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Quote of the Day
"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
Word of the Day
tenebrous
/ˈtɛ.nə.bɹəs/
adjective
Dark and gloomy
The Meaning of Liff
AINSWORTH
n.
The length of time it takes to get served in a camera shop. Hence, also, how long we will have to wait for the abolition of income tax or the Second Coming.
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Column Base
10th century (?)
MoMA Highlight
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
1907
Pablo Picasso
Oil on canvas
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On This Day
- 2013 A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina. 2013 Rosario gas explosionRosario
- 2011 A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers. 2011 England riotsLondon boroughsKilling of Mark DugganMetropolitan Police
- 2010 Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead. 2010 Ladakh floodsMudflowDebris flowLadakhKashmir
- 2008 Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier. Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi2008 Mauritanian coup d'état
- 1997 Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard. Korean Air Flight 801Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
- 1996 Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive. MeteoriteAllan Hills 84001Allan HillsLife on Mars
- 1991 British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web. ProgrammerTim Berners-LeeHypertextInternetWorld Wide Web
- 1979 An earthquake struck along the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake, California, injuring sixteen people. 1979 Coyote Lake earthquakeCalaveras FaultCoyote Lake (Santa Clara County, California)
- 1965 U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans. Lyndon B. JohnsonVoting Rights Act of 1965Literacy testDisfranchisementAfrican Americans
- 1945 World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly. World War IIUnited States Army Air ForcesEnola GayLittle BoyNuclear weaponHiroshimaAtomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1944 World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured). World War IIAllies of World War IISaint-MaloBattle of Saint-Malo
- 1930 New York Supreme Court judge Joseph Force Crater disappeared in Manhattan, in a case that was never solved. New York Supreme CourtJoseph Force CraterManhattan
- 1892 The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State. Abir Congo CompanyNatural rubberCongo Free State
- 1777 The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York. Battle of OriskanyAmerican Revolutionary WarFort StanwixNew York (state)
- 1623 After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII. Pope Gregory XV1623 conclavePope Urban VIII
- 686 Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq. Second FitnaAlidsUmayyad CaliphateBattle of KhazirMosul