Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954, it is Minnesota's most populous city as of the 2020 census. Minneapolis occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. Minneapolis is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. The city's public park system is connected by the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. Dakota people originally inhabited the site of today's Minneapolis. For a time in the 19th century, Minneapolis was the lumber and flour milling capital of the world, and as home to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, it has preserved its financial clout into the 21st century. Minneapolis has a political landscape dominated by the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1983:

Two Australian biologists published an article titled "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia", initiating the Wells and Wellington affair. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_and_Wellington_affair

1986:

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in American history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_Plaza_Hotel_arson

1999:

In accordance with the Torrijos–Carter Treaties, Panama assumed full control of the Panama Canal Zone from the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone

2004:

Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, opened to the public as the world's tallest building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

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cloop: 1. (intransitive) To make a cloop (slightly hollow, percussive) sound (noun sense 1). 2. A slightly hollow, percussive sound. 3. The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. 4. The sound made by the movement of liquid into a hollow space. 5. The sound made by a horse's hoof hitting a hard surface. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloop

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The struggle for human rights overrides all differences of color, nation or language. Those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity, and who suffer for the sake of justice — they are the patriots of this cause. I believe with all my heart that America must always stand for these basic human rights — at home and abroad. That is both our history and our destiny. America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented America. Ours was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded explicitly on such an idea. Our social and political progress has been based on one fundamental principle — the value and importance of the individual. The fundamental force that unites us is not kinship or place of origin or religious preference. The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins.   --Jimmy Carter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter