[Wikipedia] December 5: Charles Edward Magoon

  Charles Edward Magoon was a prominent United States lawyer, judge,
  diplomat, and colonial administrator who is best remembered as a
  colonial Governor of both the Panama Canal Zone and Cuba.  He was also
  the subject of several small scandals during his career.  As a legal
  adviser working for the United States Department of War, he drafted
  recommendations and reports that were used by Congress and the
  executive branch in governing the United States' new territories
  following the Spanish-American War.  These reports were collected as a
  published book in 1902, then considered the seminal work on the
  subject.  During his time as a colonial governor, Magoon worked to put
  these recommendations into practice.

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1492:
  Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the
  island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniola)

1590:
  Niccolò Sfondrati became Pope Gregory XIV, succeeding Pope Urban VII
  who died two months earlier.
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIV)

1766:
  In London, James Christie opened what is today the world's leading
  art business and fine arts auction house.
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie%27s)

1933:
  Prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States officially
  ended when the Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was
  ratified.
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States)

1945:
  Flight 19, a squadron of five Avenger TBM torpedo bombers of the
  U.S. Navy, disappeared in the area now known as the Bermuda Triangle.
  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_19)

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Wiktionary's Word of the day:

  inevitably: In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent; as
  expected.
  (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inevitably)

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Wikiquote of the day:

  Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust
  authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal
  appeal, and proven competence.  -- Walt Disney
  (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walt_Disney)

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