skirr verb tr.: To range rapidly over an area, especially in search of something. noun: A whirring or grating sound.
☰Thought of the Day
"The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation." - Kate Chopin, from The Awakening, ch 6.
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- "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theatre in New York City after 204 performances
- Boston Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for an AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
- World Health Organization (WHO) gives its 'cautious blessing' to the use of experimental drugs to treat the Ebola virus
- Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate (wave mechanics), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1961)
- Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss opera composer (Romeo und Julia; Raskolnikov; Das Flaschenteufel), born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland (d. 1995)
- George Wetherill, American scientist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- Ken Caillat, American record producer and audio engineer (Fleetwood Mac), born in the USA
- Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek soccer goalkeeper (16 caps; Panathinaikos, Apollon Smyrnis), born in Athens, Greece
