Lorde (born 1996) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter known for
employing unconventional musical styles and thoughtful songwriting. She
signed with Universal Music Group (UMG) in 2009 and collaborated with
producer Joel Little in 2011 to record material. The pair's first
collaborative effort, an extended play titled The Love Club, was
released by UMG in 2013, and its international chart-topping single
"Royals" helped Lorde rise to prominence. Her debut studio album Pure
Heroine followed that year and achieved critical and commercial success.
The following year, she curated the soundtrack for the 2014 film The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 and recorded several tracks, including
the single "Yellow Flicker Beat". Her second studio album Melodrama
(2017) garnered widespread acclaim and reached number one on the US
Billboard 200. Lorde's music is primarily electropop and contains
elements of subgenres such as dream pop and indie-electro.
(This article is part of a featured topic: Overview of Lorde.).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Overview_of_Lorde>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1845:
A long-running feud between two towns in Wisconsin came to a
head when a schooner crashed into a bridge; they later merged to form
the city of Milwaukee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Bridge_War>
1913:
Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-
length film, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Harishchandra>
1942:
Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi
and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to
threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the
United States and Australasia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Tulagi_%28May_1942%29>
1999:
A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on
Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge
Creek, Oklahoma.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Bridge_Creek%E2%80%93Moore_tornado>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
legman:
1. (originally US) A person hired to carrying out errands or (often)
menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand
boy or errand girl, a runner.
2. (originally US, journalism) A reporter who frequently travels to
conduct research, interview witnesses, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/legman>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Every single one of you, whether you like it or not, is a bastion
of democracy. And if you ever begin to doubt your responsibilities. If
you ever begin to doubt how meaningful it is, look no further than
what's happening in Ukraine. Look at what's happening there. Journalists
are risking and even losing their lives to show the world what's really
happening. You realize how amazing it is. Like in America, you have
the right to seek the truth and speak the truth, even if it makes people
in power uncomfortable. Even if it makes your viewers or readers
uncomfortable. Do you understand how amazing that is? I stood here
tonight and I made fun of the President of the United States, and I'm
going to be fine. — I'm going to be fine, right? Like, do you really
understand what a blessing it is? Maybe it's happened for so long that
you — it might slip your mind, it's a blessing.
--Trevor Noah
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Trevor_Noah>
The 2021 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker
tournament that took place from 17 April to 3 May at the Crucible
Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 45th consecutive year the
World Snooker Championship was held at the Crucible Theatre and was the
15th and final ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season. It was
organised by the World Snooker Tour, a subsidiary of the World
Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. The event was sponsored
by sports betting company Betfred and broadcast by the BBC, Eurosport
and Matchroom Sport. There were 128 participants in the qualifying
rounds, consisting of a mix of professional and invited amateur players.
The main stage of the tournament featured 32 players: the top 16 players
from the snooker world rankings and an additional 16 players from the
qualifying rounds. It featured a total prize fund of £2,395,000 of
which the winner received £500,000. It was won by Mark Selby, who
defeated Shaun Murphy 18–15 in the final.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_World_Snooker_Championship>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1878:
A dust explosion at the world's largest flour mill in
Minneapolis resulted in 18 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mill_Disaster>
1945:
World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander
of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov,
ending the Battle of Berlin.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin>
1982:
Falklands War: HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser
General Belgrano, the only ship ever to have been deliberately sunk by a
nuclear submarine in battle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_General_Belgrano>
2014:
Russo-Ukrainian War: Forty-eight people were killed during a
confrontation between pro-Russian protesters and pro-Ukrainian unity
protesters in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Odessa_clashes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
turn turtle:
1. (intransitive) Especially of a boat or ship, or some other vehicle:
to turn upside down.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To fail; to go belly up.
3. (intransitive, surfing) To roll upside down with one's surfboard
(usually a longboard) to allow a wave, especially a wave that has
already broken, to pass over.
4. (intransitive, historical) To capture a turtle by turning it on to
its back.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turn_turtle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Our delegation traveled to Kyiv to send an unmistakable and
resounding message to the entire world: America stands firmly with
Ukraine.
--Nancy Pelosi
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi>
The May Pamphlet is a collection of six anarchist essays written and
published by Paul Goodman in 1945. He discusses the problems of living
in a society that represses individual instinct through coercion.
Goodman suggests for individuals to resist such conditions by reclaiming
their natural instincts and initiative, and by "drawing the line", an
ideological delineation beyond which an individual should refuse to
conform or cooperate with social convention. Themes from The May
Pamphlet—decentralization, peace, social psychology, and youth
liberation—would recur throughout Goodman's works. Originally
published piecemeal in small, New York anarchist journals (examples
pictured) during and after World War II, the essays were not well known
before Goodman's 1960 book Growing Up Absurd led a resurgence of
interest in his oeuvre. The May Pamphlet was Goodman's main contribution
to anarchist theory and a primary influence on Colin Ward, who later
dedicated Anarchy in Action to Goodman's memory.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_May_Pamphlet>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
The secret society known as the Order of Illuminati was founded
by Adam Weishaupt and Adolph Freiherr Knigge in Ingolstadt, Bavaria,
Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati>
1884:
Moses Fleetwood Walker, the last African American in Major
League Baseball until Jackie Robinson, played his first game for the
Toledo Blue Stockings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Fleetwood_Walker>
1947:
Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into
a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing
11 and wounding 33.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portella_della_Ginestra_massacre>
2016:
The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire
swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14
months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Fort_McMurray_wildfire>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
working stiff:
(originally US, informal) An ordinary person who works in a non-
management position, especially one who works for wages rather than a
salary.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/working_stiff>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We are doing everything to return normal life to the de-occupied
part of our Ukraine. … Of course, there is still a lot of work ahead.
The occupiers are still on our land and still do not recognize the
apparent failure of their so-called operation. We still need to fight
and direct all efforts to drive the occupiers out. And we will do it.
Ukraine will be free. … The Ukrainian flag will return wherever it
should be by right.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>
The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), is a crepuscular and
nocturnal insect-eating bird that breeds across Europe and temperate
Asia. All six subspecies of this nightjar are migratory, wintering in
sub-Saharan Africa. Their densely patterned grey and brown plumage makes
them difficult to see in the daytime when they rest on the ground or
perch motionless along a branch, although the male shows white patches
in the wings and tail in flight. The preferred habitat is dry, open
country with some trees and small bushes. The breeding male has a
churring trill, and patrols his territory with wings held in a V-shape.
The female lays two eggs directly on the ground; they hatch after about
17–21 days and the chicks fledge in another 16–17 days. Both
"Caprimulgus" and the old name "goatsucker" refer to the myth that
nightjars suckled she-goats, causing them to cease to give milk. Its
large numbers and huge breeding range mean that it is classed by the
IUCN as being of least concern.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_nightjar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1789:
George Washington took the oath of office as the first
president of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_Washington>
1945:
World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi
leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with Eva
Braun one day after their marriage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler>
1982:
Sixteen monks and a nun of the Hindu organisation Ananda Marga
were beaten to death and set on fire in Calcutta, India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijon_Setu_massacre>
1997:
In "The Puppy Episode", the lead character of the TV series
Ellen, played by Ellen DeGeneres, came out as lesbian.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppy_Episode>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
desiccate:
1. (transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry.
2. (transitive) To preserve by drying.
3. (intransitive, rare) To become dry; to dry up.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desiccate>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Now we are at ground zero as regards the world we need to build.
A world of respect for international law, the UN Charter, and the power
of multilateralism. A world where civilians have protection. Where human
rights are a priority. Where leaders live up to the declared values they
have committed to. It is also a struggle, but we must win it for the
sake of every country, community and person around the world.
--António Guterres
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Guterres>
The Battle of Oroscopa was fought in late 151 BC between a Carthaginian
army commanded by the general Hasdrubal and a Numidian force under its
king, Masinissa, in what is now north western Tunisia. A peace treaty
with Rome prohibited Carthage from waging war. Masinissa, an ally of
Rome, exploited this to repeatedly raid Carthaginian territory. In
151 BC Carthage assembled an army under Hasdrubal and attempted to
deter Masinissa's aggression against the town of Oroscopa. Masinissa
lured the Carthaginians into an area of rough terrain and surrounded
them. The Carthaginians expected their opponents to disperse, but
Masinissa had forged a well-disciplined army and it was able to starve
the Carthaginians into surrender. The Carthaginians were then
treacherously attacked and many, perhaps most, were killed. Hasdrubal
survived and returned to Carthage, where he was condemned to death in an
attempt to placate Rome. But Rome launched a punitive expedition,
starting the Third Punic War which ended in the complete destruction of
Carthage in 146 BC.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Oroscopa>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1760:
Seven Years' War: France began an unsuccessful attempt to
retake Quebec City, which had been captured by Britain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Quebec_%281760%29>
1910:
Parliament passed the People's Budget, the first budget in
British history with the express intent of redistributing wealth.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Budget>
1992:
The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American
motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los Angeles
(damage pictured), during which 63 people were killed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots>
1997:
The Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, outlawing
the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons in the 87
countries that had ratified the convention.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
curate's egg:
(idiomatic) A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoilt
by the bad.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curate%27s_egg>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Despite the disturbing rhetoric coming out of the Kremlin, the
facts are plain for everybody to see. We’re not attacking Russia;
we’re helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression. And
just as Putin chose to launch this brutal invasion, he could make the
choice to end this brutal invasion. Russia is the aggressor. No if,
ands, or buts about it. Russia is the aggressor. And the world must and
will hold Russia accountable.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>
Paige Bueckers (born 2001) is an American college basketball player for
the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies in the NCAA Division I. A
5-foot-11-inch (1.80 m) point guard, she became the first freshman to
win a major national college player of the year award. She led UConn to
the Final Four as a freshman and to the national championship game as a
sophomore. Bueckers played varsity basketball for Hopkins High School in
Minnetonka, Minnesota, from eighth grade and helped the team win the
state title as a junior. She was considered the number one high school
player in her class by ESPN, earned national high school player of the
year honors in her senior season and graduated from Hopkins as one of
Minnesota's most distinguished high school players. A three-time gold
medalist for the United States in youth basketball, Bueckers was named
Most Valuable Player of the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and USA
Basketball Female Athlete of the Year in the same year.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paige_Bueckers>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1887:
A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police,
French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé was released on the order
of William I, the German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Schnaebel%C3%A9>
1910:
Flying from London to Manchester, French aviator Louis Paulhan
won the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_London_to_Manchester_air_race>
1952:
Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei to
officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War, seven years after fighting
in that conflict ended due to World War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Taipei>
1983:
The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from
what purported to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, which were
subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bounty:
1. (uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
2. (countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
3. (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by
an authority or a government.
4. (specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past,
killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large;
also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is
dangerous or causing a nuisance.
5. (military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member
of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
6. (countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bounty>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Russia’s invasion is indefensible. And so are Russian
atrocities. We all start today from a position of moral clarity. Russia
is waging a war of choice to indulge the ambitions of one man. Ukraine
is fighting a war of necessity to defend its democracy, its sovereignty,
and its citizens. But the stakes stretch beyond Ukraine — and even
beyond Europe. Russia’s invasion is baseless, reckless, and lawless.
It is an affront to the rules-based international order. It is a
challenge to free people everywhere. As we see this morning, nations of
goodwill from around the world stand united in our resolve to support
Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s imperial aggression. And
that’s the way it should be.
--Lloyd Austin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin>
Uroš Drenović (1911–1944) was a Bosnian Serb officer of the Royal
Yugoslav Army who became a Chetnik commander during World War II. He
was one of the leaders of the popular uprising in mid-1941 against the
Ustaše, a fascist organization that governed the Independent State of
Croatia, a puppet state of the Axis powers. However, he eventually
betrayed the communist-led Partisans and sided with the royalist and
Serbian nationalist Chetniks, whose ideology more closely matched his
own. He was defeated by the Partisans and fled to Ustaše-held territory
where, out of military and political necessity, he concluded a
collaboration agreement with them on 27 April 1942. He later
collaborated with the Italian and German occupiers against the
Partisans. Drenović was killed in an Allied air raid in May 1944.
Despite his extensive collaboration, he and his Chetniks are celebrated
in Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
creating significant controversy.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uro%C5%A1_Drenovi%C4%87>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
An explosion (depicted) destroyed the steamboat Sultana on the
Mississippi River, killing an estimated 1,700 of her 2,400 passengers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_%28steamboat%29>
1961:
Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and
Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Margai>
1985:
The World Snooker Championship final, one of the most famous
snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor,
helping to fuel a surge in the sport's popularity.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_World_Snooker_Championship_final>
2012:
Unknown perpetrators carried out a series of four bombings in
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Dnipropetrovsk_explosions>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
recrudescence:
1. The condition or state being recrudescent; the condition of something
(often undesirable) breaking out again, or re-emerging after temporary
abatement or suppression.
2. (medicine, by extension) The acute recurrence of a disease, or its
symptoms, after a period of improvement.
3. (botany) The production of a fresh shoot from a ripened spike.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recrudescence>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We want to see Ukraine remain a sovereign country, a democratic
country able to protect its sovereign territory. We want to see Russia
weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it
has done in invading Ukraine … it has already lost a lot of military
capability, and a lot of its troops, quite frankly. And we want to see
them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability.
--Lloyd Austin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin>
The 1921–22 season was Cardiff City's first in the First Division of
the Football League following election from the Southern Football League
to the Second Division for the 1920–21 season. They had won promotion
last season, finishing as runners-up behind Birmingham on goal average
and becoming the first Welsh team to reach the top tier of English
football. They reached the fourth round of the FA Cup. Fred Stewart
remained manager and new signings included full back Tommy Brown and
forward Willie Page. Cardiff were investigated by the FA and the FAW
over an illegal approach for Wolverhampton's defender Dickie Baugh and
club and player were both fined. John Pritchard was elected chairman,
but was replaced in November by Walter Empsall. Cardiff made significant
investments in the club's ground, Ninian Park, laying a new pitch and
improving viewing for spectators. During the latter work, refuse dumped
by Cardiff Corporation caught alight, but the blaze was doused with the
aid of local supporters.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Cardiff_City_F.C._season>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1865:
U.S. Army soldiers cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth,
the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, ending a twelve-day
manhunt.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth>
1941:
Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front
of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-resistance
and political organization during World War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Front_of_the_Slovene_Nation>
1958:
Service ended on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue
Line, one of the first major electrified train lines in the U.S. (train
pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Blue_%28train%29>
1970:
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into
being when the WIPO Convention entered into force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
prozymite:
(Roman Catholicism, historical, derogatory) One who administers the
Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern
Orthodox Church.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prozymite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Russia has sought as its principal aim to totally subjugate
Ukraine — to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence.
That has failed. It’s sought to assert the power of its military and
its economy. We of course are seeing just the opposite — a military
that is dramatically underperforming; an economy, as a result of
sanctions, as a result of a mass exodus from Russia, that is in
shambles. And it’s sought to divide the West and NATO; of course,
we’re seeing exactly the opposite … We don’t know how the rest of
this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign, independent
Ukraine will be around a lot longer than Vladimir Putin is on the scene.
And our support for Ukraine going forward will continue.
--Antony Blinken
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken>
No. 79 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) flight training
squadron that has been formed on four occasions. Established in April
1943 as a fighter unit equipped with Supermarine Spitfires, it saw
combat in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II. The squadron
disbanded in November 1945 but re-formed in 1962 to operate CAC Sabres
(pictured) to help defend Thailand against a feared attack from
neighbouring states. No. 79 Squadron was active again in Malaysia
between 1986 and 1988, operating Mirage III fighters and a single DHC-4
Caribou transport. Re-formed in its present incarnation in 1998, it is
stationed at RAAF Base Pearce, where it has operated Hawk 127 jet
training aircraft since 2000. The unit's main role is to provide
introductory jet aircraft training to RAAF pilots and refresher training
on the Hawk for experienced pilots. No. 79 Squadron also supports
Australian Army and Royal Australian Navy training exercises in Western
Australia and the Northern Territory.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._79_Squadron_RAAF>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1644:
Ming–Qing transition: The Ming dynasty of China fell when the
Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li
Zicheng.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty>
1932:
Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National
War Memorial in New Zealand (dedication pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Elinor_Watkins>
1946:
Two passenger trains collided in Naperville, Illinois, leaving
45 people dead and some 125 injured.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naperville_train_disaster>
1990:
Violeta Chamorro took office as president of Nicaragua,
becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have been
elected in her own right.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Chamorro>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chur:
1. (New Zealand, informal) A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or
thanks: awesome!, cheers!, ta!, thanks!.
2. (New Zealand, informal) A parting salutation: bye, see you later.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chur>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'm not the candidate of one faction anymore, but the president
for all of us. … I know full well that many in this country voted for
me not because they support my ideas but to block the far-right. I want
to thank them tonight, and know I owe them a debt in the years to come.
… We have so much to do, and the war in Ukraine reminds us that we are
going through tragic times, times where France must be heard, France
must clearly make its choices, and France must anchor its strength in
all fields, and we will do just that. … We also need to be careful and
respectful because our country is full of division and doubt. Therefore
we must be strong and no one will be left by the wayside. Together we
must work towards that unity which is the only way through which we can
live happier in France, and can overcome the challenges of the coming
years. The coming years won't be easy for sure, but they will be
historic, and together, we will write that story for the coming
generations.
--Emmanuel Macron
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron>
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian
people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. At the
orders of Talaat Pasha, an estimated 800,000 to 1,200,000 Armenian
women, children, and elderly or infirm people were sent on death marches
to the Syrian Desert in 1915 and 1916. Driven forward by paramilitary
escorts, the deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to
robberies, rapes, and massacres. In the desert, the survivors were
dispersed into concentration camps. In 1916 another wave of massacres
was ordered, leaving about 200,000 deportees alive by the end of 1916.
Around 100,000 to 200,000 Armenian women and children were forcibly
converted to Islam and integrated into Muslim households. The Turkish
nationalist movement carried out massacres and ethnic cleansing of
survivors during the Turkish War of Independence after World War I.
The Armenian genocide destroyed more than two millennia of Armenian
civilization in eastern Anatolia.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1866:
German composer Max Bruch conducted the premiere of his first
violin concerto, which later became his most famous work.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No._1_%28Bruch%29>
1922:
The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic
international wireless telegraphy communications network created to link
the countries of the British Empire, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Wireless_Chain>
1932:
An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of
Kinder Scout in the Peak District to highlight the denial of access to
areas of open country in England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_trespass_of_Kinder_Scout>
1965:
Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions
following a military coup against the democratically elected government
of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Civil_War>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
loath:
1. Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling.
2. (obsolete) Angry, hostile.
3. (obsolete) Loathsome, unpleasant.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loath>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as
little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same
is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such
little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of
these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the
depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must
needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence
cometh!
--Gospel of Matthew
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew>