Derek Jeter (born 1974) is an American baseball shortstop who is playing in his 20th and final season in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. A five-time World Series champion, Jeter is regarded as a central figure of the Yankees' success of the late 1990s and early 2000s due to his hitting, baserunning, and fielding abilities, and his leadership as team captain since 2003. He is the Yankees' all-time career leader in hits (3,461), games played (2,744), stolen bases (358), and at bats (11,186). His accolades include fourteen All-Star selections, five Gold Glove Awards, five Silver Slugger Awards, two Hank Aaron Awards, and a Roberto Clemente Award. Jeter is the all-time MLB leader in hits by a shortstop, and the 28th player to reach 3,000 hits. He holds many postseason records, earning him the nicknames "Captain Clutch" and "Mr. November". He has been one of the most heavily marketed athletes of his generation, and his personal life and relationships with celebrities have drawn media attention throughout his career. Teammates and opponents alike regard Jeter as a consummate professional and one of the best players of his generation.
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48 BC:
Pompey the Great was assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt following a decisive defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey
1542:
Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, the first European to travel along the coast of California, landed at what is now the city of San Diego. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Cabrillo
1924:
A team of U.S. Army Air Service aviators landed in Seattle, Washington, to complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation
1978:
Pope John Paul I died only 33 days after his papal election due to an apparent myocardial infarction, resulting in the most recent Year of Three Popes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I
1994:
The ferry MS Estonia sank while commuting between Tallinn, Estonia, and Stockholm, Sweden, claiming 852 lives in one of the worst maritime accidents in the Baltic Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia
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meadery: A place where mead is made. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meadery
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䷀䷊䷋䷪䷾䷿䷫䷗䷖䷁ The superior man can find himself in no situation in which he is not himself. In a high situation, he does not treat with contempt his inferiors. In a low situation, he does not court the favor of his superiors. He rectifies himself, and seeks for nothing from others, so that he has no dissatisfactions. He does not murmur against Heaven, nor grumble against men. Thus it is that the superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of Heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences. --Confucius https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Confucius