The Goodwin Fire was a wildfire that burned 28,516 acres (115.40 km2) in the U.S. state of Arizona from June 24 to July 10, 2017. The fire destroyed 17 homes and damaged another 19 structures, but no one was killed. The fire was first detected on June 24 by a two-man fire patrol that spotted smoke in the Bradshaw Mountains near Prescott, Arizona. Fed by high winds and undisturbed growths of chaparral, and with fire crews impaired by difficult terrain, the fire grew from 150 acres (61 ha) on June 24 to 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) on June 29. Several communities in Yavapai County were evacuated, and Arizona State Route 69 was closed. Firefighting aircraft were grounded twice by civilian drones operating illegally in the burn area, but firefighters made rapid progress containing the fire's spread after June 28, and it was fully contained on July 10. Investigators did not determine any particular cause for the fire.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1939:

The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_cultural_mandates

1943:

Amid racial tensions, U.S. Army military police shot and killed a black serviceman after a confrontation at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge

1989:

Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin

2010:

John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at the Wimbledon Championships, concluding the longest match in tennis history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isner%E2%80%93Mahut_match_at_the_2010_Wimbledon_Championships

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fit to be tied: (idiomatic, informal) Very agitated or distressed; also, very angry; enraged, furious. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fit_to_be_tied

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Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.   --Ambrose Bierce https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce