Doom is a first-person shooter game developed and published by id
Software, released on December 10, 1993. The player assumes the role of
a space marine fighting through hordes of undead humans and invading
demons. The game is presented with 3D graphics, with 2D enemies and
objects. John Carmack (pictured) created the 3D game engine, with
action-heavy design by John Romero and Sandy Petersen. Despite
controversy over its graphic violence, Doom was a critical and
commercial success, earning a reputation as one of the best and most
influential games of all time and shifting the public perception of the
entire medium. It sold an estimated 3.5 million copies by 1999, and up
to 20 million people played it within two years of launch. Termed the
"father" of first-person shooters, Doom sparked the rise of online games
and communities. It led to an array of imitators and clones, as well as
a robust Doom modding scene. Doom has been ported to a variety of
platforms, and spawned a long-running franchise.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_%281993_video_game%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1847:
"Il Canto degli Italiani", the Italian national anthem since
1946, made its public debut in Genoa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani>
1901:
On the fifth anniversary of the death of their founder, Swedish
chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel, the first Nobel Prizes were
awarded in Stockholm.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize>
1970:
Around the northern Thai village of Mae Salong, remnants of
Chinese anti-communist forces now fighting on behalf of the Thai
government launched a five-year campaign against local communist
insurgents.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santikhiri>
1983:
Raúl Alfonsín became the first democratically elected
president of Argentina to take office after more than seven years of
military dictatorship.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alfons%C3%ADn>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sovereignty:
1. (chiefly uncountable) The quality or state of being sovereign.
2. Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over
something.
3. (by extension) Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able
to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern
itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
4. (by extension) Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and
thoughts.
5. Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve
something; mastery.
6. (countable) A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent
or self-governing nation or other polity.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sovereignty>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It's such a little thing to weep — So short a thing to sigh
— And yet — by Trades — the size of these We men and women die!
--Emily Dickinson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson>
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