George Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician, and the father of Mitt Romney. George Romney was born to Americans living in the Mormon colonies in Mexico. He spent much of his youth in Salt Lake City, but moved to Detroit in 1939, working in the automotive industry, and rising to lead American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962. Entering politics at a 1961 Michigan state constitutional convention, he was elected governor in 1962, 1964, and 1966. He ran for the Republican nomination for president in 1968, but was defeated by Richard Nixon. President Nixon appointed Romney as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Romney's plans, which included housing for the poor and the desegregation of suburbs, were modestly successful. He left office in 1973, returning to the private sector. Devoutly religious, he presided over the Detroit Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as a regional representative of the Twelve within his church.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1709:
Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava, effectively ending Sweden's role as a major European power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poltava
1947:
Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Force personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military said that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident
1994:
Upon the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il became the supreme leader of North Korea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
pessimize: 1. (transitive) To take a pessimistic view of; to speak of in a negative or pessimistic way. 2. (transitive) To make (something) pessimal or the worst; (in a weaker sense) to make (something, such as a computer program) less efficient. 3. (intransitive) To think like a pessimist; to believe the worst. 4. (intransitive) To become pessimal or the worst. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pessimize
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Purity of heart will not make us poor. The exaltation of poverty as a spiritual virtue is of the ego, not the spirit. A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority, that worldly success is a natural result. Give all your gifts away in service to the world. If you want to paint, don’t wait for a grant. Paint a wall in your town that looks drab and uninviting. You never know who’s going to see that wall. Whatever it is you want to do, give it away in service to your community. --Marianne Williamson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson