October 29, 1995 at the Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka. It was the sixteenth
and penultimate round of the 1995 Formula One season. The race,
contested over 53 laps, was won by Michael Schumacher for the Benetton
team (pictured) after he started from pole position. Mika Häkkinen
finished second in a McLaren, and Johnny Herbert third in the other
Benetton car. Jean Alesi, driving for Ferrari, started second alongside
Schumacher. However, Alesi was forced to serve a 10-second stop-and-go
penalty because his car moved forward before the start. Alesi climbed
back up to second, before retiring on lap 25. Schumacher's rival in the
Drivers' Championship, Damon Hill, started fourth amidst pressure from
the British media after poor performances at previous races. Hill moved
up to second because of Alesi's retirement, but spun off the circuit on
lap 40. Schumacher's win was his ninth of the season, matching Nigel
Mansell's record for victories in a season that was set in 1992.
Benetton were confirmed Constructors' Champions as Williams could not
pass Benetton's points total in the one remaining race.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Japanese_Grand_Prix>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1279:
The Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order suffered a great loss
when 71 knights died in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aizkraukle>
1811:
Peninsular War: In the Battle of Barrosa, an Anglo-Spanish-
Portuguese force trying to lift the Siege of Cádiz was able to defeat a
French attack, although they were ultimately unable to break the siege
itself.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barrosa>
1960:
British marine biologist Alister Hardy introduced his aquatic
ape hypothesis, theorizing that swimming and diving for food exerted a
strong evolutionary effect that was partly responsible for the
divergence between the common ancestors of humans and other great apes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis>
1966:
BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji
shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all
113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_911>
1999:
Paul Okalik was elected as the first Premier of the Canadian
territory of Nunavut.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Okalik>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Tinker to Evers to Chance:
(US, idiomatic) A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork;
those involved in the teamwork.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tinker_to_Evers_to_Chance>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers
or of races, but the happiness of the common man.
--William Beveridge
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Beveridge>
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