90px|Edmund Herring
Edmund Herring (1892–1982) was an Australian Army officer during the
Second World War, Lieutenant governor of Victoria, and Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Victoria. A Rhodes Scholar, Herring was at New
College, Oxford when the First World War broke out and served with the
Royal Field Artillery on the Macedonian front, for which he was awarded
the Military Cross and Distinguished Service Order. After the war he
carved out a successful career as a barrister and King's Counsel. He
also joined the Australian Army, rising to the rank of colonel by 1939.
During the Second World War, he commanded the 6th Division Artillery in
the Western Desert Campaign and the Battle of Greece. In 1942, as a
corps commander, he commanded the land forces in the Kokoda Track
campaign. The following year, he directed operations at Lae and Nadzab.
Herring left his corps to become the longest serving Chief Justice and
Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, serving for three decades. (more...)
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1649:
Forces loyal to Pope Innocent X destroyed the ancient Italian city of
Castro, ending the Wars of Castro.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Castro>
1885:
White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, US, attacked Chinese immigrants,
killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing approximately US$150,000
in property damage.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre>
1945:
On the deck of the United States Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay,
representatives from the Empire of Japan and several Allied Powers
signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender , formally ending World
War II.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender>
1946:
The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, formed to
assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Government_of_India>
1957:
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam became the first foreign head
of state to make a state visit to Australia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_Australia>
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ouroboric (adj):
Relating to the Ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail; hence:
self-consuming, self-referential, recursive
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