village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was
built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of
Cardiff. The castle's earth motte was reused by Gilbert de Clare as the
basis for a new stone fortification, built between 1267 and 1277. John
Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, inherited the castle ruins in
1848. One of Britain's wealthiest men, he employed the architect William
Burges to reconstruct the castle as a summer residence. Burges rebuilt
the outside before his death in 1881, and the interior work was finished
by his team in 1891; it featured elaborate decorations including
extensive use of symbolism drawing on classical mythology and legendary
themes. Crichton-Stuart planted a vineyard just below the castle, where
wine production continued until the First World War. In 1950 his
grandson, the 5th Marquess of Bute, placed the property into the care of
the state. Castell Coch is considered to be one of the best surviving
examples of Victorian architecture.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell_Coch>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1624:
Cardinal Richelieu became the chief minister to King
Louis XIII, and under his supervision, France's feudal political
structure transformed into one with a powerful central government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu>
1704:
War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough led
Allied forces to a crucial victory in the Battle of Blenheim.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim>
1898:
Spanish–American War: After a mock battle for Manila, the
Spanish commander surrendered to the U.S. in order to keep the city out
of Filipino rebel hands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1898)>
1942:
Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers authorized the construction of facilities that would house the
Manhattan Project.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project>
1996:
Belgian man Marc Dutroux was arrested for the kidnapping of 14
-year-old Laetitia Delhez, revealing a number of other victims and one
of Belgium's biggest child molestation cases.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oobleck:
A mixture of cornstarch and water with unusual physical properties.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oobleck>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The divine in man is our sole ground for believing that there is
anything divine in the universe outside of man. Man is the revealer of
the divine. At bottom, the world is to be interpreted in terms of joy,
but of a joy that includes all the pain, includes it and transforms it
and transcends it. The Light of the World is a light that is saturated
with the darkness which it has overcome and transfigured.
--Felix Adler
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Felix_Adler>
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