Tidus is a role-playing video game character, introduced as the
protagonist of Final Fantasy X in 2001. He is a 17-year-old star
blitzball player who joins a pilgrimage to destroy a creature that
attacked Zanarkand, his hometown. He has appeared in other video games,
including the Final Fantasy X sequel Final Fantasy X-2, the Kingdom
Hearts series, and several Square Enix crossover games. The cheerful
Tidus was designed by Tetsuya Nomura. Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima
gave him frequent monologues describing the game's setting. Tidus is
voiced in English by James Arnold Taylor and in Japanese primarily by
Masakazu Morita, who also performed the motion capture. Video game
critics judged Tidus an appealing protagonist, with excellent character
development. Although reviewers and fans were divided on Taylor's voice
work, Tidus enjoyed popularity with fans, often ranking as one of the
best Final Fantasy characters in polls. He is a popular cosplay
character.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
813:
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: A vastly outnumbered Bulgarian
Empire force defeated a Byzantine army in the Battle of Versinikia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Versinikia>
1813:
War of 1812: After learning of a forthcoming American attack,
Laura Secord set out on a 30 km (19 mi) journey from Queenston,
Ontario, Upper Canada, on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Secord>
1911:
George V and Mary of Teck were crowned King and Queen of the
United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Teck>
1941:
World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet
Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate
Lithuania from Soviet occupation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania>
1986:
Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored both the "Hand of
God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the
quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_v_England_(1986_FIFA_World_Cup)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lagniappe:
(Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago, uncommon) An extra or
unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they
purchase something.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lagniappe>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I find I am shedding hypocrisy in human relationships. What a rest
that will be! The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is
being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one
is wearing a mask. I have shed my mask.
--Anne Morrow Lindbergh
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anne_Morrow_Lindbergh>