Herbie Hewett (1864–1921) was an English amateur cricketer who played
first-class cricket for Somerset, captaining them from 1889 to 1893, as
well as for Oxford University and the Marylebone Cricket Club. A
battling left-handed opening batsman, Hewett could post a large score in
a short time against even the best bowlers. Capable of hitting the ball
powerfully, he combined an excellent eye with an unorthodox style to be
regarded at his peak as one of England's finest batsmen. Educated at
Harrow School, Hewett won a Blue at Oxford in 1886 and played for
Somerset from 1884. In 1892, he made 1,407 runs at an average of more
than 35, and was named as one of the "Five Batsmen of the Year" by
Wisden in 1893. England did not play any Test matches at home in 1892,
or else Hewett would probably have won a Test cap; instead his highest
accolade was being selected to play for the Gentlemen against the
Players at Lord's in 1894. Hewett practised as a barrister, having been
called to the bar at the Inner Temple.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hewett>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1839:
An earthquake struck central Burma, causing significant damage
and killing an estimated 300 to 400 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1839_Ava_earthquake>
1862:
American Civil War: General Stonewall Jackson of the
Confederate States Army lost the First Battle of Kernstown, but was
still able to prevent the Union Army from reinforcing the Peninsula
campaign.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Kernstown>
1919:
Benito Mussolini and his supporters founded the Fasci Italiani
di Combattimento, the predecessor of the National Fascist Party.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasci_Italiani_di_Combattimento>
1993:
The demolition of Kowloon Walled City, a densely crowded slum
in Hong Kong, began.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hoar frost:
1. Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed
surfaces.
2. (specifically, meteorology) Water vapour which has undergone
deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals
without first turning into liquid water”) when the air is cold and moist
to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoar_frost>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Fascism, Nazism and Stalinism have in common that they offered
the atomized individual a new refuge and security. These systems are the
culmination of alienation. The individual is made to feel powerless and
insignificant, but taught to project all of his human powers into the
figure of the leader, the state, the "fatherland," to whom he has to
submit and whom he has to worship. He escapes from freedom and into a
new idolatry. All the achievements of individuality and reason, from the
late Middle Ages to the nineteenth century are sacrificed on the altars
of the new idols. ...built on the most flagrant lies, both with regard
to their programs and to their leaders.
--The Sane Society
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Sane_Society>
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