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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Simpson>
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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>
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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>
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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>