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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Ross>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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