AFM | Thursday, 9/27/2018 | #21
From the founding era. In 2018 this went out every weekday as a card, not an essay — so there is no narrative to publish here, and none has been invented. What follows is the edition itself, reconstructed from the two spreadsheets that recorded it.
Today is
- National Chocolate Milk Day
- National Corned Beef Hash Day
- Native American Women's Equal Pay Day
- World Maritime Day
- National Crush a Can Day
- National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- World Tourism Day
This day in history
- Establishment of Yemen Arab Republic Gamal Abdel Nasser declared the establishment of the Yemen Arab Republic after staging a coup that deposed the King Muhammad Al-Badr
- 1962
- Tripartite Pact is signed It established the Axis powers during World War II and was signed by representatives of Germany, Italy and Imperial Japan.
- 1940
- Constantine I of Greece abdicates Constantine I of Greece abdicated in favor of his son, George II, after a military revolt.
- 1922
Born on this day
- Avril Lavigne · Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, fashion designer · 1984 · Lil Wayne · American rapper, actor · 1982 · Gwyneth Paltrow · American actress, singer · 1972 · Meat Loaf · American singer-songwriter, producer, actor · 1947 · Samuel Adams · American politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts · 1722 · The Bali Tiger Goes Extinct Native to the Indonesian island of Bali, the Bali Tiger was made extinct due to human activities and hunting. On this day, the last known adult Balinese tiger was shot dead. · 1937
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Clara Bow · American actress · 1965 · Aimee Semple McPherson · Canadian/American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel · 1944 · Life Hack of the Day
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Failure is not an enemy. Failure is a teacher. Only those who have the courage to fail can learn the bitter taste of defeat. And can then discern the sweet taste of victory, when it graces their lips.— me
The answer
seven
The riddle itself wasn't kept. The index recorded the answer for every edition and the question for only some — this is one it didn't.
Aloha Friday Motivation
· Edition #21 · 9/27/2018 ·