Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He played 151 matches as one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid-1950s. Born in Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire, Edwards signed for Manchester United as a teenager and went on to become the youngest player to play in the Football League First Division. As the youngest England player since the Second World War, he played 18 times for his country at top level. In a professional career of less than five years he helped United win two Football League championships and two FA Charity Shields, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup. He was one of eight United players who died as a result of the Munich air disaster; he survived initially but succumbed to his injuries in hospital two weeks later.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1891:

Stanford University, founded by railroad magnate and California Governor Leland Stanford and his wife Jane on their former farm lands in Palo Alto, California, officially opened with 559 students and free tuition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University

1918:

First World War: British and Arab troops captured Damascus from the Ottoman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Damascus_%281918%29

1998:

Europol was founded, when the Europol Convention signed by all of its member states came into force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europol

2005:

Terrorist suicide bombs exploded at two sites in Bali, Indonesia, killing twenty people and injuring over 120 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Bali_bombings

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

ageful: 1. Aged, elderly, old. 2. (rare) Eternal, everlasting. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ageful

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Ultimately, the basic issue is whether America will provide global leadership that springs from the unity and the integrity of the American people, or whether extremist doctrines, the manipulation of the truth, will define America's role in the world. At stake is nothing less than our nation's soul. … But I am not discouraged. I really am not. I do not despair for our country. I never do. I believe, as I always have, the essential decency and compassion and common sense of the American people will prevail.   --Jimmy Carter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter