[Daily article] December 18: Final Fantasy Published On

Final Fantasy is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. It
centers on a series of fantasy and science fantasy role-playing video
games (RPGs), but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and
other merchandise. The first game in the series, published in 1987, was
conceived by Sakaguchi as his last-ditch effort in the game industry;
the title was a success and spawned sequels. The video game series has
since branched into other genres. Although most Final Fantasy
installments are supposedly independent stories with different settings
and main characters, they feature identical elements that define the
franchise. Plots center on a group of heroes battling a great evil while
exploring the characters' internal struggles and relationships. The
series has been commercially and critically successful; it is Square
Enix's best selling video game franchise, with more than 100 million
units sold, and one of the best-selling video game franchises. It was
awarded a star on the Walk of Game in 2006, and holds seven Guinness
World Records in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008. It has
also introduced many features now common in role-playing video games and
has been credited with helping to popularize console-based RPGs in
markets outside Japan.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy>

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1892:

The first performance of the fairy tale-ballet The Nutcracker
was held at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker>

1912:

Amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson announced the discovery of
fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human, known as
Piltdown Man, which later turned out to be a hoax.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man>

1939:

Second World War: The German Luftwaffe victory over the Royal
Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight greatly influenced both
sides' future air strategy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Heligoland_Bight_(1939)>

1966:

Epimetheus (pictured), one of the moons of Saturn, was
discovered, but was mistaken as Janus. It took 12 years to determine
that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(moon)>

1996:

The school board of Oakland, California, passed a controversial
resolution officially declaring African American Vernacular English as a
separate language or dialect.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Ebonics_controversy>

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

pergola:
A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a
trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pergola>

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Wikiquote quote of the day:

Come, Desire of nations, come, fix in us thy humble home; rise, the
woman's conquering Seed, bruise in us the serpent's head. Adam's
likeness, Lord, efface; stamp thine image in its place. Second Adam from
above, Reinstate us in thy love. Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to
the new born King!"
--Charles Wesley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Wesley>

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