The killing of Muhammad al-Durrah took place in the Gaza Strip on
30 September 2000, during the widespread protests and riots of the
Second Intifada. Jamal al-Durrah and his 12-year-old son Muhammad were
filmed by Talal Abu Rahma, a Palestinian television cameraman
freelancing for France 2, as the two were caught in crossfire between
Israeli and Palestinian forces. The footage shows the pair crouching
behind a concrete cylinder, the boy crying and the father waving, then a
burst of gunfire and dust, with the boy slumping over. Some of the
footage was broadcast in France with a voiceover from Charles Enderlin,
who told viewers that the al-Durrahs had been the target of Israeli
fire, killing the boy. This interpretation has been questioned by
critics and by the Israel Defense Forces, which retracted an initial
apology. After an emotional public funeral, Muhammad was hailed
throughout the Muslim world as a martyr, with the scene appearing on
postage stamps.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muhammad_al-Durrah>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1882:
The Vulcan Street Plant in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first
hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private and
commercial customers in North America, went online.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_Street_Plant>
1938:
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and
Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating that
Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudetenland to Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement>
1975:
The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack
helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache>
2019:
President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru,
resulting in a constitutional crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Peruvian_constitutional_crisis>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Plutonian:
1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of or relating to Pluto, the Greek
and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal.
2. (by extension) Of, relating to, or having characteristics associated
with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful.
3. (by extension, geology) Synonym of plutonic (“of or pertaining to
rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the
surface of the Earth”)
4. (by extension, geology, historical) Synonym of plutonic (“of,
pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, the theory that the rocks of the
Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing
gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea
bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and
raised again”) [...]
5. (astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of Pluto,
formerly regarded as a planet.
6. (astronomy) Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plutonian>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not
explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can,
nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless
children.
--Elie Wiesel
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel>
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