Nasr (1287–1322) was the son of Muhammad II al-Faqih and the fourth
Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula. When he
ascended the throne on 14 March 1309 after his brother Muhammad III
was dethroned in a palace revolution, Granada faced a three-front war
against Castile, Aragon and the Marinid Sultanate (map pictured). He
made peace with all three over the following year with minimal losses.
Despite this, Nasr was unpopular at court due to his excessive
concentration on science and astronomy, and his perceived pro-Christian
sympathies. A rebellion started by his brother-in-law Abu Said Faraj and
nephew Ismail ended in Nasr's abdication in 1314 in favour of Ismail,
now Ismail I. He was allowed to rule the eastern province of Guadix,
and attempted – fruitlessly – to regain the throne with help from
Castile. Nasr died without an heir in 1322.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasr_of_Granada>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1757:
Royal Navy Admiral John Byng was executed by firing squad for
failing to "do his utmost" during the Battle of Minorca at the start of
the Seven Years' War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng>
1931:
Alam Ara, the first Indian sound film, premiered at the
Majestic Cinema in Bombay.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alam_Ara>
1972:
Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for his
translation of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago after it had been
smuggled out of the Soviet Union, died in a mysterious explosion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giangiacomo_Feltrinelli>
1988:
China defeated Vietnam in a naval battle as the former
attempted to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly
Islands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_South_Reef_Skirmish>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Pi Day:
March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pi_Day>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The God Spinoza revered is my God, too: I meet Him everyday in
the harmonious laws which govern the universe. My religion is cosmic,
and my God is too universal to concern himself with the intentions of
every human being. I do not accept a religion of fear; My God will not
hold me responsible for the actions that necessity imposes. My God
speaks to me through laws.
--Albert Einstein
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein>
The Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar is a commemorative coin
struck in 1904 and 1905 as part of the United States Government's
participation in the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. That fair
was held in 1905 in Portland, Oregon, to mark the centennial of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition. Designed by United States Bureau of the Mint
Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber, the coin did not sell well with less
than a tenth of the authorized mintage of 250,000. They were, for the
most part, sold to the public by numismatic promoter Farran Zerbe, who
had also vended the Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollar. As he was
unable to sell much of the issue, surplus coins were melted by the Mint.
The coins have continued to increase in value, and today are worth
between hundreds and thousands of dollars, depending on condition. The
Lewis and Clark Exposition dollar is the only American coin to be "two-
headed", with a portrait of one of the expedition leaders on each side.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Exposition_gold_dollar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1781:
William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden
of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus>
1943:
The Holocaust: Nazi troops began liquidating the Kraków Ghetto
in Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp
(deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent
to Auschwitz.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_Ghetto>
1986:
Claiming the right of innocent passage, the American warships
Yorktown and Caron entered Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Black_Sea_incident>
2013:
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis, making
him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first
from the Southern Hemisphere.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ledger:
1. A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting
records; a record book, a register.
2. A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
3. (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits
and debits.
4. (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for
attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof
rafters) to a building.
5. (fishing) Short for ledger bait (“fishing bait attached to a floating
line fastened to the bank of a pond, stream, etc.”) or ledger line
(“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ledger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is above all the valorizing of the present that requires
emphasizing. The simple fact of existing, of living in time, can
comprise a religious dimension. This dimension is not always obvious,
since sacrality is in a sense camouflaged in the immediate, in the
"natural" and the everyday. The joy of life discovered by the Greeks is
not a profane type of enjoyment: it reveals the bliss of existing, of
sharing — even fugitively — in the spontaneity of life and the
majesty of the world. Like so many others before and after them, the
Greeks learned that the surest way to escape from time is to exploit the
wealth, at first sight impossible to suspect, of the lived instant.
--Mircea Eliade
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade>
Limusaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now
China during the Late Jurassic, around 161 to 157 million years ago.
The only species, Limusaurus inextricabilis, was described in 2009 from
specimens (diagram shown) found in the Upper Shishugou Formation in the
Junggar Basin. Limusaurus was a small, slender animal, about 1.7 m
(5 ft 7 in) in length and 15 kg (33 lb) in weight, with a long neck
and legs but small forelimbs. It underwent a drastic morphological
transformation as it aged: while juveniles were toothed, the teeth were
completely lost and replaced by a beak. This probably corresponded to a
dietary shift from omnivory to herbivory. Since many specimens were
found together, it is possible Limusaurus lived in groups. As referenced
in its genus name, which means "mud lizard", specimens of Limusaurus
appear to have been mired in mud pits created by the footprints of giant
sauropod dinosaurs.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limusaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1913:
At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of Governor-
General Lord Denman, announced that Canberra would be the name of the
future capital of Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra>
1933:
U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his
fireside chats, addressing the nation directly via radio.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireside_chats>
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>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
impostor syndrome:
(psychology) A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to
internalize his or her accomplishments, remaining convinced that he or
she does not deserve any accompanying success.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impostor_syndrome>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We lay on our backs, looking at the ceiling and wondering what
God had wrought when He made life so sad.
--On the Road
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/On_the_Road>
Typhoon Maemi was the most powerful typhoon to strike South Korea since
records began in 1904. Maemi formed on September 4, 2003 in the western
Pacific and became a typhoon on September 8. Passing over the Japanese
island of Miyako-jima on September 10, it left 95 percent of residents
without power and caused 58.5 mm (2.30 in) of rainfall in an hour and
402.5 mm (15.85 in) in 24 hours. Maintaining much of its intensity, it
made landfall west of Busan, South Korea, on September 12, where winds
reached 154 km/h (96 mph). The port sustained heavy damage,
restricting exports for months. On Jeju Island, it produced a peak wind
gust of 216 km/h (134 mph) and a minimum pressure of 950 mbar
(28 inHg), both records for the country. Nationwide, high winds
destroyed about 5,000 houses and damaged 13,000 buildings, leaving
25,000 people homeless. Crop damage resulted in the poorest rice harvest
in 23 years. Across South Korea, Maemi killed 117 people, and damage
totaled 5.52 trillion won (US$4.8 billion).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Maemi>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1851:
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto premiered at
La Fenice in Venice.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto>
1946:
Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration
camp, was captured by British troops.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_H%C3%B6ss>
1978:
After hijacking a bus north of Tel Aviv, Israel, members of the
Palestine Liberation Organization faction Fatah engaged in a shootout
with police, resulting in the deaths of 38 civilians and most of the
perpetrators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_Road_massacre>
2011:
A massive earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan
(damage pictured) and triggered a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
jibe:
1. (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock,
to taunt.
2. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
3. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. […]
4. (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jibe>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
These are hard times. The world hurts. We live in fear and forget
to walk with hope. But hope has not forgotten you. So ask it to dinner.
It's probably hungry and would appreciate the invitation.
--Libba Bray
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Libba_Bray>
The Battle of the Aegates was a naval battle fought on
10 March 241 BC between the fleets of Carthage and Rome. It took
place among the Aegates Islands, off the western coast of Sicily. The
Carthaginians were commanded by Hanno, and the Romans were under the
overall authority of Gaius Lutatius Catulus, but Quintus Valerius Falto
had the battle command. It was the final battle of the 23-year-long
First Punic War. The Roman army had been blockading the Carthaginians in
their strongholds on the west coast of Sicily. Almost bankrupt, the
Romans borrowed money to build a fleet, with which they extended the
blockade to the sea. The Carthaginians assembled a larger fleet to run
supplies into Sicily. It was intercepted and in a hard-fought battle the
better-trained Romans defeated the undermanned and ill-trained
Carthaginians. As a direct result, Carthage sued for peace and agreed to
the Treaty of Lutatius, surrendering Sicily to Rome and paying
substantial reparations.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Aegates>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces conducted a
firebombing raid on Tokyo that killed at least 90,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Tokyo_%2810_March_1945%29>
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>
1990:
Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted
as the military head of state of Haiti.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Avril>
2006:
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (artist's impression
pictured) reached and entered orbit around Mars.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
audiation:
(music) The comprehension and internal realization of music by an
individual in the absence of any physical sound.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/audiation>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Through artists mankind becomes an individual, in that they unite
the past and the future in the present. They are the higher organ of the
soul, where the life spirits of entire external mankind meet and in
which inner mankind first acts.
--Friedrich Schlegel
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Friedrich_Schlegel>
Paper Mario: The Origami King is a cross-genre video game, developed by
Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo; it was released
exclusively for the Nintendo Switch console in July 2020. The story
follows Mario teaming up with his new ally Olivia to prevent the
Mushroom Kingdom from being folded entirely into origami. The game is
designed to look entirely like paper, with multiple open-world areas
allowing for exploration and puzzle-solving. Turn-based combat is
organized into circular rings, which can be rotated to line up enemies
to deal more damage. The producer, Kensuke Tanabe (pictured),
anticipating that he could not satisfy every fan, opted for entirely new
gameplay and concepts compared to previous games in the series. The game
received generally positive reviews, being praised for its graphics,
writing and characters, and critiqued for the lack of other elements of
role-playing games, such as experience points. Reception on gameplay,
mainly the puzzle-style combat, was mixed.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Mario:_The_Origami_King>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
Awaking from a nap under a tree at Rancho San Francisco,
Francisco López made the first popularly documented discovery of gold
in California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_San_Francisco>
1946:
Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden
Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnden_Park_disaster>
1967:
Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader
Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Alliluyeva>
1978:
The Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia,
was inaugurated by President Suharto.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagorawi_Toll_Road>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ply:
1. (transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to
adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to
submit.
2. (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way
or yield (to a force, etc.). […]
3. (transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
4. (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or
vigorously.
5. (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
6. (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the
purpose of inducement or persuasion.
7. (transitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To work diligently.
9. (intransitive, nautical, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so
that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to
the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ply>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
America has always been a nation of fearless explorers who dream
bigger and reach further than others imagined. … There are no limits
so open your eyes and open your imagination. The next great discovery
could be yours.
--Barack Obama
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
The women's poll tax repeal movement in the United States was the
attempt, predominantly led by women, to secure the abolition of poll
taxes as a prerequisite for voting in the Southern states. After women
were granted the right to vote in 1920, some Southern states introduced
or expanded poll tax statutes in order to disenfranchise them. In
response, women began organizing to repeal these laws (poster pictured),
initially to little effect. During the Great Depression of the 1930s,
both black and white women pressed at state and national levels for the
abolition of these laws, and also filed lawsuits. Louisiana abandoned
its poll tax law in 1932, and the number of women voters increased by 77
percent. Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas followed. In 1964, the Twenty-
fourth Amendment was passed, prohibiting poll taxes as a barrier to
voting in federal elections. The Supreme Court finally ended the
struggle after four decades in its ruling on Harper v. Virginia State
Board of Elections in 1966.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_poll_tax_repeal_movement>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1658:
After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King
Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his
Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Roskilde>
1910:
French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to
receive a pilot's licence.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymonde_de_Laroche>
1924:
Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah,
killed all 171 miners working there.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Gate_Mine_disaster>
1966:
Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of
Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_Pillar>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle:
(figuratively, humorous, simile) A woman is capable of living a complete
and independent life without a man.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_woman_without_a_man_is_like_a_fish_without…>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Survival in a stable environment depends almost entirely on
remembering the strategies for survival that have been developed in the
past, and so the conservation and transmission of these becomes the
primary mission of education. But, a paradoxical situation develops when
change becomes the primary characteristic of the environment. Then the
task turns inside out — survival in a rapidly changing environment
depends almost entirely upon being able to identify which of the old
concepts are relevant to the demands imposed by the new threats to
survival, and which are not.
--Neil Postman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Postman>
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and
directed by Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actor ensemble
cast as Monsieur Gustave H., renowned concierge of a fictional European
mountainside resort. When Gustave is framed for the murder of a wealthy
dowager (Tilda Swinton), he embarks on a quest for fortune and a
priceless Renaissance painting with his recently befriended lobby boy
(Tony Revolori). Thematic analysis focuses on the function of color as a
storytelling device and the film's exploration of fascism, nostalgia,
friendship, and loyalty. The Grand Budapest Hotel was based on Anderson
and longtime collaborator Hugo Guinness's vision of a fragmented tale of
a character inspired by a mutual friend. Filming took place in Germany
over ten weeks, in the regions around Berlin and Saxony. After
premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2014,
the film grossed more than $172 million at the global box office. The
Grand Budapest Hotel was released to highly positive reviews, and won
four Academy Awards for music and technical achievement.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Budapest_Hotel>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1850:
United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech
advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with
abolitionists in his home state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster>
1871:
José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year
premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in
the state's history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Paranhos,_Viscount_of_Rio_Branco>
1941:
The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats
of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-47_%281938%29>
2009:
Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army
soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene
Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massereene_Barracks_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
nervous:
1. Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge.
2. Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
3. Relating to or affecting the nerves.
4. (archaic) Having nerves; nervose.
5. (obsolete) Showing nervous strength; sinewy, vigorous.
6. (obsolete) Of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nervous>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In whatever state of knowledge we may conceive man to be placed,
his progress towards a yet higher state need never fear a check, but
must continue till the last existence of society.
--John Herschel
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Herschel>
The northern voalavo (Voalavo gymnocaudus) is a rodent found in the
highlands of northern Madagascar first discovered in 1994. It is the
type species of the genus Voalavo, and its closest relative is the
eastern voalavo of the Central Highlands. It is found at 1,250 to
1,950 m (4,100 to 6,400 ft) above sea level in montane wet and dry
forests in the northern massifs. It is nocturnal, solitary and
terrestrial, but it can climb and probably eats plant matter. Despite
having a small range, the species is classified as being of least
concern because it lacks obvious threats and lives mainly in protected
areas. It is a small, mouse-like rodent with soft, gray fur, only
slightly darker above than below. The ears are short and rounded. The
long tail appears mostly naked and lacks a distinct tuft. The skull is
delicate, with a long, narrow front part, narrow space between the eyes,
and no development of ridges on the braincase. The molars are relatively
high-crowned. It has a body mass of 17 to 25.5 g (0.60 to 0.90 oz).
(This article is part of a featured topic: Voalavo.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Voalavo>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1836:
Texas Revolution: Mexican troops captured the Alamo Mission in
San Antonio from Texian forces after a 13-day siege.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo>
1902:
The Spanish professional football club Real Madrid, one of the
world's richest, was founded as Madrid Football Club.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_CF>
1953:
Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him
as Premier of the Soviet Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Malenkov>
1988:
The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service
killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Flavius>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
periodic table:
(chemistry) A tabular chart of the chemical elements according to their
atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties are in the same
group (column).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/periodic_table>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
All of our separate fictions add up to joint reality.
--Stanisław Jerzy Lec
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Jerzy_Lec>
The Riegelmann Boardwalk (also known as the Coney Island Boardwalk) is a
2.7-mile-long (4.3 km) boardwalk along the southern shore of the Coney
Island peninsula in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, adjacent to
the Atlantic Ocean. Opened in 1923, it has become an icon of Coney
Island, with appearances in the visual arts, music, and film. The
boardwalk has been considered the most important public works project in
Brooklyn since the Brooklyn Bridge, with an impact comparable to Central
Park. By the mid-19th century, the Coney Island waterfront was divided
by owners who erected barriers. First discussed in the late 1890s as a
means of uniting the different sections of Coney Island, the boardwalk
was designed by Philip P. Farley, and named for Brooklyn borough
president Edward J. Riegelmann, who championed its construction. Its
first portion opened in 1923, and it connects sites such as the New York
Aquarium, Luna Park and MCU Park.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riegelmann_Boardwalk>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1811:
Peninsular War: At the Battle of Barrosa, Anglo-Iberian forces
trying to lift the Siege of Cádiz defeated a French attack but could
not break the siege itself.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barrosa>
1943:
World War II: The Gloster Meteor, the Allies' only operational
jet aircraft, made its maiden flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor>
1963:
American country-music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas,
and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed when their PA-24 crashed shortly after
takeoff in Camden, Tennessee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Camden_PA-24_crash>
1981:
The ZX81 (example pictured), a pioneering British home
computer, was launched by Sinclair Research, and went on to sell more
than 1.5 million units around the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dekulakize:
(transitive, historical) Usually with reference to the Soviet Union and
communist Eastern Europe: to dispossess (a kulak, that is, a prosperous
peasant) of his or her property and/or rights.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekulakize>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing
were passsed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There
might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense.
If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone
would find a way to figure it all out again.
--Penn Jillette
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Penn_Jillette>