Henrik Sedin and his identical twin brother Daniel Sedin (born 1980) are Swedish professional ice hockey players with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Henrik (pictured rear) is the team's captain and all-time leading scorer, and Daniel (pictured front) serves as alternate captain in home games. Having played together throughout their careers, the pair are known for their effectiveness playing off one another. They began their professional careers in the Swedish Elite League with Modo Hockey in 1997 and were joint recipients of the 1999 Golden Puck as Swedish player of the year. Daniel was selected second overall by the Canucks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, and Henrik was picked third. Henrik was the team's leading points scorer from 2007–08 to 2009–10, and in 2009–10, he won the Hart Memorial and Art Ross Trophies as the NHL's most valuable player and leading point- scorer, respectively. Daniel won the Art Ross Trophy the following season. They were co-recipients of the Victoria Stipendium as Swedish athletes of the year in 2011. Internationally, they have helped Sweden to victory at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2013 World Championships.
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1087:
William II (pictured), son of William the Conqueror, was crowned King of England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_England
1493:
Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Dudum siquidem, the last of the Bulls of Donation, marking the beginning of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudum_siquidem
1933:
As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrendered to the FBI, he supposedly shouted out, "Don't shoot, G-Men ('government men')!", which became a nickname for FBI agents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly
1942:
The Holocaust: Nazi official August Frank issued a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Frank
1983:
Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a possible worldwide nuclear war by deliberately certifying what otherwise appeared to be an impending attack by the United States as a false alarm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
exanimate: 1. Lifeless, not or no longer living. 2. Spiritless, dispirited. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exanimate
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned. --T. S. Eliot https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot
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