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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1694:

A Royal Charter was granted to the Bank of England as the English Government's banker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England

1794:

The National Convention ordered the arrest and execution of Reign of Terror leader Maximilien Robespierre after he encouraged the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the French Revolution". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidorian_Reaction

1921:

University of Toronto researchers led by Frederick Banting proved that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin

1940:

Bugs Bunny debuted in the animated cartoon A Wild Hare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny

1990:

Members of Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago by taking hostages at the Red House including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson, before surrendering six days later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaat_al_Muslimeen_coup_attempt

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

portend: 1. (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen. 2. (transitive) To signify; to denote. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/portend

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers’ den? ’Twas so; but this, all pleasures fancies be. If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee. And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear; For love, all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere.   --John Donne https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Donne