Hurricane Gordon was the third hurricane and first major hurricane of
the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the first tropical cyclone
since 1992 to affect the Azores while retaining tropical
characteristics. Gordon formed on September 10 in the tropical Atlantic
Ocean. It gradually matured into a hurricane as it tracked northward,
reaching its peak intensity with winds of 195 km/h (121 mph) early on
September 14 while located about 925 km (575 mi) southeast of
Bermuda. It weakened after moving over cooler waters, and passed through
the Azores on September 20. Wind gusts reached hurricane force on
Santa Maria Island, but the Azores sustained little damage. Gordon then
became an extratropical cyclone and affected Spain, Ireland, and the
United Kingdom. In Spain, wind gusts reached 183 km/h (114 mph) along
the northwest coast, left 100,000 people without power, and injured five
people. In Northern Ireland, high winds left 120,000 people without
power and caused one injury.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gordon_%282006%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1547:
Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces defeated the Scots at the
Battle of Pinkie near Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pinkie>
1945:
Mike the Headless Chicken was decapitated on a farm in
Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before
choking to death in Phoenix, Arizona.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken>
1990:
Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of
Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory
Coast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace>
2000:
British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held
captive by a militia group, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone
Civil War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barras>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
manacle:
1. A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined
rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle
to restrict free movement.
2. (figurative) A fetter, a restriction.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To confine with manacles.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manacle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Let us not pretend to doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in
our hearts.
--Charles Sanders Peirce
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce>