Robert Nimmo (1893–1966) was a senior Australian Army officer and the
chief military observer (CMO) of the United Nations Military Observer
Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) from 1950 until his death. Nimmo
graduated early from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, to
participate in World War I, serving with the Australian Light Horse. He
remained in Australia in training and staff roles early in World
War II. He then administered command of Northern Territory Force before
commanding the logistics effort for the Bougainville campaign, and
served as a senior staff officer on First Australian Army headquarters
in New Guinea. He commanded a brigade of the British Commonwealth
Occupation Force in Japan, then returned to Australia to lead Northern
Command. In 1950, he was made Commander of the British Empire, retired
from the army, and was appointed as CMO of UNMOGIP, where he remained
until he died on 4 January 1966. Nimmo was the first Australian to
command a multinational peacekeeping force.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nimmo>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1798:
After his appointment as Prince of Wallachia, Constantine
Hangerli arrived in Bucharest to assume the throne.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_Hangerli>
1936:
Billboard published its first music hit parade.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29>
1989:
Two American F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers
that appeared to be attempting to engage them over the Gulf of Sidra.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_air_battle_near_Tobruk>
2004:
Spirit (artist's impression pictured), the first of two rovers
of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_%28rover%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lapidary:
1. A person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and
precious stones.
2. The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology.
3. (obsolete)
4. An expert in gems and precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary
work.
5. Gems and precious stones collectively; jewellery.
6. (except historical) A treatise on (precious) stones.
7. Of or pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working
them.
8. Senses relating to inscriptions.
9. Of an inscription: engraved on stone.
10. Of a piece of writing or a writing style: characteristic of or
suitable for an inscription; embodying the precision and refinement of
inscriptions on monuments; concise and stately.
11. (archaic, rare) Of or pertaining to stones in general.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lapidary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion
in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces
impressed upon it.
--Isaac Newton
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton>