27 January 2013

Rhadamanthys

[rad-uh-man-thuhs]

noun

1. Classical Mythology . a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
2. an inflexibly just or severe judge.

Also, Rhad·a·man·thus.

Related forms
Rhad·a·man·thine [rad-uh-man-thin, -thahyn]  adjective

Today’s aphorism

‘The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing’.

– Albert Einstein

On this day

27 January 1756 – birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer.

27 January 1926 – In London, John Logie Baird publicly demonstrates a revolutionary new invention, the television system.

27 January 1945 – The Soviet Army liberates survivors of the largest Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland, where it is estimated more than 1,000,000 Jews and tens of thousands of others were executed.

27 January 1967 – Outer Space Treaty was signed by 60 countries, including the USA and USSR, prohibiting the placement of weapons of mass destruction in space.

27 January 1973 – the Vietnam War formally ends with a treaty signed between the USA, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

27 January 1984 – Michael Jackson’s hair catches on fire while he is singing ‘Billy Jean’ during filming of a Pepsi commercial.