Cyclone Taylor (June 23, 1884 – June 9, 1979) was a Canadian
professional ice hockey player and civil servant. Born and raised in
Southern Ontario, Taylor moved to Houghton, Michigan, and played in the
International Hockey League for two years. He then joined the Ottawa
Senators, winning the Stanley Cup with the team in his second year.
While in Ottawa he began working as an immigration clerk. Two years
later he signed with the Renfrew Creamery Kings, becoming the highest-
paid athlete in the world on a per-game basis. He then played for the
Vancouver Millionaires until 1922, where he won five scoring
championships and his second Stanley Cup victory with the team. In 1914
Taylor was the first Canadian official to board the Komagata Maru, a
major incident relating to Canadian immigration. In 1946 he was named a
member of the Order of the British Empire for his services as an
immigration officer and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Taylor>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1894:
Led by French historian Pierre de Coubertin, an international
congress at the Sorbonne in Paris formed the International Olympic
Committee to revive the ancient Olympic Games.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin>
1944:
The Holocaust: After a closely supervised visit to
Theresienstadt Ghetto in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, Red Cross
official Maurice Rossel reported that conditions there were "almost
normal".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Rossel>
2014:
Under the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 2118, the
last of Syria's declared chemical weapons were shipped out for
destruction.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_Syria%27s_chemical_weapons>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
wigglesome:
(informal) Characterized or marked by wiggling.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wigglesome>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I go forth to seek — To seek and claim the lovely magic garden
Where grasses softly sigh and Muses speak.
--Anna Akhmatova
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anna_Akhmatova>
Capri-Sun is a brand of juice concentrate–based drinks manufactured
by the German company Wild and regional licensees. Rudolf Wild invented
the drink in 1969 and introduced it in West Germany as Capri-Sonne. It
is now sold in more than 100 countries, with licensees including Kraft
Foods in the United States and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in parts
of Europe. It is one of the most popular juice brands in the world, with
orange its best-known flavor. As of 2023, roughly 6 billion pouches are
sold per year globally, packaged in laminated foil vacuum Doy-N-Pack
pouches, with which the brand has become strongly associated. Capri-
Sun's main products are high in sugar, although lower than many
competitors. Marketing to children and use of the term "all-natural"
have led to conflict in several countries. It is one of the most
favorably rated brands among Generation Z Americans; in France, it
figures prominently in rap music.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri-Sun>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1911:
King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at
Westminster Abbey in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Teck>
1941:
World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the
Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to
liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania>
1979:
Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted
of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a
relationship with him.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_affair>
2002:
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northwestern Iran, killing at
least 230 people and injuring 1,300 others; the official response,
perceived to be slow, later caused widespread public anger.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bou%27in-Zahra_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
heft:
1. (uncountable)
2. The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
3. (dated except UK, dialectal and US) The force exerted by an object
due to gravitation; weight.
4. (figurative) Graveness, seriousness; gravity.
5. (figurative) Importance, influence; weight.
6. (US, informal, dated) The greater part of something; the bulk, the
mass.
7. (countable)
8. (UK, dialectal) An act of lifting; a lift.
9. (obsolete) An act of heaving (lifting with difficulty); an instance
of violent exertion or straining. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heft>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I’m really hoping that in some movie I’m doing, I die — but
I die, me, Donald — and they’re able to use my funeral and the
coffin … That would be absolutely ideal. I would love that.
--Donald Sutherland
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Sutherland>
The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus
Giraffa. It is known for its extremely long neck and legs, its horn-like
ossicones, and its spotted coat patterns. Traditionally, giraffes have
been thought of as one species, but more recent evidence has proposed
dividing them into multiple species. Giraffes usually inhabit savannahs
and woodlands. Their food source is leaves, fruits, and flowers of woody
plants, primarily acacia species, which they browse at heights most
other herbivores cannot reach. Giraffes live in herds of related females
and their offspring or bachelor herds of unrelated adult males, but are
gregarious and may gather in large aggregations. Females bear sole
responsibility for rearing the young. Giraffes have been featured in
paintings, books, and cartoons. Giraffes are assessed as vulnerable to
extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. They
are found in numerous national parks and game reserves.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1848:
In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and
Christian Tell proclaimed a new republican government in present-day
Romania.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachian_Revolution_of_1848>
1898:
In a bloodless event during the Spanish–American War, the
United States captured Guam from Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Guam>
1919:
During a general strike in Winnipeg, Canada, members of the
Royal North-West Mounted Police attacked a crowd of strikers, armed with
clubs and revolvers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_general_strike>
1948:
The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first
stored-program computer, ran its first program.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Baby>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
face the music:
(idiomatic) To accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's
actions.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/face_the_music>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I wasn't the best hitter, Ted Williams was. I wasn't the best
fielder, Roberto Clemente was. I wasn't the best base stealer, Maury
Wills was. But I was among the best in everything.
--Willie Mays
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Willie_Mays>
Hiyō (Flying Hawk) was the name ship of her class of two aircraft
carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Begun as the ocean liner Izumo
Maru in 1939, she was purchased by the Navy Ministry in 1941 for
conversion to an aircraft carrier. Completed shortly after the Battle of
Midway in June 1942, she participated in the Guadalcanal campaign, but
missed the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October because of an
electrical generator fire. The carrier's aircraft were disembarked
several times and used from land bases in battles in the South West
Pacific. Hiyō was torpedoed in mid-1943 and spent three months under
repair. She spent most of the next six months training and ferrying
aircraft before returning to combat. She was sunk by a gasoline-vapour
explosion caused by an American torpedo hit during the Battle of the
Philippine Sea on 20 June 1944 with the loss of 247 officers and
ratings, about a fifth of her complement. (This article is part of a
featured topic: Hiyō class aircraft carrier.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Hiy%C5%8D_class_air…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1921:
British Army officer Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated by
the Irish Republican Army near Moydrum, Ireland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stanton_Lambert>
1959:
The extratropical remnants of an Atlantic hurricane reached the
Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada, causing 22 fishing boats to capsize and
killing 35 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Escuminac_disaster>
1979:
Bill Stewart, an American journalist, was executed by
Nicaraguan Guardia forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stewart_%28journalist%29>
1982:
The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, the
first major conference in genocide studies, opened despite Turkish
attempts to cancel it due to the inclusion of presentations on the
Armenian genocide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Conference_on_the_Holocaust_and…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
take French leave:
1. To leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or
informing anyone; to slip out.
2. (specifically, chiefly military, euphemistic) To desert or be
temporarily absent from duty or service without permission; to go absent
without leave or AWOL.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/take_French_leave>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
June with her glancing grasses, June with a smiling
sky,June, brown as the country lasses Or wings of the dragon-fly!The
mown hay lies like sedges Or weed of the seashore strewn;Abrim with
corn to the hedges The fields are filled in June.
--Walter Headlam
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Headlam>
The 1964 European Nations' Cup final was held at the Santiago Bernabéu
Stadium (pictured) in Madrid on 21 June 1964 to decide the winner of
the 1964 European Nations' Cup (now the UEFA European Football
Championship). The match was contested by Spain and the Soviet Union,
the defending champions. En route to the final, Spain defeated Romania,
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland over two-legged ties before
beating Hungary in the semi-final. The Soviet Union received a bye in
the qualifying round before beating Italy, Sweden and Denmark. In the
sixth minute, Marcelino dispossessed Valentin Ivanov and crossed for
Chus Pereda, who scored to give Spain a 1–0 lead. Two minutes later,
Viktor Anichkin passed to Galimzyan Khusainov, who equalised. With six
minutes remaining, Pereda beat Anichkin and played in a cross which
Viktor Shustikov failed to clear, before Marcelino headed the winning
goal inside the near post. Spain won 2–1 to claim their first European
Championship title.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_European_Nations%27_Cup_final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1838:
The Maryland province of the Jesuits contracted to sell 272
slaves to buyers in Louisiana in one of the largest slave sales in
American history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Jesuit_slave_sale>
1939:
American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States
as "Lou Gehrig's disease".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig>
1987:
The Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at a
Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and injuring 45
others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipercor_bombing>
2009:
War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's
Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on Taliban
positions in southern Afghanistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
shackle:
1. (transitive)
2. To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun sense 1); to
immobilize or restrain using shackles.
3. To connect or couple (something) to another thing using a shackle
(noun sense 1.1.1, sense 1.1.2, etc.).
4. To provide (something) with a shackle.
5. (figurative)
6. To inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of
(someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or
ineffectual.
7. (chemistry, obsolete) To combine (a substance) with another
substance.
8. (intransitive, reflexive) Of two things: to connect or couple
together. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shackle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the
part the schools cannot recognize.
--Pauline Kael
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pauline_Kael>
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star
nor a stellar remnant. The Solar System has eight (pictured): four
terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars; and four giant
planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The term "planet" at first
included the Sun, Moon and the five naked-eye planets that move across
the background of the stars; they were seen as having associations with
the gods. Copernicus theorized the Earth was a planet and, like the
others, orbited the Sun. "Planet" came to include many objects, such
as moons, within and beyond the Solar System. The International
Astronomical Union in 2006 defined a planet in the Solar System to have
cleared its neighborhood of other bodies, and that extrasolar planets
should orbit stars and not be large enough to support deuterium fusion.
Many planetary scientists, though, still apply the word "planet" more
broadly, including dwarf planets, planetary-mass moons, rogue planets
and brown dwarfs.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1958:
English composer Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde
was premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noye%27s_Fludde>
1981:
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to
be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk>
1994:
The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded
bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six
people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughinisland_massacre>
2009:
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA's first mission to the
Moon in more than ten years, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
savour:
1. (countable) An aroma or smell.
2. (uncountable) The quality which the sense of taste detects; also
(countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from
the predominant one.
3. (countable, chiefly in the negative) An appealing or appetizing
flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
4. (figurative)
5. (countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an
aroma or smell.
6. (countable) A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a
hint or trace of something.
7. (countable, chiefly in the negative) A quality which is appealing or
enjoyable; merit, value.
8. (countable, archaic) A reputation.
9. (uncountable) Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation;
pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
10. (uncountable, obsolete) Knowledge; understanding. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/savour>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have no patience for churches that evangelize aggressively. I
have no interest in being instructed in what I must do to be saved. I
prefer vertical prayer, directed up toward heaven, rather than
horizontal prayer, directed sideways toward me. I believe a worthy
church must grow through attraction, not promotion. I am wary of
zealotry; even as a child I was suspicious of those who, as I often
heard, were “more Catholic than the pope.” If we are to love our
neighbors as ourselves, we must regard their beliefs with the same
respect our own deserve.
--Roger Ebert
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert>
The Icelandic horse is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Developed
from ponies brought to Iceland by Norse settlers in the 9th and 10th
centuries, the breed is mentioned in Icelandic literature and historical
records. They are long-lived, hardy, and have few diseases in their
country. In addition to the gaits typical of other horse breeds, many
Icelandic horses can also do the tölt (pictured) and the flying pace.
The only breed of horse in Iceland, sizable populations exist in Europe
and North America. They are used for sheepherding work in Iceland,
leisure, showing, and racing. Selective breeding and natural selection
with the Icelandic climate developed them into their current form. In
the 1780s, much of the breed was killed after a volcanic eruption at
Laki. The first breed society for the Icelandic horse was created in
Iceland in 1904; the breed is now represented by organizations in 19
nations, under the auspices of the International Federation of Icelandic
Horse Associations.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_horse>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1631:
Mumtaz Mahal, wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in
childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her
mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal>
1919:
Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England,
leading to the death of a British police officer.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsom_riot>
1952:
Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed
Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres
(0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_900>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fatwa:
1. (Islam)
2. A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other
Islamic judicial authority.
3. (by extension, loosely, erroneous) A decree issued by a mufti or
other Islamic judicial authority that a person should be put to death,
usually as punishment for committing apostasy or blasphemy.
4. (religion, by extension) A formal decree or ruling, or statement,
issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.
5. (figurative, informal) An emphatic decree or opinion, especially one
which condemns or criticizes.
6. (transitive, rare) To issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone);
specifically (loosely, erroneous), a fatwa imposing a ban or a death
sentence.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fatwa>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
New weapons require new tactics. Never put new wine into old
bottles.
--Heinz Guderian
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinz_Guderian>
Whisky Galore! is a British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios and
released on 16 June 1949, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan
Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. The directorial debut of Alexander
Mackendrick, it was based on the 1947 novel Whisky Galore by Compton
Mackenzie (pictured), and written by Mackenzie and Angus MacPhail.
Inspired by the 1941 wreck of the SS Politician, the story concerns a
shipwreck off a fictional Scottish island. The islanders, who have run
out of whisky because of wartime rationing, salvage cases of it from the
ship, against the opposition of the local Customs and Excise men. Like
other Ealing comedies, Whisky Galore! explores the actions of a small
group facing and overcoming a more powerful opponent. The film was well
received on release; renamed Tight Little Island, it became the first
film from the studios to achieve box office success in the US. It was
followed by Rockets Galore!, a sequel. A remake was released in 2016.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_Galore!_%281949_film%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1819:
A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India,
caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was
later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819_Rann_of_Kutch_earthquake>
1904:
Irish author James Joyce began a relationship with Nora
Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922
novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce>
1936:
A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a
mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hav%C3%B8rn_Accident>
1997:
The English rock band Radiohead released their landmark third
album OK Computer.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sacrifice:
1. (religion)
2. Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an
animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object
to a deity.
3. A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing
(see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
4. (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer,
thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
5. (Christianity, specifically)
6. Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be
crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
7. (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as
(Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's
crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-enactment of Christ's
sacrificial offering.
8. (figurative)
9. The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something
else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or
surrendered for this purpose.
10. (baseball) Short for sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in
which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread
batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”)
11. (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is
unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will
incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by
opponents in making their contract.
12. (business, slang, dated) A monetary loss incurred by selling
something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
13. (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured
by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sacrifice>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our national epic has yet to be written.
--Ulysses
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ulysses>
Kevin Gately died on 15 June 1974 as the result of a head injury
received in the Red Lion Square public disorder in London while
protesting against the National Front, a far-right, British fascist
party. Gately, a 20-year-old student, was not a member of any
organisation. On 15 June, the National Front held a march through
central London in support of the expulsion of immigrants. A counter-
demonstration was planned by Liberation, an anti-colonial pressure
group. When the Liberation march reached Red Lion Square, the
International Marxist Group twice charged the police cordon blocking
access to Conway Hall (pictured). Police reinforcements forced the
demonstrators out of the square. Gately was found unconscious on the
ground. He was taken to hospital and died later that day. A public
inquiry into the events was conducted by Lord Scarman, who found no
evidence that Gately had been killed by the police, although he found
fault with some police actions. There was further violence associated
with National Front marches and the counter-demonstrations they faced,
including in Birmingham, Manchester, and the East End of London (all in
1977), and in Southall in 1979, which led to the death of Blair Peach.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Kevin_Gately>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1800:
War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of
Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Austria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Alessandria>
1878:
Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that
all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation
pictured), which became the basis of motion pictures.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horse_in_Motion>
1944:
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began its
first air raid on the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was
caused.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Yawata_%28June_1944%29>
1996:
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a
truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring
more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
come to papa:
(idiomatic, originally US) Used to encourage someone or something to
approach, or an event to occur.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/come_to_papa>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have a mistress, for perfections rareIn every eye, but in my
thoughts most fair.Like tapers on the altar shine her eyes;Her breath is
the perfume of sacrifice;And wheresoe’er my fancy would begin,Still
her perfection lets religion in.We sit and talk, and kiss away the
hoursAs chastely as the morning dews kiss flowers:I touch her, like my
beads, with devout care,And come unto my courtship as my prayer.
--Thomas Randolph
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Randolph_%28poet%29>
The Spider was an American pulp magazine published by Popular
Publications from 1933 to 1943. Every issue included a lead novel
featuring the Spider, a heroic crime-fighter. The novels in the first
two issues were written by R. T. M. Scott; thereafter every lead novel
was credited to "Grant Stockbridge", a house name. Norvell Page, a
prolific pulp author, wrote most of these. Unlike some contemporary pulp
heroes, The Spider was willing to kill criminals, and when he did so he
left a red spider inked on his victims. Page in particular wrote stories
with violent storylines, often with science-fiction plot devices.
Continuity from novel to novel was often disregarded, with characters
killed in one issue appearing unscathed in later issues. Each magazine
also featured short stories, occasionally including elements of horror
fiction. Most of the cover art was painted by John Newton Howitt or
Rafael de Soto. The magazine was cancelled in 1943 due to a paper
shortage caused by World War II.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider_%28magazine%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1644:
First English Civil War: Prince Maurice abandoned his siege of
Lyme Regis in Dorset after learning of the approach of a Parliamentarian
relief force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lyme_Regis>
1934:
The landmark Australian Eastern Mission concluded after a
three-month diplomatic tour of East and South-East Asia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Mission>
2014:
War in Donbas: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the
Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-proclaimed
Luhansk People's Republic, killing all 49 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_Air_Force_Il-76_shootdown>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
acrasia:
(archaic, rare) Lack of self-control; excess, intemperance; also,
irregular or unruly behaviour. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acrasia>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I made America great again, and I may have to do it again.
--Donald Trump
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump>