Navy (RAN). He graduated from the Royal Australian Naval College in 1919
and was given command of the sloop HMAS Swan in 1937. During World
War II, he saw action in the Mediterranean aboard HMS Naiad (surviving
her sinking in 1942), served as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, and
commanded HMAS Hobart in the South West Pacific, earning the
Distinguished Service Order. Dowling took command of the RAN's first
aircraft carrier, HMAS Sydney, in 1948. He rose to become Chief of
Naval Staff (CNS), the RAN's highest-ranking position, from 1955 until
1959. As CNS he had to deal with shortages of money, manpower and
equipment, and with the increasing role of the United States in
Australia's defence planning at the expense of traditional ties with
Britain. Knighted in 1957, he served as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff
Committee from 1959 until 1961, when he retired. In 1963 he was
appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and became
Australian Secretary to HM Queen Elizabeth II, serving until his death
in 1969.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Dowling>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1588:
Anglo-Spanish War: The Spanish Armada (a galleass pictured),
with 130 ships and over 30,000 men, set sail from Lisbon for the English
Channel in an attempt to invade England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Armada>
1754:
French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a
company of colonial militia from Virginia ambushed a force of 35
Canadiens in the Battle of Jumonville Glen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jumonville_Glen>
1937:
The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated when he was summoned
to Buckingham Palace to "kiss hands" and accept the office of Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_Neville_Chamberlain>
1987:
West German aviator Mathias Rust flew his Cessna 172 through
the supposedly impregnable Soviet air defense system and landed in Red
Square, Moscow.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust>
2004:
Ayad Allawi was unanimously elected by the Iraqi Governing
Council to be the interim Prime Minister of Iraq.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayad_Allawi>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
crown molding:
(finish carpentry, interior decorating) A molding at the edge of a room
between ceiling and wall.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crown_molding>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I enjoy decoration. By accumulating this mass of detail you throw
light on things in a longer sense: in the long run it all adds up. It
creates a texture — how shall I put it — a background, a period,
which makes everything you write that much more convincing. Of course,
all artists are terrible egoists. Unconsciously you are largely writing
about yourself. I could never write anything factual; I only have
confidence in myself when I am another character. All the characters in
my books are myself, but they are a kind of disguise.
--Patrick White
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_White>
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