Bart Simpson is a character voiced by Nancy Cartwright (pictured) on the animated TV series The Simpsons, the longest-running American sitcom. Created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening, the mischievous and rebellious Bart (an anagram of brat) is the ten-year-old son of Homer and Marge and the older brother of Lisa and Maggie. The character has also appeared in video games, The Simpsons Movie, The Simpsons Ride, commercials, comic books, merchandising, and (for three years before The Simpsons) on The Tracey Ullman Show. Hallmarks of the character include his chalkboard gags in the opening sequence, his prank calls to Moe, and the catchphrases "Eat my shorts", "¡Ay, caramba!", and "Don't have a cow, man!" During the first two seasons of The Simpsons, Bart was the show's breakout character, though educators derided Bart's pride in being an underachiever. Time named Bart one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. Nancy Cartwright has won several awards for voicing Bart, including a Primetime Emmy Award in 1992 and an Annie Award in 1995. In 2000, Bart and the rest of his family were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1713:
With no living male heirs, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI issued the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure one of his daughters would inherit the Habsburg lands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
1809:
War of the Fifth Coalition: The French won a hard-fought victory over Austria in Lower Bavaria when their opponents withdrew from the field of battle that evening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Teugen-Hausen
1927:
American actress Mae West was sentenced to ten days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth" for her play Sex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_West
1960:
Students in South Korea held a nationwide pro-democracy protest against President Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Revolution
1995:
A car bomb destroyed much of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people and injuring over 800 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
debauch: 1. (transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce. 2. (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debauch
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. --Ralph Waldo Emerson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson