Cai Lun (b. c. 50 – c. 62 CE; d. 121) was a Chinese eunuch court
official traditionally regarded as the inventor of paper and the modern
papermaking process, as he created paper in its modern form. Born in
modern-day Leiyang, Cai served as chamberlain for Emperor Ming, and as
imperial messenger for Emperor Zhang. To assist Lady Dou in securing her
adopted son as designated heir, he interrogated Consort Song, who then
killed herself. After Emperor He's ascension in 88 CE, Dou rewarded Cai
with high office, where he remained despite He's purge of the Dou family
in 92 CE. In 105 CE, Cai greatly improved the papermaking process with
tree bark, hemp waste, old rags, and fishnets. After Lady Deng, the
empress dowager, died in 121 CE, Cai was ordered to the Ministry of
Justice because of his involvement in Song's death. Expecting execution,
he killed himself instead. Cai's papermaking efforts are considered
enormously impactful on human history. He is deified as the god of
papermaking, and appears in Chinese folklore.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Lun>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1830:
American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of
Chicago on the order of the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thompson_%28surveyor%29>
1991:
An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos ruptured its
hull, causing it to sink off the east coast of South Africa, with all
571 people on board rescued.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTS_Oceanos>
2006:
Sri Lankan Civil War: Seventeen employees of the French
nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred in Muttur.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Trincomalee_massacre_of_NGO_workers>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Spidey-sense:
(humorous) An intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or
risky; (more generally) instinct, intuition.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spidey-sense>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that
greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never
been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path
for the faint-hearted — for those who prefer leisure over work, or
seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the
risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things — some celebrated but
more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up
the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
--Barack Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
The Moorgate tube crash occurred on 28 February 1975 on the London
Underground's Northern City Line; 43 people died and 74 were injured
after a train failed to stop at the line's southern terminus, Moorgate
station, and crashed into its end wall. It is the worst peacetime
accident on the London Underground. The crash forced the first carriage
into the roof of the tunnel; the second carriage collapsed at the front
as it collided with the first, and the third rode over the rear of the
second. The brakes were not applied and the dead man's handle was still
depressed when the train crashed. The inquiry by the Department of the
Environment found no fault with the train and concluded that the
accident was caused by Leslie Newson, the 56-year-old driver. The post-
mortem on Newson showed no medical reason to explain the crash, and a
cause has never been established. After the crash, London Underground
introduced a new safety system that automatically stops a train that is
travelling too fast.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1903:
Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which
existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kru%C5%A1evo_Republic>
1913:
An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a
riot, becoming one of the first major farm labor confrontations in
California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatland_hop_riot>
1959:
Portuguese state police opened fire on striking dock workers in
Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing at least 25 people in a step that led
to the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence four years later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidjiguiti_massacre>
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:
kite:
1. (transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy
kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as
costs) to increase rapidly.
2. (transitive, slang) To tamper with a document or record by increasing
the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the
difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical
prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other
items.
3. (transitive, video games) To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to
attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a
kite (“bird”).
5. (transitive, intransitive, banking, slang) To write or present (a
cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or
expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque
clears.
6. (transitive, intransitive, US, slang, by extension) To steal.
7. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To manipulate like a toy kite; also,
usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
8. (intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
9. (intransitive, figuratively) To move rapidly; to rush.
10. (intransitive, engineering, nautical) To deflect sideways in the
water.
11. (intransitive, US, prison slang) To pass a (usually concealed)
letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a
prison.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You can make life a lot harder for yourself by focusing on
negative things in your path or making excuses for why things didn't go
your way. Or, you can refuse to take things personally, let them go,
learn from them, and become the best version of yourself. It's a choice.
It's actually your choice.
--Tom Brady
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Brady>
The Sirens and Ulysses is a very large oil painting by the English
artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1837. It depicts the scene from
Homer's Odyssey in which Ulysses (Odysseus) resists the bewitching song
of the Sirens by having his ship's crew tie him up, while they are
ordered to block their own ears to prevent themselves from hearing the
song. Traditionally Sirens had been depicted as human–animal chimeras,
but Etty portrayed them as naked young women on an island strewn with
decaying corpses. The painting divided opinion, with some critics
greatly admiring it while others derided it as tasteless and unpleasant.
Following the 1857 Art Treasures Exhibition, it was removed from display
for about 150 years. In 2010 the painting went on permanent display in
the Manchester Art Gallery.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sirens_and_Ulysses>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1790:
The first United States census was conducted, with the nation's
residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790_United_States_census>
1897:
The Siege of Malakand ended when a relief column was able to
reach the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial India's
North West Frontier Province.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malakand>
1920:
Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari was sentenced to nine
years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaiko_Kheti>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Raj:
1. Short for British Raj (“the period of colonial rule of the Indian
subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947”). during the
Raj
2. (proscribed) The whole period of British influence or rule in the
Indian subcontinent from the 1600s to 1947.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Raj>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is as fatal as it is cowardly to blink facts because they are
not to our taste.
--John Tyndall
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Tyndall>
The Partisan Congress riots were attacks on Jews in Bratislava and other
towns in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia between 1 and
6 August 1946. After World War II, former Slovak partisans were often
appointed as administrators of property and businesses that had been
confiscated from Jews by the previous regime. In May 1946 a law
mandating the restitution of these was passed and antisemitic leaflets
and attacks on Jews increased. A national congress of former partisans
was held in Bratislava on 2–4 August 1946. Rioting began on
1 August and occurred over six days (scene of one attack pictured).
Despite police attempts to maintain order, ten apartments were broken
into, nineteen people were injured (four seriously), and the Jewish
community kitchen was ransacked. Attacks and riots occurred in other
Slovak towns. The contemporary press played down the involvement of
partisans. In response, the government launched a crackdown on
antisemitic incitement and suspended restitution to Jews.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_Congress_riots>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1774:
British scientist Joseph Priestley liberated oxygen gas,
corroborating the discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist
Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen>
1971:
The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts
organised by Ravi Shankar and George Harrison for refugees of the
Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York
City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh>
1991:
U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the
Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the
Soviet Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Kiev_speech>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
scouthouse:
(Scouting, US) A building where members of the Scout Movement hold their
meetings.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scouthouse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver, but less
daring. Thus with seamen: he who goes the oftenest round Cape Horn goes
the most circumspectly.
--Herman Melville
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herman_Melville>
The white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae) is a passerine
bird in the swallow family. First found in 1968, it is known only from
a single wintering site in Thailand, and may be extinct, since there
have been no confirmed sightings since 1980 despite targeted surveys in
Thailand and Cambodia. The adult has mainly glossy greenish-black
plumage, a white rump, and a tail with two long central feathers that
widen to a racket-shaped tip. It has a white eye ring and a broad,
bright greenish-yellow bill. The juvenile lacks the tail ornaments and
is browner. Like other swallows, it feeds on insects caught in flight,
and its wide bill suggests that it may take relatively large species. It
roosts in reed beds in winter, and may nest in river sandbanks. Its
apparent demise may have been hastened by trapping, loss of habitat and
dam construction. The martin is one of only two birds endemic to
Thailand. The country's government has featured the bird on a stamp and
a commemorative coin. (This article is part of a featured topic: River
martin.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/River_martin>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1423:
Hundred Years' War: The English and their Burgundian allies
were victorious over the French at the Battle of Cravant near Auxerre,
France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cravant>
1777:
The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution
commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette as a major general in the
American revolutionary forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette>
1941:
The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Hermann
Göring authorised SS General Reinhard Heydrich to handle preparations
for "the Final Solution of the Jewish question".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Solution>
1991:
Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit troops killed seven
Lithuanian customs officials in Medininkai in the most serious attack of
their campaign against Lithuanian border posts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_OMON_assaults_on_Lithuanian_border_pos…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
aposematism:
(biology, chiefly zoology) An adaptation, especially a form of
coloration, that warns off potential predators.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aposematism>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by
their intentions rather than their results.
--Milton Friedman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman>
Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the fourth crewed mission
to land on the Moon. It was the first J mission, with a longer stay on
the Moon (July 30 – August 2) and a greater focus on science,
including the first Lunar Roving Vehicle. David Scott and James Irwin
landed near Hadley Rille and spent .mw-parser-output .frac{white-
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bsolute;width:1px}18+1⁄2 hours on extravehicular activity, collecting
170 pounds (77 kg) of surface material. At the same time, Alfred Worden
orbited the Moon, operating the sensors in the SIM bay of the service
module. During the return trip, Worden performed the first spacewalk in
deep space. The Apollo 15 mission splashed down safely, with all goals
accomplished, but was marred when it emerged that the crew had carried
unauthorized postal covers to the lunar surface, some of which were sold
by a West German stamp dealer. The crew was reprimanded for poor
judgment, and did not fly in space again. The mission also saw the
collection of the Genesis Rock, thought to be part of the Moon's early
crust, and Scott used a hammer and a feather to demonstrate Galileo's
theory that absent air resistance, objects fall at the same rate
regardless of mass.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1916:
World War I: German agents sabotaged U.S.-made munitions in
New York Harbor that were to be supplied to the Allies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tom_explosion>
1930:
Uruguay defeated Argentina at the Estadio Centenario in
Montevideo to win the inaugural FIFA World Cup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup>
1981:
Amid a widespread economic crisis and food shortages in Poland,
up to 50,000 people, mostly women and children, took part in the largest
of nationwide hunger demonstrations in Łódź.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Polish_hunger_demonstrations>
2014:
At least 151 people were killed when heavy rains triggered a
landslide in the village of Malin in Maharashtra, India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Malin_landslide>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tajine:
1. (cooking) An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin,
consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical
or dome-shaped lid.
2. (by extension) A stew, originally from Morocco, the ingredients of
which are traditionally cooked slowly in such a pot; the dish is
normally served with couscous.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tajine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Well, I couldn't see what was to be So I just stood there
laughing A picture of you, a picture of you in uniform Standing with
your head held high Hot down to the floor but it couldn't be you It
couldn't be you, it's a picture of Hitler
--Kate Bush
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush>
Andreas Palaiologos (1453–1502) was the elder son of Thomas
Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea, and a nephew of Constantine XI
Palaiologos, the final Byzantine emperor. After the fall of
Constantinople in 1453 and the Ottoman invasion of the Morea in 1460,
Andreas's father fled to Corfu with his family. Upon his father's death
in 1465, Andreas moved to Rome and was recognized as the titular Despot
of the Morea and as the chief claimant to the ancient imperial throne.
Although his father had never claimed the title, Andreas proclaimed
himself "Emperor of Constantinople" from 1483 onwards, a claim that was
supported by some of the Byzantine refugees who lived in Italy. Andreas
traveled around Europe in search of a ruler who could aid him in
retaking Constantinople, but rallied little support. In 1481 an
expedition he started organizing to restore the Byzantine Empire was
canceled. He died in poverty in Rome in 1502 and was buried in St.
Peter's Basilica.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Palaiologos>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1914:
The Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in
the U.S. state of Massachusetts, opened on a limited basis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Canal>
1954:
The first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's high-fantasy novel The
Lord of the Rings was published by Allen & Unwin.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings>
1981:
An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million
people watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at
St Paul's Cathedral in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_Charles_and_Lady_Diana_Spen…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
smocking:
(sewing) An embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered and
then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place;
the product of the use of this embroidery technique.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/smocking>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I think this is the greatest threat to our republic ever. Not the
Depression, not World War II, not the Civil War. This is it … This
moment of all these intersecting viruses, of novel coronaviruses and of
racial injustice … 402-year-old-virus. And it’s an age-old human
virus of lying and misinformation and paranoia and conspiracy. This is
the pill that will kill us unless we do something.
--Ken Burns
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ken_Burns>
R. A. B. Mynors (28 July 1903 – 17 October 1989) was an English
classicist and medievalist who held the senior chair of Latin at the
universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He served as the Kennedy Professor
of Latin at Cambridge from 1944 to 1953 and as the Corpus Christi
Professor of Latin at Oxford from 1953 until his retirement in 1970.
Mynors had the reputation of one of Britain's foremost classicists. A
textual critic, he specialised in the study of manuscripts and their
role in the reconstruction of classical texts. He was an expert on
palaeography, and has been credited with unravelling a number of highly
complex manuscript relationships. His publications include critical
editions of Vergil, Catullus, and Pliny the Younger. In addition to
receiving honorary degrees and fellowships from various institutions,
Mynors was made a Knight Bachelor in 1963. He died in a car accident,
aged 86. His comprehensive commentary on Vergil's Georgics was published
posthumously.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._B._Mynors>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1821:
Peruvian War of Independence: Argentine general José de San
Martín declared the independence of Peru from the Spanish Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn>
1915:
U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince to begin a twenty-year
occupation of Haiti.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Haiti>
1976:
An earthquake registering 7.6 Mw, one of the deadliest in
history, devastated Tangshan, China, and killed at least 240,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake>
2001:
At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan,
Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at
a single FINA world championship.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Thorpe>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
brawl:
1. (intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
2. (intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
3. (intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to
make a loud, confused noise.
4. (transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold. [...]
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brawl>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach
decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases, by compromise,
rather than by violence. He is a man who would rather be unsuccessful in
convincing another man by argument than successful in crushing him by
force, by intimidation and threats, or even by persuasive propaganda.
--Karl Popper
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_Popper>
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is a first-person shooter game,
developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It is a
remastered version of 2007's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It was
initially released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows
in November 2016 as part of special edition bundles of Call of Duty:
Infinite Warfare. The story follows the USMC and SAS in conflict against
a Middle Eastern separatist group and a Russian ultranationalist group.
The remaster began development as the result of an online petition. It
features extensive technical enhancements while retaining the original
core gameplay, and includes new single-player and multiplayer content.
Critical reception was generally positive, with praise for the range of
modifications and the simplistic but challenging gameplay. However, it
was criticized for its balancing, narrative pacing, and artificial
intelligence. The game was controversial for several business decisions
made by Activision.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_Remastered>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1302:
Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The Ottoman sultanate gained its
first major victory against the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of
Bapheus in Bithynia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bapheus>
1955:
The Austrian State Treaty came into effect, ending the Allied
occupation of Austria, although the country was not free of Allied
troops until October.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Austria>
1983:
Madonna released her self-titled debut album, which set the
standard for the genre of dance-pop for decades.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_%28Madonna_album%29>
2007:
While covering a police pursuit in Phoenix, Arizona, two news
helicopters collided in mid-air, killing both crews.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_news_helicopter_collision>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
carrier wave:
(physics) A wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency,
or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carrier_wave>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On
earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first poet sang.Nor ever shall
the Muse's eye Unraptured greet thy beam: Theme of primeval prophecy,
Be still the poet's theme!
--Thomas Campbell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Campbell>
The Battle of Caen on 26 July 1346 was an assault on the French-held
town by a force of archers and men-at-arms, part of an invading English
army under King Edward III during the Hundred Years' War. This force,
nominally commanded by the Earls of Warwick and Northampton, was eager
for plunder, and attacked against orders, before the rest of their army
was in position. Caen was garrisoned by 1,000–1,500 soldiers and a
large number of armed townsmen, commanded by Grand Constable of France
Raoul, the Count of Eu. The town was captured in the first assault; over
5,000 of the ordinary soldiers and townspeople were killed and a small
number of nobles were taken prisoner. After sacking the town for five
days, the army marched to the River Seine, and by 12 August they were 20
miles (32 kilometres) from Paris. After turning north they heavily
defeated the French at the Battle of Crécy two weeks later, and
commenced the successful siege of Calais the following week.
(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:
1887:
L. L. Zamenhof published Unua Libro, the first publication to
describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unua_Libro>
1936:
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, dedicated to the Canadian
Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War, was
unveiled near Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial>
2007:
After widespread controversy throughout Wales, Shambo, a black
Friesian bull that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, was
slaughtered due to concerns about bovine tuberculosis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shambo>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lexicography:
1. The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
2. (linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing
the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the
lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary
components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lexicography>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The poet is, etymologically, the maker. Like all makers, he
requires a stock of raw materials — in his case, experience. Now
experience is not a matter of having actually swum the Hellespont, or
danced with the dervishes, or slept in a doss-house. It is a matter of
sensibility and intuition, of seeing and hearing the significant things,
of paying attention at the right moments, of understanding and co-
ordinating. Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man
does with what happens to him. It is a gift for dealing with the
accidents of existence, not the accidents themselves. By a happy
dispensation of nature, the poet generally possesses the gift of
experience in conjunction with that of expression. What he says so well
is therefore intrinsically of value.
--Aldous Huxley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley>