Jennifer Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress. After starring in the television series The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009) and making her film debut in Garden Party (2008), she had her breakthrough with Winter's Bone in 2010. She took over the role of Mystique in the X-Men film series in 2011, and starred as Katniss Everdeen in the top-grossing Hunger Games films (2012–2015). She became the second-youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a depressed widow in Silver Linings Playbook (2012). She won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing a troubled wife in American Hustle (2013), and received Golden Globe Awards for both of these films and for playing an inventor in the biopic Joy (2015). Lawrence's films have grossed in excess of $5.5 billion globally, and she has been the world's highest-paid actress since 2015. Her many awards and honors include appearances in Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2013 and the Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2014 and 2016. She is a vocal advocate of feminism and gender equality.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1038:

Upon the death of his uncle Stephen I, Peter became the second King of Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter,_King_of_Hungary

1812:

War of 1812: Potawatomi warriors destroyed the United States Army's Fort Dearborn in what is now Chicago, Illinois, and captured the survivors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Dearborn

1942:

World War II: The tanker SS Ohio reached Malta, as part of an operation to deliver much-needed supplies during the Siege of Malta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pedestal

1963:

President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_Glorieuses_(1963)

1977:

The Big Ear radio telescope in Ohio received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal, which became known as the "Wow! signal" (printout pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

pomerium: (historical, Roman Empire) The tract of land denoting the formal, sacral ambit of a Roman city. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pomerium

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Whatever plans we may make, we shall find quite useless when the time for action comes. Revolutions are always full of surprises, and whoever thinks he can play chess with a revolution will soon find how terrible is the grasp of God and how insignificant the human reason before the whirlwind of His breath. That man only is likely to dominate the chances of a Revolution, who makes no plans but preserves his heart pure for the will of God to declare itself. The great rule of life is to have no schemes but one unalterable purpose. If the will is fixed on the purpose it sets itself to accomplish, then circumstances will suggest the right course; but the schemer finds himself always tripped up by the unexpected.   --Sri Aurobindo https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo