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Quote of the Day
"Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't."
Word of the Day
optimistic
/ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/
adjective
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
Example: in an optimistic mood
The Meaning of Liff
ABERBEEG
vb.
Of amateur actors, to adopt a Mexican accent when called upon to play any variety of foreigner (except Pakistanis - from whom a Welsh accent is considered sufficient).
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On This Day
- 2009 A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths. Tel Aviv gay centre shootingThe Aguda - The Association for LGBTQ Equality in IsraelTel Aviv
- 2007 Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145 others. I-35W Mississippi River bridgeInterstate 35W (Minnesota)Mississippi RiverMinneapolisCatastrophic failure
- 2004 Nearly 400 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, when exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise. Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fireAsunción
- 1991 U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union. George H. W. BushChicken Kiev speechVerkhovna RadaKyiv
- 1984 Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England. PeatBog bodyLindow ManLindow MossCheshire
- 1981 "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV. Video Killed the Radio StarThe BugglesList of first music videos aired on MTVCable televisionMTV
- 1971 The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Concert for BangladeshBenefit concertGeorge HarrisonRavi ShankarBangladesh genocideMadison Square Garden
- 1946 Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia. Partisan Congress riotsBratislavaSlovak partisansThe Holocaust in Slovakia
- 1911 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate. Harriet QuimbyAero Club of America
- 1892 Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium. Jef DenynCarillonSt. Rumbold's CathedralMechelen
- 1876 Colorado was admitted as the 38th U.S. state. ColoradoU.S. state
- 1842 Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob. Lombard Street riotPhiladelphiaSlavery in the British and French Caribbean
- 1814 Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile. Grand Jubilee of 1814George I of Great BritainBattle of the Nile
- 1801 First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya. First Barbary WarUSS Enterprise (1799)SchoonerAction of 1 August 1801Tripoli, LibyaPolaccaList of single-ship actions
- 1798 French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast. French Revolutionary WarsBattle of the NileHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount NelsonFrançois-Paul Brueys d'AigalliersAbu Qir Bay
- 1774 British scientist Joseph Priestley (pictured) liberated oxygen gas, corroborating the discovery of the element by the German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Joseph PriestleyOxygenCarl Wilhelm Scheele
- 1714 George Louis, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era. Electorate of HanoverGeorge I of Great BritainGeorgian era
- 902 Arab–Byzantine wars: Led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid forces captured the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily. Arab–Byzantine warsIbrahim II of IfriqiyaAghlabid dynastyByzantine EmpireTaorminaMuslim conquest of Sicily
- 527 Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. Justin IJustinian IByzantine Empire
- -30 War of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria, establishing Roman Egypt. War of ActiumAugustusMark AntonyCleopatraAlexandriaRoman Egypt