Paul Henderson (born 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A left winger, he played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames and 5 in the World Hockey Association for the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls. He played over 1,000 games, scoring 376 goals and 758 points. He is best known for leading Team Canada to victory at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union. Played at the height of the Cold War, the series was viewed as a battle for both hockey and cultural supremacy. Henderson scored the game-winning goal in the sixth, seventh and eighth games, the last of which was voted the "sports moment of the century" by The Canadian Press. Henderson played in two NHL All- Star Games and has twice been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (individually and as a member of the 1972 national team). He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2013. A born-again Christian, Henderson became a minister and motivational speaker after his playing career, and has co-written three books. He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2012.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1077:

Pope Gregory VII lifted the excommunication of Henry IV after the Holy Roman Emperor made his trek from Speyer to Canossa Castle to beg the pope for forgiveness for his actions in the Investiture Controversy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_to_Canossa

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

1754:

Horace Walpole first coined the word "serendipity" in a letter he wrote to a friend, saying that he derived the term from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole

1964:

An unarmed US Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19, killing all three aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_T-39_shootdown_incident

1984:

Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Domoina

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

penumbra: A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/penumbra

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I am a sincere man from where the palm tree grows, and before I die I wish to pour forth the verses from my soul.   --José Martí https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD