A 2–2 draw was played on 19 May 1977 between the English association
football clubs Coventry City and Bristol City. The teams were playing
their final match of the 1976–77 season in the Football League First
Division, at Highfield Road (pictured), Coventry. Both teams faced
potential relegation, along with Sunderland, who played their final game
at the same time, against Everton at Goodison Park; the lowest-placed of
the three teams would be relegated. As many Bristol City supporters were
delayed in traffic, the kick-off at Highfield Road was delayed by five
minutes. The score was 2–2 with five minutes remaining, when the
supporters and players learned via the stadium scoreboard that
Sunderland had lost to Everton and that a draw would let both Coventry
and Bristol City escape relegation at Sunderland's expense. As a result,
the last five minutes were played out with neither team's players
attempting to score and the match finished as a 2–2 draw. A complaint
by Sunderland was unavailing.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_City_2%E2%80%932_Bristol_City_%28197…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1800:
Philip Gidley King, Governor of New South Wales, ordered the
formation of the Governor's Body Guard of Light Horse, described as the
first full-time military unit raised in Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_Body_Guard_of_Light_Horse>
1943:
World War II: In the Battle of Cape Gloucester, American and
Australian forces bombarded Japanese positions on New Britain in the
Territory of New Guinea while U.S. Marines invaded from two sides of the
island.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Gloucester>
1996:
The Federation of Korean Trade Unions called on its
1.2 million members to refuse to work, beginning the largest organized
strike in South Korean history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%931997_strikes_in_South_Korea>
2006:
Two earthquakes off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged
submarine communications cables, disrupting Internet services in Asia
and affecting financial transactions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hengchun_earthquakes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
troll:
1. Senses relating to a rolling motion.
2. (transitive)
3. (transitive) To move (something, especially a round object) by, or as
if by, rolling; to bowl, to roll, to trundle.
4. (intransitive)
5. To roll; also, to turn round and round; to rotate, to spin, to whirl.
6. To move or walk at a leisurely pace; to ramble, to saunter, to
stroll.
7. (specifically, slang) Chiefly of a man: synonym of cruise (“to stroll
about to find a (male) sexual partner”).
8. (obsolete) Followed by in: to flow or roll in like a stream.
9. Senses relating to the motion of passing around.
10. (transitive)
11. (music, archaic) To sing the parts of (a catch, round, or similar
song) in succession; also (generally), to sing (a song) freely or in a
carefree way, or loudly.
12. (obsolete) To pass (something, specifically a bowl or other communal
drinking vessel) from one person to another; to circulate, to send
about.
13. (obsolete) Often followed by in: to cause (something) to flow or
roll in like a stream.
14. (intransitive)
15. (archaic) Of bells: to ring a sequence of tones in a resounding
manner.
16. (music, archaic) Of a person: to sing the parts of a catch, round,
or similar song in succession; also (generally), to sing freely or in a
carefree way, or loudly.
17. (music, archaic) Of a song: to be sung freely or in a carefree way,
or loudly; also, of a tune: to be constantly in someone's mind.
18. (obsolete) Of a bowl or other communal drinking vessel, or the drink
inside it: to be passed around from one person to another.
19. Senses relating to a light, quick motion.
20. (transitive)
21. To say (something) lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding
voice.
22. (obsolete) To move (the tongue) lightly and quickly when speaking.
23. (intransitive)
24. To speak lightly and quickly, or in a deep, resounding voice.
25. (obsolete) To move lightly and quickly; especially of the tongue
when speaking; to wag.
26. Senses relating to fishing.
27. (transitive)
28. (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that
is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water
surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to
a troll (etymology 2, noun sense 6.1)).
29. (figurative) To attract or draw out (someone or something); to
allure, to elicit, to entice, to lure.
30. (figurative, originally Internet slang) To make or post inflammatory
or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative
argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their
perception, especially in an online community or discussion; also, to
post such statements on (an online location, such as a social media
website).
31. (intransitive)
32. (fishing) To fish using a running fishing line.
33. (fishing, Scotland, US) To fish using a line and bait or lures
trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
34. (figurative, originally Internet slang) To make or post inflammatory
or insincere statements in an attempt to lure people into combative
argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate their
perception, especially in an online community or discussion. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/troll>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of
looking at things.
--Henry Miller
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Miller>
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" is a well-known line from an
editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church titled "Is There a Santa Claus?",
which appeared in the New York newspaper The Sun on September 21, 1897.
Written in response to a letter by eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon
asking whether Santa Claus was real, the editorial was initially
published anonymously and Church's authorship was not disclosed until
after his 1906 death. After its initial publication, it was quickly
reprinted by other newspapers. As the editorial became increasingly
popular over the years, The Sun began republishing it during the
Christmas and holiday season, including every year from 1924 until the
paper ceased publication in 1950. "Is There a Santa Claus?" is still
widely reprinted during the holiday season and has been cited as the
most reprinted newspaper editorial in the English language. It has been
translated into around 20 languages and adapted as television specials,
a film, a musical, and a cantata.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1913:
Seventy-three people were crushed to death in a stampede after
someone falsely yelled "fire" at a crowded Christmas party in Calumet,
Michigan, U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Hall_disaster>
1918:
Forces united in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
defeated Hungarian forces to end the occupation of Međimurje.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_occupation_of_Me%C4%91imurje>
1953:
A railway bridge at Tangiwai on New Zealand's North Island was
damaged by a lahar and collapsed beneath a passenger train (wreckage
pictured), killing 151 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangiwai_disaster>
2008:
The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, began
attacks on several villages in the north of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, killing hundreds and committing numerous atrocities.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Christmas_massacres>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
alcoholiday:
1. A holiday or leisure time spent drinking alcohol.
2. (rare) A period of time during which one intentionally abstains from
drinking alcohol.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alcoholiday>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
But often, in the world’s most crowded streets, But often, in
the din of strife, There rises an unspeakable desire After the
knowledge of our buried life; A thirst to spend our fire and restless
force In tracking out our true, original course; A longing to inquire
Into the mystery of this heart which beats So wild, so deep in us, to
know Whence our lives come and where they go.
--Matthew Arnold
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold>
The battle of the Trebia was the first major battle of the Second Punic
War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and a Roman army
under Sempronius Longus on 22 or 23 December 218 BC near modern
Piacenza in northern Italy. Each army had a strength of about 40,000
men; the Romans were stronger in infantry, while the Carthaginians were
stronger in cavalry and fielded about 30 war elephants (statuette
pictured). Hannibal used his Numidian cavalry to lure the Romans out of
their camp and onto ground of his choosing. Fresh Carthaginian cavalry
routed the outnumbered Roman cavalry, and Carthaginian light infantry
outflanked the Roman infantry. A previously hidden Carthaginian force
attacked the Roman infantry in the rear. Most of the Roman units then
collapsed and most Romans were killed or captured, but 10,000 under
Sempronius maintained formation, fought their way out and reached the
safety of Piacenza. The following spring the Carthaginians moved south
into Roman Italy and operated there for 15 years.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Trebia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh
severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in
Arles, France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh>
1916:
First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory at
the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magdhaba>
1957:
Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became
the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Craig>
2008:
The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that
it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential
election.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Guinean_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lovelily:
1. In a lovely way.
2. In a manner to excite or inspire admiration or love; admirably,
beautifully, wonderfully.
3. (obsolete) In a friendly or pleasant manner; amiably, kindly,
pleasantly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lovelily>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Sanaka and the others were my sons through my mental powers and
were born before you. Without any desires, they travel through the sky
and go to all the worlds and the residents there. They once went to
Vaikuntha, where the illustrious one with the unblemished atman resides.
All the worlds revere Vaikuntha. All the people who reside in Vaikuntha
have a form like Vaikuntha. They are not driven by any material
aspirations, but worship Hari because of dharma. The original and
illustrious Purusha is there and he can be approached through the use of
words. He accepts the pure form of sattva and the foremost confers
happiness on us, his devotees.
--Bhagavata Purana
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana>
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by
the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole, first reached
in 1911 by Norwegian explorers. Antarctica is, on average, the coldest,
driest, and windiest of the continents. It is mainly a polar desert,
though 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen there, which,
if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 m (200 ft).
Native animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and
tardigrades. Where vegetation occurs, it is mostly in the form of lichen
or moss. Some countries have territorial claims in Antarctica, but by
treaty, the continent is set aside as a scientific preserve. During the
summer months, about 5,000 people reside at research stations there, a
figure that drops to around 1,000 in the winter. Despite Antarctica's
remoteness, human activity significantly impacts it via pollution, ozone
depletion, and climate change.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1948:
Chaired by Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, the Emergency Government
of the Republic of Indonesia was established to counter Dutch attempts
to re-assert colonial control.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjafruddin_Prawiranegara>
1988:
Brazilian unionist and environmental activist Chico Mendes was
murdered at his home in Xapuri.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes>
2008:
A dike ruptured at a waste containment area for a coal-fired
power plant in Kingston, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion gallons
(4.2 million m3) of coal fly ash slurry (aftermath pictured) in the
largest industrial spill in U.S. history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Fossil_Plant_coal_fly_ash_slurry_spi…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fly ash:
A residue generated in the combustion of powdered coal or other
materials, comprising the fine particles that rise with the flue gases;
when generated industrially it is usually captured and can be recycled
for use in construction materials.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fly_ash>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Each solstice shows us that we can choose. We cannot stop the
winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall
or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the Universe that
we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to Life when
each arrives.
--Gary Zukav
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gary_Zukav>
The Sun has appeared in fiction since classical antiquity, but for a
long time it rarely received attention. Many of the early depictions
viewed the Sun as essentially Earth-like and potentially habitable—a
once-common belief about celestial objects in general known as the
plurality of worlds—and depicted various kinds of solar inhabitants.
As more became known about the Sun through advances in astronomy, in
particular its temperature, fewer solar lifeforms were depicted.
Instead, many stories focused on the death of the Sun, either by going
out or going nova, and the ensuing havoc on Earth. Less disastrously,
solar flares and eclipses have also been depicted. The Sun has been
portrayed as a source of power—both in the form of solar power and
superpower abilities. It poses a danger to spacecraft that approach it,
which occurs in several stories. Overall, the Sun remains relatively
uncommon as a point of focus in science fiction, particularly in
comparison to depictions of Mars and Venus.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_in_fiction>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1963:
An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish
Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to
538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Christmas_%281963%29>
1968:
Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a
trajectory to the Moon; its crew became the first humans to visit
another celestial body.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8>
1988:
A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie,
Scotland, killing 270 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103>
2018:
Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the
container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four
stowaways who had threatened the crew.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Tema_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
threadbare:
1. Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent
that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby,
worn-out.
2. (figurative)
3. In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided
for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.
4. Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer
effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.
5. (archaic or obsolete) Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare
(sense 1) material; hence, impoverished, poor.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/threadbare>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of
President under Section Three; because he is disqualified, it would be a
wrongful act under the Election Code for the Secretary to list him as a
candidate on the presidential primary ballot. We do not reach these
conclusions lightly. We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the
questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to
apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public
reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach.
--Supreme Court of Oregon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oregon>
Tolui (c. 1191 – 1232) was a prominent general and prince of the
early Mongol Empire. The fourth son of Genghis Khan and his first wife
Börte, Tolui came to prominence in 1221 during the Mongol invasion of
the Khwarazmian Empire—contemporary chroniclers claimed that his army
killed more than three million people while capturing Merv and Nishapur
in Khorasan. While modern historians consider this figure exaggerated,
Tolui's campaign was undoubtedly brutal. A candidate to inherit his
father's empire, Tolui was passed over in favour of his brother Ögedei;
Tolui served as regent between Genghis's death in 1227 and Ögedei's
coronation in 1229. He was instrumental in subduing the Chinese Jin
dynasty, before dying in mysterious circumstances in 1232—explanations
range from his self-sacrifice in a shamanic ritual to being poisoned by
Ögedei. Led by his wife Sorghaghtani Beki, Tolui's family would become
very influential—their sons Möngke and Kublai both acceded to the
Mongol throne.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolui>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1940:
The superhero Captain America made his first published
appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America>
1980:
NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets
and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Announcerless_game>
1995:
Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War,
the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping
operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation_Force>
1999:
Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had
administered since the mid–16th century, to China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
wrath:
1. (uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
2. (uncountable) Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from
anger; (countable) an instance of this.
3. (uncountable, obsolete) Great ardour or passion.
4. (transitive)
5. To anger (someone); to enrage.
6. To become angry with (someone).
7. (intransitive) To become angry.
8. (archaic or obsolete) Synonym of wroth (“full of anger; wrathful”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wrath>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which
any answer to it — right or wrong — may be given.
--Susanne Langer
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Susanne_Langer>
C. O. Brocato (1929–2015) was an American scout, coach and football
player best known for his work with the Houston Oilers (later the
Tennessee Titans), for which he was a scout from 1974 to 1976, and again
from 1981 until his death. A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Brocato
attended St. John's High School and played college football for Baylor.
Drafted in 1953 by the Chicago Cardinals, he left during training camp
to pursue a coaching career. He spent eleven years as head coach at his
high school alma mater. He was defensive coordinator for Northern
Arizona from 1969 to 1970, and for Texas–Arlington from 1971 to 1973.
He then joined the Oilers as a scout and became regarded as one of the
greatest in history in that role. Brocato helped his team draft several
players who went on to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He also invented
the three-cone drill, one of the main events at the NFL Scouting
Combine. He was a semifinalist for induction to the Hall of Fame for the
classes of 2023 and 2024.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._O._Brocato>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1843:
A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles
Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after
being visited by ghosts, was published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol>
1983:
The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World
Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football
Confederation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy>
1997:
SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia,
killing 104 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilkAir_Flight_185>
2013:
The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with
the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue
ever made.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_%28spacecraft%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
orotund:
1. Of a voice: characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness, and
strength of sound; hence, of a person: having a clear, full, and strong
voice, appropriate for public speaking, reading aloud, etc.
2. (by extension)
3. Of writing, etc.: clear, effective, powerful.
4. (derogatory) Of speech or writing: bombastic, pompous.
5. (countable) A voice characterized by clarity, fullness, smoothness,
and strength of sound.
6. (uncountable) The quality of clarity, effectiveness, and power in
speech or writing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orotund>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Show me a country where the bombs had to fall Show me the ruins
of buildings so tall And I'll show you a young land With many reasons
why There but for fortune, go you or I.
--Phil Ochs
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs>
Not My Responsibility is a 2020 American short film written and
produced by singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. A commentary on body
shaming and double standards placed upon young women's appearances, it
features a monologue from Eilish about the media scrutiny surrounding
her body. The film is spoken-word and stars Eilish in a dark room, where
she gradually undresses before submerging herself in black substance.
The film premiered during Eilish's Where Do We Go? World Tour on
March 9, 2020, as a concert interlude, and was released online on
May 26, 2020. Critics gave positive reviews, praising the commentary
and tone, which they considered empowering. The film's audio was later
included as a song on Eilish's second studio album, Happier Than Ever
(2021). Some music journalists described it as the album's thematic
centerpiece; others questioned its appearance on the tracklist, feeling
that it lost its emotional impact without the visuals.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_My_Responsibility>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1932:
Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American
football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in
the first playoff game of the National Football League.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_NFL_Playoff_Game>
1958:
The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's
first communications satellite.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_%28satellite%29>
1963:
Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in
Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student
Edmund Assare-Addo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Moscow_protest>
2017:
An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont,
Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Washington_train_derailment>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
narrow escape:
A situation in which some danger or unfortunate circumstance is only
just missed.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/narrow_escape>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I don't know how to feel But I wanna try I don't know how to
feel But someday I might Someday I might Think I forgot how to be
happy Something I'm not, but something I can be Something I wait for
Something I'm made for.
--Billie Eilish
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billie_Eilish>
The Oppenheimer security hearing, conducted by the US Atomic Energy
Commission (AEC) in 1954, explored the background, actions and
associations of J. Robert Oppenheimer (pictured). He had headed the Los
Alamos Laboratory during World War II, playing a key part in the
Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb. Doubts about
Oppenheimer's loyalty dated back to the 1930s, when he was associated
with Communist Party USA members, including his wife Katherine. He was
involved in disputes over the types of nuclear weapons the country
required, technical disputes over the feasibility of the hydrogen bomb,
and personal conflict with AEC commissioner Lewis Strauss. The panel
found that he was loyal and discreet, but did not recommend that he
regain his security clearance. This ended his role in government, and he
became an academic exile, cut off from his former career and the world
he had helped to create. The findings were seen as fair by some and as
an expression of McCarthyism by others.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_security_hearing>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1948:
The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist
leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Security_Intelligence_Service>
1967:
Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while
swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Harold_Holt>
1970:
Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging
from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass
anti-communist protests across the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Polish_protests>
2010:
Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, set
himself on fire in protest against police harassment, triggering the
Tunisian Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
croon:
1. (transitive)
2. To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low
pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song)
in a low, mellow voice.
3. To soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly.
4. (intransitive)
5. To hum or sing, or to speak, softly in a low pitch or in a
sentimental manner; specifically, to sing a popular song in a low,
mellow voice.
6. (Northern England, Scotland) To lament, to moan.
7. (Northern England, Scotland) To make a continuous hollow low-pitched
moan, as of cattle; to bellow, to low; also, of a large bell: to make a
low-pitched sound.
8. A soft, low-pitched sound; specifically, a soft or sentimental hum,
song, or tune.
9. (Northern England, Scotland) A continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as
of cattle; a bellow; also, a low-pitched sound of a large bell.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/croon>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Do you know how many children have died in Gaza in this last war?
More than 3,000. It is incredible, but it is the reality … And in
Ukraine there are more than 500, and in Yemen, in years of war,
thousands … Their memory leads us to be ourselves lights for the
world, to touch the hearts of many people, especially those who can stop
the whirlwind of violence.
--Pope Francis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pope_Francis>
Lever House is an office building at 390 Park Avenue in Midtown
Manhattan, New York City, that was originally the US headquarters of the
soap company Lever Brothers, a subsidiary of Unilever. Constructed from
1950 to 1952, the building is 307 feet (94 m) tall and has 21 office
stories topped by a triple-height mechanical section. It was designed by
Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in
the 20th-century modern International Style. Lever House was the second
skyscraper in New York City with a glass curtain wall, after the United
Nations Secretariat Building. The skyscraper was nearly demolished in
the 1980s before being designated as a city landmark. After the
construction of Lever House, many masonry residential structures on Park
Avenue in Midtown were replaced with largely commercial International
Style office buildings. Its design was also copied worldwide by
buildings such as the Emek Business Center in Ankara, Turkey.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever_House>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1773:
American Revolution: A group of colonists threw chests of tea
into Boston Harbor to protest British taxation without representation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party>
1938:
Adolf Hitler instituted the Cross of Honour of the German
Mother as an order of merit for German mothers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Honour_of_the_German_Mother>
1997:
Amid an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the
British government banned the sale of beef on the bone for human
consumption.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_Bones_Regulations_1997>
2012:
A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi,
generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Delhi_gang_rape_and_murder>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
seethe:
1. (intransitive)
2. Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be
boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot.
3. (figurative)
4. Of a liquid, vapour, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or
froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
5. Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a
way that is not obvious to others.
6. Of a place: to be filled with many people or things moving about
actively; to buzz with activity; also, of people or things: to move
about actively in a crowd or group.
7. Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to
be in a state of unrest.
8. (transitive)
9. (archaic, chiefly passive voice)
10. To overboil (something) so that it loses its flavour or texture;
hence (figurative), to cause (the body, the mind, the spirit, etc.) to
become dull through too much alcoholic drink or heat.
11. To soak (something) in a liquid; to drench, to steep.
12. (obsolete)
13. To boil (something); especially, to cook (food) by boiling or
stewing; also, to keep (something) boiling.
14. (obsolete, physiology) Of the stomach: to digest (food).
15. (chiefly figurative) A state of boiling or frothing; ebullition,
seething; hence, extreme heat; much activity.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seethe>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and
very often, in fact almost … perpetually, he deliberately deceives
himself about that precious little fragment as well.
--Philip K. Dick
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