Anna (killed 653 or 654) was King of East Anglia from the early 640s
until his death. Little is known of Anna's life or his reign, as few
records have survived from this period. He was one of the three sons of
Eni who ruled East Anglia, succeeding after Ecgric was killed in battle
by Penda of Mercia. Anna was praised by Bede for his devotion to
Christianity and was renowned for the saintliness of his family. In 645
Cenwalh of Wessex was driven from his kingdom by Penda and due to Anna's
influence, he was converted to Christianity while living as an exile at
the East Anglian court. Upon his return from exile, Cenwalh re-
established Christianity in his own kingdom and the people of Wessex
then remained firmly Christian. Following the attack in 651 by Penda on
the monastery at Cnobheresburg, which Anna richly endowed, he was forced
by Penda to flee into exile. He may have travelled to the western
kingdom of the Magonsæte and returned in about 653, but East Anglia was
attacked again by Penda soon afterwards and at the Battle of Bulcamp the
East Anglian army, led by Anna, was defeated by the Mercians, and Anna
and his son Jurmin were both killed. He was succeeded by his brother,
Æthelhere.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_of_East_Anglia>
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1872:
P. B. S. Pinchback took office as Governor of Louisiana, the
first African American governor of a U.S. state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._B._S._Pinchback>
1911:
A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 miners
despite a well-organized rescue effort led by the United States Bureau
of Mines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Mountain_Mine_disaster>
1931:
The approval of the Spanish Constitution by the Constituent
Cortes paved the way to the establishment of the Second Spanish
Republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1931>
1940:
Second World War: British and Commonwealth forces opened
Operation Compass, the first major Allied military operation of the
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Compass>
1969:
U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposed his plan for
a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt's and Jordan's acceptance of
it over PLO objections led to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Plan>
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pass muster:
1. (idiomatic) To meet or exceed a particular standard.
2. (idiomatic) To adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.
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