The Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice is a 12-story office
building in East Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Completed in 1967, it was designed in the late modernist style by
architect Kevin Roche and engineering partner John Dinkeloo of Roche-
Dinkeloo. The building was commissioned as the headquarters of the Ford
Foundation, the largest private foundation in the United States at the
time. It is a glass-and-steel cube held up by piers made of concrete and
clad with Dakota granite. Dan Kiley was the landscape architect for the
large public atrium inside, the first such space in an office building
in Manhattan. The building has received critical acclaim for its design
following both completion and renovation, and the New York City
Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated the building and its
atrium as city landmarks. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Foundation_Center_for_Social_Justice>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1747:
The London Lock Hospital, the first voluntary hospital
specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Lock_Hospital>
1961:
Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, the chimpanzee Ham became
the first hominid to be launched into outer space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_%28chimpanzee%29>
1988:
Doug Williams became the first African-American quarterback to
play in the Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in
Super Bowl XXII.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Williams_%28quarterback%29>
2013:
A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City
caused an explosion (aftermath pictured) that killed at least 37 people
and injured another 121.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Ejecutiva_Pemex_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
disgruntled:
1. In a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill
humour.
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disgruntled>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Historical, religious, and existential treatises suggest that for
some persons at some times, it is rational not to avoid physical death
at all costs. Indeed the spark of humanity can maximize its essence by
choosing an alternative that preserves the greatest dignity and some
tranquility of mind.
--Norman Mailer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer>
"Life on Mars?" is a song by the English musician David Bowie
(pictured), first released on his 1971 album Hunky Dory. Conceived as a
parody of Frank Sinatra's "My Way", "Life on Mars?" was recorded in
August 1971 at Trident Studios in London, and was co-produced by Bowie
and Ken Scott. The track features piano by the keyboardist Rick Wakeman
and a string arrangement by the guitarist Mick Ronson. "Life on Mars?"
is primarily a glam rock ballad, with elements of cabaret and art rock.
The lyrics are about a girl who goes to a cinema to escape reality, and
include surreal images that reflect optimism and the effects of
Hollywood. In June 1973, at the height of Bowie's fame as Ziggy
Stardust, RCA Records issued "Life on Mars?" as a single in the United
Kingdom, where it peaked at number three. Bowie frequently performed
"Life on Mars?" during his concerts, and the track has appeared on
numerous compilation albums. Commentators generally consider "Life on
Mars?" to be one of Bowie's finest songs. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars%3F>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1948:
Mahatma Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of India and
the Indian independence movement, was fatally shot by Nathuram Godse at
Birla House in Delhi.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi>
1968:
Vietnam War: Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese
People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian
command and control centers throughout South Vietnam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet_Offensive>
1979:
Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's
Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varig_Flight_967>
2013:
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South
Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve
Earth orbit.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naro-1>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
interregnum:
1. A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the
accession of their successor.
2. (by extension)
3. (figurative) A break in continuity; a gap, an intermission.
4. (Christianity) A period of time between when a minister or pastor
leaves a church and when a new one is installed.
5. (politics) A period of time between the end of one political leader's
term and the start of the term of their successor; a period of time
during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended,
and a polity is either left without leadership or has only a temporary
one.
6. (obsolete) A temporary exercise of authority or rule during a period
of time when there is no monarch or political leader.
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In nine cases out of ten the speaker or writer who, seeking to
influence public opinion, descends from calm argument to unfair blows
hurts himself more than his opponent. The Chinese have a story on this
— a story based on three or four thousand years of civilization: Two
Chinese coolies were arguing heatedly in the midst of a crowd. A
stranger expressed surprise that no blows were being struck. His Chinese
friend replied: "The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have
given out."
--Franklin D. Roosevelt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt>
Opifex fuscus is a species of mosquito that is endemic to New Zealand.
They occur along the coast, where their larvae live in rock pools within
the spray zone. To survive in this habitat, the larvae are able to
tolerate a wide range of water salt concentrations. The larvae feed on
algae and decomposing matter. They also have mouthparts that specialise
towards either filter feeding or grazing, depending on what food sources
are available to them. As adults the females feed on the blood of birds
and humans. They have an unusual mating system where the males wait on
the surface of the rock pools and mate with female pupae before they
have matured into adults. They are widespread throughout the rocky
coasts of New Zealand but have been displaced from the Otago region by
the introduced species Aedes australis. The larvae are also known to be
infected by the fungus Coelomomyces psorophorae, which uses copepods as
intermediate hosts. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opifex_fuscus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1856:
Queen Victoria introduced the Victoria Cross, originally to
recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the
Crimean War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross>
1891:
Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the
Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili%CA%BBuokalani>
1911:
Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican
Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magonista_rebellion_of_1911>
1991:
The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with
the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later
by Coalition forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
raven:
1. (countable) Any of several, generally large, species of birds in the
genus Corvus with lustrous black plumage; especially the common raven
(Corvus corax).
2. (uncountable) A jet-black, often glossy, colour, like that of the
plumage of a raven (noun sense 1). raven:
3. (archaic, countable) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a bird
from a genus other than Corvus that resembles the raven (noun sense 1),
especially in having black plumage; also, an imaginary black bird.
4. (historical, countable) A flag bearing a raven (noun sense 1),
formerly used by some Viking leaders; hence (uncountable, metonymic),
preceded by the: Viking military power.
5. (chiefly fiction, countable) A person, especially a man, with black
hair.
6. (countable, figurative, obsolete) A person who brings bad news or
makes pessimistic predictions.
7. Especially of hair: of the jet-black and often glossy colour of the
plumage of a raven (noun sense 1).
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Next time round Hitler will be a machine, developed by male
conquest as the most efficient method of subduing the peoples of the
earth. Our only hope is that we have yet time to breed a generation
which cannot be ruled in such a way or seek such a way to rule. We have
no more need of great generals, for war is no longer fought by men but
by machines against men. Machines are not mortal nor do they feel pain,
so they must perforce win the war, unless the last of the fantasy heroes
can acknowledge his weakness and his terror, and beg pardon.
--Germaine Greer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer>
The Ladies' Journal was the longest-lasting and widest-circulating
Chinese women's magazine during the Republican period. Published from
1915 to 1931 by the Commercial Press, it initially focused on domestic
issues and short stories of the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school of
romantic fiction. Following criticism over the journal's stances, Shen
Yanbing (Mao Dun) was hired as editor in 1920. Shen left later that
year, and Zhang Xichen replaced him as editor. While lacking prior
interest in women's issues, he became a dedicated liberal feminist and
recruited like-minded writers such as his assistant Zhou Jianren. A
controversial 1925 special issue on the "new sexual morality" alongside
political disagreements with the Commercial Press led to their removal
as editors. The journal returned to a domestic focus. Already struggling
due to decreased advertiser investment, the journal was cancelled after
its headquarters were destroyed in a month-long battle between Chinese
and Japanese forces. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladies%27_Journal>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1958:
The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark
for the design of Lego bricks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego>
1961:
In Gitarama, Rwanda, local officials and other government
officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy in Rwanda and
establish a republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_of_Gitarama>
1981:
U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from
petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_oil_glut>
1986:
The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its
tenth mission (video featured), killing all seven crew members.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
challenger:
1. One who challenges.
2. One who confronts or opposes; a confronter, an opposer.
3. (games, sports) One who plays against the current champion of a
contest or game in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.
4. (chiefly law, obsolete) One who brings a legal claim; a claimant, a
plaintiff; also, one who accuses; an accuser.
5. (tennis, also attributive) Often in the form Challenger: a match,
tournament, or tour of the second-highest tier organized by the
Association of Tennis Professionals.
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The soul, equal and eternal, emanates from bodies of different
shapes and colors. Whoever foments and spreads antagonism and hate
between the races, sins against humanity.
--José Martí
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD>
Thousands of Jews lived in the towns of Dęblin and Irena in central
Poland before World War II. In September 1939, the towns were captured
in the German invasion of Poland and the persecution of Jews began with
drafts into forced labor and the start of a Judenrat. An open ghetto was
made in Irena and its inhabitants worked on labor projects for Dęblin
Fortress, the railway, and the Luftwaffe. Beginning in May 1941, Jews
were sent to labor camps around Dęblin from the Opole and Warsaw
ghettos. Conditions in the ghetto worsened due to epidemics of typhus
and dysentery. The first deportation was on 6 May 1942 and took around
2,500 Jews to the Sobibór extermination camp. A week later, two
thousand Jews arrived from Slovakia and hundreds more from nearby
ghettos. In October, the Irena ghetto was liquidated; about 2,500 Jews
were deported to the Treblinka extermination camp while some 1,400 Jews
were retained as inmates of forced-labor camps. On 27 July 1944, the
camp was liberated by the Red Army. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_D%C4%99blin_and_Irena_…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1785:
The University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered public
university in the United States, was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Georgia>
1996:
Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of
Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military
coup d'état.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamane_Ousmane>
2011:
Astronomers documented H1504+65, a white dwarf in Ursa Minor
(chart pictured) with the hottest surface temperature known at the time,
at 200,000 kelvins (360,000 °F).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Minor>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Mozartian:
1. (music) Of or relating to, or characteristic of, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart or his music.
2. One who appreciates or studies the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
3. A musician regarded as a skilled interpreter and performer of
Mozart's music.
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mozartian>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Today we remember that freedom is not free. We have to work at it
— nurture it, protect it and even sacrifice for it. May we never
forget — and always remember our brothers and sisters who have served
so that we may enjoy the gift of freedom. So in this moment we remember
and give thanks for their dedication and selfless service to our nation,
in the cause of our freedom. In this solemn hour we render our honor and
our gratitude.
--Alex Pretti
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alex_Pretti>
Louis Leblanc (born January 26, 1991) is a former professional ice
hockey player. A centre, Leblanc played minor hockey in the Montreal
region before playing one season with the Omaha Lancers and becoming
Rookie of the Year. At the 2009 NHL entry draft, he was selected 18th
overall by the Montreal Canadiens. He then spent one season with Harvard
Crimson, being named Ivy League rookie of the year, before signing a
contract with the Canadiens in 2010. Later that year, Leblanc joined the
Montreal Juniors. He spent three seasons with the Canadiens, mainly
playing for their American Hockey League affiliate, before being traded
in 2014 to the Anaheim Ducks, who kept him in the AHL. In 2015, Leblanc
moved to Europe, joining HC Slovan Bratislava, playing seven games
before being released. He appeared in four games for Lausanne HC, then
retired from hockey. Internationally, Leblanc played in the 2008 Ivan
Hlinka Memorial Tournament and the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey
Championships. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Leblanc>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1926:
Oliver Hutchinson appeared on television in inventor John Logie
Baird's first successful demonstration of using the technology to show
humans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird>
1972:
JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the
only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell
10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest
fall without a parachute.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87>
1991:
Somali Rebellion: Factions led by the warlord Mohamed Farrah
Aidid and his rebel group, the United Somali Congress, ousted President
Siad Barre.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Farrah_Aidid>
2001:
An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least
13,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000
homes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Gujarat_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
furphy:
1. (Australia, slang) An erroneous or improbable story; also, a rumour.
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/furphy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our
country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an
artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an
incessant propaganda of fear. While such an economy may produce a sense
of seeming prosperity for the moment, it rests on an illusionary
foundation of complete unreliability and renders among our political
leaders almost a greater fear of peace than is their fear of war.
--Douglas MacArthur
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur>
CSS General Earl Van Dorn was a cottonclad warship used by the
Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Purchased
for Confederate service in New Orleans in early 1862 to serve with the
River Defense Fleet, she was converted into a cottonclad warship by
installing an iron-covered framework of timbers on her bow that served
as a ram, and protecting her machinery with timber bulkheads packed with
cotton. A sidewheel steamer, she was 182 feet (55 m) long and was armed
with a single 32-pounder cannon on the bow. Initially assigned to defend
the Mississippi River, she arrived at Memphis, Tennessee, in
April 1862. On May 10, she fought with the River Defense Fleet against
the Union navy in the Battle of Plum Point Bend (pictured), where she
rammed and sank USS Mound City. After withdrawing up the Yazoo River to
Liverpool Landing, Mississippi, General Earl Van Dorn, along with two
other warships, was burnt to prevent her capture by approaching Union
vessels. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_General_Earl_Van_Dorn>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1971:
Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a
coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Ugandan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1995:
A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black
Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a
Trident missile.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_rocket_incident>
2006:
Three independent observing campaigns announced the discovery
of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, a super-Earth 21,500 ± 3,300 light-years away
from Earth near the center of the Milky Way.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb>
2011:
Arab Spring: The Egyptian revolution began with protests on
the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni
Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Egyptian_revolution_of_2011>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
stravaig:
1. (transitive) To stroll or wander aimlessly on (a road, etc.); to
ramble.
2. (intransitive)
3. To stroll or wander; to ramble, to roam.
4. (figurative) Of a river, road, etc.: to meander, to wind.
5. (chiefly Ireland, Northern England, Scotland) An act of strolling or
wandering aimlessly; a ramble, a stroll, a wander.
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Old Madame du Deffand and her friends talked for fifty years
without stopping. And of it all, what remains? Perhaps three witty
sayings.
--Orlando: A Biography
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Orlando:_A_Biography>
Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed', also known as The
Bather, is a name given to four nearly identical oil paintings on canvas
by English artist William Etty. The paintings illustrate a scene from
James Thomson's 1727 poem Summer in which a young man accidentally sees
a young woman bathing naked and is torn between his desire to look and
his knowledge that he ought to look away. The scene was popular with
English artists as it was one of the few legitimate pretexts to paint
nudes at a time when the display and distribution of nude imagery was
suppressed. Musidora was extremely well received when first exhibited
and considered one of the finest works by an English artist. Etty died
in 1849 and his work rapidly went out of fashion. At that time, the
topic of Musidora itself became a cliche, and from the 1870s Thomson's
writings faded into obscurity. Etty's Musidora is likely to have
influenced The Knight Errant by John Everett Millais, but otherwise has
had little effect. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musidora:_The_Bather_%27At_the_Doubtful_Breez…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
771:
Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat dedicated a 65-ton stele, the largest
stone known to be quarried by the Maya civilization, at his city of
Quiriguá.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirigu%C3%A1>
1913:
Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis
Moraitinis performed the first naval air mission in history, with a
Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristeidis_Moraitinis_%28aviator%29>
1961:
A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two Mark 39 nuclear
weapons broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina; one bomb was
recovered intact, the other disintegrated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash>
1990:
Japan launched the Hiten spacecraft, the first lunar probe
launched by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiten_%28spacecraft%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
querist:
1. (formal) A person who queries or asks questions; an interrogator, a
questioner.
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/querist>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will
sustain the weight of human vanity.
--Edith Wharton
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton>
A self-immolation incident took place in Tiananmen Square (pictured) in
central Beijing on the eve of Chinese New Year on 23 January 2001. The
official Chinese press agency, Xinhua News Agency, stated that five
members of Falun Gong, a banned spiritual movement, had set themselves
on fire to protest the unfair treatment of Falun Gong by the Chinese
government. The Falun Dafa Information Center stated that the incident
was a hoax staged by the Chinese government to turn public opinion
against the group and to justify the torture and imprisonment of its
practitioners. The incident received international news coverage, and
video footage was broadcast later in the People's Republic of China by
China Central Television. The campaign of state propaganda that followed
the event eroded public sympathy for Falun Gong, and the government
began sanctioning the "systematic use of violence" against the group.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Tiananmen_Square_self-immolation_incident>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1556:
One of the deadliest earthquakes in history struck Shaanxi,
China, resulting in at least 100,000 direct deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1556_Shaanxi_earthquake>
1793:
The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partitioned the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the second time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Partition_of_Poland>
1968:
USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that
it had violated their territorial waters while spying.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pueblo_%28AGER-2%29>
1993:
The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and
Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCSA_Mosaic>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
perturb:
1. (transitive)
2. To cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to
cause confusion.
3. To disturb (someone, their mind, etc.) mentally; to bother, trouble,
upset.
4. (astronomy) Of a celestial body: to modify the motion or orbit of
(another celestial body) by exerting a gravitational force; hence
(physics), to slightly modify (the motion of an object).
5. (mathematics) To slightly modify (a set of equations or their
solutions), producing deviations from a simple, easily solvable problem,
in order to find an approximate solution to a problem that is more
difficult to solve or otherwise unsolvable.
6. (sciences) To influence (a process or system) so that it deviates
from its normal state.
7. (intransitive) To bother, to disturb, to trouble.
8. About Word of the Day
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved
herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her
example.
--William Pitt the Younger
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger>
The First Vision is the debut video album by Mariah Carey (pictured),
released on January 22, 1991. It is a collection of music videos, live
performances, and film footage detailing the development and promotion
of Carey's first studio album Mariah Carey. It features music videos of
"Vision of Love", "Love Takes Time", and "Someday", as well as snippets
of future singles "I Don't Wanna Cry" and "There's Got to Be a Way". The
collection presents Carey performing at Club Tatou and rehearsal footage
for Saturday Night Live and It's Showtime at the Apollo. During an
interview segment, Carey answers questions about her life and music.
Critics considered the album insightful and praised the showcase of her
live vocal abilities; others opined that it projected her in a sexual
manner. The video peaked at numbers 2 and 24 respectively on US and UK
music video charts. The Canadian Recording Industry Association
certified it gold and the Recording Industry Association of America
certified it platinum. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Vision>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1906:
The SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver
Island, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the
Graveyard of the Pacific.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Valencia>
1969:
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev survived what was seen as an
assassination attempt, an incident that was not revealed to the public
until after the fall of the Soviet Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Leonid_Brezhnev>
1970:
The Boeing 747, the world's first wide-body commercial
airliner, entered service for Pan Am on the New York–London route.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747>
1979:
Uganda–Tanzania War: After surrounding Mutukula the previous
day, Tanzanian forces attacked the town in the Battle of Mutukula and
caused Ugandan forces to flee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mutukula>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
stagnation:
1. (uncountable) The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of
this.
2. (uncountable) The state of lacking flow or motion, usually causing a
lack of freshness or health; (countable) an instance of this.
3. (figurative, uncountable) The state of lacking activity, change or
progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactivity, staleness;
(countable) an instance of this.
4. (economics, uncountable) The state of low or no growth in an economy;
(countable) an instance of this.
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the
distribution; the rest is but conceit. So saith Solomon, Where much is,
there are many to consume it; and what hath the owner, but the sight of
it with his eyes? The personal fruition in any man, cannot reach to feel
great riches: there is a custody of them; or a power of dole, and
donative of them; or a fame of them; but no solid use to the owner.
--Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall
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