one of the leading competitive sport climbers in the world during the
late 1980s and early 1990s, she made the first ascent without aid of the
difficult sheer rock face of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley
and the first free ascent in 24 hours. Hill shaped rock climbing for
women and became a public spokesperson, helping it gain wider popularity
and arguing for gender equity. She has publicized climbing by appearing
on television shows and documentaries and writing an autobiography,
Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World. She took to climbing at a
young age and became a part of the climbing community in Southern
California and Camp 4 in Yosemite Valley. During the early 1980s, she
traveled around the United States, climbing increasingly difficult
routes and setting records not only for first female ascents but also
for first ascents. From 1986 to 1992 she won over thirty international
titles, including five victories at the Arco Rock Master; she left
competitive climbing in 1992. She has been described as both one of the
best female climbers in the world and one of the best climbers of all
time.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Hill>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1579:
Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day
California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Albion>
1843:
New Zealand Wars: An armed posse of Europeans set out from
Nelson to arrest Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha and clashed with Māori,
resulting in 26 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairau_Affray>
1900:
Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts
after a brief but bloody battle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dagu_Forts_(1900)>
1972:
Five men were arrested for attempted burglary on the offices of
the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex in
Washington, D.C., igniting the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to
the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon more than two years
later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_complex>
1982:
The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, known as "God's
Banker" due to his close association with the Vatican, was found hanging
from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Calvi>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
postilion:
A rider mounted on the near, leading horse pulling a carriage who guides
the team.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/postilion>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The global community has become irreversibly interdependent, with
the constant movement of people, ideas, goods and resources. In such a
world, we must combat terrorism with an infectious security culture that
crosses borders — an inclusive approach to security based on
solidarity and the value of human life. In such a world, weapons of mass
destruction have no place.
--Mohamed ElBaradei
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mohamed_ElBaradei>
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