Faryl Smith (born 1995) is a British soprano who rose to fame after
competing on the second series of the ITV television show Britain's Got
Talent in 2008. Although she was a favourite to win after the second
round, and received praise throughout the competition, she finished
outside the top three in the live final. Smith signed a contract with
Universal Classics and Jazz for a £2.3 million advance in December
2008, the largest ever granted to a schoolgirl. Her debut album, Faryl,
was released in March 2009 and became the fastest-selling solo classical
album in British chart history, selling 29,200 copies in the first week.
Thanks to the album's success, Smith was nominated for two Classical
BRIT awards, becoming the youngest ever double nominee. Her second
album, and last with Universal, was Wonderland, which was released in
November 2009. Since the end of her contract with Universal, Smith has
continued to perform and record music.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faryl_Smith>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1868:
Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the
Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Utsunomiya_Castle>
1939:
In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother
in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and
twenty-one days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina>
1973:
The NASA space station Skylab was launched from Cape Canaveral.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab>
1980:
Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador were
attacked by both Salvadoran Armed Forces and the Honduran military,
resulting in at least 300 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumpul_River_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
up to something:
(idiomatic) Doing something mischievous or scheming.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/up_to_something>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven
bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen
in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the Nowhere.
--H. Rider Haggard
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard>
Interstate 94 (I-94) in Michigan is a part of the U.S. Interstate
Highway System that runs east from the Indiana state line near Lake
Michigan through the southern Lower Peninsula to Detroit, then northeast
to Port Huron. I-94 extends west to Billings, Montana. In Michigan, it
is a state trunkline highway serving Benton Harbor, St. Joseph,
Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Jackson, Ann Arbor, and The Thumb, terminating
on the Blue Water Bridge at the Canadian border. By 1960, I-94 was
completed from New Buffalo to Detroit, and most of the rest of the route
was completed in the 1960s. The highway has one auxiliary route in
Michigan, I-194 in Battle Creek, and eight business routes. In 1987, a
plane crashed on the freeway during take-off from the airport in
Detroit. The routing of I-94 contains the first full freeway-to-freeway
interchange in the United States, and comprises the first complete
border-to-border toll-free freeway in a U.S. state.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_94_in_Michigan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1861:
The Australian astronomer John Tebbutt discovered the Great
Comet of 1861 (depicted), through the tail of which the Earth passed
later that year.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1861_J1>
1940:
Three days after becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,
Winston Churchill gave his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the
House of Commons.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood,_toil,_tears,_and_sweat>
1995:
Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to reach the summit of
Mount Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Hargreaves>
2014:
The worst mining disaster in Turkish history took place when an
explosion caused an underground mine fire at a coal mine in Soma,
Manisa, leaving 301 people dead.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_mine_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
slip-up:
(idiomatic) A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slip-up>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the
soul, as God loveth it.
--Julian of Norwich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich>
Jules Massenet (12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer
of the Romantic era best known for his operas. The two most frequently
staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). After winning the country's
top prize in music, the Prix de Rome, in 1863, he composed prolifically
in many genres. He wrote more than 40 stage works in a wide variety of
styles, from opéra-comique to grand-scale depictions of classical
myths, romantic comedies, and lyric dramas. He also composed oratorios,
ballets, cantatas, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, and
songs. Massenet had a good sense of the theatre and of what would
succeed with the Parisian public, and he became the most popular
composer of opera in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Although critics do not rank him among operatic geniuses such as Mozart,
Verdi and Wagner, his operas are now widely accepted as well-crafted and
intelligent products of the Belle Époque.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Massenet>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1863:
American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle
of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the
Vicksburg Campaign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raymond>
1941:
German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3 (replica
pictured), the world's first working programmable, fully automatic
computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z3_%28computer%29>
1955:
The Allied occupation of Austria came to an end, with the
nation regaining its independence ten years after the end of World
War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Austria>
2006:
A cartoon that allegedly compared Iranian Azeris to cockroaches
was published in a magazine, sparking riots throughout the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_newspaper_cockroach_cartoon_controversy>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
motherhood statement:
(chiefly Canada, US) A vague, feel-good platitude, especially one made
by a politician, that few people would disagree with.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/motherhood_statement>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
For a while, I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized
it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label. I
feel that if I was figuratively dropped on the Earth and there was a
political line, I would be just left of center. The difference for me is
that conservatives are more interested in property values and rights and
free markets, and liberals are more interested in human rights. In the
end, there are people who don't fit into the marketplace and are not
equipped. I believe the government should step in where the free market
fails.
--George Carlin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Carlin>
Paranthodon was a stegosaurian dinosaur that lived in present-day South
Africa between 139 and 131 million years ago, during the Early
Cretaceous. Discovered in 1845, it was one of the first stegosaurians
found. The only remains of the genus, a partial skull, isolated teeth,
and fragments of vertebrae, were found in the Kirkwood Formation.
British paleontologist Richard Owen initially identified the fragments
as those of the pareiasaur Anthodon. After remaining untouched for years
in the British Museum of Natural History, the partial skull was
identified by South African paleontologist Robert Broom as belonging to
a different genus; he named the specimen Palaeoscincus africanus.
Several years later, Hungarian paleontologist Franz Nopcsa, unaware of
Broom's new name, similarly concluded that it represented a new taxon,
and named it Paranthodon owenii. The genus name combines the Ancient
Greek para (near) with the genus name Anthodon, to represent the initial
referral of the remains.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranthodon>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1745:
War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeated those of
the Pragmatic Allies at the Battle of Fontenoy in the Austrian
Netherlands in present-day Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fontenoy>
1889:
An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort resulted in the
theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham_Paymaster_robbery>
1997:
Deep Blue became the first computer to win a match against a
world chess champion, when it defeated Garry Kasparov in six games.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_%28chess_computer%29>
2013:
Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı,
Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reyhanl%C4%B1_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
brubru:
Also more fully as brubru shrike: a bird in the bushshrike family found
in sub-Saharan Africa (Nilaus afer).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brubru>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We human beings are what we have been for millions of years —
colossally greedy, envious, aggressive, jealous, anxious and despairing,
with occasional flashes of joy and affection. We are a strange mixture
of hate, fear and gentleness; we are both violence and peace. There has
been outward progress from the bullock cart to the jet plane but
psychologically the individual has not changed at all, and the structure
of society throughout the world has been created by individuals. The
outward social structure is the result of the inward psychological
structure of our human relationships, for the individual is the result
of the total experience, knowledge and conduct of man. Each one of us is
the storehouse of all the past. The individual is the human who is all
mankind. The whole history of man is written in ourselves.
--Jiddu Krishnamurti
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti>
"Faces" is an episode of the American science fiction television series
Star Trek: Voyager. First broadcast by UPN in May 1995, it was developed
from a story by Jonathan Glassner and Kenneth Biller. Set in the 24th
century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis
crew of the starship USS Voyager after they are stranded in the Delta
Quadrant, far from the rest of the Federation. In this episode, a
Vidiian scientist named Sulan (Brian Markinson) captures and performs
medical experiments on the half-Klingon, half-human B'Elanna Torres
(Roxann Dawson). He creates two clones, human Torres and Klingon Torres,
to serve as test subjects; these were treated as two separate characters
during the development and filming of the episode. The episode was
developed as a character study to further explore Torres' internal
struggle with her identity. Dawson (pictured) said that it deepened her
understanding of the character and strengthened her acting.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faces_%28Star_Trek:_Voyager%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1837:
Banks in New York City suspended specie payments, triggering a
seven-year recession in the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1837>
1916:
Ernest Shackleton and five companions completed one of
history's greatest small-boat journeys (launch pictured) when they
arrived at South Georgia after sailing 800 miles (1,300 km) in a
lifeboat.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_James_Caird>
1941:
World War II: Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess parachuted into
Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the British government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hess>
2005:
Armenian Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate U.S.
President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in
Tbilisi using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Arutyunian>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
abstract away:
1. (transitive) To generalize concepts or their application by using
abstraction into a more usable form.
2. (transitive, by extension) To ignore, to omit.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abstract_away>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see
them, but our children will. Slavery was one of them and the people who
best served that age were the ones who called it as it was — which was
ungodly and inhuman. … Segregation. There was another one. America
sees this now but it took a civil rights movement to betray their age.
… What are the ideas right now worth betraying? What are the lies we
tell ourselves now? What are the blind spots of our age?
--Bono
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bono>
The Maine Centennial half dollar is a commemorative coin struck in 1920
by the United States Bureau of the Mint. It was sculpted by Anthony de
Francisci, following sketches by an unknown artist from the U.S. state
of Maine. Officials in Maine wanted a commemorative half dollar to
circulate as an advertisement for the centennial of the state's
admission to the Union, and of the planned celebrations. Congress passed
authorizing legislation without opposition. The Commission of Fine Arts
urged changes in the design, but Maine officials insisted. The state
decided to sell the coins at $1, double face value. Fifty thousand
pieces, half the authorized mintage, were struck for release to the
public, though they were issued too late to be sold at the centennial
celebrations in Portland. The coins sold out, but this took at least
until 1929. They list for hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending
on condition.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Centennial_half_dollar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1877:
An 8.5 Ms earthquake struck the northern portion of Chile,
resulting in the death of 2,385 people, mostly victims of the ensuing
tsunami as far away as Hawaii and Fiji.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877_Iquique_earthquake>
1955:
Kermit the Frog, the first and most famous Muppet by Jim
Henson, made his debut on the television show Sam and Friends.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_the_Frog>
1979:
Prominent Iranian Jew Habib Elghanian was executed after having
been convicted by a revolutionary tribunal of various charges,
triggering a mass exodus of Jews from Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habib_Elghanian>
2001:
After a football match between Ghana's two most successful
teams, police fired tear gas into the crowd to quell some unrest,
causing a stampede that killed 126 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra_Sports_Stadium_disaster>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
system:
1. A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships
among its members.
2. (derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture,
controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of
them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
3. (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
4. (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which
are to be solved simultaneously.
5. (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments
or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
6. (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
7. A method or way of organizing or planning.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/system>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Life today is the fruit of an interregnum, of an empty space
between two organizations of historical rule — that which was, that
which is to be. For this reason it is essentially provisional.
--José Ortega y Gasset
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ortega_y_Gasset>
Myst III: Exile is the third title in the Myst series of graphic
adventure puzzle video games, after Myst and Riven. Exile was developed
by Presto Studios and published by Ubi Soft. The game was released on
four compact discs for both Mac OS and Microsoft Windows on May 8, 2001;
versions for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 were released in late 2002. As
in previous games, the player assumes the role of a friend of Atrus, a
member of the D'ni race. Atrus can create links to other worlds, called
Ages, by writing descriptive books. In Exile, Atrus has created a link
for the D'ni to rebuild their civilization. When the book is stolen, the
player pursues the thief to reclaim it. Presto Studios sought to develop
a diverse and logical approach to puzzles and Ages, and worked to make
the villain sympathetically multifaceted. Despite selling more than one
million copies in the first year of release, Exile fared worse
commercially than Myst and Riven, which had sold more than 10 million
copies combined.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst_III:_Exile>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1927:
French aviators Charles Nungesser and François Coli aboard the
biplane L'Oiseau Blanc, attempting to make the first non-stop
transatlantic flight, took off from Paris for New York, only to
disappear before arrival.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Oiseau_Blanc>
1942:
World War II: The Axis launched a major counteroffensive,
turning the tide of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kerch_Peninsula>
1963:
In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers opened fire into a crowd of
Buddhists protesting against a government ban on the flying of the
Buddhist flag on Vesākha, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist
crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%E1%BA%BF_Ph%E1%BA%ADt_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3n_sho…>
1972:
Four members of Black September hijacked Sabena Flight 571 to
demand the release of 315 convicted Palestinian terrorists.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena_Flight_571>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
megapolitan:
Of or pertaining to a megapolis (“a very large city or urban complex”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megapolitan>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little
they really know about what they imagine they can design.
--Friedrich Hayek
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek>
Harta Berdarah (Bloody Treasure) is a 1940 action film from the Dutch
East Indies (now Indonesia). Directed by the recently hired Rd Ariffien
and R Hu for Union Films, the film was written by the journalist
Saeroen, who attempted to draw educated Native Indonesian audiences.
Starring Zonder and Soelastri, it tells of a young man who convinces a
stingy hadji to be more charitable and, in the process, falls in love
with the man's daughter. Released during Eid al-Fitr (a Muslim holiday
marking the end of Ramadan), Harta Berdarah was advertised as a
"magnificent Indonesian action hit". It used Zonder's silat martial arts
skills and Soelastri's fame as a traditional keroncong singer to draw
audiences. Reviews for the work were positive, with praise focused on
its acting and story. Although Harta Berdarah was screened as late as
1944, as with most contemporary productions it is now likely lost.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harta_Berdarah>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1763:
Pontiac of the Odawa Native American tribe led an attempt to
seize Fort Detroit from the British, marking the start of Pontiac's War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac%27s_War>
1946:
Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the Tokyo
Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, which later changed its name
to Sony (headquarters pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony>
1999:
During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed
the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_…>
2009:
Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the
home of a former New Zealand Army member who shot at officers during the
routine execution of a search warrant.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Napier_shootings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
calumny:
1. A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or
discredit another.
2. False accusations or charges brought to tarnish another's reputation
or standing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calumny>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The more exquisite any good is, of which a small specimen is
afforded us, the sharper is the evil, allied to it; and few exceptions
are found to this uniform law of nature. The most sprightly wit borders
on madness; the highest effusions of joy produce the deepest melancholy;
the most ravishing pleasures are attended with the most cruel lassitude
and disgust; the most flattering hopes make way for the severest
disappointments.
--David Hume
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Hume>
Bobby Gibbes (6 May 1916 – 11 April 2007) was an Australian fighter
ace of World War II, and the longest-serving wartime commander of
No. 3 Squadron RAAF. He was officially credited with 10¼ aerial
victories, although his score is often reported as 12, including 2
shared; he commanded No. 3 Squadron in North Africa during 1942–43. A
jackaroo and salesman before joining the Royal Australian Air Force in
1940, Gibbes flew with No. 3 Squadron in the Middle East, and became
commanding officer during the Western Desert Campaign. His leadership
and fighting skills earned him the Distinguished Service Order and the
Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. Posted to the South West Pacific in
1944, he served with No. 80 Wing of the Australian First Tactical Air
Force, and took part in the "Morotai Mutiny" of April 1945. After the
war he spent many years in New Guinea developing local industry, for
which he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2004. He
continued to fly until he was 85..
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_the_Order_of_Australia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1801:
French Revolutionary Wars: The outmanned and outgunned
HMS Speedy captured the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_6_May_1801>
1954:
At Oxford's Iffley Road Track, English runner Roger Bannister
became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-minute_mile>
1991:
Time magazine published "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power",
an article highly critical of Scientology, leading to years of legal
conflict.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thriving_Cult_of_Greed_and_Power>
2013:
Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her
captor Ariel Castro having been held there with two other women for ten
years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Castro_kidnappings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
staid:
1. Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
2. (rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/staid>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The secret of liberty is to enlighten men, as that of tyranny is
to keep them in ignorance.
--Maximilien Robespierre
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre>
SMS Grosser Kurfürst was the second battleship of the four-ship König
class of the German Imperial Navy. Her name refers to Frederick William,
Elector of Brandenburg. Launched on 5 May 1913, she served during World
War I. She was armed with ten 30.5-centimeter (12.0 in) guns in five
twin turrets. Along with her three sister ships, König, Markgraf, and
Kronprinz, Grosser Kurfürst took part in most of the fleet actions
during the war, including the Battle of Jutland on 31 May and 1 June
1916. The ship was subjected to heavy fire at Jutland, but was not
seriously damaged. She shelled Russian positions during Operation Albion
in September and October 1917. In her service career, she collided with
König and Kronprinz, grounded several times, was torpedoed once, and
hit a mine. After the war, Grosser Kurfürst and most of the capital
ships of the High Seas Fleet were interned by the Royal Navy in Scapa
Flow, and later scuttled by their German crews.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Grosser_Kurf%C3%BCrst_%281913%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1809:
Mary Dixon Kies became one of the first American women to
receive a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dixon_Kies>
1936:
Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops captured Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, unopposed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_the_Iron_Will>
1981:
After a sixty-six day hunger strike, Irish republican Bobby
Sands died of starvation in HM Prison Maze.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands>
1994:
American teenager Michael P. Fay was caned in Singapore for
theft and vandalism, a punishment that the United States deemed to be
excessive for a teenager committing a non-violent crime.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lustrum:
1. (Ancient Rome, religion, historical) A ceremonial purification of all
the people, performed every five years after the taking of the census; a
lustration.
2. (by extension, literary) A period of five years.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lustrum>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To God, world history is the royal stage where he, not
accidentally but essentially, is the only spectator, because he is the
only one who can be that. Admission to this theater is not open to any
existing spirit. If he fancies himself a spectator there, he is simply
forgetting that he himself is supposed to be the actor in that little
theater and is to leave it to that royal spectator and poet how he wants
to use him in that royal drama, The Drama or Dramas. This applies to the
living, and only they can be told how they ought to live; and only by
understanding for oneself can one be lead to reconstruct a dead
person’s life, if it must be done at all and if there is time for it.
But it is indeed upsidedown, instead of learning by living one’s own
life, to have the dead live again, then to go on wanting to learn from
the dead, whom one regards as never having lived, how one ought-indeed,
it is unbelievable how upside-down it is — to live — if one is
already dead.
--Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Concluding_Unscientific_Postscript_to_Philoso…>