Edward Thomas Daniell was an English artist known for etchings and
Middle Eastern landscape paintings. Taught by John Crome and Joseph
Stannard, he is associated with the Norwich School of painters, who were
mainly inspired by the Norfolk countryside. After graduating in classics
at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1828, he was ordained as a curate in 1832
and appointed to a curacy in London in 1834. He became a patron of the
arts, and a friend of the artist John Linnell. In 1840, after resigning
his curacy and leaving for the Middle East, he encountered the
archaeological expedition of Charles Fellows in Lycia, and joined as
their illustrator. He contracted malaria and died from a second attack
of the disease. He normally used a small number of colours for his
watercolour paintings; his distinctive style was influenced in part by
Crome, J. M. W. Turner and John Sell Cotman. As an etcher he
anticipated the modern revival of etching that began in the 1850s.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thomas_Daniell>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1914:
Zaian War: Zaian Berber tribesmen routed French forces in
Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_El_Herri>
1940:
Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film shown in
stereophonic sound, premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_%281940_film%29>
1966:
The Israeli military conducted a large cross-border assault on
the Jordanian-controlled West Bank village of Samu in response to a
Fatah land mine incident two days earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samu_incident>
1985:
Nevado del Ruiz erupted, causing a volcanic mudslide that
buried the town of Armero, Colombia, and killed approximately 23,000
people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armero_tragedy>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
insatiate:
(archaic or literary) That is not satiated; insatiable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insatiate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and
courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do
not remain the way they are.
--Augustine of Hippo
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo>
The St. Croix macaw (Ara autocthones) is an extinct species of macaw
whose remains have been found on the Caribbean islands of St. Croix and
Puerto Rico. It was a medium-sized macaw of unknown coloration, slightly
larger than the extinct Cuban macaw. It was described in 1937 based on a
tibiotarsus leg bone (pictured) unearthed from a kitchen midden at a
pre-Columbian site on St. Croix. A second specimen consisting of
various bones from a similar site on Puerto Rico was described in 2008,
and a coracoid from Montserrat may belong to this or another extinct
species of macaw. The St. Croix macaw is one of 13 extinct macaw
species that have been proposed to have lived on the Caribbean islands.
Macaws were frequently transported for long distances by humans in both
prehistoric and historic times, so it is impossible to know whether
species only known from bones or written accounts were native or
imported species.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix_macaw>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
Sudirman was elected the first commander-in-chief of the
Indonesian Armed Forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudirman>
1970:
The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the
coast of East Pakistan (Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Bhola_cyclone>
2014:
The European Space Agency lander Philae (artist's impression
shown) touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first
spacecraft to land on a comet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fichu:
(chiefly historical) A woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over
the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the
exposed part of the neck and chest.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fichu>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am the Water of Life, Out of myself I grow. The more you
drink of me, The fuller I will flow.
--The Neverending Story
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Neverending_Story>
Sir Fabian Ware (1869–1949) was a British journalist and the founder
of the Imperial War Graves Commission (IWGC), now the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission. He travelled to the Transvaal Colony where he became
Director of Education in 1903. Two years later he became editor of The
Morning Post. He expanded the paper but was forced to retire in 1911.
When the First World War started, Ware was appointed commander of a
mobile ambulance unit and began marking and recording the graves of
those killed. In 1916 the Department of Graves Registration and
Enquiries was created with Ware at its head. On 21 May 1917 the IWGC
was founded; Ware served as its vice-chairman. He ended the war as a
major-general, having been mentioned in despatches twice. Post-war, Ware
was heavily involved in the IWGC's function. When the Second World War
broke out, he continued to serve as vice-chairman of the IWGC and was
re-appointed director-general of Graves Registration and Enquiries.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Ware>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1805:
War of the Third Coalition: French, Austrian and Russian units
all suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Dürenstein.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_D%C3%BCrenstein>
1920:
In London, the Cenotaph was unveiled and the Unknown Warrior
was buried in Westminster Abbey in remembrance of the First World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Warrior>
1960:
A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against
President Ngo Dinh Diem was crushed after Diem falsely promised reform,
allowing loyalists to rescue him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_South_Vietnamese_coup_attempt>
1975:
During a constitutional crisis in Australia, Governor-General
John Kerr dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's government and
dissolved Parliament for a double-dissolution election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
war-weary:
1. Weary or tired of war.
2. Tired from fighting in a war.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/war-weary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we
throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us
who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
--John McCrae
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_McCrae>
"Episode 14" is the seventh episode of the second season of the
American mystery television series Twin Peaks. Featuring Kyle
MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Ray Wise (pictured) and Richard Beymer, it
centers on an investigation into the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee)
in a rural town in Washington state. In this episode, FBI special agent
Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) and Sheriff Truman (Ontkean) continue to search
for Laura's killer. Cooper and Truman arrest Benjamin Horne (Beymer),
believing him to be possessed by a demon, but later that night the
demon's real host, Leland Palmer (Wise), murders Madeline Ferguson
(Lee). "Episode 14" was first broadcast on November 10, 1990, by the
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and was watched by an audience of
17.2 million households. The episode was well-received. Academic
readings of the entry have highlighted the theme of duality and the
cinematography in the revelation scene.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episode_14_%28Twin_Peaks%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1940:
An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck the Vrancea region of
Romania (rescue efforts pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Vrancea_earthquake>
1945:
Indonesian National Revolution: Following the killing of
Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby a few weeks earlier, British forces
retaliated by attacking Surabaya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Surabaya>
2007:
At the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, King Juan
Carlos I of Spain asked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez "Why don't
you shut up?" after Chávez repeatedly interrupted a speech by Spanish
prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%BFPor_qu%C3%A9_no_te_callas%3F>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sumac:
1. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Rhus and other
genera in Anacardiaceae, particularly the elm-leaved sumac, Sicilian
sumac, or tanner's sumac (Rhus coriaria).
2. Dried and chopped-up leaves and stems of a plant of the genus Rhus,
particularly the tanner's sumac (see sense 1), used for dyeing and
tanning leather or for medicinal purposes.
3. A sour spice popular in the Eastern Mediterranean, made from the
berries of tanner's sumac.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sumac>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea,
you don't say "what kind of tea?"
--Neil Gaiman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman>
Yashima was a Fuji-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the
Imperial Japanese Navy in the 1890s. Yashima (a classical name for
Japan) was designed and built in the United Kingdom, as Japan lacked
the necessary industrial capacity. Her main battery consisted of four
12-inch (305 mm) guns. Commanded by Captain Hajime Sakamoto at the
start of the Russo-Japanese War, the ship participated in the Battle of
Port Arthur on 9 February 1904 when Vice-Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō led
his battleships and cruisers in an attack on Russia's Pacific Squadron.
Yashima was involved in war operations until May, when she struck two
mines off Port Arthur. She did not sink immediately, but capsized while
under tow later that day. The Japanese were able to keep her loss a
secret from the Russians for over a year; as part of the deception,
surviving crewmen who were guarding Port Arthur addressed their letters
as if they were still aboard the battleship.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yashima>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1914:
World War I: Off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Australian
light cruiser HMAS Sydney sank SMS Emden, the last active warship of
the Central Powers in the Indian Ocean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cocos>
1989:
East German official Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced
the immediate opening of the inner German border, resulting in the fall
of the Berlin Wall that night (border crossing pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall>
2016:
A tram derailed in Croydon, London, killing seven people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Croydon_tram_derailment>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
trounce:
1. (transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.
2. (transitive) To beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially
(games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
3. (transitive) To chastise or punish physically or verbally; to scold
with abusive language.
4. (transitive, Britain, regional) To punish by bringing a lawsuit
against; to sue. [...]
5. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To walk heavily or with some
difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
6. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To pass across or over; to
traverse.
7. (intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trounce>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We stand again at an inflection point. We have the opportunity
to defeat despair and to build a nation of prosperity and purpose. We
can do it. I know we can. I've long talked about the battle for the
soul of America. We must restore the soul of America. Our nation is
shaped by the constant battle between our better angels and our darkest
impulses. It is time for our better angels to prevail. Tonight, the
whole world is watching America. I believe at our best America is a
beacon for the globe. And we lead not by the example of our power, but
by the power of our example.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
The king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) is a species of highly
venomous snake of the family Elapidae, native to northern, western, and
Central Australia. Despite its common name, it is a member of the genus
Pseudechis (black snakes) and only distantly related to true brown
snakes. First described by the English zoologist John Edward Gray in
1842, it is a robust snake up to 3.3 m (11 ft) long. It is variable in
appearance, with individuals from northern Australia having tan
upperparts, while those from southern Australia are dark brown to
blackish. The dorsal scales are two-toned, sometimes giving the snake a
patterned appearance. Its underside is cream or white, often with orange
splotches. The snake is considered to be a least-concern species. Its
venomous bites often produce extensive pain and swelling, and deaths
have been recorded, most recently in 1969. Its victims are treated with
black-snake (not brown-snake) antivenom.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_brown_snake>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1644:
The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, was
enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first
Qing emperor to rule over China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor>
1940:
The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek
units repulsed the Italians at the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elaia%E2%80%93Kalamas>
1987:
A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a
Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12
people and injuring 63 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mentalese:
(philosophy, psychology) A hypothetical non-verbal language in which
concepts are represented in the mind.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mentalese>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our Good Lord shewed Himself in diverse manners both in heaven
and in earth, but I saw Him take no place save in man’s soul.
--Julian of Norwich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich>
Hellraiser: Judgment is a 2018 American horror film starring Damon
Carney, Randy Wayne, Alexandra Harris, Heather Langenkamp, and Paul T.
Taylor. The tenth installment in the Hellraiser film series created by
Clive Barker (pictured), it was written and directed by the series'
longtime special effects make-up artist Gary J. Tunnicliffe. It was
produced by Michael Leahy and filmed in Oklahoma. The plot centers on
three police detectives who, investigating a series of murders, are
confronted by the denizens of hell: the Cenobites and the Stygian
Inquisition. Judgment is the second Hellraiser film in which the Pinhead
role was not played by Doug Bradley. Mike Jay Regan reprised his role as
the Chatterer, Pinhead's servant in several of the earlier sequels.
Judgment was distributed by Lionsgate Films in video on demand and home
media. Although critics compared the film favorably to its predecessors,
its low budget and police procedural aspects were criticized.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser:_Judgment>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1811:
Tecumseh's War: American forces led by William Henry Harrison
defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing confederation
at the Battle of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tippecanoe>
1917:
World War I: British forces captured Gaza when the Ottoman
garrison retreated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gaza>
2000:
Hillary Clinton was elected a US senator, becoming the first
first lady to win public office.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
where there is a will there is a way:
If someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found
to make it happen.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/where_there_is_a_will_there_is_a_way>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In this growing there are no really new things or new situation.
There are only things growing out right, or things growing out deformed
or shriveled.
--R. A. Lafferty
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/R._A._Lafferty>
The 1981 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match played over
two legs between AZ '67 of the Netherlands and Ipswich Town of England.
It was the final of the 1980–81 season of European cup competition,
the UEFA Cup. Both Ipswich and AZ '67 were appearing in their first
European cup final. Watched by a crowd of 27,532 on 6 May at Ipswich's
home ground, Portman Road (pictured), Ipswich won the first leg 3–0;
John Wark, Frans Thijssen and Paul Mariner scored. In the second leg at
the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam on 20 May, a crowd of 28,500 watched
Ipswich take an early lead courtesy of a Thijssen goal. AZ '67 quickly
equalised through Kurt Welzl before taking the lead after a goal from
Johnny Metgod. Wark scored again for Ipswich to equalise the leg, but
AZ '67 struck back through Pier Tol and Jos Jonker. Ipswich won the
final 5–4 on aggregate to win their first and, as of 2020, only
European trophy.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_UEFA_Cup_Final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
Pope Pius VI appointed Father John Carroll as the first
Catholic bishop in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carroll_%28archbishop_of_Baltimore%29>
1856:
The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by
English author George Eliot was submitted for publication.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scenes_of_Clerical_Life>
1963:
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was appointed to head the South Vietnamese
government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the
latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ng%E1%BB%8Dc_Th%C6%A1>
1977:
The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed;
the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in
damages.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Barnes_Dam>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Hansard:
1. (historical, also attributively) A member of a Hanse (“merchant
guild”), or a resident of a Hanse town. […]
2. (chiefly Britain, Commonwealth of Nations) The official report of
debates and other proceedings in the British and some Commonwealth
parliaments.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hansard>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The presidency itself is not a partisan institution. It’s the
one office in this nation that represents everyone and it demands a duty
of care for all Americans. That is precisely what I will do. I will work
as hard for those who didn’t vote for me as I will for those who did
vote for me. Now, every vote must be counted. No one’s going to take
our democracy away from us, not now, not ever. America’s come too far.
America’s fought too many battles. America’s endured too much to
ever let that happen. We the people will not be silenced. We the people
will not be bullied. We the people will not surrender. My friends, I’m
confident we’ll emerge victorious. But this will not be my victory
alone or our victory alone. It’ll be a victory for the American
people, for our democracy, for America.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
Henry Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford (c. 1454 – 23 April 1523),
was an English nobleman. Henry's father died fighting for the House of
Lancaster, and when Henry Tudor came to the throne in 1485, he relied on
Clifford as a loyal Tudor servant to control the north of England.
Clifford was not always successful in this, and his actions were not
always popular, but his royal service was extremely profitable. He
frequently quarrelled with his neighbours, occasionally resulting in
violent feuds. He married a cousin of the King and his infidelity became
notorious. Clifford's relations with his eldest son and heir were also
turbulent; he complained that his son lived above his station, consorted
with men of bad influence and was excessively violent. Clifford outlived
the King and attended the coronation of Henry VIII in 1509. Continuing
to serve as the King's man in the north, he took part in the decisive
English victory over the Scots at Flodden in 1513..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flodden>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1757:
Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great
defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of
Rossbach.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach>
1925:
Sidney Reilly, known as the "Ace of Spies" and an inspiration
for James Bond, was executed by the Soviet secret police.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Reilly>
1950:
Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in
preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon>
1995:
André Dallaire was thwarted in his attempt to assassinate
Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa
when Chrétien's wife locked the door.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Dallaire>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
swole:
1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Having large, well-
developed muscles; muscular.
2. (slang) Of the penis: erect; of a person: with an erection of the
penis; aroused, hard.
3. (slang) Followed by up: upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swole>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Rooted in freedom, bonded in the fellowship of danger, sharing
everywhere a common human blood, we declare again that all men are
brothers, and that mutual tolerance is the price of liberty.
--Will Durant
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Will_Durant>
Loveless is the second studio album by Irish rock band My Bloody
Valentine. It was released on 4 November 1991 in the United Kingdom by
Creation Records and in the United States by Sire Records. The album was
recorded between February 1989 and September 1991. The band cycled
through 19 different studios and several engineers during the album's
recording; one magazine estimated the production costs at close to
£250,000. Loveless peaked at number 24 on the UK Albums Chart, and was
widely praised by critics for its sonic innovations and the guitar work
of Kevin Shields (pictured). After the album's release, Creation owner
Alan McGee found Shields too difficult to work with and dropped the band
from the label. My Bloody Valentine struggled to record a follow-up to
the album and broke up in 1997. Loveless has been widely cited by
critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2013, the album
was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveless_%28album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1864:
American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry
division in an attack on a Union Army supply base at Johnsonville,
Tennessee, resulting in the capture of 150 prisoners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Johnsonville>
1938:
The deportation of several thousand Jews from Slovakia by the
Hlinka Guard and police began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_deportation_of_Jews_from_Slovakia>
1970:
Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child
known as Genie, who had spent almost her entire life in social
isolation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_%28feral_child%29>
1995:
Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by
ultranationalist Yigal Amir while at a peace rally at Kings of Israel
Square in Tel Aviv.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Yitzhak_Rabin>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
othering:
(philosophy, politics) gerund of other: the process of perceiving or
portraying someone or something as essentially alien or different.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/othering>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In the present stages of spiritual experience, the believer's
interior comfort, and his exterior lustre, greatly depend on the
position of his heart toward the uncreated sun of righteousness. How
obscure and benighted are our views, and how languid our exercise of
grace, when an unbelieving, a worldly, or a careless spirit, interrupts
our walk with God! But, if the out-goings of our souls are to him, and
if the in-pourings of his blessed influence be felt, we glow, we kindle,
we burn, we shine.
--Augustus Toplady
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Augustus_Toplady>