Norodom Ranariddh (born 1944) is a Cambodian prince, politician and law
academic. He is the second son of Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a
half-brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. A graduate of the
University of Provence, he started his career as a law researcher and
lecturer in France. In 1983, he joined FUNCINPEC, a Cambodian royalist
party, and in 1986 became the chief-of-staff and commander-in-chief of
the Armée nationale sihanoukiste. He became the secretary-general of
FUNCINPEC in 1989, and its president in 1992. He was the first Prime
Minister of Cambodia, serving between 1993 and 1997. After being forced
into exile in July 1997, he returned to Cambodia in March 1998 and led
his party in the Cambodian general election, becoming President of the
National Assembly between 1998 and 2006. He resigned in March 2006, and
in October 2006 was ousted as president of FUNCINPEC. In March 2014 he
launched the Community of Royalist People's Party, but dissolved it in
January 2015 and was re-elected to the FUNCINPEC presidency.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norodom_Ranariddh>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
747:
Abu Muslim initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which
was carried out under the sign of the Black Standard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Revolution>
1523:
Simon de Colines, a Parisian printer, was fined for printing
Biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining
prior approval.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Colines>
1928:
Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed
their Southern Cross aircraft in Brisbane, completing the first ever
trans-Pacific flight from the United States mainland to Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith>
1965:
The Viet Cong commenced combat with the Army of the Republic of
Vietnam in the Battle of Dong Xoai, one of the largest battles in the
Vietnam War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dong_Xoai>
2010:
A boy wearing a bomb committed a suicide attack at a wedding in
Arghandab District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people
and injuring 70 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadahan_wedding_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hobnob:
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To toast one another by touching glasses.
2. (intransitive) To drink together.
3. (intransitive) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those
of a higher class or status.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hobnob>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world
you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And
in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you. Most of the
time, those marks — on your body or on your heart — are beautiful.
Often, though, they hurt.
--Anthony Bourdain
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain>
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