The Tweed Courthouse (officially the Old New York County Courthouse) is a historic courthouse building in Civic Center, Manhattan, New York City. Listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and protected as a New York City designated landmark, it is the second- oldest city-government building in Manhattan, after City Hall. It was built in the Italianate style, with Romanesque Revival interiors, under the leadership of William M. "Boss" Tweed, whose political machine, Tammany Hall, controlled the city and state governments when the courthouse was built. Architect John Kellum designed the original two wings of the building, which was constructed from 1861 to 1872. The project was completed by architect Leopold Eidlitz, who added the rear wing and finished the interior between 1877 and 1881. Modern restoration and historic preservation were completed in 2001.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1930:

Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen was deposed in a military coup by José Félix Uriburu. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip%C3%B3lito_Yrigoyen

1952:

A prototype aircraft crashed at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing the pilot and test observer on board, and 29 spectators. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Farnborough_Airshow_crash

1970:

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the last hijacking attempt was foiled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings

1995:

Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2,131st consecutive Major League Baseball game, breaking the 56-year-old record set by Lou Gehrig. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr.

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

bray: 1. (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry. 2. (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray. 3. (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner. [...] 4. (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar. 5. (transitive, Britain, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bray

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Better were the prospects of a people under the influence of the worst government who should hold the power of changing it, than those of a people under the best who should hold no such power.   --Frances Wright https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frances_Wright