Sandringham House in Norfolk, England, is the private home of Elizabeth II. Although architecturally undistinguished (Pevsner Architectural Guides describing it as "frenetic Jacobean"), the house has been a favoured residence of the Royal family for over 150 years. The estate was bought in 1862 for Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Between 1870 and 1900 the house was rebuilt and Edward developed the wider property into one of the best sporting estates in England. George V inherited it in 1910 and in 1932 made the first ever Christmas broadcast from the house. George died at Sandringham on 20 January 1936. The property passed to his son Edward VIII, and at the abdication, it was purchased by Edward's brother, George VI. As devoted to the house as his father, he died there on 6 February 1952. On the King's death, Sandringham was inherited by Elizabeth II. The Queen spends much of the winter at the house, including the anniversary of her father's death and of her own accession.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1870:

Franco-Prussian War: The French Army of the Rhine under François Bazaine was forced to surrender after a nine-week siege of the fortifications of Metz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Metz_%281870%29

1904:

The first underground segment of the New York City Subway opened, connecting New York City Hall (station pictured) with Harlem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway

1944:

World War II: German forces captured Banská Bystrica, the center of anti-Nazi opposition in Slovakia, bringing the Slovak National Uprising to an end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bansk%C3%A1_Bystrica

1999:

Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan attacked the National Assembly of Armenia, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, President of the National Assembly Karen Demirchyan, and six others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_parliament_shooting

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

get a word in edgewise: (US, usually in the negative) To break into or participate in a conversation. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/get_a_word_in_edgewise

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel a kind of twisted pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of the way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt. There is no more unhealthy being, no man less worthy of respect, than he who either really holds, or feigns to hold, an attitude of sneering disbelief toward all that is great and lofty, whether in achievement or in that noble effort which, even if it fails, comes to second achievement. A cynical habit of thought and speech, a readiness to criticize work which the critic himself never tries to perform, an intellectual aloofness which will not accept contact with life's realities — all these are marks, not as the possessor would fain to think, of superiority but of weakness.   --Theodore Roosevelt https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt