AFM | Monday, 9/17/2018 | #13
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
- National Apple Dumpling Day
- Time's Up day
This day in history
- Man runs 10,000 meters in less than 30 minutes for the first time in recorded history Finnish runner, Taisto Mäki, broke his previous record by running the distance in 29 minutes 52 seconds.
- 1939
- A day after Japan wins the Battle of Pyongyang it defeats China in the Battle of the Yalu River Also known as the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the conflict was fought between Japan and China during the First Sino-Japanese War.
- 1894
- Bloodiest Single Day of the American Civil War takes place The Battle of Antietam was fought near the Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Thought to be the deadliest single day of the American Civil War – at least 4000 soldiers on both sides died – the battle ended Confederate General Robert E. Lee incursion into the North. While there were no clear victors, many believed that the withdrawal of Confederate soldiers from the battlefield before the Union Army did meant that the Union had won the battle.
- 1862
- Treaty of Fredrikshamn is signed between Sweden and Russia Also known as the Treaty of Hamina, it concluded the Finnish War and ceded Swedish territories, which later formed Finland to Russia.
- 1809
Born on this day
- Tomáš Berdych · Czech tennis player · 1985 · National Monte Cristo Day (sandwhich) · Jimmie Johnson · American race car driver · 1975 · Hank Williams · American singer-songwriter, guitarist · 1923 · M. F. Husain · Indian painter, director · 1915 · Periyar E. V. Ramasam · Indian businessman, politician, activis · 1879
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Red Skelton — American actor, comedian (1997)
- Spiro Agnew — American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (1996)
Quiet your mind, still your heart, close your eyes, and shut your mouth. When your focus is as still as a glassy pond, inspiration is as apparent as a subtle breeze, rippling the surface towards the edges.— Anon
The answer
electricity
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 #13 · 9/17/2018 ·