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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
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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Wiktionary's word of the day:
polar opposite:
The complete opposite, opposite in every way.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polar_opposite>
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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>