The Delaware Tercentenary half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent coin
designed by Carl L. Schmitz and minted by the United States Bureau of
the Mint to mark the 300th anniversary of New Sweden, the first
successful European settlement in Delaware. Also known as the Swedish
Delaware half dollar, the coin was produced by the Philadelphia Mint in
March 1937, though that year appears nowhere on the piece. The obverse
(pictured) shows Wilmington's Old Swedes Church, one of the oldest
Protestant churches in the United States still standing, while the
reverse features the ship Kalmar Nyckel, which carried emigrants to New
Sweden. Schmitz won a competition to design the coin. The half dollars
were sold to the public by the Delaware Swedish Tercentenary Commission
for $1.75 each, and more than 20,000 coins were sold of the 25,000 coins
minted for sale. The profits were used to help fund the tercentenary
celebrations.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Tercentenary_half_dollar>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1521:
Ferdinand Magellan and members of his crew participated in the
first Catholic Mass in the Philippines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Mass_in_the_Philippines>
1800:
After fighting through the night the French Navy ship of the
line Guillaume Tell surrendered to a British squadron in the Malta
Channel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Malta_%281800%29>
1930:
To avoid government censorship, Hollywood movie studios
instituted their own set of industry censorship guidelines, popularly
known as the Hays Code.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code>
1942:
Second World War: Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers
against their British officers, Japanese troops captured Christmas
Island without any resistance.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Christmas_Island>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
unobtrusive:
Not obtrusive; not blatant or noticeable; discreet, inconspicuous.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unobtrusive>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it
well.
--Discourse on the Method
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Method>