mordant adjective: Biting, caustic, or sarcastic. noun: 1. A substance used to fix a dye in or on a material. 2. A corrosive substance used in etching. verb tr.: To treat with a mordant.
☰Thought of the Day
"In times of war - even more so than in times of peace - we must all remember the significance of culture. And people of culture matter." - Volodymyr Zelenskyy, from his speech at the ceremony of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize 2024.
- First freight delivery tunnel system begins operation underneath Chicago
- Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence
- A riot ensues in San Francisco as the city celebrates the end of WWII
- 75th PGA Championship Men's Golf, Inverness GC: Paul Azinger wins his first major title in a playoff with Greg Norman of Australia
- Anita Włodarczyk of Poland sets a world record of 82.29 m to win the women's hammer throw gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; Zhang Wenxiu (China) wins silver, and Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) wins bronze
- Leslie Coffelt, American White House Police officer, killed in the line of duty during an assassination attempt on Harry Truman, born in Oranda, Virginia (d. 1950)
- Jimmy Webb, American singer and songwriter ("MacArthur Park"; "Up Up and Away"), born in Elk City, Oklahoma
- Ger Hoeymakers, Dutch rock guitarist (Franc Boeijen Group), born in Sevenum, Netherlands
- Martin Biron, Canadian American ice hockey goaltender, born in Lac-Saint-Charles, Quebec
- Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress (Running Man), born in Pohang, South Korea
