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Simonie Michael (1933–2008) was a Canadian politician from the eastern Northwest Territories (later Nunavut) who was the first Inuk elected to a legislature in Canada. Before becoming involved in politics, Michael worked as a carpenter and business owner, and was one of very few translators between Inuktitut and English. He became a prominent member of the Inuit co-operative housing movement and a community activist in Iqaluit, and was appointed to a series of governing bodies, including the precursor to the Iqaluit City Council. He became the first elected Inuk member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Council in 1966, where he worked on infrastructure and public health initiatives. Michael is credited with bringing public attention to the dehumanizing effects of the disc number system, in which Inuit were assigned alphanumerical identifiers in place of surnames. Michael helped prompt the government to authorise Project Surname, which replaced the disc numbers with names. (Full article...)
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- ... that the façade of Hôtel Albert Ciamberlani (pictured) has been described as one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau façades in Belgium?
- ... that Muchlis Ibrahim opted to resign as Governor of West Sumatra when Zainal Bakar, instead of his choice, was appointed to be his deputy?
- ... that even though an FCC examiner recommended denial of an application for a radio station in Illinois after approving it twice, the commission granted it anyway?
- ... that Montagu Toller was a part of the British team that played cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics, the only time cricket was ever featured at the Olympics?
- ... that covers of Bob Dylan's "Just Like a Woman" by Manfred Mann and Jonathan King were both coincidentally released on the same day Dylan was involved in a motorcycle accident?
- ... that the Cut Meutia is the only active train service in Indonesia using standard-gauge track?
- ... that the School for American Crafts recruited faculty from Denmark to teach metalsmithing and woodworking?
- ... that Ludwig Ahgren showered on camera during his 31-day continuous livestream?
In the news
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- Bola Tinubu (pictured), of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is elected President of Nigeria.
- A train crash in Thessaly, Greece, kills at least 57 people.
- At least 67 migrants are killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Calabria, Italy.
- On the Adamant wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- Floods and landslides leave at least 64 people dead in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
- At the British Academy Film Awards, All Quiet on the Western Front wins Best Film and six other awards.
On this day
March 5: Learn from Lei Feng Day in China; St Piran's Day in Cornwall, England
- 363 – Roman–Persian Wars: Roman emperor Julian and his army set out from Antioch to attack the Sasanian Empire.
- 1279 – The Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order suffered a great loss when 71 knights died in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
- 1824 – The First Anglo-Burmese War began.
- 1966 – BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
- Gerardus Mercator (pictured) (b. 1512)
- Alessandro Volta (d. 1827)
- Elaine Paige (b. 1948)
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Mohawkite is a rare rock consisting of mixtures of the elements arsenic, silver, nickel and copper, and the mineral skutterudite, with the chemical formula Cu3As up to Cu6As, and the most desirable material was usually found in white quartz matrix. Named after the Mohawk Mine in the Keweenaw Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, where it was originally found, mohawkite has a hardness on the Mohs scale of 3.0 to 3.5 and a metallic luster. The rock's color ranges from brassy yellow to metallic gray, with some specimens having a blue or greenish surface tarnish. This nugget of mohawkite measures about 50 mm × 40 mm × 28 mm (2.0 in × 1.6 in × 1.1 in). Photograph credit: Heinrich Pniok
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