Paige Bueckers (born 2001) is an American college basketball player for the University of Connecticut (UConn) Huskies in the NCAA Division I. A 5-foot-11-inch (1.80 m) point guard, she became the first freshman to win a major national college player of the year award. She led UConn to the Final Four as a freshman and to the national championship game as a sophomore. Bueckers played varsity basketball for Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota, from eighth grade and helped the team win the state title as a junior. She was considered the number one high school player in her class by ESPN, earned national high school player of the year honors in her senior season and graduated from Hopkins as one of Minnesota's most distinguished high school players. A three-time gold medalist for the United States in youth basketball, Bueckers was named Most Valuable Player of the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year in the same year.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1887:

A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé was released on the order of William I, the German Emperor, defusing a possible war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Schnaebel%C3%A9

1910:

Flying from London to Manchester, French aviator Louis Paulhan won the first long-distance aeroplane race in England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_London_to_Manchester_air_race

1952:

Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War, seven years after fighting in that conflict ended due to World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Taipei

1983:

The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from what purported to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, which were subsequently revealed to be forgeries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

bounty: 1. (uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity. 2. (countable) Something given liberally; a gift. 3. (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government. 4. (specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance. 5. (military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein. 6. (countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bounty

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Russia’s invasion is indefensible. And so are Russian atrocities. We all start today from a position of moral clarity. Russia is waging a war of choice to indulge the ambitions of one man. Ukraine is fighting a war of necessity to defend its democracy, its sovereignty, and its citizens. But the stakes stretch beyond Ukraine — and even beyond Europe. Russia’s invasion is baseless, reckless, and lawless. It is an affront to the rules-based international order. It is a challenge to free people everywhere. As we see this morning, nations of goodwill from around the world stand united in our resolve to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s imperial aggression. And that’s the way it should be.   --Lloyd Austin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin