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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1895:
The Republic of Formosa was inaugurated in Taiwan, proclaiming independence from Qing China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Formosa
1914:
The British parliament passed the Third Home Rule Act, establishing a devolved government in Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914
1936:
Employees of the Remington Rand company began an 11-month strike action, during which time the company executives developed the notorious "Mohawk Valley formula" to intimidate the strikers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Rand_strike_of_1936%E2%80%931937
1955:
Englishmen Joe Brown and George Band became the first to climb Kangchenjunga, the third-highest mountain in the world, but stopped short of the summit as per a promise given to the Maharaja of Sikkim that the top would remain inviolate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangchenjunga
1961:
During a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced his support for the Apollo space program (insignia pictured), with "the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
masterly inactivity: (politics) A policy of deliberate inactivity. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/masterly_inactivity
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. --Ralph Waldo Emerson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson