An Eagle Scout is a Scout with the highest rank attainable in the Boy
Scouts of America. Since its introduction in 1911, the Eagle Scout
rank has been earned by over one and a half million Scouts.
Requirements include earning a number of merit badges and
demonstration of Scout Spirit, service and leadership. Eagle Scouts
are presented with a medal and badge that visibly recognizes the
accomplishments of the Scout. Additional recognition can be earned
through Eagle Palms, awarded for completing additional tenure,
leadership and merit badge requirements.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1228:
Frederick of Isenberg was executed for the murder of his cousin
Engelbert of Berg, the Archbishop of Cologne.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_of_Isenberg)
1889:
Nellie Bly, reporter for the New York World, departed on her
successful attempt to travel Around the World in Eighty Days.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly)
1940:
Coventry Cathedral and much of the city centre of Coventry, England
was destroyed in heavy Luftwaffe bombing.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Cathedral)
1971:
Mariner 9 reached Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another
planet.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_9)
1990:
Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming their border at the
Oder-Neisse line.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oder-Neisse_line)
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Wikiquote of the day:
Peace has been said to be indivisible; so is freedom, so is prosperity
now, and so also is disaster in this One World that can no longer be
split into isolated fragments. -- Jawaharlal Nehru
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru)