Esplanade MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
on the Circle line (CCL) in Singapore. The station serves the Esplanade
performing arts centre, alongside various developments such as War
Memorial Park, Suntec City Mall and the Suntec Singapore Convention and
Exhibition Centre. Esplanade station is linked to the nearby City Hall
station via CityLink Mall, an underground retail development. The
station was initially announced as Convention Centre station in 1999 as
part of the Marina MRT line, which was later incorporated into Stage 1
of the CCL. The station was renamed Esplanade in 2005 through a public
poll. The station opened on 17 April 2010, with provisions to
interchange with a future MRT line. Esplanade station features the Art-
in-Transit artwork A Piece of Ice-Clear Heart by Lim Mu Hue, a collage
of woodblock prints featuring scenes of shadow puppetry and other
traditional performances.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esplanade_MRT_station>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1896:
A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason
discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold
Rush.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush>
1906:
An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck
Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Valpara%C3%ADso_earthquake>
1946:
Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in
Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent
Pakistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Action_Day>
2009:
At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt
ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year
earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
proteranthous:
1. Of a plant: having flowers that appear earlier than the leaves.
2. Of a plant: having leaves that appear earlier than the flowers.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proteranthous>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Defendant Donald John Trump lost the United States presidential
election held on November 3, 2020. One of the states he lost was
Georgia. Trump and the other Defendants charged in this Indictment
refused to accept that Trump lost, and they knowingly and willfully
joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in
favor of Trump. That conspiracy contained a common plan and purpose to
commit two or more acts of racketeering activity in Fulton County,
Georgia, elsewhere in the State of Georgia, and in other states.
--The State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al.
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29>
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