Allen Walker is a fictional teenage character who appears as the protagonist of Katsura Hoshino's manga D.Gray-man, as well as two anime adaptations, three light novels, two video games, and several crossover fighting games. In the 19th century, the gentlemanly teenager joins the Black Order, a group of soldiers known as Exorcists, and fights Akuma demons and their creator, the Millennium Earl. In the anime television series and related franchise, he was voiced by Sanae Kobayashi. In 2016, for the new television anime series D.Gray-man Hallow, he was voiced by Ayumu Murase, and by Todd Haberkorn in an English-language anime series. The character has been popular with D.Gray-man readers, usually ranking in the top three in the series' popularity polls. Reactions to him have also been generally positive in manga and anime publications and other media. Critics have noted approvingly that his calm demeanor and mysterious origin are atypical of a protagonist in manga for boys. Merchandise featuring Allen Walker's likeness includes clothing and cosplay pieces.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1169:

A strong earthquake struck the eastern coast of Sicily, causing at least 15,000 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1169_Sicily_earthquake

1859:

German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus

1969:

Yasser Arafat was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat

1974:

The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a motor coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members, killing twelve. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M62_coach_bombing

2004:

Four Harvard University students launched the popular social networking website Facebook from their dorm room. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

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dais: 1. A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. 2. (historical, northern Britain) A bench, a settle, a pew. 3. (obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people are seated; a high table. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dais

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I have not heard a word of respect or compassion spoken of our enemy since I came here. It is not the willingness to kill on the part of our soldiers which most concerns me. That is an inherent part of war. It is our lack of respect for even the admirable characteristics of our enemy — for courage, for suffering, for death, for his willingness to die for his beliefs, for his companies and squadrons which go forth, one after another, to annihilation against our superior training and equipment. What is courage for us is fanaticism for him. We hold his examples of atrocity screamingly to the heavens while we cover up our own and condone them as just retribution for his acts.   --Charles Lindbergh https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh