Today in News History
On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1914, Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball. In 1943, Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak. In 1950, Bonnie Pointer, American singer (died 2020) was born. In 1970, Eric Owens, American opera singer was born. In 1972, Cormac Battle, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer was born. In 1974, Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) passed away. In 1978, Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. In 1988, Natalie La Rose, Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer was born. In 1994, Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist was born. In 2001, Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter (born 1946) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Calling All (Potential) Peak Performers!
In our recent Freakonomics Radio episode “How to Become Great at Just About Anything, we spoke with K. Anders Ericsson, a research psychologist who has spent more than 30 years studying expert performers in many fields — music, sports, chess, surgery, teaching, writing, and more. Ericsson's recent book is called Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. It has inspired us to try launching a Freakonomics spinoff podcast, called (for now) Peak. The post Calling All (Potential) Peak Performers! appeared first on Freakonomics.
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