AFM | Wednesday, 10/24/2018 | #37
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
- Black Thursday
- Lung Health Day
- Black Thursday
- National Crazy Day
- National Good and Plenty Day
- World Development Information Day
This day in history
- Zambian independence The African country gained independence from British rule with the passage of the Zambia Independence Act 1964 by the UK Parliament.
- 1964
- United Nations founded The U.N. charter was ratified by the then 5 permanent members and 46 member states.
- 1945
- Last performance of Houdini The world famous escape artist performed for the last time at the Garrick Theater in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1926
Born on this day
- Wayne Rooney · English footballer · 1985 · Food Day · Tila Tequila · American model, actress, singer · 1981 · Roman Abramovich · Russian businessman, politician · 1966 · Dave Blaney · American race car driver · 1962 · National Bologna Day · Domitian · Roman emperor · 51 · Take Back Your Time Day · United Nations Day · Coup in Brazil President Washington Luís was deposed by the heads of the armed forces just 4 years after he came to office. The coup prevented President-elect Júlio Prestes from coming to power and the military junta instead installed Getúlio Vargas as the de facto President of the country. The coup was in part a response to the government’s “coffee with milk policy”, which allowed governance power to be alternated between the coffee producing state of São Paulo and the milk producing state of Minas Gerais. This policy led to a rebellion in some parts of the country, which in turn prompted the army to take action against the government. · 1930
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Rosa Parks — American activist (2005)
- Jackie Robinson — American baseball player (1972)
- Vidkun Quisling — Norwegian soldier, politician, traitor (1945)
- Tycho Brahe — Danish astronomer, chemist (1601)
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.— Calvin & Hobbes
Riddle of the day
What falls but does not break, and what breaks but does not fall?
The answer
night and day — in 2018 you'd have waited until the next morning for this.
Aloha Friday Motivation
· Edition #37 · 10/24/2018 ·