The Mechanical Turk, also known as the "Automaton Chess Player" or "the
Turk", was a chess-playing machine, first displayed in 1770, which
appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess autonomously, but
whose pieces were in reality moved via levers and magnets by a chess
master hidden in the machine's lower cavity. The machine was toured and
exhibited for 84 years as an automaton, and continued giving occasional
exhibitions until 1854, when it was destroyed in a fire. In 1857, an
article published by the owner's son revealed that it was an elaborate
hoax, a fact suspected by some but never fully explained while the
machine still existed. Constructed by Wolfgang von Kempelen to impress
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, the Turk won most games, including
those against statesmen such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin
Franklin. The device demonstrated the knight's tour, a puzzle that
requires a knight to visit every square of a chessboard once.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1935:
A college football game between the SMU Mustangs and the TCU
Horned Frogs became the first game in Texas to be broadcast nationally
on radio.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_SMU_vs._TCU_football_game>
1979:
The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by the English band
Pink Floyd, was first released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall>
2005:
John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the
first black archbishop in the Church of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sentamu>
2018:
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake (aftermath pictured) hit Anchorage,
Alaska, causing 117 injuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Anchorage_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
strath:
1. A wide, flat river valley.
2. A piece of flat land beside a body of water.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strath>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In a monarchy, the king and his family are the country; in a
republic it is the common voice of the people. Each of you, for himself,
by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn
and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the
bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catch-phrases of
politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what
is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot
shirk this and be a man. To decide it against your convictions is to be
an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your
country, let men label you as they may.
--Mark Twain
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Twain>
KEXP-FM (90.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station in Seattle,
Washington, United States, specializing in indie music programmed by its
disc jockeys. KEXP's studios are located at the Seattle Center, and the
transmitter is in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The station is
operated by the non-profit entity Friends of KEXP, an affiliate of the
University of Washington. Since March 2024, KEXP-FM's programming has
been rebroadcast over Alameda, California–licensed KEXC, which serves
the San Francisco Bay Area. As well as daily variety mix shows featuring
mostly alternative rock music, KEXP hosts weekly programs dedicated to
other musical genres. Founded in 1972 as KCMU, the student-run station
of the University of Washington, KEXP gained recognition for its
influence on the regional music scene. It was the first station to air
grunge bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden in the late 1980s. In 2014,
the university transferred the FCC license of KEXP-FM to Friends of
KEXP.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEXP-FM>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1890:
The National Diet of Japan, a bicameral legislature modelled
after both the German Reichstag and the British Westminster system,
first met in Tokyo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Diet>
1947:
The United Nations General Assembly voted to approve the
Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab–Israeli
conflict in Mandatory Palestine by separating the territory into Jewish
and Arab states.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine>
1982:
Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time,
was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_%28album%29>
2007:
During their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Philippine
soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes mutinied and seized a
conference room at The Peninsula Manila in Makati.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Peninsula_siege>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tubelight:
1. (chiefly South Asia, especially India) Synonym of fluorescent lamp
(“a gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light,
especially one consisting of a tube filled with mercury vapour which
emits ultraviolet radiation when an electric current is passed through
it, causing fluorescence when the radiation hits a phosphor coating on
the interior of the tube”); also, a light fixture containing one or more
fluorescent lamps.
2. (chiefly India, slang, derogatory) A person who is slow to reply or
understand; a dim-witted person.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tubelight>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another
"What! You too? I thought that no one but myself..."
--C. S. Lewis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis>
The Appaloosa is a horse breed best known for its colorful leopard-
spotted coat pattern. It includes a wide range of body types because of
the influence of multiple breeds of horses throughout its history. The
color pattern of the Appaloosa is of great interest to those who study
equine coat color genetics, as it and several other physical
characteristics are linked to the leopard complex mutation (LP). Artwork
depicting prehistoric horses with leopard spotting existed in cave
paintings. The Nez Perce people of the United States Pacific Northwest
developed the original American breed. It is best known as a stock horse
used in a number of western riding disciplines, but is also a versatile
breed with representatives seen in many other types of equestrian
activity. The Nez Perce lost most of their horses after the Nez Perce
War in 1877. A small number of dedicated breeders preserved the
Appaloosa as a distinct breed until the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) was
formed as the breed registry in 1938.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appaloosa>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1660:
Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, Christopher Wren and other leading
scientists met at Gresham College in London to found a learned society,
now known as the Royal Society (coat of arms pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society>
1811:
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 premiered at the Gewandhaus
in Leipzig.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._5_%28Beethoven%29>
1912:
At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was
constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet
from the Ottoman Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_of_Vlor%C3%AB>
1925:
Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the
United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
shopworn:
1. Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and
handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled.
2. (figurative) Not fresh or new.
3. Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have
become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired.
4. Of an object: faded, shabby.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shopworn>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that
stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness
that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all
delightful conditions, all, heavenly environment; of these, if you but
remain true to them, your world will at last be built.
--James Allen
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Allen>
Freedom from Want is the third of the Four Freedoms, a series of four
oil paintings by American artist Norman Rockwell. The works were
inspired by the Four Freedoms articulated in President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address. The painting was published
in the March 6, 1943, issue of The Saturday Evening Post. It depicts a
group of people gathered around a dinner table for a holiday meal, all
of whom were friends and family of Rockwell; they were photographed
individually and painted into the scene. Freedom from Want has become an
iconic representation of Thanksgiving and family gatherings in general,
and has had a wide array of adaptations and other uses. Popular then and
now in the United States, it caused resentment in Europe where the
masses were enduring wartime hardship. The work is highly regarded as an
example of mastery of the challenges of painting in white on a white
background and as one of Rockwell's most famous works.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_from_Want>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
A consortium of twenty-two U.S. charities founded CARE with the
mission of delivering food aid to Europe in the aftermath of World
War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARE_International>
1950:
Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army launched
multiple attacks against United Nations forces, beginning the Battle of
Chosin Reservoir.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir>
1989:
A bomb placed by the Medellín Cartel in an attempt to kill
Colombian presidential candidate César Gaviria destroyed Avianca Flight
203, killing all 107 people on board, excluding Gaviria, who was not on
the flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca_Flight_203>
2020:
Nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, regarded as the chief of
Iran's nuclear program, was assassinated, allegedly by Mossad.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen_Fakhrizadeh>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sociopetal:
(psychology, sociology) Of a place, etc.: involving the arrangement of a
group of people so that each person can see and interact with the
others.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sociopetal>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Wonderful world, beautiful people You and your girl, things
could be pretty But underneath this there is a secret That nobody can
reveal Take a look at the world And the state that it's in today I am
sure you'll agree We all could make it a better way With our love put
together Everybody learn to love each other
--Jimmy Cliff
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cliff>
Terry Griffiths (1947–2024) was a Welsh professional snooker player,
coach and pundit. After winning several amateur titles, he turned
professional in June 1978 at the age of 30. In his second professional
tournament, he qualified for the 1979 World Snooker Championship. He
reached the final of the event where he defeated Dennis Taylor. In the
1988 World Snooker Championship, Griffiths again reached the final of
the competition but lost to Steve Davis. Griffiths reached at least the
quarter-finals of the World Championship for nine consecutive years,
from 1984 to 1992. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK
Championship in 1982, completing snooker's Triple Crown. He was runner-
up at the Masters three times and reached the final of the 1989 European
Open, where he lost the deciding frame to John Parrott. Griffiths
retired from the professional tour in 1996 to become the World
Professional Billiards and Snooker Association's director of coaching.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Griffiths>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1914:
A large internal explosion destroyed HMS Bulwark near
Sheerness, killing 741 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bulwark_%281899%29>
1940:
The Iron Guard killed 64 political detainees at a penitentiary
near Bucharest and followed up with several high-profile assassinations,
including that of former Romanian prime minister Nicolae Iorga.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jilava_massacre>
1942:
A riot involving infantrymen, military police, and local law
enforcement officers killed three people in Phoenix, Arizona.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_Phoenix_Thanksgiving_Day_riot>
2008:
A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across
Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300
others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hubristic:
Of or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or
presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous,
especially in a disdainful or rude manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hubristic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I wish that we had much more of the Spirit of Christ and a great
deal less self, and less of human opinions. If we err, let it be on the
side of mercy rather than on the side of condemnation and harsh dealing.
--Ellen G. White
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ellen_G._White>
Hedonism is a family of philosophical views that prioritize pleasure.
Psychological hedonism is a theory of motivation stating that the self-
interested pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain drive all human
conduct. Axiological hedonism is the view that pleasure is the sole
source of intrinsic value. It asserts that other things, like knowledge
and money, only have value insofar as they produce pleasure and reduce
pain. Ethical hedonism applies this view to morality, arguing that
people have a moral duty to pursue pleasure. Utilitarian versions aim to
increase overall happiness for everyone, whereas egoistic versions state
that each person should only look out for their own happiness. The
paradox of hedonism and the hedonic treadmill are proposed psychological
barriers to the hedonist goal of long-term happiness. As one of the
oldest philosophical theories, hedonism was already discussed in ancient
Greek, Indian, and Chinese philosophy.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1940:
The de Havilland Mosquito, one of the most successful military
aircraft in the Second World War, made its first flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito>
1960:
Three of the four Mirabal sisters, who opposed the dictatorship
of military strongman Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, were
beaten and strangled to death.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabal_sisters>
1970:
After failing to instigate a military coup to restore the
powers of the Emperor of Japan, author Yukio Mishima and a member of his
militia publicly committed ritual suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima>
1975:
Upon Suriname's independence from the Netherlands, Johan
Ferrier became its first president.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ferrier>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
semblance:
1. (countable) The outward appearance or form of a person or thing.
2. Followed by of: the outward appearance of a person or thing when
regarded as similar to that of another person or thing.
3. Followed by of: the outward appearance of a person or thing which is
different from what the person or thing actually is; also, an outward
appearance of a thing which does not actually exist.
4. (countable) Followed by of: a person or thing that is seen; an
apparition, a vision.
5. (countable) Followed by of: a person or thing that looks similar to
another person or thing; a likeness.
6. (countable, always in the negative) Followed by of: a bare or mere
appearance of something.
7. (countable) A person's non-verbal behaviour or demeanour which shows
their feelings, thoughts, etc., or which is faked to hide such true
feelings, thoughts, etc.
8. (uncountable, archaic) The quality or state of being similar;
likeness, resemblance, similarity.
9. (uncountable, obsolete) The chance of something happening;
likelihood, probability.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/semblance>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine
Comedy.
--Ba Jin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ba_Jin>
Chagatai Khan (c. 1184 – 1242) was a son of Genghis Khan and a
prominent figure in the early Mongol Empire. The second son of Genghis's
wife Börte, Chagatai was renowned for his masterful knowledge of Mongol
custom and law and his harsh temperament. He was appointed to military
commands alongside his brothers during the Mongol conquest of the Jin
dynasty in 1211 and the invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire in 1219.
After the campaign, Chagatai was granted large tracts of conquered land
in Central Asia, which he ruled until his death, often quarrelling with
officials like Mahmud Yalavach. Chagatai's inflexibility, most notably
never accepting the legitimacy of his elder brother Jochi, excluded him
from succession to Genghis's throne. He was nevertheless a key figure in
ensuring the stability of the empire during the reign of his younger
brother Ögedei Khan, whom he advised. Chagatai died shortly after
Ögedei in 1242; his descendants later ruled his territories as the
eponymous Chagatai Khanate.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagatai_Khan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1918:
The Podgorica Assembly convened in Montenegro, with the
intention of uniting with the Kingdom of Serbia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podgorica_Assembly>
1925:
The Eugene O'Neill Theatre opened on Broadway, New York, with a
production of the musical Mayflowers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theatre>
1950:
The "Great Appalachian Storm", a large extratropical cyclone,
struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Storm_of_1950>
2015:
A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft was shot down by a
Turkish fighter jet after the former allegedly strayed into Turkish
airspace and ignored warnings to change course.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shootdown>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
get down to brass tacks:
(originally and chiefly US, idiomatic) To (start to) consider or deal
with the most important details or facts about something.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/get_down_to_brass_tacks>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Love towards God cannot be stained by the emotion of envy or
jealousy: contrariwise, it is the more fostered, in proportion as we
conceive a greater number of men to be joined to God by the same bond of
love.
--Ethics Geometrically Demonstrated
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ethics_%28Spinoza_book%29>
The Yeti are fictional robots from the long-running British science
fiction television series Doctor Who. They were originally created by
the writers Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman and first appeared in the
1967 serial The Abominable Snowmen. The Yeti resemble the
cryptozoological creatures also called the Yeti. In the series'
fictional universe, these robot Yeti serve the Great Intelligence, a
formless entity with mysterious origins, and are used by the
Intelligence to aid in its invasions. Following this debut appearance,
the Yeti only had one other major appearance, in the 1968 serial The Web
of Fear. The Yeti were a replacement for the Daleks, another popular
antagonist that had recently been written out of the series. The concept
arose as a result of a discussion between the then–lead actor Patrick
Troughton, Lincoln and Haisman. Already popular monsters at the time of
their introduction, the Yeti became even more popular with their second
appearance.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeti_%28Doctor_Who%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1700:
A papal conclave, which had been deadlocked due to concerns
over how a successor would respond to the impending death of Charles II
of Spain, ended with the election of Clement XI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_conclave>
1733:
African slaves in the Danish West Indies began an insurrection
in one of the earliest and longest slave revolts in the Americas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1733_slave_insurrection_on_St._John>
1980:
An earthquake struck the Irpinia region of Italy, killing at
least 2,483 people, injuring more than 7,700 and leaving 250,000
homeless.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Irpinia_earthquake>
2007:
MS Explorer became the first cruise ship to sink in the
Southern Ocean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Explorer_%281969%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
compersion:
(originally US, neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's
partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relationship with another
person.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compersion>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Tell me thou all pervading mind, When I this life forsake, Must
ev'ry tender tie unbind,Each sweet connection break?
--Ann Eliza Bleecker
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ann_Eliza_Bleecker>
The indigenous people of the Everglades region arrived in the Florida
peninsula 15,000 years ago. The Paleo-Indians found an arid landscape.
Climate changes 6,500 years ago brought a wetter landscape, and the
Paleo-Indians slowly adapted to the new conditions. Archaeologists call
the cultures that resulted Archaic peoples, from whom two major tribes
emerged: the Calusa and the Tequesta. Spanish explorers sought to
convert and conquer them. Isolated groups may have been assimilated into
the Seminole nation, which formed in northern Florida when a band of
Creeks consolidated surviving members of pre-Columbian societies in
Florida into their own to become a distinct tribe. Seminoles were forced
into the Everglades by the U.S. military during the Seminole Wars from
1835 to 1842. Seminoles continue to live in the Everglades region, and
support themselves with casino gaming on six reservations located
throughout the state.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1873:
The French steamship Ville du Havre collided with a Scottish
iron clipper in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of 226 lives.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ville_du_Havre>
1910:
The crews of three Brazilian warships – all commissioned
only months before – and several smaller vessels mutinied against
perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Lash>
1975:
Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I was
declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by
Franco.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I>
1995:
Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-
generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pull out all the stops:
(idiomatic) To hold back or reserve nothing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pull_out_all_the_stops>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I can tell you some of my views have changed and we had
discussions on some things. I'm not going to discuss what they were, but
that I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think I
think he's going to be — I think he is going to surprise some
conservative people actually — and some very liberal people — he
won't surprise them because they already like him.
--Donald Trump
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump>
The Canoe River train crash occurred on November 21, 1950, near
Valemount in eastern British Columbia, Canada. A westbound troop train
collided head-on with the eastbound Canadian National Railway's
Continental Limited, and 21 people were killed. Of these, 17 were
Canadian soldiers en route to the Korean War (memorial pictured). The
investigation found that the order sent to the troop train was missing
crucial words, causing the troop train to proceed rather than halt on a
siding, which caused the collision. A telegraph operator, John Atherton,
was charged with manslaughter; the prosecution alleged that he was
negligent. His family hired his member of Parliament, John Diefenbaker,
as defence counsel. Diefenbaker obtained Atherton's acquittal, which
became an asset during his political rise to become prime minister of
Canada.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoe_River_train_crash>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1920:
Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the IRA
assassinated a group of British intelligence agents, and British forces
killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_%281920%29>
1945:
Manzanar, a camp in California for the internment of Japanese
Americans during World War II, was closed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzanar>
1980:
A fire broke out at the MGM Grand Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip
in Paradise, Nevada, killing 85 people and injuring 650 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Grand_fire>
2015:
The Belgian government imposed a four-day security lockdown in
Brussels based on information about potential terrorist attacks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Brussels_lockdown>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
jetty:
1. (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the
rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the
building below.
2. (by extension)
3. A structure of stone or wood which extends into a river or sea to
protect a bank, beach, harbour, etc., from currents or tides; a
breakwater.
4. (nautical) A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or
into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
5. A natural piece of land projecting into a body of water; a peninsula,
a promontory.
6. (aviation) In full air jetty: synonym of jet bridge (“an elevated,
usually enclosed, corridor connecting an airport to an aeroplane for
embarking and disembarking crew and passengers”).
7. (obsolete) Synonym of bulwark (“a defensive rampart or wall”).
8. (transitive)
9. (architecture) Sometimes followed by out: to construct (a part of a
building) so that it jets or projects beyond the rest.
10. (by extension) To provide (a riverbank, seashore, etc.) with a jetty
(“breakwater; dock or wharf”) (noun sense 2.1 or sense 2.2).
11. (intransitive)
12. (architecture) Sometimes followed by out or over: of (a part of) a
building: to jet or project beyond the rest of the building or other
structures.
13. (by extension) To provide a riverbank, seashore, etc., with a jetty
(noun sense 2.1 or sense 2.2). [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jetty>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Lawfulness. A general order or regulation is lawful unless it is
contrary to the Constitution, the laws of the United States, or lawful
superior orders or for some other reason is beyond the authority of the
official issuing it.
--Uniform Code of Military Justice
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice>