by the police, although he found
fault with some police actions. There was further violence associated
with National Front marches and the counter-demonstrations they faced,
including in Birmingham, Manchester, and the East End of London (all in
1977), and in Southall in 1979, which led to the death of Blair Peach.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kevin_Gately>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1800:
War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of
Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Austria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Alessandria>
1878:
Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that
all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation
pictured), which became the basis of motion pictures.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horse_in_Motion>
1944:
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began its
first air raid on the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was
caused.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Yawata_%28June_1944%29>
1996:
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a
truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring
more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
come to papa:
(idiomatic, originally US) Used to encourage someone or something to
approach, or an event to occur.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/come_to_papa>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have a mistress, for perfections rareIn every eye, but in my
thoughts most fair.Like tapers on the altar shine her eyes;Her breath is
the perfume of sacrifice;And wheresoe’er my fancy would begin,Still
her perfection lets religion in.We sit and talk, and kiss away the
hoursAs chastely as the morning dews kiss flowers:I touch her, like my
beads, with devout care,And come unto my courtship as my prayer.
--Thomas Randolph
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Randolph_%28poet%29>
The Spider was an American pulp magazine published by Popular
Publications from 1933 to 1943. Every issue included a lead novel
featuring the Spider, a heroic crime-fighter. The novels in the first
two issues were written by R. T. M. Scott; thereafter every lead novel
was credited to "Grant Stockbridge", a house name. Norvell Page, a
prolific pulp author, wrote most of these. Unlike some contemporary pulp
heroes, The Spider was willing to kill criminals, and when he did so he
left a red spider inked on his victims. Page in particular wrote stories
with violent storylines, often with science-fiction plot devices.
Continuity from novel to novel was often disregarded, with characters
killed in one issue appearing unscathed in later issues. Each magazine
also featured short stories, occasionally including elements of horror
fiction. Most of the cover art was painted by John Newton Howitt or
Rafael de Soto. The magazine was cancelled in 1943 due to a paper
shortage caused by World War II.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider_%28magazine%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1644:
First English Civil War: Prince Maurice abandoned his siege of
Lyme Regis in Dorset after learning of the approach of a Parliamentarian
relief force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lyme_Regis>
1934:
The landmark Australian Eastern Mission concluded after a
three-month diplomatic tour of East and South-East Asia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Mission>
2014:
War in Donbas: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the
Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-proclaimed
Luhansk People's Republic, killing all 49 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_Air_Force_Il-76_shootdown>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
acrasia:
(archaic, rare) Lack of self-control; excess, intemperance; also,
irregular or unruly behaviour. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acrasia>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I made America great again, and I may have to do it again.
--Donald Trump
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump>
The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place in Normandy, France, on 13 June
1944 during World War II. Following the D-Day landings on 6 June, the
Germans established defences in front of Caen. The British attacked to
attempt to exploit a gap in the German defences west of the city. They
reached Villers-Bocage without incident in the morning but were ambushed
by Tiger I tanks as they left the town and numerous tanks, anti-tank
guns and transport vehicles were destroyed. The Germans then attacked
the town but were repulsed. The British withdrew west of Villers-Bocage
that evening and repulsed another attack the next day. The British
conduct in the battle was controversial because their withdrawal marked
the end of the post–D-Day "scramble for ground" and the start of an
attritional battle for Caen. Some historians wrote that the British
attack was a failure caused by a lack of conviction among some senior
commanders; others judged the British force to be insufficiently strong
for the task.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Villers-Bocage>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1881:
The Jeannette expedition to reach the North Pole from the
Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait came to an end when the
USS Jeannette was finally crushed and sank after having been trapped in
ice for almost two years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jeannette_%281878%29>
1952:
Soviet aircraft shot down a Swedish military plane carrying out
signals-intelligence gathering operations, followed three days later by
the shootdown of a second plane searching for the first one.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_affair>
1969:
Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, signed a law converting a
research arm of Texas Instruments into the University of Texas at
Dallas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Dallas>
2013:
Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime
minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Czech_political_corruption_scandal>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hard-won:
Having been obtained with effort, despite difficulty and hardship.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hard-won>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather
about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for
a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our
quiet.
--William Butler Yeats
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats>
Incapillo is a Pleistocene-age caldera – a depression formed by the
collapse of a volcano – in La Rioja Province, Argentina. It is part
of the southernmost volcanic centre in the Andean Central Volcanic Zone
(CVZ). Subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate is
responsible for most of the volcanism in the CVZ. Volcanism commenced in
the Incapillo region 6.5 million years ago, forming the high volcanic
edifices of Monte Pissis, Cerro Bonete Chico and Sierra de Veladero.
Incapillo is known to have erupted the Incapillo ignimbrite 0.52
± 0.03 and 0.51 ± 0.04 million years ago; this has a total volume
of about 20.4 cubic kilometres (4.9 cu mi). A caldera with dimensions
of 5 by 6 kilometres (3.1 mi × 3.7 mi) formed during the eruptions.
Later volcanism generated more lava domes within the caldera and a
debris flow in the Sierra de Veladero. The lake within the caldera may
overlie an area of ongoing hydrothermal activity..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_circulation>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1864:
Union general Ulysses S. Grant pulled his troops out of the
Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia, ending one of the
bloodiest, most lopsided battles in the American Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor>
1914:
As part of the Ottoman Empire's policies of ethnic cleansing,
Turkish irregulars began a six-day massacre in the predominantly Greek
town of Phocaea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Phocaea>
1954:
Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at his death in 1857, was
canonized by Pope Pius XII, making him one of the youngest non-martyred
saints in the Catholic Church.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Savio>
1994:
The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden
flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tin-pot dictator:
(derogatory) An autocratic ruler with little political credibility,
typically having delusions of grandeur.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tin-pot_dictator>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Hold on yet awhile. More ways of killing a cat than choking
her with cream.
--Charles Kingsley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsley>
Marasmius rotula, the pinwheel mushroom, is a fungus in the family
Marasmiaceae. Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, it was first
described scientifically in 1772 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. The
mushrooms are characterized by thin whitish caps up to 2.0 cm (0.8 in)
wide that are sunken in the center and pleated with scalloped margins.
The wiry black hollow stalks measure up to 8.0 cm (3.1 in) long by
1.5 mm (0.06 in) thick. On the underside of the caps are widely spaced
white gills, attached to a collar encircling the stalk. The mushrooms
grow in groups or clusters on decaying wood such as moss-covered logs
and stumps. Spore release is dependent upon sufficient moisture. Dried
mushrooms may revive after rehydrating and release spores for up to
three weeks, much longer than most gilled mushrooms. Although the
mushrooms are not generally considered edible, they produce a unique
peroxidase enzyme that is attracting research interest for use in
bioengineering applications.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasmius_rotula>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1786:
Ten days after being formed by an earthquake, a landslide dam
on the Dadu River in China was destroyed by an aftershock, causing a
flood that killed an estimated 100,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1786_Kangding-Luding_earthquake>
1861:
American Civil War: The Confederate Army only suffered eight
casualties in its victory at the Battle of Big Bethel in York County,
Virginia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Big_Bethel>
1957:
Led by John Diefenbaker, the Progressive Conservative Party won
a plurality of House of Commons seats in the Canadian federal election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Canadian_federal_election>
1987:
Mass protests demanding direct presidential elections broke out
across South Korea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Democratic_Struggle>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cynegetic:
(hunting, rare) Of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cynegetic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We
aren't. Grownups always say they protect their children, but they're
really protecting themselves. Besides, you can't protect children. They
know everything.
--Maurice Sendak
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak>
The Ecstatic is the fourth album by American rapper Mos Def (pictured),
released by Downtown Records on June 9, 2009. Singer Georgia Anne
Muldrow and rappers Slick Rick and Talib Kweli were guest vocalists. The
album has been described by music journalists as a conscious and
alternative hip hop record. Mos Def's raps about global politics, love,
spirituality, and social conditions are informed by Black
internationalism and pan-Islamic ideas. The album's loosely structured,
lightly reverbed songs use unconventional time signatures and samples
taken from Afrobeat, soul, Eurodance, jazz, reggae, Latin, and Middle
Eastern music. The Ecstatic charted at number nine on the Billboard 200
in its first week of release and eventually sold 168,000 copies. A
widespread critical success, The Ecstatic was viewed as a return to form
for Mos Def and one of the year's best albums. He performed concerts to
support the record in North America, Japan, Australia, and the United
Kingdom.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ecstatic>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1772:
In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American
colonists led by Abraham Whipple attacked and burned the British
schooner Gaspee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspee_affair>
1944:
World War II: In reprisal for successful French Resistance
attacks, German SS and SD troops hanged 99 men in the town of Tulle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulle_massacre>
1954:
During hearings investigating conflicting accusations between
the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army lawyer Joseph
N. Welch asked McCarthy: "At long last, have you left no sense of
decency?"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%E2%80%93McCarthy_hearings>
1999:
Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an
end to the Kosovo War the next day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumanovo_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
plankter:
(biology) A single organism of plankton.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plankter>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies
on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the
tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You
have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit
silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and
flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. ...Up, up the long,
delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy
grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew— And, while with silent,
lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
—Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
--John Gillespie Magee Jr.
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee_Jr.>