February 6: Scouting

   Scouting is a worldwide youth movement aiming to develop young people
   physically, mentally and spiritually, so that they may play
   constructive roles in society.  Scouting began in 1907 when R.S.S.
   Baden-Powell, Lieutenant General in the British Army, held the first
   Scouting encampment at Brownsea Island, England.  Baden-Powell wrote
   the principles of Scouting in Scouting for Boys, based on his earlier
   military books, with influence and support of Seton of the Woodcraft
   Indians, Smith of the Boys' Brigade, and his publisher Pearson.  During
   the first half of the 20th century, the movement grew to encompass
   three major age groups for boys (Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Rover Scout)
   and for girls (Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout, Ranger
   Guide).  The movement employs the Scout method, a program of non-formal
   education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including
   camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports.

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   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1819:
   Stamford Raffles founded Singapore, a new trading post for the British
   East India Company.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles)

1840:
   The British and the Māori signed the Treaty of Waitangi, considered as
   the founding document of New Zealand.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi)

1922:
   France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States signed
   the Washington Naval Treaty to limit naval armaments.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty)

1934:
   In an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, far
   right leagues demonstrated on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_February_1934_crisis)

1959:
   Jack Kilby filed the patent for the first integrated circuit.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit)

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Wikiquote of the day:

   I swing big, with everything I've got.  I hit big or I miss big.  I like
   to live as big as I can.  -- Babe Ruth
   (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth)

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