Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters UVIPHOPAI? Check your answers here: Unscramble words UVIPHOPAI. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Historical Event(s)
– Premiere in London, England, Great Britain of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
– Real Academia de la Historia (“Royal Academy of History”) is founded in Madrid.
– John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
– A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
– Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ethan Allen, American military leader (d. 1789)
– Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792)
– King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
– King George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1820)
– Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher (d. 1816)
– Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
– John Singleton Copley, American painter (d. 1815)
– Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)
– Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (d. 1789)
– Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)