Since 2012, he has been a member of Salavat Yulaev, a club based in Ufa,
Bashkortostan, that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. He began his
career playing for CSKA Moscow in their minor and junior hockey systems.
He joined the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2008 Entry Draft as
the top-ranked European skater by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau, and
was selected sixth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets. He has played
two seasons in North America, splitting time between the Blue Jackets
and their previous AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. During the
2009–10 season, Filatov was unhappy with his situation in Columbus
and was loaned to CSKA Moscow for the remainder of the season. At the
2011 NHL Entry Draft, Filatov was traded to the Ottawa Senators, and
then was again loaned to CSKA Moscow. Filatov has represented Russia in
international hockey at two World U18 Championships, winning gold and
silver medals, and three World Junior Championships, where he has won
two bronze medals. He was named to the Tournament All-Star Team at the
2008 World U18 Championships and the 2009 World Junior Championships.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Filatov>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1885:
The Mikado (poster pictured), Gilbert and Sullivan's most
frequently performed Savoy Opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in
London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mikado>
1915:
First World War: British forces cornered and sank the SMS
Dresden, the last remnant of the German East Asia Squadron, near the
Chilean island of Más a Tierra.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_M%C3%A1s_a_Tierra>
1937:
Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical Mit brennender Sorge,
condemning antisemitism, criticizing Nazism, listing breaches of an
agreement signed with the Roman Catholic Church.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit_brennender_Sorge>
1978:
Israeli–Lebanese conflict: The Israel Defense Forces began
Operation Litani, invading and occupying southern Lebanon, and pushing
PLO troops north up to the Litani River.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_South_Lebanon_conflict>
2008:
A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupted in
Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tibetan_unrest>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
annis Domini:
(of multiple years or of a date range) Taking place a specifed number of
years following the assumed birth of Jesus Christ.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/annis_Domini>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
--Albert Einstein
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein>
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