Grace Coolidge (1879–1957) was the first lady of the United States
from 1923 to 1929 as the wife of President Calvin Coolidge. Born and
raised in Burlington, Vermont, she attended the University of Vermont,
then moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, to teach at Clarke School for
the Deaf. She married Calvin in 1905 and Calvin's career progressed in
state politics. They moved to Washington, D.C. in 1921 after Calvin's
election as vice president, and into the White House after the death of
Warren G. Harding in 1923. Coolidge was active as first lady, hosting
thousands of guests each year, making regular public appearances in the
President's stead. She was a highly popular first lady; her fashion
choices were influential among American women. The Coolidges returned to
Northampton in 1929, and she began traveling following her husband's
death in 1933. Coolidge was an advocate of American involvement in World
War II. She was involved in schools and programs for the deaf until her
death. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Coolidge>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British
troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights on the island of Manhattan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Harlem_Heights>
1961:
Typhoon Nancy, which possibly had the strongest winds ever
measured in a tropical cyclone, made landfall in Muroto, Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Nancy_%281961%29>
1963:
Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the
Federation of Malaya, the State of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North
Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia>
2007:
One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 crashed after attempting a
poorly executed go-around while landing in Thailand, killing 90 of the
130 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Two-Go_Airlines_Flight_269>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
whole enchilada:
1. (idiomatic, chiefly US, slang) All of something; also, all of a group
of related things taken in totality.
2. About Word of the Day
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<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whole_enchilada>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Enough of dreams! No longer mock The burdened hearts of men! Not on
the cloud, but on the rock Build thou thy faith again; O range no more
the realms of air, Stoop to the glen-bound streams; Thy hope was all
too like despair: Enough, enough of dreams.
--Alfred Noyes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Noyes>
Menches was the village scribe of Kerkeosiris in Ptolemaic Egypt. He was
appointed scribe sometime before 119 BC, and was responsible for
assessing taxes and land on behalf of the pharaoh. Menches was acquitted
of attempted murder in 118 BC, after which he requested royal
protection from harassment. He continued to serve as scribe until
110 BC, although labor strikes made it difficult for him to perform his
duties. Papyri from his office (example pictured) were used to wrap
crocodile mummies at a temple in Tebtunis in the 1st century BC. In
1900, English archaeologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge
Hunt discovered the papyri at the temple. Known as the "archive of
Menches", the papyri are the only known evidence for Menches's life, and
are an important source for daily life and government in ancient Egypt.
The archive is held at the Bancroft Library of the University of
California, Berkeley. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menches>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1821:
The Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of
Central America from the Spanish Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Independence_of_Central_America>
1944:
World War II: The Greek People's Liberation Army won the
Battle of Meligalas and began the execution of many prisoners of war and
civilians.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Meligalas>
1963:
The 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in
Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan, killing four girls
and injuring at least 14 other people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing>
2020:
The Abraham Accords were signed in Washington, D.C.
(signatories pictured), normalizing relations between Israel and two
Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
adrift:
1. In or into a drifting condition; moved (especially on water by waves
and wind) without being propelled or steered.
2. (figurative)
3. Not in the expected or usual place or position; awry; also, not
following the expected or usual course; astray, off course.
4. (originally nautical) In an unattached or unfastened condition;
apart, loose, off.
5. (originally and chiefly UK, sports, informal) Chiefly followed by of:
in a position or having a score behind that of another competitor or an
opponent.
6. Drifting (especially on water) without being propelled or steered.
7. (figurative)
8. Of a person or group of people: having no aim or direction; aimless,
lost.
9. (nautical) Of a sailor: absent without leave or permission.
10. (originally nautical) Of an object: no longer attached in position;
detached, loose, unattached, unfastened; also, lost, missing.
11. (originally and chiefly UK, sports, informal) In a position or
having a score behind that of another competitor or an opponent; below
an expected level in terms of some position, score, or target.
12. About Word of the Day
13. Nominate a word
14. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adrift>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen
who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so
long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth
of the parent as a controlling law of society.
--James Fenimore Cooper
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper>
Melisende (c. 1109 – 1161) was the queen of Jerusalem from 1131 to
1152. The eldest daughter and heir of Baldwin II, she was crowned
alongside her husband, Fulk. He initially sidelined Melisende, but she
forced him to share power after a baronial uprising in 1134. Together
they strengthened the crusader kingdom's defenses, while Melisende
became celebrated for supporting its Christian communities. When Fulk
died in 1143, she assumed full power and was crowned again with their
son Baldwin III. After Edessa fell to Muslims in 1144, Melisende urged
European intervention, helping set the Second Crusade in motion. Her
relationship with Baldwin deteriorated as she resisted sharing authority
with him. After a brief division of the kingdom, Baldwin invaded her
territory and forced her to abdicate. From her new seat in Nablus, she
remained involved in state and church affairs. William of Tyre praised
Melisende as a wise and capable ruler, while modern historians are
divided in their assessment. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisende_of_Jerusalem>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1723:
António Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Knights
Hospitaller, laid the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Manoel>
1901:
Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States at age
42, the youngest person ever to do so, eight days after William McKinley
was fatally wounded in Buffalo, New York.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt>
1979:
Afghan president Nur Muhammad Taraki was overthrown and later
killed on the orders of Hafizullah Amin, who succeeded him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Muhammad_Taraki>
2019:
Drone attacks on major processing facilities at Abqaiq and
Khurais forced Saudi Arabia to cut more than half of its oil production.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abqaiq%E2%80%93Khurais_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
is a bear Catholic:
1. (idiomatic, humorous) A rhetorical question in response to a question
where the answer is an emphatic yes: duh!, obviously!, of course!
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/is_a_bear_Catholic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
”
--Henry Melvill
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Melvill>
Thomas Hardy (13 September 1666 – 16 August 1732) was a Royal Navy
officer and politician. In 1702, he was given command of HMS Pembroke
and fought at the Battle of Cádiz and the Battle of Vigo Bay, where he
was knighted for his services. In 1707, Hardy was sent as escort to a
convoy sailing for Lisbon where he met the squadron of René Duguay-
Trouin. Hardy became first captain to John Leake in the Mediterranean in
1708, assisting in the transport of Elisabeth Christine to Spain for her
marriage to Archduke Charles, and participating in the capture of
Cagliari and the assault on Minorca. He was promoted to rear-admiral and
given command of a squadron to blockade Dunkirk. After briefly serving
as commander-in-chief, the Nore, Thames and Medway, Hardy commanded a
squadron off Ushant where he failed to intercept the squadrons of
Duguay-Trouin and Jean-Baptiste du Casse. In 1715, he was second-in-
command of the Baltic Fleet sent to serve in the Great Northern War, but
he was dismissed in 1716. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy_%28Royal_Navy_officer,_died_1732…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1814:
War of 1812: Fort McHenry in Baltimore's Inner Harbor was
attacked by British forces during the Battle of Baltimore, inspiring
Francis Scott Key to write "Defence of Fort McHenry", later used as the
lyrics to the United States national anthem.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key>
1959:
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 (model pictured) struck the Moon,
the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_2>
1971:
Following a failed coup attempt, Mao Zedong's second-in-command
Lin Biao died in a plane crash while attempting to flee China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Biao_incident>
2008:
Five bomb blasts took place in Delhi, India, killing at least
20 people as part of a series of attacks perpetrated by the Indian
Mujahideen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_September_2008_Delhi_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
I volunteer as tribute:
1. (humorous) Used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do
something (often (ironic) something somewhat undesirable or unpleasant).
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I_volunteer_as_tribute>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
"Dreams is very mystical things," the BFG said. "Human beans is not
understanding them at all. Not even their brainiest prossefors is
understanding them."
--Roald Dahl
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl>
United States v. Moore was a 1973 case heard by the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Police officers found the defendant,
Raymond Moore, in a hotel room with heroin capsules in his pocket and
charged him with narcotics possession. Moore claimed at trial and on
appeal that his addiction to heroin forced him to possess and use drugs.
He argued that, because he lacked the free will to keep himself from
possessing drugs, he should not be criminally liable. He was convicted
and sentenced to six years in prison. The D.C. Circuit upheld Moore's
conviction in a 5–4 vote, refusing to create the addiction defense.
The five judges, split across two separate opinions, doubted that
addicts physically cannot keep themselves from taking drugs; they also
worried that the defense could apply to crimes more serious than
possession, or lead people to fake addiction. The dissent supported
Moore's legal arguments and argued that the justice system accomplishes
nothing by imprisoning an addict for possession. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Moore_%281973%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1910:
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, one of the largest-scale
choral works in the classical concert repertoire and popularly known as
the "Symphony of a Thousand", was first performed in Munich.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._8_%28Mahler%29>
1928:
The Okeechobee hurricane first struck the island of Guadeloupe;
eventually it reached the United States and caused over 4,000 deaths
overall.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Okeechobee_hurricane>
1952:
Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a
ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster>
2015:
An explosion involving illegally stored mining detonators in
Petlawad, India, killed 104 people and injured more than 150 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petlawad_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
currying:
1. (computing) gerund of curry: (uncountable) the technique of
converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of
functions that each take a single argument; (countable) an instance of
using this technique.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/currying>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
”
--H. L. Mencken
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken>
American Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic passenger flight that was
hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11,
2001, as part of the 9/11 attacks. The airliner was deliberately crashed
into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in New York City,
killing everyone aboard the flight and resulting in the deaths of more
than one thousand people. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 767 with 92
passengers and crew, was flying American Airlines' morning
transcontinental service from Logan Airport to Los Angeles International
Airport. The hijackers breached the cockpit, forcing the passengers and
crew to the rear. Mohamed Atta took the controls and flew the plane into
the North Tower from floors 93 through 99 at 08:46 local time.
Seventeen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the
World Trade Center's South Tower, dispelling any notion that the attacks
were accidental. The North Tower collapsed at 10:28, resulting in
hundreds of casualties. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_11>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
Alexander Hamilton, co-writer of The Federalist Papers, became
the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton>
1851:
In a fight near Christiana, Pennsylvania, a group of escaped
slaves and free Blacks led by William Parker fought off a federal posse
seeking to arrest and return the escapees to slavery.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiana_Riot>
1945:
The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang in Borneo was liberated
by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre of its
2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Lintang_camp>
2025:
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27
years in prison for his involvement in a coup plot.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_for_the_2022%E2%80%932023_Brazilian_cou…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
portentous:
1. Of, relating to, or having the nature of, a portent.
2. Portending or predicting that something (especially an evil or
unfortunate thing) will happen; ominous, threatening.
3. Arrogant or grand in an affected manner; pompous, pretentious.
4. (archaic)
5. With a positive connotation: extraordinary, marvellous, wonderful.
6. With a negative connotation: frightful, horrendous, monstrous.
7. About Word of the Day
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9. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/portentous>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Remember the dayThe first signs of trouble The dust and the
rubbleUnspeakable lossAnd remember the dayThe courage and valorThat ran
to the towersAt such a great costRemember the dayHow we were shakenAnd
our hearts awakenedTo what matters most.
--Steven Curtis Chapman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Curtis_Chapman>
T6 was a sea-going torpedo boat operated by the Royal Yugoslav Navy
between 1921 and 1941. Originally built in 1916 for the Austro-Hungarian
Navy as a 250t-class torpedo boat, she saw active service during World
War I, performing convoy, patrol, escort and minesweeping tasks, and
anti-submarine operations. Following Austria-Hungary's defeat in 1918,
she was allocated to the navy of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes, which later became the Royal Yugoslav Navy, and was renamed
T6. During the interwar period, T6 and the rest of the navy were
involved in training exercises and cruises to friendly ports. She was
captured during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, and after modernisation
she was employed on second-line duties in the Adriatic Sea. She was
scuttled by her crew on 11 September 1943 in the aftermath of the
Italian capitulation. (This article is part of a featured topic: Ships
of the Royal Yugoslav Navy.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Ships_of_the_Royal_…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1961:
At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von
Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and
crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Trips>
1990:
Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of
Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory
Coast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace>
2017:
Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida, as a
Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irma>
2025:
American political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at
an event at Utah Valley University.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Charlie_Kirk>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
semicolon:
1. (orthography) The punctuation mark ";", which is used to separate two
sentences, the latter of which qualifies the former; to separate a
series of related clauses or sentences; to separate items in a list
where the items themselves include commas; etc.
2. About Word of the Day
3. Nominate a word
4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/semicolon>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention,
how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how
to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what
I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you
plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
--Mary Oliver
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Oliver>
Agnosticism is a position that questions the existence of God or the
divine. It is typically treated either as a personal attitude that
suspends judgment or as the philosophical claim that God's existence is
unknowable. Agnosticism contrasts with theism, which affirms God's
existence, and atheism, which denies it. It is understood either as a
neutral middle ground between the two or as a rejection of their shared
assumption that knowledge is attainable. Proponents of agnosticism
typically hold that evidence regarding God's existence is inconclusive
and that intellectual humility demands suspending judgment. Different
groups of critics contend that there is decisive evidence either for or
against God's existence. Agnosticism is often associated with a secular
lifestyle that resembles atheism in practice, but it does not
necessarily preclude religion. The term was coined in the 19th century
by Thomas Henry Huxley (pictured), but precursors already existed in
ancient Greek and Indian thought. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1892:
At the Lick Observatory in California, Edward Emerson Barnard
discovered Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter and the last natural satellite to
be discovered by visual observation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalthea_%28moon%29>
1939:
World War II: About 3,000 Polish Army troops began a nearly
month-long defence of the Hel Peninsula during the German invasion of
Poland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hel>
1962:
French president Charles de Gaulle delivered his "speech to the
German youth" to 20,000 people in the courtyard of Ludwigsburg Palace
(pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwigsburg_Palace>
1999:
The first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore
dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Portrait_Series_currency_notes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
parenthesis:
1. (countable) A clause, phrase, or word which is inserted into a
grammatically complete passage of text for explanation or as an aside,
and usually marked off with brackets, commas, or dashes.
2. (generally, countable) An aside serving as an explanation; also, an
afterthought.
3. (rhetoric, uncountable) The making of asides or explanations in
grammatically complete passages of text.
4. (by extension, orthography, countable) Either of a pair of brackets,
chiefly the round brackets "(" and ")" but occasionally also the square
brackets "[" and "]", which are used together to enclose parenthetical
material in a text.
5. Either of a pair of curved lines or shapes resembling a round
bracket.
6. (logic, mathematics) Either of a pair of brackets used to clarify an
expression by grouping terms affected by a common operator, or to
enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.
7. (figurative)
8. (countable) An intervening event; an interlude, an interruption.
9. (obsolete, uncountable) A departing or straying from the main
activity or subject; deviation, digression; (countable) an instance of
this; an irrelevant interruption.
10. About Word of the Day
11. Nominate a word
12. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parenthesis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but
not knowing how it will end.
--Cesare Pavese
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cesare_Pavese>
"Lacy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo (pictured)
from her second studio album, Guts (2023). A folk-pop and indie-folk
song with influences of theatrical folk, "Lacy" chronicles her obsession
with the beauty of a female figure named Lacy and has themes of envy and
self-hatred. It originated from a poem that she wrote for school and
adapted as a song with producer, Dan Nigro. Music critics praised the
lyricism, production, and the intensity of Rodrigo's performance,
perceiving potential LGBTQ implications in the song's lyrics. "Lacy"
reached the top 30 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the
US. It received platinum certifications in multiple countries. Rodrigo
performed the song at the Grammy Museum and included it on the set list
of her 2024–2025 concert tour, the Guts World Tour. Noah Kahan
performed a cover version on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge that was well-
received and released as the B-side to a 7-inch vinyl single in 2024.
(Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacy_%28song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1726:
J. S. Bach led the first performance of Geist und Seele wird
verwirret, a solo cantata for alto voice.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geist_und_Seele_wird_verwirret,_BWV_35>
1796:
French Revolutionary Wars: Led by Napoleon, French forces
defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Bassano in Veneto, Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bassano>
1966:
Queen Elizabeth II opened the Severn Bridge, linking South
Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in Wales.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_Bridge>
1974:
Watergate scandal: U.S. president Gerald Ford gave his recently
resigned predecessor Richard Nixon a controversial full and
unconditional pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Shatner comma:
1. (humorous) A comma placed inappropriately between words, where no
pause should occur in speech.
2. About Word of the Day
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4. Leave feedback
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shatner_comma>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
”
--Bernie Sanders
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders>
George Krugers (1890–1964) was a filmmaker active in the Dutch East
Indies during the early 20th century. Born in Banda Neira, he migrated
to Java in the 1920s and spent time in Surabaya before moving to
Bandung. There, he worked with L. Heuveldorp on the colony's first
feature film, Loetoeng Kasaroeng (The Mystical Monkey), before making
his directorial debut in 1927 with Eulis Atjih. He established the
Krugers Film Company and joined the Hajj in 1928 to produce Het Groote
Mekka-Feest (The Great Mecca Feast), considered the first documentary
film about the Hajj. In 1930, Krugers began producing sound films, with
his Karnadi Anemer Bangkong (Karnadi the Frog Contractor, 1930) likely
the first domestic sound film in the Indies. After this failed
commercially, Krugers worked for Tan's Film. Amidst the Great
Depression, he moved to Hong Kong, but found no work. Krugers spent the
rest of his life in the Netherlands. Aside from Het Groote Mekka-Feest,
all of his films are considered lost. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Krugers>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1822:
Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil from Portugal,
establishing the Empire of Brazil (flag pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Brazil>
1936:
The last thylacine died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine>
1986:
Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican
Church of Southern Africa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu>
2004:
Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least
85 per cent of buildings on the island.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
exclamation:
1. (uncountable) The act of loudly calling or crying out, for example,
as in anger, grief or pain, joy, surprise, etc.; (countable) an instance
of this.
2. (uncountable) The act of loudly complaining or protesting;
(countable) an instance of this; a complaint, an outcry, a protest.
3. (grammar, countable) Synonym of interjection (“a phrase or word with
no particular grammatical relation to a sentence but which serves to
express emotion or as a filled pause”).
4. (orthography, countable, archaic) Synonym of exclamation mark (“the
punctuation mark "!", generally used to denote excitement, shock, or
surprise”).
5. (rhetoric) Synonym of ecphonesis (”(uncountable) The making of an
emotional utterance; (countable) an instance of this; an exclamatory
phrase”); also, synonym of epiphonema (“(countable) an exclamatory
phrase or reflection used to round off or summarize an argument or
discourse”).
6. (obsolete, uncountable) Followed by of: the act of formally
declaring; (countable) an instance of this; a declaration, a
proclamation, a pronouncement.
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his
neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.
--Taylor Caldwell
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