Shaylee Mansfield (born 2009) is an American actress and former YouTuber. Mansfield, who is deaf, was born in Burbank, California, and first gained recognition by making videos in which she tells Christmas stories in American Sign Language. In 2016, Mansfield appeared in an advertisement by Disney Parks, in which she met Minnie Mouse, who was learning sign language at Walt Disney World. The video quickly went viral and became one of Disney's most-watched advertisements. In 2019, Mansfield made her acting debut in Disney's Noelle. The following year, her request for automatic captioning on Instagram drew attention from several media publications and became popular on Twitter. She received further recognition for her roles in the films Feel the Beat (2020) and 13 Minutes (2021). In 2022, for her signed performance on the animated series Madagascar: A Little Wild, Mansfield was credited alongside the voice actors.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1642:

First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ended in a Royalist victory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Powick_Bridge

1884:

The French steamship Arctique ran aground on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes in Argentina; gold was discovered during the rescue effort, triggering the Tierra del Fuego gold rush. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_del_Fuego_gold_rush

1920:

The Louisiana hurricane dissipated over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Louisiana_hurricane

2010:

Teresa Lewis became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Lewis

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

motley crew: A group of people of mixed background, especially one with a common goal. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/motley_crew

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I can feel a new tomorrow coming on And I don't know why I have to make a song Everybody talks about a new world in the morning New world in the morning takes so long.   --Roger Whittaker https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Whittaker