Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is considered one of the most important cities in the Balkans and
has had a long and rich history ever since it was founded by the
Ottomans in 1461. It was the site of the assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand which sparked World War I; more recently Sarajevo has
hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics and experienced the longest siege in
the history of modern warfare. Sarajevo is part of Canton Sarajevo,
one of the ten Cantons of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is
located close to the geometric center of the triangularly-shaped
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and covers some 142 km2 (88.2 square miles)
of land. Sarajevo has a continental climate, lying between the
climate zones of central Europe to the north and the Mediterranean to
the south. The city has warm summers, with temperatures of
35°C (95°F) not being uncommon; Sarajevo also has cold winters with
much snow due to the city's high altitude.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1675 Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the
first time to find the area under the y = x function.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Leibniz)
1880 Australian bank robber and bushranger Edward "Ned" Kelly
was hanged in Melbourne.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly)
1930 A patent was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd
for their invention, the Einstein Refrigerator.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_Refrigerator)
1965 Ian Smith, Premier of the British Crown Colony of Southern
Rhodesia, issued the Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Smith)
Wikiquote of the day:
"When war is declared, truth is the first casualty." ~ Arthur
Ponsonby
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Ponsonby)