Yusuf I (29 June 1318 – 19 October 1354) was the seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula, from 1333 until his death. He allied with the North African Marinids against Alfonso XI of Castile. After a naval victory in April 1340, the Marinid-Granadan alliance was decisively defeated in the Battle of Río Salado (depicted). In 1342–1344, Alfonso besieged and captured the port of Algeciras. A ten-year peace treaty followed, but Alfonso broke it and besieged Gibraltar in 1349. The siege ended when Alfonso died of the Black Death in March 1350. Yusuf signed a treaty with Alfonso's son and successor Peter I. Yusuf was assassinated by a madman while praying in the Great Mosque of Granada. During his reign, the emirate flourished in the fields of literature, medicine, and law. Yusuf was responsible for many new buildings, and major cultural figures served in his court. Modern historians consider his reign and that of his son Muhammad V as the golden era of the Emirate.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1781:

American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, ending the Siege of Yorktown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown

1944:

The Guatemalan Revolution began with a small group of army officers led by Francisco Javier Arana and Jacobo Árbenz launching a coup against dictator Jorge Ubico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Revolution

1965:

A group of ethnic Hutu military officers failed in their attempt to overthrow the Burundian government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Burundian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt

2017:

Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

come in from the cold: 1. (espionage) Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory. 2. (by extension) To gain widespread acceptance in a group or society, especially where there was not any before. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/come_in_from_the_cold

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There are two worlds: the world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imagination.   --Leigh Hunt https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leigh_Hunt