Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) was the 29th president of the United
States, serving from March 4, 1921, until his death in 1923. A member
of the Republican Party, Harding was defeated for Governor of Ohio in
1910, but was elected to the Senate in 1914. He ran for the Republican
nomination for president in 1920. Considered a long shot until after the
convention began, he was nominated on the tenth ballot. He conducted a
front porch campaign, running on the theme of a return to normalcy, and
won in a landslide, the first sitting senator to be elected president.
He appointed a number of well-regarded figures to his cabinet, including
Andrew Mellon at the Treasury Department, Herbert Hoover at Commerce,
and Charles Evans Hughes at State. After his death in San Francisco, a
number of scandals, including Teapot Dome, came to light, as did his
extramarital affair with Nan Britton, eroding his popular regard.
Harding was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1776:
American Revolutionary War: Using artillery transported from
Ticonderoga, the Continental Army occupied Dorchester Heights, forcing
the British to abandon Boston two weeks later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortification_of_Dorchester_Heights>
1918:
A case of influenza was recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas,
conventionally marking the beginning of the Spanish flu.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu>
1941:
Second World War: British Commandos successfully executed a
raid on the Lofoten Islands in German-occupied Norway.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Claymore>
2009:
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the
International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against
humanity committed during the War in Darfur.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al-Bashir>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
not to put too fine a point on it:
(idiomatic) Used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement one is
making.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/not_to_put_too_fine_a_point_on_it>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Knowledge must start from some foundation, something must be
recognized as known; otherwise we shall be obliged always to define one
unknown by means of another.
--P. D. Ouspensky
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/P._D._Ouspensky>