Augustus Owsley Stanley (May 21, 1867 – August 12, 1958) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he served as the 38th Governor of Kentucky. From 1903 to 1915, Stanley represented Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he gained a reputation as a progressive reformer. Beginning in 1904, he called for an antitrust investigation of the American Tobacco Company for driving down prices for the tobacco farmers of his district; a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court case broke up the company in 1911. He also chaired a committee that conducted an antitrust investigation of U.S. Steel. Many of his ideas were incorporated into the Clayton Antitrust Act. In 1915, Stanley ran for governor and won. Historian Lowell H. Harrison called his administration the apex of the Progressive Era in Kentucky. Among the reforms adopted during his tenure were a state antitrust law, a campaign finance reform law, and a workers' compensation law.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1403:

King Henry III of Castile sent an embassy to the court of Timur (Tamerlane) to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against the Ottoman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timurid_relations_with_Europe

1856:

A crowd of about 800 pro-slavery Americans ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacking_of_Lawrence

1894:

The Manchester Ship Canal, linking Manchester in North West England to the Irish Sea, officially opened, becoming the largest navigation canal in the world at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Ship_Canal

1911:

Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero signed the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, and thus concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez

1998:

Indonesian President Suharto resigned as a result of the collapse of support for his three-decade-long reign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharto

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fret: 1. (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry. 2. (transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple. 3. (transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste. 4. (transitive, intransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away. 5. (transitive, intransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry. 6. (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray. 7. (intransitive) To be anxious, to worry. 8. (intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion. 9. (intransitive, brewing, oenology) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fret

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