October 1 is a 2014 Nigerian psychological thriller film written by
Tunde Babalola, produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan (pictured), and
starring Sadiq Daba, Kayode Olaiya, and Demola Adedoyin. In the film,
Inspector Danladi Waziri (Daba) investigates the killings of young women
in a village in Western Nigeria just before 1 October 1960 – the
date Nigeria gained independence from British colonial rule. The film's
budget was US$2 million. It premiered on 28 September 2014 and opened
to international audiences on 3 October. October 1 deals with several
themes, including the sexual abuse of children by religious authority
figures, religious and ethnic conflict, politics in colonial Nigeria,
and Nigeria's unification and independence. Critics positively reviewed
the film, praising its cinematography, production design, costuming,
writing, and acting. The film won several awards, including Best Feature
Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor at the 2014 Africa International
Film Festival.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_1_%28film%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
American Civil War: Union forces defeated a Confederate cavalry
unit at the Battle of Van Buren, capturing three steamboats, Confederate
troops, and various supplies.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Van_Buren>
1918:
At the Irish general election, Constance Markievicz was elected
to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the first female member
of Parliament, although she never took her seat.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Markievicz>
1943:
World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house
fighting, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division captured the Italian town
of Ortona (depicted).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ortona>
2018:
Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first
interactive content for adults.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror:_Bandersnatch>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
washout:
1. An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.
2. An appliance designed to wash out the inside of something.
3. The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water;
also, a channel produced by this action.
4. (originally US, rail transport, road transport) A breach in a railway
or road caused by flooding.
5. (slang)
6. A sporting fixture or other event that cannot be completed because of
rain.
7. An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
8. A total failure; a disappointment.
9. An unsuccessful person.
10. (aviation)
11. (aeronautics) The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape
of an aircraft wing.
12. (Britain, air force slang) A destroyed aeroplane.
13. (Britain, originally air force slang) A trainee who drops out of a
training programme.
14. (medicine)
15. A period between clinical treatments in which any medication
delivered as the first treatment is allowed to be eliminated from a
person's body before the second treatment begins.
16. (also biology) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system
using a fluid; also, the fluid used for such cleaning; or the matter
cleaned out from the system.
17. (meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater cleans particles
from the air.
18. (mining) A place in a mine where ore has been washed away by a flow
of water.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/washout>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The emperor needs all the headmasters he can get. If a quarter of
his people were headmasters he would be perfectly happy. But more than
two poets would tear his kingdom apart.
--Alasdair Gray
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alasdair_Gray>