Pontiac's Rebellion was a war launched in 1763 by North American First
Nations who were dissatisfied with British policies in the Great Lakes
region after the British victory in the French and Indian War/Seven
Years' War (1754–1763). Warriors from numerous tribes joined the
uprising in an effort to drive British soldiers and settlers out of the
region. The war is named after the Odawa leader Pontiac, the most
prominent of many native leaders in the conflict. The war began in May
1763 when American Natives, alarmed by policies imposed by British
General Jeffrey Amherst, attacked a number of British forts and
settlements. The First Nations were unable to drive away the British,
but the uprising prompted the British government to modify the policies
that had provoked the conflict. Warfare on the North American frontier
was brutal, and the killing of prisoners, the targeting of civilians,
and other atrocities were widespread. The ruthlessness of the conflict
was a reflection of a growing racial divide between British colonists
and American Indians. The British government sought to prevent further
racial violence by issuing the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which
created a boundary between colonists and Indians.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1671:
Irish-born Colonel Thomas Blood was caught trying to steal the English
Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blood>
1901:
The first Parliament of Australia opened in the Royal Exhibition
Building in Melbourne, exactly 26 years (1927) before it moved to
Canberra's Provisional Parliament House, and exactly 87 years (1988)
before it moved into the over AU$1.1 billion Parliament House in
Canberra.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia>
1946:
Italian King Victor Emmanuel III abdicated, hoping to influence the
vote on a referendum to decide whether Italy should retain the monarchy
or become a republic.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III_of_Italy>
1950:
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard was
first published, describing his self-improvement techniques known as
Dianetics, which later became part of the wider subject of Scientology.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianetics%3A_The_Modern_Science_of_Mental_Health>
2004:
Akhmad Kadyrov, the first President of the Chechen Republic, and about
30 others were killed by a bomb during a World War II memorial victory
parade in Grozny.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhmad_Kadyrov>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
malfeasance (n):
1. Wrongdoing.
2. (law) Sabotage that causes damage
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malfeasance>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from
themselves.
--J. M. Barrie
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