The First Battle of Newtonia was fought on September 30, 1862, near
Newtonia, Missouri, during the American Civil War. Confederate colonel
Douglas H. Cooper's soldiers clashed with Union brigadier general
Frederick C. Salomon's column. Cooper's force consisted mostly of
cavalry including a brigade of Native Americans. Union colonel Edward
Lynde's force was driven out of Newtonia during the morning. Both sides
brought up reinforcements, and seesaw fighting took place during the
afternoon. Shortly before nightfall, the Confederates made an all-out
attack, causing Salomon to withdraw. Union militia covered the retreat,
although Confederate artillery fire turned it into a disorderly rout.
Union casualties were approximately 245, against Confederate losses of
78. Union brigadier general James G. Blunt's whole division advanced
towards Newtonia in early October, and Cooper abandoned Missouri. A
portion of the battlefield was listed in 2004 as the First Battle of
Newtonia Historic District.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Newtonia>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1551:
Sue Takafusa, a retainer of the Ōuchi clan in western Japan,
led a coup against the daimyō Ōuchi Yoshitaka, leading to the latter's
forced suicide.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainei-ji_incident>
1863:
Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles premiered at the
Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_p%C3%AAcheurs_de_perles>
1939:
Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski became the first
prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski>
1965:
Members of the 30 September Movement attempted a coup against
the Indonesian government that was crushed by the military under
Suharto, leading to a mass anti-communist purge with more than 500,000
people killed over the following months.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
matitudinal:
Synonym of matutinal (“of, occurring in, or relating to the morning,
especially the early morning upon waking up”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/matitudinal>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Any human being is a sanctuary. Every human being is a dwelling
of God — man or woman or child, Christian or Jewish or Buddhist. Any
person, by virtue of being a son or daughter of humanity, is a living
sanctuary whom nobody has the right to invade.
--Elie Wiesel
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel>