Hurricane Patricia set records for the highest maximum sustained winds
ever recorded in a tropical cyclone and the second-lowest barometric
pressure (after Typhoon Tip of 1979). Originating near the Gulf of
Tehuantepec off the Pacific coast of southern Mexico, the system was
classified as a tropical depression on October 20, 2015. The next day
it became a tropical storm, the twenty-fourth named storm of the 2015
Pacific hurricane season. The following day it grew from a tropical
storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just 24 hours. The National
Hurricane Center ultimately estimated that Patricia attained winds of
215 mph (345 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 872 mbar (hPa;
25.75 inHg). The storm made landfall on October 23 near Cuixmala,
Jalisco, in a significantly weakened state, but it was still the
strongest recorded hurricane to strike Mexico's Pacific coast, with
winds estimated at 150 mph (240 km/h).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorological_history_of_Hurricane_Patricia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1939:
Pope Pius XII published his first encyclical, Summi
Pontificatus, critiquing ideologies such as racism, cultural superiority
and totalitarianism.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summi_Pontificatus>
1951:
African-American college football player Johnny Bright was the
victim of an on-field assault that eventually provoked changes in NCAA
football rules and mandated the use of more protective helmets with face
guards.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bright_incident>
2011:
Libyan Civil War: Deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi was captured
by rebel forces during the Battle of Sirte and killed less than an hour
later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Muammar_Gaddafi>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
knacker's yard:
1. The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human
consumption or other purposes are rendered down to produce useful
materials such as glue.
2. (colloquial, figuratively) A (notional) place to send a person or
object that is spent beyond all reasonable use.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knacker%27s_yard>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The most acceptable prayer is the one offered with the utmost
spirituality and radiance; its prolongation hath not been and is not
beloved by God. The more detached and the purer the prayer, the more
acceptable is it in the presence of God.
--The Báb
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/B%C3%A1b>
Fred Keenor (1894–1972) was a Welsh professional footballer. He began
his career at Cardiff City after impressing the club's coaching staff in
a trial match in 1912. A hard-tackling defender, he appeared
sporadically for the team in the Southern Football League before his
spell at the club was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World
War. Keenor served in the 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment,
known as the Football Battalion. He fought in the Battle of the Somme,
suffering a severe shrapnel wound to his thigh in 1916. He returned to
the game with Cardiff, who joined the Football League in 1920 and won
promotion to the First Division one season later. Keenor helped the club
get to the 1925 FA Cup Final, in which Cardiff suffered a 1–0 defeat
to Sheffield United. He captained the team in a 1–0 victory over
Arsenal at the 1927 FA Cup Final. Their triumph remains the only time
the competition has been won by a team based outside England.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Keenor>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1781:
American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord
Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George
Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown
(depiction shown).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown>
1944:
The Guatemalan Revolution began when a small group of army
officers led by Francisco Javier Arana and Jacobo Árbenz launched a
coup against dictator Jorge Ubico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Revolution>
1965:
A group of ethnic Hutu officers from the Burundian military
failed in their attempt to overthrow the government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt>
1987:
Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil
platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack
on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Nimble_Archer>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
stink to high heaven:
1. To have a very strong and unpleasant smell.
2. (figuratively) Of a person or situation: to be highly ethically
dubious; also, of a person: to be very incompetent.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stink_to_high_heaven>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and
then there has been the public perception of why the war was being
fought. In every crisis, in every confrontation that has come my way,
the issues have been far more complex than the public has been allowed
to know.
--John le Carré
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_le_Carr%C3%A9>
The Coterel gang was an armed group in the English North Midlands that
roamed across the countryside in the late 1320s and early 1330s, a
period of political upheaval and lawlessness. Despite repeated attempts
by the crown to suppress James Coterel and his band, they committed
murder, extortion and kidnapping across the Peak District. Basing
themselves in Sherwood Forest (pictured), other wooded areas of north
Nottinghamshire and the peaks of Derbyshire, the Coterels frequently
cooperated with other groups, including the Folville gang. As members of
the gentry, Coterel and his immediate supporters were expected to assist
the crown in the maintenance of law and order, rather than encourage its
collapse, but most of the band received royal pardons following service
abroad or in Scotland. Groups such as the Coterels may have inspired
many of the stories woven around Robin Hood in the 15th century.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coterel_gang>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1587:
Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra
Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the
first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_of_the_first_Filipinos>
1851:
Moby-Dick (illustration shown), a novel by American writer
Herman Melville, was first published as The Whale in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick>
1929:
In the Persons Case, the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council decided that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_v_Canada_%28AG%29>
1963:
Aboard the French Véronique AGI 47 sounding rocket, a bicolor
cat designated C 341, later known as Félicette, became the first cat in
space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9licette>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
brae:
1. (Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley.
2. (Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brae>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When the history books are written about this tumultuous era, I
want them to show that I was among those in the House of Representatives
who stood up to lawlessness and tyranny.
--Elijah Cummings
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elijah_Cummings>
The Battle of Neville's Cross took place on 17 October 1346 during the
Second War of Scottish Independence, half a mile (800 m) to the west of
Durham, England. During the Hundred Years' War, King Philip VI of France
called on the Scots to fulfil their obligation under the terms of the
Auld Alliance. King David II obliged and ravaged part of northern
England. An English army of approximately 6,000–7,000 men led by Lord
Ralph Neville took David by surprise on a hill marked by an Anglo-Saxon
stone cross. David's army of 12,000 was defeated, he was captured, and
most of his leadership was killed or captured. The English victory freed
significant resources for their war against France, and the English
border counties were able to guard against the remaining Scottish threat
from their own resources. The eventual ransoming of the Scottish king
resulted in a truce which brought peace to the border for forty years.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neville%27s_Cross>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1777:
American Revolutionary War: General John Burgoyne's Saratoga
campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, which later
convinced France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_campaign>
1814:
A wooden beer fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a
second vat and causing a flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons
(580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood>
1969:
The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St.
Lawrence (shown) was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in
Palermo, Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_with_St._Francis_and_St._Lawrence>
2000:
A rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, caused the collapse
of British railway management group Railtrack and led to the
introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the rail
network.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railtrack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
thwart:
1. (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing);
to position crosswise.
3. (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by
placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
4. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or
counter to; to cross.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thwart>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is always and forever the same struggle: to perceive somehow
our own complicity with evil is a horror not to be borne. … much more
reassuring to see the world in terms of totally innocent victims and
totally evil instigators of the monstrous violence we see all about us.
At all costs, never disturb our innocence. But what is the most innocent
place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift
through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all. The
perfection of innocence, indeed, is madness.
--Arthur Miller
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller>
The McKinley Birthplace Memorial gold dollar was a commemorative coin
struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1916 and 1917,
designed by Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber, and the reverse by
his assistant, George T. Morgan. As President William McKinley had
appeared on a version of the 1903-dated Louisiana Purchase Exposition
gold dollar, the 1916 release made him the first person to appear on two
issues of U.S. coins. The coins were to benefit the National McKinley
Birthplace Memorial at Niles, Ohio. The issue was originally proposed as
a silver dollar; this was changed when it was realized it would not be
appropriate to honor a president who had supported the gold standard
with such a piece. The coins were poorly promoted, and did not sell
well. Despite an authorized mintage of 100,000, only about 20,000 were
sold, many of these at a reduced price to Texas coin dealer B. Max Mehl.
Another 10,000 pieces were returned to the Mint for melting.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_Birthplace_Memorial_gold_dollar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1905:
Authorities of the British Raj partitioned the Bengal
Presidency, separating the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely
Hindu western areas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_%281905%29>
1943:
The Holocaust: The Gestapo conducted a raid on the Roman
Ghetto, capturing 1,259 members of the Jewish community, most of whom
were sent to Auschwitz.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_of_the_Ghetto_of_Rome>
1964:
With the success of Project 596 (mushroom cloud pictured),
China became the world's fifth nuclear power.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_596>
1991:
A man drove his vehicle through the window of a Luby's
Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 23 people before
he committed suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chicory:
1. (countable, botany) Either of two plants of the Asteraceae family.
2. (chiefly Britain) The common chicory (Cichorium intybus), the source
of Belgian endive, radicchio, and sugarloaf.
3. (chiefly Canada, US) The endive (Cichorium endivia, the source of
escarole and frisée.
4. (uncountable, cooking) A coffee substitute made from the roasted
roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in
real coffee.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chicory>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
These days I see America identified more and more with material
things, less and less with spiritual standards. These days I see America
acting abroad as an arrogant, selfish, greedy nation interested only in
guns and dollars, not in people and their hopes and aspirations. We need
a faith that dedicates us to something bigger and more important than
ourselves or our possessions. Only if we have that faith will we be able
to guide the destiny of nations in this the most critical period of
world history.
--William O. Douglas
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_O._Douglas>
Al-Mu'tadid (c. 857 – 5 April 902) was the Abbasid Caliph from 15
October 892 until his death. As a prince, he served under his father al-
Muwaffaq during various military campaigns and helped suppress the Zanj
Rebellion. As caliph, he restored to the Abbasid state some of the power
it had lost during the turmoils of the previous decades. In a series of
campaigns he recovered the provinces of Jazira, Thughur and Jibal, and
effected a rapprochement with the Saffarids in the east and the Tulunids
in the west. He brought the capital back to Baghdad, where he engaged in
major building projects. He was a firm supporter of Sunni traditionalist
orthodoxy, and notorious for his fiscal stringency and cruel
punishments, but also interested in the learning and science that had
flourished under his predecessors, promoting men like Thabit ibn Qurra,
a mathematician and translator of Greek texts. His reign marks the last
revival of the Abbasid empire before its terminal decline during the
10th century.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mu%27tadid>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1864:
American Civil War: Confederate forces captured Glasgow,
Missouri, although it had little long-term benefit as Price's Missouri
Expedition was defeated a week later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Glasgow,_Missouri>
1982:
Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani was assassinated by the People's
Mujahedin of Iran during Friday prayers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ata%27ollah_Ashrafi_Esfahani>
2003:
Shenzhou 5, China's first crewed space mission, was launched,
carrying astronaut Yang Liwei.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_5>
2011:
Global demonstrations against economic inequality (protests in
Madrid pictured), corporate influence on government, and other issues,
were held in more than 950 cities in 82 countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_October_2011_global_protests>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
beg to differ:
1. (idiomatic) To offer an opposing opinion humbly.
2. (idiomatic) To differ (strongly) in interpretation or opinion.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beg_to_differ>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the
aspect of intelligence.
--John Kenneth Galbraith
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Kenneth_Galbraith>
The Senghenydd colliery disaster occurred at the Universal Colliery in
Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. The
explosion, which killed 439 miners and a rescuer, is still the worst
mining accident in the United Kingdom. In an earlier disaster in May
1901, three underground explosions at the colliery killed 81 miners. The
inquest established that the colliery had high levels of airborne coal
dust, which would have exacerbated the explosion and carried it further
into the mine workings. The cause of the 1913 explosion may have been a
spark from underground signalling equipment. The miners in the east side
of the workings were evacuated, but the men in the western section bore
the brunt of the explosion, fire and afterdamp—a poisonous mixture of
carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and nitrogen left after an explosion. It
took several weeks for most of the bodies to be recovered.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senghenydd_colliery_disaster>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1912:
Former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt was shot in an
assassination attempt, but delivered a speech before receiving treatment
from preeminent surgeon John Benjamin Murphy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benjamin_Murphy>
1939:
Second World War: The German submarine U-47 torpedoed and sank
the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak while the latter was anchored
at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_%2808%29>
1944:
Having been linked to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler,
German field marshal Erwin Rommel was forced to commit suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel>
1979:
At least 75,000 people attended the National March on
Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Washington, D.C., to demand
equal civil rights for LGBT people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_March_on_Washington_for_Lesbian_and_…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Woozle effect:
The phenomenon whereby frequent citation of earlier publications leads
to a mistaken public belief in something for which there is no evidence,
giving rise to an urban myth.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Woozle_effect>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
All of us have heard this term "preventative war" since the
earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard
it. In this day and time … I don't believe there is such a thing; and,
frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and
talked about such a thing.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower>
Banksia caleyi, the red lantern banksia, is a species of dense, woody
shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia. It generally
grows up to 2 m (7 ft) tall, with serrated leaves and red
inflorescences. First described by Scottish naturalist Robert Brown in
1830, it was named in honour of the English botanist George Caley. No
subspecies are recognised. It is one of three or four closely related
species within the genus with hanging inflorescences. Found from the
vicinity of Jerramungup to south and east of the Stirling Range, B.
caleyi is killed by periodic bushfires and regenerates by seed
afterwards. The species was classified as "Not Threatened" under the
Wildlife Conservation Act of Western Australia. In contrast to most
other Western Australian banksias, it appears to have some resistance to
dieback from the soil-borne water mould Phytophthora cinnamomi, and is
comparatively easy to grow in cultivation.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia_caleyi>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1710:
Queen Anne's War: French and Wabanaki forces surrendered to end
the Siege of Port Royal, giving the British permanent possession of Nova
Scotia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Royal_%281710%29>
1843:
B'nai B'rith, the oldest continually operating Jewish service
organization in the world, was founded in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27nai_B%27rith>
1917:
At least 30,000 people witnessed the Miracle of the Sun in the
fields of Cova da Iria near Fátima, Portugal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Sun>
1972:
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into a remote area in
the Andes mountains near the border of Chile and Argentina; the
remaining 16 survivors were not rescued until December 23.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hogshead:
1. (Britain) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63
wine gallons, or about 52½ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
2. A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one
containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hogshead>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It was painful for me several years ago when several friends were
arrested. I said nothing. I didn’t want to lose my job or my freedom.
I worried about my family. I have made a different choice now. I have
left my home, my family and my job, and I am raising my voice. To do
otherwise would betray those who languish in prison. I can speak when so
many cannot. I want you to know that Saudi Arabia has not always been as
it is now. We Saudis deserve better.
--Jamal Khashoggi
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi>
William de Corbeil (c. 1070 – 1136) was an Archbishop of Canterbury,
and the first Augustinian canon to become an archbishop in England. Born
at Corbeil, south of Paris, he was educated as a theologian. In 1123 he
was elected to the See of Canterbury. Throughout his archbishopric,
William was embroiled in a dispute with Thurstan, the Archbishop of
York, over the primacy of Canterbury. As a temporary solution, the pope
appointed William the papal legate for England, giving him powers
superior to those of York. He presided over three legatine councils,
which condemned the purchase of benefices or priesthoods and admonished
the clergy to be celibate. He oversaw construction of the keep of
Rochester Castle (pictured), the tallest Norman-built keep in England.
Towards the end of his life William crowned Count Stephen of Boulogne as
King of England, despite his oath to the dying King Henry I that he
would support the succession of Henry's daughter, the Empress Matilda.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Corbeil>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1890:
The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was founded in Uddevalla,
Sweden, with the purpose of bringing about universal suffrage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uddevalla_Suffrage_Association>
1917:
First World War: New Zealand troops suffered more than 2,000
casualties, including more than 800 deaths, in the First Battle of
Passchendaele, making it the nation's largest loss of life in one day.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Passchendaele>
1979:
Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever
recorded, reached a worldwide record-low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar
(25.69 inHg) in the western Pacific Ocean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip>
1999:
Pakistani general Pervez Musharraf led a military coup against
the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
eyestripe:
(zoology) A stripe on each side of the head of an animal that includes
the eye, and is of a different colour from the rest of the head; in
particular (ornithology) such a stripe on each side of the head of some
birds.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eyestripe>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What we need to make our first and primary task is — and where
our struggle ought to concentrate on — is upon ourselves. We have to
cleanse our thoughts from hatred; different political views and religion
are our blessings, we have to conduct them with love. Even if there are
disagreements arising from our differences, we should side with justice
rather than injustice and correct our moral lenses. Justice should be
our main principle; love and respect for all human beings ought to be
our moral compass. This is our eternal job that cannot be completed and
a work that needs to be always performed. It is our lifelong assignment.
--Abiy Ahmed
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abiy_Ahmed>
Douglas Albert Munro (October 11, 1919 – September 27, 1942) served in
the United States Coast Guard in World War II, and was the Coast Guard's
only recipient during the war of the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the
medal posthumously after leading the evacuation of American marines
whose positions had been overrun during the Second Battle of the
Matanikau. He was shot while piloting a Higgins boat to shield a landing
craft filled with marines from Japanese fire. Numerous warships,
buildings, and monuments have been dedicated to him, and he is the only
non-marine to be enshrined on the Wall of Heroes of the National Museum
of the Marine Corps. He is annually memorialized in ceremonies held in
his hometown of Cle Elum, Washington, and at Coast Guard Training Center
Cape May. Munro was the nephew of Francis Fairey, a commanding officer
of the Irish Fusiliers of Canada and a member of the Canadian House of
Commons.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Albert_Munro>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American
ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave
American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga
campaign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Valcour_Island>
1840:
Bashir Shihab II (portrait pictured) surrendered to the Ottoman
Empire and was removed as Emir of Mount Lebanon after an imperial decree
by Sultan Abdülmecid I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashir_Shihab_II>
1937:
Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor,
arrived at Friedrichstraße station in Berlin to begin their tour of
Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_and_Duchess_of_Windsor%27s_1937_tour_of_…>
1987:
An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in
Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_National_March_on_Washington_for_Lesbi…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oology:
1. (ornithology) The study of birds' eggs.
2. The hobby or practice of collecting birds' eggs, especially those of
wild birds.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oology>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I cannot remember a time when the question on so many people's
lips was "How can we prevent war?" There is a widespread understanding
among the people of this nation, and probably among the people of the
world, that there is no safety except through the prevention of war.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt>