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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Pearce>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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