Daisy Pearce (born 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. Often regarded as the face of women's Australian rules football, Pearce has served as Melbourne captain starting with the AFLW's inaugural season in 2017. Pearce began her playing career in 2005 in the Victoria state league with the Darebin Falcons, captaining the club from 2008 to 2016. She represented Victoria at both under-19 and senior levels, and was recruited by Melbourne in 2013 for the first women's exhibition game. Pearce is a three-time AFL Women's All-Australian, having been named captain in the 2017 team and vice-captain in the 2018 team. She is a three-time Melbourne best and fairest winner and a four-time AFLW's best captain, having won the latter in four of her five completed AFLW seasons. Pearce is an established media personality on both television and radio. She is an expert commentator for the Seven Network and 1116 SEN's AFL coverage.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1763:

Pontiac, a Native American chief of the Odawa tribe, led an attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British, marking the start of Pontiac's War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac%27s_War

1940:

A three-day debate began in the House of Commons that resulted in British prime minister Neville Chamberlain being replaced by Winston Churchill (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway_Debate

1999:

Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade

2009:

Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who had shot at officers during the routine execution of a search warrant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_shootings

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

calumny: 1. (countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing. 2. (uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calumny

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Want of love is a degree of callousness; for love is the perfection of consciousness. We do not love because we do not comprehend, or rather we do not comprehend because we do not love. For love is the ultimate meaning of everything around us. It is not a mere sentiment; it is truth; it is the joy that is at the root of all creation.   --Rabindranath Tagore https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore