Cleopatra (69–30 BC) was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, though nominally survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. After the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the Hellenistic period that had lasted since the reign of Alexander (336–323 BC). While her native language was Koine Greek, she was the first Ptolemaic ruler to learn the Egyptian language. Cleopatra's legacy survives in numerous works of art. She has been a pop culture icon of Egyptomania since the Victorian era, appearing in burlesque satire, Hollywood films such as Cleopatra (1963), and commercial brands.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1794:
The Glorious First of June, the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the French First Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars, was fought. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_First_of_June
1942:
World War II: The crews of three Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki- class submarines scuttled their boats and committed suicide after entering Sydney Harbour and launching a failed attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Sydney_Harbour
1974:
In an informal article in a medical journal, Henry Heimlich introduced the concept of abdominal thrusts, commonly known as the "Heimlich maneuver", to help choking victims. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_thrusts
1999:
On landing at Little Rock National Airport in the U.S. state of Arkansas, American Airlines Flight 1420 overran the runway and crashed (wreckage pictured), resulting in 11 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_1420
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
oxishly: (rare) In a manner like that of an ox. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oxishly
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves. Men sometimes didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them — and fooling them. --Marilyn Monroe https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe