Jean Bolikango (1909–1982) was a Congolese educator, writer, and conservative politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo), in September 1960 and from February to August 1962. Enjoying substantial popularity among the Bangala people, he headed the Parti de l'Unité Nationale and worked as a key opposition member in Parliament in the early 1960s. Beginning his career in the Belgian Congo as a teacher in Catholic schools, he wrote a novel and worked as a journalist before turning to politics in the late 1950s. Though he held a top communications post in the colonial administration, he became a leader in the push for independence. After the Republic of the Congo became independent in 1960, he promoted both a united Congo and strong ties with Belgium. The President of the Congo posthumously awarded Bolikango a medal in 2005 for his long career in public service.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1882:

The Vulcan Street Plant, the first hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private and commercial customers in North America, went on line in Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_Street_Plant

1939:

Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski became Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sikorski

1965:

Members of the 30 September Movement attempted a coup against the Indonesian government, which was crushed by the military under Suharto, leading to a mass anti-communist purge with more than 500,000 people killed over the following months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%931966

1998:

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

your mileage may vary: 1. (idiomatic) It may work differently in your situation, or be different in your experience. 2. (idiomatic) Used to express a possible difference in taste: this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/your_mileage_may_vary

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, idolator, worshipper of fire, Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times, Come, and come yet again. Ours is not a caravan of despair.   --Rumi https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rumi