AFM | Tuesday, 10/16/2018 | #31
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
- Global Cat Day
- Information Overload Day
- National Department Store Day
- National Face Your Fears Day
- National Dictionary Day
- National Learn a Word Day
- National Pharmacy Technician Day
- World Food Day
- Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
This day in history
- First Chinese Nuclear Test Codenamed Chic-1 or 596, the 22 kiloton uranium fission device was dropped at Lop Nur. With this test, China became the fifth nuclear power state in the World. The other four are the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France. Israel is thought to have nuclear weapons, however, they do not publicly admit the fact.
- 1964
- Food and Agriculture Organization established The Food and Agriculture Organization, popularly known as the FAO was established in Quebec City, Canada.
- 1945
- The Walt Disney Company is Founded A leader in the international entertainment industry, the company was created by brothers Walt and Roy as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. Today, the company is synonymous with cartoon and animated movies and characters.
- 1923
Born on this day
- John Mayer · American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer · 1977 · Paul Kariya · Canadian ice hockey player · 1974 · National Boss Day · First Non-Italian to Win the Papacy since 1523 Karol Józef Wojtyła, the Archbishop of Kraków, won the papal elections that were held after his predecessor Pope John Paul I died after only 33 days in office. As Pope, Wojtyła took on the name of John Paul II. He was the second-longest serving pope in modern history, after Pope Pius IX, who was in office for over 31 years. · 1978 · Angela Lansbury · English/American actress, singer · 1925 · Eugene O'Neill · American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate · 1888 · David Ben-Gurion · Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel · 1886 · National Liqueur Day
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Dan Wheldon — English race car driver (2011)
- Moshe Dayan — Israeli general, politician, 5th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Israel) (1981)
- Liaquat Ali Khan — Indian/Pakistani lawyer, politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1951)
Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.— Winnie the Pooh
The answer
Joe
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 #31 · 10/16/2018 ·