Bernard A. Maguire (February 11, 1818 – April 26, 1886) was a Catholic priest and Jesuit who twice served as the president of Georgetown University. Maguire emigrated with his family from Ireland to Maryland at the age of six, where he studied under the Jesuits at Saint John's College, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1837. He then continued his education at Georgetown University, where he eventually became a teacher and prefect. As prefect, Maguire was responsible for quelling an uprising of 40 students who were unhappy with rules over the meeting times of the Philodemic Society. In 1852, he became the president of Georgetown University, and oversaw the partial separation of the preparatory division from the college. He left in 1858 to do pastoral work, but returned as president in 1866. Maguire directed the university's rebuilding after the Civil War and the establishment of the law school. His tenure ended in 1870, and he spent the rest of his life in pastoral ministry.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1851:
As part of celebrations marking the separation of Victoria from New South Wales, the inaugural first-class cricket match in Australia began at the Launceston Racecourse in Tasmania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land_v_Port_Phillip,_1851
1938:
The BBC aired an adaptation of a section of Czech writer Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. in the first broadcast of science fiction on television. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R.
1991:
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization was established in The Hague to represent the interests of indigenous peoples, minorities, occupied nations, and other areas lacking international recognition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrepresented_Nations_and_Peoples_Organization
2001:
The computer worm Anna Kournikova, which would affect millions of users worldwide, was released by a 20-year-old Dutch student. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kournikova_%28computer_virus%29
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
radium: 1. The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal. 2. (textiles, dated) A type of cloth woven from silk or synthetic yarn, often with a shiny appearance. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radium
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
In order to succeed it is not necessary to be much cleverer than other people. All you have to do is be one day ahead of them. --Leó Szilárd https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3_Szil%C3%A1rd