Art Ross (1886–1964) was a Canadian ice hockey player and executive from 1905 until 1954. Among the best defencemen of his era, he was one of the first to skate up the ice with the puck rather than pass it to a forward. He won the Stanley Cup twice in a playing career that lasted thirteen seasons; in January 1907 with the Kenora Thistles and in 1908 with the Montreal Wanderers. In 1911 he led one of the first organized player strikes over pay. When the Wanderers' home arena burned down in January 1918, the team ceased operations and Ross retired as a player. After several years as an on-ice official, he was named head coach of the Hamilton Tigers for one season. When the Boston Bruins were formed in 1924, he was hired as the first coach and general manager of the team. He would go on to coach the team on four separate occasions up to 1945 and stayed as general manager until retiring in 1954. Ross helped the Bruins win the league ten times and win the Stanley Cup three times; Ross himself coached the team to one of those victories.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1884:

Welsh physician William Price was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; he was acquitted in the subsequent trial, which eventually led to the legalisation of cremation in the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Price_%28physician%29

1910:

The first public radio broadcast, a live performance of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci from the old Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, took place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_of_public_radio_broadcasting

1972:

Ghanaian military officer Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup d'état to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_Kutu_Acheampong

2000:

Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

walk-on girl: (darts) A woman who escorts a player to the stage at a darts event. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walk-on_girl

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

In right knowledge the study of man must proceed on parallel lines with the study of the world, and the study of the world must run parallel with the study of man.   --G. I. Gurdjieff https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/G._I._Gurdjieff