Daily Content Archive
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 Grand Ole OpryThe Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live from Nashville, Tennessee. It is the oldest continuous radio program in the US, having been broadcast on WSM since November 28, 1925. The featured performer on the first show was Uncle Jimmy Thompson, a fiddler who was then 77 years old. In 1926, Uncle Dave Macon, a Tennessee banjo player, became the program's first real star. What was the original name of the Opry, and why did it change? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Indian Ocean Tsunami Strikes (2004)A tsunami is a series of massive waves generated when a body of water is rapidly displaced. The deadliest tsunami in recorded history, the Indian Ocean tsunami killed some 230,000 people in Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, and other countries as far away as Somalia on the Horn of Africa. It was triggered by an undersea earthquake near Sumatra with a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3 and inundated coastal communities with waves up to 100 ft (30 m) high. How far away were the effects felt? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Mao Zedong (1893)Chairman Mao established the People's Republic of China in 1949. His Great Leap Forward, an economic plan launched in 1958 to modernize and industrialize China, was an unmitigated disaster that eventually led to the starvation of tens of millions of people. He later launched a movement to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the country's institutions, leading to the destruction of much of China's cultural heritage and the imprisonment of many Chinese intellectuals. What was it called? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 I shall not die of a cold ... I shall die of having lived.Willa Cather (1873-1947) | |
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fourth wall— The imaginary barrier separating performers in a TV show, film, or play from the audience. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Fiesta Grande (2022)Around Christmas time, thousands of Chilean pilgrims gather to honor the Virgen del Rosario (Virgin of the Rosary), patron saint of miners. The ceremonies take place in the copper-mining town of Andacollo, situated in the Andes mountains. The centerpiece of the festival is a famous three-foot wooden statue of the Virgin that is housed in Andacollo's basilica. The festival's main proceedings take place on December 26, during which a religious dance is performed in indigenous costume. Nearby, cockfighting and horseracing attract participants as alternative secular activities. More... | |