Olive Morris (1952–1979) was a Jamaican-born and British-based community leader and activist. She participated in the Black nationalist, feminist and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s. She joined the British Black Panthers, occupied buildings in Brixton, South London, and became a key organizer in the Black Women's Movement in the United Kingdom. In London, Morris co-founded the Brixton Black Women's Group and the Organization of Women of African and Asian Descent; when she studied at the Victoria University of Manchester, she was involved in the Manchester Black Women's Co-operative and also travelled to China with the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding. After graduating, Morris returned to Brixton and worked at the Brixton Community Law Centre. She then received a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and died shortly afterwards at the age of 27. Her life and work have been commemorated by both official organizations and the activist group Remembering Olive Collective.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Morris

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1819:

A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God'). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819_Rann_of_Kutch_earthquake

1904:

Irish author James Joyce began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce

1972:

English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars

2012:

Liu Yang, a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Yang_%28taikonaut%29

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

stardust: 1. (astronomy) 2. Small fragments of dust-like material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed. 3. (informal, dated) A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope. 4. (archaic) Small fragments in the Earth's atmosphere or on its surface originating from meteorites; meteor dust. 5. (figuratively) 6. Something imaginary or lacking substance. 7. An imaginary magic dust or powder that, when in one's eyes, supposedly causes one to view a person or thing favourably, even though this might not actually be warranted. 8. An imaginary magic dust or powder supposedly able to give one charisma or other positive qualities; hence, charisma or glamour, especially that possessed by a celebrity. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stardust

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I love flowers Id love to have the whole place swimming in roses God of heaven theres nothing like nature the wild mountains then the sea and the waves rushing then the beautiful country with the fields of oats and wheat and all kinds of things   --Ulysses https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ulysses