100px|Charles Stewart in 1940
Charles Stewart (1868–1946) was a Canadian politician who served as
the third Premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. As Premier, Stewart
tried to hold together his Liberal Party, which was divided by the
Conscription Crisis of 1917. He endeavored to enforce prohibition,
which had been enshrined in law by a referendum during the premiership
of his predecessor, Arthur Sifton, but found that the law was not
widely enough supported to be effectively policed. His government took
over several of the province's financially troubled railroads, and
guaranteed bonds sold to fund irrigation projects. Several of these
policies were the result of lobbying by the United Farmers of Alberta
(UFA), with which Stewart enjoyed good relations; even so, the UFA was
politicized during Stewart's premiership and ran candidates in the 1921
election. Unable to match the UFA's appeal to rural voters, Stewart's
government was defeated at the polls and he resigned as premier. After
leaving provincial politics, Stewart was invited to join the federal
cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King, in which he served as Minister
of the Interior and Mines. He served in King's cabinet until 1930, when
the King government was defeated; in 1935, so too was Stewart. He died
in December 1946 in Ottawa. (more...)
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1066:
A Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, crucified vizier
Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacred most of the Berber Jewish population
of the city.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1066_Granada_massacre>
1702:
Carolina colonial governor James Moore abandoned the siege against the
Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine, Spanish Florida, and retreated
to Charles Town in disgrace.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_St._Augustine_%281702%29>
1924:
Astronomer Edwin Hubble announced that Andromeda , previously believed
to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is
only one of many such galaxies in the universe.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble>
1965:
Ferdinand Marcos began his 21-year rule as President of the
Philippines.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos>
2006:
Basque nationalist group ETA detonated a van bomb at Madrid-Barajas
Airport in Madrid, Spain, ending a nine-month ceasefire.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Madrid-Barajas_Airport_bombing>
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koomkie (n):
A tame female elephant used as a decoy in the capture of wild male
elephants
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