The Draft Eisenhower movement was a widespread political movement to
persuade Dwight D. Eisenhower to contest the presidency of the United
States. Due to his popularity as Army chief of staff, he was widely
expected to run in the 1948 election. Polls ranked him ahead of other
candidates; he was approached by various politicians. James Roosevelt
invited all the Democratic delegates to a caucus attempting to make a
joint appeal, but Eisenhower refused to enter politics. In 1951, the
draft movement re-emerged, while Eisenhower had not announced his
political affiliation. Republican senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. managed
his party's efforts to draft Eisenhower. On March 11, 1952, Eisenhower
won the Republican primary in New Hampshire, and later agreed to run.
Nominated by the Republicans, he won the 1952 election by a huge margin.
The slogan "I like Ike" is associated with this movement (advertisement
shown). The Draft Eisenhower movement has been referenced in various
later draft movements.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_Eisenhower_movement>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1843:
During a period of activity known as the Great Eruption, Eta
Carinae briefly became the second-brightest star in the night sky.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae>
1945:
World War II: Imperial Japan established the Empire of
Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Vietnam>
1966:
President Sukarno signed the Supersemar, giving Indonesian
general Suharto the authority to restore order during recent mass
killings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersemar>
2012:
U.S. Army officer Robert Bales murdered sixteen civilians and
wounded six others in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
jibe:
1. (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock,
to taunt.
2. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
3. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. […]
4. (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jibe>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
People underestimate how dangerous dictators are. In 2014, we
spoke to the UK parliament, we spoke at the Senate in the US, we were
asked by a lot of people how they should talk to Putin, how they should
frame the conversation, and I always advised that they should be as
strict as they could. You cannot play nice with Putin.
--Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nadezhda_Tolokonnikova>