AFM | Friday, 9/21/2018 | #17
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 Farm Safety Day for Kids
- Malta gains its independence from the UK The southern European island country came under British control in 1814 as part of the Treaty of Paris. The country initially retained the Queen of England as its head of state but declared itself a republic on December 13, 1974.
- 1964
- Luis Cernuda
- Spanish poet
- 1902
- National Pecan Cookie Day
- Boeing CH-47 Chinook takes flight for the first time The American-made helicopter has been used by the US military in a variety of conflict-related operations including during the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It has also been often used for medical evacuation and search and rescue operations during natural disasters around the world.
- 1961
- World Alzheimer's Day
- JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit is published for the first time The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a young adult fantasy novel that follows the adventures of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins as he traverses through Middle Earth to find treasure guarded by a dragon named Smaug.
- 1937
Born on this day
- Kevin Rudd · Australian politician, 26th Prime Minister of Australia · 1957 · Stephen King · American author · 1947 · Henry L. Stimson · American statesman, lawyer, politician · 1867 · H. G. Wells · English author · 1866 · Ivan Bagramyan · Soviet military leader · 1982 · Charles V · Holy Roman Emperor · 1558 · Life Hack of the Day
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Troy Davis · American murderer · 2011 · Arthur Schopenhaue · German philosopher · 1860 · having trouble propping your phone up on a table to watch something, use your sunglasses as a holder\! Try it\!
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
I won't just have a job; I'll have a calling. I'll challenge myself every day. When I get knocked down, I'll get back up. I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I'll strive to be the grittiest.— Angela Duckworth
Riddle of the day
How many months have 28 days?
The answer
all of them — in 2018 you'd have waited until the next morning for this.
Aloha Friday Motivation
· Edition #17 · 9/21/2018 ·