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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 […]

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On This Day:

  • Events

    • 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
    • 1870 – Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
    • 1870 – Canadian Confederation: Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
    • 1974 – In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d’état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
    • 2018 – France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2.

  • Births

    • 1800 – Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (died 1878)
    • 1930 – Einosuke Akiya, Japanese Buddhist leader
    • 1933 – M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter (died 2024)
    • 1953 – Sultanah Haminah, Malaysian royal consort
    • 1977 – André Nel, South African cricketer

  • Deaths

    • 1388 – Agnes of Durazzo, titular Latin empress consort of Constantinople (born 1313)
    • 1828 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (born 1741)
    • 1844 – Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (born 1772)
    • 1948 – John J. Pershing, American general (born 1860)
    • 2008 – György Kolonics, Hungarian canoe racer (born 1972)