The University of California, Riverside is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is in Riverside, California, with a branch campus in Palm Desert. Founded in 1907 as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, UCR's undergraduate College of Letters and Science opened in 1954. The Regents of the University of California declared UCR a general campus of the system in 1959, and graduate students were admitted in 1961. To accommodate an enrollment of 21,000 students by 2015, more than $730 million has been invested in new construction projects since 1999. Plans are underway to open a medical school—California's newest one in 40 years—by 2012. The Washington Monthly ranked UCR 15th in the United States in terms of social mobility, research achievement and community service, while US News and World Report ranked UCR's undergraduate program 89th in the nation based on peer assessment, student selectivity, financial resources, and other factors. UCR's extensive outreach and retention programs have contributed to its reputation as a "campus of choice" for minority students, including LGBT students. UCR's sports teams are known as the Highlanders and play in the Big West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.
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1613:
Mikhail I was elected unanimously by the Zemsky Sobor to become Tsar, beginning the Romanov dynasty in Imperial Russia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_of_Russia>
1804:
Built by Cornish inventor Richard Trevithick, the first self-propelled steam engine or locomotive first ran in Wales.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick>
1848:
The Communist Manifesto by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was first published, becoming one of the world's most influential political tracts.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto>
1952:
Protesters in Dhaka, East Pakistan walked into military crossfire demanding the establishment of the Bengali language as an official language.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement>
1958:
British artist Gerald Holtom designed a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that became more commonly known as the peace symbol (pictured).
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peace_symbol>
1965:
Black nationalist Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
perfunctory (adj):
Performed out of routine and with little care
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perfunctory>
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Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. --Anaïs Nin
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The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of offensive operations undertaken
by the German Army Group South against the Red Army, around the city of
Kharkov, between 19 February and 15 March 1943. The German counterstroke led
to the destruction of approximately 52 Soviet divisions and the recapture of
the cities of Kharkov and Belgorod. As the German Sixth Army was encircled
in Stalingrad, the Red Army undertook a series of wider offensives against
the rest of Army Group South. These culminated on 2 January 1943, when the
Soviets launched Operation Star, which between January and early February
broke German defenses and led to the Soviet recapture of Kharkov, Belgorod
and Kursk. Despite the success of the Soviet offensive, it also resulted in
participating Soviet units over-extending themselves. Freed on 2 February by
the surrender of the German Sixth Army, the Red Army's Central Front turned
its attention west and on 25 February expanded its offensive against both
Army Group South and Army Group Center. However, months of continuous
operations had taken a heavy toll on the Soviets and some divisions were
reduced to 1,000–1,500 combat effectives. On 19 February, Field Marshal
Erich von Manstein took the opportunity to launch his Kharkov counterstroke,
using the fresh SS Panzer Corps and two panzer armies. Although the Germans
were also understrength, the Wehrmacht successfully flanked, encircled and
defeated the Red Army's armored spearheads south of Kharkov.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1594:
King Sigismund III Vasa of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was crowned
King of Sweden, succeeding his father John III.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_III_Vasa>
1811:
Peninsular War: An outnumbered French force under Édouard Mortier routed and
nearly destroyed the Spanish at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz,
Spain.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gebora>
1819:
English explorer William Smith sighted Livingston Island in the South
Shetland archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands about more than
1,000 kilometres (620 mi) south of the Falkland Islands.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shetland_Islands>
1942:
World War II: In the largest attacks mounted by a foreign power against
Australia, more than 240 bombers and fighters of the Imperial Japanese Navy
bombed Darwin, Northern Territory.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Darwin>
1986:
The space station Mir of the Soviet space program was launched, establishing
the first long-term research station in space.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir>
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atone (v):
To make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime one
has committed
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atone>
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Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the grave,
I've been kissed by a rose on the grave. --Seal (musician)
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The Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland.
While its original date of foundation is unknown, James VII instituted the
modern Order in 1687. The Order consists of the Sovereign and sixteen
Knights and Ladies, as well as certain "extra" knights (members of the
British Royal Family and foreign monarchs). The Sovereign alone grants
membership of the Order; he or she is not advised by the Government, as
occurs with most other Orders. The sixteen members are required to be
Scottish-born, though not the "extra" knights and ladies. The Order's
primary emblem is the thistle, the national flower of Scotland. The motto is
Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin for "No one provokes me with impunity"). The
patron saint of the Order is St Andrew. Most British orders of chivalry
cover the entire kingdom, but the three most exalted ones each pertain to
one constituent country only. The Order of the Thistle, which pertains to
Scotland, is the second-most senior in precedence.
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1846:
Peasants led by Jakub Szela began an uprising against Polish nobles in
Galicia in the Austrian partition, killing about 1000 people and destroyed
about 500 manors.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_slaughter>
1861:
With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont,
Savoy and Sardinia assumed the title King of Italy.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_of_Italy>
1908:
The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden's national stage for "spoken
drama", opened with playwright August Strindberg's play Master Olof.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dramatic_Theatre>
1932:
The Empire of Japan established Manchukuo, a puppet state in northeastern
China during the Sino-Japanese War.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchukuo>
1943:
Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Propaganda Minister, delivered the Sportpalast
speech to motivate the German people when the tide of World War II was
turning against Germany.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportpalast_speech>
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xanthous (adj):
1. Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
2. (archaic) Pertaining to people with skin and hair that is lighter than
usual for their race or ethnicity
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xanthous>
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My prayer is not the whimpering of a beggar nor a confession of love. Nor is
it the petty reckoning of a small tradesman: Give me and I shall give you.
My prayer is the report of a soldier to his general: This is what I did
today, this is how I fought to save the entire battle in my own sector,
these are the obstacles I encountered, this is how I plan to fight tomorrow.
--Nikos Kazantzakis
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nikos_Kazantzakis>
Theramenes was an Athenian statesman, prominent in the final decade of the
Peloponnesian War. He was particularly active during the two periods of
oligarchic government at Athens, as well as in the trial of the generals who
had commanded at Arginusae in 406 BC. A moderate oligarch, he often found
himself caught between the democrats on the one hand and the extreme
oligarchs on the other. Successful in replacing a narrow oligarchy with a
broader one in 411 BC, he failed to achieve the same end in 404 BC, and was
executed by the extremists whose policies he had opposed. Theramenes
remained a controversial figure after his death; Lysias vigorously denounced
him while prosecuting several of his former political allies, but others
defended his actions. Modern historical assessments have shifted over time;
in the 19th century, Theramenes was almost universally condemned, but recent
scholarship has produced more positive assessments. Some historians have
found in Theramenes a selfish opportunist, others a principled moderate. The
details of his actions, his motivations, and the nature of his character
continue to be debated down to the present day.
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1600:
Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, best-known as a proponent of
heliocentrism and the infinity of the universe, was burned at the stake as a
heretic by the Roman Inquisition.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno>
1801:
The U.S. House of Representatives elected Thomas Jefferson as President and
Aaron Burr as Vice President, resolving an electoral tie in the 1800 U.S.
presidential election.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election%2C_1800>
1904:
Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in
Milan, generating negative reviews that forced him to rewrite the opera.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madama_Butterfly>
1936:
The Phantom, one of the first modern comic book superheroes with the
hallmark skintight costume and a mask with no visible pupils, made his first
appearance in a daily newspaper comic strip.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_%28comics%29>
2003:
The London congestion charge, a fee that is levied on motorists travelling
within designated parts of London, came into operation.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_congestion_charge>
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Ishikawa diagram (n):
A diagram used in quality management to display a detailed list of causes
and effects of a problem and thus to decipher the root cause of a problem
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ishikawa_diagram>
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A voiceless song in an ageless light
Sings at the coming dawn
Birds in flight are calling there
Where the heart moves the stones
It's there that my heart is calling
All for the love of you. --Loreena McKennitt
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Loreena_McKennitt>
The aldol reaction is an important carbon-carbon bond formation reaction in
organic chemistry. In its usual form, it involves the nucleophilic addition
of a ketone enolate to an aldehyde to form an aldol (β-hydroxy ketone), a
structural unit found in many naturally occurring molecules and
pharmaceuticals. Sometimes, the aldol addition product loses a molecule of
water during the reaction to form an α,β-unsaturated ketone. This is called
an aldol condensation. The aldol reaction was discovered independently by
Charles-Adolphe Wurtz and by Alexander Porfyrevich Borodin in 1872. Borodin
observed the aldol dimerization of 3-hydroxybutanal from acetaldehyde under
acidic conditions. The aldol reaction is used widely in the large scale
production of commodity chemicals such as pentaerythritol. The aldol
structural motif is especially common in polyketides, a class of natural
products from which many pharmaceuticals are derived, including the potent
immunosuppressant FK506, the tetracycline antibiotics, and the antifungal
agent amphotericin B. Extensive research on the aldol reaction has produced
highly efficient methods which enable the otherwise challenging synthesis of
many polyketides in the laboratory.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1898:
The United States Navy battleship USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana,
Cuba, killing more than 260 people and precipitating the Spanish-American
War.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_%28ACR-1%29>
1942:
World War II: Japanese forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita captured
Singapore, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in
British history.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Singapore>
1971:
The British pound sterling and the Irish pound were decimalised on what is
called Decimal Day.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_Day>
1989:
The Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troops had withdrawn
from Afghanistan after a nine-year conflict.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan>
2003:
In one of the largest anti-war rallies in history, millions around the world
in approximately 800 cities took part in protests against the impending
invasion of Iraq.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15%2C_2003_anti-war_protest>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
exuviate (v):
To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to moult
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exuviate>
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Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars,
pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the
object. This our convention understood to be the most oppressive of all
kingly oppressions, and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no
one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.
--Abraham Lincoln
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln>
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written towards the beginning of the career of
playwright William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose
untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among
Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet,
is one of his most frequently performed plays. Its plot is based on an
Italian tale, translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and
Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562, and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure
by William Painter in 1582. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both, but
developed supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris, in order
to expand the plot. Believed to be written between 1591 and 1595, the play
was first published in a quarto version in 1597. The play ascribes different
poetic forms to different characters, sometimes changing the form as the
character develops. John Gielgud's 1935 version kept very close to
Shakespeare's text, and used Elizabethan costumes and staging to enhance the
drama. In the 20th century the play has been adapted in versions as diverse
as MGM's comparatively faithful 1936 film, the 1950s stage musical West Side
Story, and 1996's MTV-inspired Romeo + Juliet.
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1779:
English explorer James Cook was killed in a fight by Native Hawaiians near
Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook>
1876:
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell and electrical engineer Elisha Gray each
filed a patent for the telephone, starting a controversy on who invented the
telecommunications device first.
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray_and_Alexander_Bell_telephone_contr…
>
1949:
Asbestos miners began a labour strike around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada,
considered one of the causes of the Quiet Revolution.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_Strike>
1989:
A fatwa was issued for the execution of Salman Rushdie for authoring The
Satanic Verses, a novel Islamic fundamentalists considered blasphemous.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy>
2005:
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated when explosives
were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St. George Hotel in Beirut,
sparking the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafik_Hariri>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
callipygous (adj):
Having shapely, beautiful buttocks
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/callipygous>
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Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade
itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is
not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in
the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures
all things.
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether
there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will
vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that
which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought
as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we
see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then
I shall know just as I also am known.
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is
love. --Paul of Tarsus
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus>
300 is a 2007 film adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by Frank
Miller, and is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The
film is directed by Zack Snyder while Miller served as executive producer
and consultant. The film was shot mostly with a super-imposition chroma key
technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. Spartan
King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fight to the last man against
Persian 'God-King' Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his army of more than one
million soldiers. As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to
rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a voice-over
narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios (David Wenham). Through this
narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing
300 within the genre of historical fantasy. 300 was released in both
conventional and IMAX theaters in the United States on March 9, 2007, and on
DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD on July 31, 2007. The film broke box office records,
although critics were divided over its look and style. Some acclaimed it as
an original achievement, while others criticized it for favoring visuals
over characterization and its controversial depiction of the ancient
Persians.
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1689:
Glorious Revolution: Instead of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Prince of
Wales, acceding to the throne, his half-sister Mary and her husband William
were proclaimed co-rulers of England.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II_of_England>
1815:
The Cambridge Union Society, one of the oldest debating societies in the
world, was founded at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Union_Society>
1867:
Work began on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels' polluted main
waterway to allow urban renewal in the centre of the city.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/covering_of_the_Senne>
1880:
American inventor Thomas Edison observed the Edison Effect, which later
formed the basis of vacuum tube diodes designed by English electrical
engineer John Ambrose Fleming.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermionic_emission>
1945:
World War II: The Allies began the strategic bombing of Dresden in Dresden,
Saxony, Germany, resulting in a lethal firestorm which killed tens of
thousands of civilians.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dogma (n):
1. An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of opinion, especially
one considered to be absolutely true.
2. A doctrine relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth
authoritatively by a religious organization or leader
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dogma>
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Love has no uttermost, as the stars have no number and the sea no rest.
--Eleanor Farjeon
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eleanor_Farjeon>
The history of evolutionary thought has roots in antiquity. However, until
the 18th century, Western biological thinking was dominated by essentialism,
the belief that every species has essential characteristics that are fixed
and unalterable. During the Enlightenment, naturalists began to focus on the
variability of species; the emergence of paleontology with the concept of
extinction further undermined the static view of nature. In the early 19th
century, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed his theory of the transmutation of
species, the first fully formed scientific theory of evolution. In 1858,
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace published a new evolutionary
theory, which was explained in detail in Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
The theory was based on the idea of natural selection. The synthesis of
natural selection with Mendelian genetics during the 1920s and 1930s founded
the new discipline of population genetics. The gene-centered view of
evolution rose to prominence in the 1960s, followed by the neutral theory of
molecular evolution, sparking debates over adaptationism, the units of
selection, and the relative importance of genetic drift versus natural
selection. In the late 20th century, DNA sequencing led to molecular
phylogenetics and the reorganization of the tree of life into the
three-domain system.
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_evolutionary_thought>
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1733:
James Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah along with the Province of
Georgia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah%2C_Georgia>
1818:
Led by General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile formally proclaimed its
independence from Spain.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile>
1909:
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the
oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States,
was founded to work on behalf of the rights of African Americans.
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Co…
>
1912:
Xinhai Revolution: Puyi (pictured), the last Emperor of China, abdicated
under a deal brokered by military official and politician Yuan Shikai,
formally replacing the Qing Dynasty with a new republic in China.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi>
2001:
NASA's robotic space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming one
of the first spacecrafts to land on an asteroid.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
maugre (prep):
(obsolete) notwithstanding; in spite of
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maugre>
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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those
who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this
or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin>
The buildings and architecture of Bristol are an eclectic combination of
styles, ranging from the medieval to 20th century brutalism and beyond.
During the mid-19th century, Bristol Byzantine, an architectural style
unique to the city was developed, of which several examples have survived.
Buildings from most of the architectural periods of the United Kingdom can
be seen throughout Bristol. Parts of the fortified city and castle date back
to the medieval era, as do some churches dating from the 12th century
onwards. As the city grew, it merged with its surrounding villages, each
with its own character and centre, often clustered around a parish church.
The construction of the city's floating harbour, taking in the wharves on
the Avon and Frome rivers, provided a focus for industrial development and
the growth of the local transport infrastructure, including the Clifton
Suspension Bridge and Temple Meads railway station. The 20th century saw
further expansion of the city, the growth of the University of Bristol, and
the arrival of the aircraft industry. During World War II, the city centre
suffered from extensive bombing during the Bristol Blitz. The redevelopment
of shopping centres, office buildings, and the harbourside continues to this
day.
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildings_and_architecture_of_Bristol>
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1858:
Fourteen year-old peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous reported the first of
eighteen Marian apparitions in Lourdes, France, resulting in the town
becoming a major site for pilgrimages by Catholics.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous>
1929:
To help settle the "Roman Question", Italy and the Holy See of the Roman
Catholic Church agreed to establish the Vatican City as an independent
sovereign enclave within Italy.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City>
1979:
During the Iranian Revolution, the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran effectively
collapsed when the military declared itself "neutral" after rebel troops
overwhelmed forces loyal to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in armed street
fighting.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty>
1990:
Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years,
was released from Victor Verster Prison near Paarl, South Africa.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela>
660 BC:
According to tradition, Emperor Jimmu founded Japan and established his
capital in Yamato.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
adjacent (adj):
1. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
2. Just before, after, or facing
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adjacent>
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In Common Sense Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the
Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in
his calm way said that matters never could be the same again. --Thomas
Alva Edison
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison>