Allied logistics in the Kokoda Track campaign played a crucial role in
bringing the 1942 World War II campaign to a conclusion. To transform
Port Moresby into a major base, engineers built airfields, wharves,
roads, and warehouses. The interior was covered with dense rainforest
and rugged mountains that wheeled vehicles could not traverse. Few
aircraft were available, and they were restricted by the weather and
subject to destruction on the ground by Japanese air raids. The loss of
the airstrip at Kokoda led to the adoption of airdropping (pictured).
Due to a shortage of parachutes, supplies were often dropped without
them, with attendant losses and breakages. Trucks, jeeps, and pack
animals carried stores, ammunition, and rations only part of the way.
The rest of the journey over the Kokoda Track was on the backs of Papuan
carriers, who struggled over the mountains lugging heavy loads. They
often carried the wounded too, which earned them the sobriquet of "Fuzzy
Wuzzy Angels".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_logistics_in_the_Kokoda_Track_campaign>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
Indonesian National Revolution: Following the killing of
Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby a few weeks earlier, British forces
retaliated by attacking Surabaya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Surabaya>
1969:
The children's television series Sesame Street premiered in the
United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street>
1975:
SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest ship on North America's
Great Lakes, sank in Lake Superior with the loss of 29 lives.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald>
1995:
Writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight
others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People were
executed by the Nigerian military government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
kairomone:
(biochemistry, ecology) Any substance produced by an individual of one
species (often an insect) that benefits the recipient which is of a
different species but is harmful to the producer.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kairomone>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you
see us.
--Stardust : Being A Romance Within The Realm of Faerie
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stardust_%28novel%29>
In Gillingham F.C.'s 1963–64 season, their 32nd in the Football
League, they competed in the Fourth Division. Gillingham were undefeated
in their first 13 games, the longest such run by any team in the
Football League, and by the end of September were top of the league
table, where they remained for much of the season. In April, the
postponement of several games allowed other teams to overtake them but
they moved back into the promotion places as they played the rescheduled
games. They won the championship on goal average in their final game.
They were eliminated in the first round of the FA Cup but reached the
fourth round of the League Cup. The team played 52 matches, winning 26,
drawing 15 and losing 11. Brian Gibbs was their top goalscorer with 18
goals in all competitions. Mike Burgess and John Simpson both played in
every game. The highest attendance recorded that season at the club's
home ground, Priestfield Stadium (pictured), was 17,421 for a game
against Carlisle on 9 October 1963.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_Gillingham_F.C._season>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1914:
World War I: Off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Australian
light cruiser Sydney sank Emden, the last active German warship in the
Indian Ocean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cocos>
1918:
The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a
tricolour national flag that remains in use today with slight
modifications by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan>
2016:
A tram derailment in Croydon, London, killed seven people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Croydon_tram_derailment>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gleam:
1. (transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light)
to shine.
2. (intransitive)
3. To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to
glisten, to glitter.
4. (figuratively) To be strongly but briefly apparent.
5. (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is
indistinct or small, or short-lived.
6. (countable, figuratively)
7. An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
8. A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
9. A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
10. (obsolete)
11. (countable) Sometimes as hot gleam: a warm ray of sunlight; also, a
period of warm weather, for instance, between showers of rain.
12. (uncountable) Brightness or shininess; radiance, splendour. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gleam>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their
passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is it
not stirring to understand how the world actually works — that white
light is made of colors, that color is the way we perceive the
wavelengths of light, that transparent air reflects light, that in so
doing it discriminates among the waves, and that the sky is blue for the
same reason that the sunset is red? It does no harm to the romance of
the sunset to know a little bit about it.
--Carl Sagan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan>
J. Havens Richards (November 8, 1851 – June 9, 1923) was an American
Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born to a prominent Ohio family, he was
secretly baptized as an infant by his father, an Episcopal priest who
converted to Catholicism. Richards studied at Boston College and
Woodstock College. In 1888, he became the president of Georgetown
University. For the next decade, he instituted reforms that helped
transform the school into a modern, comprehensive university. He
enlarged the graduate programs, medical school, and law school,
established the university hospital, improved the astronomical
observatory, and oversaw the completion of Healy Hall and construction
of Dahlgren Chapel. Richards also managed tensions with the newly
founded Catholic University of America, located in the same city, and
fought anti-Catholicism in the Ivy League, particularly at Harvard Law
School. In his later years, he held senior positions at Jesuit
institutions throughout the northeastern United States.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Havens_Richards>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1291:
A law was passed that confined most of Venice's glassmaking
industry to nearby Murano.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_glass>
1644:
The Shunzhi Emperor (portrait shown), the third emperor of the
Qing dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming
dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor>
1965:
Vietnam War: In the Battle of Gang Toi, one of the earliest
battles between the two sides, Viet Cong forces repelled an Australian
attack.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gang_Toi>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Pnyx:
(Ancient Greece, historical) A hill in Athens west of the Acropolis with
a stone platform and steps set into its side, which was used as the
meeting place of the democratic assembly in Ancient Greece.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pnyx>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Blood moon risin' in a sky of black dust Tell me Baby who do you
trust? The fuse is burning Shut out the lights The fuse is burning
Come on let me do you right.
--Bruce Springsteen
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen>
Toa Payoh MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
on the North South line (NSL) in Toa Payoh, Singapore. The station is
underneath the intersection of three roads: Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, Lorong 2
Toa Payoh and Lorong 6 Toa Payoh. Located within the town centre, it is
integrated with the Toa Payoh Bus Interchange and the HDB Hub,
headquarters of the Housing and Development Board. The station was first
announced in May 1982. Construction of the station began in 1983 as part
of Phase I of the MRT system. In August 1985, Toa Payoh was the first
MRT station in Singapore to have its concrete structure completed. The
station opened on 7 November 1987 and was one of the first MRT stations
to operate in revenue service. The station has a bright yellow scheme
(pictured) with a set of coloured tiles at the concourse level. It is
also one of the few stations on the initial network to have a double-
height ceiling.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toa_Payoh_MRT_station>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1837:
American abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by a
pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during an attack to destroy his
printing press and abolitionist materials.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Parish_Lovejoy>
1917:
World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the
retreat of the Ottoman garrison.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gaza>
1987:
Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened (train
pictured), with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa
Payoh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Rapid_Transit_%28Singapore%29>
1991:
Professional basketball player Magic Johnson announced his
retirement from the game due to HIV infection.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Johnson>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
yclept:
(archaic, poetic or humorous) Called (by a certain name), named.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yclept>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are
inseparable. It would be a mistake to say that happiness necessarily
springs from the absurd discovery. It happens as well that the feeling
of the absurd springs from happiness.
--Albert Camus
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Camus>
The Russian occupations of Beirut were two separate military actions by
squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy as part of Russia's Levant
campaign during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774. In July 1770 a
Russian fleet established naval command of the Mediterranean at the
Battle of Chesma (depicted). In 1772 Russia attempted to assist Egypt's
autonomous ruler, Ali Bey al-Kabir, who was in rebellion against the
Ottoman Empire. A small Russian squadron helped repel an Ottoman
offensive on Sidon, then sailed for Beirut. It bombarded the town and
occupied it from 23 to 28 June. In 1773, another Russian squadron
accepted an offer by the Druze chieftain Yusuf Shihab to pay the
Russians a tribute in exchange for their capturing Beirut. A bombardment
of the town began on 2 August, and it surrendered on 10 October.
Several hundred Albanian mercenaries were left as occupiers and kept the
Russian flag raised over the town until late January or early
February 1774.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_occupations_of_Beirut>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1868:
Red Cloud, a Native American leader of the Oglala Lakota tribe,
signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, ending Red Cloud's War and
establishing the Great Sioux Reservation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_%281868%29>
1944:
The B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the U.S. state of
Washington began producing plutonium, with the facility later going on
to create more for nearly the entire American nuclear arsenal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site>
2016:
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a
successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa,
the Islamic State's capital.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqqa_campaign_%282016%E2%80%932017%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sarcophagus:
1. A stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with
sculpture.
2. (by extension)
3. (informal) The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed
nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl,
Ukraine.
4. (historical) A type of wine cooler (“a piece of equipment used to
keep wine chilled”) shaped like a sarcophagus (sense 1).
5. (obsolete except Ancient Greece, historical) A kind of limestone used
by the Ancient Greeks for coffins, so called because it was thought to
consume the flesh of corpses.
6. (transitive) To enclose (a corpse, etc.) in a sarcophagus (noun sense
1).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sarcophagus>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help
enough other people get what they want.
--Zig Ziglar
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar>
Homo antecessor ('pioneer man') is an archaic human species from 1.2 to
0.8 million years ago during the Early Pleistocene. Fossils have been
found in the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain, the first in 1994. The
species was one of the first humans to colonise Western Europe. They
followed savanna habitats prevalent in the area when frigid glacial
periods were transitioning to warmer interglacials, and vacated at other
times. Despite being so ancient, they had a face unexpectedly similar to
that of a modern human. Brain volume could have been 1,000 cm3
(61 cu in) or more, compared with present-day human averages of
1,270 cm3 (78 cu in) for males and 1,130 cm3 (69 cu in) for
females. Stature estimates range from 162.3 to 186.8 cm (5 ft 4 in to
6 ft 2 in). H. antecessor manufactured simple pebble and flake stone
tools out of quartz and chert, although they used a variety of
materials. Many of the specimens found were cannibalised, perhaps as a
cultural practice. There is no evidence of fire usage.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_antecessor>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1757:
Seven Years' War: Prussian forces led by Frederick the Great
defeated the allied French and Habsburg armies at the Battle of
Rossbach.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach>
1950:
Korean War: The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded in
preventing a Chinese breakthrough at the Battle of Pakchon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon>
2009:
U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting rampage at Fort
Hood, Texas, the worst shooting ever to take place on an American
military base, killing 13.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Fort_Hood_shooting>
2013:
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the Mars
Orbiter Mission (depicted), the nation's first interplanetary probe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Orbiter_Mission>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bonfire:
1. A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a
signal.
2. A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical),
heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally
agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
3. (figuratively) Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat,
destructiveness, ferocity, etc.
4. (obsolete) A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre.
5. (transitive)
6. To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; (more
generally) to burn or set alight.
7. (ceramics) To fire (pottery) using a bonfire.
8. (obsolete) To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place)
with a bonfire.
9. (intransitive, rare) To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bonfire>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
This is only the land of take-what-you-want. Anarchy means
"without leaders", not "without order". With anarchy comes an age of
Ordnung, of true order, which is to say voluntary order … this age of
Ordnung will begin when the mad and incoherent cycle of verwirrung that
these bulletins reveal has run its course … This is not anarchy, Eve.
This is chaos.
--V for Vendetta
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta>
The tomb of Tutankhamun was uncovered beginning on 4 November 1922 by
excavators in the Valley of the Kings led by Howard Carter, an
Egyptologist. Whereas the tombs of most pharaohs of ancient Egypt were
plundered in ancient times, Tutankhamun's tomb was hidden by debris for
most of its existence and not extensively robbed. Conserving the burial
goods required a ten-year effort, and their opulence inspired a media
frenzy, intensified by speculation that misfortunes connected with the
tomb were the result of an ancient curse. Friction between the Egyptian
government and the British-led excavation team resulted in a settlement
by which the burial goods remained in Egypt, instead of being divided
between the excavators and the government as had been standard
Egyptological practice. The discovery yielded limited information about
events in Tutankhamun's time but a great deal about the material culture
of the era. The fame of the discovery made Tutankhamun a symbol of
ancient Egypt itself.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_the_tomb_of_Tutankhamun>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1938:
The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of
several thousand Jews from the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_deportation_of_Jews_from_Slovakia>
1970:
Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child,
pseudonymously known as Genie, who had spent nearly her entire life in
social isolation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_%28feral_child%29>
2008:
Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected
President of the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
2016:
The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, came into effect.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
misprision:
1. (law, chiefly historical)
2. (uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty,
especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of
this.
3. (uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason:
originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime
of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason
that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.
4. (by extension)
5. (uncountable) Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an
instance of this; a mistake.
6. (uncountable) Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance
of this.
7. Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.
8. Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misprision>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day
in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions,
as I often did, I tried not to communicate them to my audience. Now,
however, my circumstances are different. I am in a position to speak my
mind. And that is what I propose to do. Those of us who are living
today can influence the future of civilization. We can influence whether
our planet will drift into chaos and violence, or whether through a
monumental educational and political effort we will achieve a world of
peace under a system of law where individual violators of that law are
brought to justice.
--Walter Cronkite
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite>
Laika (c. 1954 – 1957) was one of the first animals in space and
the first animal to orbit Earth. A stray mongrel from Moscow, she was
selected as the occupant of Sputnik 2 which launched into low orbit on
3 November 1957. The mission aimed to prove that a living passenger
could survive being launched into orbit and endure a micro-g
environment, leading to human spaceflight and providing data on how
living organisms react to spaceflight environments. Laika died within
hours from overheating, possibly caused by a failure of the central R-7
sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her
death were not made public until 2002; instead, it was reported that she
died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government
initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion. On 11
April 2008, a monument to Laika was unveiled near the military research
facility that prepared her flight to space. She also appears on the
Monument to the Conquerors of Space.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1881:
Indigenous Mapuche began an uprising against the occupation of
Araucanía by Chile.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche_uprising_of_1881>
1942:
World War II: U.S. Marines and U.S. Army forces began an
attempt to encircle and destroy a regiment of Imperial Japanese Army
troops on Guadalcanal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koli_Point_action>
1943:
The Holocaust: The largest massacre of Jews by German forces
began at Majdanek concentration camp (execution trenches pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Harvest_Festival>
1954:
The first film featuring the giant monster known as Godzilla
was released nationwide in Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
helm:
1. (nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel);
to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
2. (figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an
organization).
3. (nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used
to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering
apparatus of a vessel.
4. (by extension)
5. (nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space
through which a helm is turned.
6. (nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the
vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
7. Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a
tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
8. (figuratively)
9. A position of control or leadership.
10. One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a
director, a guide. [...]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/helm>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The vital energies regulate themselves naturally without
compulsive duty or compulsive morality — both of which are sure signs
of existing antisocial impulses.
--Wilhelm Reich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich>
Corinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia.
Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born
c. 518 BC), not all modern scholars accept this tradition. When she
lived has been much debated since the early twentieth century; proposed
dates range from the beginning of the fifth century to the late third
century BC. Corinna's works survive only in fragments: three
substantial sections of poems are preserved on papyri from the second
century AD in Egypt, and several shorter pieces survive in quotations by
ancient grammarians. They focus on local Boeotian legends, and are
distinctive for their mythological innovations. Corinna's poetry often
reworks popular myths to include details not known from any other
sources. Though respected in her hometown, Tanagra, and popular in
ancient Rome, she is regarded by modern critics as provincial and dull.
Her poetry is nonetheless of interest as the work of one of the few
preserved female poets from ancient Greece.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinna>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1997:
Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Mekong Delta in
Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Linda_%281997%29>
2000:
Aboard Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and
Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko became the first
resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_1>
2008:
At the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton
overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the race to become World
Drivers' Champion by one point.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Brazilian_Grand_Prix>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
curiouser and curiouser:
(idiomatic) Used to describe or react to an increasingly mysterious or
peculiar situation.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curiouser_and_curiouser>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is no safety. Only varying states of risk. And failure.
--Lois McMaster Bujold
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold>
WBPX-TV (channel 68) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts,
United States, airing programming from the Ion Television network. It is
owned by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company and is
broadcast from a tower in Hudson, Massachusetts, sharing the same TV
spectrum with WDPX-TV (channel 58). WBPX-TV began broadcasting as WQTV
in 1979 and primarily broadcast paid subscription television programming
until 1983. The station succumbed to financial troubles in 1985 and
pared back its programming. After being sold to The Christian Science
Monitor in 1986, WQTV became the nucleus of a major production
operation, which in 1991 spawned a cable television channel, the Monitor
Channel. The service shut down in 1992 amid total losses estimated at
$325 million, and the church sold WQTV to Boston University, which
operated it for six years as commercial independent WABU. The station
was sold in 1999 to become an outlet of the Pax network, known as Ion
since 2007.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBPX-TV>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1959:
After being struck in the face with a hockey puck, Jacques
Plante played the rest of the game wearing a face mask, now mandatory
equipment for goaltenders in ice hockey.
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1959:
Dominique Mbonyumutwa, one of the few Hutu sub-chiefs in
colonial Rwanda, was attacked by Tutsi activists, precipitating the
Rwandan Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Revolution>
1972:
Elvis on Tour, a concert film that documented Elvis Presley's
tour throughout the United States, opened.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_on_Tour>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
aeviternity:
1. Synonym of eternity (“existence without end”)
2. (Scholastic philosophy) Synonym of aevum (“the temporal mode of
existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels,
saints, and celestial bodies (which medieval astronomy believed to be
unchanging)”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aeviternity>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Often the fear of one evil leads us into a worse.
--Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
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