Royal Australian Air Force, who later served as a member of the New
South Wales Legislative Assembly and Minister of the Crown. As a fighter
pilot during World War II, he shot down fifteen enemy aircraft in the
Desert War, becoming one of Australia's top-scoring aces and earning the
Distinguished Flying Cross. He went on to command No. 80 Squadron in
the South West Pacific, where he was awarded the US Air Medal. He was
also one of eight senior pilots who took part in the "Morotai Mutiny" of
April 1945. He led the Air Force Reserve as a group captain in the early
1950s. Active in business and in veterans' groups, he was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1955. As the Liberal
Member for Kirribilli from 1962 to 1976, he held cabinet posts in the
New South Wales Parliament, including Minister for Child Welfare and
Social Welfare (later Youth and Community Services), Minister for
Health, and Minister for Police and Services.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_Waddy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1777:
American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of
General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, and
then dismantled the Hudson River Chain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Forts_Clinton_and_Montgomery>
1910:
Eleftherios Venizelos was elected Prime Minister of Greece for
the first of his seven non-consecutive terms.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos>
1927:
The first successful feature sound film The Jazz Singer,
starring Al Jolson, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer>
1985:
Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in
the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Keith_Blakelock>
2000:
Denouncing corruption in the administration of Argentine
President Fernando de la Rúa and in the Senate, Vice President Carlos
Álvarez resigned from his office.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_%C3%81lvarez_(politician)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
whinge:
1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To complain, especially in an
annoying or persistent manner.
2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To whine.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whinge>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades
science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so
awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent
people couldn't do the same thing.
--David Brin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Brin>
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