union team who became a fighter ace in the Royal Australian Air Force
(RAAF) during World War II. Selected to play for Australia against the
United Kingdom in 1939, he had just arrived in England when war broke
out and the tour was cancelled. He joined the RAAF in 1940 and was
posted to North Africa with No. 3 Squadron in September 1941. Barr's
achievements as a combat pilot earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross
and Bar. Shortly after taking command of No. 3 Squadron in May 1942, he
was shot down and captured by Axis forces, and incarcerated in Italy. He
escaped and assisted other Allied fugitives to safety, receiving for his
efforts the Military Cross, a rare honour for an RAAF pilot. Repatriated
to England in 1944, he saw action during the invasion of Normandy before
returning to Australia as chief instructor with No. 2 Operational
Training Unit. He rejoined the RAAF as an active reserve officer from
1951 to 1953. After his subsequent success for many years in the oilseed
industry, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
in 1983.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Barr>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1508:
The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire
formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of
Venice.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai>
1884:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American author Mark Twain
was first published in the United Kingdom and Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn>
1907:
During the Brown Dog affair, about 1,000 protesters marched
through London and then clashed with 400 police officers in Trafalgar
Square over the existence of a memorial for animals which had been
vivisected.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Dog_affair>
1979:
The Kuomintang (KMT) dictatorship of Taiwan arrested a large
number of opposition leaders who had organized pro-democracy
demonstrations, an incident credited with ending the KMT's rule in 2000.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung_Incident>
1983:
Raúl Alfonsín became the first democratically elected
President of Argentina to take office after the fall of the military
dictatorship.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alfons%C3%ADn>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
chronique scandaleuse:
A journalistic account of a love affair, crime, or other sensational
event.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chronique_scandaleuse>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Who has not found the heaven below Will fail of it above. God's
residence is next to mine, His furniture is love.
--Emily Dickinson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson>
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