13 November 2013

instauration

[in-staw-rey-shuhn]

noun

1. renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
2. Obsolete . an act of instituting something; establishment.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin instaurātiōn- (stem of instaurātiō ) a renewing, repeating. See in-2 , store, -ation

Related forms
in·stau·ra·tor [in-staw-rey-ter] noun

Today’s aphorism

Be so good they can’t ignore you.

– Steve Martin

On this day

13 November 1940 – the prototype of the Jeep was submitted to U.S. Army for approval by car-maker Willys-Overland. Following the U.S. declaration of war 12 months later, production of the Jeep began. By the end of the war in 1945, there had been 600,000 produced.

13 November 1940 – Walt Disney releases his animated movie, Fantasia, which eventually became a cult-classic. At time of release though, the movie was not a commercial success.

13 November 1956 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that laws which segregated buses were illegal.

13 November 1970 – the worst natural disaster of the 20th century occurs when a devastating cyclone strikes Bangladesh, killing over 500,000 people. The cyclone with 160km/h winds, caused tidal waves and storm surges which swept over the densely-populated, low-lying regions of the Ganges Delta and nearby islands.

13 November 1971 – Space voyager Mariner 9, reaches Mars and becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.

13 November 2009 – NASA announces that a significant resource of water has been located on the moon by the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter.