The Battle of Bosworth Field was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. Their leader Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, became the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty by his victory and subsequent marriage to a Yorkist princess. His opponent Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle. Historians consider Bosworth Field to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty, making it one of the defining moments of English history. Richard's reign began in 1483 when he seized the throne from his twelve-year-old nephew Edward V; the boy and his younger brother soon disappeared. Meanwhile, Henry Tudor, a descendant of the House of Lancaster, also laid claim to the throne. Henry's first attempt to invade England in 1483 was frustrated by a storm, but his second arrived unopposed on 1 August 1485 on the southwest coast of Wales. Marching inland, Henry gathered support as he made for London. Richard hurriedly mustered his troops and intercepted Henry's army south of the town of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire.
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1639:
The East India Company bought a small strip of land on what is today Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, from the King of the Vijayanagara Empire, Peda Venkata Raya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai
1777:
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a devious ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Stanwix
1910:
Japan annexed Korea with the signing of the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_Treaty_of_1910
1989:
The Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Neptune
2006:
Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 crashed near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkovo_Aviation_Enterprise_Flight_612
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eat one's Wheaties: (US and Canada, idiomatic) To prepare or fortify oneself for an activity requiring exertion. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eat_one%27s_Wheaties
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The picture-story involves a joint operation of the brain, the eye and the heart. The objective of this joint operation is to depict the content of some event which is in the process of unfolding, and to communicate impressions. Sometimes a single event can be so rich in itself and its facets that it is necessary to move all around it in your search for the solution to the problems it poses — for the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving. Sometimes you light upon the picture in seconds; it might also require hours or days. But there is no standard plan, no pattern from which to work. --Henri Cartier-Bresson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson