Ed, Edd n Eddy is an animated television series created by Danny
Antonucci and produced by Canada-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on
Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999, and ended on November 8, 2009 with
the premiere of the series' TV movie finale, Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big
Picture Show. Designed to resemble classic cartoons from the 1940s to
the 1970s, the series revolves around three adolescent boys known as
"the Eds", who constantly invent schemes to make money from their peers
to purchase jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail, leaving them in
various predicaments. Before signing a contract with Cartoon Network,
Antonucci approached Nickelodeon, but the channel demanded creative
control of the show, which Antonucci did not agree to. Several specials,
shorts, and video games either based on the series or featuring the
series' characters have been produced. Viewed from 31 million households
in 29 countries by both children and adults, Ed, Edd n Eddy received
positive reviews and several awards and nominations. It remains the
longest-running original Cartoon Network series and Canadian-made
animated series to date.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed,_Edd_n_Eddy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1881:
The International Federation of Gymnastics, the world's oldest
international sport federation, was founded in Liège, Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Gymnastique>
1914:
Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum to allow
them to investigate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, that
Serbia would ultimately reject, leading to World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Crisis>
1942:
The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp
began operation, killing 6,500 Jews that had been transported from the
Warsaw Ghetto the day before.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treblinka_extermination_camp>
1983:
The Sri Lankan Civil War began after members of the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam ambushed a convoy of Sri Lanka Army soldiers in
northern Sri Lanka, which was followed by large-scale riots carried out
by Sinhalese against Tamils that became known as Black July.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War>
1986:
Sarah Ferguson married Prince Andrew, Duke of York at
Westminster Abbey, joining the British Royal Family as the Duchess of
York.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah,_Duchess_of_York>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
levity:
1. Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity.
2. The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
3. (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/levity>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
--Raymond Chandler
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler>