The Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) are a 4,700-square-mile (12,200 km2) archipelago of hundreds of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. East and West Falkland, the two largest islands, are about 300 miles (500 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast, at a latitude of about 52°S. The Falklands have internal self-governance, with the United Kingdom taking responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The islands' capital is Stanley on East Falkland (Government House pictured). At various times, the islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. Britain reasserted its rule in 1833, although Argentina maintained its claim to the islands. In April 1982, Argentine forces occupied the islands. British administration was restored two months later at the end of the Falklands War. The population (2,932 inhabitants in 2012) primarily consists of native Falkland Islanders, the majority of British descent. Other ethnicities include French, Gibraltarian and Scandinavian. Immigration from the United Kingdom, the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, and Chile has reversed a population decline. Falkland Islanders have been British citizens since 1983. Local trades include fishing, tourism and sheep farming.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1066:

Harold Godwinson, widely regarded as the last Anglo-Saxon king before the Norman conquest, was crowned King of England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson

1449:

The last Byzantine-Roman Emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, was crowned, four years before the Fall of Constantinople. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_XI_Palaiologos

1907:

Italian educator Maria Montessori opened her first school and day care center for working class children in Rome, employing the philosophy of education that now bears her name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori

1960:

National Airlines Flight 2511, traveling from New York City to Miami, exploded in midair due to a bomb placed by an unknown party, resulting in the deaths of all 34 people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_2511

1977:

The record label EMI ended its contract with the English punk rock band Sex Pistols in response to its members' disruptive behaviour at London Heathrow Airport two days earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Pistols

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

at first blush: (idiomatic) Upon first impression or consideration; seemingly, apparently, ostensibly. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/at_first_blush

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Your thought sees power in armies, cannons, battleships, submarines, aeroplanes, and poison gas. But mine asserts that power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end. Your thought differentiates between pragmatist and idealist, between the part and the whole, between the mystic and materialist. Mine realizes that life is one and its weights, measures and tables do not coincide with your weights, measures and tables. He whom you suppose an idealist may be a practical man.   --Khalil Gibran https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Khalil_Gibran