The Toledo War (1835–36) was a nearly bloodless sovereignty dispute between the US state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory over a small strip of land along their border, fueled by conflicting legislation, a desire to control the then-prosperous city of Toledo, and poor maps. After Ohio politicians blocked Michigan's bid to become a state, both sides raised militias to enforce their claims.The only casualty was a wounded sheriff, stabbed with a penknife, and in the only clash, Michigan militiamen fired shots in the air and captured Ohioan surveyors. After President Andrew Jackson intervened to keep Ohio's support for his fledgling Democratic Party, Michigan agreed at what is now called the Frostbitten Convention to a compromise. The strip was sacrificed in exchange for statehood and the undeveloped Upper Peninsula, which would later produce an economic windfall in timber, iron, and copper. Vestiges of the dispute persisted for 137 years and were ended only with the help of the US Supreme Court in 1973. Memories of the Toledo War helped ignite the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry.
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835:
In the Sweet Dew Incident, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspired to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot was foiled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dew_Incident
1819:
Alabama was admitted as the 22nd U.S. state, after the statehood of present-day Northern Alabama was delayed for several years by the lack of a coastline until Mobile was captured from Spain during the War of 1812. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama
1900:
German physicist Max Planck presented a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law, suggesting that electromagnetic energy could only be emitted in quantized form. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck
1962:
NASA's Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully conduct a planetary encounter when it flew by Venus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_2
2012:
A 20-year-old gunman shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting
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polar opposite: The complete opposite, opposite in every way. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polar_opposite
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
In the Art of Peace we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any kind of challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally. Let attackers come any way they like and then blend with them. Never chase after opponents. Redirect each attack and get firmly behind it. --Morihei Ueshiba https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Morihei_Ueshiba