Control is the third studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson (pictured in 2008). Released on February 4, 1986, it became one of the defining albums of the decade. Her collaborations with songwriters and record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis resulted in an unconventional sound that established Jackson, Jam and Lewis as the leading innovators of contemporary R&B;. The album's lyrics reflect a series of changes in her life, including the annulment of her marriage to R&B; singer James DeBarge and severing her business affairs from her father and manager Joseph and the rest of the Jackson family. The album has been praised by critics as both an artistic feat and as a personal testament of self-actualization. Control is widely regarded as the breakthrough album of Jackson's career. It became her first album to top the Billboard 200 and five of its commercial singles, including "What Have You Done for Me Lately", peaked within the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. The album received several accolades, including a nomination for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and has sold over fourteen million copies worldwide.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

211:

Roman emperor Septimius Severus (bust pictured) died of illness while on a military campaign in Eboracum (modern York, England). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus

1859:

German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus

1974:

The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a motor coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members, killing twelve and wounding fifty more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M62_coach_bombing

1992:

Venezuelan Army Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez failed in his attempt to overthrow the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempts

2004:

Four Harvard University students launched the popular social networking website Facebook from their dorm room. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

blemish: 1. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot. 2. A moral defect; a character flaw. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blemish

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Why should we look for his errors when a brave man dies? Unless we can learn from his experience, there is no need to look for weakness. Rather, we should admire the courage and spirit in his life. What kind of man would live where there is no daring? And is life so dear that we should blame men for dying in adventure? Is there a better way to die?   --Charles Lindbergh https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh