Joaquim José Inácio, Viscount of Inhaúma, (1808–1869) was a naval
officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. After
Brazilian independence in 1822, he enlisted in the armada (navy) and
participated in the subduing of secessionist rebellions, including the
Confederation of the Equator. He helped quell a military mutiny in 1831
and saw action in the Sabinada rebellion (1837–1838) and the
Ragamuffin War (1840–1844). In 1849 he was given command of the fleet
that was instrumental in subduing the Praieira revolt, the last
rebellion in imperial Brazil. Inhaúma entered politics in 1861 as a
member of the Conservative Party, serving first as navy minister and
then as agriculture minister; the first professional firefighter corps
in Brazil was formed during his tenure. In late 1866 he was appointed
commander-in-chief of the fleet engaged in the Paraguayan War, and
achieved the rank of admiral. Although historical works have not given
much coverage to Inhaúma, some historians regard him among the greatest
of the Brazilian navy officers.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1822:
USS Alligator engaged three piratical schooners off the coast
of Cuba in one of the West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United
States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_9_November_1822>
1914:
World War I: In the Cocos Islands, the Australian light cruiser
HMAS Sydney sank SMS Emden, the last active Central Powers warship in
the Indian Ocean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cocos>
1938:
Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed
and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and
Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of over
30,000 others to concentration camps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht>
1989:
Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced the immediate opening
of the inner German border, causing the fall of Berlin Wall that night.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_German_border>
2016:
A tram derailed in Croydon, United Kingdom, killing seven
people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Croydon_tram_derailment>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
whatchamacallit:
(slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object the actual name of
which the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo,
thingamajig, thingy.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whatchamacallit>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We on Earth have just awakened to the great oceans of space and
time from which we have emerged. We are the legacy of 15 billion years
of cosmic evolution. We have a choice: We can enhance life and come to
know the universe that made us, or we can squander our 15 billion-year
heritage in meaningless self-destruction. What happens in the first
second of the next cosmic year depends on what we do, here and now, with
our intelligence and our knowledge of the cosmos.
--Carl Sagan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan>
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