10 August 2016

counterpole

[coun´ter`pole`]

noun

1. The exact opposite.

Example:

The German prose offers the counterpole to the French style.
– De Quincey.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.

Anagram

opulence rot
recount pole
ounce petrol

Today’s quote

You can sacrifice and not love. But you cannot love and not sacrifice.

– Kris Valloton

On this day

10 August 587BC – Solomon’s Temple (also known as the ‘First Temple’) destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzer II during the Siege of Jerusalem. The temple was later rebuilt.

10 August 70AD – Solomon’s Temple (also known as the ‘Second Temple’) set alight by Roman Army, led by future Emperor Titus.

10 August 1960 – birth of José Antonio Domínguez Banderas, Spanish actor, otherwise known as Antonio Banderas.

10 August 1964 – Following the Gulf of Tonkin incidents on 2 and 4 August 1964, the US Congress passes ‘The Southeast Asia Resolution’ (the ‘Gulf of Tonkin Resolution’), which authorised the United States ‘to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom‘. The passage of this Resolution led to US involvement in the Vietnam War.