1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift (pictured), released on October 27, 2014. Having been known as a country singer-songwriter, Swift conceived 1989 as a synth-pop record that shifted her sound and image to mainstream pop. She titled the album after her birth year as a symbolic rebirth of her image and artistry. The album's singles included three US Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Critics praised the songwriting for offering emotional engagement that they found uncommon in the mainstream pop scene. The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and featured in Rolling Stone's 2020 update of their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. A huge commercial success, 1989 spent 11 weeks atop the US Billboard 200 and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. (This article is part of a featured topic: 1989 (Taylor Swift album).).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1946:
Inter-religious riots in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim families began in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in anywhere between 2,000 and 30,000 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Bihar_riots
1981:
Cold War: The Soviet Whiskey-class submarine U137 ran aground near Sweden's Karlskrona naval base (monument pictured), sparking an international incident termed "Whiskey on the rocks". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_S-363
2004:
The Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series, breaking the so-called "Curse of the Bambino". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_World_Series
2011:
Michael D. Higgins was elected President of Ireland with far more votes than any politician in the country's history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Irish_presidential_election
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
get a word in edgewise: (US, usually in the negative) To break into or participate in a conversation. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/get_a_word_in_edgewise
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
In name we had the Declaration of Independence in 1776; but we gave the lie by our acts to the words of the Declaration of Independence until 1865; and words count for nothing except in so far as they represent acts. This is true everywhere. --Theodore Roosevelt https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
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