The grey-cowled wood rail (Aramides cajaneus) is a species of bird in
the family Rallidae, the rails. It lives primarily in the forests,
mangroves, and swamps of Central and South America, usually from sea
level up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). In some places, it is occasionally
hunted and kept for food. Large for a wood rail, the bird has a grey
head and neck, with olive-green to dark brown upperparts. The chest and
flanks are a rufous colour, with the belly, rump, and tail being black.
The legs are coral red, the bill is a bright greenish-yellow, and the
eyes are red. The subspecies avicenniae can be differentiated by its
smaller size and the lack of a brown patch on the back of the head. From
March to August, nests can be found on flat branches and in thickets
with three to seven eggs that are incubated by the monogamous pair. The
chicks can move soon after hatching. This rail feeds on a wide range of
foods, from molluscs to seeds. The species is not threatened.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-cowled_wood_rail>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1952:
King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental
illness and was succeeded by his eldest son, Hussein.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan>
1975:
The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese
Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timorese_civil_war>
1977:
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford
Pinto to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto>
1992:
The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, opened as the
largest shopping mall in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall_of_America>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rouse:
1. (transitive)
2. To cause (something) to be (more) active or to move; to agitate, to
stir up.
3. To stir (a liquid, especially (brewing) beer in the brewing process).
4. To provoke (someone) to react (for example, in anger or annoyance);
to spur; also, to annoy, to tease.
5. Originally chiefly followed by up: to cause (an emotional reaction, a
feeling, etc.); to excite, to incite, to stir up.
6. Sometimes followed by up: to disturb (someone) from a state of
apathy, comfort, etc.
7. (also reflexive)
8. Sometimes followed by up: to wake (oneself or someone) from deep
thought, or rest or sleep; to awaken.
9. (also figurative) To lift up or raise (someone; or something,
especially the head).
10. (reflexive)
11. Sometimes followed by up: to cause (oneself) to be active or alert;
to incite, to stir; also, to cause (oneself) to carry out a task, take
action, etc.
12. (falconry, also figurative, archaic) Of a hawk: to shake (its own)
feathers.
13. (obsolete) Of a person: to stretch (one's own) body.
14. (archaic) Chiefly of a bird: to cause (its crest, feathers, etc.) to
become stiff or to stand up.
15. (chiefly poetic, archaic) To disturb (someone's sleep).
16. (hunting, chiefly historical, also figurative) To cause (game) to
emerge from cover.
17. (nautical, archaic) To pull (a cable, rope, etc.) in a specified
direction, especially to tighten it; to haul.
18. (intransitive)
19. Sometimes followed by up: to carry out a task, take action, etc.
20. Sometimes followed by up: to wake from deep thought, or rest or
sleep; to awaken.
21. (archaic) Sometimes followed by up: of a characteristic or emotion:
to be stirred up or to become stronger.
22. (falconry) Of a hawk, or (generally) some other bird: to shake its
feathers.
23. (England, dialectal; Newfoundland; Scotland) To move quickly; to
rush.
24. (obsolete)
25. Of hair: to stand on end; to bristle.
26. (hunting) Sometimes followed by up: of game: to emerge from cover.
[...]
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Lo and behold! God made this starry wold, The maggot and the mold; lo
and behold! He taught the grass contentment blade by blade, The
sanctity of sameness in a shade.
--Nathalia Crane
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nathalia_Crane>
Toys for Bob, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Novato,
California, and founded in 1989. The founders, Paul Reiche III and Fred
Ford (both pictured), met when Reiche sought a programmer to develop
Star Control, and developed several games, including The Horde,
Pandemonium!, and The Unholy War. In the early 2000s, the studio
transitioned to working on licensed games before being laid off by
Crystal Dynamics. It was incorporated in 2002 and Activision became
their publisher before they acquired the studio in 2005. Credited with
inventing the toys-to-life genre, the 2011 release of Skylanders:
Spyro's Adventure was considered a technological and commercial
breakthrough. In 2018, Toys for Bob assisted with the remaster
compilations Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Spyro Reignited
Trilogy. The founders left the company in 2020. Microsoft acquired the
holding in October 2023 and the studio spun off from Activision in
May 2024. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_for_Bob>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1270:
Yekuno Amlak deposed the last Zagwe king and seized the
imperial throne of Ethiopia, beginning the reign of the Solomonic
dynasty, which would last for more than 700 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekuno_Amlak>
1966:
The Heron Road Bridge in Ottawa, Canada, collapsed during its
construction, killing nine workers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron_Road_Workers_Memorial_Bridge>
2007:
Amid large protests against the impending demolition of the
Queen's Pier, the Hong Kong High Court dismissed legal attempts to
preserve the landmark.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Pier>
2019:
Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex
offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional
Center, New York.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
onlooker:
1. One who looks on or watches, without becoming involved or
participating; an observer, a spectator.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/onlooker>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily life of a
people without somewhere making it master of people's souls and
thoughts. Expansion of government in business means that the
government, in order to protect itself from the political consequences
of its errors, is driven irresistibly without peace to greater and
greater control of the Nation's press and platform. Free speech does
not live many hours after free industry and free commerce die. It is a
false liberalism that interprets itself into Government operation of
business. Every step in that direction poisons the very roots of
liberalism. It poisons political equality, free speech, free press, and
equality of opportunity. It is the road not to more liberty but to less
liberty.
--Herbert Hoover
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover>
The Wild Australia Show was a troupe of Indigenous Australian performers
that toured Australia during 1892 and 1893. The performers were
recruited by Archibald Meston and his business partner with the aim of
embarking on a world tour concluding at Chicago's World's Columbian
Exposition. The performers' motivations for joining the tour are
unknown; scholars have suggested that some may have been kidnapped or
coerced, while others may have sought an escape from the violent
Queensland frontier. Inspired by the ethnological expositions and Wild
West shows popular during the era, the troupe's performances included
dances, corroborees, and scenes inspired by the Australian frontier
wars. The troupe ultimately performed in Sydney, Melbourne, and
Brisbane, but ran out of funds and was abandoned by Meston before
leaving the country. The performers were photographed during their tour
by several of the country's leading photographers, with many of these
photographs eventually becoming widely reproduced. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Australia_Show>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1902:
In a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, Edward VII and Alexandra
were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British
Dominions, and Emperor and Empress of India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark>
1960:
Led by Albert Kalonji, South Kasai declared its unilateral
secession from the Republic of the Congo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kasai>
2018:
A civilian school bus in Dahyan, Yemen, was bombed by Saudi
forces, killing at least 40 children.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahyan_airstrike>
2023:
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was
assassinated in Quito, eleven days before the general election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Fernando_Villavicencio>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
smoky:
1. Filled with smoke.
2. Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
3. Giving off smoke.
4. Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
5. Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.
6. Resembling or composed of smoke.
7. Blackened by smoke.
8. Addicted to or associated with the smoking of tobacco.
9. Of a person’s voice: having a deep, raspy quality, often as a result
of smoking tobacco.
10. Attractive in a sensual way; sultry.
11. (music) Having a dark, thick, bass sound.
12. (obsolete) Giving off steam or vapour.
13. (obsolete) Obscuring or insubstantial like smoke.
14. (obsolete) Quick to suspect or take note; open to suspicion; shrewd,
sharp, suspicious; jealous.
15.
16. About Word of the Day
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18. Leave feedback
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is an adult in every child and a child in every adult. … There
exist in the child certain attitudes and beliefs which intellectual
development will more and more tend to eliminate: there are others which
will acquire more and more importance. The later are not derived from
the former but are partly antagonistic to them.
--Jean Piaget
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Piaget>
Cerro Panizos is a Miocene-age shield-shaped volcano spanning the
Potosí Department of Bolivia and the Jujuy Province of Argentina. It
features two calderas, a group of lava domes and part of the
Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex (APVC). Cerro Panizos is also part of
the Central Volcanic Zone, a volcanic arc that extends from Peru to
Chile. Volcanic activity commenced in the APVC about 10 million years
ago, producing the large volcanic calderas of Cerro Panizos, Vilama,
Cerro Guacha, and the volcano Uturuncu. The formation of the APVC is
linked to a giant magmatic body in the crust of the Central Andes. The
Cienago Ignimbrite erupted over 350 cubic kilometres (84 cu mi) from
Panizos about 7.9 million years ago, and 6.7 million years ago the
Panizos Ignimbrite erupted over 650 cubic kilometres (160 cu mi).
Volcanic cones were active between the ignimbrite eruptions and a
plateau of lava flows and lava domes formed in the central area of the
Panizos Ignimbrite after the last eruptions. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Panizos>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1695:
The foundation for what is now known as the Wren Building, the
oldest surviving college building in the United States, was laid in a
ceremony at Middle Plantation, Virginia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren_Building>
1918:
The Battle of Amiens began in northern France, marking the
start of the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive through the German front
lines that ultimately led to the end of World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_%281918%29>
1991:
The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest structure ever built,
at 646.38 metres (2,120.7 ft), collapsed due to an error in exchanging
the guys on the highest telecommunications equipment of the mast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_radio_mast>
2010:
A massive mudslide in the Chinese province of Gansu killed at
least 1,471 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Gansu_mudslide>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
all cats are beautiful:
1. A supposed expansion of the acronym ACAB (“all cops are bastards”).
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/all_cats_are_beautiful>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
My birthday wish for Wikipedia is: Let's go forward and see what we can
do next.
--Jimmy Wales
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales>
Henry Macandrew (7 August 1866 – 16 July 1919) was a British Indian
Army officer. He fought through the Tirah campaign in India, and then
served as a staff officer during the Boer War, and received the
Distinguished Service Order. Given command of the 5th Bengal Cavalry,
upon the outbreak of the First World War he travelled to France as
general staff officer grade 1 of the 1st Indian Cavalry Division. He
was then promoted to become brigadier-general general staff for the
Indian Cavalry Corps, with which he participated in the Battle of Neuve-
Chapelle. Macandrew assumed command of the 2nd Indian Cavalry Division,
leading it during the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Cambrai.
Later he was given command of the newly created 5th Cavalry Division for
service in the Sinai and Palestine campaign, participating in events
including the Capture of Damascus and the Battle of Aleppo. Knighted in
1919, Macandrew stayed with the 5th Cavalry Division at Aleppo, but died
there later in the year. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Macandrew>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1942:
World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American
offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi,
Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tulagi_and_Gavutu%E2%80%93Tanambogo>
1946:
The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the
latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the
security interests of Turkey's fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the
Turkish Straits crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Straits_crisis>
1970:
Jonathan Jackson took hostages in a courthouse in Marin County,
California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, resulting in
the deaths of judge Harold Haley and three others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_County_Civic_Center_attacks>
2020:
Air India Express Flight 1344 overshot the runway at Calicut
International Airport in Kerala, India, and crashed, killing 21 of the
190 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Express_Flight_1344>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
catnip:
1. Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta,
family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
2. Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species),
which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based
intoxication among certain cats.
3. (figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.
4. About Word of the Day
5. Nominate a word
6. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catnip>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us,
hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we
do for them is never wasted.
--Garrison Keillor
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Garrison_Keillor>
The Big Duck is a 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) ferrocement building in the
shape of a duck, and a canonical example of novelty architecture. Built
in 1931 in Riverhead, New York, it was moved several times to locations
on eastern Long Island, ending up in Flanders in 2007. This structure
inspired the word duck as a common term in academic literature used to
refer to buildings shaped like everyday objects or describe excessive
ornamentation used in graphical presentations of data. It was built by
duck farmer Martin Maurer for use as a shop to sell ducks and duck eggs.
This was during a period when duck farming was a growing industry on
eastern Long Island and novelty architecture was on the rise due to the
increasing popularity of automobiles. It was added to both the National
Register of Historic Places and the New York State Register of Historic
Places in 1997, and is a principal building on the Big Duck Ranch, which
was listed on both registers in 2008. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Duck>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1930:
New York Supreme Court judge Joseph Force Crater disappeared in
Manhattan, in a case that was never solved.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Force_Crater>
1996:
Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001, discovered
in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars,
but further tests were inconclusive.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001>
2010:
Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across Ladakh in
Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Ladakh_floods>
2011:
A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in
cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark
Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Mark_Duggan>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs:
1. (simile) Extremely nervous.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the
thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson>
Yeah Yeah Yeahs is the debut EP by the American indie rock band Yeah
Yeah Yeahs (pictured). It was recorded as a demo over two days in early
2001 with producer Jerry Teel, and was not intended for release.
However, the band felt an urge to share their music and land more shows,
and developed the project into their debut EP. Yeah Yeah Yeahs features
the band's early garage rock and art punk influences, and lead singer
and lyricist Karen O's themes of romance and sex. It was self-released
on July 9, 2001, and reissued in 2002 by Wichita in the UK and Touch
and Go in the US. On reissue, the EP topped the UK Indie Chart and had
sold more than 71,000 copies by the end of the decade. It was praised by
critics for its unique sound and Karen O's vocals, and was named as
among the best releases of 2002 by The New York Times, NME and The
Village Voice. In 2024, Paste placed it among the 100 greatest EPs of
all time. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeah_Yeah_Yeahs_%28EP%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
641 or 642:
King Penda of Mercia defeated and killed King Oswald of
Northumbria at the Battle of Maserfield, traditionally believed to have
been fought in Oswestry, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maserfield>
1716:
Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their
attempt to capture the Habsburg-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite
having twice the number of soldiers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Petrovaradin>
1816:
Sir John Barrow, secretary at the Admiralty, rejected a
proposal to use Francis Ronalds's electrical telegraph, deeming it
"wholly unnecessary".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ronalds>
2013:
A python killed two boys in Campbellton in New Brunswick,
Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_New_Brunswick_python_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
curiosity killed the cat:
1. (originally Ireland) One should not be curious about things that can
be dangerous.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curiosity_killed_the_cat>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'll not assert that it was a diversion which prevented a war, but
nevertheless, it was a diversion.
--Neil Armstrong
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong>
The Black Prince's chevauchée of 1356 was a large-scale mounted raid,
or chevauchée, by an Anglo-Gascon force under the command of Edward the
Black Prince as part of the Hundred Years' War. In 1355, the Black
Prince marched 675 miles (1,086 km) from Gascony to Narbonne and back,
causing enormous economic damage. The following year, he carried out a
similar chevauchée, this time as part of a strategic operation in
cooperation with other English armies. On 4 August, 6,000 Anglo-Gascon
soldiers headed north from Bergerac towards Bourges, devastating a wide
swathe of French territory and sacking many French towns on the way.
English plans went awry, and by early September the Anglo-Gascons were
facing the French king, John II, and a much larger French army on their
own. The Black Prince withdrew; John, determined to fight, pursued and
cut off the Prince's army. The French repeatedly attacked at the Battle
of Poitiers (pictured) and were heavily defeated. John and one of his
sons were captured. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Prince%27s_chevauch%C3%A9e_of_1356>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1830:
American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of
Chicago for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thompson_%28surveyor%29>
1964:
Vietnam War: The National Security Agency falsely claimed that
a U.S. Navy destroyer was attacked a second time by North Vietnamese
vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize the use of
military force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident>
1983:
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, the president of Upper Volta, was
ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Upper_Voltan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
1995:
Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the
last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest
European land battle since the Second World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Storm>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fumfer:
1. To speak awkwardly or evasively; to dither, waffle.
2. To fiddle or fumble.
3. About Word of the Day
4. Nominate a word
5. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fumfer>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am
opposed to is a rash war … That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A
rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but
on politics.
--Barack Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
Petropavlovsk was the lead ship of her class of three pre-dreadnought
battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the last decade
of the 19th century. Named for the successful Russian defense during the
1854 Siege of Petropavlovsk, the ship was sent to the Far East almost
immediately after entering service in 1899. She participated in the
suppression of the Boxer Rebellion the next year and served as the
flagship of the First Pacific Squadron. Petropavlovsk played a minor
role in the Battle of Port Arthur, the Japanese surprise attack on the
Russian squadron that opened the Russo-Japanese War, in February 1904.
The ship sank on 13 April after striking one or more mines near Port
Arthur, in northeast China. Casualties numbered 27 officers and 652
enlisted men, including Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov, the commander of
the squadron, and the war artist Vasily Vereshchagin. (This article is
part of a featured topic: Petropavlovsk-class battleships.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Petropavlovsk-class…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1903:
Macedonian rebels in Kruševo established a republic, which
existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kru%C5%A1evo_Republic>
1936:
African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four
gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan
domination at the games.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens>
1971:
Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor
and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation
of Mongolia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoceratops>
2005:
Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was
overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd
of Saudi Arabia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rudimentary:
1. Of or relating to one or more rudiments; of the nature of an early
stage.
2. Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.
3. (zoology, usually in the plural) One of the rudimentary (adjective
sense 1) mammae of boars.
4. About Word of the Day
5. Nominate a word
6. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rudimentary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.
--Rupert Brooke
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rupert_Brooke>
Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the late 13th
century and the end of the 16th century by Frisians who comprised a
loose confederacy along the North Sea coast. It served as an early
regional standard language and demonstrates remarkable uniformity across
time and space. The surviving corpus is almost entirely legal documents
(example pictured). Old Frisian marked for four cases, three genders,
and two tenses, though other grammatical functions could be achieved
through periphrasis. Word order varied widely, though
subject–object–verb was most common. Middle Low German began to
displace Old Frisian as the language of trade during the 15th century
and, by the turn of the 17th century, it had evolved into Middle
Frisian, a vernacular language constrained to rural areas. It is the
common ancestor of all Frisian languages except for the Insular North
Frisian languages, with which they share an earlier ancestor called
Pre–Old Frisian. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Frisian>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1914:
The French army's general headquarters was activated in
anticipation of war with Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Quartier_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_%281914%E2%8…>
1932:
At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist
Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the
discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel
Prize in Physics.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron>
1939:
Leo Szilard penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and
addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany
may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan
Project.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szilard_letter>
1986:
The animated film Castle in the Sky, the first from Studio
Ghibli, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_in_the_Sky>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
liquidation:
1. The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more
liquid one, such as cash.
2. The action or process of winding up the affairs of a company, etc.;
the selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of
dissolving the business.
3. The clearing off or settling of a debt.
4. (euphemistic) The action or process of abolishing or eliminating; the
murder of dehumanized victims.
5. (chess) The partial clearing of the board, by an exchange of pieces,
to obtain an obviously winning position.
6. (rare) The action or fact of partaking of an alcoholic drink.
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liquidation>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Germany has declared war on Russia. Swimming in the afternoon.
--Franz Kafka
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka>