appearing in films directed by her father, Stephen Gyllenhaal, and
achieved recognition in a supporting role in the indie cult film Donnie
Darko (2001), which starred her brother, Jake Gyllenhaal. Her first
critically acclaimed role was in Secretary (2002); she received Golden
Globe nominations for this film and Sherrybaby (2006). She appeared in
the romantic comedy Trust The Man (2006) and such big-budget films as
World Trade Center (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008). She was nominated
for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Jean
Craddock in the musical-drama Crazy Heart (2009). She appeared in the
theatrical play Closer (2000) and in the television production The
Honourable Woman (2014), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for
Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. Gyllenhaal is an active
Democrat and a supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Before
the US-led invasion of Iraq she participated in anti-war demonstrations,
and she is active in causes involving human rights, civil liberties,
poverty and education. She is married to actor Peter Sarsgaard.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Gyllenhaal>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1484:
The College of Arms, one of the few remaining official heraldic
authorities in Europe, was established by royal charter in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Arms>
1791:
French inventor Claude Chappe and his brothers first
demonstrated the semaphore line, a signalling system of conveying
information by means of visual signals, using towers (replica pictured)
with pivoting shutters, also known as blades or paddles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_line>
1937:
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, precursor to the United
Steel Workers of America, made a dramatic breakthrough when it signed a
collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Workers_Organizing_Committee>
1965:
Vietnam War: The American and South Vietnamese air forces began
Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North
Vietnam that eventually became the most intense air/ground battle waged
during the Cold War period.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Rolling_Thunder>
1978:
Aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 28, Czech Vladimír Remek
became the first person not from the Soviet Union or the United States
to go into space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_28>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
party favor:
A small gift given to a guest at a party, as a souvenir.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/party_favor>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We have retreated from the perennial values. I don't think that
we need any new values. The most important thing is to try to revive the
universally known values from which we have retreated.
--Mikhail Gorbachev
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev>
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