AFM | Monday, 10/29/2018 | #40
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
- Checklist Day
- Create a Great Funeral Day
- National Publicist Day
- Mischief Night
- National Speak Up For Service Day
- Pumpkin Bread Day
This day in history
- Biggest Bomb in History is Detonated The Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba or Big Ivan over the Mityushikha Bay test range on the Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Circle. The 57 Megatons nuclear bomb was one-of-a-kind and the flash of light when it exploded at a height of 13,000 feet was visible over 1000 kilometers away.
- 1961
- First cross-country flight in Europe French aviator Henri Farman flew from Bouy to Reims in France. The 14-mile journey took him about 20 minutes. Farman was also the co-founder of the Farman Aviation Works, an airline and engine manufacturing company.
- 1908
- Russian Tsar Issues the October Manifesto The manifesto, which was issued by Nicholas II, was a response to the Russian Revolution of 1905 in which there were widespread strikes and protests directed towards the government. The key features of the manifesto included the creation of an elected legislative body called Duma and universal suffrage for men. It also paved the way for a new constitution in 1906.
- 1906
Born on this day
- Edge · Canadian wrestler, actor · 1973 · Diego Maradona · Aregentine Footballer · 1960 · Haunted Refrigerator Night · Bosphorous Bridge in Istanbul Opens for the First Time Construction on the suspension bridge over the Bosphorus began in February 1970. The bridge, which connects Asia with Europe, was designed by British engineers Gilbert Roberts and William Brown. · 1973 · Ezra Pound · American Poet · 1885 · William Hlsey Junior · American Admiral · 1882 · National Candy Corn Day · John Adams · American Politician, 2nd Pres of USA · 1735 · Sugar Addiction Awareness Day
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Claude Lévi-Strauss — French anthropologist (2009)
- Clifford Gertz — American anthropologist (2006)
- Joseph Campbell — American Author (1987)
- Dayananda Saraswati — Indian philosopher, scholar (1883)
Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure it out without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.— Joseph Campbell
Riddle of the day
What belongs to you, but is used by others? Yesterday's Riddle Answer---\> Two inside and outside
The answer
your name — in 2018 you'd have waited until the next morning for this.
Aloha Friday Motivation
· Edition #40 · 10/29/2018 ·