AFM | Friday, 9/28/2018 | #22
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
- Hug a Vegetarian Day
- Sheikh Hasina
- Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 1947
- National Good Neighbor Day
- Bhagat Singh
- Indian activist
- 1907
- World Rabies Day
This day in history
- Israel and PLO Sign the Oslo II Accords The Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, also known as the Taba Agreement, divided Gaza and West Bank into 3 areas, and gave limited control over some of these areas to the Palestinians. The Accord, which was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, also called for Palestinian elections.
- 1995
- Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage Makes its Debut The widely popular 13-episode science television documentary series was broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service. It was presented by astronomer Carl Sagan and written by Ann Druyan, Sagan, and Steven Soter. It was, and remains, one of the most watched science-based TV documentaries.
- 1980
- Dissolution of the United Arab Republic A coup in Damascus led to the dissolution of the United Arab Republic, which was a short-lived union between Syria and Egypt.
- 1961
- First Flight Around the World On April 6, 1924, 4 teams of pilots from the United States Army Air Service set out from Seattle, Washington in an attempt to circumnavigate the world. The 4 Douglas World Cruiser planes were named Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans. 175 days later, Chicago and New Orleans touched down in Seattle – Boston and Seattle did not complete the 27,500-mile journey around the world.
- 1924
Born on this day
- Naomi Watts — English/Australian actress (1968)
- Brigitte Bardot — French actress, singer (1934)
- Al Capp — American cartoonist (1909)
Died on this day
- Pierre Trudeau — Canadian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (2000)
- Miles Davis — American trumpet player, composer, bandleader (1991)
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity!— Louis Pasteur
The answer
went to crime scene
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 #22 · 9/28/2018 ·