Liz Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who was prime minister from September to October 2022. A Liberal Democrat in her youth, she defected to the Conservatives in 1996. After several bids for public office she was elected as an MP in 2010 and served continuously in government in the Cameron, May and Johnson ministries, latterly as foreign secretary. After Johnson resigned in July 2022 Truss stood in the election to replace him, defeating Rishi Sunak and becoming the leader of the party. Two days after her appointment as prime minister Queen Elizabeth II died, freezing government business for ten days during a national mourning period; after its conclusion Truss's ministry announced a mini-budget which was received badly by markets, the fallout from which subsequently engulfed her government. Facing a rapid loss of confidence in her leadership, Truss resigned fifty days into her premiership and was succeeded by Sunak, becoming the shortest-serving British prime minister.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1778:

On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from Crimea and resettled in Pryazovia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eviction_of_Christians_from_the_Crimea_%281778%29

1953:

In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Creek_raid

1993:

Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_733

2016:

Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

snooty: 1. Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose. 2. (by extension) 3. Of an event, a thing, etc.: elite, exclusive. 4. (uncommon) Easily angered or irritated; irritable, short-tempered. 5. (informal, uncommon) Synonym of snoot (“an elitist or snobbish person”). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snooty

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.   --Aldous Huxley https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley