Aquaman is a television pilot developed by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar for The WB Television Network, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Featuring Justin Hartley, Lou Diamond Phillips, Denise Quiñones, Rick Peters, Amber McDonald and Ving Rhames, the pilot was written by Gough and Millar and directed by Greg Beeman. It was inspired by "Aqua", the highest-rated episode of the fifth season of Smallville. Hartley plays Arthur "A.C." Curry, a young man living in a beachside community in the Florida Keys who learns about his superpowers and destiny as the Prince of Atlantis. Much of the filming took place underwater, and Hartley did the scenes without a tank. The pilot was expected to debut in the fall schedule of 2006, but following the merger of The WB and UPN, the resulting CW Network opted not to buy the series. The pilot received generally favorable reviews. It was made available online in the United States through iTunes, where it became the most frequently downloaded television show for over a week. It was later released through other online markets, and aired on Canadian television network YTV.

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1141:

Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Matilda

1724:

Johann Sebastian Bach debuted the St John Passion, a musical representation of the Passion, at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Passion

1896:

An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen reached 86°13.6'N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North mark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridtjof_Nansen

1956:

Spain relinquished its protectorate in Morocco. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_protectorate_in_Morocco

1994:

The Rwandan genocide began, a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana; an estimated 500,000–1,000,000 Rwandans were killed in the following 100 days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide

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cabbeling: (oceanography) The process by which two masses of water with different temperatures and salinities mix to form a new water mass with a density higher than the density of either parent water mass; also, the sinking of the new water mass as the effect of its increased density. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cabbeling

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War is to be ranked among the most dreadful calamities which fall on a guilty world; and, what deserves consideration, it tends to multiply and perpetuate itself without end. It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions, from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.   --William Ellery Channing https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Ellery_Channing