The Daily News Building is a skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. The original tower, completed on July 23, 1930, was designed by Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells in the Art Deco style; a similarly-styled expansion, designed by Harrison & Abramovitz, was completed in 1960. The 36-story tower, rising 476 feet (145 m), consists of a 14-story printing plant and an 18-story annex. There is a large carved-granite entrance leading to a rotunda lobby with a rotating painted globe (pictured). The Daily News' parent company, Tribune Media, sold the building in 1982, and the newspaper moved out entirely in 1995. SL Green Realty bought the building in 2003 and sold a partial ownership stake to Meritz Alternative Investment Management in 2021. When it opened, the building received mixed reviews and was described as having a utilitarian design. It is a National Historic Landmark and its exterior and lobby are designated city landmarks.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1940:

Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State, issued a declaration that the U.S. government would not recognize the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welles_Declaration

1982:

A helicopter crashed during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie in Valencia, California, killing actor Vic Morrow and two child actors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone_accident

2001:

Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megawati_Sukarnoputri

2010:

The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Direction

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

moulder: 1. (transitive) 2. (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) Often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces. 3. (figurative, obsolete) To cause (someone or something) to die away or disappear. 4. (intransitive) 5. Often followed by away: to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces. 6. (figurative) 7. To die away, to disappear. 8. (obsolete) Often followed by away: of a group of people (especially an army): to diminish in number; to dwindle. 9. (archaic) A person who moulds dough into loaves for baking into bread. 10. (by extension) 11. A person who moulds or shapes material into objects, especially clay into bricks, pottery, etc. 12. An instrument or machine used to mould or shape material into objects. 13. (figurative) A person or thing that influences or shapes; an influencer, a shaper. 14. (metalworking) A person who makes moulds for casting metal; a mouldmaker. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moulder

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Survival is my legacy … People go … why don't I throw the towel in? … People still want to buy my records. People still want to see me, so why should I? It motivates me to get off my backside and do something. I mean, if my career had gone down the toilet and I knew it was the end, I'd be pretty miserable. … Never give up. If you’ve got a passion for something, you’ve got to find a way around it to carry on the passion.   --Ozzy Osbourne https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne