Garret Hobart (1844–1899) was the 24th Vice President of the United
States (1897–1899), serving under President William McKinley. He was
the sixth American vice president to die in office. Hobart served in
local governmental positions, and then successfully ran for office as a
Republican, serving in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New
Jersey Senate. Hobart was a longtime party official, and New Jersey
delegates went to the 1896 Republican National Convention determined to
nominate the popular lawyer for vice president. Hobart's political views
were similar to those of McKinley, who was the presumptive Republican
presidential candidate. With New Jersey a key state in the upcoming
election, McKinley and his close adviser, future senator Mark Hanna,
decided to have the convention select Hobart. The vice-presidential
candidate emulated his running mate with a front porch campaign, though
spending much time at the campaign's New York City office. McKinley and
Hobart were elected. As vice president, Hobart proved a popular figure
in Washington and was a close adviser to McKinley. Hobart's tact and
good humor were valuable to the President. Hobart died in November 1899
of heart disease at age 55; his place on the Republican ticket in 1900
was taken by New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garret_Hobart>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1610:
Polish–Muscovite War: The outnumbered forces of the Polish-
Lithuanian Commonwealth defeated the Russians at the Battle of Klushino.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Klushino>
1862:
In a rowing boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow,
author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell and her sisters a story that
would eventually form the basis for his book Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland>
1950:
The United States' anti-communist propaganda source Radio Free
Europe made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty>
1965:
The first Annual Reminder, a series of early pickets organized
by homophile organizations, one of the earliest LGBT demonstrations in
the United States, took place at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_Reminder>
1976:
Israel Defense Forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International
Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
auteur:
A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a
specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or
preeminent ‘author’ of their works.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/auteur>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
So many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun
to think that very few things indeed were really impossible. in
--Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland>
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