AFM | Tuesday, 11/6/2018 | #44
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
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- Ana Ivanovic
- Serbian tennis player
- 1987
- Marooned Without a Compass Day
- Adolphe Sax
- Belgian musician, invented the saxophone
- 1814
- Erich Raeder
- German Admiral
- 1960
This day in history
- Palace of Justice is Seized in Colombia 25 guerrillas from the 19th of April Movement or the M-19 took over the Palace of Justice which houses the Colombian Supreme Court. They took 300 people hostage. The ensuing fight between the rebels and the government's forces left more than 100 people, including 11 Supreme Court justices dead.
- 1985
- United Nations passes resolution to condemn Apartheid in South Africa The UN General Assembly asked its member states to stand up against apartheid and to cut off relations with South Africa in order to make a point. Apartheid was an official policy of racial discrimination and segregation followed in South Africa. Despite the UN Resolution, it remained governmental policy until 1994, when democratic general elections were held in the country.
- 1962
- First woman to cast a ballot in US General Elections Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming became the first woman to cast a vote in the US general elections. In 2008, the U.S. Congress decided to designate November 6 as Louisa Swain Day.
- 1870
- Jefferson Davis elected as president of Confederate States of America The senator from Mississippi was the provisional president of the Confederacy since February 1861. Despite being an effective president, his popularity waned as the Confederate government experienced losses during the Civil War. He was captured by Northern Soldiers in 1865 and imprisoned for 2 years.
- 1861
Born on this day
- Emma Stone — American actress (1988)
- Ethan Hawke — American actor, director, screenwriter (1970)
- Joseph C. Wilson — American diplomat (1949)
Died on this day
- Fred Dibnah — English steeplejack (2004)
- Gene Tierney — American actress (1991)
A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men (and women), living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.— Albert Einstein
The answer
a glove
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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