Hillsboro is an American city of 95,000 people in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon. It is the fifth-largest city in the state and serves as the county seat of Washington County. Located in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of Portland, Hillsboro is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel (one campus pictured) and TriQuint, which compose what has become known as the Silicon Forest. Other important sectors to the economy are health care, retail, and agriculture (including grapes and local wineries). The area was inhabited by the Atfalati tribe of the Kalapuya people prior to the arrival of European-American settlers. Hillsboro was settled in 1842 and is named after David Hill, an Oregon politician and one of the first settlers. A railroad reached the area in the early 1870s and the city incorporated on October 19, 1876. Hillsboro has a council–manager government consisting of a city manager and a seven-person city council headed by a mayor. The city operates more than twenty parks along with Hillsboro Stadium and Hillsboro Ballpark, home to Minor League Baseball's Hillsboro Hops. Nine sites in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsboro,_Oregon

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

62:

Pompeii was severely damaged by a strong earthquake, which may have been a precursor to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed the town 17 years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/62_Pompeii_earthquake

1923:

Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ponsford

1941:

Second World War: British and Free French forces began the Battle of Keren to capture the strategic town of Keren in Italian Eritrea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Keren

2004:

The Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front captured Gonaïves, Haiti, starting a coup d'état against the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Haitian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

2008:

Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Super_Tuesday_tornado_outbreak

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

comestible: Suitable to be eaten; edible. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comestible

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We live in an era of revolution — the revolution of rising expectations.   --Adlai Stevenson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson