29 December 2015

Vandemonian

[van-dih-mohn-ee-en]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the former Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania)
adjective
2. of or relating to Van Diemen’s Land or its inhabitants

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Examples from the Web for vandemonian

Historical Examples

The husband was about forty years old; and was a vulgar looking wretch—even for a “ vandemonian.”
Lost Lenore
Charles Beach

Anagram

a manned vino
dove in manna
neon maid van

Today’s quote

Treat all men alike…. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who is born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. Let me be a free man…free to travel… free to stop…free to work…free to choose my own teachers…free to follow the religion of my Fathers…free to think and talk and act for myself.

– Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

On this day

29 December – the fifth day of the 12 days of Christmas (Western Christianity).

29 December 1890 – Massacre at Wounded Knee. The last battle of the American Indian Wars was fought at Wounded Knee Creek, on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian reservation, South Dakota. The US 7th Cavalry Regiment opened fire on the Reservation, massacring around 300 people, including 200 women and children, and wounding 51. Twenty-five US soldiers died, most from friendly fire.

29 December 1998 – Six people die in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race as huge waves swamp the vessels during the 1167km race.

29 December 1998 – Former Khmer Rouge leaders apologise for the Pol Pot led genocide in Kampuchea (now known as Cambodia), which killed 1 million people between 1975 and 1979.