AFM | Friday, 10/19/2018 | #34
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
- Evaluate Your Life Day
- National Seafood Bisque Day
- New Friends Day
- Rainforest Day
- World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
This day in history
- Cho Oyu Scaled for the First Time in Recorded History The 6th highest mountain peak in the world, Cho Oyu is part of the Himalayan mountain range and lies on the Nepal-China border. It was scaled by Nepalese Pasang Dawa Lama and Austrians Joseph Jöchler and Herbert Tichy.
- 1954
- Battle of Chamdo (Qamdo) Ends Also known as the Liberation of Tibet in China, the war between China and Tibet began on October 6, when Chinese military forces under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping entered the country from Sichuan. At the end of the battle, the Chinese had taken over the border city of Chamdo. The battle was the starting point for negotiations between the two countries over the status of Tibet.
- 1950
- Streptomycin is Discovered The miracle antibiotic that became the first line of offense against tuberculosis in the mid 20th century was isolated for the first time by graduate student Albert Schatz while working under Selman Abraham Waksman at Rutgers University. Schatz later sued Waksman to gain a portion of the profits and notoriety which came from the discovery. Waksman eventually received the Nobel Prize for the achievement. However, there was controversy as the award went to Waksman only.
- 1943
- First Battle of Ypres Part of the Battle of Flanders during the First World War, the First Battle of Ypres was fought in the Belgian city of Ypres. It was fought between German forces on one side and the Belgian, French and British troops on the other. Fighting continued until November 22, when harsh weather forced the two sides to take a break from the hostilities.
- 1914
Born on this day
- Evander Holyfield · American boxer · 1962 · LGBT Center Awareness Day · Michael Steele · American politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland · 1958 · Philip Pullman · English author · 1946 · John Lithgow · American actor · 1945 · National Mammography Day · Peter Tosh · Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist · 1944 · World Student Day
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Lucy Stone — American activist (1893)
- Józef Poniatowski — Polish general (1813)
- Jonathan Swift — Irish author (1745)
I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living!— Anais Nin
The answer
news
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 #34 · 10/19/2018 ·