Charles Edward (1884–1954) was at various times a British prince, the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in Germany, and a Nazi politician. Brought up in the United Kingdom, he was selected to succeed to the throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1899 because he was deemed young enough to be re-educated as a German. He married Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein and the couple had five children. Charles Edward was a conservative ruler with an interest in art and technology. During the First World War, he supported the German Empire but was deposed during the German Revolution. During the 1920s, Charles Edward became a moral and financial supporter of violent far-right paramilitary groups, joining the Nazi Party in 1933. He was given multiple positions, including leader of the German Red Cross, and acted as an unofficial diplomat. After the war, he was interned for a period and given a minor conviction by a denazification court, dying of cancer in 1954.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1100:

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_England

1790:

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790_United_States_census

1920:

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaiko_Kheti

1973:

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerland_disaster

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

there must be something in the water: (idiomatic, humorous) There are so many instances of something unusual, such as in people's behaviour, that there must be a common cause. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/there_must_be_something_in_the_water

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Today is a powerful example of why it’s vital to have friends in this world — friends you can trust, work with, and depend upon, especially on matters of great consequence and sensitivity like this. Our alliances make our people safer, and we began to see that again today. Let me say this. It says a lot about the United States that we work relentlessly to free Americans who are unjustly held around the world. It also says a lot about us that this deal includes the release of Russian political prisoners. They stood up for democracy and human rights. Their own leaders threw them in prison. The United States helped secure their release as well. That’s who we are in the United States. We stand for freedom, for liberty, for justice — not only for our own people but for others as well. And that’s why all Americans can take pride in what we’ve achieved today.   --Joe Biden https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden