The two central characters of Carnivàle, an HBO television series, were
Ben Hawkins (actor pictured), a young man working in a traveling
carnival; and Brother Justin Crowe, a Californian preacher. Most of the
characters are introduced in Ben's story, though several others interact
mainly with Brother Justin; some appear in mysterious dreams and visions
connecting the slowly converging storylines. Show creator Daniel Knauf
submitted elaborate character biographies, which were rewritten before
the filming of the first season began and provided to the actors and
production personnel. The original character backgrounds were summarized
on HBO's website, and were provided in full to fans after the show's
cancellation. Due to their nature, these sources contain information on
the intended fate of the characters beyond the cancellation of
Carnivàle after the second season. They do not offer canon information
per se, but provide a frame for the characters' motivation throughout
the series. (This article is part of a featured topic: Carnivàle.).
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Carniv%C3%A0le>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1702:
Great Northern War: Polish–Saxon forces were defeated by a
Swedish army half their size at the Battle of Kliszów.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Klisz%C3%B3w>
1981:
French president François Mitterrand privately showed U.S.
president Ronald Reagan a dossier revealing that the Soviets had been
stealing American technological research and development.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_Dossier>
2013:
The NASA spacecraft Cassini took a photograph of Saturn with
Earth in the distance (detail pictured), for which people were invited
to "wave at Saturn".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Smiled>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tall order:
(originally US, idiomatic) A big job; a difficult challenge.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tall_order>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I
would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we
treat our fellow creatures.
--Brian May
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_May>