Stanley Goble (21 August 1891 – 24 July 1948) was a senior
commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) who served three
terms as Chief of the Air Staff. During World War I, Goble flew
fighters on the Western Front with the British Royal Naval Air Service.
He became an ace with ten victories, commanded No. 5 Squadron, and was
awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Service
Cross. In 1924, he and fellow RAAF pilot Ivor McIntyre became the first
men to circumnavigate Australia by air, journeying 13,600 km
(8,450 mi) in a single-engined floatplane. On an exchange posting to
Britain in the 1930s, Goble led No. 2 (Bomber) Group RAF. As Chief of
the Air Staff at the onset of World War II, he clashed with the
Australian Government over the implementation of the Empire Air Training
Scheme. He stepped down as leader of the RAAF, and spent the rest of the
war in Ottawa as air liaison officer to Canada. Goble died in 1948, two
years after retiring from the military. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Goble>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1808:
Peninsular War: British and Portuguese forces put an end to the
first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vimeiro>
1942:
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of
the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the
Guadalcanal campaign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Tenaru>
1963:
South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the
brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist
pagodas (one pictured) across the country, arresting thousands and
leaving hundreds dead.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%C3%A1_L%E1%BB%A3i_Pagoda_raids>
2015:
Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted
and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Thalys_train_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
muumuu:
1. (chiefly Hawaii) A long, often calf-length, loose-fitting dress
chiefly with short sleeves which is made of lightweight fabric printed
with colourful, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm
branches).
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/muumuu>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The ending of the dream, the beginning of the wide awakesomething big
is coming...
--Alicia Witt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alicia_Witt>
Pat O'Keeffe (1883–1960) was a British professional boxer who twice
held the British middleweight title. Born in Bromley-by-Bow to Irish
parents, he turned professional in 1902 and won the middleweight
championship of England in 1906. Between 1907 and 1910, he fought across
the United States and Australia, drawing with Billy Papke in
Philadelphia and touring with the world heavyweight champion Tommy
Burns, whom he seconded against Jack Johnson. In 1914, O'Keeffe
challenged Georges Carpentier in a bout billed as the European
heavyweight championship and was knocked out in two rounds. During World
War I, O'Keeffe served with the 1st Surrey Rifles, combining recruiting
with physical training. In January 1918, in his last fight, he beat
Bandsman Blake at the National Sporting Club during a German air raid on
London to win the Lonsdale Belt outright. O'Keeffe later worked as a
publican and helped found the British Boxing Board of Control.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_O%27Keeffe>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1920:
The American Professional Football Conference, a predecessor of
the National Football League, was established in Canton, Ohio.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League>
1988:
More than 150,000 acres (610 km2) were burned on the worst day
of the largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National
Park in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_fires_of_1988>
1989:
The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South
Australia, was finished, completing at the time the world's longest and
fastest guided busway, with buses (example pictured) travelling 12 km
(7.5 mi) at speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_Busway>
2018:
Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was toppled by protestors.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Sam>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
preterintentional:
1. Additional to or beyond what was intended.
2. (criminal law) Of a crime: more serious than the lesser crime that
the perpetrator intended to commit instead.
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/preterintentional>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Man is estranged from what he essentially is. His existence in a
transitory world contradicts his essential participation in the eternal
world of ideas.
--Paul Tillich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Tillich>
SMS Schwaben was the fourth of five ships of the Wittelsbach class of
pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Built at the
Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven, she was laid down in 1900 and
completed in April 1904. Possessing a main battery of four
24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns, the ship had a top speed of 18 knots
(33 km/h; 21 mph). Schwaben spent her early career as a gunnery
training ship or participating in large-scale fleet exercises. At the
start of World War I in August 1914, the sister ships were mobilized
as IV Battle Squadron. Schwaben served in the North Sea and then the
Baltic Sea until the threat from British submarines forced her to
withdraw in 1916. For the remainder of the war, she was an engineering
training ship for navy cadets. After the war, she was retained as a
depot ship for F-type minesweepers in the Baltic from 1919 until
June 1920, but was stricken from the navy list in March 1921 and sold
for scrap. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battleships of
Germany.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Battleships_of_Germ…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1905:
In a ceremony officiated by Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, The
Luck of Cumberland was presented to HMS Cumberland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Luck_of_Cumberland>
1950:
The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was
disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the Korean War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/766th_Independent_Infantry_Regiment_%28North_…>
2002:
Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by
Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near
Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in
history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Khankala_Mi-26_crash>
2017:
Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were
accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress_Island_Atlantic_salmon_pen_break>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cry cupboard:
1. (intransitive, idiomatic, archaic or obsolete) Chiefly of one's
stomach: to need or want food; to show signs of hunger; to hunger.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cry_cupboard>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The weather is so very mild, That some would call it warm. Good
gracious, aren't we lucky, child? Here comes a thunderstorm.
--Ogden Nash
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ogden_Nash>
The siege of Brest took place in 1342 during the Breton Civil War, a
dispute over who should inherit the Duchy of Brittany, with Charles of
Blois, supported by a large French army, besieging supporters of John of
Montfort. As France and England were engaged in the Hundred Years' War,
the Monfortists appealed to the English king for military assistance,
which was promised. It was slow in coming, and by July 1342 Brest was
the last fortification held for the Montfort cause. The town was
blockaded from the sea by 14 mercenary Genoese galleys. On 18 August,
an English fleet of 260 ships (example pictured), commanded by William
of Northampton, sailed into the Brest Roads and overwhelmed the galleys,
burning 11. The English ships carried only a small fighting force, but
seeing so many enemy ships and the English vanguard disembarking,
Charles broke off the siege and withdrew. The historian Jonathan
Sumption describes this as extraordinary. The Breton Civil War continued
until 1365, and the Hundred Years' War until 1453. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Brest_%281342%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1891:
A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing
about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe
damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_Martinique_hurricane>
1920:
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was
ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Con…>
1966:
Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal
Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at
the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for
several hours until reinforcements arrived.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Tan>
2008:
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure
from a movement to impeach him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effort_to_impeach_Pervez_Musharraf>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
freck:
1. Chiefly followed by with.
2. To cover (someone or something) with small marks or spots; to dapple,
to freckle, to speckle.
3. (figurative) To scatter objects over (something).
4. Synonym of freckle (“a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on
the surface of the skin; any small spot which has a different colour
from its background”). [...]
5. About Word of the Day
6. Nominate a word
7. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/freck>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Carnage added to carnage does not equal peace.
--Brian Aldiss
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_Aldiss>
Hurricane Camille was the third named storm of the 1969 Atlantic
hurricane season. It formed as a tropical depression on August 14 south
of Cuba; it strengthened and struck western Cuba the next day as a
hurricane, killing at least five people. Camille strengthened into a
Category 5 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on August 16 and two days
later moved ashore in Mississippi, attaining maximum sustained winds of
175 mph (282 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 900 mb (27 inHg).
Camille killed at least 343 people in the US and caused $1.42 billion
in damages, making it the country's most expensive hurricane at the
time. In southern Mississippi, the hurricane produced the largest storm
surge in American history at the time, with a peak water level of
24.6 ft (7.5 m). The highest rainfall total was 27 in (69 cm),
recorded in Virginia, and was the highest rainfall recorded in the state
related to a tropical cyclone. The name Camille was retired following
the 1969 hurricane season. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1876:
The premiere of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner closed the
first Bayreuth Festival.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tterd%C3%A4mmerung>
1915:
A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas,
leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Galveston_hurricane>
1943:
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly
secret military conference held in Quebec City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Quebec_Conference>
1945:
The independence of Indonesia was proclaimed by Sukarno and
Mohammad Hatta, igniting a revolution against the Dutch Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
clique:
1. A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common
characteristic such as lifestyle or social status, or common purpose;
specifically one formed for disreputable purposes, or which purports to
be an authority on a particular matter; a cabal.
2. (by extension)
3. (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
4. (Internet) A group of related websites that link to each other, like
a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
5. (China, historical) An informal faction in the Republic of China
(1912–1949) led by one or more warlords exercising regional control
through local armed forces (particularly during the Warlord Era); a
regional junta. [...]
6. (intransitive, informal) Often followed by together.
7. To form a clique (“small, exclusive group of individuals, usually
having some common characteristic”; noun sense 1); to associate with
others in a clannish way.
8. (specifically) To act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to
plot, to scheme.
9. About Word of the Day
10. Nominate a word
11. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clique>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
With the emergence of nuclear-missile weaponry, cybernetics,
electronics, and computer equipment, any subjective approach to military
problems, hare-brained plans, and superficiality can cause irreparable
damage.
--Matvei Zakharov
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matvei_Zakharov>
Madonna (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter,
record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Queen of Pop", she is the
best-selling female music artist of all time. She has released fifteen
studio albums; among her most commercially successful releases are Like
a Virgin (1984), True Blue (1986), Like a Prayer (1989), Ray of Light
(1998), Music (2000), and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Her top-
charting singles include "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "La Isla
Bonita", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Take a Bow", "Frozen", "Music",
"Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". Madonna's works, which explore social,
political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated acclaim and
controversy, and have made her a culturally significant and well-
documented figure. Her accolades include seven Grammy Awards and a Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame induction. She has pursued acting—winning a
Golden Globe for her performance in Evita (1996)—as well as
businesses, writing, health clubs, and filmmaking. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1896:
A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason
discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold
Rush.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush>
1900:
Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord
Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elands_River_%281900%29>
1906:
An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck
Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Valpara%C3%ADso_earthquake>
1986:
Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to
become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western
Pacific, lasting 21 days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Wayne_%281986%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
feather boa:
1. A boa (“type of long scarf, usually worn by being draped across the
shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around
the neck”) made of feathers, either real or synthetic.
2. (by extension) In full feather boa kelp: Egregia menziesii, a
lessoniaceous kelp found in intertidal water along the western coastline
of North America.
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/feather_boa>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make
us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by
trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.
--Charles Bukowski
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski>
Mesklin is a fictional planet created by Hal Clement and used in his
hard science fiction stories, starting with Mission of Gravity (1954).
Alongside the novel's original 1953 serialization in Astounding Science
Fiction, Clement published an essay titled "Whirligig World" on how he
designed the planet. The idea came from an object that was believed to
exist in the 61 Cygni system, possibly an extrasolar planet. The planet
is distinctive for the interaction of its strong gravity with the
centrifugal force due to its fast rotation, giving it a gradient in the
perceived force of gravity from 3 g on the equator to 665 g on the
planet's poles (diagram pictured). It is inhabited by native lifeforms,
including an intelligent centipede-like species, the Mesklinites.
Mesklin is considered an example of hard science fiction worldbuilding,
an exotic milieu that accords with known facts and laws of physics.
While the planet is dissimilar to Earth, its inhabitants are commonly
regarded as humanlike in behaviour. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesklin>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1909:
A military coup against the government of Dimitrios Rallis
began in the neighbourhood of Goudi in Athens, Greece.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goudi_coup>
1941:
Josef Jakobs, a German spy, became the last person executed at
the Tower of London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs>
1948:
The Republic of Korea was established with Syngman Rhee as its
first president.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syngman_Rhee>
1977:
Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University, received a
strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as
the Wow! signal (printout pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
know one's onions:
1. (originally US, informal) Synonym of know one's stuff: to be
knowledgeable about a given subject or task.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/know_one%27s_onions>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion,
a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited
time and a limited purpose.
--Sri Aurobindo
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo>
The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a species of rabbit
native to the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France. It is the sole
living member of the genus Oryctolagus and has two subspecies. The
European rabbit eats plants and lives in grasslands, and is highly
adaptable to different environments, making its distinctive burrows
known as warrens to live underground. It is the only species of rabbit
to be domesticated, and the many breeds of European rabbit vary widely
in size and shape, though the typical European rabbit has brown, grey or
black fur with white undersides and is smaller than a European hare or
mountain hare. In the European rabbit's mating system, dominant males
have multiple female mates, though monogamous relationships are common
in groups with fewer females. European rabbits have been introduced to
every continent except for Antarctica, but are facing population
declines in their native range due to overhunting, habitat destruction,
and disease. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_rabbit>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The
Lost Chord", was played at a press conference in London to introduce
Thomas Edison's phonograph.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Chord>
1945:
Kenji Hatanaka and other Japanese military officers launched an
attempted coup d'état to prevent the surrender of Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABj%C5%8D_incident>
2005:
Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of
Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522>
2007:
Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi
communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and
wounding 1,562 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qahtaniyah_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
parsimony:
1. (uncountable) With a negative connotation: great reluctance to spend
money or other resources; miserliness, stinginess; (countable) an
instance of this.
2. (archaic, uncountable) With a positive connotation: careful spending
of money or other resources; frugality, thrift; (countable) an instance
of this.
3. (uncountable) The quality of not generously giving, showing, or using
something intangible, such as emotion, praise, or words.
4. (uncountable) Chiefly in law of parsimony, principle of parsimony,
etc.: the quality or characteristic of using the fewest facts or
resources to explain a situation or to solve a problem.
5. About Word of the Day
6. Nominate a word
7. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parsimony>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to
make for it.
--John Galsworthy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Galsworthy>
Ellis Wackett (13 August 1901 – 3 August 1984) was a senior
commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Its chief engineer
from 1935 to 1959, he served on the RAAF's Air Board for a record
seventeen years and was credited with infusing operations with new
standards of airworthiness. Starting as a Royal Australian Navy cadet,
he transferred to the Air Force in 1923. He inaugurated parachute
instruction within the RAAF and made the country's first freefall
descent from a military aircraft in 1926. Wackett rose to air commodore
by 1942, assuming the role of Air Member for Engineering and
Maintenance, then established the Technical Branch as a separate
department of the RAAF in 1948. He was appointed Commander of the Order
of the British Empire and Companion of the Order of the Bath. From 1960
to 1968, he was a member of the Australian National Airlines Commission,
the parent of Trans Australia Airlines. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Wackett>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1650:
General George Monck founded Monck's Regiment of Foot, the
predecessor to the Coldstream Guards, the oldest regular regiment of the
British Army in continuous active service.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldstream_Guards>
1876:
A performance of Das Rheingold (scene pictured) opened the
first performance of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle at the inaugural
Bayreuth Festival, attended by emperors and other composers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Rheingold>
1918:
Opha May Johnson became the first woman to enlist in the United
States Marine Corps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opha_May_Johnson>
2010:
After being boarded by Canadian authorities, MV Sun Sea docked
in British Columbia and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants on
board were placed in detention.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sun_Sea_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
apiece:
1. Following a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each one; each by
itself.
2. (especially New England) For an undetermined distance.
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apiece>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To those who are longing for a higher life, who deeply feel the need of
religious satisfactions, we suggest that there is a way in which the
demands of the head and the heart may be reconciled. Religion is not
necessarily allied with dogma, a new kind of faith is possible, based
not upon legend and tradition, not upon the authority of any book, but
upon the moral nature of man.
--Felix Adler
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Felix_Adler>
The Yongle Emperor (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), personal name Zhu
Di, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from
1402 to 1424. The fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the dynasty's
founder, he was granted the title of Prince of Yan in 1370 and later
became responsible for defending the northeastern frontier from Beijing.
In 1399, he rebelled against his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, and
emerged victorious and seized the throne after four years of civil war.
As emperor, he elevated Beijing to the status of a second capital and
supervised the reconstruction of the Grand Canal, which supplied Beijing
and the northern armies. He sponsored the compilation of the vast Yongle
Encyclopedia and pursued an active foreign policy, dispatching
diplomatic and military missions across Asia. Maritime expeditions led
by Zheng He reached Southeast Asia, India, Persia, and East Africa. He
also personally led five campaigns into Mongolia. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Emperor>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1834:
A race riot in Philadelphia, United States, destroyed African-
American businesses and killed two people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1834_Philadelphia_race_riot>
1985:
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (aircraft involved pictured)
crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Japan, killing 520 of 524 people on
board, including singer Kyu Sakamoto, in the world's deadliest single-
aircraft aviation disaster.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_123>
2000:
Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered
an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military
exercise, killing 118 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster>
2021:
Six people, including the perpetrator, were killed in a mass
shooting in Plymouth, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sploot:
1. (slang) An animal's posture of lying flat on its stomach with its
hind legs extended.
2. (intransitive, slang) Of an animal: to flat on its stomach with its
hind legs extended.
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sploot>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this
kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don't
have much personal use for money. But I hate to think what would have
happened if I hadn't made money: My ideas would not have gotten much
play.
--George Soros
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Soros>