12 February 2015

stour

[stoo r]

noun
1. British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
2. British Dialect. blowing dust or a deposit of dust.
3. Archaic. armed combat; battle.
4. British Dialect. a time of tumult.

Origin
Middle English, Old French, Germanic
1250-1300; Middle English < Old French estour battle < Germanic; akin to storm

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Today’s aphorism

It’s much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

– Leo Tolstoy, from Anna Karenina

On this day

12 February 1809 – birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United State of America. Assassinated 15 April 1865.

12 February 1912 – the Last Emperor of China, Hsian-T’ung is forced to abdicate by republicans, ending 2000 years of imperial rule. The Republic of China formed on 1 January 1912, followed by the People’s Republic of China, which formed on 1 October 1949.

12 February 1983 – Legendary 1960’s folk duo, Simon and Garfunkel, play a reunion concert at VFL Park, Melbourne.