Keswick, Cumbria, is an English market town and civil parish, historically in Cumberland, and since 1974 in the Borough of Allerdale. The town, in the Lake District National Park, just north of Derwentwater, and 4 miles (6.4 km) from Bassenthwaite, had a population of 4,821 at the time of the 2011 census. There is considerable evidence of prehistoric occupation of the Keswick area. The first recorded mention of the town dates from the 13th century, when Edward I granted a charter for Keswick's market, which has maintained a continuous 700-year existence. In Tudor times the town was an important mining area, and from the 18th century onwards it has increasingly been known as a holiday centre; tourism has been its principal industry for more than 150 years. Two of the Lake Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, lived in Keswick in the early 19th century and made the scenic beauty of the area widely known to readers in Britain and beyond.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1792:

French Revolution: Insurrectionists in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace, effectively ending the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_of_10_August_1792

1864:

After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refused Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announced that the Brazilian military would exact reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_War

1966:

The Heron Road Bridge in Ottawa, Canada, collapsed during its construction, killing nine workers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron_Road_Workers_Memorial_Bridge

1981:

The severed head of kidnapped six-year-old Adam Walsh was found in a canal in Vero Beach, Florida, prompting his father John to become a victims' rights advocate and helping to spur the formation of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Adam_Walsh

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sere: 1. (archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry. 2. (obsolete) Of fabrics: threadbare, worn out. [...] 3. (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Individual, separate, set apart. 4. (obsolete or Britain, dialectal) Different; diverse. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sere

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