"No Rest for the Wicked" is the third-season finale of The CW television
series Supernatural. Written by series creator Eric Kripke and directed
by Kim Manners, the episode was first broadcast in the U.S. on May 15,
2008. The narrative follows Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester
(Jensen Ackles), brothers who hunt supernatural creatures, as they
attempt to save Dean's soul from damnation. The episode marks the final
appearance of Katie Cassidy as the demon Ruby. The writers initially
intended that Sam would save Dean, but the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of
America strike prevented the development of that storyline throughout
the season. Dean is instead killed, and sent to Hell. The episode
received high ratings for the season, and garnered generally positive
reviews from critics. The decision to follow through with Dean's Hell-
bound contract was praised, as were the performances of Padalecki and
Ackles. Sierra McCormick was noted for her "creepy" demon character
Lilith.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Rest_for_the_Wicked_(Supernatural)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1602:
English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold led the first recorded
European expedition to visit Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Gosnold>
1864:
American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included
cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union Army out
of the Shenandoah Valley.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Market>
1911:
Mexican Revolution: A force of Maderistas captured Torreón and
proceeded to massacre 303 of the city's Chinese residents.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre%C3%B3n_massacre>
1948:
The Australian cricket team, on tour in England, set a first-
class world record that still stands by scoring 721 runs in a day
against Essex.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1948>
1966:
Disapproving of his handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ordered an attack on the
forces of General Tôn Thất Đính and ousted him from the position.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B4n_Th%E1%BA%A5t_%C4%90%C3%ADnh>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
familial:
1. Of or pertaining to a human family.
2. Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
3. (pathology) Inherited.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/familial>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are
ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven
thousand wonders.
--L. Frank Baum
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum>
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