Today in history
1905 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly
1922 - Benito Mussolini was made Prime Minister of Italy
1938 - Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a nationwide panic
1941 - World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves US$1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations
1947 - The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is founded
1973 - The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time in history
1975 - Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco

Birthdays
1735 - John Adams, 2nd president of the United States (d. 1826)
1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881)
1839 - Alfred Sisley, French artist (d. 1899)
1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet (d. 1972)
1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer
1965 - Gavin Rossdale, English musician

Georgian words of the day
cosmetics - kosmetika
lipstick - tuchsatskhebi
shades - chrdilebi
eyelash - tzamtzami

I don’t use cosmetics much.
bevr kosmetikas aghar vkhmarob.

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