The 2022 Welsh Open in snooker took place from 28 February to 6 March 2022 at the International Convention Centre Wales at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. It was the 12th ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season, and the 31st Welsh Open. The seventh of eight tournaments in the season's European Series, it was the fourth and last event of the Home Nations Series. It was broadcast by BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Online, BBC Red Button, Quest and Eurosport domestically. Jordan Brown was the defending champion, having defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the 2021 event. However, Brown lost 3–4 in his held-over qualifying match against Mitchell Mann. Joe Perry (pictured) defeated Judd Trump 9–5 in the final to win his first Welsh Open title and his second ranking title. Aged 47, Perry became the oldest to win a ranking tournament since Ray Reardon in 1982. There were 58 century breaks made during the main venue stage of the event; the highest was a 142 made by Michael White in the second round.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1865:

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, becoming the first great success of American author Mark Twain (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrated_Jumping_Frog_of_Calaveras_County

1956:

At the Polish embassy in Moscow, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said "We will bury you" while addressing Western envoys, prompting them to leave the room. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_will_bury_you

1991:

Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army captured the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending an 87-day siege. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vukovar

2014:

Two Palestinian men attacked the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Jerusalem_synagogue_attack

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

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___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I am in awe of the majestic miracle that is American democracy. As we participate in a hallmark of our republic — the peaceful, orderly transition from one Congress to the next — let us consider the words of, again, President Lincoln, spoken during one of America’s darkest hours. He called upon us to come together, to swell the chorus of the union, when once again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature. That again is the task at hand. A new day is dawning on the horizon, and I look forward, always forward, to the unfolding story of our nation, a story of light and love, of patriotism and progress, of many becoming one. And always an unfinished mission to make the dreams of today the reality of tomorrow.   --Nancy Pelosi https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi