On this day:
1520
The Strait of Magellan is discovered, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during the first global circumnavigation voyage.
1555
French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1755
Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
1765
The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
1814
Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
1922
The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
1938
Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed “the match of the century” in horse racing.
1950
Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
1950
Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
1951
Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to ‘Desert Rock’atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
1952
Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed “Mike” [“M” for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
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Advocates of industrial policy believe that there are some promising new industries that are essential to countries and that these should have support (usually in the form of protection) to raise domestic prices and let domestic production be profitable. To my knowledge, no one has ever spelled out what techniques would enable government officials to identify such “winners.”--Krueger
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Historic moment as 38-year-old openly gay Rob Jetten becomes Netherlands’ new Prime Minister after his party D66 crushed far-right leader Geert Wilders in a stunning election defeat.
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A Democrat politician recently referred to Charlie Kirk as " lacking empathy." Subjective and vague. Perfect for their class warfare theme.
Look for it to grow.
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High-resolution satellite images show “activity that suggests mass killing on a level that can only be compared to Rwanda,” where an estimated 800,000 people were killed in 1994 by armed militias from a rival ethnic group.
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The Strait of Magellan is discovered, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during the first global circumnavigation voyage.
1555
French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1755
Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people.
1765
The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
1814
Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
1922
The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
1938
Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed “the match of the century” in horse racing.
1950
Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
1950
Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
1951
Operation Buster-Jangle: 6,500 American soldiers are exposed to ‘Desert Rock’atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
1952
Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed “Mike” [“M” for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
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Advocates of industrial policy believe that there are some promising new industries that are essential to countries and that these should have support (usually in the form of protection) to raise domestic prices and let domestic production be profitable. To my knowledge, no one has ever spelled out what techniques would enable government officials to identify such “winners.”--Krueger
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Historic moment as 38-year-old openly gay Rob Jetten becomes Netherlands’ new Prime Minister after his party D66 crushed far-right leader Geert Wilders in a stunning election defeat.
***
A Democrat politician recently referred to Charlie Kirk as " lacking empathy." Subjective and vague. Perfect for their class warfare theme.
Look for it to grow.
***
High-resolution satellite images show “activity that suggests mass killing on a level that can only be compared to Rwanda,” where an estimated 800,000 people were killed in 1994 by armed militias from a rival ethnic group.
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Satstats
While only 4% of the world’s population, the U.S. accounts for half or more of the worldwide revenue for a new drug.
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There are 17 American men in history who have run under 2:10 in the marathon. There were 32 Kalenjin (an East African tribe) who did it in October of 2011.
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60% of the American population has reading skills below the sixth-grade level.
60% of the American population has reading skills below the sixth-grade level.
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In the 70s, 2% of Americans were on food stamps. Today 16% are (42 million people.)
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190 languages are spoken in the NYC school system.
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The R&D spending of Amazon is greater than the R&D spending of all companies and government in France.
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Around 45% of America’s representatives are over the age of 60. That is a higher proportion than any other country in the OECD, where the average is 19%.
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Millionaires
Teachers rank third, behind engineers and accountants, on a top-five list of careers most likely to have millionaires within their ranks.
Physicians don’t rank in the top five
88% of millionaires graduated from college. However, few went to elite schools (only 8%). 52% earned a postgraduate degree.
Millionaires
Teachers rank third, behind engineers and accountants, on a top-five list of careers most likely to have millionaires within their ranks.
Physicians don’t rank in the top five
88% of millionaires graduated from college. However, few went to elite schools (only 8%). 52% earned a postgraduate degree.
85% of respondents use a grocery list.
In 2023, millionaires accounted for 1.5% of the adult population analyzed. The U.S. had 38% of all millionaires.
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Only about 7 percent of readers made it through Nobel Prize economist Daniel Kahneman’s magnum opus, Thinking, Fast and Slow.
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Doctors are 14% more likely to diagnose a child with ADHD on October 31, not because there are more kids with ADHD, but because the kids are excited to go trick-or-treating.
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