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Ormond Beatty (1815–1890) was an American educator and academic administrator who was the seventh president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. An 1835 graduate of Centre, Beatty became a professor soon after, following a year of studies at Yale University. He taught chemistry, natural philosophy, mathematics, metaphysics, biblical history, and church history over the course of his career. He was president pro tempore following the resignation of William L. Breckinridge in 1868 and was unanimously elected president by the board of trustees in 1870. He was Centre's first president who was not a Christian minister, and he led the school until his resignation in 1888. He taught for two additional years at the request of the board before his death. In religious affairs, he served as a ruling elder in the First and Second Presbyterian Churches in Danville, as a commissioner to three Presbyterian Church General Assemblies, and as a trustee of the Danville Theological Seminary. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that John Neilson (pictured), a Scottish immigrant to Lower Canada, became a major publisher and bookseller, and was reportedly "the largest consumer of paper" in the country?
- ... that during the production of Serious Sam: The First Encounter, all of its developers were conscripted into the Croatian military?
- ... that Athanasios Rhousopoulos, one of Athens's major archaeological criminals, made a speech complaining about the high rate of archaeological crime?
- ... that some viewers of an Arizona TV station saw hardcore pornography instead of the Super Bowl?
- ... that hundreds of people lived in Jim Jordan's orbit in "Jordanville"?
- ... that some ancient Athenian coins featured the faces of gorgons?
- ... that Manaka Matsukubo, the youngest player to start in the NWSL Challenge Cup, was named most valuable player of this year's final?
- ... that people are robbing Lebanese banks to get their own money back?
In the news
- In Canadian football, the Montreal Alouettes defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to win the Grey Cup (MVP Cody Fajardo pictured).
- Javier Milei is elected president of Argentina.
- The Cricket World Cup concludes with Australia defeating India in the final.
- Joseph Boakai is elected President of Liberia in the runoff, defeating incumbent president George Weah.
- Pedro Sánchez is invested as Prime Minister of Spain, after proposing amnesty for Catalan separatists and then receiving support from them.
On this day
- 1221 – Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire: Genghis Khan defeated the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus.
- 1922 – Irish Civil War: Irish nationalist author Erskine Childers was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying a semi-automatic pistol.
- 1925 – The Eugene O'Neill Theatre opened on Broadway, New York, with a production of the musical The Mayflowers.
- 1941 – The Holocaust: The Theresienstadt Ghetto was founded as a waystation to Nazi extermination camps and a "retirement settlement" for elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final Solution.
- 1974 – A group of paleoanthropologists led by Donald Johanson discovered a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis skeleton in Ethiopia, nicknaming it Lucy (pictured) after the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
- Magnús Óláfsson (d. 1265)
- William P. Ragsdale (d. 1877)
- Oscar Robertson (b. 1938)
- Sylvie Kinigi (b. 1953)
From today's featured list
Cornwall County Cricket Club has been represented by sixty-nine players in List A cricket. Formed in 1894, Cornwall County Cricket Club's first appearance in List A cricket was in 1970, and they have played seventeen matches. Gary Thomas has appeared the most times for the county, playing in twelve matches, closely followed by Jonathan Kent, who made eleven appearances. Kent recorded the highest score in List A cricket for Cornwall, scoring 80 runs against Somerset Cricket Board in 2002. Steven Pope, who played 109 first-class matches in his native South Africa, is Cornwall's leading run-scorer, having scored 294 runs in his eight appearances for the county. Justin Stephens's thirteen wickets for the county is the most by any player, but Charlie Shreck has the best bowling figures, having taken five wickets against Worcestershire County Cricket Club in 2002. (Full list...)
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Doris Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was a United States Navy cook who was the first black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of Honor. Miller served aboard USS West Virginia, a battleship that was sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During the attack, he helped several sailors who were wounded, and shot down several Japanese planes while manning an anti-aircraft machine gun for which he had no training. Miller's actions earned him the Navy Cross, and the resulting publicity for Miller in the black press made him an iconic emblem of the fight for civil rights for black Americans. On November 24, 1943, Miller was killed while serving aboard the escort carrier USS Liscome Bay when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Makin in the Gilbert Islands. The destroyer escort USS Miller (reclassified as a frigate in 1975), in service from 1973 to 1991, was named after him. In 2020, the Navy announced that a Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier would be named USS Doris Miller. The ship is scheduled to be laid down in 2026 and launched in 2029. This U.S. Navy photograph of Miller was taken in 1942. Photograph credit: United States Navy, restored by Adam Cuerden
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