composer who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide
icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the
most important figures of the film industry. His first screen appearance
came in February 1914, after which he produced the popular features The
Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928). Chaplin refused
to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights
(1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. He became increasingly
political and his next film, The Great Dictator (1940), satirised Adolf
Hitler. The 1940s was a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and
his popularity declined rapidly. Accused of communist sympathies, he was
forced to leave the United States. The Tramp was abandoned in his later
films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), and A
King in New York (1957). Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited,
starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. His work is
characterised by slapstick combined with pathos, and continues to be
held in high regard.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1536:
An expedition to the New World led by Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Mendoza founded what is now Buenos Aires, Argentina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires>
1922:
The novel Ulysses was first published in its entirety after
this material by author James Joyce first appeared in serialized parts
in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December
1920, becoming one of the most important works of Modernist literature.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)>
1934:
The Export-Import Bank, the United States' official export
credit agency, was established.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export-Import_Bank_of_the_United_States>
1971:
The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and
sustainable utilization of wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran,
Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar_Convention>
2004:
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became the No. 1 ranked men's
singles player, a position he held for a record 237 weeks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Federer>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
amerce:
(transitive) To impose a fine on; to fine.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amerce>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters.
And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and
respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when
we wish, or walk alone when we so desire.
--Ayn Rand
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand>
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