Kate Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an award-winning English actress. She made her film debut playing a murderer in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and received her first BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995). After her leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997), she appeared in critically acclaimed period pieces, including Quills (2000) and Iris (2001). She starred in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), and Revolutionary Road (2008). For playing a Nazi camp guard in The Reader (2008), she won the BAFTA Award and Academy Award for Best Actress. In the 2010s, Winslet played a single mother in 1930s America in the miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011), joined the Divergent film series, and portrayed Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs (2015). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009. In 2012 she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1869:

During construction of the Hennepin Island tunnel in St. Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis), the Mississippi River broke through the tunnel's limestone ceiling, nearly destroying Saint Anthony Falls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennepin_Island_tunnel

1936:

Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re- establishment of industry in the town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrow_March

1975:

Dirty War: The Argentine guerrilla group Montoneros carried out Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack in which they hijacked an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight, captured Formosa International Airport, and attacked a military regiment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Primicia

1999:

Two trains collided head-on at Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 people, injuring 417, and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_rail_crash

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

wh-question: A question that is introduced by a wh-word (what, where, why, etc.) and cannot be answered by yes or no. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wh-question

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.   --Denis Diderot https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Denis_Diderot