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  • Understanding Oyster Anatomy: Inside the Shell

    Understanding Oyster Anatomy: Inside the Shell

    Oysters are unique and complex organisms with specialized anatomy that allows them to survive in dynamic marine environments. By examining the structure inside an oyster’s shell, we can better understand how these remarkable creatures function and thrive. The Shell The oyster’s shell is its primary defense against predators and environmental stress. Made mostly of calcium […]

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle

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On This Day:

  • Events

    • 1741 – Aleksei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
    • 1941 – The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps.
    • 1955 – Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
    • 1971 – The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
    • 1974 – In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d’état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.

  • Births

    • 1800 – Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (died 1878)
    • 1893 – Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (died 1969)
    • 1913 – Hammond Innes, English journalist and author (died 1998)
    • 1957 – Cecile Richards, American activist and former Planned Parenthood president (died 2025)
    • 1993 – Håvard Nielsen, Norwegian footballer

  • Deaths

    • 1857 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1791)
    • 1930 – Leonora Barry, Irish-born American social activist (born 1849)
    • 1977 – Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (born 1933)
    • 2013 – Earl Gros, American football player (born 1940)
    • 2013 – Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopian runner (born 1986)