Kevin Beattie (18 December 1953 – 16 September 2018) was an English
footballer. Born into poverty, he played at both professional and
international levels, mostly as a centre-half. He spent the majority of
his playing career at Ipswich Town, with whom he won both the FA Cup and
the UEFA Cup. He was named the inaugural Professional Footballers'
Association Young Player of the Year at the end of the 1972–73 season.
He suffered a variety of injuries, and his playing career included some
controversy, such as when he went missing when selected for England's
under-23 team. After retiring from playing, he descended into alcohol
abuse before finding a new career in later life as a football
commentator on television and radio. Beattie has been called Ipswich
Town's best ever player by many pundits and polls. Former Ipswich (and
later England) manager Bobby Robson called him the best England player
he had seen.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Beattie>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1940:
Second World War: Italy captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but
its invasion of Egypt (Italian tanks pictured) progressed no further.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Egypt>
1961:
The United States' National Hurricane Research Project sought
to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to
the establishment of Project Stormfury.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury>
1979:
Eight people escaped from East Germany to the West in a home-
made hot air balloon.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_balloon_escape>
2013:
A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three
others in a mass shooting at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems
Command in Washington, D.C.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard_shooting>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
thou:
1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially
as an expression of contempt or familiarity.
2. (intransitive) To use the word thou.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thou>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Yes; as the music changes, Like a prismatic glass, It takes the
light and ranges Through all the moods that pass; Dissects the common
carnival Of passions and regrets, And gives the world a glimpse of all
The colours it forgets.
--Alfred Noyes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Noyes>
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