player, widely considered one of the best in National Basketball
Association (NBA) history. Playing center for the Boston Celtics, he was
the centerpiece of their dynasty and his shot-blocking and man-to-man
defense were major reasons for the team's success. A five-time NBA Most
Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-Star, he won 11 NBA championships
during his 13-year career, and jointly holds the record for the most
championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league. He
led the NBA in rebounds four times, and remains second all-time in both
total rebounds and rebounds per game. Russell was the first African
American player to achieve superstar status in the NBA and the first
African American NBA coach. For his accomplishments in the Civil Rights
Movement on and off the court, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom in 2011. Russell is a member of three basketball Halls of Fame
(Naismith Memorial, National Collegiate, and FIBA) and the NBA Finals
Most Valuable Player Award is named in his honor. He also won a
1956 Olympics gold medal as captain of the U.S. national basketball
team.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1818:
On the first anniversary of its victory in the Battle of
Chacabuco, Chile formally declared its independence from Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_Declaration_of_Independence>
1912:
Xinhai Revolution: Puyi, the last Emperor of China, abdicated
under a deal brokered by military official and politician Yuan Shikai,
formally replacing the Qing Dynasty with a new republic in China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi>
1947:
French designer Christian Dior unveiled a "New Look" that
revolutionized women's dress and reestablished Paris as the center of
the fashion world after World War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Dior>
1974:
Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was arrested and
subsequently deported from the Soviet Union for writing The Gulag
Archipelago, an exposé of the Soviet forced labour camp system.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn>
1994:
Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream was stolen from the
National Gallery of Norway.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
snappish:
Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snappish>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is
wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel.
--Abraham Lincoln
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln>
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