AFM | Thursday, 9/20/2018 | #16
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 Gibberish Day
- National String Cheese Day
- National Punch Day (the drink)
This day in history
- American President, George W. Bush Declares War on Terror The global military campaign against terrorism was first declared in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in the United States. The phrase was used by President Bush in a speech given to the United States Congress.
- 2001
- The Cosby Show Airs for the First Time The popular television sitcom followed the lives of a Brooklyn-based African-American family called the Huxtables. The show ran for 8 years on NBC and was largely based on the stand up comedy of Bill Cosby, who played the role of Heathcliff Cliff Huxtable, the father in the show.
- 1983
- Billie Jean King Wins the Battle of the Sexes The mixed gender tennis match between top tennis player Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King was held in Houston, Texas after Riggs won another mixed gender match against Margaret Court earlier in the year. The matches were prompted by Riggs’ comments that even at an age of 55, he could beat any female tennis player. King beat Riggs and took home the $100,000 prize money. The match was and still is one of the most viewed tennis matches on television - it was watched by about 90 million people around the world.
- 1973
- Wilbur Wright Makes the First Circular Flight Wright, who with his brother Orville, is credited for inventing the first airplane, made a complete circle in 1 minute and 16 seconds on the Wright Flyer II.
- 1904
Born on this day
- Brian Joubert · French figure skater · 1984 · National Pepperoni Pizza Day · Juan Pablo Montoya · Colombian race car driver · 1975 · George R. R. Martin · American screenwriter, author · 1948 · Sophia Loren · Italian actress · 1934 · Leo Strauss · German/American philosopher · 1899
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Brian Clough · English footballer, manager · 2004 · Annie Besant · English activist, author · 1933 · Life Hack of the Day
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.— Anne Landers
The answer
the letter "w"
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
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