The 1924 Rose Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game between the Navy Midshipmen and the Washington Huskies played on New Year's Day. The game was the final contest of the 1923 season, in which Washington had come in second in the Pacific Coast Conference and Navy, an independent, finished as one of the best eastern teams. The game marked a number of firsts for the Rose Bowl, including its first time being broadcast on radio. Despite general consensus among sportswriters that Washington would have a slight advantage, Navy began the game stronger and scored first. Following a botched onside kick attempt by the Midshipmen, Washington went on a 50-yard drive and scored a touchdown to tie the game. Navy reached the end zone late in the first half on a short run from quarterback Ira McKee to take a 14–7 halftime lead. After a quiet third quarter, Navy made a late fumble and Washington recovered on the Navy 10-yard line. The Huskies scored four plays later, on a trick pass play. Navy quickly turned the ball over again, and Washington took over from midfield. A last-second field goal attempt by the Huskies missed, and the contest ended in a 14–14 tie. McKee was named the Most Valuable Player.

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1739:

Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, the most remote island in the world, was discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island

1818:

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley, was first published in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein

1892:

The immigration station on Ellis Island in New York Harbor opened, and would, over the course of its existence, process twelve million immigrants to the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island

1959:

Cuban President Fulgencio Batista fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro (pictured with Che Guevara) took control of Havana, marking the end of the Cuban Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution

2011:

A bomb exploded at a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria, Egypt, killing 23 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Alexandria_bombing

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inception: The creation or beginning of something; the establishment. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inception

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I can't see why anybody — unless he was a child, or an angel, or a lucky simpleton like the pilgrim — would even want to say a prayer to a Jesus who was the least bit different from the way he looks and sounds in the New Testament. My God! He's only the most intelligent man in the Bible, that's all! Who isn't he head and shoulders over? Who? Both Testaments are full of pundits, prophets, disciples, favorite sons, Solomons, Isaiahs, Davids, Pauls — but, my God, who besides Jesus really knew which end was up? Nobody. Not Moses. Don't tell me Moses. He was a nice man, and he kept in beautiful touch with his God, and all that — but that's exactly the point. He had to keep in touch. Jesus realized there is no separation from God.   --J. D. Salinger https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger