Antiochus XI Epiphanes (died 93 BC) was a Seleucid monarch who reigned as King of Syria in 94–93 BC, during the Hellenistic period. He ruled at a time of civil war, waged by several claimants to the throne. At first a follower of his eldest brother Seleucus VI, Antiochus XI declared himself king jointly with his twin Philip I after Seleucus VI was killed in 94 BC by a cousin, Antiochus X. The twins destroyed the city of Mopsuestia, whose citizens played a part in Seleucus VI's death, then marched on the Syrian capital Antioch and expelled Antiochus X in 93 BC. Though unrecorded by ancient historians, the reign of Antiochus XI as a senior king in Antioch is confirmed through numismatic evidence (coin pictured). Philip I kept his royal title and remained in Cilicia. In the autumn of the same year, Antiochus X regrouped and counterattacked; Antiochus XI drowned in the Orontes River as he tried to flee.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1951:

In Major League Baseball, the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", a game-winning home run, to win the National League pennant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_Heard_%27Round_the_World_%28baseball%29

1991:

Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer

2003:

Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy (both pictured) was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_%26_Roy

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festschrift: A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/festschrift

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My father had a deep and lifelong contempt for politicians in general ("They tell lies," he used to say with wonder, "even when they don't have to").   --Gore Vidal https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal