The American Bank Note Company Printing Plant is a repurposed complex of three interconnected buildings in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. The innovative Kirby, Petit & Green design was built in 1909–1911 by the American Bank Note Company on land which had previously been part of Edward G. Faile's country estate. A wide variety of financial instruments were printed there; at one point, over five million documents were produced per day, including half the securities traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Although the plant printed currency for many countries around the world, it was best known for producing Latin American banknotes, which led to it being the target of a FALN terrorist bombing in 1977. The facility was used by American Bank Note until about 1984, after which it was sold, redeveloped as commercial space, subdivided, and designated a New York City landmark. Major tenants include a charter school and the New York City Human Resources Administration.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1861:

An earthquake occurred in the Argentine province of Mendoza, causing at least 6,000 deaths and destroying most of the buildings in the province's capital city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_Mendoza_earthquake

1922:

The United States Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, USS Langley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Langley_%28CV-1%29

1944:

World War II: U.S. Marines made a landing on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago to develop an airbase as part of Operation Cartwheel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_on_Emirau

1987:

The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (chemical structure pictured) became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for HIV/AIDS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidovudine

2014:

Taliban militants killed nine civilians in a mass shooting at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kabul_Serena_Hotel_shooting

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

anodontia: (dentistry, teratology) The congenital absence of some or all primary or permanent teeth, caused by a rare genetic disorder. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anodontia

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe, Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguish'd hearth Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! Be through my lips to unawaken'd earth The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?   --Percy Bysshe Shelley https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley