Dark Angel is an American cyberpunk television series that premiered in October 2000. Created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, it starred Jessica Alba (pictured) in her breakthrough role. Set in 2019, the series chronicles the life of Max Guevara (Alba), a genetically enhanced super-soldier who escapes from a covert military facility as a child. In a post-apocalyptic Seattle, she tries to lead a normal life, while eluding capture by government agents and searching for her siblings scattered in the aftermath of their escape. The first season received mainly positive reviews and won several awards, including the People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama. The second (final) season received some criticism for new plot elements. A series of novels continued the storyline, and a video game adaptation was released. Dark Angel has gothic and female empowerment themes, and Max has been compared to other strong female characters in Cameron's work, including Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1893:

USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, was launched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indiana_%28BB-1%29

1975:

A London Underground train at Moorgate station failed to stop at a terminal platform, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash

1997:

Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the longest and bloodiest shootouts in American police history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout

2013:

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resignation_of_Pope_Benedict_XVI

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

carbonado: 1. (dated) Meat or fish that has been scored and broiled. […] 2. A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carbonado

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I want to first of all, thank you. I know that this has been hard. I know that you face a lot. I know that you are worried about your family — but this is part of your destiny. And, hopefully, this portion of your destiny will lead to a better — a better, a better Michael Cohen, a better Donald Trump, a better United States of America and a better world. And I mean that from the depths of my heart. When we’re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked: "In 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact?" Did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? … Come on, now — we can do more than one thing. And we have got to get back to normal.   --Elijah Cummings https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elijah_Cummings