Natasha "Tasha" Yar is a fictional character who mainly appeared in the
first season of the American science fiction television series Star
Trek: The Next Generation. Portrayed by Denise Crosby (pictured), she is
chief of security aboard the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise-D. The
character's concept was originally based upon the character of Vasquez
from the 1986 film Aliens. Yar first appeared in the series' pilot
episode, "Encounter at Farpoint". After Crosby decided to leave the
show, Yar was killed by the creature Armus in "Skin of Evil", the
23rd episode of the season – a death that received mainly negative
reviews. She was written back into the show for a guest appearance in
the third season episode "Yesterday's Enterprise", in which the timeline
was altered so that she did not die, and again in the final episode of
the series "All Good Things...", in events set prior to the pilot. She
has been described as a forerunner to other strong women in science
fiction, such as Kara Thrace from the 2004 version of Battlestar
Galactica, and a step between the female characters in The Original
Series and the command positions they have in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
and Voyager.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasha_Yar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1141:
Yelü Dashi, the Liao Dynasty general who founded the Qara-
Khitai, defeated the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of
Qatwan near Samarkand, present-day Uzbekistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Qatwan>
1513:
War of the League of Cambrai: James IV of Scotland was killed
at the Battle of Flodden in Northumberland while leading an invasion of
England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Flodden>
1739:
The Stono Rebellion, at the time the largest slave rebellion in
the Thirteen Colonies of British America, erupted near Charleston, South
Carolina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stono_Rebellion>
1969:
The Official Languages Act of Canada came into force, giving
both French and English equal status throughout the Canadian national
government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Languages_Act_(Canada)>
2010:
A natural gas pipeline exploded in San Bruno, California, US,
creating a "wall of fire more than 1,000 feet (300 m) high".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
zealous:
Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zealous>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-
witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the
simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is
firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what
is laid before him.
--Leo Tolstoy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy>