national radio and television acts. He began developing his comedic and
pantomime skills at age 10 in a traveling medicine show. Over the next
decade he worked on a showboat, in the burlesque circuit, and in
vaudeville. In 1938 he became the host of radio's Avalon Time, and got
his own radio show in 1941, The Raleigh Cigarette Program, which debuted
many of his comedy characters. Though he regularly appeared on radio and
film, Skelton was most eager to work in television. The Red Skelton Show
premiered in 1951, and continued on a variety of networks and under
several names until 1971. Afterwards, he focused on painting, and
probably earned more from sales of lithographs of his works than from
his entire television career. He received many accolades, including two
stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and induction into the Television
and National Radio Halls of Fame.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Skelton>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1290:
Edward I issued an edict expelling all Jews from England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Expulsion>
1841:
Pedro II, the last Emperor of Brazil, having reigned in
minority since 1831, was acclaimed, crowned and consecrated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil>
1870:
The First Vatican Council declared that the Pope is infallible
when he solemnly declares a dogmatic teaching on faith as being
contained in divine revelation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_infallibility>
1995:
After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano
began a still-ongoing eruption, devastating the island of Montserrat.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soufri%C3%A8re_Hills>
2005:
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President George
W. Bush announced the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement, a
bilateral treaty on civil nuclear cooperation between their two
countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93United_States_Civil_Nuclear_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
disinter:
1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity
into view.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disinter>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
No one is born hating another person because of the colour of
his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate,
and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love
comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
--Nelson Mandela
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela>
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