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Quote of the Day
"You will succeed because most people are lazy."
Word of the Day
tenacious
/təˈneɪʃəs/
adjective
Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
The Meaning of Liff
PUDSEY
n.
The curious-shaped flat wads of dough left on a kitchen table after someone has been cutting scones out of it.
Met Museum
Badge or Harness Pendant
ca. 1400
MoMA Highlight
The Starry Night
1889
Vincent van Gogh
Oil on canvas
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On This Day
- 2018 Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France. Mario MandžukićOwn goal2018 FIFA World Cup final
- 2016 The Peace at Home Council, a faction of the Turkish Armed Forces, staged a coup d'état attempt against the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Peace at Home CouncilTurkish Armed Forces2016 Turkish coup attemptRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
- 2012 South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style". PsyGangnam Style
- 2009 Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard. Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
- 2009 A .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 7.8 earthquake struck a remote region of Fiordland, New Zealand, the country's largest earthquake magnitude since the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Seismic magnitude scales2009 Dusky Sound earthquakeFiordland1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
- 1983 Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000 (pictured), was released in Japan. SegaSG-1000
- 1943 The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army. Emilia Plater Independent Women's BattalionFirst Polish Army (1944–1945)
- 1870 Following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, Manitoba was established as a province of Canada. Rupert's LandHudson's Bay CompanyManitobaProvinces and territories of Canada
- 1815 Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars. HMS Bellerophon (1786)NapoleonRoyal NavyFrederick Lewis MaitlandNapoleonic Wars
- 1799 French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was essential in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts. Fort JulienRosettaRosetta StoneDecipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts
- 1410 The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. Crown of the Kingdom of PolandGrand Duchy of LithuaniaTeutonic OrderBattle of GrunwaldPolish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War