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Richard Nixon in 1950
Richard Nixon in 1950
In the 1950 United States Senate election in California, Republican Richard Nixon
(pictured) defeated Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas in a campaign characterized by
accusations and name-calling. Democratic incumbent Sheridan Downey withdrew during
the primary election campaign, after which publisher Manchester Boddy joined the
race; both attacked Douglas as a leftist. Nixon and Douglas won the primaries, and
at the time of the Red Scare, tried to paint each other as sympathetic to
communism; Nixon had more success doing so. Democrats were slow to rally to
Douglas, and some even endorsed Nixon, who defeated Douglas by almost 20 percentage
points in the November 7 election. Though Nixon was later criticized for his
tactics in the campaign, he defended his actions and stated that Douglas was too
far to the left for California's voters. The campaign gave rise to two lasting
political nicknames, "the Pink Lady" for Douglas and "Tricky Dick" for Nixon. (Full
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September 5

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
917 � Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in
southern China, at his capital of Panyu (present-day Guangzhou).
1807 � Gunboat War: The Royal Navy concluded their bombardment of Copenhagen and
captured the Dano-Norwegian navy, leading to the term "Copenhagenization".
1905 � Under the mediation of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, the Russo-Japanese
War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth at the Portsmouth
Naval Shipyard near Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1921 � Popular American comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (pictured) attended a
party during which a woman was fatally injured; although he was eventually
acquitted of manslaughter, the trial's scandal derailed his career.
1943 � World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as
part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
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Mammillaria spinosissima
Mammillaria spinosissima, also known as the spiny pincushion cactus, is a species
of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, endemic to the central Mexican
states of Guerrero and Morelos, where they grow at elevations of approximately
1,600 to 1,900 metres (5,200 to 6,200 ft). The species was described in 1838 by
James Forbes, gardener of the Duke of Bedford. Botanist David Hunt collected a
specimen in 1971, when he located one near Sierra de Tepoztlan, Mexico. The
cylindrical and elongated plants grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in) tall and 10
centimetres (3.9 in) wide. They reach full height after five to ten years. The
spines are red-brown or white, with cream-colored radials and pink, funnel-shaped
flowers that grow in a ring around the apex of the stem to approximately 2
centimetres (0.79 in) long. It grows low to the ground in solitary or in clusters,
and its flowers produce generally bright red berries that are club-shaped, smooth,
and juicy. This picture shows an M. spinosissima cactus of the 'rubrispina' ('Super
Red') variety.

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