John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1415–1461), was a fifteenth-century
English magnate who was the only son and heir of John Mowbray, 2nd Duke
of Norfolk, and Katherine Neville. As a minor he became a ward of King
Henry VI and was placed under the protection of Humphrey, Duke of
Gloucester, alongside whom Mowbray would later campaign in France. He
led the defence of England's possessions in Normandy during the Hundred
Years' War. He fought in Calais in 1436, and in 1437 and 1438 served as
warden of the Eastern March on the Anglo-Scottish border. In the early
1430s he became the bitter rival of William de la Pole, Earl (later
Duke) of Suffolk. In the early years of the Wars of the Roses in the
1450s he defended King Henry against two rebellions by Richard, Duke of
York. Eventually Mowbray drifted towards York, with whom he shared an
enmity towards de la Pole. In March 1461, Mowbray was instrumental in
King Edward IV's victory at the Battle of Towton, bringing
reinforcements late in the combat.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1911:
Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention,
which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Fur_Seal_Convention_of_1911>
1963:
The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief
political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm,
attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest
during the Buddhist crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Seven_Day_scuffle>
1983:
After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov,
American schoolgirl Samantha Smith visited the Soviet Union as
Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest
Ambassador".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Smith>
1991:
Yugoslav Wars: The signing of the Brioni Agreement ended the
Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brioni_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Pijin:
In full Solomon Islands Pijin, Solomon Pijin, or Solomons Pijin: a
language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian
Pidgin.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pijin>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The world is not what we wish it to be. It is what it is. No, I
have over-assumed. Perhaps it is indeed what we wish it to be. Either
way, it is what it is.
--Glory Road
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Glory_Road>
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