The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide was the first
major conference in the field of genocide studies and marked the shift
from viewing genocide as an irrational phenomenon to one that could be
studied and understood. It was held at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv on
20–24 June 1982 and was initially organized by Israel Charny, Elie
Wiesel, and Shamai Davidson. The Turkish government tried to have the
conference cancelled because it included presentations on the Armenian
genocide, which Turkey denies. Turkey threatened to close its borders to
Syrian and Iranian Jews fleeing persecution. In response, the Israeli
government called participants, claiming the conference was cancelled
and asking them not to attend. The official Israeli Holocaust memorial
and Tel Aviv University withdrew, as did many high-profile participants
including Wiesel. The organizers refused to remove the Armenian genocide
from the program and held the conference with fewer participants than
planned.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Conference_on_the_Holocaust_and…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1340:
Hundred Years' War: The English fleet commanded by Edward III
almost completely destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Sluys.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sluys>
1932:
A group of military officers and civilians engineered a
bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_revolution_of_1932>
1937:
The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships, North Carolina and
Washington, of the North Carolina class, were respectively ordered from
the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina-class_battleship>
2010:
Julia Gillard was sworn in as the first female prime minister
of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership
spill in the Labor Party.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
merchandising:
1. (also attributively) gerund of merchandise
2. (archaic) Trade in merchandise.
3. (originally US) The promotion of goods for sale in a store,
especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.;
also (generally), the promotion of any goods or services for sale.
4. (specifically) The promotion of a film, music group, theatre
production, etc., through the sale of goods bearing motifs associated
with the subject being promoted; also, such goods themselves
collectively; merchandise.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merchandising>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Insurrection, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's
failure to substitute misrule for bad government.
--Ambrose Bierce
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce>
The 2007 AT&T; 250 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race that took
place on June 23, 2007. Held at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis,
Wisconsin, the race was the 17th of 35 in the 2007 season of the Busch
Series. Aric Almirola (pictured) of Joe Gibbs Racing was the listed
winner of the race. Gibbs intended for NASCAR Nextel Cup Series regular
Denny Hamlin to run the race, but the Cup Series was racing that weekend
at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, and Hamlin did not arrive in
time to start the race. Almirola started instead and ran the first 59
laps before he was pulled out of the car under caution; Hamlin finished
the race and came from behind to win after losing a lap to the leaders
during the driver change. NASCAR rules state that the driver who starts
the race gets credit for the result, making Almirola the official race
winner. The driver change frustrated Almirola, who proceeded to leave
the track before the race ended.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_AT%26T_250>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1594:
Anglo-Spanish War: During the Action of Faial, an English
attempt to capture a Portuguese carrack, reputedly one of the richest
ever to set sail from the Indies, caused it to explode with all the
treasure lost.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_Faial>
1972:
President Richard Nixon signed Title IX (co-author Patsy Mink
pictured) into law as part of the Education Amendments, prohibiting
gender discrimination in any educational program receiving U.S. federal
funds.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX>
1982:
Chinese American Vincent Chin died after being beaten into a
coma in Highland Park, Michigan, U.S., by two automotive workers who
were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Vincent_Chin>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
prepossess:
1. Chiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an
emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things.
2. (by extension) To cause (someone) to have a previous inclination
against, for, or to something; to bias or prejudice; specifically, to
induce in (someone) a favourable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
3. (obsolete)
4. To cause (someone) to think a certain way.
5. To occupy or possess (something) beforehand.
6. (reflexive, chiefly passive) Chiefly followed by of or with: to cause
(oneself) to obtain possession of something beforehand, or ahead of
someone else.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prepossess>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
--Martin Rees
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Rees>
Lancaster's chevauchée of 1356 in Normandy was an English offensive
directed by Henry, Earl of Lancaster (depicted), as part of the Hundred
Years' War. The offensive took the form of a chevauchée, a large-scale
mounted raid, and lasted from 22 June to 13 July 1356. Lancaster
landed in the Cotentin and pillaged and burnt his way eastward across
the Duchy of Normandy with 2,300 men. John II of France moved to Rouen
with a much stronger force to intercept Lancaster, but the English
turned south after relieving and re-victualling the besieged friendly
citadel of Pont-Audemer. They resupplied another friendly fortification,
Breteuil, then stormed and sacked the important town of Verneuil-sur-
Avre before retreating. John pursued, but bungled several opportunities
to bring the English to battle. In 22 days the English travelled
330 miles (530 km), a remarkable effort for the period. The expedition
seized a large amount of loot, damaged the French economy and prestige,
and cemented new alliances.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster%27s_Normandy_chevauch%C3%A9e_of_1356>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1911:
King George V and Queen Mary of Teck were crowned at
Westminster Abbey in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Teck>
1966:
Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was
arrested as the military junta of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ crushed the Buddhist
Uprising.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Tr%C3%AD_Quang>
2002:
An earthquake registering 6.5 Mw struck northwestern Iran,
killing at least 230 people and injuring 1,300 others, and later causing
widespread public anger at the slow official response.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bou%27in-Zahra_earthquake>
2009:
Two Metro trains collided in Washington, D.C., killing nine
people and injuring eighty others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2009_Washington_Metro_train_collision>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gadfly:
1. Any dipterous (“two-winged”) insect or fly of the family Oestridae
(commonly known as a botfly) or Tabanidae (horsefly), noted for
irritating animals by buzzing about them, and biting them to suck their
blood; a gadbee.
2. (figuratively, also attributively)
3. A person or thing that irritates or instigates.
4. (specifically) A person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or
upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an
irritant.
5. Synonym of gadabout (“a person who restlessly moves from place to
place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others”)
6. (derogatory, slang) A person who takes without giving back; a
bloodsucker.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gadfly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I would urge all of those watching today to focus on the evidence
the committee will present. Don't be distracted by politics. This is
serious. We cannot let America become a nation of conspiracy theories
and thug violence.
--Liz Cheney
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Liz_Cheney>
Woodleigh MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on
the North East line in Bidadari, Singapore. The station is underneath
Upper Serangoon Road, near the junction with Upper Aljunied Road.
Surrounding points of interest include Stamford American International
School and Avon Park. The station also serves the developing Bidadari
Estate and Woodleigh Residences (pictured). Woodleigh was among the 16
North East line stations first announced in March 1996. Despite being
completed along with the rest of the line in June 2003, the station
remained closed due to the lack of local development. It eventually
opened on 20 June 2011. As with most of the North East line stations,
it is a designated Civil Defence shelter. Woodleigh station features an
Art-in-Transit public artwork Slow Motion by April Ng on thirty zinc
panels, depicting commuters going about their daily lives.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodleigh_MRT_station>
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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>
1948:
The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first
stored-program computer, ran its first computer program.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Baby>
2000:
President Bill Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 Asian
Americans, mostly from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, for actions
during World War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Pacific_American_Medal_of_Honor…>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rhapsody:
1. (Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one,
suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
2. (by extension)
3. (sometimes with a negative connotation) An exaggeratedly enthusiastic
or exalted expression of feeling in speech or writing.
4. (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form, often
incorporating improvisation.
5. (archaic) A random collection or medley; a miscellany; also, a
confused string of stories, words, etc.
6. (sometimes with a negative connotation, obsolete) A literary
composition consisting of miscellaneous works.
7. Synonym of rhapsodize
8. (transitive)
9. To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
10. (obsolete, rare) To perform (a rhapsody (“an epic poem, or part of
one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation”))
11. (intransitive) Followed by about, on, over, or upon: to speak with
exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rhapsody>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
O great wide beautiful wonderful World With the wonderful waters
around you curled And the beautiful grass upon your breast O World you
are beautifully dressed.
--John Crowley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Crowley>
Final Fantasy Tactics is a tactical role-playing game developed and
published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. Sony
Computer Entertainment published the game in Japan on June 20, 1997, and
the United States on January 28, 1998. It is the first game of the
Tactics series within the Final Fantasy franchise, and the first entry
set in the fictional world of Ivalice. The story follows Ramza Beoulve,
who is placed in the middle of a military conflict between two noble
factions coveting the throne of the kingdom. Production began in 1995 by
Yasumi Matsuno, who was the director and writer. Final Fantasy series
creator Hironobu Sakaguchi (pictured) was the producer and Hiroyuki Ito
designed the battles. Final Fantasy Tactics received critical acclaim,
garnered a cult following, and has been cited as one of the greatest
video games of all time. An enhanced port of the game, Final Fantasy
Tactics: The War of the Lions, was released in 2007. (This article is
part of a featured topic: Ivalice.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Ivalice>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1926:
Approximately 250,000 spectators attended the opening
procession of the 28th International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago,
United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_International_Eucharistic_Congress>
1959:
The extratropical remnants of an Atlantic hurricane reached the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, capsizing 22 fishing boats and causing 35
fatalities.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Escuminac_disaster>
1960:
The Mali Federation gained independence from France, but
dissolved into Mali and Senegal two months later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Federation>
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:
Victorian:
1. Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or
that period.
2. Of or relating to the culture or social conditions of that period.
3. In a situation of poverty and social injustice; Dickensian.
4. (architecture) Of the style of architecture or furnishings of that
period.
5. (figuratively) Of or displaying the (supposed) ideals or standards of
morality of that period; conservative; also, old-fashioned, out-of-date.
6. A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting
characteristics of that period.
7. An item of furniture from that period.
8. (chiefly US, architecture) A house built in the Victorian
architectural style. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victorian>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The chearful light, the vital air, Are blessings widely given;
Let nature's commoners enjoy The common gifts of heaven.
--Anna Letitia Barbauld
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anna_Letitia_Barbauld>
The 1838 Jesuit slave sale was agreed to on June 19 when the Maryland
province of the Society of Jesus entered into a contract to sell 272
slaves to two Louisiana planters for $115,000. This was the culmination
of a long-running debate among the Jesuits over whether to keep, sell,
or manumit their slaves. In 1836, the Jesuit superior general authorized
the sale on three conditions: the slaves must be permitted to practice
their Catholic faith, the families must not be separated, and the
proceeds must only be used to support Jesuits in training. It soon
became clear that the conditions had not been met; the new owners
separated families and did not allow most of the slaves to carry on
their faith. The Jesuits were only partially paid, many years late. For
humanitarian reasons, only 206 slaves were delivered. Many Jesuits were
outraged by the sale, and the superior general removed the provincial
superior for disobeying orders and promoting scandal, exiling him to
Nice for several years.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1838_Jesuit_slave_sale>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1867:
Second French intervention in Mexico: Emperor Maximilian I of
Mexico was executed by firing squad in Querétaro City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico>
1965:
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, the head of the South Vietnam Air Force, was
appointed prime minister at the head of a military regime, ending two
years of short-lived military juntas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Cao_K%E1%BB%B3>
1970:
The international Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed,
providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect
inventions in each of its contracting states.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty>
2012:
Facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, Julian Assange,
the founder of WikiLeaks, requested asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in
London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
false dichotomy:
1. (botany) A branching in which the main axis appears to divide
dichotomously at the apex but is in reality suppressed, the growth being
continued by lateral branches (as in the dichasium).
2. (rhetoric) A situation in which two alternative points of view are
presented as the only options, when others are available.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/false_dichotomy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our reason is always disappointed by the inconstancy of
appearances.
--Pensées
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pens%C3%A9es>
Frank Russell, 2nd Earl Russell (1865–1931), was a British nobleman,
barrister and politician, the older brother of the philosopher Bertrand
Russell. In his youth, he enjoyed four happy years at Winchester
College, but was dismissed from Balliol College, Oxford. He married
Mabel Scott in 1890, but they soon separated. Unable to get an English
divorce, in 1900, he became the first celebrity to get one in Nevada,
and remarried there, but the divorce was invalid in England. In
June 1901, he was arrested for bigamy, and was convicted before the
House of Lords, the last time a peer was convicted by the Lords. His
second marriage ended after he fell in love with the novelist Elizabeth
von Arnim; they wed in 1916. The couple soon separated, though they did
not divorce. Russell was given junior office in the second MacDonald
government in 1929, and served until his death. Frank Russell is obscure
compared to his brother, and his marital difficulties led to his being
dubbed the "Wicked Earl".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Russell,_2nd_Earl_Russell>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1815:
War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon fought and lost his
final battle, the Battle of Waterloo (depicted), in present-day Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo>
1972:
British European Airways Flight 548 crashed near Staines-upon-
Thames less than three minutes after departing from Heathrow Airport in
London, killing all 118 people aboard in the worst air accident in the
UK.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_548>
1982:
The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's
Banker" due to his close association with the Holy See, was found
hanging from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Calvi>
2012:
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of
Saudi Arabia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
misogynoir:
(neologism) Contempt for, hatred of, or prejudice against black women.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misogynoir>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The long and winding road that leads to your door Will never
disappear, I've seen that road before — it always leads me here,
Leads me to your door.
--Paul McCartney
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney>
The Battle of St. Charles was fought on June 17, 1862, at
St. Charles, Arkansas, during the American Civil War. Earlier in 1862,
a force commanded by Samuel R. Curtis, a major general of the Union
Army, became bogged down in northern Arkansas. A Union relief force was
sent up the White River to resupply Curtis. The Confederates had
constructed fortifications near St. Charles. An infantry unit was sent
ashore to attack the fortifications on land, while Union ships attacked
from the river. During the fight, a Confederate fired what has been
referred to as the deadliest shot of the war, striking the ironclad
USS Mound City, puncturing one of its steam drums, and filling the ship
with scalding steam (depicted), killing 105 and wounding 25. Only about
25 aboard escaped unhurt. The infantrymen on land took the Confederate
position. The supply mission was unable to reach Curtis, and withdrew
back down the river. Curtis's army then cut loose from their supply line
and marched to Helena, Arkansas.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_St._Charles>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1579:
Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day
California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Albion>
1795:
French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal
Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis fended off a numerically
superior French Navy fleet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwallis%27s_Retreat>
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>
2015:
A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel
African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina,
killing nine people during a prayer service.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bunker:
1. (military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully
underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or
other attacks.
2. (nautical) A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's
engine; (by extension) the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that
container.
3. (rail transport) The coal compartment on a tank engine.
4. (sports)
5. (golf) A hazard on a golf course consisting of a sand-filled hollow.
6. (paintball) An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and
field of fire.
7. (Britain, chiefly historical) A large bin or container for storing
coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.
8. (Scotland)
9. A sort of box or chest, as in a window, the lid of which serves as a
seat.
10. (slang) A kitchen worktop.
11. (Britain, slang) One who bunks off; a truant from school.
12. (US, regional) The menhaden, any of several species of fish in the
genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium.
13. (transitive)
14. (nautical) To load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.
15. (sports)
16. (golf) To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; (chiefly passive) to
place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.
17. (by extension, Britain, informal) To place (someone) in a position
that is difficult to get out of; to hinder.
18. (paintball) To fire constantly at (an opponent hiding behind an
obstacle), trapping them and preventing them from firing at other
players; also, to eliminate (an opponent behind an obstacle) by rushing
to the position and firing at extremely close range as the player
becomes exposed.
19. (intransitive)
20. Often followed by down: to take shelter in a bunker or other place.
21. (nautical) Of a vessel: to take a load of coal or fuel oil for its
engine.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bunker>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
False claims that our elections have been stolen from us corrupt
our democracy, as they corrupt us. To continue to insist and persist in
the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is itself
an affront to our democracy and to the Constitution of the United States
— an affront without precedent. Those who think that because America
is a republic, theft and corruption of our national elections and
electoral process are not theft and corruption of our democracy are
sorely mistaken. America is both a republic and a representative
democracy, and therefore a sustained attack on our national elections is
a fortiori an attack on our democracy, any political theory otherwise
notwithstanding.
--J. Michael Luttig
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._Michael_Luttig>
Olive Morris (1952–1979) was a Jamaican-born and British-based
community leader and activist. She participated in the Black
nationalist, feminist and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s. She
joined the British Black Panthers, occupied buildings in Brixton, South
London, and became a key organizer in the Black Women's Movement in the
United Kingdom. In London, Morris co-founded the Brixton Black Women's
Group and the Organization of Women of African and Asian Descent; when
she studied at the Victoria University of Manchester, she was involved
in the Manchester Black Women's Co-operative and also travelled to China
with the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding. After graduating,
Morris returned to Brixton and worked at the Brixton Community Law
Centre. She then received a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and died
shortly afterwards at the age of 27. Her life and work have been
commemorated by both official organizations and the activist group
Remembering Olive Collective.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Morris>
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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>
1972:
English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album,
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_S…>
2012:
Liu Yang, a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first
Chinese woman in space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Yang_%28taikonaut%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
stardust:
1. (astronomy)
2. Small fragments of dust-like material found in space; specifically, a
type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar
stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar
System condensed.
3. (informal, dated) A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of
dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved
with a telescope.
4. (archaic) Small fragments in the Earth's atmosphere or on its surface
originating from meteorites; meteor dust.
5. (figuratively)
6. Something imaginary or lacking substance.
7. An imaginary magic dust or powder that, when in one's eyes,
supposedly causes one to view a person or thing favourably, even though
this might not actually be warranted.
8. An imaginary magic dust or powder supposedly able to give one
charisma or other positive qualities; hence, charisma or glamour,
especially that possessed by a celebrity.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stardust>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I love flowers Id love to have the whole place swimming in roses
God of heaven theres nothing like nature the wild mountains then the sea
and the waves rushing then the beautiful country with the fields of oats
and wheat and all kinds of things
--Ulysses
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ulysses>
"I've Just Seen a Face" is a Beatles song written and sung by Paul
McCartney (pictured), first released on the album Help! in August 1965.
A cheerful ballad of love at first sight, it may have been inspired by
McCartney's relationship with actress Jane Asher. The Beatles recorded
it on 14 June 1965 at EMI Studios in London, on the same day "I'm Down"
and "Yesterday" were recorded. The song fuses country and western with
other musical genres, including folk rock, folk, pop rock and bluegrass.
Several reviewers have described the song in favourable terms,
highlighting its rhyming lyricism and McCartney's vocal delivery, and
describing it as an overlooked song. It replaced "Drive My Car" on the
North American version of Rubber Soul in December 1965, furthering the
album's identity as a folk rock work, although some commentators viewed
this change as masking the band's late-1965 creative developments. It
was among the first Beatles songs McCartney played live with his group
Wings.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Just_Seen_a_Face>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1822:
In a paper presented to the Royal Astronomical Society, English
mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine, an
automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial
functions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage>
1900:
The second of the German Naval Laws was passed, doubling the
size of the Imperial German Navy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Naval_Laws>
1944:
Second World War: The British Army abandoned its attempt to
capture the German-occupied city of Caen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Perch>
1966:
The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of
prohibited books.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
ally:
1. (transitive)
2. To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between
families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or
treaty.
3. Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to
(someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.
4. (reflexive) To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc.,
someone or something else.
5. (intransitive) Chiefly followed by with: to enter into an alliance or
unite for a common aim.
6. A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a
friend.
7. A person who, or organization which, supports a demographic group
subject to discrimination and/or misrepresentation but is not a member
of the group; specifically (LGBT), a person who is not a member of the
LGBT+ community but is supportive of it.
8. A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty
with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a
confederate.
9. Something regarded as connected with or related to another thing by
similarity in features or nature.
10. (taxonomy) An organism which is related to another organism through
common evolutionary origin; specifically, a species which is closely
related to another species, usually within the same family.
11. (figuratively) A person, group, concept, etc., which is associated
with another as a helper; an auxiliary; a supporter.
12. (historical or obsolete) A relative; a kinsman or kinswoman. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ally>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese
government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible,
but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of
strength.
--Donald Trump
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Donald_Trump>