composer. He was a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink
Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure
of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist,
principal songwriter and conceptual leader. The band subsequently
achieved international success with the concept albums such as The Dark
Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall. Although Waters'
primary instrument in Pink Floyd was the bass guitar, he also
experimented with synthesisers and tape loops and played rhythm guitar
on recordings and in concerts. Amid creative differences within the
group, Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began a legal battle with the
remaining members over their intended use of the band's name and
material. They settled the dispute out of court in 1987, though the four
members did not play together until Live 8, nearly 18 years later.
Waters released Ça Ira (a three-act opera based on the French
Revolution) in 2005, and in 2010 staged The Wall Live concert tour, an
updated version of the original Pink Floyd album.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Waters>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1901:
U.S. President William McKinley was fatally wounded by
anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New
York.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley>
1943:
A group of businessmen in Monterrey, Mexico, founded the
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, now one of the
largest universities in Latin America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterrey_Institute_of_Technology_and_Higher_Education>
1955:
A Turkish mob attacked ethnic Greeks in Istanbul, killing at
least 13 people and damaging more than 5,000 Greek-owned homes and
businesses.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_riots>
1963:
Victor Krulak was sent on a mission by the Kennedy
administration to assess the progress of the Vietnam War, and the
viability of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem against the
backdrop of the Buddhist crisis and Xa Loi Pagoda raids.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krulak_Mendenhall_mission>
2000:
The Millennium Summit, a meeting of world leaders to discuss
the role of the United Nations at the turn of the 21st century, opened
in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Summit>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
munificent:
Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as a munificent benefactor.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/munificent>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Your spiritual teachers caution you against enquiry — tell you
not to read certain books; not to listen to certain people; to beware of
profane learning; to submit your reason, and to receive their doctrines
for truths. Such advice renders them suspicious counsellors. By their
own creed you hold your reason from their God. Go! ask them why he gave
it.
--Frances Wright
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frances_Wright>
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