Museum of Indianapolis in the U.S. state of Indiana. It was originally
installed in 1917 at an amusement park near the White River where it
remained until the building housing it collapsed in 1956. The ride's
mechanism was destroyed, but the animals were relatively unscathed and
put into storage by the park's owners, the Indianapolis Park District.
The animals were carved by the Dentzel Carousel Company sometime before
1900 and assembled by the William F. Mangels carousel company, which
also supplied the engine powering the ride. Restoration of the animals
began in 1966 and was only finished with the restoration of the entire
carousel in 1977. A 1919 Wurlitzer organ model 146B, a type manufactured
only for carousels, was also installed. As restored, the carousel is 42
feet (13 meters) wide and has a total of 42 animals, including – as
well as the usual horses – goats, giraffes, deer, a lion, and a
tiger. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Ripple_Park_Carousel>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1541:
After three years of exile, John Calvin returned to Geneva to
reform the church under a body of doctrine that came to be known as
Calvinism.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism>
1759:
Seven Years' War: British forces defeated the French at the
Battle of the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, New France, though
General James Wolfe was mortally wounded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham>
1814:
War of 1812: Fort McHenry in Baltimore's Inner Harbor was
attacked by British forces during the Battle of Baltimore, inspiring
Francis Scott Key to write "Defence of Fort McHenry", which later was
used as the lyrics to the United States' national anthem.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key>
1933:
Elizabeth McCombs became the first woman elected to the
Parliament of New Zealand.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_McCombs>
1985:
Super Mario Bros., one of the best-selling and most influential
video games of all time, was first released for the NES in Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hardline:
1. (business) A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware
targeting the do-it-yourself customer.
2. (business) A retail product collection which includes many non-
information goods, such as home appliances, housewares, sporting goods,
in addition to the DIY hardware which is the focus of the first
definition, above.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hardline>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
ZEUS, n. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as
Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog. Some
explorers who have touched upon the shores of America, and one who
professes to have penetrated a considerable distance to the interior,
have thought that these four names stand for as many distinct deities,
but in his monumental work on Surviving Faiths, Frumpp insists that the
natives are monotheists, each having no other god than himself, whom he
worships under many sacred names.
--Ambrose Bierce
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce>
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