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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1798: Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared Quasi-War, fought entirely at sea. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-War> 1911: Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the open-water hunting of seals (example pictured). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Fur_Seal_Convention_of_1911> 1963: The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest during the Buddhist crisis. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Seven_Day_scuffle> 2012: The equivalent of five months' rain fell overnight in parts of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, causing flash floods that killed 171 people. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Krasnodar_Krai_floods> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: hebdomad: 1. (obsolete) A group of seven. 2. A period of seven days; a week. 3. (Gnosticism) A group of seven world-creating archons (supernatural beings) often regarded as somewhat hostile; also, a term of address for the Demiurge (“a being sometimes seen as the creator of evil”). <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hebdomad> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: In this complex world, science, the scientific method, and the consequences of the scientific method are central to everything the human race is doing and to wherever we are going. If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will be through intelligent application of science. --Robert A. Heinlein <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/daily-article-l Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
