Ada Wong is a fictional character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Ada was first mentioned in the original Resident Evil (1996), before being introduced as a supporting character and antiheroine in Resident Evil 2 (1998). The character was initially conceived as a researcher named Linda for the prototype of the second game, but her name was changed to Ada and she was rewritten as a spy and mercenary for the final build to connect its story to that of the original. Over the course of the series, Ada is often hired to steal biological weapons for various organizations, although she betrays her employers on numerous occasions to save protagonist Leon S. Kennedy from dire situations. Ada is featured in several Resident Evil games, novelizations, and films, and has also appeared in other game franchises such as Project X Zone, Teppen, and Dead by Daylight.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1919:

The First Dáil convened at the Mansion House in Dublin and adopted a declaration of independence calling for the establishment of the Irish Republic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il

1951:

Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted and killed more than 2,900 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_eruption_of_Mount_Lamington

1972:

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura

2017:

Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

pipe dream: (idiomatic) A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pipe_dream

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Princes may make laws and repeal them, but they can neither make nor destroy virtue, and how indeed should they be able to do what is impossible to the Deity himself? Virtue being as immutable in its nature as the divine will which is the ground of it.   --Ethan Allen https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen