Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, October 18, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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stokehold
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 Dr. SpockBenjamin Spock was an American pediatrician who wrote Baby and Child Care, a perennial bestseller published in 1946. Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis, and his revolutionary message to mothers was, "You know more than you think you do." Retiring in 1967, he spent much of the next quarter-century living and sailing on boats, though he did serve as the People's Party candidate for president in 1972. What extensive changes did he help bring about in child care? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Texas Instruments Announces First Commercial Transistor Radio (1954)Transistors are the basis of much modern electronic technology, including the most popular communications device in history: the transistor radio. Billions of these compact, portable radios were manufactured during the 1960s and 1970s. Battery-operated, they came in handy during electrical outages, and their pocket size sparked a change in popular music listening habits, allowing people to listen to music anywhere they went. When it was released in 1954, how much did the transistor radio cost? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Chuck Berry (1926)Berry was one of the most innovative musicians of the 1950s. His unique blues-derived guitar style and witty lyrics helped define the rock music genre and earned him one of the first spots in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A dynamic performer, he is also known for his signature crouching and gliding "duck walk," a move that has been imitated by many musicians. What legendary musician said, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'"? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Always do what you are afraid to do.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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cry on (one's) shoulder— To bemoan one's problems to someone else. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Azerbaijan Independence Days (2022)Azerbaijan observes two independence days. The May 28, 1918, establishment of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan provides the occasion for one independence celebration. As Azerbaijan came under Soviet rule two years later, its new independence day commemorates the declaration of independence made by the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan on October 18, 1991. After the USSR ceased to exist as a geopolitical entity, Azerbaijan became an official independent state on December 26, 1991. More... | |