Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr. (January 28, 1828 – September 27, 1868) was a United States Representative from Arkansas before serving as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. During the Mexican–American War, he became a captain of his company. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1854 to 1856, and a Democratic representative in the Thirty-sixth Congress from 1859 to 1861. Despite being re-elected, he declined to serve after Arkansas seceded from the Union. Instead, Hindman joined the armed forces of the Confederacy. He was promoted to brigadier general in September 1861 and to major general the following April. He commanded the Trans-Mississippi Department, and later raised and commanded "Hindman's legion". After the war, he avoided surrender to the federal government by fleeing to Mexico City. He worked in Mexico as a coffee planter, and attempted to practice law. After returning to Arkansas, Hindman was murdered at his home by an unknown assailant in 1868.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1393:

King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several dancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_des_Ardents

1821:

Alexander Island, the largest island of Antarctica, was discovered by explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen of the Imperial Russian Navy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Island

1922:

Snowfall from the biggest recorded snowstorm in Washington, D.C., history caused the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre to collapse, killing 98 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knickerbocker_Theatre_(Washington,_D.C.)

1958:

The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, patented the design of Lego bricks (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego

1977:

A deadly blizzard hit upstate New York and Southern Ontario, creating snowdrifts of up to 30 ft (9 m) in affected areas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Blizzard

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

forthdraw: (transitive, obsolete or poetic) To draw or bring forth. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forthdraw

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Up, abysmal thought, out of my depths! I am your rooster and dawn, you sleepy worm: Up! Up! My voice will yet crow you awake! Unsnap the straps of your ears: listen! Because I want to hear you! Up! Up! Here there is thunder enough to make even graves learn to listen! And wipe the sleep and all that befogs and blinds you from your eyes! Hear me with your eyes too: my voice is a remedy even for those born blind. And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally. It is not my manner to wake great-grandmothers from their sleep only to tell them — go back to sleep! You stir, you stretch, you gasp? Up! Up! No gasping — you will speak to me! Zarathustra summons you, the godless one! I, Zarathustra, the advocate of life, the advocate of suffering, the advocate of the circle — you I summon, my most abysmal thought! Hail to me! You are coming – I hear you! My abyss speaks, I have unfolded my ultimate depth to the light!   --Friedrich Nietzsche https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche