House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox
network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr.
Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), an unconventional and misanthropic medical
genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional
Princeton‑Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. The show's
premise originated with Paul Attanasio, while David Shore, who is
credited as creator, was primarily responsible for the conception of
the title character. It is largely filmed in Century City. House often
clashes with his fellow physicians, including his own diagnostic team,
because many of his hypotheses about patients' illnesses are based on
subtle or controversial insights. His flouting of hospital rules and
procedures frequently runs him afoul of his boss (and, later,
girlfriend), hospital administrator and Dean of Medicine Dr. Lisa Cuddy
(Lisa Edelstein). House's only true friend is Dr. James Wilson (Robert
Sean Leonard), head of the Department of Oncology. Critically acclaimed
for much of its run, House maintains high viewer ratings. Distributed
to 66 countries, House was the most watched television program in the
world in 2008.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1541:
The expedition led by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto became the
first documented Europeans to reach the Mississippi River.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto>
1882:
U.S. President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into
law, implementing a ban on Chinese immigration to the United States
that eventually lasted for over 60 years until the 1943 Magnuson Act.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act>
1927:
Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris
to New York, French warheroes Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli
disappeared after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Bird>
1945:
A parade to celebrate the end of World War II in Sétif, Algeria, ended
in French gendarmes firing on rioters and killings of French settlers.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9tif_and_Guelma_massacre>
1963:
In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
opened fire into a crowd of Buddhists protesting against a government
ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesākha, killing nine and
sparking the Buddhist crisis.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hue_Phat_Dan_shootings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
anodyne (adj):
1. Assuaging pain; soothing.
2. Provoking only a weak response or reaction; bland, inoffensive
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anodyne>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is
also possible for a democracy to govern with a total lack of
liberalism. Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic
government lacking liberalism.
--Friedrich Hayek
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek>
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