AFM | Monday, 11/19/2018 | #50
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
- Equal Opportunity Day
- International Men's Day
- National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
- Women's Entrepreneurship Day
- Play Monopoly Day
- World Toilet Day
This day in history
- Second Moon Landing The second spacecraft to land on the Moon, Apollo 12 was the 6th manned flight of NASA’s Apollo program. Crew members Charles Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean became the 3rd and 4th humans to step on the surface of the Moon. The first 2 were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
- 1969
- Signing of the Jay Treaty The treaty, officially known as, Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America, was signed between representatives of the United States and Britain. It called for the British to surrender northwestern posts to the U.S. and for them to consider the United States as a most favored nation for trade between the two countries.
- 1794
- Charles Dickens
Born on this day
- Tommy Thompson · American politician, 42nd Governor of Wisconsin · 1941 · Indira Gandhi · Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India · 1917 · José Raúl Capablanca · Cuban chess player · 1888 · James A. Garfield · American politician, 20th President of the United States · 1831 · Charles I of England · 1600 · National Blow Bagpipes Day · Pelé’s 1000th goal The Brazilian footballer, often considered to be the greatest athlete of the 20th century, made his 1,000th professional goal against Vasco da Gama at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. · 1969 · Janowska camp uprising The concentration camp in occupied Poland was set up in 1941. In November 1943, in anticipation of the advancement of Soviet troops, the Nazis tried to evacuate the camp and used the inmates to remove traces of executions and mass killings in the past. On this day, the inmates staged an uprising and attempted to escape. Most escapees, however, were recaptured and killed. · 1943 · Francisco Franco · 1910 “Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely.”
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Thomas H. Ince · American actor, director, producer · 1924 · Joseph F. Smith · American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · 1918 · Richard Mentor Johnson · American politician, 9th Vice President of the United States · 1850 · Robert Altman · American director, screenwriter · 2006 · 1737
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.— George Bernard Shaw
Riddle of the day
Leo Tolstoy Russian author Caroline of Ansbach Yesterday's Riddle Answer---\> Winter 11.21
The answer
Winter — in 2018 you'd have waited until the next morning for this.
Aloha Friday Motivation
· Edition #50 · 11/19/2018 ·