During his three Olympic seasons, Yuzuru Hanyu (pictured), a Japanese
figure skater, won two gold medals in the men's singles event, one each
in 2014 and 2018. He also placed fourth in 2022. In 2014, at the age of
19, he became the first Asian men's singles skater to win an Olympic
gold medal, and the youngest male skater to win the title since American
Dick Button did in 1948. In 2018, Hanyu became the first male singles
skater in 66 years to win gold medals in consecutive Winter Olympics
since Button, who also won in 1952. Hanyu received the People's Honour
Award from the Prime Minister of Japan as well as two Medals of Honor
with Purple Ribbon. He also received the Kikuchi Kan Prize for his
accomplishments, including his back-to-back Olympic titles. Two
monuments in memory of his Olympic wins were erected at the
International Center Station in Sendai, his hometown. He was also listed
in ESPN's World Fame 100 and The Dominant 20, as well as Forbes 30
Under 30 Asia for his success in 2018.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzuru_Hanyu_Olympic_seasons>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1862:
American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a
Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prairie_Grove>
1936:
Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton became the first player to
score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Fingleton>
1975:
The Indonesian military invaded East Timor under the pretext of
anti-colonialism, beginning an occupation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_occupation_of_East_Timor>
1995:
The Galileo spacecraft (illustration shown) arrived at Jupiter,
a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle
Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_%28spacecraft%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
musty:
1. Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.
2. Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally), having a stale
or unfresh odour or taste.
3. Characteristic of or relating to mould or mouldiness.
4. (figuratively)
5. Of attitudes, ideas, writing, or other abstract things: no longer
fresh or interesting; outdated, stale.
6. Of a person: boring and unadventurous; also, old-fashioned, stuck in
the past.
7. (archaic except Northern England (northwest)) Bad-tempered, grumpy,
irritable. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/musty>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Jingoism, fear, racism, religious fundamentalism: these are the
ways of appealing to people if you’re trying to organize a mass base
of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.
--Noam Chomsky
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky>
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