[Wikipedia] May 28: Troy McClure

   Troy McClure is a recurring fictional character in the animated
   television series The Simpsons.  He was voiced by Phil Hartman, and
   first appeared in the episode "Homer vs.  Lisa and the 8th
   Commandment".  McClure was based on B-movie actors Troy Donahue and
   Doug McClure, as well as Hartman himself.  After Phil Hartman's murder
   in 1998, the character was retired, making his final appearance in the
   tenth-season episode "Bart the Mother".  He is one of the show's most
   popular recurring characters and, had Hartman not died, might have
   been the subject of a live-action film.  McClure is a washed-up actor,
   frequently shown presenting infomercials and educational videos.  He is
   vain and self-centered, marrying Selma Bouvier to aid his failing
   career and quash rumors about his personal life.  McClure appears as
   the central character only in the episode "A Fish Called Selma", but
   he hosts the episodes "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" and
   "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase".

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

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1588:
   Anglo-Spanish War: The Spanish Armada (a galleass pictured), with
   130 ships and over 30,000 men, set sail from Lisbon for the English
   Channel to engage English naval forces.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Armada)

1644:
   English Civil War: Royalist troops allegedly slaughtered up to 1,600
   people during their storm and capture of the Town of Bolton.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_Massacre)

1918:
   The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, one of the first democratic
   republics in the Muslim world, was proclaimed in Ganja by the
   Azerbaijani National Council following the breakup of the
   Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic)

1961:
   The British newspaper The Observer published English lawyer Peter
   Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners, starting a letter-writing
   campaign that grew and became the human rights organization Amnesty
   International.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International)

1998:
   Under its nuclear development programme, the Pakistan Atomic Energy
   Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests in the Chagai
   Hills in the Chagai District of the Balochistan province.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagai-I)

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Wiktionary's Word of the day:

   misogyny: The hatred of, or pathological aversion to women.
   (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misogyny)

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Wikiquote of the day:

   In my books I have lifted bits from various religions in trying to
   come to a better understanding; I've made use of religious themes and
   symbols.  Now, as the world becomes more pagan, one has to lead people
   in the same direction in a different way...
   -- Patrick White
   (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_White)