Emma Watson (born 1990) is a French-born British actress who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having previously only acted in school plays. From 2001 to 2007, she starred in five Harry Potter film installments alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint. She will return for the final two installments: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due to be released in 2009, and the two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Watson's work in the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards and more than £10 million. In 2007, she announced her involvement in two non-Harry Potter productions: the made-for-television adaptation of the novel Ballet Shoes and an animated film, The Tale of Despereaux. Ballet Shoes was broadcast on December 26, 2007, to an audience of 5.2 million and The Tale of Despereaux, based on the book by Kate DiCamillo, was released in 2008.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1715:

The Yamasee War between colonial South Carolina and various Native American Indian tribes began. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamasee_War

1755:

A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson was first published, becoming one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language

1912:

The passenger liner RMS Titanic sank about two hours and forty minutes after colliding with an iceberg , killing over 1,500 people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic

1947:

Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break the baseball color line, played his first game in Major League Baseball. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson

1986:

U.S. armed forces began bombing Libya to try to reduce that country's ability to support international terrorism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Libya

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uilleann pipes (n): The bagpipes of Ireland, which have a bellows strapped around the wrist and arm to inflate the bag rather than the player blowing to do so http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uilleann_pipes

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Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue. It is the very atmosphere of the mind; and when the mind is imaginative — much more when it happens to be that of a man of genius — it takes to itself the faintest hints of life, it converts the very pulses of the air into revelations. --Henry James http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_James