[Daily article] June 30: Covent Garden Published On

Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West
End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. On the north side are
shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials; the south side holds the
Royal Opera House (also called Covent Garden), the Drury Lane theatre,
the London Transport Museum, and other cultural and entertainment
venues. Its central square (pictured) is a popular shopping and tourist
site. The area was originally the "garden of the Abbey and Convent",
with orchards for Westminster Abbey, around 1200. In 1630 the 4th Earl
of Bedford commissioned Inigo Jones to design the Italianate arcaded
square, which served as a prototype for other estates as London grew. A
small open-air market and its neighbourhood fell into disrepute as
taverns, theatres and brothels opened up; the gentry moved away, and
rakes, wits and playwrights moved in. Charles Fowler's neo-classical
building was erected in 1830 to cover and organise the market. Further
buildings were added: the Floral Hall, Charter Market, and in 1904 the
Jubilee Market. The central building reopened as a shopping centre in
1980 with cafes, pubs, small shops and a craft market.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covent_Garden>

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1559:

During a jousting match, Gabriel Montgomery of the Garde
Écossaise mortally wounded King Henry II of France, piercing him in the
eye with his lance.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_France>

1860:

Seven months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the
Origin of Species, several prominent British scientists and philosophers
participated in an evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum in
Oxford, England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Oxford_evolution_debate>

1908:

A massive explosion occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska
River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, knocking over 80 million
trees over 2,150 square kilometres (830 sq mi).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event>

1966:

The National Organization for Women, one of the United States'
leading feminist organizations, was founded in Washington, D.C.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organization_for_Women>

2009:

Schoolgirl Bahia Bakari was the sole survivor when Yemenia
Flight 626 crashed into the Indian Ocean killing 152 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenia_Flight_626>

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coop:
1. A basket, pen or enclosure for birds.
2. A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.
3. (figuratively, slang) A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a
prison. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coop>

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  There was a time when only wise books were read helping us to bear
our pain and misery. This, after all, is not quite the same as leafing
through a thousand works fresh from psychiatric clinics. And yet the
world is different from what it seems to be and we are other than how we
see ourselves in our ravings.  
--Czesław Miłosz
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[Daily article] June 29: Robert of Jumièges Published On

Robert of Jumièges (died 1052–1055?) was the first Norman Archbishop
of Canterbury. He had served as prior of the Abbey of St Ouen at Rouen
in Normandy, before becoming abbot of Jumièges Abbey (pictured), near
Rouen, in 1037. He was a friend and advisor to the king of England,
Edward the Confessor, who appointed him Bishop of London in 1044, and
then archbishop in 1051. Robert's time as archbishop lasted only about
eighteen months. He had already come into conflict with the powerful
Earl Godwin of Wessex, and had made attempts to recover lands lost to
Godwin and his family. He also refused to consecrate Spearhafoc,
Edward's choice to succeed Robert as Bishop of London. The rift between
Robert and Godwin culminated in Robert's deposition and exile in 1052,
and he died at Jumièges shortly after. Robert commissioned significant
building work at Jumièges and was probably involved in the first
Romanesque building in England, the church built in Westminster for
Edward the Confessor, now known as Westminster Abbey. Robert's treatment
by the English was used as one of the justifications of William the
Conqueror for his invasion of England.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_of_Jumi%C3%A8ges>

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1659:

Russo-Polish War: The hetman of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky and his
allies defeated the armies of Russian Tsardom led by Aleksey Trubetskoy
at the Battle of Konotop in the present-day Sumy Oblast of Ukraine.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Konotop>

1864:

Canada's worst railway accident took place when a passenger
train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near
present-day Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St-Hilaire_train_disaster>

1974:

Isabel Perón was sworn in as the first female President of
Argentina, replacing her ill husband Juan Perón, who died two days
later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Mart%C3%ADnez_de_Per%C3%B3n>

2006:

The US Supreme Court delivered its decision in Hamdan v.
Rumsfeld, ruling that military commissions set up by the Bush
administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay violated both US and
international law.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdan_v._Rumsfeld>

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bentwood:
1. (woodworking, countable and uncountable) Also attributive. Lengths of
wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent
into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
2. (countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from
bentwood.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bentwood>

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  The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature
but plunges us more deeply into them.  
--Antoine de Saint Exupéry
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[Daily article] June 28: George S. Patton slapping incidents Published On

After he slapped two soldiers, US Lieutenant General George S. Patton
was sidelined from combat command by General Dwight Eisenhower and Army
Chief of Staff George C. Marshall. On 3 August 1943, during the Sicily
Campaign of World War II, Patton struck, kicked and berated a soldier he
found at an evacuation hospital with no apparent injuries, for being
"gutless"; in fact, the soldier had malaria with a temperature of
102.2 °F (39.0 °C). Patton struck another soldier complaining of
"nerves" at another hospital seven days later and threatened him with a
pistol for being a "whimpering coward"; in fact, the soldier had been
begging to rejoin his unit. Both soldiers suffered from what is now
known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Patton's actions were
suppressed in the news until journalist Drew Pearson publicized them.
Congress and the general public expressed both support and disdain.
Patton was removed from combat command for almost a year, but did take a
decoy command in Operation Fortitude to mislead German agents as to the
location of the planned invasion of Europe. His later successes
commanding the US Third Army largely rehabilitated his reputation.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton_slapping_incidents>

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1776:

American Revolutionary War: South Carolina militia repelled a
British attack on Charleston.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sullivan%27s_Island>

1846:

Belgian clarinetist Adolphe Sax received a patent for the
saxophone (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxophone>

1914:

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,
Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo
Princip during a motorcade in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of World
War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria>

1956:

Workers demanding better conditions held massive protests in
Poznań, Poland, but were violently repressed by the following day by
400 tanks and 10,000 soldiers of the Polish People's Army and the
Internal Security Corps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozna%C5%84_1956_protests>

1981:

Seventy-three leading officials of Iran's Islamic Republican
Party were killed when a bomb exploded at the party's headquarters in
Tehran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafte_Tir_bombing>

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

night-biter:
An animal, especially an insect such as a mosquito, that bites during
the night.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/night-biter>

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  I deny that villany is ever necessary. It is impossible that it
should ever be necessary for any reasonable creature to violate all the
laws of justice, mercy, and truth. No circumstances can make it
necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity. It can
never be necessary for a rational being to sink himself below a brute.
 
--John Wesley
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[Daily article] June 27: 2010 Sylvania 300 Published On

The 2010 Sylvania 300 was an American stock car racing competition held
at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon on September 19. The 300-lap
race was the twenty-seventh in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as
well as the first in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ended
the season. Clint Bowyer (pictured) of the Richard Childress Racing team
won the race; Denny Hamlin finished second and Jamie McMurray came in
third. Brad Keselowski started at the pole position, but was quickly
passed by Tony Stewart. Many participants in the Chase for the Sprint
Cup, including Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Hamlin, were in the top
ten for most of the race, although some encountered problems in the
closing laps. Stewart was leading the race with two laps remaining but
ran out of fuel, giving the lead, and the win, to Bowyer. There were
twenty-one lead changes and eight cautions during the race. It was
Bowyer's first win in the 2010 season, and the third of his career.
Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, ahead
of Toyota and Ford. Attendance was 95,000, and the television audience
was 3.68 million.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Sylvania_300>

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1571:

Elizabeth I of England issued a royal charter establishing
Jesus College, the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College,_Oxford>

1743:

War of the Austrian Succession: In the last time that a British
monarch personally led his troops into battle, George II and his forces
defeated the French in Dettingen, Bavaria.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dettingen>

1927:

Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi led a conference to
discuss Japan's plans for China, out of which came the Tanaka Memorial,
a strategic document detailing these plans (now believed to be a
forgery).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Memorial>

1986:

In Nicaragua v. United States, the International Court of
Justice ruled that the United States had violated international law by
supporting the Contras in their rebellion against the Nicaraguan
government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_v._United_States>

2008:

President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe was overwhelmingly re-
elected after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew a week earlier,
citing violence against his party's supporters.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_general_election,_2008>

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

from pillar to post:
(idiomatic) From one place (or person, or task) to another; hither and
thither.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/from_pillar_to_post>

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  Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while
every pessimist would keep the world at a standstill. The consequence of
pessimism in the life of a nation is the same as in the life of the
individual. Pessimism kills the instinct that urges men to struggle
against poverty, ignorance and crime, and dries up all the fountains of
joy in the world.  
--Helen Keller
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[Daily article] June 26: Seacology Published On

Seacology is a nonprofit charity headquartered in Berkeley, California,
that focuses on preserving island ecosystems and cultures. It originated
with the work of ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox in the village of Falealupo
in Samoa. When the villagers were being pressured to sell logging rights
to their rainforest in 1988 to build a new school, Cox and his wife
offered to help secure funds in return for an agreement with the
villagers to protect their forest. Cox and the village chief, Fuiono
Senio (both pictured), later received the Goldman Environmental Prize
for their efforts. As demand increased for similar projects on other
islands, Cox, along with Bill Marré and Ken Murdock, founded Seacology
in 1991. By 2016, the nonprofit had initiated 200 projects globally,
helping to preserve 1,116 square miles (2,890 km2) of marine habitat
and 946.7 square miles (2,452 km2) of terrestrial habitat. The
organization fosters ecotourism, and has helped raise emergency funds
following destructive tsunamis. It was featured in the music video "What
About Now" by the American rock band Daughtry.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seacology>

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Today's selected anniversaries:

363:

Roman emperor Julian was killed during the retreat from his
campaign against the Sassanid Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor)>

1243:

Mongol invasions of Anatolia: Mongols achieved a decisive
victory over the Seljuq Turks, leading to the decline and disintegration
of the Seljuk state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_K%C3%B6se_Da%C4%9F>

1740:

War of Jenkins' Ear: A Spanish column of 300 regular troops,
free black militia and Indian auxiliaries stormed Britain's
strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Mose>

1906:

The 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing
competition, was held outside Le Mans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_French_Grand_Prix>

2006:

Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigned
after weeks of political unrest.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Alkatiri>

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shark bait:
1. (humorous) One who has been or is likely to be attacked by a shark.
2. (humorous, by extension) One who is in a precarious or vulnerable
position; a dead duck.
3. (Australia, colloquial) A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore, a shark
baiter. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shark_bait>

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  Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to
be amused rather than shocked.  
--Pearl S. Buck
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[Daily article] June 25: Hitler Diaries Published On

The forged diaries of Adolf Hitler are a series of sixty volumes of
journals created by Konrad Kujau (pictured) between 1981 and 1983. They
were purchased in 1983 for 9.3 million Deutsche Marks (US$3.7 million)
by the West German news magazine Stern through one of their journalists,
Gerd Heidemann. Stern sold serialisation rights to several news
organisations, including The Sunday Times. In April 1983, at a press
conference to announce the forthcoming publication, several
historians—including two who had previously authenticated the
diaries—raised questions over their validity, and subsequent forensic
examination quickly confirmed they were forgeries. As Stern's scoop
began to unravel, it became clear that Heidemann, who had an obsession
with the Nazis, had stolen a significant proportion of the money
provided. Kujau and Heidemann both spent time in prison for their parts
in the fraud, and several newspaper editors lost their jobs. The scandal
has been adapted for the screen twice: as Selling Hitler (1991) for the
British ITV channel, and the following year as Schtonk!, a German film.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries>

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1658:

Anglo-Spanish War: English colonial forces repelled a Spanish
attack in the largest battle ever fought on Jamaica.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_Nuevo>

1910:

The United States Congress passed the Mann Act, which
prohibited interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Act>

1940:

Second World War: The evacuation of nearly 200,000 Allied
soldiers from French ports was completed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ariel>

1967:

More than 400 million people viewed Our World, the first live,
international satellite television production.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_(TV_special)>

2006:

Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped in a cross-border
raid from the Gaza Strip on the crossing Kerem Shalom, and was held
hostage by Hamas until 2011.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit>

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Brexit:
(Britain, politics) The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the
European Union.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brexit>

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  All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of
lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia.  
--George Orwell
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[Daily article] June 24: Horse-fly Published On

Horse-flies are large flies of the family Tabanidae that feed mainly on
nectar. The males have weak mouthparts; only the females bite animals,
including humans, to obtain enough protein from the blood to produce
eggs. For this they use a stout stabbing organ and two pairs of sharp
cutting blades to bite, and a spongelike part to lap up the blood that
flows from the wound. They can transfer blood-borne diseases from one
animal to another. They can also reduce growth rates in cattle and lower
the milk output of cows if suitable shelters are not provided; some
animals have lost up to 300 millilitres of blood in a single day to the
insects. Horseflies prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady
areas, and are inactive at night. They are found all over the world
except for some islands and the polar regions. The larvae are predaceous
and grow in semiaquatic habitats. Horse-flies have appeared in
literature since Aeschylus in Ancient Greece wrote about them driving
people to madness. Gadflies (horse-flies and botflies) are mentioned in
Shakespeare's plays King Lear and Antony and Cleopatra.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly>

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1374:

An outbreak of dancing mania, wherein crowds of people danced
themselves to exhaustion, took place in Aachen (present-day Germany),
before spreading to other cities and countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania>

1571:

Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi established a
council to govern the city of Manila (Manila Cathedral pictured), now
the capital of the Philippines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila>

1812:

Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée under Napoleon
crossed the Neman River, marking the start of their invasion of Russia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia>

1937:

The United States' first two "fast battleships", the North
Carolina class, were ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval
Shipyards.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina-class_battleship>

1982:

British Airways Flight 9 flew into a cloud of volcanic ash
thrown up by the eruption of Indonesia's Mount Galunggung, resulting in
the failure of all four of its engines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9>

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arborescent:
1. Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree;
branching.
2. (philosophy) Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and
dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arborescent>

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  Humor is … nearer right than any emotion we have. Humor is the
atmosphere in which grace most flourishes.  
--Henry Ward Beecher
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[Daily article] June 23: Len Hutton Published On

Len Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was a Test cricketer who
played for Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Marked out as a
potential star from his teenage years, Hutton made his debut for
Yorkshire in 1934 and by 1937 was playing for England. He set a record
in 1938 for the highest individual innings in a Test match, scoring 364
runs against Australia, a milestone that stood for nearly 20 years.
During the Second World War, he received a serious arm injury that never
fully recovered. In 1946, he assumed a role as the mainstay of England's
batting; the team depended greatly on his success for the remainder of
his career. In 1952, he became the first professional cricketer of the
20th century to captain England in Tests; under his captaincy in 1953,
England won the Ashes for the first time in 19 years. As a batsman,
Hutton was cautious and built his style on a sound defence. He remains
statistically among the best batsmen to have played Test cricket, and
was knighted for his contributions to the game in 1956. He went on to be
a Test selector, a journalist and broadcaster, an engineering firm
director and, in 1990, Yorkshire's president.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Hutton>

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1780:

American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army victory in the
Battle of Springfield effectively put an end to British ambitions in New
Jersey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Springfield_(1780)>

1858:

Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish boy, was seized by papal
authorities and taken to be raised as a Roman Catholic, sparking an
international controversy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortara_case>

1946:

Canada's largest onshore earthquake, measuring 7.3 Mw, struck
Vancouver Island, but only caused two casualties since there were no
heavily populated areas near its epicenter.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Vancouver_Island_earthquake>

1956:

Gamal Abdel Nasser became President of Egypt, a post he held
until his death in 1970.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser>

1991:

The first installment of the Sonic the Hedgehog video game
series was first released, transforming Sega into a leading game
company.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)>

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sexuality:
1. That which is characterized or distinguished by sex. […]
2. Sexual orientation.
3. Sexual identity, gender.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sexuality>

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  Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn't
suck.  
--Joss Whedon
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[Daily article] June 22: Sons of Soul Published On

Sons of Soul is the third studio album by American R&B; group Tony!
Toni! Toné!, released on June 22, 1993, by Wing Records and Mercury
Records. The group recorded at several studios in California before
moving their sessions to the Caribbean Sound Basin studio in Trinidad,
where they wrote, recorded, and produced most of the album. They used
session musicians and vintage and contemporary recording equipment.
Incorporating live instrumentation and elements from funk and hip hop,
including samples and scratches, they also paid homage to their musical
influences, classic soul artists of the 1960s and 1970s. Lead singer and
bassist Raphael Wiggins wrote the music and quirky, flirtatious lyrics
for most of the songs. A commercial success, Sons of Soul charted for 43
weeks on the Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum in the US.
It was acclaimed by music critics and named the best album of 1993 by
The New York Times and Time magazine. With its success, Tony! Toni!
Toné! became one of the most popular R&B; acts during the genre's
commercial resurgence in the early 1990s.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Soul>

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1633:

Galileo Galilei was forced to recant his heliocentric view of
the Solar System by the Roman Inquisition, after which, as legend has
it, he muttered under his breath, "And yet it moves."
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair>

1807:

The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the
American frigate USS Chesapeake in the belief that the latter had
deserters from the Royal Navy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake%E2%80%93Leopard_Affair>

1941:

World War II: As over 4.5 million Axis troops began their
invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an
uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation and establish a
new government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania>

1978:

Working at the US Naval Observatory, American astronomer James
W. Christy discovered Charon, then considered the sole moon of Pluto.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)>

1986:

Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored both the "Hand of
God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the
quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_v_England_(1986_FIFA_World_Cup)>

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hoon:
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A hooligan, a lout; specifically, a
person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street
drag racer often driving heavily customized cars. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoon>

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  The true end of Man, or that which is prescribed by the eternal
and immutable dictates of reason, and not suggested by vague and
transient desires, is the highest and most harmonious development of his
powers to a complete and consistent whole.  
--Wilhelm von Humboldt
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[Daily article] June 21: Mortara case Published On

The Mortara case was a controversy precipitated by the Papal States'
seizure of Edgardo Mortara, a six-year-old Jewish child, from his family
in Bologna, Italy, in 1858. The city's inquisitor, Father Pier Feletti,
heard from a servant that she had administered emergency baptism to the
boy when he fell sick as an infant, and the Supreme Sacred Congregation
of the Roman and Universal Inquisition held that this made the child
irrevocably a Catholic. Because the Papal States had forbidden the
raising of Christians by members of other faiths, it was ordered that he
be taken from his family and brought up by the Church. After visits from
the child's father, international protests mounted, but Pope Pius IX
would not be moved. The boy grew up as a Catholic with the Pope as a
substitute father, trained for the priesthood in Rome until 1870, and
was ordained in France three years later. In 1870 the Kingdom of Italy
captured Rome during the unification of Italy, ending the pontifical
state; opposition across Italy, Europe and the United States over
Mortara's treatment may have contributed to its downfall.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortara_case>

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1529:

War of the League of Cognac: The French army under Francis de
Bourbon was destroyed in Lombardy, present-day Italy, by the Spanish
army.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Landriano>

1848:

In the Wallachian Revolution, Ion Heliade Rădulescu and
Christian Tell proclaimed a new republican government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachian_Revolution_of_1848>

1919:

During the Winnipeg general strike in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada, members of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police charged into the
crowd of strikers on horseback, beating them with clubs and firing
weapons.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_general_strike>

1963:

Italian cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini was elected as Pope
Paul VI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI>

2004:

SpaceShipOne completed the first privately funded human
spaceflight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne>

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contumacy:
(chiefly Christianity and law) Disobedience, resistance to authority.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contumacy>

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  Human existence is obviously distinguished from animal life by its
qualified participation in creation. Within limits it breaks the forms
of nature and creates new configurations of vitality. Its transcendence
over natural process offers it the opportunity of interfering with the
established forms and unities of vitality as nature knows them.  
--Reinhold Niebuhr
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[Daily article] June 20: Schmerber v. California Published On

Schmerber v. California (1966) was a landmark US Supreme Court case that
clarified whether a search warrant is required before taking blood
samples from a suspect, and whether those samples may be introduced into
evidence in a criminal prosecution. In a 5–4 opinion, the court held
that forced extraction of a blood sample is not compelled testimony and
does not violate the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-
incrimination. The court also held that search warrants are ordinarily
required by the Fourth Amendment for intrusions into the human body,
except under exigent circumstances. In 2013, the Supreme Court specified
in Missouri v. McNeely that a warrant may be required for a blood sample
from someone suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, even
though their blood alcohol level is likely to drop before a warrant can
be obtained. Because the court's ruling in Schmerber prohibited the use
of warrantless blood tests in most circumstances, some commentators
argue that the decision was responsible for the proliferation of
breathalyzers to test for alcohol and urine analyses to test for
controlled substances in criminal investigations.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmerber_v._California>

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1756:

A garrison of the British army in India was imprisoned in the
Black Hole of Calcutta in conditions so cramped that at least 43 died.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta>

1782:

The Congress of the Confederation adopted the Great Seal of the
United States, used to authenticate certain documents issued by the
federal government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States>

1837:

Victoria succeeded to the British throne, starting a reign that
lasted for more than 63 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria>

1900:

Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army began a 55-day siege
of the Legation Quarter in Beijing.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_International_Legations>

2009:

During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-
Soltan was captured on video and widely distributed on the Internet,
making it "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Neda_Agha-Soltan>

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economical with the truth:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) Not telling the whole truth, especially in
order to present a false image of a situation; untruthful; lying. Often
used with sarcasm or satire.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/economical_with_the_truth>

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  All of us have the privilege of making music that helps and heals
— to make music that makes people happier, stronger and kinder. Don't
forget: music is God's voice.  
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[Daily article] June 19: Quatermass and the Pit Published On

Quatermass and the Pit is a British television science-fiction serial
that was transmitted live by BBC Television in December 1958 and January
1959. It was the third and last of the BBC's Quatermass serials, all
written by Nigel Kneale. In Knightsbridge, London, a strange skull and
an alien spacecraft are discovered; Professor Bernard Quatermass and his
newly appointed military superior at the British Experimental Rocket
Group, Colonel Breen, join the investigation. The ship and its contents
have a powerful and malign influence over many of those who come in
contact with it, including Quatermass. He discovers that aliens,
probably from Mars, had long ago engineered a human genetic legacy
responsible for much of the war and strife in the world. The serial has
been cited as an influence on Stephen King and the film director John
Carpenter. It featured in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes
compiled by the British Film Institute in 2000, which described it as
"completely gripping". The character reappeared in a 1979 ITV production
called Quatermass.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatermass_and_the_Pit>

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1816:

The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, rival fur-
trading companies, engaged in a violent confrontation in present-day
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Oaks>

1850:

Louise of the Netherlands married Crown Prince Karl of Sweden-
Norway.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_the_Netherlands>

1939:

Former American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States
as "Lou Gehrig's Disease".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig>

1970:

The Patent Cooperation Treaty, an international law treaty, was
signed, providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to
protect inventions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_Cooperation_Treaty>

2006:

The ceremonial "first stone" of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault,
a facility established to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds from
locations worldwide in an underground cavern in Spitsbergen, Norway, was
laid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault>

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dad dancing:
The making of embarrassing flamboyant dance moves to pop music by
middle-aged men.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dad_dancing>

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  The unhappy legacies of authoritarianism can be removed only if
the concept of absolute power as the basis of government is replaced by
the concept of confidence as the mainspring of political authority: the
confidence of the people in their right and ability to decide the
destiny of their nation, mutual confidence between the people and their
leaders and, most important of all, confidence in the principles of
justice, liberty and human rights.  
--Aung San Suu Kyi
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[Daily article] June 18: Chickasaw Turnpike Published On

The Chickasaw Turnpike is a short two-lane toll road in the rural south
central region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It stretches for 13.3
miles (21.4 km) from north of Sulphur to just south of Ada, running
southwest-to-northeast through Murray and Pontotoc counties. The first
section opened in 1991. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority owns, maintains,
and collects tolls on most of it; a four-mile (6.4 km) segment was
transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in 2011.
Originally it was part of a plan to link Ada to the Interstate system
and connect southern and eastern Oklahoma with a longer turnpike. It was
proposed at the same time as three other turnpikes, which would become
the Kilpatrick Turnpike in Oklahoma City, the Creek Turnpike in Tulsa,
and the Cherokee Turnpike in eastern Oklahoma. Rural legislators
objected to the Kilpatrick and Creek Turnpikes, and moved to block them
unless the Chickasaw Turnpike was built. Lightly traveled, the road is
used by about 2,000 vehicles per day. It is the only two-lane turnpike
in Oklahoma.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw_Turnpike>

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860:

A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sailed into the Bosporus and
started pillaging the suburbs of Constantinople.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(860)>

1815:

War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte fought and
lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo in present-day Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo>

1953:

A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after
takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikawa_air_disaster>

1983:

Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were
hanged because of their membership in the Bahá'í Faith.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Mahmudnizhad>

2009:

NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, its first
mission to the moon in over ten years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter>

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mandilion:
A loose outer garment resembling a cassock or coat, often sleeveless,
worn by soldiers over armour or by menservants as a type of overcoat.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mandilion>

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  Quantum theory is now discussing instantaneous connections between
two entangled quantum objects such as electrons. This phenomenon has
been observed in laboratory experiments and scientists believe they have
proven it takes place. They're not talking about faster than the speed
of light. Speed has nothing to do with it. The entangled objects somehow
communicate instantaneously at a distance. If that is true, distance has
no meaning. Light-years have no meaning. Space has no meaning. In a
sense, the entangled objects are not even communicating. They are the
same thing. At the "quantum level" (and I don't know what that
means), everything may be actually or theoretically linked. All is one.
Sun, moon, stars, rain, you, me, everything. All one.  
--Roger Ebert
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[Daily article] June 17: Silent Hill 4 Published On

Silent Hill 4: The Room is a survival horror video game, the fourth
installment in the Silent Hill series developed by Konami Computer
Entertainment Tokyo. It was published by Konami and translated by Jeremy
Blaustein. The game and its soundtrack were released in Japan in June
2004, and in North America and Europe the following September, for the
PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. In 2012, it was released on
the Japanese PlayStation Network. Unlike the previous installments,
which were set primarily in the town of Silent Hill, this game is set in
the fictional town of South Ashfield, and follows Henry Townshend as he
attempts to escape from his locked-down apartment. During the course of
the game, Henry explores a series of supernatural worlds and finds
himself in conflict with an undead serial killer. The fourth installment
in the series features an altered gameplay style with third-person
navigation and plot elements taken from previous installments. Upon its
release, the game received generally positive critical reaction, with
mixed reaction to its deviations from the rest of the series.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill_4>

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1631:

Mumtaz Mahal, wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in
childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her
mausoleum, the Taj Mahal (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_and_architecture_of_the_Taj_Mahal>

1843:

New Zealand Wars: An armed posse of Europeans set out from
Nelson to arrest Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha and clashed with Māori,
resulting in 26 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wairau_Affray>

1922:

Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral
completed the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aerial_crossing_of_the_South_Atlantic>

1940:

Second World War: Britain's worst maritime disaster occurred
when at least 3,000 people were killed as a result of the troopship
RMS Lancastria's sinking by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria>

1991:

The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population
Registration Act, which required that each inhabitant of South Africa be
classified and registered by race as part of the system of apartheid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_Registration_Act,_1950>

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chyron:
(television) A set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television
screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chyron>

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  We live in a beautiful and orderly world, not in a chaos without
norms, as we sometimes seem to.  
--M. C. Escher
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[Daily article] June 16: Pancreatic cancer Published On

Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ
behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass.
There are usually no symptoms in the cancer's early stages; by the time
of diagnosis, it has often spread to other parts of the body. Symptoms
of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the most common form of pancreatic cancer,
may include yellow skin, abdominal or back pain, unexplained weight
loss, light-colored stools, dark urine and loss of appetite. It rarely
occurs before the age of 40, and more than half of cases occur in those
over 70. The risk is lower among non-smokers and people who maintain a
healthy weight and limit their consumption of red or processed meat. It
can be treated with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, palliative
care, or a combination of these, depending in part on the cancer stage.
It is never cured by nonsurgical treatments, though any of these will
sometimes improve quality of life, particularly palliative care. It
typically has a very poor prognosis: 25% of people live for one year
after diagnosis, and 5% for five years.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer>

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1407:

During the Ming–Hồ War, the Chinese Ming armies captured
Hồ Quý Ly and his sons, thus ending the Vietnamese Hồ dynasty.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming%E2%80%93H%E1%BB%93_War>

1795:

French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a British
Royal Navy battle squadron commanded by William Cornwallis fended off a
numerically superior French Navy fleet.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwallis%27s_Retreat>

1883:

More than 180 out of 1,100 children died in the Victoria Hall
stampede in Sunderland, England, when they stampeded down the stairs to
collect gifts from the entertainers after the end of a variety show.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Hall_stampede>

1963:

Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became
the first woman in space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova>

2010:

Bhutan became the first country to institute a total ban on
tobacco.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Control_Act_of_Bhutan_2010>

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zany:
1. Unusual and bizarre in a funny, comical way; outlandish; clownish.
2. Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zany>

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  Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts:
secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants, willing to be dethroned.
 
--Ulysses
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[Daily article] June 15: Amanita bisporigera Published On

Amanita bisporigera is a fungus that produces a deadly poisonous
mushroom commonly known as the destroying angel, a name it shares with
three other lethal white Amanita species. It is found on the ground in
mixed coniferous and deciduous forests of Eastern North America, and
rarely in western North America and Colombia. It has a smooth white cap
that can reach up to 10 cm (3.9 in) across with crowded white gills,
and a stalk up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long with a delicate white skirt-like
ring near the top. The bulbous base is covered with a membranous sac-
like volva. First described in 1906, A. bisporigera typically bears two
spores on the basidia, as the species name suggests. The mushroom
produces amatoxins, which inhibit a vital enzyme when eaten, RNA
polymerase II. The first symptoms of poisoning appear 6 to 24 hours
after consumption, followed by a period of apparent improvement, then by
progressive liver and kidney failure, and death after four days or more.
The DNA of A. bisporigera has been partially sequenced, and the genes
responsible for the production of amatoxins have been determined.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_bisporigera>

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1215:

King John of England put his seal to Magna Carta.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta>

1878:

Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that
all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation
pictured); the study became the basis of motion pictures.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallie_Gardner_at_a_Gallop>

1919:

After nearly 16 hours, the Vickers Vimy flown by John Alcock
and Arthur Whitten Brown crash-landed in County Galway, Ireland, to
complete the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown>

1954:

The Union of European Football Associations, the administrative
and controlling body for European football, was founded in Basel,
Switzerland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA>

1996:

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a
truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring
more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Manchester_bombing>

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dung beetle:
A type of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae noted for rolling dung into
balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dung_beetle>

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  We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond
the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll
do it not so much with speeches that sound good as with speeches that
are good and sound; not so much with speeches that will bring people to
their feet as with speeches that will bring people to their senses.
 
--Mario Cuomo
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[Daily article] June 14: 2003 Sri Lanka cyclone Published On

The 2003 Sri Lanka cyclone produced the worst flooding in that country
in 56 years. The first storm of the 2003 North Indian Ocean cyclone
season, it developed over the Bay of Bengal on May 10 and reached peak
maximum sustained winds of 140 km/h (85 mph) on May 13, making it a
very severe cyclonic storm according to the India Meteorological
Department. In the wake of prolonged precipitation during the first half
of May, the stationary cyclone in the central Bay of Bengal produced
torrential rains across southwest Sri Lanka, especially in the
mountains. A station at Ratnapura recorded 366.1 millimetres (14.41 in)
of rainfall in 18 hours on May 17, including 99.8 mm (3.93 in) in
one hour. Flooding and landslides destroyed 24,750 homes and damaged
32,426 others, displacing about 800,000 people. Damage totaled about
US$135 million, and there were 260 deaths. The cyclone also produced
some rainfall in the Indian Andaman and Nicobar Islands and along
India's eastern coast. The storm funneled moisture away from the
mainland, possibly contributing to a heat wave that killed
1,900 people.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Sri_Lanka_cyclone>

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1645:

English Civil War: In the Battle of Naseby, the main army of
King Charles I was defeated by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under
Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Naseby>

1800:

War of the Second Coalition: In the Battle of Marengo,
Napoleonic forces secured victory over the Habsburgs when defeat had
appeared inevitable until the arrival of French troops led by Louis
Desaix.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marengo>

1846:

Anglo-American settlers in the Town of Sonoma began a rebellion
against Mexico, proclaiming the California Republic and eventually
raising a homemade flag with a bear and star.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic>

1966:

The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of
prohibited books.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum>

1999:

Thabo Mbeki took office as the second President of South
Africa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Mbeki>

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dark horse:
1. (idiomatic) Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics
that are not known or expected by others.
2. (idiomatic, politics) A candidate for an election who is nominated
unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as
a likely choice.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dark_horse>

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  In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by
what you finally accomplish.  
--Donald Trump
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[Daily article] June 13: North Carolina-class battleship Published On

The two battleships of the North Carolina class were built shortly
before the US entered World War II. North Carolina (launched 13 June
1940) and Washington had 16-inch guns, heavy firepower for their size,
but their design sacrificed some speed and armor. North Carolina took
part in every major US naval offensive of the Pacific War and was the
most highly decorated American battleship of World War II. Washington
initially went undetected by the Japanese in the second naval battle of
Guadalcanal, a chaotic night engagement, until its main guns hit the
battleship Kirishima at close range, sinking the ship the next day. In
February 1944, Washington's bow was crushed in a collision with the
battleship Indiana, but the damage was repaired in time to join the
Battle of the Philippine Sea in June. After the war, both ships helped
withdraw American military personnel from overseas deployments. The
vessels were laid up in the reserve fleet until the early 1960s, when
Washington was scrapped and North Carolina became a permanent museum
ship in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina-class_battleship>

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1525:

Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, defying the celibacy
discipline decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_von_Bora>

1886:

King Ludwig II of Bavaria was found dead in Lake Starnberg near
Munich under mysterious circumstances.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_II_of_Bavaria>

1935:

In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, underdog
James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion
of the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Braddock>

1966:

The Miranda v. Arizona landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court
established the Miranda warning, requiring law enforcement officials to
advise a suspect in custody of his rights to remain silent and to obtain
an attorney.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona>

2007:

Former Iraqi government official Haitham al-Badri orchestrated
a second bombing of the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in
Shia Islam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_al-Askari_Mosque_bombing>

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tribulation:
Any adversity; a trying period or event.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tribulation>

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  God wills, man dreams, the work is born.  
--Fernando Pessoa
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[Daily article] June 12: James B. Weaver Published On

James B. Weaver (1833–1912) was a two-time candidate for US president
and a congressman from Iowa. After serving in the Union Army in the
Civil War, Weaver worked for the election of Republican candidates, as
an advocate for farmers and laborers. He switched to the Greenback
Party, and with Democratic support, won election to the House in 1878.
The Greenbackers nominated Weaver for president in 1880, but he received
only 3.3 percent of the popular vote. He was again elected to the House
in 1884 and 1886, where he worked for expansion of the money supply and
for the opening of Indian Territory to white settlement. As the
Greenback Party fell apart, he helped organize a new left-wing party,
the Populists, and was their nominee for president in 1892. This time he
gained 8.5 percent of the popular vote and won five states. The
Populists merged with the Democrats by the end of the 19th century, and
Weaver went with them, promoting the candidacy of William Jennings Bryan
for president in 1896, 1900, and 1908. Several of Weaver's political
goals became law after his death, including the direct election of
senators and a graduated income tax.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Weaver>

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1240:

The Disputation of Paris began in the court of King Louis IX,
in which four rabbis defended the Talmud against Nicholas Donin's
accusations of blasphemy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputation_of_Paris>

1776:

The Fifth Virginia Convention adopted a declaration of rights,
a hugely influential document that proclaimed the inherent rights of
men.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights>

1889:

Runaway passenger carriages collided with a following train
near Armagh, present-day Northern Ireland, killing 80 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armagh_rail_disaster>

1942:

On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank began keeping her diary
during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl>

1999:

In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo
War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of
establishing a secure environment in the territory.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Force>

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drama llama:
(slang) A histrionic person.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drama_llama>

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  I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our
hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same
time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up
my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on,
different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of
interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the
humorous side of the most dangerous moments.  
--Anne Frank
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[Daily article] June 11: Portrait of Monsieur Bertin Published On

Portrait of Monsieur Bertin is an 1832 oil-on-canvas painting by Jean-
Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It depicts Louis-François Bertin
(1766–1841), a writer, art collector and director of the pro-royalist
Journal des débats. Having achieved acclaim as a history painter,
Ingres accepted portrait commissions with reluctance, regarding them as
a distraction. The painting had a prolonged genesis; he agonised over
the pose and made several preparatory sketches. The final work presents
Bertin as a personification of the commercially minded leaders of the
liberal reign of Louis Philippe I, emanating a restless energy. He is
physically imposing and self-assured but his real-life personality
shines through – warm, wry and engaging to those who had earned his
trust. The portrait is an unflinchingly realistic depiction of aging;
Ingres emphasises the furrowed skin and thinning hair of an overweight
man who maintains his resolve and determination. Although Bertin's
family worried that the painting might been seen as a caricature, it is
widely regarded as Ingres' finest male portrait and has been at the
Musée du Louvre since 1897.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Monsieur_Bertin>

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1345:

Inspecting a new prison without being escorted by his
bodyguard, Alexios Apokaukos, megas doux of the Byzantine Navy, was
lynched and killed by the prisoners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_Apokaukos>

1847:

Afonso died at age two, leaving his father Pedro II, the last
emperor of Brazil, without a male heir.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso,_Prince_Imperial_of_Brazil>

1956:

The six-day Gal Oya riots, the first ethnic riots targeting the
minority Sri Lankan Tamils in post-independent Sri Lanka, began,
eventually resulting in the deaths of at least 150 people and 100
injuries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_riots>

1963:

The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor of
Alabama George Wallace stepped aside after defiantly blocking the
entrance to an auditorium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door>

2012:

Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a
massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Afghanistan_earthquakes>

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grit:
Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grit>

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  They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship.
The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince
as soon as his groom.  
--Ben Jonson
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[Daily article] June 10: Coinage Act of 1873 Published On

The Coinage Act of 1873 declared that US dollar coins struck from silver
bullion were no longer considered legal tender, thus placing the nation
firmly on the gold standard and ending bimetallism. In 1869, silver was
expensive, and not much of it was being presented at the Mint to be
struck into coins, but Deputy Comptroller of the Currency John Jay Knox
and others foresaw that cheaper ore from the Comstock Lode and elsewhere
would soon became available. To replace the outdated Mint Act of 1837,
Knox drafted a bill that took nearly three years to pass. It was rarely
mentioned during Congressional debates that the bill would end
bimetallism, though this was not concealed. The bill was finally signed
into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. When silver prices dropped in
1876, producers sought to have their bullion struck at the Mint, only to
learn that this was no longer possible. The resulting political
controversy lasted the remainder of the century, pitting those who
valued the deflationary gold standard against those who called the Act
the "Crime of '73", believing the free coinage of silver to be necessary
for economic prosperity.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_Act_of_1873>

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1838:

More than 25 Australian Aborigines were massacred near
Inverell, New South Wales.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myall_Creek_massacre>

1871:

Nine days after Korean shore batteries attacked two American
warships, an American punitive expedition landed and captured several
forts on Ganghwa Island.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_expedition_to_Korea>

1918:

First World War: Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-
Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Szent_Istv%C3%A1n>

1925:

The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant
church, held its inaugural service in Toronto's Mutual Street Arena.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada>

1991:

Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake
Tahoe, California; she remained a captive until 2009.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jaycee_Dugard>

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corpus:
1. (uncommon) A body.
2. (linguistics) A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a
specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/corpus>

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  He who inflicts a vile and unjust harm by using the power and the
force with which he is invested, does not conquer; the true victory is
to have on one's side Right naked and entire.  
--Luís de Camões
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[Daily article] June 9: Sonam Kapoor Published On

Sonam Kapoor (born 9 June 1985) is an Indian film star and one of the
highest-paid Bollywood actresses. The daughter of actor Anil Kapoor, she
studied theatre and arts at the United World College of South East Asia
in Singapore. She became an assistant director to Sanjay Leela Bhansali
on the film Black (2005), and made her acting debut in the romantic
drama Saawariya (2007). She had her first commercial success three years
later in the romantic comedy I Hate Luv Storys (2010), followed by a
string of commercial failures. The financially successful Raanjhanaa
(2013) marked a turning point in her career, earning her several Best
Actress nominations. She played a princess in the melodrama Prem Ratan
Dhan Payo (2015)—one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films—and
garnered critical acclaim for portraying the titular role in the
biographical thriller Neerja (2016), one of the highest-grossing
Bollywood films featuring a female protagonist. She is outspoken in
support of breast cancer awareness, LGBT rights, and other causes. She
has been nominated for four Filmfare Awards.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Kapoor>

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411 BC:

Wealthy Athenians overthrew the democratic government of
ancient Athens and replaced it with a short-lived oligarchy known as
"The Four Hundred".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_coup_of_411_BC>

1856:

Mormon pioneers began leaving Iowa City, Iowa, and headed west
for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled
handcarts.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers>

1923:

Bulgarian armed forces overthrew the government of the
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union headed by Aleksandar Stamboliyski and
replaced it with one under Aleksandar Tsankov.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_of_1923>

1946:

After King Ananda Mahidol was assassinated, Bhumibol Adulyadej,
the world's longest-reigning current monarch, ascended to the throne of
Thailand.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej>

1973:

Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the
first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter-century, and lowering
the track and world record times for 1½ mile distance races to 2:24.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_(horse)>

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eggcorn:
(linguistics) An idiosyncratic but semantically motivated substitution
of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound identical, or nearly
so, at least in the dialect the speaker uses.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eggcorn>

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  They say that spring Means just one thing To little lovebirds.
We're not above birds, Let's misbehave.  
--Cole Porter
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[Daily article] June 8: Paul McCartney Published On

Paul McCartney (b. 1942) is an English singer-songwriter and composer.
Along with John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he was a
member of the Beatles, a 1960s rock band that became the top-selling
band of all time, and one of the most critically acclaimed. His Beatles
song "Yesterday" has been covered by over 2,200 artists, more than any
other copyrighted song in history. After the band's break-up, he pursued
a solo career and formed Wings with Denny Laine and Linda McCartney, his
first wife. Wings' 1977 release "Mull of Kintyre" is one of the all-time
best-selling singles in the UK. A two-time inductee into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist) and
a 21-time Grammy Award winner, McCartney has written or co-written 32
number one Billboard Hot 100 songs. He has released an extensive
catalogue of songs as a solo artist and has composed classical and
electronic music. He has supported international charities promoting
animal rights, land mine removal, vegetarianism, poverty reduction, and
music education. He was knighted for his contributions to music in 1997.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney>

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1783:

Iceland's Laki craters began an eight-month eruption,
triggering major famine and massive fluorine poisoning.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki>

1856:

Descendants of Tahitians and the HMS Bounty mutineers settled
on Norfolk Island, an abandoned British penal colony.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island>

1929:

Margaret Bondfield became the first female member of the
Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by
Ramsay MacDonald.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bondfield>

1953:

Two tornadoes caused by the same storm killed more than 200
people in Flint, Michigan and Worcester, Massachusetts, two cities more
than 650 miles (1,050 km) apart.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint%E2%80%93Worcester_tornado_outbreak_sequence>

2008:

A Japanese man drove a truck into a crowd of pedestrians in the
Akihabara district of Tokyo, then proceeded to stab at least 12 people
before being apprehended.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara_massacre>

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newspeak:
A mode of talk by politicians and officials using ambiguous words to
deceive the listener.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/newspeak>

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  The world isn't fair, but as long as it's tilting in my direction
I find that there's a natural cap to my righteous indignation.  
--Scott Adams
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[Daily article] June 7: Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption Published On

Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption is a 2000 role-playing video game
developed by Nihilistic Software. Released by Activision for Microsoft
Windows on June 7, 2000, and for Mac OS in 2001, the game is based on
White Wolf Publishing's role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade. It
follows the vampire Christof Romuald from the Dark Ages of 12th century
Prague and Vienna to modern-day London and New York City in search of
his humanity and his kidnapped love, the nun Anezka. The player controls
Christof and up to three allies in first- and third-person perspectives.
Nihilistic took 24 months to complete the game on a budget of US$1.8
million. The game received a mixed critical response; reviewers praised
its graphics and multiplayer functionality, but were polarized by the
quality of the story and combat. Its high-quality graphics and sound ran
poorly on some computer systems. It received the 1999 Game Critics
Awards for Best Role-Playing Game. Vampire: The Masquerade –
Bloodlines, set in the same fictional universe, was released in November
2004.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade_%E2%80%93_Redemption>

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1692:

An estimated 7.5 MW earthquake caused Port Royal, Jamaica, to
sink below sea level and killed approximately 5,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1692_Jamaica_earthquake>

1788:

Citizens of Grenoble threw roof tiles onto royal soldiers, an
event sometimes credited as the beginning of the French Revolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Tiles>

1899:

American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation entered a saloon in
Kiowa, Kansas, and proceeded to destroy all the alcoholic beverages with
rocks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation>

1948:

Rather than sign the Ninth-of-May Constitution making his
nation a Communist state, Edvard Beneš chose to resign as President of
Czechoslovakia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Bene%C5%A1>

2006:

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, was
killed when the United States Air Force bombed his safehouse near
Baqubah.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Musab_al-Zarqawi>

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quagmire:
1. A swampy, soggy area of ground.
2. (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless
tangle; a predicament.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quagmire>

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  It is brave to be involved To be not fearful to be unresolved.
 
--Gwendolyn Brooks
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[Daily article] June 6: Omaha Beach Published On

Omaha Beach was one of five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-
occupied France in the Normandy landings on D-Day, 6 June 1944, during
World War II. The untested 29th Infantry Division and nine companies of
U.S. Army Rangers assaulted the western half of the beach; the battle-
hardened 1st Infantry Division targeted the eastern half. The opposing
German 352nd Infantry Division troops, mostly teenagers with no
battalion-level training and some Eastern Front veterans, were largely
deployed in strongpoints along the coast. The initial assault waves of
tanks, infantry, and combat engineer forces were tasked with reducing
the coastal defenses to allow larger ships to land. Little went as
planned: most landing craft missed their targets, and the defenses were
unexpectedly strong. Troops could not clear the heavily defended exits
off the beach, delaying later landings. Groups of survivors eventually
improvised assaults, scaling the bluffs between the most heavily
defended points. By the end of the day, two small isolated footholds had
been won, and the original objective of a beachhead 5 miles deep was
achieved within days.

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_Beach>

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1862:

American Civil War: The Union Army's victory in the First
Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval presence on
the Mississippi River.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Memphis>

1882:

The Shewa kingdom made big strides towards gaining supremacy
over the Ethiopian Empire by defeating the Gojjam and gaining control of
territories south of the Gibe River.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Embabo>

1912:

The largest eruption of the 20th century created the Novarupta
volcano in the Alaska Peninsula, US.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novarupta>

1982:

A war in Lebanon began when Israeli forces invaded southern
Lebanon to root out members of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War>

2004:

During a joint sitting of both houses of the Indian Parliament,
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam announced that Tamil was to be made the
first legally recognised classical language of India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_language>

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bisque:
1. A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
2. A pale pinkish brown colour.
3. (ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit. […]
4. (sports) An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
[…]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bisque>

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  It is a fact that a man's dying is more the survivors' affair
than his own. Whether he realizes it or not, he illustrates the
pertinence of the adage: So long as we are, death is not; and when death
is present, we are not. In other words, between death and us there is no
rapport; it is something with which we have nothing to do — and only
incidentally the world and nature. And that is why all living creatures
can contemplate it with composure, with indifference, unconcern, with
egoistic irresponsibility.  
--Thomas Mann
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