Guallatiri is a stratovolcano in Chile that is 6,060–6,071 m
(19,880–19,918 ft) high. It is located southwest of, or possibly
within, the Nevados de Quimsachata volcanic group. The summit,
surrounded by numerous fumaroles, may be a lava dome or volcanic plug,
while the lower flanks of the volcano are covered by lava flows and lava
domes. The volcano's eruptions have produced mostly dacite along with
andesite and rhyolite. Past glaciation has left moraines on Guallatiri.
A large eruption took place approximately 2,600 years ago. Guallatiri
has been active since prehistoric times, with the latest known eruption
in 1960. Fumarolic and seismic activity is ongoing and has resulted in
the deposition of sulfur and other minerals on the volcano. It is
covered by an ice cap above 5,500–5,800 m (18,000–19,000 ft)
elevation that has retreated and broken up into separate ice bodies.
Part of Lauca National Park, Guallatiri is monitored by the Chilean
National Geology and Mining Service.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guallatiri>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1809:
War of the Fifth Coalition: French general Louis-Nicolas Davout
defeated an Austrian force in Lower Bavaria, allowing him to rejoin the
main French army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Teugen-Hausen>
1927:
American actress Mae West was sentenced to ten days in jail for
"corrupting the morals of youth" with her play Sex.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_West>
1989:
A gun turret exploded on board the United States Navy
battleship Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_turret_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
psychrosensitive:
(sciences) Sensitive to the cold.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/psychrosensitive>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how
necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to
live together in peace by killing each other's children.
--Jimmy Carter
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter>
Rumours is the 11th studio album by the British-American rock band
Fleetwood Mac (pictured). Released in 1977 by Warner Bros. Records, it
was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. Following
the band's 1975 album Fleetwood Mac, Rumours includes a mix of electric
and acoustic instrumentation, accented rhythms, guitars, and keyboards.
The lyrics, written in the aftermath of several breakups among the band
members, concern personal and often troubled relationships. Rumours
became the band's first number-one album on the UK Albums Chart and
topped the US Billboard 200, supported by the singles "Go Your Own
Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "You Make Loving Fun". It sold more
than 40 million copies worldwide and garnered widespread acclaim from
critics, with praise centred on its production quality and vocal
harmonies. In 2020, Rumours was ranked seventh in Rolling Stone's list
of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumours_%28album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1783:
The Mechanical Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by
Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human,
began a tour of Europe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk>
1809:
Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship
D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under
Alexander Cochrane.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troude%27s_expedition_to_the_Caribbean>
1973:
George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later
formed the basis of Star Wars.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_%28film%29>
1984:
Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed
while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London,
resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of
Libya–United Kingdom relations.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
phantasmal:
1. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm
(“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.
2. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom
(“apparition or ghost”); ghostly, spectral.
3. (parapsychology) Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics
of, a phantasm (“perception or vision of a living or dead person who is
not physically present, often through telepathy”).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phantasmal>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Wherever you come near the human race there's layers and layers
of nonsense.
--Thornton Wilder
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thornton_Wilder>
William T. Stearn (16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001) was a British
botanist. Born in Cambridge, he was largely self-educated. He was head
librarian at the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library in London
from 1933 to 1952, and then moved to the Natural History Museum where he
was a scientific officer in the botany department until 1976. After
retirement, he became the president of the Linnean Society and taught
botany at Cambridge University. He is known for his work in botanical
taxonomy, history, and illustration, and for his studies of the Swedish
scientist Carl Linnaeus. Stearn is the author of Botanical Latin, as
well as the Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners, a popular guide to
the scientific names of plants. He is considered one of the most eminent
British botanists of his time. An essay prize in his name from the
Society for the History of Natural History is awarded each year.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Stearn>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
Slavery in Washington, D.C., ended when the District of
Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act became law.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Compensated_Emancipation…>
1945:
Second World War: British and Canadian forces concluded the
Liberation of Arnhem in the Netherlands from German occupation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Arnhem>
1948:
The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation,
headquartered in Paris, was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OECD>
2014:
The ferry MV Sewol capsized and sank off Donggeochado, South
Korea, killing 306 people, mainly students from Danwon High School.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_MV_Sewol>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sinking feeling:
An unpleasant feeling in the abdomen caused by hunger or, especially,
apprehension or uneasiness.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sinking_feeling>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd
fashion.
--Anatole France
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France>
One of the Boys is an American sitcom created by Blake Hunter and Martin
Cohan that aired six episodes on NBC from April 15 to May 20, 1989. It
is one of only a few American primetime programs that decade to star a
Latin American woman—María Conchita Alonso (pictured). She featured
as Maria Conchita Navarro, a Venezuelan immigrant to the United States
who begins working in the office of a small construction company and
marries its widowed owner, Mike Lukowski (Robert Clohessy). Five
production companies oversaw filming at Sunset Gower Studios in
Hollywood, where delays prevented critics from watching a preview in
advance of the premiere. Reviews referred to the concept as ordinary and
a repeat of themes from other television shows at that time. Alonso's
acting was mostly praised by critics. The mid-season replacement
received inconsistent Nielsen ratings and was not renewed for a second
season by NBC.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_the_Boys_%281989_TV_series%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1923:
Ten Japanese-American children were killed in a racially
motivated arson attack on a school in Sacramento, California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Sh%C5%8Dgakk%C5%8D_fire>
1936:
Two Jews were killed near Tulkarm in Mandatory Palestine, an
act widely viewed as the beginning of violence within the Arab revolt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Tulkarm_shooting>
1989:
The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths
in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA
Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster>
2019:
A fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the
cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_fire>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
airprox:
(aviation) A near miss between aircraft.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/airprox>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Movement will cease before we are weary of being useful.
--Leonardo da Vinci
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci>
The American poet Walt Whitman spoke publicly many times on Abraham
Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. A series of at least
eleven lectures on Lincoln's life and his assassination began in Steck
Hall in New York City on April 14, 1879, and concluded in Philadelphia
on April 14, 1890, two years before Whitman's death. They were
generally well received, and cemented the poet's public image as an
authority on Lincoln. Whitman greatly admired Lincoln and was moved by
his assassination in 1865 to write several poems honoring him, including
"O Captain! My Captain!", which Whitman recited during some of the
talks. The lecture in 1887 at Madison Square Theatre in New York City is
considered the most successful of the series, and was attended by many
prominent members of American society. Whitman later described its
reception as "the culminating hour" of his life. (This article is part
of a featured topic: Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Walt_Whitman_and_Ab…>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1944:
The freighter Fort Stikine, carrying cotton bales, gold and
ammunition, exploded in the harbour of Bombay, India, sinking
surrounding ships and causing about 800 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Bombay_explosion>
1970:
After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 exploded, disabling the
spacecraft's electrical and life-support systems, astronaut Jack Swigert
reported: "Houston, we've had a problem here" (audio featured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston,_we_have_a_problem>
1983:
Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album,
was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Dance_%28David_Bowie_album%29>
1994:
Iraqi no-fly zones conflict: In a friendly-fire incident during
Operation Provide Comfort, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shot
down two U.S. Army helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Black_Hawk_shootdown_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tread the boards:
1. To work as an theatre actor.
2. (figuratively) To write plays for the theatre.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tread_the_boards>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Kennaston no longer thought of himself as a man of flesh-and-
blood moving about a world of his compeers. Or, at least, that especial
aspect of his existence was to him no longer a phase of any particular
importance.
--James Branch Cabell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Branch_Cabell>
The 1999 Sydney hailstorm was the costliest natural disaster in
Australian history at the time as measured by insured damage. The storm
developed south of Sydney, New South Wales, on the afternoon of
14 April 1999 and struck the city's central business district and its
eastern suburbs later that evening. It dropped an estimated 500,000
tonnes of hailstones on Sydney and its suburbs. The insured damage bill
was roughly A$1.7 billion, with the total bill (including uninsured
damage) estimated to be around $2.3 billion. Lightning claimed one
life, and the storm caused approximately 50 injuries. The storm was
classified as a supercell following further analysis of its erratic
nature and extreme attributes. The time of year and general conditions
in the region were not seen as conducive for an extreme storm cell to
form, and the Bureau of Meteorology was repeatedly surprised by its
changes in direction, its duration, and the severity of the hail.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Sydney_hailstorm>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1943:
The Neoclassical Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., was
formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Memorial>
1946:
Nakam, a Jewish organization seeking revenge for the Holocaust,
attempted to poison thousands of SS prisoners at Langwasser internment
camp, but did not kill anyone.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakam>
1953:
Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published as the first
work to feature the British spy character James Bond.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_%28literary_character%29>
2017:
War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the
U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in
combat.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
archaic smile:
(Ancient Greece, art, sculpture, historical) A smiling facial expression
commonly found on Greek statues of the Archaic period (circa 700–500
B.C.E.).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/archaic_smile>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have ever deemed it more honorable and profitable, too, to set
a good example than to follow a bad one.
--Thomas Jefferson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is a 1997 role-playing video
game developed and published by Interplay Productions. Set in a post-
apocalyptic world in the mid–22nd century, it revolves around the
player character seeking a replacement computer chip for their
underground nuclear shelter's water supply system. The gameplay involves
interacting with other survivors and engaging in turn-based combat.
Fallout started development in 1994 as a game engine designed by Tim
Cain (pictured). It was originally based on GURPS, a role-playing game
system, though the character-customization scheme was changed after the
GURPS license was terminated. Fallout drew artistic inspiration from
Atomic Age media and is considered a spiritual successor to Wasteland
(1988). The game was a critical and commercial success and spawned a
successful series of sequels and spin-offs. It has since been credited
for renewing consumer interest in computer role-playing games.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_%28video_game%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1831:
The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England,
collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops
marching in step across it.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge>
1993:
Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft
pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered
by the United Nations Security Council.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deny_Flight>
2012:
The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a
presidential election, later handing power to a transitional
administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Guinea-Bissau_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
2013:
Four Chadian soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing by
jihadist rebels in Kidal, Mali.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2013_Kidal_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
steely-eyed missile man:
(US, astronautics, often humorous, slang) An astronaut or engineer who
quickly comes up with a solution to a difficult problem while under
extreme pressure.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/steely-eyed_missile_man>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Ultimate Truth is called God. This one can realize in the
state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi. A circle can have only one centre but it
can have numerous radii. The centre can be compared to God and the radii
to religions. So, no one sect, no one religion or book can make an
absolute claim of It.
--Swami Narayanananda
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Swami_Narayanananda>
Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) was an American writer. In a career spanning
over 50 years, he published fourteen novels and three short story
collections; further works were published after his death. Born and
raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943.
Deployed to Europe to fight in World War II, he was captured by the
Germans and interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of
the city in a slaughterhouse. Vonnegut published his first novel, Player
Piano, in 1952. Two of his novels, The Sirens of Titan (1959) and Cat's
Cradle (1963), were nominated for the Hugo Award. Slaughterhouse-Five
(1969), a best-seller that resonated with its readers for its anti-war
sentiment amidst the ongoing Vietnam War, thrust Vonnegut into fame as
an important contemporary writer and a dark humor commentator on
American society. Numerous scholarly works have examined Vonnegut's
writing and humor.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1809:
Napoleonic Wars: A hastily assembled Royal Navy fleet launched
an assault against the main strength of the French Atlantic Fleet; an
incomplete victory led to political turmoil in Britain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Basque_Roads>
1951:
U.S. president Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements about the
Korean War that contradicted the administration's policies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief_of_Douglas_MacArthur>
1973:
On the Art of the Cinema, a treatise on film propaganda in
support of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea written by the future
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, was published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Art_of_the_Cinema>
2001:
In a FIFA World Cup qualifying match, Australia defeated
American Samoa 31–0, the largest margin of victory recorded in
international football.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_31%E2%80%930_American_Samoa>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Promethean:
1. Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who
created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for
which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle
feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by
Heracles.
2. Boldly creative, inventive, or original; skilful, talented; also,
recklessly daring; audacious.
3. Of a Romantic literary hero: defying traditional moral categories;
rebelling against a larger order; persecuted but dauntless.
4. (rare) Of or pertaining to the promethea silkmoth (Callosamia
promethea).
5. One with the qualities of Prometheus, or who acts in a Promethean
manner (audaciously, creatively, etc.).
6. (also attributive, historical) A kind of lucifer match consisting of
a glass tube containing sulfuric acid coated on the outside with a
flammable mixture of potassium chlorate and sugar and wrapped in paper
rolls; the match was lit by crushing the tube with pliers, causing the
acid to react with and ignite the flammable components. This type of
match was superseded by the friction match which was lit by rubbing
against a rough surface.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Promethean>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is a sort of mythology that grows up about what happened,
which is different from what really did happen.
--Peter Higgs
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs>
The New South Wales waratah (Telopea speciosissima) is a large shrub in
the family Proteaceae. Endemic to New South Wales, Australia, it is the
floral emblem of that state. It grows as a shrub to 3–4 m
(10–13 ft) high and 2 m (7 ft) wide, with dark green leaves and
several stems rising from a pronounced woody base known as a lignotuber.
During the spring it has striking large red flowerheads, each made up of
hundreds of individual flowers. These are visited by the eastern pygmy
possum (Cercartetus nanus), birds such as honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and
insects. T. speciosissima has featured prominently in art, architecture
and advertising. No subspecies are recognised, but cultivars with
various shades of red, pink and white flowers are commercially grown in
several countries as a cut flower. The shrub can be difficult to
cultivate in home gardens, requiring good drainage and being vulnerable
to fungal disease and pests.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telopea_speciosissima>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1925:
The novel The Great Gatsby by American author F. Scott
Fitzgerald was first published by Scribner's.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby>
1970:
In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul
McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney>
1973:
In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta
International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near
Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invicta_International_Airlines_Flight_435>
2019:
Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released
the first image of a black hole (depicted), located at the center of the
galaxy M87.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_Telescope>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
baffle:
1. (transitive)
2. To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound,
to puzzle.
3. (archaic) To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts,
plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
4. (specifically, nautical) Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a
ship or its crew) from advancing.
5. (technology) To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a
fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
6. (obsolete)
7. To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
8. Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating
or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by
cheating or manipulating (someone).
9. (intransitive)
10. To expend effort or struggle in vain.
11. (obsolete) To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to
quibble. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baffle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am no politician, and still less can I be said to be a party-
man: I have a hatred of tyranny, and a contempt for its tools; and this
feeling I have expressed as often and as strongly as I could. I cannot
sit quietly down under the claims of barefaced power, and have tried to
expose the little arts of sophistry by which they are defended. I have
no mind to have my person made a property of, nor my understanding made
a dupe of. I deny that liberty and slavery are convertible terms, that
right and wrong, truth and falsehood, plenty and famine, the comforts or
wretchedness of a people, are matters of perfect indifference. That is
all I know of the matter; but on these points I am likely to remain
incorrigible, in spite of any arguments that I have seen used to the
contrary. It needs no sagacity to discover that two and two make four;
but to persist in maintaining this obvious position, if all the fashion,
authority, hypocrisy, and venality of mankind were arrayed against it,
would require a considerable effort of personal courage, and would soon
leave a man in a very formidable minority.
--William Hazlitt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt>
The Mercury Seven were a group of American astronauts selected to fly
spacecraft for Project Mercury. Announced by NASA on April 9, 1959,
Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra,
Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton created a new profession. The group
piloted all the spaceflights of the Mercury program that had an
astronaut on board from May 1961 to May 1963, and some flew in the
Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs. Shepard became the first
American to enter space in 1961, and walked on the Moon in 1971.
Grissom, after flying Mercury and Gemini missions, died in 1967 in the
Apollo 1 fire; the others survived past retirement from service.
Schirra commanded Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo flight. Slayton,
grounded with atrial fibrillation, ultimately flew on the Apollo–Soyuz
Test Project in 1975. Glenn became the first American in orbit in 1962,
and flew on Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 to become, at age 77, the
oldest person to fly in space at the time.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Seven>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1388:
Despite being vastly outnumbered, forces of the Old Swiss
Confederacy defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Näfels.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_N%C3%A4fels>
1838:
The National Gallery opened in its current building in
Trafalgar Square, London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery>
1939:
After being denied permission to perform at Constitution Hall
by the Daughters of the American Revolution, African-American singer
Marian Anderson gave an open-air concert on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
force majeure:
1. An overwhelming force.
2. (law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents
someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/force_majeure>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
An artist is only an artist thanks to his exquisite sense of
beauty — a sense which provides him with intoxicating delights, but at
the same time implying and including a sense, equally exquisite, of all
deformity and disproportion.
--Charles Baudelaire
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire>