The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary,
Canada, that play in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the
Western Conference's Pacific Division. Founded in 1972 in Atlanta as the
Atlanta Flames, the team relocated to Calgary in 1980. The Calgary
Flames initially played at the Stampede Corral before moving into the
Olympic Saddledome in 1983. In 1985–86, the Flames became the first
Calgary team since the 1923–24 Calgary Tigers to compete for the
Stanley Cup. In 1989, the Flames won their first and only Stanley Cup.
The Flames' unexpected run to the 2004 Stanley Cup Final gave rise to
the Red Mile, and in 2011, the team hosted and won the second Heritage
Classic outdoor game. The Flames have won two Presidents' Trophies as
the NHL's top regular-season team, and eight division titles. The Flames
are one of two NHL teams based in the Canadian province of Alberta, the
other being the Edmonton Oilers, leading to a rivalry known as the
"Battle of Alberta". (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Flames>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1598:
Anglo-Spanish War: After a 15-day siege Spanish troops in San
Juan, modern-day Puerto Rico, surrendered to an English force under Sir
George Clifford.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_%281598%29>
1966:
The National Organization for Women, a leading United States
feminist organization, was founded in Washington, D.C.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women>
1985:
Ryan White, an HIV/AIDS patient in the US, was denied re-
admission to his school after he had contracted the disease from
hemophilia treatments.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_White>
2015:
An Indonesian Air Force military transport aircraft crashed
near a residential neighborhood in Medan, killing 139 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Sumatra_Indonesian_Air_Force_C-130_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
blazer:
1. A thing which blazes or shines brightly.
2. (informal) A very bright or hot day.
3. (Canada, US, cooking) A dish used to cook directly over the coals of
a brazier, or the flame of a chafing dish lamp.
4. (Northern England) A flat metal piece placed against a fire grate to
cause the fire to blaze by creating a draught; a blower.
5. (obsolete) A comet.
6. (figurative)
7. A lightweight semi-formal jacket, especially one with coloured
stripes, decorated edges, or a badge on the breast pocket, worn as part
of a school uniform or at a sports event.
8. (UK, slang) An older member of a sports club, often with conservative
or old-fashioned views. [...]
9. About Word of the Day
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11. Leave feedback
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus
prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own.
Thus Scribblers, covetous of praise, Think slander can transplant the
bays.
--John Gay
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The Path to Rome is a 1902 travelogue by the French-English writer
Hilaire Belloc in which he recounts his pilgrimage to Rome from Toul in
northeastern France. The book contains Belloc's account of events in
short vignettes, his thoughts on his travels, and asides about the
history and geography of places he visits. Drawings, maps, and musical
notation are also included throughout. The book is mostly written in a
stream-of-consciousness style, including conversations between Belloc
and an imagined reader, and its use of complex literary techniques have
been described as foreshadowing postmodern literature. The Path to Rome
was Belloc's most financially successful work, established him as a
serious author, and influenced several writers at the time. Contemporary
reviews were positive, focusing on his authenticity, shrewd
observations, and sense of humour. Retrospectives have similarly praised
the book. Belloc himself later recounted that it was "the only book I
ever wrote for love". (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Path_to_Rome>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1832:
Black Hawk War: Three men working in a cornfield were attacked
by Sauk Native Americans, resulting in two deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinsinawa_Mound_raid>
1950:
The United States defeated England during the FIFA World Cup in
one of the greatest upsets in the competition's history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v_England_%281950_FIFA_World_Cu…>
1971:
The Soyuz 11 spacecraft experienced uncontrolled decompression
during preparations for reentry, killing Soviet cosmonauts Vladislav
Volkov, Georgy Dobrovolsky and Viktor Patsayev—the only human deaths
to have occurred in space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11>
2020:
Reddit banned r/The_Donald, a pro-Trump subreddit, for rule
violations and antagonizing the company.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/The_Donald>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bagasse:
1. The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as
sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
2. (pathology, archaic or obsolete) Synonym of bagassosis
(“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense
1)”).
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bagasse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Every nation is selfish and every nation considers its selfishness
sacred.
--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint-Exup%C3%A9ry>
The Morris Park Aerodrome was a short-lived airfield in what is now the
Morris Park section of the Bronx, New York City. In operation from 1908
to 1909, it was the first flying field in the nation, occupying the
grounds of the defunct Morris Park Racecourse. The Aeronautical Society
of New York leased the land in 1908, using it for building and testing
aircraft, and for putting on public exhibitions including major events
in November 1908 and June 1909. The first event, captured in an oil
painting by Rudolph Dirks titled The Fledglings, included several glider
flights by sixteen-year-old Laurence Lesh (pictured), culminating in a
crash in which he was severely injured. The second event had flights by
Glenn Curtiss in Golden Flyer, his motorized biplane, including the
first demonstration of a stable flight around a closed course using
ailerons for lateral control. When the aerodrome closed for residential
development, the Society moved its operations to Roosevelt Field on Long
Island. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Park_Aerodrome>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1904:
In the worst maritime disaster involving a Danish merchant
ship, SS Norge ran aground on Hasselwood Rock and sank in the North
Atlantic, resulting in more than 635 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Norge>
1956:
Polish workers demanding better working conditions began
massive protests in Poznań, but were later violently repressed by the
Polish People's Army and the Internal Security Corps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Pozna%C5%84_protests>
1963:
Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-
Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_he_would,_wouldn%27t_he%3F>
2016:
Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people
and injuring more than 230 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Atat%C3%BCrk_Airport_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
woebegone:
1. Of a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble,
and so filled with woe (“great distress or sadness”); (loosely) forlorn,
sad, unhappy.
2. (by extension)
3. Of a person or thing: having a distressed, miserable, or sad
appearance.
4. Of a thing: in a deplorable state.
5. A person who is deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or
trouble, and so filled with woe.
6. About Word of the Day
7. Nominate a word
8. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woebegone>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have
instructed our eyes to see. To overcome poverty and the flaws of the
economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We
have to free our mind, imagine what has never happened before and write
social fiction. We need to imagine things to make them happen. If you
don't imagine, it will never happen.
--Muhammad Yunus
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus>
"The One Where Michael Leaves" is the second-season premiere of the
American television satirical sitcom Arrested Development (title card
pictured), originally broadcast on the Fox Network in November 2004.
The series follows the wealthy Bluth family, and the episode focuses
mainly on Michael Bluth as he and his son attempt to flee to Phoenix
while his father is held in prison. Meanwhile, Tobias gets an audition
for the Blue Man Group. The episode's production received assistance
from the group, who asked only that the series keep their air of
mystery. The full-body blue paint was a hassle for David Cross, despite
the fact that the Blue Man Group in reality only wears blue leotards
with face paint. The episode received mostly positive reception, and is
retrospectively considered one of the series's finest episodes. Since
airing, it has also received thematic analysis from both scholars and
critics. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_Where_Michael_Leaves>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1743:
War of the Austrian Succession: In the last time that a British
monarch led troops in battle, Allied forces commanded by George II
(depicted) defeated the French army at Dettingen, Bavaria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dettingen>
1869:
The military phase of the Meiji Restoration in Japan was
completed with an imperial victory in the Boshin War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War>
1957:
Hurricane Audrey made landfall near the Texas–Louisiana
border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron,
Louisiana, U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Audrey>
2007:
As a result of an ongoing conflict between drug dealers and
police in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, a large military and civil
police operation killed 19 people and injured several others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexo_do_Alem%C3%A3o_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pseudo-acronym:
1. (linguistics) A term that is seemingly an acronym or (loosely) an
initialism, but the letters of which do not stand for specific words.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pseudo-acronym>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I love to labor with my head and my hands, I am an optimist in spite of
all. I used to think I should be thwarted in my desire to do something
useful. But I have found out that though the ways in which I can make
myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.
--Helen Keller
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Keller>
Donkey Kong is a video game series and media franchise created by the
Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. It follows the
adventures of Donkey Kong, a large, powerful gorilla, and other members
of the Kong family of simians. Donkey Kong games include the original
arcade game trilogy by Nintendo R&D1;, the Donkey Kong Country series by
Rare and Retro Studios, and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series by Nintendo
Software Technology. The main Donkey Kong games are platform games in
which the player must reach the end of a level. Donkey Kong appears as
the antagonist or protagonist; his role alternates between games. The
original Donkey Kong, released in 1981, was Nintendo's first major
international success. The franchise has pioneered or popularized
concepts such as in-game storytelling and pre-rendered graphics,
inspired other games (including clones), and influenced popular culture.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1848:
French authorities suppressed the June Days uprising, in which
workers rioted in response to plans to close the National Workshops.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Days_uprising>
1918:
World War I: The 26-day Battle of Belleau Wood near the Marne
River in France ended with American forces finally clearing that forest
of German troops.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood>
1997:
J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the
first book in the Harry Potter fantasy novel series, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter>
2010:
A G20 summit, the largest and most expensive security operation
in Canadian history, began in downtown Toronto.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_G20_Toronto_summit>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
inflame:
1. (transitive)
2. To set (someone or something) on fire; to cause (someone or
something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle.
3. (by extension)
4. To cause (something) to appear bright or red, as if on fire; to
brighten, to redden.
5. To cause (the body or a body part) to feel abnormally or unusually
hot; specifically (medicine), to cause inflammation, including abnormal
heat, pain, redness, swelling, etc., in (the body or a body part).
6. (figurative)
7. To cause (someone, or their heart, mind, etc.) to feel strong desire
or other feelings; to excite (someone) to great passion; specifically,
to cause (someone) to feel anger or rage; to anger, to enrage, to
incense.
8. To excite or intensify (a feeling, such as an appetite or passion),
especially to an excessive or unnatural level.
9. To cause (something intangible, such as a dispute or violence, or
hunger or thirst) to become more serious or worse; to aggravate, to
exacerbate.
10. (obsolete) To increase (the price or quantity of something).
11. (intransitive)
12. To burst into flames, to catch fire.
13. (by extension)
14. Of a person's body or body part: to feel abnormally or unusually
hot; specifically (medicine), to be affected by inflammation.
15. (obsolete) To become very hot.
16. (figurative) To feel strong desire or other feelings; to be
passionate; specifically, to feel anger or rage.
17. About Word of the Day
18. Nominate a word
19. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inflame>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What goes up must come down Spinnin' wheel gotta go 'round Talking
about your troubles is a crying sin Ride a painted pony, let the
spinnin' wheel spin.
--David Clayton-Thomas
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Clayton-Thomas>
Augustus (63 BC – AD 14) was the founder of the Roman Empire and the
first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death. In his youth, his
great-uncle Julius Caesar named him as his primary heir, and after
Caesar's assassination in 44 BC he inherited his estate and took his
name. He seized power by marching on Rome in 43 BC, and he, Mark Antony
and Lepidus formed the Second Triumvirate. Competing ambitions tore the
alliance apart, and Augustus was triumphant, taking imperial power.
Augustus enlarged the Empire, but suffered a major setback in Germania.
He protected Rome with a buffer of client states and secured peace with
the Parthian Empire and the Kingdom of Kush. He developed Roman roads,
with an official courier system; established a standing professional
army, the Praetorian Guard, as well as official police and fire-fighting
services for Rome; and renovated much of the city during his reign. The
reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult and an era of imperial
peace. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1940:
Second World War: Operation Aerial, an evacuation of nearly
200,000 Allied soldiers from French ports, was completed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aerial>
1950:
The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 82
condemning the North Korean invasion of South Korea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_82>
2013:
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the CIA
acknowledged the existence of Area 51 (diagram pictured), a secretive
U.S. Air Force facility in Nevada and a subject of various UFO, and
other, conspiracy theories.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51>
2022:
Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian forces captured the city
of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, after six weeks of fighting.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sievierodonetsk_%282022%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lugger:
1. (nautical) A small sailing vessel having two or three masts and a
running bowsprit, carrying lugsails.
2. (intransitive, nautical) To sail a lugger (etymology 2, noun sense
1). [...]
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lugger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
”
--George Orwell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Orwell>
Vatican City's participation at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, held in
Oran, Algeria, from 25 June to 6 July 2022, was as guests. It was the
Vatican's first appearance in the Mediterranean Games, and its debut in
any international multi-sport event. The Vatican's participation was the
result of an agreement with the Italian National Olympic Committee in
2019 that formed Vatican Athletics, paving the way for possible
participation in the Summer Olympics. An invitation from the organizers
of the games in Oran followed the agreement with the Italians. The
delegation consisted of one athlete, long-distance runner Sara
Carnicelli, and two officials: Melchor Sánchez de Toca Alameda,
undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; and Claudio
Carmosino, coach and technical director of Vatican Athletics. Runner
Simone Adamoli was supposed to participate but withdrew before the Games
started. Carnicelli ran in the half marathon and unofficially placed
ninth. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City_at_the_2022_Mediterranean_Games>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1559:
The Book of Common Prayer, a major component of the Elizabethan
religious settlement, was introduced as the liturgy of the Church of
England through the Act of Uniformity 1558.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_%281559%29>
1932:
A group of military officers and civilians engineered a
bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_revolution_of_1932>
1989:
Following the Tiananmen Square massacre, the 13th Central
Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin as
general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin>
2021:
A portion of a 12-story condominium building collapsed
(aftermath pictured) in Surfside, Florida, killing 98 people and
injuring 11 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfside_condominium_collapse>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cringeworthy:
1. (informal) That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust,
embarrassment, etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cringeworthy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites
them to think something else.
--Ambrose Bierce
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce>
The Battle of Trapani took place on 23 June 1266 off Trapani, Sicily,
between the fleets of the Republic of Genoa and the Republic of Venice,
as part of the War of Saint Sabas (1256–1270). The two fleets met near
Trapani in Sicily on 22 June. After learning of the Venetian fleet's
smaller size, the Genoese war council resolved to attack, but during the
night Genoese commander Lanfranco Borbonino reversed the decision and
instead ordered his ships to take up a defensive position, bound
together with chains, near the shore. As the Venetian fleet attacked the
next day, many of the Genoese crews, mostly hired foreigners, lost heart
and abandoned their ships. The battle was a Venetian victory, as they
sank or captured the entire Genoese fleet. On their return to Genoa,
Borbonino and most of his captains were tried and fined large sums for
cowardice. Genoa continued the war, in which neither side was able to
gain a decisive advantage, until it was ended through French mediation
in 1270. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trapani>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
Stand Watie became the last Confederate general of the American
Civil War to surrender to Union forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_Watie>
1887:
The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act,
creating Banff National Park in Alberta as the country's first national
park.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park>
1926:
The College Board administered the first Scholastic Aptitude
Test, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in
the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT>
1991:
The first instalment of the video-game series Sonic the
Hedgehog was released in North America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rheostat:
1. (electronics, technology) An electrical resistor with two terminals,
the resistance of which can be varied continuously by moving a knob or
slider to regulate the flow of an electric current.
2. Such a device used to regulate the brightness of an electric light; a
dimmer.
3. (figurative) A notional device which causes some quality to vary.
4. About Word of the Day
5. Nominate a word
6. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rheostat>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Each of our lives is a Shakespearean drama raised to the thousandth
degree. Mute separations, mute black, bloody events in every family.
Invisible mourning worn by mothers and wives. Now the arrested are
returning, and two Russias stare each other in the eyes: the ones that
put them in prison and the ones who were put in prison. A new epoch has
begun. You and I will wait for it together.
--Anna Akhmatova
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anna_Akhmatova>
Manchester is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It has a population
of over 589,000 in 2024, and with Salford and surrounding towns forms
one of the nation's most populous conurbations. Its history began with
the settlement near the Roman fort of Mamucium or Mancunium, established
around AD 79. Throughout the Middle Ages, it remained a manorial
township, but began to expand with a boom in textile manufacture during
the British Industrial Revolution. Manchester attained city status in
1853. Its fortunes declined after the Second World War, owing to
deindustrialisation, and the 1996 Manchester bombing led to
redevelopment. It was the host city for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In
the 2020s, Manchester has been reported to be experiencing an economic
boom, sometimes attributed to the ideology of Manchesterism. The city is
notable for its architecture, culture, musical exports, media links,
scientific and engineering output, social impact, sports clubs and
transport connections. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1911:
King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at
Westminster Abbey in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Teck>
1941:
World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the
Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to
liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania>
1979:
Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted
of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a
relationship with him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_affair>
2002:
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northwestern Iran, killing at
least 230 people and injuring 1,300 others; the official response,
perceived to be slow, later caused widespread public anger.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bou%27in-Zahra_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
existentialism:
1. (uncountable) A 20th-century philosophical movement emphasizing the
uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining
choices; also (generally), a philosophy which distinguishes and
emphasizes existence from essence.
2. (countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker
associated with the existentialist movement.
3. (uncountable, historical) Synonym of structuralism (“a school of
thought that focuses on exploring the individual elements of
consciousness, how they are organized into more complex experiences, and
how these mental phenomena correlate with physical events”).
4. About Word of the Day
5. Nominate a word
6. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/existentialism>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They
find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought and
action that will (they believe) cover everything; and then they try to
impose that on all thinking people.
--Gilbert Highet
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gilbert_Highet>
Tatannuaq (c. 1790s – early 1834) was an Inuk interpreter for two
of John Franklin's Arctic expeditions in Canada. Originally from a group
of Inuit living 320 km (200 mi) north of Churchill, he was employed as
an interpreter at the Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Churchill,
becoming proficient in English and Cree. Tatannuaq was an interpreter
for Franklin's Coppermine expedition; Franklin would sometimes send him
ahead of the party to scout the terrain, and he helped to communicate
with groups they encountered. He accompanied Franklin on the Mackenzie
River expedition, serving in a diplomatic role and dissuading Inuit
groups from attacking the expedition. After working as an interpreter at
Fort Chimo, he left to assist in locating John Ross's expedition and
died due to bad weather a short distance from Fort Resolution in early
1834. The butterfly species Callophrys augustinus and a Northwest
Territories lake were named after him. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatannuaq>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1848:
In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and
Christian Tell proclaimed a new republican government in present-day
Romania.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachian_Revolution_of_1848>
1898:
The United States captured Guam from Spain in a bloodless event
during the Spanish–American War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Guam>
1948:
The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first
stored-program computer, ran its first program.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Baby>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
daddy:
1. (usually childish) Also used as a term of address: a father; one's
father.
2. (by extension)
3. Often in the form the daddy of: the most important or influential man
in a field or group; a doyen.
4. (slang, dated) Chiefly used as a term of address: a man who is not
one's father, often but not necessarily older than oneself. [...]
5. (figurative) Often in the form old daddy: a man or an organization
regarded as having the qualities of a father, especially in being in a
position of authority, or outdated or paternalistic.
6. Often in the form the daddy of: the most significant of a number of
things; a perfect example. [...]
7. About Word of the Day
8. Nominate a word
9. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/daddy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The more complex the world situation becomes, the more scientific and
rational analysis you have to have, the less you can do with simple good
will and sentiment.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr>