A boondoggle is an expensive and wasteful project usually paid for with public money. Boondoggle is also a word for a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or ornament.
☰Thought of the Day
"Remember that life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away!" - Vicki Corona, from Tahitian Choreographies (1989), p36.
- Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England
- Rutherford B. Hayes removes Federal troops from Louisiana, Reconstruction ends
- World Exposition opens in Liège
- Stan Daniels' musical "So Long 174th Street", starring Robert Morse, opens at Harkness Theater, NYC; runs for 16 performances
- NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
- André Baillon, Belgian-French author (Un homme si simple), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1932)
- Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer known for his radical leftist leanings, born in Stryi, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1996)
- Schae Harrison, American actress (Darla Forrester in "The Bold and the Beautiful"), born in Anaheim Hills, California
- Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer, born in Lithgow, Australia
- Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles [Thanasi Kokkinakis] 2022; Wimbledon 2022 runner-up; Hopman Cup 2016), born in Canberra, Australia
