Peter Maxwell Evans (born 1 August 1961) is a former breaststroke swimmer for Australia who won four Olympic medals in the 1980s. After training in the UK under David Haller, he returned to Australia in 1980. He rebuffed Australian government pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and won gold in the 4×100 m medley relay as one of the Quietly Confident Quartet. He also won bronze in the 100 m breaststroke. After competing for the University of Arizona in the US, he returned to Australia for the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, winning silver in the 100 m breaststroke and gold in the medley relay. He competed in his second Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, winning bronze in the 100 m breaststroke and the medley relay. Evans retired from swimming after missing selection for the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and unsuccessfully attempted to follow his father Max into politics before pursuing a career in business.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Evans_(swimmer)

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

527:

Upon the death of Justin I, Justinian the Great became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I

1842:

A parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies was attacked by a mob, leading to three days of riots. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street_riot

1907:

Robert Baden-Powell held the first scout camp at Brownsea Island in Dorset, England, beginning the Scouting movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsea_Island_Scout_camp

1984:

Commercial peat-cutters discovered the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindow_Man

2007:

Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

unbeseem: (obsolete, transitive) To be unseemly or unsuitable for. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unbeseem

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.   --Herman Melville https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herman_Melville