Powderfinger, an Australian rock band, formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 to 2010 the lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer Jon Coghill. The group's third studio album, Internationalist, peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart in September 1998. Their next studio album, Odyssey Number Five, reached number one in September 2000 and was certified eight times platinum, shipping over 560,000 units. Their next three studio albums also reached number one: Vulture Street (July 2003), Dream Days at the Hotel Existence (June 2007) and Golden Rule (November 2009). Powderfinger earned the third- highest total of ARIA Awards (18), after Silverchair and John Farnham. Their last tour, the Sunsets Farewell Tour, concluded on 13 November 2010. In November the following year, the band published a biography with Dino Scatena, a rock music journalist, called Footprints: the inside story of Australia's best loved band.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
597 BC:
Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zedekiah
1322:
Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Boroughbridge
1872:
In the first-ever final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured), the world's oldest association football competition, Wanderers F.C. defeated Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_FA_Cup_Final
1962:
Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Tiger_Line_Flight_739
2003:
American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah as she was protesting the demolition of a house. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
axiom: 1. (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved. 2. (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems (for example, "Through a pair of distinct points there passes exactly one straight line", and "All right angles are congruent"); a postulate. 3. An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/axiom
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
You can't have thought without emotion, and one emotion is fear, and making an important decision on the basis of fear is not a good idea. So develop your courage. --Ursula Goodenough https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ursula_Goodenough
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