15 August 2014

nyctophilia

[nikt-oh-fill-ee-uh]

noun

– a preference or love for the night or darkness. Also called ‘scotophilia’.

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a thin policy
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Today’s aphorism

What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

– Robert Green Ingersoll

On this day

15 August 1769 – birthday of Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor.

15 August 1945 – Japan announces its surrender to the Allies following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The official ‘Instrument of Surrender’ was signed on 2 September 1945.

15 August 1947 – India Independence Day. At the stroke of midnight (14/15 August), India was partitioned and granted independence from British rule.