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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1605: The Gunpowder Plot: Thomas Knyvet arrested explosives expert Guy Fawkes and foiled Robert Catesby's plot to destroy the Houses of Parliament in London during the State Opening. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot)

1688: Glorious Revolution: Protestant Prince William of Orange landed at Brixham in Devon, on his way to depose his father-in-law King James II, the last Catholic monarch of England. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution)

1838: The collapse of the Federal Republic of Central America began with Nicaragua seceding from the union. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Central_America)

1872: American Suffragette Susan B. Anthony voted in the U.S. presidential election for the first time in Rochester, New York. She was later fined US$100 for her participation, which she never paid, and the government never pursued her for nonpayment. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony)

1917: St. Tikhon of Moscow was elected Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikhon_of_Moscow)

_____________________ Wiktionary's Word of the day:

autochthonous: Native to the place where found; indigenous. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/autochthonous)

_____________________ Wikiquote of the day:

Remember, remember, the 5th of November The Gunpowder Treason and plot; I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. -- Traditional rhyme for Guy Fawkes Night (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes)