German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of
the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part
of the Wehrmacht during World War II. It was composed of German officers
and Bosnian Muslim soldiers. Named Kama after a small dagger used by
Balkan shepherds, it was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded by
the Waffen-SS during World War II. Formed on 19 June 1944, it was built
around a cadre from the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS
Handschar (1st Croatian) but did not reach its full strength and never
saw action as a formation. Elements of the division fought briefly
against Soviet forces in southern Hungary in early October 1944
alongside the 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division. They were soon
disengaged from the front line in Hungary and had begun a move to the
German puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia, to join the 13th
SS Division when the Bosnian Muslim soldiers of the Kama division
mutinied on 17 October 1944. The cadre quickly regained control, but the
mutiny resulted in the division being formally dissolved on 31 October
1944.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Waffen_Mountain_Division_of_the_SS_Kama_(2nd_Croatian)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1269:
Louis IX of France imposed a fine of ten livres of silver on
Jews found in public without a yellow badge.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_badge>
1846:
The first officially recorded baseball game using modern rules
developed by Alexander Cartwright was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, US.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball>
1867:
Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico was executed by firing squad in
Querétaro.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico>
1961:
Kuwait declared independence from the United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait>
2009:
Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police
officers broke out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances
surrounding the death of a local chef.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishou_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
salad dodger:
(informal) An overweight person.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salad_dodger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 I do not envy people who think they have a complete
explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously
wrong.
--Salman Rushdie
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie>
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