The ANAK Society is the oldest known secret society and honor society based at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Founded in 1908, ANAK's purpose is "to honor outstanding juniors and seniors who have shown both exemplary leadership and a true love for Georgia Tech". The society's name refers to Anak, a biblical figure said to be the forefather of a race of giants. Although not originally founded as a secret society, ANAK has kept its activities and membership rosters confidential since 1961. Membership is made public upon a student's graduation or a faculty member's retirement. The ANAK Society's membership comprises at least 1,100 Georgia Tech graduates, faculty members, and honorary members. Notable members include Jimmy Carter, Bobby Dodd, Ivan Allen Jr., and most of Georgia Tech's presidents. Membership in the ANAK Society has long been considered the highest honor a Georgia Tech student can receive, although the society's activities have been the object of suspicion and controversy in recent years.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1514:
The Ottoman Empire defeated the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran, gaining control of over eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chaldiran
1896:
The Cry of Pugad Lawin: Andrés Bonifacio and his comrades from the Katipunan society tore their residence certificates in defiance of Spanish rule during a meeting in present-day Quezon City, an event regarded as the starting signal of the Philippine Revolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Bonifacio
1929:
Palestine riots: Arabs began attacking Jews in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, killing over sixty people in two days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre
1939:
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a 10-year, mutual non-aggression treaty, which also included a secret protocol dividing Northern and Eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact
1989:
Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined their hands to form an over 600 km (370 mi) long human chain across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate the desire for independence for each of the three Baltic states. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
sarong (n): A garment made of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is commonly worn by men and women in southeast Asia and the Pacific islands http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sarong
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be
for my unconquerable soul. --William Ernest Henley http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Ernest_Henley
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