100px|Sir Edmund Andros
The 1689 Boston revolt was a popular uprising against the rule of Sir
Edmund Andros (pictured), governor of the Dominion of New England that
followed the Glorious Revolution deposing James II of England, who had
appointed Andros. During the revolt, on April 18, 1689, a
well-organized body of Puritan citizens and militiamen entered the
dominion capital of Boston and arrested officials of the dominion, a
colonial entity composed of present-day Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. The
rebellion was inspired by actions taken by Andros and dominion
administrators, including promoting the Church of England, invalidating
land titles, and famously attempting to seize the colonial charter of
Connecticut. Andros had attempted to suppress news of the fall of James
II, hoping to prevent even greater instability in the months before the
revolt, but his efforts were in vain, and that news served as the
immediate cause of the revolt. (more...)
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1811:
A theater in Richmond, Virginia, US, was destroyed by fire in what was
the worst urban disaster in American history at the time.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Theatre_fire>
1825:
Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in a protest
against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother
Constantine removed himself from the line of succession.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decembrist_revolt>
1846:
Trapped in the snow in the middle of the Sierra Nevada without any food
left, members of the American pioneer group known as the Donner Party
resorted to cannibalism.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party>
1900:
A relief crew arrived at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of
Scotland and discovered that the previous crew had disappeared without
a trace.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan_Isles>
2006:
The Hengchun earthquake struck off the southwest coast of Taiwan, on
the second anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that
devastated the coastal communities across Southeast and South Asia ,
and on the third anniversary of the 2003 Bam earthquake that destroyed
areas of southeastern Iran.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hengchun_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oratory (n):
1. The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or
forceful manner.
2. Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or
writing
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oratory>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To each his suff'rings: all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan,
The tender for another's pain;
Th'
unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes
too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their
paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
--Thomas Gray
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