The Indian Head eagle was an American ten-dollar gold piece, or eagle, produced from 1907 until 1916, and then irregularly until 1933. Beginning in 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt proposed the introduction of more artistic designs on US coins, prompting the Mint to hire the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create them. Roosevelt chose a design for the obverse of the eagle (pictured) that the sculptor had meant to use for the cent, and for its reverse he selected a design featuring a standing bald eagle, which had been developed for the twenty-dollar piece designed by Saint-Gaudens. Following the sculptor's death on August 3, 1907, Roosevelt insisted that the new eagle be finished and struck that month, and new pieces were given to the President on August 31. The omission of the motto "In God We Trust" on the new coins caused public outrage, and prompted Congress to pass a bill mandating its inclusion. The Indian Head eagle was struck regularly until 1916, and then intermittently until President Franklin Roosevelt directed the Mint to stop producing gold coins in 1933; many were later melted down. Its termination ended the series of eagles struck for circulation begun in 1795.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1813:

Peninsular War: At the Battle of San Marcial, the Spanish Army of Galicia under Manuel Alberto Freire turned back Nicolas Soult's last major offensive against Arthur Wellesley's allied army. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Marcial

1897:

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope (pictured), a precursor to the movie projector. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetoscope

1935:

In an effort to stay out of the growing European conflict, the United States passed the first of its Neutrality Acts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_Acts_of_1930s

1959:

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Nhu

1986:

Aeroméxico Flight 498 collided with a privately owned Piper PA-28 Cherokee aircraft over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Cerritos_mid-air_collision

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

kore: An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kore

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

 I can't hate for long. It isn't worth it.   --William Saroyan https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Saroyan