1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor
Swift (pictured), released on October 27, 2014. Having been known as a
country singer-songwriter, Swift conceived 1989 as a synth-pop record
that shifted her sound and image to mainstream pop. She titled the album
after her birth year as a symbolic rebirth of her image and artistry.
The album's singles included three US Billboard Hot 100 number ones:
"Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Critics
praised the
songwriting for offering emotional engagement that they found uncommon
in the mainstream pop scene. The album won the Grammy Award for Album of
the Year, and featured in Rolling Stone's 2020 update of their 500
Greatest Albums of All Time. A huge commercial success, 1989 spent 11
weeks atop the US Billboard 200 and has sold over 10 million copies
worldwide. (This article is part of a featured topic: 1989 (Taylor
Swift album).).
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/1989_%28Taylor_Swift_album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1946:
Inter-religious riots in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim
families began in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in anywhere
between 2,000 and 30,000 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Bihar_riots>
1981:
Cold War: The Soviet Whiskey-class submarine U137 ran aground
near Sweden's Karlskrona naval base (monument pictured), sparking an
international incident termed "Whiskey on the rocks".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_S-363>
2004:
The Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals
to win the 2004 World Series, breaking the so-called "Curse of the
Bambino".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_World_Series>
2011:
Michael D. Higgins was elected President of Ireland with far
more votes than any politician in the country's history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Irish_presidential_election>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
get a word in edgewise:
(US, usually in the negative) To break into or participate in a
conversation.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/get_a_word_in_edgewise>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
In name we had the Declaration of Independence in 1776; but we
gave the lie by our acts to the words of the Declaration of Independence
until 1865; and words count for nothing except in so far as they
represent acts. This is true everywhere.
--Theodore Roosevelt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt>