115x100px|Parade to mark the 40th anniversary of the Zanzibar Revolution

The Zanzibar

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1792:

French Revolution: One day after the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy, the French First Republic came into being. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_First_Republic

1914:

World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Papeete

1922:

After nine days, the Great Fire of Smyrna was extinguished, having caused tens of thousands of deaths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Smyrna

1961:

The U.S. Congress authorized President John F. Kennedy's executive order to establish the Peace Corps . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Corps

1994:

The Nordhordland Bridge, which crosses Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Hordaland, and is the second-longest bridge in Norway, was officially opened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordhordland_Bridge

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

promontory (noun): A high point of land extending into a body of water, a headland; a cliff http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/promontory

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it … Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds. Nothing is so good as an experiment which, whilst it sets an error right, gives us (as a reward for our humility in being reproved) an absolute advancement in knowledge. --Michael Faraday http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday