The Battle of Dunbar was fought between the English New Model Army,
under Oliver Cromwell, and a Scottish army, commanded by David Leslie,
on 3 September 1650 near Dunbar, Scotland. The first major battle of
the Third English Civil War, it was decisively won by the English. The
English crossed into Scotland in July, and Cromwell attempted to draw
the Scots into a set-piece battle, but the Scots resisted. At the end of
August Cromwell withdrew to the port of Dunbar. The Scottish army
followed, and before dawn the English launched a surprise attack on the
Scots, who were poorly prepared. The fighting was restricted to the
north-eastern flank. Lesley was unable to reinforce those fighting,
while Cromwell used his last reserve to outflank the Scots. The Scottish
cavalry broke and routed; the Scottish infantry made a fighting retreat
but suffered heavily. Between 300 and 500 Scots were killed, with
approximately 1,000 wounded and about 6,000 or more taken prisoner from
an army of 12,500 or fewer.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dunbar_%281650%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1651:
English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell won the
Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Worcester>
1901:
The flag of Australia flew for the first time from the Royal
Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Australia>
1991:
A fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken
processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_chicken_processing_plant_fire>
2001:
The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a
Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in
Belfast, Northern Ireland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cross_dispute>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bosk:
1. (obsolete except dialectal) A bush.
2. (archaic) A thicket; a small wood.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bosk>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Unceasingly the essence of things is taking shape in the matter
of things, and this unspeakable process we call birth and growth. Awhile
the spirit and the matter fade away together, and it is this that we
call decadence, death. These two happenings seem jointed and
interdependent, blended into one like a bubble and its iridescence, and
they seem borne along upon a slowly moving air. This air is wonderful
past all understanding.
--Louis Sullivan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Sullivan>
The Indian roller is a bird of the family Coraciidae. It is 30–34 cm
(12–13 in) long with a wingspan of 65–74 cm (26–29 in) and
weighs 166–176 g (5.9–6.2 oz). The face and throat are pinkish,
the head and back are brown, and the rump is blue. The brightly
contrasting light and dark blue markings on the wings and tail are
prominent in flight. The sexes appear similar. It occurs widely from
West Asia to the Indian subcontinent. Often found perched on roadside
trees and wires, it is common in open grassland and scrub forest
habitats, and has adapted well to human-modified landscapes. It mainly
feeds on insects, especially beetles. The species is best known for the
aerobatic displays of males during the breeding season. Adult males and
females form pair bonds, raising the young together. The female lays
three to five eggs in a cavity or crevice, lined with a mat of straw or
feathers. It is the state bird of three Indian states.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_roller>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1792:
French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign
armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, revolutionaries
began the summary execution of more than a thousand prisoners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Massacres>
1885:
White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, attacked Chinese-
American immigrants, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing
approximately $150,000 in property damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre>
1945:
On the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay,
representatives from the Empire of Japan and the Allied powers signed
the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, formally ending World War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender>
2011:
Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into
the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Chilean_Air_Force_C-212_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Olympiad:
1. (Ancient Greece, sports, historical)
2. A period of four (or sometimes five) years by which the ancient
Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the
Olympic Games to another, beginning with the victory of Coroebus of Elis
in the foot race which took place in 776 B.C.E.
3. Synonym of Olympic Games (“a celebration of the ancient Olympic
Games”)
4. (by extension)
5. (sports) A period of four years between occurrences of the modern
Olympic Games.
6. (sports) Synonym of Olympic Games (“an occurrence of the modern
Olympic Games”)
7. Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a competition or series of
competitions involving an academic discipline (such as mathematics or
science), game (such as chess), or sport.
8. An occasion where some activity is participated in excessively or to
a high level of achievement.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Olympiad>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Some day you will know for yourself that it is almost as true to
say that one recovers from all things as that there is nothing which
does not leave its scar.
--Paul Bourget
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Bourget>
Level Mountain is a large volcanic complex in the Northern Interior of
British Columbia, Canada, with a maximum elevation of 2,164 m
(7,100 ft). The lower half of Level Mountain consists of a shield-like
edifice while its upper half has a more steep, jagged profile. Its broad
summit is dominated by the Level Mountain Range, with prominent peaks
cut by deep valleys. The mountain began forming about 15 million years
ago, with volcanism continuing up until geologically recent times. Level
Mountain can be ecologically divided into three sections: an alpine
climate at its summit, firs and birches on its flanks and a spruce
forest at its base. Several animal species thrive in the area of Level
Mountain, with caribou being the most abundant. Due to its remoteness,
Level Mountain can only be accessed by air or by trekking great
distances on foot; the closest communities are more than 30 km (19 mi)
away.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_Mountain>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that
struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense geomagnetic
storm ever recorded and causing bright aurorae visible in the middle
latitudes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event>
1914:
The passenger pigeon, which once numbered in the billions,
became extinct when the last individual died in captivity.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_%28passenger_pigeon%29>
1973:
A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Irish Sea resulted
in the deepest sub rescue in history (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Roger_Mallinson_and_Roger_Chapman>
1983:
A Soviet jet interceptor shot down the civilian Korean Air
Lines Flight 007 near the island of Sakhalin in the north Pacific,
killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
pandeism:
1. (religion) A belief in a god who is both pantheistic and deistic, in
particular a god who designed the universe and then became it and ceased
to exist separately and act consciously with respect to it.
2. (religion, rare) Worship which admits or tolerates favourable aspects
of all religions; omnitheism.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pandeism>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over. I’m
the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end
this war. When I was running for president, I made a commitment to the
American people that I would end this war. Today, I’ve honored that
commitment. It was time to be honest with the American people again. We
no longer had a clear purpose and an open-ended mission in Afghanistan.
After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refuse to send another
generation of America’s sons and daughters to fight a war that should
have ended long ago.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
Bajadasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of northern Patagonia,
Argentina, from around 145 to 133 million years ago during the Early
Cretaceous epoch. It was first described in 2019 based on a single
specimen (elements pictured) found in 2010 that includes a largely
complete skull and parts of the neck. The only species is Bajadasaurus
pronuspinax. The genus is a member of Dicraeosauridae, a group of
relatively small and short-necked sauropods. Bajadasaurus sported
bifurcated (two-pronged), extremely elongated neural spines extending
from the neck; the 2019 description of Bajadasaurus suggested that they
could have served as passive defense against predators. The skull was
slender and equipped with around 48 teeth that were pencil-shaped and
restricted to the front of the jaws. Its eye openings were exposed in
top view, possibly allowing the animal to look forwards while feeding.
It shared its environment with other dinosaurs including the sauropod
Leinkupal and different theropods.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajadasaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1897:
Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a
precursor to the modern movie projector.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetoscope>
1907:
Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian
Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia,
Afghanistan, and Tibet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Russian_Convention>
1941:
World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of
Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Loznica_%281941%29>
1998:
North Korea claimed to have successfully launched its first
satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, although no objects were ever tracked in
orbit from the launch.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmy%C5%8Fngs%C5%8Fng-1>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chantwell:
(chiefly Trinidad and Tobago, music) A (generally female) lead singer of
traditional cariso music, or of a calypso band.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chantwell>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from
Afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate American
citizens, third country nationals and vulnerable Afghans. The last C-17
lifted off from Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 30th, this
afternoon, at 3:29 p.m. east coast time, and the last manned aircraft is
now clearing the space above Afghanistan. … Tonight's withdrawal
signifies both the end of the military component of the evacuation, but
also the end of the nearly 20-year mission that began in Afghanistan
shortly after September 11th 2001.
--Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenneth_F._McKenzie_Jr.>
Mary Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English
novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein (1818), an early
example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of
her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley, who
drowned in a sailing accident in 1822. Scholarly appreciation has
increased in recent decades for her novels, including Valperga, Perkin
Warbeck, Lodore, Falkner, and the apocalyptic The Last Man, as well as
her biographical articles for Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia.
The influences of her mother, the philosopher and feminist Mary
Wollstonecraft, are evident in Shelley's travel narrative Rambles in
Germany and Italy. Shelley often argued in favour of cooperation and
sympathy as skills for reforming civil society; this view challenged the
individualistic Romantic ethos promoted by her husband and the
Enlightenment ideals of her father, William Godwin.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
526:
Upon the death of her father Theodoric the Great, Amalasuintha
of the Ostrogoths became the regent for her ten-year-old son Athalaric.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalasuintha>
1914:
World War I: The Battle of Tannenberg resulted in the almost
complete destruction of the Russian 2nd Army by the German 8th Army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg>
1974:
An express train carrying foreign workers from Yugoslavia to
West Germany derailed in Zagreb, killing 153 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb_train_disaster>
2014:
Prime minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane fled to South Africa,
claiming that the army had launched a coup d'état.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Lesotho_political_crisis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
xerocracy:
(informal) Political influence achieved by copying and distributing
leaflets and similar material.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xerocracy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin
it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
--Warren Buffett
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett>
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film
directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a
story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford
(pictured), Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies,
and Denholm Elliott. Ford portrays Indiana Jones, a globe-trotting
archaeologist vying with Nazi forces in 1936 to recover the lost Ark of
the Covenant, a relic said to make an army invincible. With his former
lover Marion Ravenwood (Allen), Jones races to stop rival archaeologist
René Belloq (Freeman) from guiding the Nazis to the Ark. Principal
photography took place during June–September 1980 on sets at Elstree
Studios, England, and on location in Tunisia, Hawaii, and La Rochelle.
The highest-grossing film of 1981, it won five Oscars, seven Saturn
Awards, and one BAFTA. Appearing in many lists of all-time best films,
it has had a lasting impact on popular culture. It led to further
Indiana Jones films, games and toys.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1885:
Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion
motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_Reitwagen>
1949:
The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear weapons test,
detonating the 22-kiloton RDS-1.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDS-1>
1991:
Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian
Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion
demands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libero_Grassi>
1996:
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard
Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vnukovo_Airlines_Flight_2801>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ex contractu:
(law, postpositive) Of a legal obligation: arising from a contractual
relationship.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ex_contractu>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud
could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
--John McCain
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_McCain>
William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a
Scottish-born Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded
newspapers critical of the Family Compact, represented York County in
the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and aligned with Reformers.
Dundee-born, Mackenzie emigrated to York, Upper Canada, (now Toronto) in
1820 and published his first newspaper in 1824. He was elected to the
legislative assembly in 1827 and became Toronto's first mayor in 1834.
In 1837, he commanded the rebels in the Upper Canada Rebellion, but was
defeated at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern. He fled to the U.S. to
rally American support for an invasion of Upper Canada. This violated
the Neutrality Act and he was imprisoned. He discovered and published
documents that outlined corrupt financial transactions and government
appointments by New York state officials. He represented Haldimand
County in the legislature of the Province of Canada from 1851 to 1858,
and died in August 1861.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1833:
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery
in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833>
1901:
Silliman University in Dumaguete, Philippines, was founded as
the first American educational institution in Asia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silliman_University>
1963:
American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered
his "I Have a Dream" speech, envisioning a future in which blacks and
whites coexisted harmoniously as equals.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream>
1973:
Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage
situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with
their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrmalmstorg_robbery>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Faustian bargain:
1. (idiomatic) An agreement in which a person abandons his or her
spiritual values or moral principles in order to obtain knowledge,
wealth or other benefits.
2. (idiomatic) A deal in which one focuses on present gain without
considering the long-term consequences.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Faustian_bargain>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good
poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few
reasonable words.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe>
USS Iowa is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class and the
last lead ship of any class of United States battleships. Iowa served
with the Pacific Fleet in 1944, shelling beachheads at Kwajalein and
Eniwetok and screening aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall
Islands. She also served as the flagship of the Third Fleet, flying
Admiral William F. Halsey's flag at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.
During the Korean War, Iowa was involved in raids on the North Korean
coast, after which she was decommissioned. She was reactivated in 1984
and operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to counter the
recently expanded Soviet Navy. In April 1989, an explosion wrecked her
No. 2 gun turret, killing 47 sailors. Iowa was decommissioned for the
last time in October 1990 after 19 total years of active service. In
2012 she was donated to the nonprofit Pacific Battleship Center and
opened as a museum in Los Angeles. (This article is part of a featured
topic: Iowa-class battleships.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Iowa-class_battlesh…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1896:
In the shortest recorded war in history, the Sultanate of
Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of
conflict.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War>
1964:
South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh entered into a
triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện
Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to
unseat Khánh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%83n_Minh>
2003:
Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years,
passing within approximately 55,758,000 kilometres (34,650,000 mi).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
as ever trod shoe-leather:
(idiomatic, archaic) As ever existed or lived.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/as_ever_trod_shoe-leather>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those who have served through the ages have drawn inspiration
from the book of Isaiah, when the Lord says: "Who shall I send, who
shall go for us?" American military has been answering for a long time:
"Here I am, Lord send me. Here I am, send me." Each one of these women
and men of our armed forces are the heirs of that tradition of sacrifice
of volunteering to go in harm's way — to risk everything — not for
glory, not for profit but to defend what we love and the people we love.
And I ask that you join me now, in a moment of silence, for all those,
in uniform and out; beautiful military and civilians who have given the
last full measure of devotion.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
The Crécy campaign was an expedition by an English army from the north
of Normandy to the County of Boulogne, devastating the French
countryside on a wide front, followed by the successful siege of Calais.
It began on 12 July 1346 during the Hundred Years' War. Led by King
Edward III, the English stormed and sacked Caen, slaughtering the
population. They then devastated the country to the suburbs of Rouen
before cutting a swath along the Seine's left bank to Poissy, 20 miles
(30 km) from Paris. Turning north, the English became trapped in
territory which the French had denuded of food. They escaped by fighting
their way across the Somme against a French blocking force. Two days
later, on ground of their choosing, the English inflicted a heavy defeat
on the French at the Battle of Crécy on 26 August, before moving on to
besiege Calais. After an eleven-month siege, which severely stretched
both countries' financial and military resources, the town fell.
(This article is part of a featured topic: Crécy campaign.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Cr%C3%A9cy_campaign>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1346:
Hundred Years' War: English forces established the military
supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow
and armoured knights at the Battle of Crécy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cr%C3%A9cy>
1748:
The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the
Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Ministerium>
1978:
Aboard the Soviet Soyuz 31 spacecraft, Sigmund Jähn became the
first German in space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_J%C3%A4hn>
2008:
After a ceasefire was reached in the Russo-Georgian War, Russia
recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Abkhazia_and_Sou…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
doldrums:
1. Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a
situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of
listlessness or malaise.
2. (nautical) Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when
it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make
progress.
3. (nautical, oceanography, by extension) Usually preceded by the: a
part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light,
baffling winds are common.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doldrums>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but
to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
--John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Buchan,_1st_Baron_Tweedsmuir>
Santería is an African diasporic religion that developed among Afro-
Cuban communities during the late 19th century. It arose through the
syncretism of the Yoruba religion of West Africa, the Roman Catholic
form of Christianity, and Spiritism. Santería is an initiatory
tradition with no central authority. It is polytheistic and revolves
around deities called oricha. Deriving their names and attributes from
traditional Yoruba divinities, they are equated with Roman Catholic
saints. Each human is believed to have a personal link to a particular
oricha. Practitioners venerate the oricha at altars, where offerings
include fruit, liquor, flowers and sacrificial animals. A central ritual
involves practitioners drumming, singing, and dancing to encourage an
oricha to possess one of their members and thus communicate with them.
Healing rituals and the preparation of herbal remedies and talismans
also play a prominent role. The number of initiates is estimated to be
in the high hundreds of thousands.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1609:
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first
telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei>
1758:
Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the
Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zorndorf>
1941:
Second World War: Soviet, British and Commonwealth armed forces
invaded Iran to secure oil fields and Allied supply lines for the Soviet
Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran>
2001:
American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record
company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after
taking off from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Marsh_Harbour_Cessna_402_crash>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
or bust:
(chiefly US, informal) Used to indicate one's intention to do everything
possible to achieve a goal, with failure being the only alternative.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/or_bust>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some
sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.
--Martin Amis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Amis>