Holkham Hall, Norfolk, England, is an 18th-century country house built
in the Palladian style for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester by the
collaborating architects William Kent and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of
Burlington. It is one of England's finest examples of the Palladian
revival style of architecture, the severity of the design being closer
to Palladio's ideals than many of the other numerous Palladian style
houses of the period. The Holkham estate, formerly known as Neals, had
been purchased by Sir Edward Coke, the founder of the family fortune,
in 1609. It remains today the ancestral home of the Coke family, Earls
of Leicester of Holkham.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1838:
In order to avoid anti-Mormon persecution, Joseph Smith, Jr. and his
followers fled Ohio for Missouri.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr.)
1966:
Batman the television series, starring Adam West, was first broadcast
on ABC.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman)
1969:
British rock band Led Zeppelin released their first record album, also
called Led Zeppelin.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin)
1970:
The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria
capitulated, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra)
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Wikiquote of the day:
"Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great
empire and little minds go ill together." -- Edmund Burke
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke)