Raymond Leane (1878–1962) was an Australian Army brigadier general. Twice decorated for gallantry, he was wounded three times during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, and temporarily commanded the 11th Battalion there before the Australian force was withdrawn to Egypt. Leane led the 48th Battalion in fighting on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918 before commanding the 12th Brigade during the last part of the war. He was described by the Australian Official War Historian, Charles Bean, as "the foremost fighting leader" in the Australian Imperial Force. Leane was also called "the head of the most famous family of soldiers in Australian history", as four of his brothers and six of his nephews served in World War I, with two of each being killed. After the war, he served as Commissioner of the South Australia Police from 1920 to 1944, for which he was knighted in 1945.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1678:

Venetian mathematician Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia

1940:

World War II: The evacuation of nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers from French ports was completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aerial

1950:

The Korean War began with North Korean forces launching a pre- dawn raid over the 38th parallel into South Korea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

2009:

Singer Michael Jackson died as a result of the combination of drugs in his body. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Michael_Jackson

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a mite: (informal) To a small extent; in a small amount; rather. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a_mite

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In a Society in which there is no law, and in theory no compulsion, the only arbiter of behaviour is public opinion. But public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. When human beings are governed by "thou shalt not", the individual can practise a certain amount of eccentricity: when they are supposedly governed by "love" or "reason", he is under continuous pressure to make him behave and think in exactly the same way as everyone else.   --George Orwell https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Orwell