The Epsom riot took place on 17 June 1919 when between 300 and 800
soldiers of the Canadian Army rioted and attacked the police station in
Epsom in Surrey, England. With the First World War over, discipline at
Canadian camps was relaxed. Delays in repatriation caused discontent
among Canadian troops. The riot began when two Canadian servicemen were
arrested following a disturbance at a local public house. Their comrades
marched on the town police station to demand their release. In the
ensuing fighting, Private Allan McMaster, a former blacksmith, picked up
a metal bar and struck Station Sergeant Thomas Green (pictured), a
British police officer, on the head. Green died the following day.
Several men, including McMaster, appeared in court, were found guilty of
rioting but acquitted of manslaughter, and served several months in
prison. Ten years after returning to Canada, McMaster confessed to the
killing. As he had already been found not guilty of manslaughter, he was
not returned to the UK.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsom_riot>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1643:
A Dutch expedition arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River,
in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the
abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_expedition_to_Valdivia>
1662:
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer was legally enforced as the
liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of
Dissenter ministers from their benefices.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_%281662%29>
1963:
Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to encourage South Vietnamese Army officers to
oust Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not willingly remove Ngo Dinh Nhu from his
unofficial position of power.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_243>
2006:
The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution
redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
requite:
1. (transitive)
2. To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone
for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
3. To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward
(someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.
4. To respond to or reciprocate (feelings, especially affection or love
which has been shown).
5. To do or give a thing in return for (something).
6. To retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to
avenge.
7. To retaliate or seek revenge against (someone) for an insult, a
wrong, etc.; also (reflexive, rare), to seek revenge for (oneself).
8. (obsolete)
9. To greet (someone) in return.
10. To make up for (something); to compensate.
11. To respond to (a question, a statement, etc.).
12. To take the place of (someone or something); to replace.
13. (reflexive) Of an action, a quality, etc.: to be a reward for
(itself).
14. (intransitive)
15. To recompense, to repay.
16. To retaliate, to seek revenge.
17. Chiefly in the form in requite for or of: synonym of requital
(“compensation for damage or loss; return in kind, recompense,
repayment, reward”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/requite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The Russian Defense Ministry is trying to deceive the President
and the public and tell them there was insane aggression on the part of
Ukraine and they were going to attack us together with the entire NATO
bloc. So, the so-called "special operation" on February 24 was launched
for completely different reasons. Why was the war needed? The war was
needed so that a handful of scumbags could have a blast and get PR
attention showing how strong the army is … The war was not started …
in order to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine.
--Yevgeny Prigozhin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin>