The Shadow was an American pulp magazine published by Street & Smith
from 1931 to 1949. Each issue contained a novel about The Shadow, a
mysterious crime-fighting figure who spoke the line "Who knows what evil
lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows" in radio broadcasts of
stories from Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. For the first
issue, dated April 1931, Walter Gibson wrote the lead novel, The Living
Shadow. Sales were strong, and Street & Smith soon changed it from
quarterly to monthly publication, and then to twice-monthly, with the
lead novels written by Gibson. From 1946 to 1948, the novels were by
Bruce Elliott, who made The Shadow mostly a background figure. Gibson
returned to Street & Smith and resumed writing in 1948, but in 1949 the
firm ended its remaining pulp titles, including The Shadow. The success
of The Shadow made it very influential, and many other single-character
pulps soon appeared, featuring a lead novel in every issue about the
magazine's main character.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_%28magazine%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1814:
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed, ending the War of the
Sixth Coalition, and forcing Napoleon to abdicate as ruler of France and
sending him into exile on Elba.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fontainebleau_%281814%29>
1913:
The cricket pavilion at the Nevill Ground was destroyed in an
arson attack (damage pictured) that was attributed to militant
suffragettes as part of a country-wide campaign co-ordinated by the
Women's Social and Political Union.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Ground>
1968:
Rudi Dutschke, the most prominent leader of the German student
movement, survived an assassination attempt, which led to the largest
protests to that date in Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Dutschke>
2002:
In a coup attempt, members of the Venezuelan military detained
President Hugo Chávez and demanded his resignation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
flabbergast:
(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or
stun, especially in a ludicrous manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flabbergast>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The War on Ukraine is an unimaginable tragedy ... As a human, and
as an artist, I felt compelled to respond in the most significant way I
could. ... I had always said, that the only time I would ever consider
singing 'IMAGINE' would be if it was the 'End of the World' But also
because his lyrics reflect our collective desire for peace worldwide.
Because within this song, we’re transported to a space, where love and
togetherness become our reality, if but for a moment in time… The
song reflects the light at the end of the tunnel, that we are all hoping
for... As a result of the ongoing murderous violence, millions of
innocent families, have been forced to leave the comfort of their homes,
to seek asylum elsewhere. I’m calling on world leaders and everyone
who believes in the sentiment of IMAGINE, to stand up for refugees
everywhere!
--Julian Lennon
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_Lennon>