CM Punk (born 1978) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), in which his 434-day reign as WWE Champion stands as the sixth-longest in history. His professional career on the independent circuit, primarily with Ring of Honor (ROH), began in 1999, and he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005, won several championships, and became WWE's 19th Triple Crown Champion in 203 days, the fastest wrestler to achieve this. He is also the only back-to-back Money in the Bank winner, won Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and was twice voted Wrestler of the Year. His wrestling character was consistently portrayed as outspoken, confrontational, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge, and iconoclastic. He retired from professional wrestling in 2014, and then pursued a short-lived career in mixed martial arts. He later worked as a commentator with Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC), and as an analyst on WWE Backstage.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1571:

Queen Elizabeth I issued a royal charter establishing Jesus College, the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College,_Oxford

1954:

Jacobo Árbenz resigned as President of Guatemala following a CIA-led coup against his administration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobo_%C3%81rbenz

1994:

Members of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas in Matsumoto, Nagano, killing eight people and injuring more than five hundred others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumoto_sarin_attack

2017:

Websites of Ukrainian organizations were swamped by a massive cyberattack, blamed on Russian military hackers, using the malware Petya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petya_%28malware%29

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

pushbike: 1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, informal) A pedal bicycle, as distinguished from a motorized bicycle. 2. (intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, informal) To travel by pushbike. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pushbike

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