The 1924 Rose Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game
between the Navy Midshipmen and the Washington Huskies played on New
Year's Day. The game was the final contest of the 1923 season, in which
Washington had come in second in the Pacific Coast Conference and Navy,
an independent, finished as one of the best eastern teams. The game
marked a number of firsts for the Rose Bowl, including its first time
being broadcast on radio. Despite general consensus among sportswriters
that Washington would have a slight advantage, Navy began the game
stronger and scored first. Following a botched onside kick attempt by
the Midshipmen, Washington went on a 50-yard drive and scored a
touchdown to tie the game. Navy reached the end zone late in the first
half on a short run from quarterback Ira McKee to take a 14–7 halftime
lead. After a quiet third quarter, Navy made a late fumble and
Washington recovered on the Navy 10-yard line. The Huskies scored four
plays later, on a trick pass play. Navy quickly turned the ball over
again, and Washington took over from midfield. A last-second field goal
attempt by the Huskies missed, and the contest ended in a 14–14 tie.
McKee was named the Most Valuable Player.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Rose_Bowl>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1739:
Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, the most remote
island in the world, was discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste
Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island>
1818:
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary
Shelley, was first published in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein>
1892:
The immigration station on Ellis Island in New York Harbor
opened, and would, over the course of its existence, process twelve
million immigrants to the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island>
1959:
Cuban President Fulgencio Batista fled to the Dominican
Republic as forces under Fidel Castro (pictured with Che Guevara) took
control of Havana, marking the end of the Cuban Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution>
2011:
A bomb exploded at a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria,
Egypt, killing 23 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Alexandria_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
inception:
The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inception>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I can't see why anybody — unless he was a child, or an
angel, or a lucky simpleton like the pilgrim — would even want to say
a prayer to a Jesus who was the least bit different from the way he
looks and sounds in the New Testament. My God! He's only the most
intelligent man in the Bible, that's all! Who isn't he head and
shoulders over? Who? Both Testaments are full of pundits, prophets,
disciples, favorite sons, Solomons, Isaiahs, Davids, Pauls — but, my
God, who besides Jesus really knew which end was up? Nobody. Not Moses.
Don't tell me Moses. He was a nice man, and he kept in beautiful touch
with his God, and all that — but that's exactly the point. He had to
keep in touch. Jesus realized there is no separation from God.
--J. D. Salinger
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger>