Operation Sandwedge was a proposed surveillance campaign that would have targeted people that U.S. president Richard Nixon considered.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1492:
Believing he had reached the East Indies, Christopher Columbus made landfall on an island in the Caribbean, sparking a series of events that led to the European colonization of the Americas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
1892:
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States was first used in public schools to coincide with the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance
1917:
First World War: New Zealand troops suffered more than 2,000 casualties, including more than 800 deaths, in the First Battle of Passchendaele, making it the nation's largest loss of life in one day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Passchendaele
1979:
Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded, reached a worldwide record-low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar (25.69 inHg) in the western Pacific Ocean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
tapas: A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and seafood, originally served with sherry and now often with other alcoholic beverages as well. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tapas
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I'd like to be remembered as somebody who entertained — who took one out of oneself — for a few minutes, a few hours — transported you into a different venue — gave you relief, gave you entertainment, and gave you joy and laughter — and tears — all those things. I would like to be remembered as somebody who was — capable — of doing that. --Angela Lansbury https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury