Aries is the ninth studio album by Mexican recording artist Luis Miguel
(pictured). Released by WEA Latina in 1993, it features pop ballads and
dance numbers with R&B; influences. "Ayer" and "Hasta Que Me
Olvides",
two of the album's three singles released for sale, topped the US
Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. "Hasta el Fin" and "Tú y Yo" were
released as promotional singles, both peaking at number four on that
chart. Aries stayed at number one on the US Billboard Latin Pop Albums
for 19 weeks. It sold over one million copies in Mexico, and over two
million copies worldwide through 2000. Upon its release, the album
received mixed reviews from music critics; they were divided on the
dance tunes and ballads, although Miguel's vocals and the album's
arrangements garnered positive reactions. The Aries Tour promoted the
record in Latin America and the United States. Miguel received several
accolades for the album, including the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop
Album.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_%28album%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which had a
profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the
United States, was published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin>
1942:
World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines for
Australia, U.S. Army general Douglas MacArthur announced, "I came
through and I shall return."
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur>
1987:
The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (AZT) became the first
treatment approved by the Food and Drug Administration for HIV/AIDS.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidovudine>
1993:
The Troubles: Two children were killed by the second of two
bomb attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Warrington,
England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
teething troubles:
(idiomatic) Also teething trouble: small problems such as are to be
expected with any new and untried product, system, or venture.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teething_troubles>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The real question is not whether machines think but whether men
do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a
thinking man.
--B. F. Skinner
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner>