George Griffith (1857–1906) was a British writer. He was active mainly
in the science fiction genre, writing many future-war stories and
helping to shape that emerging subgenre. He was briefly the leading
science fiction author in Britain, making his breakthrough with his
debut novel The Angel of the Revolution (1893), which was first
serialized in Pearson's Weekly. He followed it up with the likewise
successful sequel Olga Romanoff (1894). Griffith was highly active as a
writer throughout the 1890s, penning many short works for C. Arthur
Pearson, and went on travel assignments. These included an 1896 trip to
Southern Africa that resulted in Griffith writing the novel Briton or
Boer? (1897), anticipating the Boer War (1899–1902). Griffith's career
declined in the late 1890s, and he was surpassed by H. G. Wells in the
eyes of Pearson and the reading public. His last outright success was A
Honeymoon in Space (1901). He continued to write prolifically up until
his death at the age of 48.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Griffith>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1824:
American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a
voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Morrell>
1944:
The secular oratorio A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett
premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Tippett>
1998:
An unscheduled Ariana Afghan Airlines flight crashed into a
mountain on approach into Kabul, killing all 45 people aboard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Ariana_Afghan_Airlines_Boeing_727_crash>
2011:
First Libyan Civil War: The French Air Force launched
Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Harmattan>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
elucidate:
1. (obsolete) To make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear,
transparent”).
2. (figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to
clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
3. (obsolete) Clear, understandable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elucidate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You can't undo the past but you can certainly not repeat it.
--Bruce Willis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bruce_Willis>
Attalus I (269–197 BC) ruled the Ionian Greek Pergamene Kingdom from
241 BC until his death. He won an important victory, the Battle of the
Caecus River, against the Galatians, a group of migratory Celtic tribes
from Thrace, who had been plundering and exacting tribute through most
of Asia Minor for decades. The victory was celebrated with a triumphal
monument at Pergamon (The Dying Gaul) and Attalus taking the title of
king (basileus). He participated as an ally of Rome in the First and
Second Macedonian Wars against Philip V of Macedon. He conducted
numerous naval operations in the Aegean, gaining the island of Aegina
for Pergamon during the first war and Andros during the second. Attalus
styled himself as a protector of the freedoms of the Greek cities of
Asia Minor and portrayed himself as the champion of Greeks against
barbarians. He funded art and monuments in Pergamon and in Greek cities
he sought to cultivate as allies. He died at the age of 72 and was
succeeded by his son Eumenes II.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attalus_I>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1277:
Charles I of Anjou acquired a claim on the Kingdom of
Jerusalem in exchange for a significant sum of money.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Anjou>
1906:
Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a
heavier-than-air monoplane with an unassisted takeoff.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traian_Vuia>
1959:
Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at
Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery,
inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sera_Monastery>
1977:
The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White
Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics
about class economics and race.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Riot>
2019:
Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike
in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing 64 civilians.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_U.S._airstrike_in_Baghuz>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
brickbat:
1. A piece of brick, rock, etc., especially when used as a weapon (for
example, thrown or placed in a sock or other receptacle and used as a
club).
2. (figurative) A piece of (sharp) criticism or a (highly)
uncomplimentary remark.
3. To attack (someone or something) by swinging or throwing brickbats
(noun sense 1).
4. (figurative) To assail (someone or something) with (sharp) criticism.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brickbat>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I see myself immersed in the depths of human existence and
standing in the face of the ineffable mystery of the world and of all
that is. And in that situation, I am made poignantly and burningly aware
that the world cannot be self-sufficient, that there is hidden in some
still greater depth a mysterious, transcendent meaning. This meaning is
called God. Men have not been able to find a loftier name, although they
have abused it to the extent of making it almost unutterable. God can be
denied only on the surface; but he cannot be denied where human
experience reaches down beneath the surface of flat, vapid, commonplace
existence.
--Nikolai Berdyaev
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nikolai_Berdyaev>
The black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) is in the grebe family of
water birds. During the breeding season, the head, neck, and breast are
dark, with some yellow behind the eyes; the flanks are tawny rufous to
maroon-chestnut; and the abdomen is white. The non-breeding bird has
greyish flanks and no yellow feathers. This species is present in parts
of Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas. It catches insects on the surface
of the water, in flight, or occasionally on foliage, and dives to catch
crustaceans, molluscs, tadpoles, and small frogs and fish. It makes a
floating cup nest on an open lake, in which three or four eggs hatch
after a 21-day incubation period. After about 10 days, the parents
divide the brood between themselves, and after roughly 10 more days, the
chicks become independent. The black-necked grebe travels as far as
6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) during migration, in the course of which it
pauses to moult.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-necked_grebe>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1902:
The Dorchester Heights Monument, memorializing the siege of
Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester_Heights_Monument>
1957:
A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed
Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash>
1979:
The Penmanshiel Tunnel in the Scottish Borders region of
Scotland collapsed during refurbishing construction, killing two
workers, and leading to the abandonment of the tunnel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penmanshiel_Tunnel>
2004:
Unrest in Kosovo broke out, resulting in the deaths of 28, the
wounding of more than 600 others, and the destruction of several Serb
Orthodox churches and shrines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_unrest_in_Kosovo>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
wet the shamrock:
(idiomatic, intransitive, Ireland, informal) To go for an alcoholic
drink, especially as part of a victory celebration or on Saint Patrick's
Day.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wet_the_shamrock>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Man dwells apart, though not alone, He walks among his peers
unread; The best of thoughts which he hath known For lack of listeners
are not said.
--Jean Ingelow
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Ingelow>
Jamie Kalven (born 1948) is an American journalist, author, human rights
activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. He founded
the Invisible Institute, a non-profit journalism organization based in
Chicago's South Side. Kalven has been referred to as a "guerrilla
journalist" by Chicago journalist Studs Terkel. His work in the city has
included reporting on police misconduct and poor conditions of public
housing. Kalven won a landmark court case – Kalven v. City of
Chicago – which held that police misconduct records are public
information under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Thereafter,
the Institute became a hub for information related to police misconduct
in Chicago. In the aftermath of the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald by a
police officer, Kalven received accolades for obtaining a copy of an
autopsy report showing that McDonald had been shot 16 times execution-
style, contradicting official reports of a single gunshot wound.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Kalven>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1689:
The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the
oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers>
1819:
The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings
bank in New York City, was incorporated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_for_Savings_in_the_City_of_New-York>
1984:
William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station
chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Francis_Buckley>
1988:
Michael Stone, an Ulster loyalist, attacked the funeral of
three Provisional IRA members, killing three attendees and injuring at
least sixty others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltown_Cemetery_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
comely:
1. (dated or archaic)
2. Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome;
also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.
3. Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or
social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper.
4. Of a thing: beautiful, elegant, well-composed; also, delicate, fine.
5. (obsolete) Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice,
pleasant. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comely>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I like mindful people. Fear prevents mindfulness, and then greed
marches in because you are fearful, so you feel like you have to shore
everything up.
--Ursula Goodenough
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ursula_Goodenough>
Grant's Canal was a military project to construct a canal through a bend
in the Mississippi River opposite Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the
American Civil War. Control of Vicksburg and the Mississippi was
considered crucial by both the Union and the Confederacy. In
June 1862, Union officer Thomas Williams was sent to De Soto Point with
his men to dig a canal to bypass the strong Confederate defenses around
Vicksburg. Disease and falling river levels prevented completion, and
the project was abandoned until January 1863, when Ulysses S. Grant
took an interest. The upstream entrance of the canal was moved, but
heavy rains and flooding interfered with the project. Work was
abandoned in March, and Grant eventually used other methods to capture
Vicksburg. In 1876, the Mississippi changed course, cutting across De
Soto Point near the route of the old canal and isolating Vicksburg from
the river. The city's river access has since been restored. Only a
small section of the canal survives.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s_Canal>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1823:
Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of
the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Greenland>
1916:
Six days after Pancho Villa and his cross-border raiders
attacked Columbus, New Mexico, U.S. General John J. Pershing led a
punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue Villa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition>
1917:
Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in
the February Revolution, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_Revolution>
1943:
The deportation of 50,000 Jews from the Greek city of
Thessaloniki began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Greece>
1951:
The Iranian oil industry was nationalized in a movement led by
Mohammad Mosaddegh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalization_of_the_Iranian_oil_industry>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
galamander:
(Maine, mining, historical) A customized horse- or ox-drawn stoneboat or
wagon once used for hauling stone from quarries, with smaller front
wheels and larger rear ones, and a derrick to lift blocks of stone on
and off the vehicle.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/galamander>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a
woman's life, to her well-being and dignity. It is a decision she must
make for herself. When Government controls that decision for her, she is
being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own
choices.
--Ruth Bader Ginsburg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg>
Fairfax Harrison (March 13, 1869 – February 2, 1938) was an American
lawyer and businessman. He became a lawyer for the Southern Railway
Company in 1896, and by 1906 he was the company's vice-president of
finance. In 1913 he was elected president of Southern; under his
leadership, the company expanded to an 8,000-mile (13,000 km) network
across 13 states. Following the United States's entry into World War I,
the federal government took control of the railroads, running them
through the United States Railroad Administration, on which Harrison
served. After the war, Harrison worked to improve the railroad's public
relations, upgrade the locomotive stock by introducing more powerful
engines, increase the company's amount of railroad track and extend the
area serviced by the railway. Harrison struggled to keep the railroad
afloat during the Great Depression, but by 1936 Southern was once again
profitable. Harrison retired in 1937 and died three months later.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_Harrison>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1741:
War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against
Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias
(depicted).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias>
1964:
Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting
research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors
witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese>
1996:
A gunman killed sixteen children and a teacher at a primary
school in Dunblane, Scotland, before committing suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
peccant:
1. Of a person, etc.: that commits or has committed an offence or a sin;
blameworthy, culpable, offending, sinful, sinning.
2. Of an action or thing: causing offence or sin; offensive, sinful.
3. (pathology, historical, also figurative) Especially of humours of the
body: diseased, unhealthy; also, causing disease.
4. (obsolete) Offending a norm, a rule, etc.; defective, faulty, wrong.
5. (obsolete) An offender; also, a sinner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peccant>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When I was young I never needed anyone And making love was just
for fun Those days are gone. All by myself Don't want to be all by
myself anymore.
--Eric Carmen
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eric_Carmen>
The Sagan standard is the aphorism that "extraordinary claims require
extraordinary evidence". It is named for Carl Sagan (pictured), who used
the phrase in his 1979 book Broca's Brain. The standard has been
described as fundamental to the scientific method and is regarded as
encapsulating the basic principles of scientific skepticism. The Sagan
standard is similar to Occam's razor in that both prefer simpler
explanations to more complex ones. The Sagan standard is often invoked
to challenge data and scientific findings, or to criticize
pseudoscientific claims. Similar statements were previously made by
figures such as Thomas Jefferson in 1808, Pierre-Simon Laplace in 1814,
and Théodore Flournoy in 1899. The formulation "Extraordinary claims
require extraordinary proof" was used a year prior to Sagan, by
scientific skeptic Marcello Truzzi. It has also been argued that
philosopher David Hume first fully characterized the principles of the
Sagan standard in his 1748 essay "Of Miracles".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagan_standard>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1881:
Andrew Watson captained the Scotland national football team
against England, becoming the world's first black international
footballer.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Watson_%28footballer,_born_1856%29>
1947:
Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman
Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Doctrine>
1952:
British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary
general of NATO.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Ismay>
1971:
The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum",
forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Turkish_military_memorandum>
2006:
U.S. Army soldiers gang-raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and
murdered her along with her family members.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudiyah_rape_and_killings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fluster:
1. (transitive)
2. To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle,
to confuse.
3. (dated) To make (someone) feel flushed and hot through drinking
alcoholic beverages; also, to make (someone) slightly drunk or tipsy.
4. (intransitive)
5. To be agitated and confused; to bustle.
6. (Britain, dialectal) To catch attention; to be showy or splendid.
7. (obsolete) To boast or brag noisily; to bluster, to swagger.
8. (obsolete) Of a seed: to produce a shoot quickly.
9. A state of agitation or confusion; a flutter.
10. (obsolete)
11. A state of slight drunkenness or tipsiness; also, the excitement
caused by this state.
12. (uncertain) Showiness, splendour.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fluster>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want
and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
--Edward Albee
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Albee>
Bradley Cooper (born 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker whose
films have grossed $13 billion worldwide. After a guest role in Sex and
the City, he made his film debut in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer
(2001) and played Will Tippin in the television show Alias
(2001–2006). He had his breakthrough in The Hangover (2009), which was
followed by two sequels. Cooper found more success with Silver Linings
Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013), and American Sniper (2014), the
last of which he also produced. Cooper wrote, produced, directed, and
starred in A Star Is Born (2018). For his part in its soundtrack and its
chart-topping lead single "Shallow", he won a BAFTA Award and two
Grammys. Cooper continued his filmmaking with Joker (2019), Nightmare
Alley (2021) and Maestro (2023), and also starred in the last two. He
has received twelve Academy Award nominations. (This article is part of
a featured topic: Bradley Cooper.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Bradley_Cooper>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1993:
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Janet Reno as the
country's first female attorney general.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Reno>
2007:
Georgian authorities accused Russia of orchestrating a
helicopter attack in the Kodori Valley of the breakaway territory of
Abkhazia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Georgia_helicopter_incident>
2009:
A teenage gunman engaged in a shooting spree at a secondary
school in Winnenden, Germany, killing 16, including himself.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnenden_school_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chronostasis:
(optics) A visual illusion in which a regular movement seems to pause
the first time it is observed.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chronostasis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In our travels, we have come across many equations — math for
understanding the universe, for making music, for mapping stars, and
also for tipping, which is important. Here is our favorite equation: Us
plus Them equals All of Us. It is very simple math. Try it sometime. You
probably won’t even need a pencil.
--Libba Bray
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Libba_Bray>
Charles Richardson (c. 10 March 1769 – 10 November 1850) was an
English Royal Navy officer. He joined HMS Vestal in 1787, where he made
an aborted journey to China before serving on the East Indies Station.
He transferred to HMS Phoenix and fought in the Battle of Tellicherry.
With HMS Circe he combated the Nore mutiny and fought in the Battle of
Camperdown, capturing Jan Willem de Winter. He fought in the Battle of
Callantsoog and the Vlieter incident, sailed to Egypt, and fought in the
battles of Abukir, Mandora, and Alexandria. Commanding HMS Alligator,
he was sent to the Leeward Islands Station during the Napoleonic Wars,
where he captured three Dutch settlements. He transferred to HMS Topaze
in 1821 and sailed to China, where his crew killed two locals in self-
defence. The resulting diplomatic incident strained Richardson's health
and he was invalided home, where he was appointed Knight Commander of
the Order of the Bath and promoted to vice-admiral. He died of influenza
in Painsthorpe.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richardson_%28Royal_Navy_officer%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1959:
An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans
surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from
leaving or being removed by the Chinese army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Tibetan_uprising>
1968:
Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao
forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of
Lima Site 85.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lima_Site_85>
1977:
Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered
a faint ring system around Uranus.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Uranus>
2008:
The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New
York, had patronized a prostitution ring.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Spitzer_prostitution_scandal>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
spring forward, fall back:
(US, mnemonic) Used to recall how clocks, watches, and other
chronometers are adjusted for daylight saving time: local time goes
forward in the spring (usually by one hour), and back in fall (autumn).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spring_forward%2C_fall_back>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The artist should have as little desire to rule as to serve. He
can only create, do nothing but create, and so help the state only by
… exalting politicians and economists into artists.
--Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Schlegel>
Weesperplein is an underground metro station in the city centre of
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Served by lines 51, 53 and 54 of the Amsterdam
Metro, the station was constructed using caissons with a length and
width of 40 metres (130 ft). The station has two floors, the upper
floor featuring a station hall with stores and the lower floor
(pictured) containing the tracks. Construction started in August 1970,
and the first test rides passed through the station in January 1977.
Extensive tests were carried out in September that year before the
station opened on 16 October. Another platform below the existing one
was used as a fallout shelter until 1999. During a renovation of the
emergency exits in 2011, some repairs had to be redone several times due
to poor quality work. Weesperplein was renovated again from May 2017 to
July 2018, when a new elevator and two more staircases between the hall
and tracks were constructed. It was the fifth most used station of the
Amsterdam Metro in 2018.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weesperplein_metro_station>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1891:
Kaʻiulani was appointed heir apparent to the throne of the
Hawaiian Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%CA%BBiulani>
1925:
The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign
against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South
Waziristan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%27s_War>
1956:
In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet military troops suppressed mass
demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's de-
Stalinization policy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Georgian_demonstrations>
1957:
The Mw 8.6 Andreanof Islands earthquake struck Hawaii and the
Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground
movement and a destructive tsunami.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Andreanof_Islands_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ma'am:
1. Chiefly used as a form of address: contraction of madam.
2. (archaic) A woman addressed as "ma'am".
3. A married woman other than one's wife.
4. (US, education) A female schoolteacher; a schoolmarm.
5. (transitive, informal) To address (a woman) as "ma'am".
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ma%27am>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To lead America, the land of possibilities, you need a vision for
the future and what can and should be done. Tonight, you’ve heard
mine. I see a future where defending democracy, you don’t diminish
it. I see a future where we restore the right to choose and protect our
freedoms, not take them away. I see a future where the middle class has
— finally has a fair shot and the wealthy have to pay their fair share
in taxes. I see a future where we save the planet from the climate
crisis and our country from gun violence. Above all, I see a future for
all Americans. I see a country for all Americans. And I will always be
President for all Americans because I believe in America. I believe in
you, the American people. You’re the reason we’ve never been more
optimistic about our future than I am now. So, let’s build the future
together. Let’s remember who we are. We are the United States of
America. And there is nothing — nothing beyond our capacity when we
act together.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>