Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, England, on the English Channel. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, the town had a population of 53,427 in 2021, the third-largest in Dorset. The town had roles in the spread of the Black Death, the settlement of the Americas and the development of Georgian architecture. It was also a major departure point for the Normandy landings during World War II. Since 2019, the area has been governed by Dorset Council. Weymouth's economy depends on tourism. Visitors are attracted by its harbour (pictured) and position, approximately halfway along the Jurassic Coast. Once a port for cross-channel ferries, Weymouth Harbour is now home to a commercial fishing fleet, pleasure boats and private yachts, while nearby Portland Harbour is the location of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, where the sailing events of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were held.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1943:
Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat
1963:
A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black bus crews led to a bus boycott in Bristol, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Bus_Boycott
1975:
American forces completed a helicopter evacuation (aircraft and evacuees pictured) of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city, ending the Vietnam War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon
2021:
A crowd crush during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel, killed 45 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Meron_crowd_crush
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
obliterate: 1. (transitive) 2. To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out. 3. To hide (something) by covering it; to conceal, to obscure. 4. (also figuratively) To make (a drawing, text which is printed or written, etc.) indecipherable, either by erasing or obscuring it; to blot out, to efface, to delete. 5. (biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue). 6. (philately) To cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused. 7. (intransitive) 8. To remove completely, leaving no trace. 9. (biology, pathology) Of a body cavity, vessel, etc.: to close up or fill with tissue; of perfusion or a pulse: to cease owing to obstruction. 10. (except poetic) Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated. 11. (entomology, rare) Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obliterate
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length. --Carl Friedrich Gauss https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss