(12,200 km2) archipelago of hundreds of islands in the South Atlantic
Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. East and West Falkland, the two largest
islands, are about 300 miles (500 km) east of South America's southern
Patagonian coast, at a latitude of about 52°S. The Falklands have
internal self-governance, with the United Kingdom taking responsibility
for their defence and foreign affairs. The islands' capital is Stanley
on East Falkland (Government House pictured). At various times, the
islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements.
Britain reasserted its rule in 1833, although Argentina maintained its
claim to the islands. In April 1982, Argentine forces occupied the
islands. British administration was restored two months later at the end
of the Falklands War. The population (2,932 inhabitants in 2012)
primarily consists of native Falkland Islanders, the majority of British
descent. Other ethnicities include French, Gibraltarian and
Scandinavian. Immigration from the United Kingdom, the South Atlantic
island of Saint Helena, and Chile has reversed a population decline.
Falkland Islanders have been British citizens since 1983. Local trades
include fishing, tourism and sheep farming.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1066:
Harold Godwinson, widely regarded as the last Anglo-Saxon king
before the Norman conquest, was crowned King of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson>
1449:
The last Byzantine-Roman Emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos,
was crowned, four years before the Fall of Constantinople.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_XI_Palaiologos>
1907:
Italian educator Maria Montessori opened her first school and
day care center for working class children in Rome, employing the
philosophy of education that now bears her name.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori>
1960:
National Airlines Flight 2511, traveling from New York City to
Miami, exploded in midair due to a bomb placed by an unknown party,
resulting in the deaths of all 34 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_2511>
1977:
The record label EMI ended its contract with the English punk
rock band Sex Pistols in response to its members' disruptive behaviour
at London Heathrow Airport two days earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Pistols>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
at first blush:
(idiomatic) Upon first impression or consideration; seemingly,
apparently, ostensibly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/at_first_blush>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Your thought sees power in armies, cannons, battleships,
submarines, aeroplanes, and poison gas. But mine asserts that power lies
in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures,
he will be the loser at the end. Your thought differentiates between
pragmatist and idealist, between the part and the whole, between the
mystic and materialist. Mine realizes that life is one and its weights,
measures and tables do not coincide with your weights, measures and
tables. He whom you suppose an idealist may be a practical man.
--Khalil Gibran
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Khalil_Gibran>
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