The Sovetsky Soyuz class was a class of battleships begun by the Soviet Union but never brought into service. They were designed in response to the German Bismarck-class battleships, and would have rivaled the Imperial Japanese Yamato class and America's planned Montana class in size, although with significantly weaker firepower. Only four hulls of the fifteen originally planned had been laid down by 1940, when the decision was made to cut the program to only three ships to divert resources to an army-rearmament program. Construction of the first four ships was plagued with difficulties as the Soviet shipbuilding and related industries were not prepared to build such large ships. One battleship, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, was cancelled after serious construction flaws were found. Construction of the other three ships was suspended shortly after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June1941. All three of the surviving hulls were scrapped in the late 1940s. (Fullarticle...)
1996 – Abdullah Çatlı, a leader of the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves, was killed in a car crash near Susurluk, Turkey, sparking a scandal that exposed the depth of the state's complicity in organized crime.
Eunos MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East–West Line (EWL) in Geylang, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station is connected to the Eunos Bus Interchange and provides access to nearby landmarks such as the Masjid Darul Aman and the Mangala Vihara Buddhist Temple. Eunos appeared in plans for the initial MRT system in May1982, and construction of the station began in January 1986 under a joint venture between Oh Teck Thye and Okumura Corporation. Oh Teck Thye was placed under receivership in December1986, terminating the joint venture, with Okumura continuing the project alone. Eunos, along with nine other stations from Marina Bay to Tanah Merah, opened on 4November 1989. Platform screen doors were installed at Eunos in 2011. Unlike adjacent EWL elevated stations, which have domed roofs, Eunos has a traditional Malay roof. The station also has two murals as part of SMRT's heritage-themed Comic Connect public art display. (Fullarticle...)
1970 – Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child, pseudonymously known as Genie, who had spent nearly her entire life in social isolation.
Nikolai Kulikovsky (5November 1881– 11August 1958) was the second husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the sister of Tsar NicholasII and daughter of Tsar AlexanderIII. He was born into a military landowning family from the south of the Russian Empire, and followed the family tradition by entering the army. In 1903, he was noticed by Grand Duchess Olga during a military review, and they became close friends. Olga wanted to divorce her first husband, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, and marry Kulikovsky, but neither her husband nor her brother, the Tsar, would allow it. Kulikovsky and Olga eventually married and had two sons. Olga's brother was deposed in the Russian Revolution and Kulikovsky was dismissed from the army by the revolutionary government. The Kulikovskys were then forced into exile in Denmark, where they lived until after World WarII. The family emigrated to Canada in 1948. Kulikovsky died in 1958, aged 76, and was buried at York Cemetery, Toronto. (Fullarticle...)
1854 – Crimean War: Despite being severely outnumbered, and fighting in heavy foggy conditions, the allied armies of the United Kingdom and France defeated the Russians in present-day Inkerman, Ukraine.
Bill Madden (14February 1924– 6November 1951) was an Australian Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest award for extraordinary acts of gallantry away from the field of battle that could be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces at the time. The citation for his award highlighted his "undaunted" resistance and "outstanding heroism" while a prisoner of war during the Korean War, which was "an inspiration to all his fellow prisoners". Madden served in the New Guinea and Bougainville campaigns in the latter stages of World WarII. He reenlisted during the Korean War in 1950 and joined the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in November that year as a private. Madden participated with his unit in the constant offensives and counter-offensives– between the United Nations forces on one side and the North Korean and Chinese forces on the other– during early 1951, before being concussed and captured during the Battle of Kapyong in April. (Fullarticle...)
Premises are true or false statements that act as the starting points of arguments by presenting reasons to substantiate or refute assertions. For example, the premises "all men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man" guarantee the conclusion "Socrates is mortal". Explicit premises are overtly stated, whereas implicit premises are tacitly assumed without appearing in the text. Independent premises give distinct reasons, whereas dependent premises only work in combination. The role of premises in arguments is typically either to preserve truth or to transfer justification to a conclusion. To succeed, premises must be true or justified and must be relevant to the conclusion. In deductively valid arguments, true premises guarantee a true conclusion. In non-deductive arguments, the premises aim to make the conclusion more reasonable or increase its probability. Defective arguments, called fallacies, can often arise from faulty premises. Premises are central to many fields, including logic, argumentation theory, mathematics, philosophy, science, and law. (Fullarticle...)
Fórmula, Vol.1 is the debut studio album of Romeo Santos(pictured), released on November8, 2011. It experiments with bachata, R&B and flamenco music genres. In the U.S., the album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Latin and Tropical Albums charts, and was the best-selling Latin album of 2012. It was certified three times platinum (Latin field) by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping 300,000 copies; it had sold 328,000 copies in the U.S. by February2014. It ranked at number13, 26, and 77 on the Argentine, Mexican, and Spanish album charts, respectively. The album was generally well received by critics, though some duets were criticized as attempts to appeal outside the bachata audience. The album earned Santos accolades including a Grammy Award nomination, three Billboard Latin Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, and a Soberano Award. Four of the record's singles reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the U.S. (Fullarticle...)
2013 – Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the deadliest Philippine typhoon recorded in modern history.
The SoHo Weekly News was a weekly alternative newspaper published in New York City from 1973 to 1982, competing with The Village Voice. The paper struggled financially, was sold in 1979, and ceased publication three years later. It was known for its coverage of the Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo as the area was becoming gentrified, and for its highlighting of emerging music acts (especially punk bands) in local venues. Although the official editorial stance was anti-gentrification, one retrospective argued that its coverage of local culture and business contributed to the upward trend in property values. Many of the staff went on to have distinguished careers after the paper shut down: Bill Cunningham spent decades at The New York Times as a photojournalist, Allan Tannenbaum became known for his coverage of rock musicians, and Bruce Weber got his start photographing male fashion models with an influential photo story showing an underwear-clad male model in erotic poses. (Fullarticle...)
1913 – A severe blizzard reached its maximum intensity in the Great Lakes Basin of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 tons of cargo, and killing more than 250 people.
Regulus is an 1828 painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. He significantly overpainted it in 1829 to repair damage, and in 1837 to increase the Sun's brightness. The painting depicts the mythological tale of the Roman general Marcus Atilius Regulus, who was captured by the Carthaginian Empire and tortured to death after refusing to be part of a prisoner exchange. Whether the painting depicts Regulus's torture of being blinded by looking at the Sun, his departure from Rome or Carthage, or some other setting has been debated by scholars. Regulus's location in the painting is also uncertain. Regulus was controversial in its time, receiving both praise and critique from Turner's contemporaries. In 1863, it was stabbed by a man during viewing hours, who expressed contempt towards the painting's artistic technique and Turner himself. Several derivative works have been created from the painting, including two engravings and two depictions of its 1837 repainting. (Fullarticle...)
1898 – White supremacists seized power and massacred black Americans during the Wilmington massacre,(newspaper headline depicted) the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
In their 2022–23 season, Notts County competed in the National League. The team was involved in an intense race with Wrexham for the league title and the solitary automatic promotion place. They finished second with 107 points and qualified for the play-offs, beating Chesterfield on penalties in the final to be promoted to the English Football League. Led by head coach Luke Williams(pictured), Notts County played 51 competitive matches, winning 34, drawing 13, losing four, and breaking numerous club records. Macaulay Langstaff scored 42 goals during the campaign, setting new club and league records for the most goals scored by a player in a single season. The necessity of a team with such a high points tally having to win promotion via the play-offs prompted discussion about increasing the number of promotion and relegation places between the National League and EFL. The team's rivalry with Wrexham featured in season two of the television programme Welcome to Wrexham. (Fullarticle...)
Aucanquilcha is a large compound volcano in Chile. It has the form of a ridge reaching an altitude of 6176m above sea level and formed between 1.04 and 0.23million years ago. During the ice ages, Aucanquilcha was covered in an ice cap that left moraines and cirques. It has generated lava in a dacite composition. Systematic variations in temperature, crystal and biotite content have been recorded during the evolution of the cluster. They reflect the change of the magma supply conduits in the crust from dispersed magma chambers to a centralized volcanic system. One mine at an altitude of 5950m was opened in 1913; it remained in use from 1950 to 1992, constituting at that time the world's highest mine, and mined the sulfur deposits of the volcano in its summit area. As part of this mining activity, a road and an aerial cableway were built on Aucanquilcha. In 1986, four men were reported to be living at an altitude of 5900m, making them the highest permanent residents on Earth.(Fullarticle...)
"Can't Let Go" is a song recorded by Mariah Carey(pictured) for her second album Emotions. Columbia Records released it as the album's second single in November 1991. Featuring synthesizers and drum programming, "Can't Let Go" is an R&B and pop slow jam that describes post-breakup sadness. Carey's vocal range spans more than three octaves; her delivery is predominantly breathy and in a low register, with whistle notes in the song's introduction and ending. Critics considered "Can't Let Go" a vocal showcase for Carey but gave the composition mixed reviews. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and ended her streak of five consecutive number one songs. It was her lowest-charting single in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands at the time, but peaked within the top ten on sales and airplay charts in Canada and at number twenty in the United Kingdom. Jim Sonzero directed the music video, which depicts Carey singing alone in an empty house. (Fullarticle...)
Mark Satin (born November 16, 1946) is an American political theorist and writer. He contributed to the development of neopacifism in the 1960s, New Age politics in the 1970s and 1980s, and radical centrism in the 1990s and 2000s. After emigrating to Canada to avoid serving in the Vietnam War, he wrote the Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada, which sold nearly 100,000 copies. Then came New Age Politics (1978), which identifies an emergent third force pursuing such goals as simple living, decentralism, and global responsibility. Satin spread his ideas by co-founding the New World Alliance and publishing New Options newsletter. He also co-draftied the foundational statement of the U.S. Green Party, "Ten Key Values". Following a period of political disillusion Satin wrote Radical Middle (2004) which criticizes political partisanship and promotes mutual learning and innovative policy syntheses. In 2023 Satin wrote Up From Socialism: My 60-Year Search for a Healing New Radical Politics. (Fullarticle...)
Dividing the Light was one of the installation artworks that inspired the game.
Islands: Non-Places is an abstract art game developed and published by Carl Burton. It was released on November 17, 2016, and consists of a series of anonymous, liminal environments, each rendered in a stylized manner. The gameplay is minimal and consists mainly of clicking on the environment and observing what unfolds. In developing Islands, Burton drew inspiration from diverse sources, including the work of anthropologist Marc Augé, the installation art of James Turrell(example pictured) and the field recordings of Chris Watson. Critical response was generally positive, and the game was nominated for the Nuovo Award at the 2016 Independent Games Festival. The positive reception focused on the abstract visuals and sound design, while some critics were disappointed with the limited scope of the gameplay. Although divided on the game's precise message, many critics described Islands as leaving them with a feeling of renewed wonder at mundane things in the real world. (Fullarticle...)
W. S. Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with Arthur Sullivan. Their Savoy operas, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado, are still performed by opera companies, repertory companies, schools and community theatre groups. Lines from these works have entered the English language. Gilbert also wrote the Bab Ballads, a collection of light verse accompanied by his comical drawings, in which he first developed his unique absurdist, inverted "topsy-turvy" style. His creative output included over 75 plays and libretti, numerous stories, poems, lyrics, theatre reviews, illustration and various other comic and serious pieces. His plays and realistic style of stage direction inspired other dramatists, including Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, and his comic operas with Sullivan inspired the development of modern musical theatre. (Fullarticle...)
Tôn Thất Đính (November 20, 1926 – November 21, 2013) was an officer who served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He is best known as one of the key figures in the November 1963 coup that led to the arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm, the first president of the Republic of Vietnam. After the coup, Đính became one of the 12 members of the Military Revolutionary Council, but this lasted only three months before a coup by General Nguyễn Khánh. Đính and his colleagues were put under house arrest by Khánh. Following Khánh's exile, Đính was appointed to command the I Corps in 1966 and ordered to put down the Buddhist Uprising, but Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ disapproved of his conciliatory policies. Kỳ launched a successful surprise attack against Đính, who fled, but was later captured and briefly imprisoned by Kỳ. After his release, Đính was elected to the Senate in 1967. He served in the upper house until the fall of Saigon in April 1975, when he fled Vietnam. (Fullarticle...)
1820 – The American whaleship Essex sank 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of the western coast of South America after it was attacked by a sperm whale, an event which inspired the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville(pictured).
2003 – Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer.
"Talking to Yourself" is a song by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen(pictured) from her sixth studio album, The Loneliest Time (2022). A dance-pop and synth-pop song with 1980s influences and a guitar solo, "Talking to Yourself" features Jepsen recalling a relationship with an ex-lover and wondering if he still has feelings for her. Jepsen wrote it with songwriter Simon Wilcox and its producers, Benjamin Berger and Ryan Rabin, from the production team Captain Cuts. School Boy and Interscope Records released it as the album's third single on September 16, 2022, alongside a music video. Music critics were generally positive about "Talking to Yourself", praising the catchy production and comparing its lyrical themes to Jepsen's other music. The track reached number eight on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas Songs chart. Jepsen included the song on the set list of her 2022–2023 concert tour, the So Nice Tour, and performed it at the Glastonbury Festival 2023. (Fullarticle...)
Mairzy Doates (April 1, 1976 – May 25, 1998) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and multiple graded stakes winner, most remembered for her victory at the inaugural Japan Cup in 1981. Owned by art dealer Arno D. Schefler and trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Horatio Luro, she competed successfully across the United States from 1978 to 1981, including winning the Yerba Buena Handicap twice. In her final race, she traveled to Tokyo for the first Japan Cup, an international invitational established by the Japan Racing Association to assess Japanese horses against international competition. Mairzy Doates won in course-record time, shocking Japan's racing industry and highlighting the disparity between Japanese and international horse-racing standards. Her victory is widely credited as a catalyst for the JRA's long-term efforts to improve Japanese breeding and racing, and made her the world's highest-earning mare of 1981. She retired to become a broodmare in Midway, Kentucky. (Fullarticle...)
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