Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921, until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, Harding was defeated for Governor of Ohio in 1910, but was elected to the Senate in 1914. He ran for the Republican nomination for president in 1920. Considered a long shot until after the convention began, he was nominated on the tenth ballot. He conducted a front porch campaign, running on the theme of a return to normalcy, and won in a landslide, the first sitting senator to be elected president. He appointed a number of well-regarded figures to his cabinet, including Andrew Mellon at the Treasury Department, Herbert Hoover at Commerce, and Charles Evans Hughes at State. After his death in San Francisco, a number of scandals, including Teapot Dome, came to light, as did his extramarital affair with Nan Britton, eroding his popular regard. Harding was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1776:

American Revolutionary War: Using artillery transported from Ticonderoga, the Continental Army occupied Dorchester Heights, forcing the British to abandon Boston two weeks later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortification_of_Dorchester_Heights

1918:

A case of influenza was recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the Spanish flu. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

1941:

Second World War: British Commandos successfully executed a raid on the Lofoten Islands in German-occupied Norway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Claymore

2009:

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the War in Darfur. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al-Bashir

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

not to put too fine a point on it: (idiomatic) Used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement one is making. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/not_to_put_too_fine_a_point_on_it

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Knowledge must start from some foundation, something must be recognized as known; otherwise we shall be obliged always to define one unknown by means of another.   --P. D. Ouspensky https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/P._D._Ouspensky