US Highway 141 is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that
runs for about 169 miles (272 km) in the states of Wisconsin and
Michigan. The highway runs north-northwesterly from Bellevue, Wisconsin,
near Green Bay, to an intersection near Covington, Michigan. In between,
it follows city streets in Green Bay and a freeway section north of that
city. Most of the remainder of US 141 is a rural two-lane highway that
crosses into Michigan, back into Wisconsin and then finally back into
Michigan again. When the highway was created in 1926, its northernmost
section in Michigan was numbered US 102, and US 141 extended farther
south from Bellevue to Milwaukee. Two years later, US 141 was extended
north into Michigan to replace US 102. Since then, parts of the highway
have been converted to freeway; the highway has ended southeast of Green
Bay in Bellevue since the 1980s—the southern segment was redesignated
as I-43. (This article is part of a featured topic: U.S. Highways in
Michigan.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/U.S._Highways_in_Mi…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1752:
Under the terms of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, the
British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days of the
month.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_%28New_Style%29_Act_1750>
1940:
Hungarian forces massacred at least 150 ethnic Romanians in Ip,
Transylvania, following rumors that Romanians were responsible for the
deaths of two soldiers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ip_massacre>
1960:
At a conference held in Baghdad, the governments of Iran, Iraq,
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela founded OPEC to help unify and
coordinate their petroleum policies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPEC>
1992:
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the
breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia unconstitutional.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Republic_of_Herzeg-Bosnia>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
epicene:
1. (linguistics) Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that
may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender
(feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
2. (linguistics) Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language
that have a single form for male and female referents.
3. (by extension) Suitable for use regardless of sex; unisex.
4. (biology and figurative) Of indeterminate sex, whether asexual,
androgynous, hermaphrodite, or intersex.
5. (by extension) Indeterminate; mixed.
6. (by extension, usually derogatory) Of a man: effeminate.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epicene>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The most worthwhile form of education is the kind that puts the
educator inside you, as it were, so that the appetite for learning
persists long after the external pressure for grades and degrees has
vanished. Otherwise you are not educated; you are merely trained.
--Sydney J. Harris
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sydney_J._Harris>
Super Mario All-Stars is a 1993 compilation of platform games for the
Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It contains remakes of Nintendo's
four Super Mario titles released for the Nintendo Entertainment System
and its Family Computer Disk System add-on: Super Mario Bros. (1985),
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986), Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988),
and Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988). They are faithful recreations that
adapt the games' original premises and level designs with updated
graphics and music. Parallax scrolling was added, physics simulations
were modified, and some glitches were fixed. Mario creator Shigeru
Miyamoto (pictured) suggested that Nintendo develop the compilation. It
received critical acclaim and is one of the bestselling Super Mario
titles, with 10.55 million copies sold by 2015. Reviewers praised the
effort that went into remastering the compilation's games and
appreciated the updated graphics and music, but criticized its lack of
innovation.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_All-Stars>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1848:
An explosion drove an iron rod through the head of railroad
foreman Phineas Gage (pictured holding rod), making him an important
early case of personality change after brain injury.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage>
1964:
South Vietnamese generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn
Đức staged a coup attempt after being demoted by junta leader
Nguyễn Khánh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1964_South_Vietnamese_coup_attempt>
1985:
Super Mario Bros., one of the most influential and best-selling
video games of all time, was first released for the Nintendo
Entertainment System in Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cardsharp:
(card games) A professional cheater at card games.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cardsharp>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The painful secret of gods and kings is that men are free. They
are free, Aegisthus. You know it, but they do not.
--Jean-Paul Sartre
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre>
The qibla is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque,
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is used by Muslims in various religious
contexts, including ritual prayer. Muslims believe the Kaaba to be a
sacred site built by the prophets Abraham and Ishmael, and that its use
was ordained by God in several verses of the Quran revealed in the
second Hijri year. Prior to this revelation, Muhammad and his followers
in Medina faced Jerusalem for prayers. Most mosques contain a mihrab or
a wall niche that indicates the direction of the qibla. Before the
development of astronomy in the Islamic world, Muslims used traditional
methods to determine the qibla. These methods included facing the
direction that the companions of Muhammad had used when in the same
place or using the setting and rising points of celestial objects. In
the late 9th and 10th centuries, Muslim astronomers developed methods to
find the exact direction of the qibla, and today it can be calculated
using a trigonometric formula..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometry>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1910:
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, one of the largest-scale
choral works in the classical concert repertoire, was first performed in
Munich.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._8_%28Mahler%29>
1948:
The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign,
the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of
the Chinese Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaoshen_campaign>
1977:
South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died after
being beaten in police custody in Port Elizabeth.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko>
1992:
Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the
first black woman to travel to space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
connive:
1. (intransitive) Often followed by with: to secretly cooperate with
another person or persons in order to commit a crime or other
wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
2. (intransitive, botany, rare) Of parts of a plant: to be converging or
in close contact; to be connivent.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be
ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a
fault deliberately.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/connive>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
He who must be what he is, may curse his fate, but cannot change
it; on the other hand, he who can transform himself has no one in the
world but himself to blame for his failings, no one but himself to hold
responsible for his dissatisfaction.
--Stanisław Lem
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem>
HMS Temeraire was a 98-gun ship of the line of the British Navy,
serving in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Built at
Chatham Dockyard, Temeraire was launched in 1798 and commissioned in
1799. After years of routine duties she joined Horatio Nelson's fleet in
1805. At the Battle of Trafalgar she was just astern of Nelson's
flagship, HMS Victory. During the battle Temeraire came to Victory's
rescue, and fought and captured two French ships, winning public renown
in Britain. She served routinely until 1813 when she was laid up. She
later acted as a prison ship, a receiving ship, a victualling depot, and
a guard ship. She was sold in 1838 and towed up the Thames to be broken
up. Her last voyage is depicted in a J. M. W. Turner oil painting
(pictured), which was greeted with critical acclaim. The painting was
voted Britain's favourite painting in a 2005 BBC Radio 4 poll, and a
reproduction appears on the 2020 Bank of England £20 note.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Temeraire_%281798%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1924:
French composer Gabriel Fauré finished his last composition, a
string quartet, before dying two months later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9>
1945:
The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang, Sarawak, in Borneo was
liberated by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre
of its 2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Lintang_camp>
2001:
Al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners to carry out a
series of terrorist attacks (second attack pictured) against targets in
New York City and the Washington, D.C., area.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rouille:
(cooking) A type of sauce from Provence, France, often served with fish
dishes, consisting of olive oil with breadcrumbs, chili peppers, garlic,
and saffron.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rouille>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Not very long ago some one invented the assertion that there were
only "Four Hundred" people in New York City who were really worth
noticing. But a wiser man has arisen — the census taker — and his
larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the
field of these little stories of the "Four Million".
--O. Henry
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/O._Henry>
Hurricane Gordon was the third hurricane and first major hurricane of
the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the first tropical cyclone
since 1992 to affect the Azores while retaining tropical
characteristics. Gordon formed on September 10 in the tropical Atlantic
Ocean. It gradually matured into a hurricane as it tracked northward,
reaching its peak intensity with winds of 195 km/h (121 mph) early on
September 14 while located about 925 km (575 mi) southeast of
Bermuda. It weakened after moving over cooler waters, and passed through
the Azores on September 20. Wind gusts reached hurricane force on
Santa Maria Island, but the Azores sustained little damage. Gordon then
became an extratropical cyclone and affected Spain, Ireland, and the
United Kingdom. In Spain, wind gusts reached 183 km/h (114 mph) along
the northwest coast, left 100,000 people without power, and injured five
people. In Northern Ireland, high winds left 120,000 people without
power and caused one injury.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gordon_%282006%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1547:
Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces defeated the Scots at the
Battle of Pinkie near Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pinkie>
1945:
Mike the Headless Chicken was decapitated on a farm in
Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before
choking to death in Phoenix, Arizona.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken>
1990:
Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of
Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory
Coast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace>
2000:
British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held
captive by a militia group, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone
Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barras>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
manacle:
1. A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined
rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle
to restrict free movement.
2. (figurative) A fetter, a restriction.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To confine with manacles.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manacle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in
our hearts.
--Charles Sanders Peirce
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce>
Michelle Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress. Her
accolades include two Golden Globe Awards, and she has been nominated
for four Academy Awards and one Tony Award. She made her feature film
debut in Lassie (1994), and starred in the television teen drama series
Dawson's Creek (1998–2003). She earned her first Academy Award
nomination playing the wife of a gay man in Brokeback Mountain (2005).
Williams played troubled characters in the independent dramas Wendy and
Lucy (2008), Blue Valentine (2010), and Manchester by the Sea (2016).
For portraying Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Gwen
Verdon in Fosse/Verdon, she won two Golden Globe Awards. Her highest-
grossing releases came with the thriller Shutter Island (2010), the
fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), the musical The Greatest
Showman (2017), and the superhero film Venom (2018). She was nominated
for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the role of a sexually
abused woman in Blackbird.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Williams_%28actress%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1320:
Byzantine forces defeated Achaean troops at the Battle of Saint
George, taking control of the Arcadia region of Greece.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saint_George>
1954:
An earthquake registering 6.7 Mw struck near Chlef, Algeria,
leaving at least 1,243 people dead, and forcing the government to
implement comprehensive reforms in building codes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Chlef_earthquake>
2010:
A natural-gas pipeline in San Bruno, California, exploded
(damage pictured) and "shot a fireball more than 1,000 feet (300 m) in
the air", killing eight people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
desideratum:
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desideratum>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only
by living though it.
--Cesare Pavese
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cesare_Pavese>
The Bread-Winners is an 1883 anti-labor novel by John Hay, who was
Assistant Secretary to the President under Abraham Lincoln, and
McKinley's final secretary of state. Originally published anonymously in
installments in The Century Magazine, the book attracted wide interest
and provoked considerable speculation over the author's identity. Hay
wrote his only novel as a reaction to several strikes that affected him
and his business interests in the 1870s and early 1880s. In the main
storyline, a wealthy former army captain, Arthur Farnham, organizes
Civil War veterans to keep the peace when the Bread-winners, a group of
lazy and malcontented workers, call a violent general strike. Hay left
hints as to his identity in the novel, and some guessed right, but he
never acknowledged the book as his, and it did not appear with his name
on it until after his death in 1905. Hay's hostile view of organized
labor was soon seen as outdated, and the book is best remembered for its
onetime popularity and controversial nature.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bread-Winners>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1775:
Maltese priests discontented with the Order of Saint John led
an uprising, which was suppressed by the Order within a few hours.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_of_the_Priests>
1831:
The Russian Empire brought the Polish November Uprising to an
end when its troops captured Warsaw after a two-day assault.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_%281831%29>
1935:
U.S. senator Huey Long was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
dying two days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long>
1966:
The American science fiction show Star Trek premiered with "The
Man Trap", launching a media franchise that has since created a cult
phenomenon and has influenced the design of many current technologies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bottle episode:
(originally US, television) An episode of a television series designed
to be inexpensive and restricted in its use of sets, effects, cast
members, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bottle_episode>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Donald Trump is the most dangerous president in the modern
history of our country and he must be defeated. Tragically, we have a
president today who is a pathological liar and who is running a corrupt
administration. He clearly does not understand the Constitution of the
United States and thinks that he is a president who is above the law. In
my view, he is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe and a
religious bigot, and he must be defeated, and I will do everything in my
power to make that happen.
--Bernie Sanders
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders>
The flora of Madagascar consists of more than 12,000 species of vascular
and non-vascular plants. Around 83 per cent of Madagascar's vascular
plants are found only on the island. These include five entirely endemic
plant families as well as most of the over 900 orchid species, the
traveller's tree, the Madagascar periwinkle, six species of baobab
(pictured) and around 200 species of palms. The high degree of endemism
is due to Madagascar's long isolation following its separation from the
African and Indian landmasses in the Mesozoic Era. Today, humid forests,
including the lowland forests, are found on the eastern plateau. Much of
the central highlands is grassland. In the west are dry forest and
succulent woodland. Unique spiny thickets are in the southwest, and
mangroves occur on the west coast. While 10 per cent of the land
surface is protected, much of the native flora is threatened, especially
through dramatic deforestation.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_of_Madagascar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1812:
Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée and the Imperial
Russian Army fought near the village of Borodino during the French
invasion of Russia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Borodino>
1940:
Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the
Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns
for more than 50 consecutive nights.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz>
1986:
Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican
Church of Southern Africa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu>
2010:
A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided
with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a
major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Senkaku_boat_collision_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
spit:
1. A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking,
often over a fire.
2. A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula. […]
3. (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
4. (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of
rain or snow. […]
5. The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is
used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
6. The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spit>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Donald Trump’s hold on history loosened, and may be breaking.
In some new way his limitations are being seen and acknowledged, and at
a moment when people are worried about the continuance of their country
and their own ability to continue within it. He hasn’t been equal to
the multiple crises. Good news or bad, he rarely makes any situation
better. And everyone kind of knows.
--Peggy Noonan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peggy_Noonan>
The Tweed Courthouse (officially the Old New York County Courthouse) is
a historic courthouse building in Civic Center, Manhattan, New York
City. Listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and
protected as a New York City designated landmark, it is the second-
oldest city-government building in Manhattan, after City Hall. It was
built in the Italianate style, with Romanesque Revival interiors, under
the leadership of William M. "Boss" Tweed, whose political machine,
Tammany Hall, controlled the city and state governments when the
courthouse was built. Architect John Kellum designed the original two
wings of the building, which was constructed from 1861 to 1872. The
project was completed by architect Leopold Eidlitz, who added the rear
wing and finished the interior between 1877 and 1881. Modern restoration
and historic preservation were completed in 2001.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweed_Courthouse>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1930:
Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen was deposed in a
military coup by José Félix Uriburu.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip%C3%B3lito_Yrigoyen>
1952:
A prototype aircraft crashed at the Farnborough Airshow in
Hampshire, England, killing the pilot and test observer on board, and 29
spectators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Farnborough_Airshow_crash>
1970:
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four
airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo,
while the last hijacking attempt was foiled.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings>
1995:
Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive Major League
Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr.>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bray:
1. (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the
ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
2. (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a
donkey's bray.
3. (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly,
loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner. [...]
4. (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle
and mortar.
5. (transitive, Britain, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit
(someone or something).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bray>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Better were the prospects of a people under the influence of the
worst government who should hold the power of changing it, than those of
a people under the best who should hold no such power.
--Frances Wright
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frances_Wright>
The Battle of the Bagradas River was a victory by a Carthaginian army
led by Xanthippus over a Roman army led by Marcus Atilius Regulus in
early 255 BC, nine years into the First Punic War. The previous year
Roman forces had advanced on the city of Carthage in North Africa and
defeated the Carthaginian army at the Battle of Adys. In despair, the
Carthaginians sued for peace, but the proposed terms were so harsh they
decided to fight on. They gave charge of their army to the Spartan
mercenary general Xanthippus, who led 12,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry and
100 war elephants (statuette pictured) against the Romans' 15,000
infantry and 500 cavalry. The Romans had no effective answer to the
elephants, their outnumbered cavalry were chased from the field, and
most of their infantry were surrounded and wiped out. The Romans
subsequently evacuated Africa. The war ended in 241 BC with a Roman
victory; the terms agreed were more generous than those proposed
14 years earlier.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bagradas_River_%28255_BC%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1774:
In response to the British Parliament's enactment of the
Intolerable Acts, representatives from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies
convened the First Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in
Philadelphia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Continental_Congress>
1882:
A group of London schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle founded
Hotspur Football Club to continue to play sports during the winter
months.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.>
1915:
The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international
socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in
Switzerland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerwald_Conference>
1975:
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a devotee of Charles Manson,
attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Gerald_Ford_in_Sac…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ascesis:
1. (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance;
asceticism.
2. (Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism,
specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of
impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with
God.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ascesis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We cannot allow Donald Trump to redefine the Republican Party.
That is what he is doing, as long as we give the impression by our
silence that his words are our words and his actions are our actions. We
cannot allow that impression to go unchallenged. As has been true since
our beginning, we Republicans are the party of Lincoln, the party of the
Union. We believe in our founding principle. We are proud of our
illustrious history. We believe that we are an essential part of
present-day American politics. Our country needs a responsibly
conservative party. But our party has been corrupted by this hateful
man, and it is now in peril.
--John Danforth
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Danforth>