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Culture/Food and drink
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| 2024-11-03 19:45 | Beth Mead (English footballer (born 1995)) | Bethany Jane Mead MBE (born 9 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Women's Super League (WSL) club Arsenal and the England national team. A creative and prolific forward, she has all-time most assists and all-time second-most goal contributions in the WSL. | Spiderone(Talk to Spider) |
| 2025-01-13 13:04 | Alina Zagitova (Russian figure skater (born 2002)) | Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova ( Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова, IPA: [ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə]; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, the 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2018 Russian national champion. | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 19:58 | Rice polyculture (Growing rice with other crops) | Rice polyculture is the cultivation of rice and another crop simultaneously on the same land. The practice exploits the mutual benefit between rice and organisms such as fish and ducks: the rice supports pests which serve as food for the fish and ducks, while the animals' excrement serves as fertilizer for the rice. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 04:20 | Food labeling in Mexico (Official food law) | Food labeling in Mexico refers to the official regulations requiring labels on processed foods sold within the country to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions based on nutritional criteria. Approved in 2010 under the Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 (often shortened to NOM-051),: 1 the system includes Daily Dietary Guidelines (Spanish abbrebriation: GDA). | (CC) Tbhotch™ |
| 2025-03-16 17:13 | Torta caprese (Italian chocolate cake) | Torta caprese is a flourless chocolate cake made out of almonds. It originates from the island of Capri, however its story is disputed. One hypothesis holds that a chef named Carmine di Fiore accidentally created the cake in the 1920s for Italian-American mafia, while the other story holds that it was created as an improvisation for Maria Carolina of Austria. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
Culture/Internet culture
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| 2024-12-26 23:19 | Cry of Fear (2013 video game) | Cry of Fear is a 2012 indie survival horror video game developed and published by Team Psykskallar. It is derived from a mod for the video game Half-Life developed by the same team a year prior. Cry of Fear follows the story of Simon Henriksson, a 19-year-old Swedish male suffering from depression and anxiety, exploring the city of Stockholm. | Etherial Eldon (talk) |
| 2025-01-07 16:02 | Fury 325 (Steel roller coaster at Carowinds) | Fury 325 is a steel roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The giga coaster, manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, opened to the public on March 28, 2015. It features 6,602 feet (2,012 m) of track and a maximum height of 325 feet (99 m), making it the current second-tallest roller coaster in the world and the tallest overall that uses a traditional lift hill. | Therguy10 (talk) |
| 2025-01-12 19:26 | American Privacy Rights Act (Proposed data privacy law) | The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is a comprehensive data privacy law proposed in the United States. It would place limitations on the kinds of data companies can collect about their users, create processes for users to access or remove data about them, and allow users opt-out from having data sold by data brokers. | — Rhododendrites talk \\ |
| 2025-01-24 04:45 | Game board (Surface on which a board game is played) | A game board (or gameboard; sometimes, playing board or game map: 25 ) is the surface on which one plays a board game. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-01-25 10:57 | Necromorph (Fictional undead creatures in the multimedia franchise Dead Space) | Necromorphs are a collective of undead creatures in the science fiction horror multimedia franchise Dead Space by Electronic Arts, introduced in the 2008 comic book series of the same name. Within the series, the Necromorphs are constructed from reanimated corpses and come in multiple forms of various shapes and sizes. | 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) |
| 2025-02-02 16:54 | Ayane (Dead or Alive) (Fictional character from Dead or Alive) | Ayane (Japanese: あやね) is a fictional character in the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden franchises by Team Ninja for Koei Tecmo. She debuted as a hidden unlockable character in the PlayStation version of the fighting game Dead or Alive in 1998, and has appeared in all of its sequels where she served as the protagonist of Dead or Alive 3, and has appeared in all of the series' spin-offs. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2025-02-04 18:09 | Views of Elon Musk (overview of notable views by Elon Musk on various subjects) | Elon Musk is the owner of multiple companies, the wealthiest individual in the world, and a US government employee. Having rejected the conservative label, Musk has described himself as a political moderate; his views have become more right-wing over time, and have been characterized as libertarian and far-right. | CNC (talk) |
| 2025-02-05 15:03 | The Batman (film) (2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves) | The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay he wrote with Peter Craig, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise produced by DC Films. Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-02-21 14:05 | South Arcade (English pop-punk band) | South Arcade are an English band from Oxford. Formed in 2021, the band went viral for videos of their band practices and performed at BBC Radio 1's New Music Live in Halifax, West Yorkshire in November 2024. Their 2005 EP was inspired by various genres and artists from the 2000s and was received positively by Distorted Sound Magazine. | Launchballer |
| 2025-02-22 01:29 | Pokémon competitive play (Player versus player battles that take place using the Pokémon video games) | Competitive play in Pokémon generally involves player versus player battles that take place using the Pokémon video games. Using fictional species called Pokémon in battle, players aim to defeat all of the opponent's Pokémon in order to win. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-02-28 21:07 | Brian David Gilbert (American YouTuber (born 1994)) | Brian David Gilbert (born January 29, 1994), also known by his initials BDG, is an American YouTuber, comedian, actor, host, and musician. He worked at Polygon as a video producer from 2017 to 2020, where he hosted the web series Unraveled. Since leaving the publication, Gilbert has written, produced, and starred in horror, comedy, and music videos for his self-titled YouTube channel. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-06 04:12 | Demi Sims (English television personality (born 1996)) | Demi Sims (born 6 September 1996) is an English television personality. She appeared on The Only Way Is Essex in 2014, between November 2018 and July 2022, and in late 2024. Sims was described by Emma Garland of Vice in December 2020 as one of the "very few openly bisexual women in mainstream reality TV" and has also appeared on Celeb Ex in the City, Celebs Go Dating, CelebAbility, and House of Sims. | Launchballer |
| 2025-04-06 17:41 | TechTV (American cable channel) | TechTV was an American cable television channel with a focus on technology. It was launched as ZDTV on May 11, 1998, by computer magazine publisher Ziff-Davis following two short-lived technology-based programs by the company. Initially targeting tech enthusiasts with programming including The Screen Savers, Call for Help and GameSpot TV (later named Extended Play and then X-Play), it aimed to report and inform on computers and the internet during the dot-com bubble. | Cat's Tuxedo (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 06:55 | Clutch Gaming (American League of Legends team (2017–2019)) | Clutch Gaming (CG) was an American professional League of Legends team founded by the Houston Rockets in 2017. It joined the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) after the league became franchised in 2018. In 2019, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment acquired a majority stake in Clutch Gaming and merged it with Dignitas. | Yue🌙 |
| 2025-04-08 04:57 | Below the Root (video game) (1984 video game) | Below the Root is a 1984 video game developed for Commodore 64, IBM PC, and Apple II home computer lines. The game is a continuation of the author Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green Sky Trilogy, making it the fourth story in the series. The game is set in a fantasy world of Green-Sky covered with enormous trees and wildlife. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 20:44 | Choquei (Instagram and Twitter account) | Choquei is a social media account on Instagram and Twitter operated by Brazilian Raphael Sousa Oliveira in 2014. Initially focused on entertainment news and gossip, the account became notorious for covering real-world news starting in 2022. In February of that year, it began reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but faced criticism for sharing unverified information and fake news. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-15 20:01 | Senior assassin (Water gun assassin game) | Senior assassin (sometimes known by other names locally) is a form of the assassin game often played in the United States between students in 12th grade during their senior year before graduation. The objective of the game is for participating students to "assassinate" or eliminate their target, a fellow participating student, by squirting them with a water gun within a given time period. | Johnson524 |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | The Flash (film) (2023 superhero film by Andy Muschietti) | The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / The Flash. Directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson and a story by the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein alongside Joby Harold, it is the 13th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023 superhero film by James Wan) | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Aquaman. Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, it is the sequel to Aquaman (2018) and the 15th and final film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Jason Momoa stars as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, who must work with his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) to pre ... | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 17:07 | Painter (video game) (1994 video game) | Painter is a 1994 action-puzzle video game developed and published by Sinister Developments for the Atari ST. In the game, the player controls a sprite character through levels by painting all lines on a grid to fill enclosed areas while avoiding enemies against a time limit. | KGRAMR (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 03:29 | Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (2024 mobile video game) | Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (often abbreviated as Pokémon TCG Pocket) is a free-to-play mobile adaptation of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), developed by Creatures Inc. and DeNA, and published by The Pokémon Company. The game was revealed on February 27, 2024 during a Pokémon Presents presentation and officially released on October 30, 2024, on both iOS and Android devices. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-04-20 01:14 | Wanderstop (2025 video game) | Wanderstop is a 2025 cozy game developed by Ivy Road and published by Annapurna Interactive. Written and directed by Davey Wreden, composed by C418, and edited by Karla Zimonja, it follows a former warrior named Alta, whose painful losses in combat have led her to help tend a tea shop with its owner Boro, with an aim to heal herself. | BarntToust |
| 2025-04-20 21:44 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020 video game compilation) | Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a 2020 compilation of platform games developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It contains high-definition ports of Nintendo's first three 3D Super Mario games; Super Mario 64 (1996), Super Mario Sunshine (2002), and Super Mario Galaxy (2007). As in the original games, players control the Italian plumber Mario to explore different worlds and avoid obstacles to find and rescue Princess Peach from Bowser—the primary antagonist of the Super Mario franchise. | TzarN64 (talk) |
Culture/Linguistics
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| 2024-11-13 05:25 | Blackhawk (band) (American country music band) | Blackhawk (sometimes stylized as BlackHawk) is an American country music band founded in 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of founding members Henry Paul (lead vocals, guitar, mandolin) and Dave Robbins (keyboards, vocals), along with a backing band consisting of Randy Threet (bass guitar, vocals), Jeff Aulich (guitar), Jimmy Dormire (guitar), and Mike Bailey (drums). | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2025-02-07 16:05 | For Your Pleasure (1973 studio album by Roxy Music) | For Your Pleasure is the second studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released on 23 March 1973 by Island Records. It was their last to feature synthesiser and sound specialist Brian Eno. The album expanded on the experimental nature of their self-titled debut, featuring more elaborate production and experiments with phasing and tape loops. | LastJabberwocky (talk) |
| 2025-02-25 20:13 | Follow Me (lyme & cybelle song) (1966 single by lyme & cybelle) | "Follow Me" is a song written and released by American folk rock duo lyme & cybelle in 1966. The duo – consisting of Warren Zevon and Violet Santangelo – formed in high school due to an interest in the music of the Beatles. The song was conceived in Santangelo's bedroom, where Zevon played a raga rock guitar riff and asked Santangelo to sing along to his playing. | VirreFriberg (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 18:15 | Klingenheben's law (Hausa-language sound law) | In historical linguistics, Klingenheben's law describes a cluster of four syllable-final sound changes governing the lenition of certain consonants in earlier forms of the Hausa language. The four sound changes affect the velar stops, coronal stops, labial obstruents, and the bilabial nasal, respectively, though only the first two are universal to all dialects of the language. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 00:24 | African striped weasel (Species of mustelid mammal) | The African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha), also known as the white-naped weasel, striped weasel or African weasel, is a small mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it occurs as far north as Kenya and stretches down south to South Africa. It belongs in the family Mustelidae and is the lone member of the genus Poecilogale, which was established in 1883 by Oldfield Thomas. | Olmagon (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 03:07 | The Smiths (album) (1984 studio album by the Smiths) | The Smiths is the debut studio album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 20 February 1984 by Rough Trade Records. The album was first recorded with producer Troy Tate, but the results were ultimately shelved in favor of a new version produced by John Porter. Recording took place intermittently in London, Manchester, and Stockport during September 1983, between dates on the band's national tour. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-18 16:29 | The Queen Is Dead (1986 studio album by the Smiths) | The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English rock band the Smiths, released on 16 June 1986, by Rough Trade Records. Following the release of their second album Meat Is Murder, the Smiths retreated to Greater Manchester to begin work on new material, with Johnny Marr and Morrissey writing extensively at Marr's home in Bowdon. | Cattos💭 |
Culture/Literature
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| 2024-10-19 21:54 | Daredevil (Marvel Comics character) (Marvel Comics fictional character) | Daredevil is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with some input from Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Daredevil #1 (April 1964). | Wrangler1981 (talk) |
| 2024-11-17 06:18 | Marvel Studios (American entertainment company) | Marvel Studios, LLC, formerly known as Marvel Films, is an American film and television production company. Marvel Studios is the creator of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), a media franchise and shared universe of films and television series produced by the studio, based on characters that appear in Marvel Comics publications. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2024-12-24 08:15 | Kiddush levana (Jewish ritual and prayer service) | Kiddush levana, also known as Birkat halevana, is a Jewish ritual and prayer service, generally observed on the first or second Saturday night of each Hebrew month. The service includes a blessing to God for the appearance of the new moon and further readings depending on custom. In most communities, ritual elements include the shalom aleikhem greeting and jumping toward the moon, with some also incorporating kabbalistic practices. | Dovidroth (talk) |
| 2025-01-15 09:10 | The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien | The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien is a 2024 book of poetry written by the English philologist, poet, and author J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by the Tolkien scholars, wife and husband Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. Its three volumes contain some 900 versions of 195 poems, among them around 70 previously unpublished. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-18 23:17 | Eva O'Hara (British actress) | Eva O'Hara is a British actress. O'Hara studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she performed in various productions at the Bristol Old Vic. She also appeared in other stage productions and short films, and made her film debut as Rosalind in Stark Shakespeare in 2018. After graduating from the school in 2019, O'Hara was cast as Verity Hutchinson in the British soap opera Hollyoaks, with the character first appearing in January 2020. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 20:07 | Luke Cage (Marvel Comics character) | Lucas "Luke" Cage, born Carl Lucas and also known as Power Man, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Archie Goodwin, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, and John Romita Sr. in 1972, he was the first African–American superhero by Marvel Comics to be the main character in his own series. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 12:53 | Anime and manga fandom in Poland | The anime and manga fandom has been developing in Poland since the 1990s, although certain elements could be observed in earlier decades. In the 1990s, significant influence on the popularity of anime came from broadcasts on television (Polonia 1 and Polsat) and articles describing the phenomenon of manga and anime published in video game magazines. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-01-21 12:54 | The Ancient Trilogy (Trilogy by Karol Bunsch about Alexander the Great) | The Ancient Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia antyczna) is a trilogy by Karol Bunsch about Alexander the Great, consisting of the novels Olimpias (1955), Parmenion (1963), and Alexander (1968). | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-01-21 12:55 | Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków (Fantasy novel by Janina Wieczerska) | Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków (The Root People, or Autumn of the Little Gnomes) is a fantasy novel (modern fairy tale) for young readers by Janina Wieczerska, published in 1989. It has an eco-friendly theme and tells the adventures of gnomes in contemporary times. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-01-24 16:34 | Ashling O'Shea (British actress) | Ashling O'Shea is a British-Irish actress. She initially completed a university degree in Theatre Studies with the intention of going into Theatre Therapy. O'Shea then trained and took acting classes whilst doing other jobs, and she began working with Little Fish Theatre, who gave her first acting role outside of university. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-01-26 23:39 | Letters Written in France (Series of letters by Helen Maria Williams) | Letters Written in France (1790–1796) is a letter collection by English writer Helen Maria Williams. Williams published eight volumes of letters describing her firsthand experience of the French Revolution for British audiences. Williams witnessed the Fête de la Fédération, the executions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and much of the Reign of Terror. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-01-29 21:27 | Tolkien on Film (Scholarly book) | Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings is a 2004 collection of essays edited by Janet Brennan Croft on Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Lord of the Rings in his 2001–2003 film trilogy based on J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy book. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-31 16:01 | Tolkien, Race and Cultural History (Book of literary criticism by Dimitra Fimi) | Tolkien, Race, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits is a 2008 book by Dimitra Fimi about J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. Scholars largely welcomed the book, praising its accessibility and its skilful application of a biographical-historical method which sets the development of Tolkien's legendarium in the context of Tolkien's life and times. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-01 17:56 | The Whole World Is Watching (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) (4th episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) | "The Whole World Is Watching" is the fourth episode of the American television miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. It follows the pair as they continue to reluctantly work with Helmut Zemo to locate and stop the Flag Smashers. | Dcdiehardfan (talk) |
| 2025-02-02 16:54 | Ayane (Dead or Alive) (Fictional character from Dead or Alive) | Ayane (Japanese: あやね) is a fictional character in the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden franchises by Team Ninja for Koei Tecmo. She debuted as a hidden unlockable character in the PlayStation version of the fighting game Dead or Alive in 1998, and has appeared in all of its sequels where she served as the protagonist of Dead or Alive 3, and has appeared in all of the series' spin-offs. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2025-02-05 07:21 | A Question of Time (book) (Book of Tolkien scholarship) | A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie is a 1997 book of literary analysis by Verlyn Flieger of J. R. R. Tolkien's explorations of the nature of time in his Middle-earth writings, interpreted in the light of J. W. Dunne's 1927 theory of time, and Dunne's view that dreams gave access to all dimensions of time. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-05 15:03 | The Batman (film) (2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves) | The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay he wrote with Peter Craig, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise produced by DC Films. Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 09:44 | Svarta ballader (1917 poetry collection by Dan Andersson) | Svarta ballader ('Black Ballads') is a 1917 poetry collection by the Swedish proletarian writer Dan Andersson, his third and the last to be published before his early death in 1920. It has become one of the most important texts in 20th century Swedish literature. The poems convey strong feelings about life's struggles, love, hate, suffering, and death. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-12 16:37 | The House of the Wolfings (1889 novel by William Morris) | A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. It was first published in hardcover by Reeves and Turner in 1889. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 02:10 | Manon Lescaut (Novel by Abbé Prévost) | The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut (French: Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut ) is a novel by Antoine François Prévost. Most commonly referred to as simply Manon Lescaut, the novel is a tragic love story about a nobleman (known only as the Chevalier des Grieux) and a common woman (Manon Lescaut). | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 14:56 | Invincible season 2 (Season of streaming series) | The second season of the American adult animated superhero series Invincible based on the comic book series of the same name, was created for television by comic book writer Robert Kirkman who also serves as the comics writer. The season was produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Point Grey Pictures, Skybound North, Skybound Animation and Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, with Simon Racioppa serving as showrunner. | Afro 📢Talk! |
| 2025-02-20 09:47 | Lucy Parsons (American labor organizer (c.1851–1942)) | Lucy E. Parsons (c. 1851 – March 7, 1942) was an American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist. Her early life is shrouded in mystery: she herself said she was of mixed Mexican and Native American ancestry; historians believe she was born to an African-American slave, possibly in Virginia, then married a black freedman in Texas. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 09:46 | The Ugly Black Bird (1994 book by Joanna Siedlecka) | The Ugly Black Bird: The Real Story of Jerzy Kosiński's Wartime Childhood (Polish: Czarny ptasior) is a 1994 book by Polish journalist Joanna Siedlecka about Jerzy Kosiński (Polish-American writer and Holocaust survivor). The books presents the results of Siedlecka's journalistic investigation about Kosiński's life during World War II, which up till then had often been seen as similar to the tragic fate of the protagonist of his well known novel, The Painted Bird. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-22 21:19 | Urien (Sixth-century ruler of Rheged) | Urien ap Cynfarch Oer or Urien Rheged (Old Welsh: Urbgen or Urbagen) was a powerful sixth-century Brittonic-speaking figure who was possibly the ruler of the territory or kingdom known as Rheged. He is probably the best-known and certainly the best documented of the British figures of the 'Old North' in the sixth century. | Tipcake (talk) |
| 2025-02-23 05:52 | Andrew Still (actor) (Scottish actor) | Andrew Still (born December 1993) is a Scottish actor. After joining the Scottish Youth Theatre, he played Joel Dexter in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2011 to 2013, also portraying the role in Hollyoaks Later in 2012. Still then struggled to get new roles and worked in various other occupations. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-03-02 22:13 | Bungay Castle (novel) (1797 novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte) | Bungay Castle is a gothic novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte, first published in 1797. It is set loosely in the thirteenth century around the First Barons' War, and follows the fortunes of the fictional De Morney family at the real Bungay Castle in Suffolk. Bonhôte's husband purchased the ruins of this castle in 1791. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 02:34 | Unexpected Destinations (1993 biography of Ōyama Sutematsu) | Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan's First Vassar Graduate is a biography of Ōyama Sutematsu, written by her great-granddaughter Akiko Kuno. Ōyama was one of the first Japanese women to study abroad after the end of Japan's closed borders, and the first Japanese woman to earn a university degree. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-03-06 21:24 | Carl the Collector (2024 American-Canadian animated television series) | Carl the Collector (stylized in all caps) is a children's animated television series created by Zachariah OHora. It was produced by Fuzzytown Productions and Spiffy Pictures, animated by Yowza! Animation, and premiered on PBS Kids on November 14, 2024, as the network's first series to be led by autistic characters. | Lazman321 (talk) |
| 2025-03-07 15:59 | Trinity (Christian doctrine that God exists in three persons) | The Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from trinus 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion). | Brent Silby (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 19:01 | He was aware that he was still a child (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twenty-first episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa wrote the episode, which the animator Hiroyuki Ishido directed. The series' protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy whose father Gendo recruited him to the special military organization Nerv to pilot a gigantic, bio-mechanical mecha named Evangelion into combat with beings called Angels. | TeenAngels1234 (talk) |
| 2025-03-13 09:35 | Jadranska straža (journal) (Journal of Jadranska straža organisation) | Jadranska straža (lit. 'Adriatic Guard' or 'Adriatic Sentinel') was the official publication of the Jadranska straža organisation. The publication's full title was Jadranska straža – Glasnik udruženja Jadranska straža (lit. 'Adriatic Guard – Gazette of Adriatic Guard Association'), but it was commonly referred to using the abbreviated title. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-18 05:04 | Elaine DePrince (American author, activist and teacher (1947–2024)) | Elaine DePrince (née DiGiacomo, August 6, 1947 – September 11, 2024) was an American author, hemophilia activist, teacher, and advocate of adoptive parenting. The mother of 11 children, she is best known as the adoptive mother of ballet star Michaela DePrince and the co-author of her memoir, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (2014). She was interviewed in the 2011 documentary First Position, discussing the racism they encountered as Michaela pursued training in classical ballet. | Cielquiparle (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 23:34 | Barbara Park (American author (1947–2013)) | Barbara Lynne Park (née Tidswell; April 21, 1947 – November 15, 2013) was an American author of children's books. She is most well known for writing the Junie B. Jones series of chapter books. She has also written several middle grade and young adult books, including Skinnybones (1982), Mick Harte Was Here (1995), and The Graduation of Jake Moon (2000). | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 16:42 | Nora Helmer (Character in the play A Doll's House) | Nora Helmer is a fictional character of Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House. She is introduced as a seemingly devoted wife and mother, living in a comfortable middle-class home with her husband Torvald, a recently promoted bank manager, and their three children. After committing forgery to pay for her husband's medical treatment without his knowledge, Nora attempts to deal with the consequences that threaten her marriage. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-03-27 10:58 | William Morris's influence on Tolkien (Literary influence) | William Morris's influence on J. R. R. Tolkien was substantial. From an early age, Tolkien bought many of Morris's books, including his fantasies, poetry, and translations. Both men liked the Norse sagas, disliked mechanisation, and wrote fantasy books which they illustrated themselves. On the other hand, Morris was a socialist and atheist, while Tolkien was bourgeois and Catholic. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 17:07 | Rory Gibson (American actor) | Rory Gibson (born November 22, 1995) is an American actor. Born and raised in Southern California, Gibson moved Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Since 2018, Gibson has appeared in several films and short films, including A Night to Regret, Grace, Twisted Twin, Severed Road and Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 15:39 | Don't Be (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twenty-second episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, created by Gainax. The episode was written by Hideaki Anno and Hiroshi Yamaguchi and directed by the animator Akira Takamura. In the episode, Asuka Langley Soryu, the pilot of the giant mecha Evangelion Unit-02, comes into conflict with Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami, her fellow pilots, due to several defeats in previous battles. | TeenAngels1234 (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 06:13 | Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper (book by Laurence Sterne) | Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper took place in 1767, and was partially published in 1773 and 1904. In the final year of his life, the author Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) had an intense emotional relationship with Elizabeth Draper (1744–1778). They met in January 1767, and immediately began a friendship; their public affection attracted gossip, since both were married, and Sterne was a clergyman. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 00:57 | Lace tells (Rhyming chants used to aid lacemaking) | Lace tells were catchy rhymes chanted to the rhythm of bobbin lace manufacture in lace schools and workshops in Flanders, the English East Midlands, and the Saxon Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge). Tells helped lacemakers to count stitches, maintain a steady rhythm, and stay awake and focused. Lace tells were also used in lacemaking schools in order to increase the speed of work and to teach discipline and lace skills to children—including basic numeracy. | ꧁Zanahary꧂ |
| 2025-04-02 03:55 | St. Alban's Abbey, A Metrical Tale (1826 Gothic poem by Ann Radcliffe) | St. Alban's Abbey, A Metrical Tale is a poem by Ann Radcliffe, likely composed between 1808 and 1809, and first published posthumously in 1826. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 08:55 | Abraham (Hebrew patriarch according to the Hebrew Bible) | Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad. | Brent Silby (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 08:41 | Dreams and visions in Middle-earth (Literary theme) | J. R. R. Tolkien repeatedly uses dreams and visions in his Middle-earth writings to create literary effects, allowing the narrative to transition between everyday reality and awareness of other kinds of existence. He follows the conventions of the dream vision in early medieval literature, and the tradition of English visionary writing of Edmund Spenser and John Milton. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 08:30 | Tolkien and Edwardian adventure stories (Literary theme) | The philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien enjoyed Edwardian adventure stories by authors such as John Buchan and H. Rider Haggard as a boy, and made use of their structure and motifs in his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 16:36 | La Turquie Kemaliste (Kemalist propaganda magazine) | The La Turquie Kemaliste (French for "Kemalist Turkey", Turkish: Kemalist Türkiye) was a propaganda magazine published by the Turkish government between 1933 and 1949. It is regarded as the one of the first public diplomacy campaigns since the foundation of the republic. | AscendencyXXIV (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 18:36 | This Man... This Monster! (1966 Fantastic Four Comic Book) | "This Man... This Monster!" is a superhero story in the Marvel Comics series Fantastic Four. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby, it was published in Fantastic Four #51 in 1966. The story is about Benjamin Grimm, known as the Thing, a member of the superhero team the Fantastic Four whose body is made of stone. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-04-08 13:14 | Prophecy in The Lord of the Rings (Theme in Tolkien's fiction) | Prophecy is a recurring element in the narrative of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien echoes both biblical and Shakespearean prophecy in his epic novel. Close to prophecy are prophetic dreams and visions, and the use of divination through devices such as the Palantír and the Mirror of Galadriel. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 20:37 | Jessica Forrest (British actress and author (born 1990)) | Jessica Forrest (born 1990) is a British actress and writer. She is from Colne, Lancashire and she studied Drama at Manchester University, but she did not like the course as she believed that it was not practical enough. In 2010, Forrest left her course after she was cast as Leanne Holiday in the British soap opera Hollyoaks. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 21:20 | Ochaco Uraraka (Fictional character from My Hero Academia) | , also known by her hero name Uravity (Japanese: ウラビティ, Hepburn: Urabiti), is a superhero and one of the main protagonists of the manga series My Hero Academia, created by Kōhei Horikoshi. Born into a poor working-class household, Ochaco aspires to become a hero to support her parents as she protects and saves others' lives. | Z. Patterson (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 15:43 | Series fiction (A collection of related stories featuring similar narrative elements) | Series fiction refers to a group of independently published works of fiction that are related to one another, usually through similar elements of setting and characters. A common example of series fiction is a book series. Series fiction spans a wide range of genres, and is particularly common in adventure, mystery, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-10 15:47 | Inner space (science fiction) (An antonym to "outer space") | Inner space in the context of science fiction refers to works of psychological science fiction emphasizes internal, mental, and emotional experiences over external adventure or technological speculation, which contrasts it with traditional science fiction's fascination with outer space. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-11 16:48 | Tehanu (1990 fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin) | Tehanu , initially subtitled The Last Book of Earthsea, is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Atheneum in February 1990. It is the fourth novel set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea, published almost twenty years after the first three Earthsea novels (1968–1972), and not the last, despite its initial subtitle. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-12 03:04 | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (2018 nonfiction book by Steve Brusatte) | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World is a 2018 book by paleontologist Steve L. Brusatte. The book chronicles the evolution of dinosaurs, their rise as the dominant clade, and ends with an account of the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs from the Chicxulub asteroid. It also includes a discussion of the evolution of feathered dinosaurs and birds' descent from dinosaurs, and an epilogue of sorts discussing the post-dinosaur emergence of mammals. | Rusalkii (talk) |
| 2025-04-14 22:54 | Nardole (Fictional character in the TV series Doctor Who) | Nardole is a fictional character created by Steven Moffat and portrayed by Matt Lucas in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a companion of the Twelfth Doctor, an incarnation of the alien time traveller known as The Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi. In-universe, Nardole is a humanoid extraterrestrial being who serves as an employee to the Doctor's wife, River Song. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-04-16 13:18 | Kurapika (Fictional character from Hunter × Hunter manga) | is a fictional character from Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series Hunter × Hunter. Kurapika is the last remaining member of the Kurta Clan (クルタ族, Kuruta-zoku) who wishes to become a Hunter in order to avenge his clan and recover their scarlet-glowing eyes that were plucked from their corpses by a band of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe. | Tintor2 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | The Flash (film) (2023 superhero film by Andy Muschietti) | The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / The Flash. Directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson and a story by the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein alongside Joby Harold, it is the 13th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023 superhero film by James Wan) | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Aquaman. Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, it is the sequel to Aquaman (2018) and the 15th and final film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Jason Momoa stars as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, who must work with his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) to pre ... | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 10:07 | Stanley Casson (British classical archaeologist (1889–1944)) | Stanley Casson FSA (1889–17 April 1944) was an English classical archaeologist. Educated at Ipswich School and at Merchant Taylors' School in Hertfordshire, he attended Lincoln College, Oxford, on an exhibition, where he studied both archaeology and anthropology. He continued his studies at St John's College, Oxford, and the British School at Athens (BSA), where he pursued a then-unusual interest in modern Greek historical anthropology. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-20 05:18 | Calum Lill (English actor) | Calum Lill (born 1995 or 1996) is a British actor. After graduating, Lill had guest roles in Doctors and Holby City in 2019, and he played the recurring role of Carlton Smith in the soap opera Hollyoaks in 2021. Lill almost quit the acting profession due to his struggle in getting acting roles and he worked various jobs in between acting roles, including as a car salesman, which he did not like. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 20:30 | Abramo Colorni (Italian-Jewish polymath (1544–1599)) | Sometimes thought of as a charlatan, a genius "Jewish Leonardo" or "Jewish Baron von Munchhausen", or a professore de’ secreti, "professor of secrets", he was also known as a clockmaker, for his magic tricks and escapology, and invented a new kind of revolver. | Andre🚐 |
| 2025-04-21 03:10 | Silurian and Sea Devil (Fictional race from the television series Doctor Who) | The Silurians and Sea Devils are two fictional related ancient species created by Malcolm Hulke for the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Silurians are a race of scientifically advanced reptilian humanoids from the dawn of man which first appeared in Doctor Who in Hulke's 1970 serial Doctor Who and the Silurians. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
Culture/Biography
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| 2024-09-14 08:26 | Kasey Peters (American football player (born 1987)) | Kasey Peters (born May 20, 1987) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Las Vegas Outlaws, New Orleans VooDoo, and Portland Steel. He played college football at Saddleback, Santa Ana, Grand Valley State and Rocky Mountain, and was a three-time honorable mention All-American during his college career. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 12:46 | Delbert Cowsette (American football player and coach (born 1977)) | Delbert Ray Cowsette (born September 3, 1977) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He is currently the defensive line coach for the Howard Bison. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-18 08:08 | Ziaur Rahman (President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981) | Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of the country's independence war, he broadcast the Bangladeshi declaration of independence in March 1971 from Chittagong. | Niasoh (talk) |
| 2024-10-18 08:12 | Muhammad Yunus (Chief Adviser of Bangladesh) | Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, statesman and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 as the first Bangladeshi. | Niasoh (talk) |
| 2024-10-18 14:08 | 1994 San Diego Chargers season (NFL team 35th season) | The 1994 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 35th, its 25th in the National Football League (NFL) and its 34th in San Diego. It featured a surprising run to Super Bowl XXIX, where the Chargers lost to the San Francisco 49ers. To date, this is the only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2024-10-22 20:23 | 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race | The 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race, formerly the 2023 Macau Asia Formula 4, was a Formula 4 (F4) motor race held on the Guia Circuit in Macau on 12 November 2023, as part of the 2023 Macau Grand Prix. It was the fourth F4 race in Macau, and it was an invitational, non-championship round of the 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2024-10-29 17:43 | Angela Alsobrooks (American politician and lawyer (born 1971)) | Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 2018 to 2024 as county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland, and from 2010 to 2018 as the county's state's attorney. | Y2hyaXM (talk) |
| 2024-10-29 20:04 | Pinmonkey (American country music band) | Pinmonkey was an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band was formed in 2002 by Michael Reynolds (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), brothers Michael Jeffers (vocals, bass guitar) and Chad Jeffers (Dobro, lap steel guitar), and Rick Schell (drums, vocals). The band released two albums in 2002: Speak No Evil independently, and Pinmonkey via BNA Records. | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2024-10-31 15:47 | Aston Whiteside (American football player (born 1989)) | Aston Rashaud Whiteside (born May 19, 1989) is an American former professional football defensive end. He played college football for the Abilene Christian Wildcats, where he was a four-time first-team Lone Star Conference (LSC) South selection and a three-time LSC South Defensive Lineman of the Year. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-31 16:03 | Halimah Yacob (Former President of Singapore) | Halimah binti Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who held the office of the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023, making her the first woman to serve in this role. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 12:10 | Cameron Echols-Luper (American football player (born 1995)) | Cameron Damonte Echols-Luper (born Cameron Damonte Echols; April 9, 1995) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama, where he was a quarterback and won six state titles in track and field. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 23:09 | Charlie Gehringer (American baseball player (1903–1993)) | Charles Leonard Gehringer (May 11, 1903 – January 21, 1993), nicknamed "the Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons from 1924 to 1942. He compiled a .320 career batting average with 2,839 hits and 1,427 runs batted in (RBIs). | Cbl62 (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 23:15 | Turkey Stearnes (American baseball player (1901–1979)) | Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes (May 8, 1901 – September 4, 1979) was an American baseball center fielder. He played 18 years in the Negro leagues, including nine years with the Detroit Stars (1923–1931), six years with the Chicago American Giants (1932–1935, 1937–1938), and three years with the Kansas City Monarchs (1938–1940). | Cbl62 (talk) |
| 2024-11-04 01:04 | Amos Yee (Singaporean sex offender (born 1998)) | Amos Yee Pang Sang (born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean convicted child sex offender who was a former blogger, YouTuber, and child actor. | OpalYosutebito (talk) |
| 2024-11-08 19:49 | José Segundo Decoud (Paraguayan politician and judge) | José Segundo Decoud Domecq (14 May 1848 – 3 March 1909) was a Paraguayan politician, journalist, diplomat and military officer. He is often considered one of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, and was also one of the first liberals of the country. Decoud was one of the founders of the long-standing Colorado Party, having been its first vice-president and having written its founding instrument. | Coeusin (talk) |
| 2024-11-14 03:01 | Abbasqoli Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Javanshir (First Minister of Justice of Iran) | Abbasqoli Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Javanshir (Persian: عباسقلی معتمدالدوله جوانشیر; died 1861) was an Iranian official from the Javanshir tribe, who served as the first Minister of Justice of Iran from 1858 to 1861. | HistoryofIran (talk) |
| 2024-11-14 10:46 | Ted Williams (American baseball player (1918–2002)) | Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War. | Omnis Scientia (talk) |
| 2024-11-14 17:23 | Patricia Bullrich (Argentine politician (born 1956)) | Patricia Bullrich (born 11 June 1956) is an Argentine professor and politician who was appointed Minister of National Security in 2023 under president Javier Milei, having previously held the office under president Mauricio Macri from 2015 to 2019. She was the chairwoman of Republican Proposal, until 2024. | Cambalachero (talk) |
| 2024-11-15 17:07 | Thaddeus Coleman (American gridiron football player (born 1985)) | Thaddeus Coleman (born June 20, 1985) is an American former professional football offensive tackle who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Mississippi Valley State, where he was a two-time first-team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference selection. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-11-17 14:06 | Heinz Geggel (German journalist (1921–2000)) | Heinz Geggel (11 November 1921 – 15 November 2000) was a German Holocaust survivor, journalist and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2024-11-18 02:25 | 2017–18 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2017–18 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the fourth edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) and involved the top four teams in the country as ranked by the College Football Playoff poll playing in two semifinals, with the winners of each advancing to the national championship game. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-11-24 12:43 | Moira Deeming (Australian politician) | Moira Deeming is an Australian politician and member of the Victorian Liberal Party. She has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, for the Western Metropolitan Region of the, since November 2022. She previously sat as a councillor for the Melton City Council representing the Watts Ward. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2024-11-25 12:54 | Nicolaas van Wijk (Dutch linguist (1880–1941)) | Nicolaas van Wijk (4 October 1880 – 25 March 1941) was a Dutch linguist, literary scholar, and philanthropist. He is best known for his contributions to Slavistics, serving as the first chair of the Balto-Slavic languages at Leiden University from 1913 until his death. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2024-11-28 18:44 | James M. Goodhue (19th century American journalist) | James Madison Goodhue (March 31, 1810 – August 27, 1852) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and founder of the Minnesota Pioneer, Minnesota's first newspaper, which eventually merged with the Saint Paul Dispatch to become the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He is the namesake of Goodhue County. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
| 2024-11-29 23:43 | Ripken (dog) (Retrieval dog in North Carolina (2016–2025)) | Ripken (August 1, 2016 – January 1, 2025), also known as Ripken the Bat Dog or Ripken the Tee Dog, was a black Labrador Retriever in North Carolina, who worked as a retrieval dog for the amateur baseball team Holly Springs Salamanders, the Minor League Baseball team Durham Bulls, and the North Carolina State Wolfpack college football team. | Johnson524 |
| 2024-12-05 18:59 | Bobby Brink (American ice hockey player (born 2001)) | Bobby Orr Brink (born July 8, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey right wing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers selected him in the second round, with the 34th overall pick, of the 2019 NHL entry draft. | — GhostRiver |
| 2024-12-07 10:42 | Kiki Wong (American musician (born 1989)) | Kristin "Kiki" Wong (born April 15, 1989) is an American musician known for being the touring guitarist of alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. In the 2010s she performed with artists such as Taylor Swift and Usher, and was a member of girl band Nylon Pink. She also played in She Demons, put together by Jerry Only of Misfits, and Vigil of War, a band started by DragonForce bassist Alicia Vigil. | Jonathan Deamer (talk) |
| 2024-12-10 01:07 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Italian racing driver (born 2006)) | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. | MB2437 |
| 2024-12-10 08:56 | Henry O'Neill (soldier) (Irish soldier and nobleman) | Colonel Henry O'Neill (Irish: Enri Ó Néill; Spanish: Enrique Oneil; c. 1586 – 25 August 1610) was an Irish-born soldier and nobleman who served with the Spanish army in the Eighty Years' War. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2024-12-16 23:26 | Ed Policy (American football executive (born 1970)) | Edward Regis Policy (born October 6, 1970) is an American football executive who is the current chief operating officer (COO) and general counsel for the Green Bay Packers. Policy, whose father Carmen Policy was an American football executive for the San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns, received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and his Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-12-19 22:56 | Frank Lampard (English football player and manager (born 1978)) | Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of EFL Championship club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of Chelsea's greatest players ever, one of the greatest players of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, Lampard has the record of the most goals by a midfielder in the Premier League and most goals from outside the box (41). | Chisperlear (talk) |
| 2024-12-27 07:53 | Typhoon Krathon (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Krathon, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Julian, was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone which impacted Taiwan and the Philippines in late September and early October 2024. Krathon, which refers to the santol fruit, was the first storm to make landfall on Taiwan's densely populated western plains since Typhoon Thelma in 1977. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2024-12-28 00:43 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly | The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 30 to 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2024-12-29 15:38 | Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (2021 Irish government investigation) | The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (officially the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters) was a judicial commission of investigation, established in 2015 by the Irish government to investigate deaths and misconduct during the 20th century in mother and baby homes—institutions, most run by Catholic religious nuns, where unwed women were sent to deliver their babies. | BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! |
| 2024-12-29 15:48 | Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (Irish maternity home and site of mass grave for children) | The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (also known as St Mary's Mother and Baby Home, or locally simply as The Home), which operated between 1925 and 1961 in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children. The home was run by the Bon Secours Sisters, a religious order of Catholic nuns, that also operated the Grove Hospital in the town. | BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! |
| 2024-12-29 21:33 | Adrien Nunez (college basketball player (2019–2020) Michigan) | Adrien Nunez (born May 14, 1999) is an American social media influencer, singer-songwriter, and former college basketball player. He was not highly regarded as a high school basketball player at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn but he excelled during a postgraduate year garnering many scholarship offers and earning accolades at St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut. | TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) |
| 2024-12-30 23:40 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle | The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim eight lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2024-12-30 23:45 | Bruce Lehrmann (Australian former political staffer) | Bruce Lehrmann (born June 1995) is an Australian former political staffer, who is primarily known for his involvement in the 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations. He grew up in Toowoomba and moved to Canberra for study in 2013 when he started working as a staffer. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2024-12-31 18:41 | Book of Wu (Lost history of Eastern Wu (c. 250)) | The Book of Wu or Wu shu (Chinese: 吳書) is a lost history of the state of Eastern Wu (229–280). It was compiled by the official historians of the Wu court under orders from the Wu emperors. Portions of the text survive only as quotations preserved in Pei Songzhi's Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms. | Kzyx (talk) |
| 2025-01-01 13:48 | J. Edward Guinan (American community activist (1936–2014)) | J. Edward Guinan (6 March 1936 – 26 December 2014) was a former stock trader who became a Paulist priest and founded Washington, D.C.'s Community for Creative Non-Violence in 1970. He engaged in public acts of nonviolent resistance such as extreme fasting and peaceful civil disobedience in response to homelessness, hunger, the Vietnam war, the Indochina wars, and Henry Kissinger's controversial legacy that brought national media attention. | Oh-Fortuna! (talk) |
| 2025-01-01 22:37 | Chaim Kanievsky (Haredi rabbi and leader in Israel (1928–2022)) | Shemaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (Hebrew: שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical practice. Known as the Gadol HaDor ("greatest of his generation") and the "Prince of Torah", much of his prominence came through Torah education and advice about Jewish law. | Yeshivish613 (talk) |
| 2025-01-03 23:51 | 2023 Formula One World Championship (74th season of Formula One) | The 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars, the 74th running of the Formula One World Championship. It was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. | SSSB (talk) |
| 2025-01-04 21:49 | Simon Olsson (Swedish footballer (born 1997)) | Simon Olsson (born 14 September 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Allsvenskan club Elfsborg and the Sweden national team. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 22:28 | John Roach (bishop) (20th-century American Catholic bishop (1921–2003)) | John Robert Roach (July 31, 1921 – July 11, 2003) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1975 to 1995. The first St. Paul archbishop to have been born in Minnesota, Roach had national prominence as deliverer of benediction at Jimmy Carter's inauguration in 1977 and head of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1980 to 1983. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
| 2025-01-08 01:16 | Khyree Jackson (American football player (1999–2024)) | Khyree Anthony Jackson (August 11, 1999 – July 6, 2024) was an American football cornerback. He played college football for the Fort Scott CC Greyhounds, Alabama Crimson Tide, and the Oregon Ducks. The Minnesota Vikings selected him in the fourth round, with the 108th overall pick, of the 2024 NFL draft. | — GhostRiver |
| 2025-01-09 15:13 | Ashin Nandamālābhivaṁsa (Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1940)) | Ashin Nandamālābhivaṃsa (Burmese: အရှင်နန္ဒမာလာဘိဝံသ, , Thai: สมเด็จพระนนฺทมาลาภิวงฺส; born 22 March 1940, Htun Tin, ), also known as Rector Sayadaw (or Pamaukkhachoke Sayadaw, Burmese: ပါမောက္ခချုပ်ဆရာတော်, ), is a Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar specialist in Abhidhamma. He is chief abbot of the monasteries of Mahā Subodhāyon and rector of Sitagu International Buddhist Academy. | Htanaungg (talk) |
| 2025-01-09 21:01 | Noah Cates (American ice hockey player (born 1999)) | Noah Allen Cates (born February 5, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey left wing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers selected Cates in the fifth round, with the 137th overall pick, of the 2017 NHL entry draft. Cates has also been a member of the United States men's national ice hockey team, serving as an alternate captain at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. | — GhostRiver |
| 2025-01-11 17:10 | Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin (Egyptian paediatrician and politician (1932–2016)) | Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin (Arabic: حسين كامل بهاء الدين, 18 September 1932 – 29 July 2016) was an Egyptian professor of paediatrics and Minister of Education between 1991 and 2004. During his tenure as Minister of Education, Bahaeddin implemented crucial reforms, such as extending compulsory education, banning school corporal punishment, and increasing university entrance opportunities. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
| 2025-01-11 17:19 | Sultan Kigab (Sudanese-Canadian swimmer (1955–2024)) | Abd El Magid Sultan Kigab (Arabic: عبدالمجيد سلطان كيجاب; 1955 – 17 October 2024), known as Sultan Kigab, was a Sudanese-Canadian marathon swimmer and presidential candidate. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
| 2025-01-12 07:35 | Frank Schofield (Canadian veterinarian and activist (1889–1970)) | Frank William Schofield (15 March 1889 – 16 April 1970) was a British-born Canadian veterinarian, missionary, and Korean independence activist. He is also known by his Korean name Seok Ho-pil (Korean: 석호필; Hanja: 石虎弼). | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-01-14 20:53 | Fredrick Arthur Willius (American cardiologist) | Fredrick Arthur Willius (November 24, 1888 – October 19, 1972) was an American research cardiologist and medical historian who was the founding director of the Cardiology section at the Mayo Clinic. | Evansknight (talk) |
| 2025-01-15 03:16 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)) | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (born April 12, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Nuge" and "RNH" by Oilers fans, Nugent-Hopkins was selected first overall by the Oilers in the 2011 NHL entry draft. | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) |
| 2025-01-15 12:50 | Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (Irish nobleman (c. 1585 – 1609)) | Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (c. 1585 – 24 September 1609) was an Irish nobleman. He was the son and heir to Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, though he predeceased his father. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-01-15 14:01 | Niu Sale (American football player (born 1969)) | Niusumelie "Niu" Sale (born November 17, 1969) is an American former professional football player who played three seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Sacramento Attack/Miami Hooters and Massachusetts Marauders. He played college football at El Camino College and the University of Missouri. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-01-17 19:54 | William Arthur Ganfield (American pastor, educator, and academic administrator) | William Arthur Ganfield (September 3, 1873 – October 18, 1940) was an American pastor, educator, and academic administrator who was president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, from 1915 to 1921 and then of Carroll College (now called Carroll University) in Waukesha, Wisconsin, from 1921 until his retirement in 1939. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-01-18 10:05 | Dan Andersson (Swedish author and poet) | Daniel Andersson (6 April 1888 – 16 September 1920) was a Swedish author, poet, and composer. He sometimes used the pen name Black Jim. Although he is counted among the Swedish proletarian authors, his works are not limited to that genre. His poems are among the most popular in Swedish literature; they have been set to music by more composers than any other 20th century Swedish poet. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-18 10:30 | Paddleboard Yoga | Paddleboard Yoga, invented by 2009, is the practice of modern yoga as exercise, and sometimes specific transitions between postures, while stand up paddleboarding, usually with the board in calm water, such as a lake. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-18 23:17 | Eva O'Hara (British actress) | Eva O'Hara is a British actress. O'Hara studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she performed in various productions at the Bristol Old Vic. She also appeared in other stage productions and short films, and made her film debut as Rosalind in Stark Shakespeare in 2018. After graduating from the school in 2019, O'Hara was cast as Verity Hutchinson in the British soap opera Hollyoaks, with the character first appearing in January 2020. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:15 | Wolfgang Junker (German politician (1929–1990)) | Wolfgang Junker (23 February 1929 – 9 April 1990) was a German construction manager, civil servant and politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:15 | Bruno Menzel (German politician (1932–1996)) | Bruno Menzel (25 February 1932 – 14 September 1996) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:16 | Hans-Joachim Hoffmann (German politician (1929–1994)) | Hans-Joachim "Jochen" Hoffmann (10 October 1929 – 19 July 1994) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:16 | Klaus Reichenbach (German politician (born 1945)) | Klaus Reichenbach (born 22 September 1945) is a German football official and former politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:32 | Adam Neely (American YouTuber and musician (born 1988)) | Adam Neely (born 1988) is an American bassist, YouTuber, and jazz musician based in New York City. His YouTube content includes Q&A videos, vlogs about performing music, and video essays about online music culture. As a musician, he performs with groups including the electro-jazz duo Sungazer (with drummer Shawn Crowder) and the instrumental band Aberdeen. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-01-19 10:42 | 2016 Road to Le Mans | The 1st Road to Le Mans was an 55-minute automobile endurance event for 37 teams of one or two drivers racing Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) and Group GT3 (GT3) cars. It was held on 18 June 2016 at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, as a support race for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and the second round of the 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2025-01-22 22:50 | Manfred Uschner (German politician (1937–2007)) | Manfred Uschner (16 May 1937 – 13 November 2007) was a German diplomat and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-23 01:27 | Jeff Baena (American screenwriter and film director (1977–2025)) | Jeffrey Lance Baena (June 29, 1977 – January 3, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director. His most successful films were 2004's I Heart Huckabees and 2020's Horse Girl, though his projects to receive the most contemporary critical acclaim were the 2016 and 2017 films Joshy and The Little Hours. | Kingsif (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 11:57 | 2024 European Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place in one round at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 7 June 2024. It was the first time this mixed-sex relay event was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Relay teams of eight nations competed in the mandated order man–woman–man–woman. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 23:38 | Eurovision Song Contest 1965 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20 March 1965 in the Sala di Concerto della RAI in Naples, Italy and presented by Renata Mauro. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest was held in Italy following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-01-28 16:42 | Jorge Lanata (Argentine journalist and writer (1960–2024)) | Jorge Ernesto Lanata (12 September 1960 – 30 December 2024) was an Argentine journalist and author. He founded the newspaper Página 12 in 1987, and worked on several TV programs, newspapers, magazines and documentaries. He moved to the Clarín Group in 2012, and hosted Lanata sin filtro on Radio Mitre and Periodismo para todos on El Trece. | Cambalachero (talk) |
| 2025-01-29 19:51 | Compton Swap Meet (Swap meet in Compton, California) | The Compton Swap Meet (officially Compton Fashion Center) was an indoor swap meet that sold the music of early gangsta rap artists. Wan Joon Kim began selling records of the genre at his stall, Cycadelic Records, in the 1980s. He became known as the "godfather of gangsta rap". | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-01-30 02:23 | Brandon Saad (American ice hockey player (born 1992)) | Brandon Saad (born October 27, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). | Spilia4 (talk) |
| 2025-01-31 14:54 | 1989 visit by Boris Yeltsin to the United States | In September 1989, Boris Yeltsin, a politician who had recently been elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, visited the United States. During the trip, he visited ten cities and made numerous speeches and public appearances. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-01-31 15:30 | 1862 Brooklyn riot (1862 riot in Brooklyn, New York) | A riot occurred in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States, on August 4, 1862. It involved a group of White Americans, largely consisting of Irish Americans, targeting a group of about 20 African American workers at a tobacco factory on Sedgwick Street. Police were able to quell the rioting with only some minor injuries and property damage. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-01-31 16:09 | University of Southwestern Louisiana basketball scandal (College basketball rule violation) | In 1973, the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) was penalized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for rules violations concerning the university's basketball program. This followed an investigation in which the association discovered that the program had been fielding academically ineligible players and paying student athletes, in violation of the NCAA's rules. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-02-02 19:07 | Mike McLachlan (American politician (1946–2021)) | Michael Edward McLachlan (April 18, 1946 – June 23, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 59th district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2015. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-02-04 11:35 | Huwie Ishizaki (Japanese singer-songwriter) | is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He began writing and performing when he was in middle school and later became the vocalist of the band Astrocoast. In 2012, at the age of 26, he became a solo artist after being persuaded by the music producer Akira Sudo. He debuted in July 2012 with his mini album Dai-san Wakusei Kōkyōkyoku. | Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) |
| 2025-02-05 00:28 | Red Weiner (American football player (1911–1988)) | Albert "Red" Weiner (January 24, 1911 – September 17, 1988) was an American multi-sport professional athlete and coach. He played football as a back in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles for one season and also played several years of minor league baseball. Additionally, he also played with a number of non-NFL professional football teams. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 00:53 | Killing of Sammy Baker (2020 killing by Dutch police) | Samuel Seewald (1997–2020) was a young German man shot dead in Amsterdam by police officers on 13 August 2020. He was known as Sammy Baker on Instagram where he had 170,000 followers. Seewald had travelled to Amsterdam to celebrate his birthday with friends and after smoking cannabis with friends, had become psychotic. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 09:44 | Svarta ballader (1917 poetry collection by Dan Andersson) | Svarta ballader ('Black Ballads') is a 1917 poetry collection by the Swedish proletarian writer Dan Andersson, his third and the last to be published before his early death in 1920. It has become one of the most important texts in 20th century Swedish literature. The poems convey strong feelings about life's struggles, love, hate, suffering, and death. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 14:46 | Baruch Charney Vladeck (American politician) | Baruch Charney Vladeck (born Borekh Nachman Tsharni, in Yiddish: ברוך טשאַרני; January 13, 1886 – October 30, 1938) was a Belarusian-born Jewish American labor leader, journalist and politician who was general manager of The Jewish Daily Forward from 1918 until his death in 1938. He was a member of the New York City Board of Aldermen and later the New York City Council, serving as the first majority leader of that body from January to September 1938. | PequodOnStationAtLZ (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 18:28 | Blue Gucci dress of Harry Styles (Dress worn by Harry Styles) | English singer Harry Styles wore a blue Gucci dress for Vogue's December 2020 issue, becoming the first man to appear solo on the magazine's cover. Designed by creative director of Gucci, Alessandro Michele, the dress was well received by the general public for challenging toxic masculinity and gender stereotypes. | Medxvo (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 22:22 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly (sports event) | The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 2 to 3 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-09 18:27 | Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake (Annual event held in Gloucestershire, England) | The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, at Brockworth near Gloucester, England. Participants race down the 200-yard (180 m) long hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. It is uncertain when the tradition first began, and is possibly much older than its earliest known written attestation in 1826. | Diegg24 (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 00:37 | Chŏng Sangjin (Soviet-Korean soldier (1918–2013)) | Chŏng Sangjin (Korean: 정상진; May 5, 1918 – June 15, 2013) was a Soviet-Korean poet, bureaucrat, academic, and military officer. He was the only ethnic Korean among 60 Soviet paratroopers that first liberated parts of Korea under Japanese rule during World War II. He was also known by his Russian name Yuri Danilovich Ten (Russian: Юрий Данилович Тен) or the Korean nickname derived from "Yuri", Ryul (률). | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 09:23 | Louis Tomlinson (English singer (born 1991)) | Louis Tomlinson (born 24 December 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. Born and raised in Doncaster, England, Tomlinson auditioned for British singing competition The X Factor as a solo artist in 2010, where he and four rejected solo contestants would be placed into a group which would become British-Irish band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-02-12 06:27 | Pete Hegseth (American government official (born 1980)) | Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American former television presenter, author, and former Army National Guard officer who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since January 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-02-12 20:17 | Ed Storm (American football player and coach (1907–1950)) | Edward Charles Storm (October 2, 1907 – June 4, 1950) was an American professional football halfback and coach. From Salinas, California, he played college football for the Santa Clara Broncos for one season. Afterwards, he played professional football locally and then with a team in Memphis, Tennessee. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-12 20:19 | Adrian Baril (American football player (1898–1961)) | Adrian George Baril (June 4, 1898 – June 10, 1961) was an American professional football tackle and guard who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minneapolis Marines and Milwaukee Badgers. He played college football for the St. Thomas Cadets. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 13:37 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke | The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 14:49 | Gerhard Barkhorn (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 21:09 | Lee Warne (American politician and rancher (1922–2002)) | Leland DeWayne Warne (January 1, 1922 – March 8, 2002) was an American politician and rancher from South Dakota. Born in Pierre, he served in the United States Army for several years after receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Dakota. He fought in the European theatre of World War II, assisting the 2nd and 20th armored divisions. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-02-15 07:35 | Typhoon Kong-rey (2024) (Pacific typhoon) | Typhoon Kong-rey, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Leon, was a powerful and large tropical cyclone that impacted Taiwan and the Philippines before later affecting East China, South Korea, and Japan in late October and early November 2024. Kong-rey was the first typhoon in Taiwan's history to make landfall after mid-October and the largest storm to strike since Typhoon Herb in 1996. | HurricaneEdgar (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 13:22 | Ohuede (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (c. 1110 – c. 1112 AD)) | Ohuede (c. 1054 – c. 1112) was the twenty-seventh ogiso (king) of Igodomigodo, an early historical state later incorporated into the Benin Empire. He ruled from about c. 1110 until his death and established what became known as the Ohuede dynasty. His installation as Ogiso occurred around c. 1110, following the death of Ehenneden without a clear successor. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 22:34 | Keijō nippō (1906–1945 Japanese newspaper in Korea) | was a Japanese-language newspaper published in Korea from 1906 to 1945. It is primarily associated with the Japanese colonial period in Korea, and is considered to have functionally been an official newspaper of the Japanese Governor-General of Chōsen. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 04:13 | Sleepwalker (EP) (2014 extended play by Kylie and Garibay) | Sleepwalker (alternatively titled Kylie + Garibay) is the debut extended play (EP) by musical duo Kylie and Garibay, composed of Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and American record producer Fernando Garibay. In 2013, Minogue began working with Garibay on material intended for her twelfth studio album, Kiss Me Once (2014). | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 17:40 | 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship (Postseason college football bowl game) | The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game played on January 20, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The eleventh College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2024 season. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-02-17 11:44 | 2024 Men's T20 World Cup group stage (group stage at the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup) | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup group stage was played from 1 to 17 June 2024, between 20 teams in four groups of five with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 40 matches across 6 venues in the West Indies and 3 venues in the United States. | Vestrian24Bio |
| 2025-02-17 17:16 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metre freestyle | The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 29 to 30 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim 16 lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 04:37 | Sam Matlock (British musician) | Sam James Matlock (born 16 March 1993) is a British guitarist and singer. He formed the rock band Dead! in 2012 and entered the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart with that band's The Golden Age of Not Even Trying in 2018; after they split up, he recruited musician Milkie Way for his own band named Wargasm, which launched in August 2019 and entered the UK Albums Chart in 2023 with Venom. | Launchballer |
| 2025-02-18 17:17 | Bob Casey (baseball announcer) (American baseball announcer) | Bob Casey (April 11, 1925 – March 27, 2005) was a public address announcer for the Minnesota Twins from their founding until his death in 2005. Casey worked 44 seasons and more than 3,000 games for the Twins, and announced over 1,000 other sporting events. He was inducted into the Twins' Hall of Fame in 2003. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
| 2025-02-18 22:49 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle | The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 and 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 22:56 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle | The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 4 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim 30 lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-21 16:21 | Lynch Fragments (Sculpture series by Melvin Edwards) | Lynch Fragments is the title of a series of abstract metal sculptures created by American artist Melvin Edwards. The artist began the series in 1963 and has continued it throughout his entire career, aside from two periods in the 1960s and 1970s. The sculptures in the series, numbering around 300, are small, usually wall-based assemblages of metal scraps and objects such as spikes, chains, and scissors, welded together in various combinations. | 19h00s (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 06:34 | Howard Lutnick (American businessman and Commerce Secretary (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American billionaire businessman who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since February 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-02-22 06:37 | Polis (board game) (Ancient Greek strategy game) | Polis (Greek: πόλις, lit. 'city-state') was an ancient Greek board game. One of the earliest known strategy games, polis was a wargame resembling checkers. Its name appears in the Ancient Greek literature from around 450 BC to the 2nd century BC, and it seems to have been widely known in the region, particularly in Athens. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-22 14:01 | Hazem Salah Abu Ismail (Egyptian politician (born 1961)) | Hazem Salah Abu Ismail (born 16 June 1961) is an Egyptian lawyer, Islamic preacher and politician who ran in the 2012 Egyptian presidential election and founded the Flag Party. | MT(710) |
| 2025-02-22 23:12 | Obioye (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (r. 1119 – c. 1121)) | Obioye (c. 1079 – c. 1121) was the twenty-ninth ogiso (king) of Igodomigodo, an early kingdom of the Benin Empire, reigning from 1119 to 1121. He was the son of Ogiso Oduwa and inherited a kingdom facing economic challenges. His rule was marked by a severe famine, which lasted from c. 1119 – c. 1125, causing economic crisis, inflation, and widespread starvation. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-02-23 05:52 | Andrew Still (actor) (Scottish actor) | Andrew Still (born December 1993) is a Scottish actor. After joining the Scottish Youth Theatre, he played Joel Dexter in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2011 to 2013, also portraying the role in Hollyoaks Later in 2012. Still then struggled to get new roles and worked in various other occupations. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-02-23 17:47 | Bobby Tench (English musician and songwriter (1944–2024)) | Robert Tench (21 September 1944 – 19 February 2024) was a British singer, guitarist, sideman, songwriter and arranger. | Lookinin (talk) |
| 2025-02-25 22:57 | 1935 Salvadoran presidential election (1935 elections in El Salvador) | Presidential elections were held in El Salvador between 13 and 15 January 1935. Maximiliano Hernández Martínez was the only candidate and was elected unopposed. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-02-26 08:04 | Bonnie Blue (actress) (English pornographic actress (born 1999)) | Tia Emma Billinger (born May 1999), known professionally as Bonnie Blue, is an English pornographic film actress. She has been controversial for her sexual content with university students and married men, her claims to have had sex with 1,057 men in one day, and her goals of having sex with as many men as possible. | Launchballer |
| 2025-02-27 13:52 | Aaron Burr (Vice President of the United States from 1801 to 1805) | Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, businessman, lawyer, and Founding Father who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805 during Thomas Jefferson's first presidential term. He founded the Manhattan Company on September 1, 1799. | Ali Beary (talk!) |
| 2025-02-28 01:30 | Ivan Miller (journalist) (Canadian journalist and sportscaster (1898–1967)) | James Ivan Miller (December 31, 1898 – June 2, 1967) was a Canadian journalist and sportscaster. He worked 45 years for The Hamilton Spectator as a columnist, sports editor, and sports director, where he regularly covered the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Canadian football. As a radio sportscaster on CKOC, he gave play-by-play coverage of golf and ice hockey. | Flibirigit (talk) |
| 2025-02-28 21:07 | Brian David Gilbert (American YouTuber (born 1994)) | Brian David Gilbert (born January 29, 1994), also known by his initials BDG, is an American YouTuber, comedian, actor, host, and musician. He worked at Polygon as a video producer from 2017 to 2020, where he hosted the web series Unraveled. Since leaving the publication, Gilbert has written, produced, and starred in horror, comedy, and music videos for his self-titled YouTube channel. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-03-01 10:25 | 1937 FA Cup final (Football match) | The 1937 FA Cup final was contested by Sunderland and Preston North End on 1 May 1937 at Wembley. It was the 62nd FA Cup Final and the first to be played in May. The match took place eleven days before the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, who were the guests of honour. | Tffff (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 14:51 | Ashley Null (American Anglican theologian) | John Ashley Null (born 1960 or 1961) is an American theologian and Anglican priest. As an academic, he is best known for his research on the theology of Thomas Cranmer, particularly Cranmer's doctrines of repentance and scripture, and his influence on the English Reformation. Null's capsule summary of Cranmer's doctrine of anthropology has been widely quoted and is often misattributed directly to Cranmer: "What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies." Null also works as a sports chaplain ... | Dclemens1971 (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 19:44 | Matt Flynn Game (Notable regular season NFL game) | The Matt Flynn Game was a regular season National Football League (NFL) game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers on January 1, 2012. The game, which was contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, became notable due to the performance of Matt Flynn, who at the time was the Packers' backup quarterback, behind starter Aaron Rodgers. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-05 19:27 | Jan Brewer (Governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015) | Janice Kay Brewer (née Drinkwine; born September 26, 1944) is an American politician. She served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015 as a member of the Republican Party. Brewer assumed the governorship as part of the line of succession when Governor Janet Napolitano resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-03-06 05:34 | Massacre in Budy (Massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz subcamp that took place in 1942) | The Massacre in Budy (German: Budyrevolte, Polish: Masakra w Budach) was the massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz concentration camp, who were quartered in the Wirtschaftshof Budy subcamp, which took place in the evening of 5 October 1942. Around 90 female prisoners, most of them French Jewish women, were killed by German prisoner functionaries and SS guards. | Galileo01 (talk) |
| 2025-03-06 08:44 | Josip Torbar (politician, born 1889) (Croatian politician (1889–1963)) | Josip Torbar (12 April 1889 – 5 January 1963) was a Croatian politician, lawyer, and member of the Croatian Peasant Party (Croatian: Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS). He was involved in leading the party through the interwar period during the tenure of Vladko Maček and during World War II. He was a member of the parliament of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and a minister in the governments of Dragiša Cvetković and Dušan Simović. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-09 23:27 | Carlos Ruiz Chapellín (Venezuelan showman, filmmaker and performer) | Carlos Ruiz Chapellín (1865–August 1912) was a Venezuelan showman, filmmaker and performer. | Kingsif (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 03:01 | Regena M. Aye (Civil Air Patrol national commander) | Regena M. Aye is a major general and the 26th National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol. Maj. Gen. Aye succeeded Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka as National Commander on August 17, 2024. She leads nearly 70,000 members across the U.S. in fulfilling CAP's congressionally chartered missions of Emergency Services, Cadet Programs and Aerospace Education, including Homeland Security as a member of the United States Air Force's Total Force. | JoseMoranUrena (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 20:00 | Sam Hughes (footballer) (English footballer (born 1997)) | Samuel Joseph Hughes (born 15 April 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One side Peterborough United on loan from EFL League One club Stockport County. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 07:58 | Günther Rall (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 14:05 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley | The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 2 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool—one length with each stroke. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-03-12 11:20 | Udagbedo (Oba of Benin (1299 AD–1334 AD)) | Udagbedo (reigned c. 1299 – c. 1334) was the seventh Oba ("king") of Benin, having succeeded his brother, Oba Edoni. He implemented a series of agricultural reforms, expanded territorial control, and established early trade links with Saharan states as well as, indirectly, with later European traders. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-03-14 06:45 | Jennifer Brooke (British actress) | Jennifer Brooke (born 1993/1994) is a British actress. From 2012 to 2015, she studied at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Acting. Whilst she was there she performed in various Italia Conti plays, including their adaptations of The Acid Test, Richard III and A View from the Bridge. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-03-14 21:03 | 2009 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Green Bay–Arizona) (2010 NFL postseason game) | The 2009 National Football Conference (NFC) Wild Card playoff game was a National Football League (NFL) Wild Card playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals on January 10, 2010. The game, which was contested at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, became notable due to its high score, which set numerous NFL playoff records, as well as its dramatic conclusion in overtime. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-15 07:24 | Big Six (Premier League) (Group of English football clubs) | The Big Six is an informal term used to describe a group of six clubs in the Premier League—Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur—often recognized for their sustained success and financial strength in the competition. While not an official designation, clubs in this group have typically accounted for at least half of the total annual revenue generated by Premier League clubs since 2004. | Frost |
| 2025-03-15 12:46 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke | The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-03-15 22:26 | Gabriel Green (ufologist) (American ufologist and politician (1924-2001)) | Gabriel Green (November 11, 1924 – September 8, 2001) was an American UFO contactee active from the 1950s to 1970s. During this time he claimed to be in regular contact with extraterrestrials, and founded the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America. Green had a minor political career, unsuccessfully running for President in the 1960 and 1972 elections, and for Senate in the 1962 election. | CitrusHemlock |
| 2025-03-16 08:17 | Conn O'Neill (prisoner) (Seventeenth-century Irish noble and prisoner) | Conn Ruadh O'Neill (Irish: Conn Ruadh Ó Néill; c. 1602 – in/after 1622), also known as Conn na Creige ("Conn of the rock"), was an Irish noble of the seventeenth century. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-03-16 18:18 | Gal Gadot (Israeli actress (born 1985)) | Gal Gadot (born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress. She gained recognition for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023). In 2018, Gadot was named one of Time's 100 most influential people and ranked by Forbes as the tenth-highest-paid actress, later rising to third in 2020. | Lililolol (talk) |
| 2025-03-17 06:54 | Kash Patel (American lawyer (born 1980)) | Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor serving as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2025. He also served from February to April 2025 as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-03-18 00:01 | Lebanon at the 1972 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, which were held from 2 February to 13 February 1972. This marked Lebanon's seventh appearance in a Winter Games since their debut in 1948. The delegation consisted of a single male alpine skier, Ghassan Keyrouz, who competed in two events. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-19 05:38 | Elliot Rodger (English-American mass murderer (1991–2014)) | Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger (July 24, 1991 – May 23, 2014) was an English and American mass murderer who was responsible for the 2014 Isla Vista killings. On May 23, 2014, Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others using knives, semi-automatic pistols and his car near the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), in Isla Vista, California. | Shoot for the Stars (talk) |
| 2025-03-20 05:22 | Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Roman Catholic bishop (1834–1908)) | Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Polish: Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon; 2 December 1834 – 15 May 1908) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Samogitia from 1883 until his death in 1908. | Hwqaksd (talk) |
| 2025-03-21 00:53 | Jess Tjeerdsma (American politician and farmer (1907–1977)) | Jess Tjeerdsma (July 25, 1907 – August 20, 1977) was an American politician and farmer from South Dakota. Born near Running Water, he served as the country treasurer of Bon Homme County for 14 years, beginning around 1959. In 1974, he was elected to the South Dakota Senate as a member of the Republican Party. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-03-21 05:01 | Lebanon at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, which was held from 19 July to 3 August 1952. This was the country's second appearance in a Summer Olympic Games, following their debut at the 1948 edition. The Lebanese delegation consisted of nine male competitors: boxer Sarkis Moussa, shooters Abdel Sattar Tarabulsi, Khalil Hilmi, and Abdullah Jaroudi Sr., weightlifter Moustafa Laham, and wrestlers Zakaria Chihab, Safi Taha, Khalil Taha, and Michel Skaff. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-21 05:36 | Sidney Gish (American singer-songwriter) | Sidney Gish (born March 18, 1997) is an American indie singer-songwriter. She has self-released two albums, Ed Buys Houses (2016) and No Dogs Allowed (2017). She performs and records her music solo. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-03-21 06:00 | Owodo (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (r. 1125–1130)) | Owodo (r. 1125–1130, d. c. 1133) was the thirty-first Ogiso ("king") of Igodomigodo, an early kingdom that later became part of the Benin Empire. His reign marked the end of the Ogiso era and initiated a transitional period that led to the establishment of the Oba monarchy. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-03-21 21:51 | Lebanon at the 1956 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. This marked Lebanon's third appearance in a Winter Olympic Games. The nation sent three male skiers, competing in four events. Skier Ibrahim Geagea participated in his third consecutive Winter Games, with his best finish being 42nd in the men's downhill event. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-22 16:22 | Taichang Emperor (Emperor of China (1620)) | The Taichang Emperor (28 August 1582 – 26 September 1620), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Guangzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Changluo, was the 15th emperor of the Ming dynasty. He was the eldest son of the Wanli Emperor and succeeded his father as emperor in 1620. However, his reign came to an abrupt end less than one month after his enthronement when he was found dead one morning in the palace following a bout of diarrhea. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 00:29 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke (swimming at the 2024 Olympics) | The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 30 to 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 08:32 | Yusof Ishak (President of Singapore from 1965 to 1970) | Yusof bin Ishak (12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970) was a Singaporean journalist and civil servant who served as the second Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore from 1959 to 1965 and the first president of Singapore between 1965 and 1970, both roles serving as the head of state of Singapore. | Actuall7 (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 14:00 | Kiribati at the 2024 Summer Paralympics (Sporting event delegation) | Kiribati competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, which were held from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The country's participation in Paris marked its first appearance at a Paralympic Games after its withdrawal from the 2020 Summer Paralympics due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 15:33 | Lebanon at the 1960 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics, which was held from 18 to 28 February 1960 at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, United States. This was Lebanon's fourth appearance in a Winter Games after their debut in 1948. It also marked their return to the Olympics after boycotting the 1956 Summer Olympics due to the Suez Crisis. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-23 16:00 | Luis T. Romero (American guitarist and composer (1854–1893)) | Luis Toribio Romero (1854 – November 19, 1893) was a Californio classical guitarist and composer. He became a significant figure in the American classical guitar scene during the late 19th century. | Mickyfitz13 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:31 | Daniel A. Gilbert (American police official and politician (1889–1970)) | Daniel A. Gilbert (August 31, 1889 – July 31, 1970) was an American police officer and politician who was active in Cook County, Illinois's law enforcement from 1917 to 1950, and referred to as the world's richest police officer due to his net worth of $360,000. He unsuccessfully ran for Cook County Sheriff with the Democratic nomination in 1950. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:33 | Ruben A. Valdez (American politician (1937–2019)) | Ruben Adolfo Valdez (January 27, 1937 – October 1, 2019) was an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1970 to 1978, and as its Speaker from 1975 to 1976. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:34 | Kurt Wright (American politician (born 1956)) | Kurt Wright (born February 7, 1956) is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, and on Burlington, Vermont's city council intermittently between 1995 and 2020. He was president of the city council from 2007 to 2009, and 2018 to 2020. He is the last Republican to serve on Burlington's city council and to represent it in the state house. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 10:32 | John Cecil Russell (British cavalry officer (1839–1909)) | Major-General John Cecil Russell (1839–30 March 1909) was a British cavalry officer. After a brief service with the Oxford University Rifle Volunteer Corps Russell purchased a commission in the 11th Light Dragoons in 1860. He transferred to the 10th Light Dragoons and rose to the rank of captain by purchase before transferring to the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of Lancers in 1872. | Dumelow (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 18:44 | John Papadimitriou (Greek archaeologist (1904–1963)) | John K. Papadimitriou (Greek: Ιωάννης Κ. Παπαδημητρίου, romanized: Ioannis K. Papadimitriou; September 4 [O.S. August 22] 1904 – April 11, 1963) was a Greek archaeologist. Along with George Mylonas, he excavated Grave Circle B, the oldest known monumentalized burials at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-03-27 14:05 | Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish clan chief and military leader (1572–1602)) | Hugh Roe O'Donnell II (Irish: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill; c. 30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell, was an Irish clan chief, Lord of Tyrconnell from 1592 until his death in 1602, and senior leader of the Irish confederacy during the Nine Years' War. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 14:52 | Longqing Emperor (Emperor of China from 1567 to 1572) | The Longqing Emperor (4 March 1537 – 5 July 1572), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Muzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Zaiji,[1] art name Shunzhai, was the 13th emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1567 to 1572. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 20:43 | Aliko Dangote (Nigerian businessman (born 1957)) | Aliko Mohammad Dangote GCON (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman known for his key roles in Dangote Group and Refinery. In 2011, he was appointed as member of the economic management team by President Goodluck Jonathan. Dangote is the wealthiest black person in the world; as of March 2025,[update] Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$23.8 billion. | Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! |
| 2025-03-29 17:07 | Rory Gibson (American actor) | Rory Gibson (born November 22, 1995) is an American actor. Born and raised in Southern California, Gibson moved Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Since 2018, Gibson has appeared in several films and short films, including A Night to Regret, Grace, Twisted Twin, Severed Road and Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 17:23 | William Baxter (American politician) (American politician (1778–1827)) | William Baxter (August 3, 1778 – October 1, 1827) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the state's attorney for Orleans County, Vermont from 1802 to 1815, and in the Vermont House of Representatives on several non-consecutive occasions between 1802 and 1827. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 23:59 | Scouting America (Youth organization in the United States) | Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Scouts of America in 1910, about 130 million Americans have participated in its programs, which are served by 465,000 adult volunteers. | Compass128 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 20:23 | Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (English cricketer) | Alexander Colin David Ingleby-Mackenzie OBE (15 September 1933 – 9 March 2006) was an English cricketer, cricket administrator, and businessman. Ingleby-Mackenzie played first-class cricket for Hampshire between 1951 and 1966, serving as Hampshire's last amateur captain. Through bold captaincy, he led Hampshire to their first County Championship title in 1961. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 15:18 | Miloš Vučević (Serbian politician (born 1974)) | Miloš Vučević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Вучевић, ; born 10 December 1974) is a Serbian politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2024 to 2025. He has been the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2023. He was previously the Mayor of Novi Sad from 2012 to 2022 and the Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia from 2022 to 2024. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-04-01 20:57 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle | The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 06:54 | T. Elliot Gaiser (American attorney (born 1989)) | Thomas Elliot Gaiser (born September 6, 1989) is an American attorney who has served as the solicitor general of Ohio since 2023. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-03 14:21 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (Olympic sporting event) | The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 14:28 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 16:37 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification | The qualifying phase for swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics occurred between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. 852 athletes qualified for 35 swimming pool events at the Games, with 54 more qualifying for the 10-kilometre open water marathon swims. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 23:28 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay (Olympic sporting event) | The mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 2 and 3 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim two lengths of the pool with their respective stroke. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 23:28 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 3 and 4 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim two lengths of the pool with their respective stroke. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 16:26 | Emirate of Erzincan (Emirate in Anatolia by 1348 until 1410) | The Emirate of Erzincan was a state centered around the city of Erzincan that controlled parts of eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Its first known ruler, Ahi Ayna (r. 1348–62), rose to power as a vassal of the Eretnids through a purchase from his unknown predecessor sometime before 1348. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 17:30 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner (born 2000)) | Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track mile, 2000 metres, 3000 metres, and two miles.[note 1] He won gold medals in the 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. | KnowledgeIsPower9281 (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 04:12 | Demi Sims (English television personality (born 1996)) | Demi Sims (born 6 September 1996) is an English television personality. She appeared on The Only Way Is Essex in 2014, between November 2018 and July 2022, and in late 2024. Sims was described by Emma Garland of Vice in December 2020 as one of the "very few openly bisexual women in mainstream reality TV" and has also appeared on Celeb Ex in the City, Celebs Go Dating, CelebAbility, and House of Sims. | Launchballer |
| 2025-04-06 06:10 | John Caesar (Australian bushranger (c. 1763–1796)) | John Caesar (c. 1763 – 15 February 1796), nicknamed "Black Caesar", was an 18th-century convict and one of the first people from the African continent to arrive in Australia. He is considered to be the first Australian bushranger. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 19:43 | África Brasil (1976 studio album by Jorge Ben) | África Brasil is a studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Jorge Ben. It was released in 1976 by Philips Records. The album was recorded in ten days at Phonogram Studios in Rio de Janeiro with a large ensemble of musicians, including Ben's backing band Admiral Jorge V. Musically, África Brasil represented a shift in his artistry, as he replaced his acoustic guitar in favor of the electric guitar. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-07 03:31 | Tom Taylor (sculptor) (New Zealand sculptor and educator (1925–1994)) | Tom J. Taylor (1925–1994) was a New Zealand sculptor and educator who spent most of his life in Christchurch. He was a well-regarded lecturer at the University of Canterbury (UC; Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha), and a number of his students became notable artists. | Arnhemcr (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 11:48 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre | The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August 2024 in the River Seine, Paris. It was the fifth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008. France spent €1.2–1.6 billion to clean up the Seine in preparation for the Olympic events, but heavy rainfall caused bacteria levels to increase and one of the pre-event training sessions was cancelled. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 21:05 | Bill Cottrell (American football player (1944–2025)) | William Henry Cottrell (September 18, 1944 – March 20, 2025) was an American professional football offensive lineman who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Delaware Valley Aggies and signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 1966. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 02:02 | Evgeni Malkin (Russian ice hockey player (born 1986)) | Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( Russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈmalkʲɪn]; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Geno", Malkin began his career with his hometown club Metallurg Magnitogorsk, playing for their junior and senior teams. | Joeykai (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 08:29 | Jingnan campaign (1399–1402 civil war in the Ming dynasty) | The Jingnan campaign, or the campaign to clear away disorders, was a propagandistic term used by the victor of a civil war in the early Ming dynasty that took place between 1399 and 1402. The conflict was between the Ming government led by the second Ming emperor, the young Jianwen Emperor, and his fourth uncle Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, who was the regional military governor in charge of defending North China against the Mongol rump state of Northern Yuan. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 08:31 | Liu Jin (Chinese eunuch (1451–1510)) | Liu Jin (1451–1510) was a Chinese eunuch who held significant power in the government of the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming dynasty from 1506 to 1510. He was part of a group of eunuchs known as the "Eight Tigers" who had served the Zhengde Emperor since his childhood. Upon the Zhengde Emperor's ascension to the throne in 1505, the "Tigers" were promoted and Liu Jin emerged as the dominant figure in the government. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 12:26 | Yongle Emperor (Emperor of China from 1402 to 1424) | The Yongle Emperor (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzu of Ming, personal name Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. He was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder and first emperor of the dynasty. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 16:39 | Simon Boas (British aid worker (1977–2024)) | Simon Charles Boas (6 July 1977 – 15 July 2024) was a British aid worker who worked for development charities and the United Nations (UN). His inspirational writings about his terminal illness diagnosis were featured in British national newspapers and on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. | Curb Safe Charmer (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 20:37 | Jessica Forrest (British actress and author (born 1990)) | Jessica Forrest (born 1990) is a British actress and writer. She is from Colne, Lancashire and she studied Drama at Manchester University, but she did not like the course as she believed that it was not practical enough. In 2010, Forrest left her course after she was cast as Leanne Holiday in the British soap opera Hollyoaks. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 14:36 | Palau at the 2024 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Palau competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, which were held from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the country's seventh appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 2000. The country's athlete delegation contained three athletes: Sydney Francisco in athletics, and Jion Hosei and Yuri Hosei in swimming. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 18:31 | Young Lords (Civil and human rights organization) | The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO), were a left-wing political organization that originally developed from a Chicago street gang. With major branches in Chicago and New York City, they were known for their direct action campaigns, including building occupations, sit-ins, and garbage-dumping protests. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 07:00 | Dan Caine (U.S. Air Force general (born 1968)) | John Daniel Caine (born August 10, 1968) is an American Air Force general and venture capitalist who has served as the 22nd chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2025. He served as the associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2021 to 2024. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-11 21:56 | Adi Meyerson (Israeli jazz bassist) | Adi Meyerson (born January 26, 1991) is an American-Israeli jazz bassist, composer, and educator. | Surfinsi (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 22:49 | Lumberjack Band (Marching band of the Green Bay Packers) | The Lumberjack Band, later known as the Green Bay Packers Band, was the official marching band of the Green Bay Packers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The Band, which wore flannel uniforms to look like lumberjacks, traced it roots to volunteer groups in the 1920s that would play during Packers' games. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-04-16 06:12 | India at the 2002 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | India competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, from 8 to 24 February 2002. The country's participation in Salt Lake City marked its sixth appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in 1964. | M2 (talk) |
| 2025-04-16 20:13 | Arthur Loveless (American architect (1873–1971)) | Arthur Lamont Loveless (September 22, 1873 – January 5, 1971) was an American architect active in the Seattle area. Born in Michigan, he worked as a bookkeeper and banker in Manistee before studying architecture at Columbia University from around 1902 to 1906. Forced to drop out due to financial concerns, he was employed by his professor's firm Delano & Aldrich before moving to Seattle in 1907. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2025-04-16 23:46 | Order of New Brunswick (Civilian honour for merit in Canada) | The Order of New Brunswick is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The order was instituted through the Order of New Brunswick Act, which was granted royal assent on 20 December 2000.[2] The order is intended to honour current or former New Brunswick residents who have demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement, thus being described as the highest honour amongst all those conferred by the New Brunswick Crown. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 10:05 | Alfred Biliotti (British archaeologist and diplomat (1833–1915)) | Sir Alfred Biliotti KCMG CB (14 July 1833 – 1 February 1915) was a Levantine Italian, born on Rhodes, who became a British consular official and amateur archaeologist. Biliotti probably received little formal education, and followed his father, who had carried out consular work for the governments of Britain, Spain and Tuscany, into the British consular service in 1849. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-17 10:07 | Stanley Casson (British classical archaeologist (1889–1944)) | Stanley Casson FSA (1889–17 April 1944) was an English classical archaeologist. Educated at Ipswich School and at Merchant Taylors' School in Hertfordshire, he attended Lincoln College, Oxford, on an exhibition, where he studied both archaeology and anthropology. He continued his studies at St John's College, Oxford, and the British School at Athens (BSA), where he pursued a then-unusual interest in modern Greek historical anthropology. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-17 10:08 | Euthymides (Late 6th century BCE Athenian potter and painter) | Euthymides (Ancient Greek: Εὐθυμίδης; fl. c. 515 – c. 500 BCE) was an ancient Athenian potter and painter of vases. He was a member of the art movement later known as the Pioneer Group for their exploration of the new decorative style known as red-figure pottery. His works are known for their innovative use of foreshortening, and include the Revellers Vase, inscribed with a taunting message addressed to his fellow painter and rival Euphronios. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-17 20:22 | Dominic Vairo (American football player (1913–2002)) | Dominic Martin Vairo (November 2, 1913 – July 31, 2002) was an American professional football end. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, serving as team captain as a senior in 1934. He then played professionally for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1935, appearing in one game. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 00:18 | Juan Astorquia (Spanish footballer and sports leader) | Juan José Astorquia Landabaso (June 1876 – 23 October 1905), also known as Juanito Astorquia, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club from Bilbao, having been the fundamental head behind the foundation of the club in 1898 and its official establishment in 1901, and then serving as the club's first captain until 1904 and as its second president between 1902 and 1903. | Barr Theo (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 01:19 | Dustin McDonald (American football player (1908–1975)) | Dustin Columbus McDonald (October 3, 1908 – February 23, 1975) was an American professional football guard. He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers. in the National Football League (NFL). After college, he signed with the Cincinnati Reds of the National Football League (NFL) and also had stints with two non-NFL teams before signing with the Green Bay Packers in 1935. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 07:12 | Hong Kong at the 2014 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Hong Kong, a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The delegation competed under the name "Hong Kong, China" (中國香港). This was the SAR's fourth appearance at a Winter Olympics. | Z423x5c6 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 18:59 | Miles Turpin (American football player (born 1964)) | Miles John Turpin (born May 15, 1964) is an American former professional football linebacker who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was also a member of the Cleveland Browns. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 19:22 | 1976 San Diego Chargers season (1976 NFL team season) | The 1976 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 17th overall. The Chargers improved on their 2–12 record from 1975 and finished 6–8, but missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season. The Chargers started off the season by winning their first three games, but they struggled through the rest of the season by losing eight of their last eleven, which included four shutout losses, two to division rival Denver. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 20:42 | Gary Shapley (American government official (born 1977)) | Gary Allen Shapley Jr. (born December 1977) is an American government official who has served as the deputy chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation since 2025. Shapley also served as the acting commissioner of internal revenue from April 16 to April 18, 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-18 22:45 | Jesse M. Bowell (American captain and politician (1846–1889)) | Jesse M. Bowell (January 19, 1846 – October 31, 1889) was an American sea captain and politician. From 1885 to 1886, Bowell served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Democratic Party. Born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania, he was an engineer and pilot on the Monongahela River early in his youth. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-04-19 01:42 | Harry Wunsch (American football player (1910–1954)) | Harry Frederick Wunsch (November 20, 1910 – April 30, 1954) was an American professional football guard. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and later for one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers in 1934. He also was briefly a member of the St. Louis Gunners. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 10:28 | Matthias Koehl (American neo-Nazi (1935–2014)) | Matthias Koehl Jr. (January 22, 1935 – October 9, 2014) was a neo-Nazi politician and writer who served as the second leader of the American Nazi Party from 1967 to 2014. He joined the party in 1960 following membership in various White supremacist groups, and succeeded to leadership following the assassination of the founder of the party, George Lincoln Rockwell. | 🔮🛷 Vote Kane 🛷🔮 (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 11:38 | Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle (English author, barrister, cricketer, cricket administrator, journalist, and politician) | Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle MVO PC (6 September 1851 — 1 July 1937) was an English agriculturalist, author, barrister, cricketer, cricket administrator, journalist, and Conservative politician. Following a brief career as barrister following his graduation from the University of Oxford, Prothero became an author who published several works on agriculture, amongst other publications. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 18:13 | Carl Wafer (American football player (born 1951)) | Carl Wafer (born January 17, 1951) is an American former professional football defensive end who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. He played college football for the Tennessee State Tigers and was selected in the second round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 00:44 | Karoline Leavitt (American spokesperson (born 1997)) | Karoline Claire Leavitt (born August 24, 1997) is an American spokesperson who has served as the White House press secretary since 2025. She was the Republican candidate in the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district in 2022. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-20 02:49 | Earl Ohlgren (American football player (1918–1962)) | Earl Ohlgren (February 21, 1918 – December 31, 1962) was an American professional football end. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and then played professionally for three seasons. He was a member of the Milwaukee Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL), the San Diego Bombers of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League (PCFL), and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 20:30 | Abramo Colorni (Italian-Jewish polymath (1544–1599)) | Sometimes thought of as a charlatan, a genius "Jewish Leonardo" or "Jewish Baron von Munchhausen", or a professore de’ secreti, "professor of secrets", he was also known as a clockmaker, for his magic tricks and escapology, and invented a new kind of revolver. | Andre🚐 |
| 2025-04-21 00:00 | Bhutan at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Bhutan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021, it was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1984. The delegation consisted of four athletes competing in four sports; archery, judo, shooting, and swimming. Bhutan did not win any medals during the Tokyo Olympics. | History6042😊 (Contact me) |
| [Failed to parse] | Shivangi Joshi (Indian television actress (born 1998)) | Shivangi Joshi (born 18 May 1998) is an Indian actress known for her work on Hindi television. One of the highest-paid television actresses in India, Joshi is widely recognised for portraying Naira Singhania Goenka in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2016-2021). She is a recipient of several accolades including one ITA Awards, and three Gold Awards. | [Failed to parse] |
Culture/Biography/Women
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| 2024-10-29 00:32 | Cady Noland (American artist (born 1956)) | Cady Noland (born 1956) is an American sculptor, printmaker, and installation artist who primarily works with found objects and appropriated images. Her work, often made with objects denoting danger, industry, and American patriotism, addresses notions of the failed promise of the American Dream, the divide between fame and anonymity, and violence in American society, among other themes. | 19h00s (talk) |
| 2024-11-03 19:45 | Beth Mead (English footballer (born 1995)) | Bethany Jane Mead MBE (born 9 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Women's Super League (WSL) club Arsenal and the England national team. A creative and prolific forward, she has all-time most assists and all-time second-most goal contributions in the WSL. | Spiderone(Talk to Spider) |
| 2024-12-18 20:23 | Marie-Thérèse Eyquem (French politician (1913–1978)) | Marie-Thérèse Eyquem (6 September 1913 – 8 August 1978) was a French feminist, politician, and author. Under the Vichy regime, she participated in the ban against multiple women's sports including association football. In the 1960s, she became more involved in politics and joined the French Socialist Party. | – dudhhr talkcontribssheher |
| 2024-12-22 00:45 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly | The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-01-08 17:47 | 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships took place in one round in the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on 5 March 2023. This was the twelfth time the women's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Six national teams qualified based on their outdoor results from 2022 or the team's cumulative individual 400 metres indoor results from 2023. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-13 13:04 | Alina Zagitova (Russian figure skater (born 2002)) | Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova ( Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова, IPA: [ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə]; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, the 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2018 Russian national champion. | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:16 | Ilse Stephan (German politician (1931–1984)) | Ilse Stephan (née Korth; 8 May 1931 – 25 June 1984) was a German interpreter and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 00:45 | 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place in three rounds at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 1 and 2 March 2024. This was the nineteenth time that the women's 400 metres was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Twenty-four athletes from nineteen different nations competed in the event. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 07:01 | Dolores Huerta (American labor leader (born 1930)) | Dolores Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 12:55 | Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków (Fantasy novel by Janina Wieczerska) | Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków (The Root People, or Autumn of the Little Gnomes) is a fantasy novel (modern fairy tale) for young readers by Janina Wieczerska, published in 1989. It has an eco-friendly theme and tells the adventures of gnomes in contemporary times. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-01-21 22:59 | 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place in two rounds at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 3 March 2024. This was the seventeenth time the women's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. There was no entry standard for the qualification. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-23 22:26 | 2024 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place in two rounds at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 11 and 12 June 2024. It was the eighteenth time the women's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Relay teams of sixteen nations competed. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 02:35 | Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (Grand Duchess of Russia) | Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. | Qubacubazamniauser (talk) |
| 2025-01-28 07:02 | White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie (White dress worn by Angelina Jolie) | American actress Angelina Jolie wore a white satin dress with a plunging neckline designed by Marc Bouwer on February 29, 2004, to the 76th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre, where she presented the award for Best Art Direction. The dress garnered praise from fashion magazines and media publications, and has been placed on numerous lists for best Oscars or red carpet fashion. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-02-07 03:48 | Abortion in Madagascar | In Madagascar, abortion is illegal in all circumstances. The abortion law punishes receiving or assisting in an abortion with imprisonment or fines. It is one of the only countries with a total abortion ban. Abortion has been illegal since the French colonial era, influenced by attitudes favoring increased births. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-02-08 12:28 | Augustina Gabel (revolutionary and librarian from Russian Empire) | Augustina Stanislavovna Gabel (Ukrainian: Августина Станіславівна Габель, romanized: Augustyna Stanislavivna Habel; née Sinkevich; born 30 August 1853 – 29 March 1907) was a librarian and revolutionary from the Russian Empire. Orphaned at an early age, she was raised by her older sister and her husband. After receiving her education, she became involved in revolutionary activities, joining the Narodnik movement, which aimed to promote socialist ideas among the Russian peasantry. | Venzz (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 10:22 | Cecilia Eggleston (English Metropolitan Community Church minister) | Cecilia Eggleston is a minister and leader within the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). She was the first woman and first lay person to be elected as district coordinator in the European District of the MCC. She is currently the CEO and chief of staff of MCC worldwide. | GnocchiFan (talk) |
| 2025-02-20 09:47 | Lucy Parsons (American labor organizer (c.1851–1942)) | Lucy E. Parsons (c. 1851 – March 7, 1942) was an American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist. Her early life is shrouded in mystery: she herself said she was of mixed Mexican and Native American ancestry; historians believe she was born to an African-American slave, possibly in Virginia, then married a black freedman in Texas. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2025-02-20 15:15 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle | The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 and 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-23 23:16 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley | The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 2 and 3 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool—one length with each stroke. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-27 03:22 | Lebanon at the 1976 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | The West Asian country of Lebanon competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, which was held from 4 February to 15 February 1976. This marked Lebanon's eighth appearance in a Winter Games since their debut in 1948. The delegation consisted of a single female alpine skier, Farida Rahmeh, who finished 43rd in the women's giant slalom event, thus failing to win a medal. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-02 22:13 | Bungay Castle (novel) (1797 novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte) | Bungay Castle is a gothic novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte, first published in 1797. It is set loosely in the thirteenth century around the First Barons' War, and follows the fortunes of the fictional De Morney family at the real Bungay Castle in Suffolk. Bonhôte's husband purchased the ruins of this castle in 1791. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 02:34 | Unexpected Destinations (1993 biography of Ōyama Sutematsu) | Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan's First Vassar Graduate is a biography of Ōyama Sutematsu, written by her great-granddaughter Akiko Kuno. Ōyama was one of the first Japanese women to study abroad after the end of Japan's closed borders, and the first Japanese woman to earn a university degree. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 23:24 | 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 and 8 March 2025. It was the 38th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-18 05:04 | Elaine DePrince (American author, activist and teacher (1947–2024)) | Elaine DePrince (née DiGiacomo, August 6, 1947 – September 11, 2024) was an American author, hemophilia activist, teacher, and advocate of adoptive parenting. The mother of 11 children, she is best known as the adoptive mother of ballet star Michaela DePrince and the co-author of her memoir, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (2014). She was interviewed in the 2011 documentary First Position, discussing the racism they encountered as Michaela pursued training in classical ballet. | Cielquiparle (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 23:34 | Barbara Park (American author (1947–2013)) | Barbara Lynne Park (née Tidswell; April 21, 1947 – November 15, 2013) was an American author of children's books. She is most well known for writing the Junie B. Jones series of chapter books. She has also written several middle grade and young adult books, including Skinnybones (1982), Mick Harte Was Here (1995), and The Graduation of Jake Moon (2000). | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2025-03-24 19:30 | 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place in three rounds at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany, from 15 to 17 August 2022. It was the twentieth time this event was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 51.70 seconds, by receiving a wild card, or by virtue of their ranking. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 19:54 | 1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in two rounds at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19 and 21 August 1958. It was the first time that the women's 400 metres was contested at the European Athletics Championships, while the men's 400 metres had been part of the program since the first championships in 1934. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 13:04 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke | The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 15:32 | 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in one round at the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 9 March 2025. It was the eighteenth time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Six nations were allocated a place to compete in the event. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-04-01 21:04 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke | The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 23:29 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 20:01 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre | The women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August 2024 in the River Seine, Paris. It was the fifth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008. France spent €1.2–1.6 billion to clean up the Seine in preparation for the Olympic events, but heavy rainfall caused bacteria levels to increase and one of the pre-event training sessions was cancelled. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 16:48 | Tehanu (1990 fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin) | Tehanu , initially subtitled The Last Book of Earthsea, is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Atheneum in February 1990. It is the fourth novel set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea, published almost twenty years after the first three Earthsea novels (1968–1972), and not the last, despite its initial subtitle. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 17:46 | 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game (American collegiate basketball final) | The 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the champion of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the No. 2 seed UConn Huskies from the Big East Conference and the No. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-13 04:24 | Dianna Cowern (American science educator and YouTuber) | Dianna Cowern (born May 4, 1989) is an American science communicator and physicist who has created the YouTube channel Physics Girl since 2011. Her videos explain physical phenomena in everyday life using an informal, fast-paced style. She worked in partnership with the PBS Digital Studios from 2015 until 2020. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-20 22:50 | Joy Laking (Canadian artist (born 1950)) | Joy Snihur Wyatt Laking (born 1950) is a Canadian visual artist from Nova Scotia, especially known for her watercolour depictions of Nova Scotian scenes. Born to an artistic family in Ontario, Laking painted with her mother at a young age before earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1972, subsequently moving to Nova Scotia where she went on to earn a national reputation. | MediaKyle (talk) |
Culture/Media
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| 2024-09-28 20:09 | WSVN (Television station in Miami) | WSVN (channel 7) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Serving as the flagship station of locally based Sunbeam Television, it has studios on the 79th Street Causeway in North Bay Village and a transmitter in Miami Gardens, Florida. | Nathan Obral • he/him • t • c • |
| 2024-10-07 05:18 | Stray Kids (South Korean boy band) | Stray Kids (Korean: 스트레이 키즈; RR: Seuteurei Kijeu; often abbreviated to SKZ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The band consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For undisclosed personal reasons, Woojin left the band in October 2019. | |
| 2024-10-25 21:53 | Murder of Wang Lianying (1920 murder in Shanghai, China) | Wang Lianying was a Chinese courtesan who was killed by Yan Ruisheng and his accomplices on 9 June 1920 outside of Shanghai in the Republic of China. Twenty-year-old Lianying had worked in Shanghai, known as the "Brothel of Asia", since 1916, gaining recognition as the "Prime Minister of Flower Country" during the 1917 courtesan election. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2024-11-04 01:04 | Amos Yee (Singaporean sex offender (born 1998)) | Amos Yee Pang Sang (born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean convicted child sex offender who was a former blogger, YouTuber, and child actor. | OpalYosutebito (talk) |
| 2024-11-11 12:15 | Ayesha Takia (Indian former actress (born 1986)) | Ayesha Azmi (née Takia; born 10 April 1986) is an Indian former actress who worked predominantly in Hindi films. She began her career working in advertisements and music videos, and made her film debut in 2004 with the action thriller Taarzan: The Wonder Car for which she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award. | 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS 🍁 |
| 2024-11-21 14:16 | Cyborgs (film) (2017 Ukrainian war film) | Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (Ukrainian: Кiборги: Герої не вмирають; Romanized: Kiborhy: Heroyi ne vmyrayut) is a 2017 Ukrainian war drama film about the Cyborgs, the Ukrainian defenders in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport during the war in Donbas. The film was written by Nataliya Vorozhbyt, directed by Akhtem Seitablayev and produced by Ivanna Diadiura. | Reidgreg (talk) |
| 2024-11-23 07:53 | Alan Walker (Norwegian DJ and music producer (born 1997)) | Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a Norwegian DJ and record producer. His songs "Faded", "Sing Me to Sleep", "Alone", "All Falls Down" (with Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals) and "Darkside" (with Au/Ra and Tomine Harket) have each been multi-platinum-certified and reached number 1 on the VG-lista chart in Norway. | Meganenohito (talk) |
| 2024-12-04 21:53 | Tabu (actress) (Indian actress (born 1971)) | Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born 4 November 1971), known professionally as Tabu, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi and Telugu films. Regarded as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses, she has often played troubled women, from fictional to literary, in both mainstream and independent cinema. | 19Arham (talk) |
| 2024-12-09 15:49 | Deadmau5 (Canadian music producer and DJ (born 1981)) | Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as deadmau5 (pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. His musical style mostly includes progressive house and electro house music, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. | ~ GoatLordServant(Talk) |
| 2024-12-23 18:13 | Eurovision Song Contest 1988 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 30 April 1988 in the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin, Ireland and presented by Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the 1987 contest with the song "Hold Me Now" by Johnny Logan. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-12-31 15:51 | Larries (Internet fandom) | Larries are shipping conspiracy theorists who believe that former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson had or still have a long-term and secret romantic relationship.: 173–174 A fundamental part of this conspiracy theory is that the two, name blended as "Larry Stylinson", have been closeted by their management company, Modest Management, supposedly guided by homophobic corporate interests. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-01-06 02:10 | Visayan pop (Music genre of the Philippines) | Visayan pop, better known as Vispop (not to be confused with the Scandinavian musical genre), is short for Visayan popular music. Despite its name, it usually refers to popular music in the Cebuano language; pop music sung in other Visayan languages is known by other terms. For instance, a separate pop music movement for Hiligaynon emerged in the late 2010s, called Ilonggo pop. | Bloomagiliw (talk) |
| 2025-01-07 17:56 | Eurovision Song Contest 1961 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the 6th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1961 in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF), and originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision 1961 de la Chanson Européenne (English: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1961), the contest was held in France followi ... | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-01-12 19:46 | Megatron (album) (2022 studio album by BabyTron) | Megatron is the second studio album by the American rapper BabyTron. It was released by The Hip Hop Lab and Empire Distribution on March 4, 2022. After releasing his debut album BIN Reaper 2 in 2021, BabyTron released the Trifecta mixtape with the rap group ShittyBoyz in February 2022. Megatron was produced by a variety of record producers, including longtime collaborator Helluva, and contains guest appearances from GTP Daidoe, DaBoii of SOB X RBE, and Glockboyz Teejaee. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 16:23 | Tamid Ohev Oti (2024 single by Yair Elitzur) | "Tamid Ohev Oti" (Hebrew: תמיד אוהב אותי, lit. '(The Lord) Always Loves Me'), also known as "Od Yoter Tov" (Hebrew: עוד יותר טוב, lit. 'Even better'), is a Hebrew song originally released by Yair Elitzur on 18 June 2024. Part of a trend of "religious pop", it has become very popular in Israel and among Jews around the world and is considered one of the songs inspired by the Gaza war. | Yeshivish613 (talk) |
| 2025-01-23 01:27 | Jeff Baena (American screenwriter and film director (1977–2025)) | Jeffrey Lance Baena (June 29, 1977 – January 3, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director. His most successful films were 2004's I Heart Huckabees and 2020's Horse Girl, though his projects to receive the most contemporary critical acclaim were the 2016 and 2017 films Joshy and The Little Hours. | Kingsif (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 04:45 | Game board (Surface on which a board game is played) | A game board (or gameboard; sometimes, playing board or game map: 25 ) is the surface on which one plays a board game. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-01-28 16:42 | Jorge Lanata (Argentine journalist and writer (1960–2024)) | Jorge Ernesto Lanata (12 September 1960 – 30 December 2024) was an Argentine journalist and author. He founded the newspaper Página 12 in 1987, and worked on several TV programs, newspapers, magazines and documentaries. He moved to the Clarín Group in 2012, and hosted Lanata sin filtro on Radio Mitre and Periodismo para todos on El Trece. | Cambalachero (talk) |
| 2025-02-04 11:35 | Huwie Ishizaki (Japanese singer-songwriter) | is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He began writing and performing when he was in middle school and later became the vocalist of the band Astrocoast. In 2012, at the age of 26, he became a solo artist after being persuaded by the music producer Akira Sudo. He debuted in July 2012 with his mini album Dai-san Wakusei Kōkyōkyoku. | Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) |
| 2025-02-04 18:09 | Views of Elon Musk (overview of notable views by Elon Musk on various subjects) | Elon Musk is the owner of multiple companies, the wealthiest individual in the world, and a US government employee. Having rejected the conservative label, Musk has described himself as a political moderate; his views have become more right-wing over time, and have been characterized as libertarian and far-right. | CNC (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 09:44 | Svarta ballader (1917 poetry collection by Dan Andersson) | Svarta ballader ('Black Ballads') is a 1917 poetry collection by the Swedish proletarian writer Dan Andersson, his third and the last to be published before his early death in 1920. It has become one of the most important texts in 20th century Swedish literature. The poems convey strong feelings about life's struggles, love, hate, suffering, and death. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-07 22:50 | Taedong kongbo (Vladivostok) (1908–1910 Korean-language newspaper in Russia) | Taedong Kongbo (Korean: 대동공보; Hanja: 大東共報; RR: Daedong Gongbo; Russian: Тэдонг конгбо) was a Korean-language newspaper published in Vladivostok, Russian Empire from 1908 to 1910. It briefly changed its name to Taedong Sinbo (대동신보; 大東新報) before its closure. It is not to be confused with a Korean-American newspaper of a similar name (same romanized and Hangul name, but different Hanja: 大同公報). | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 18:28 | Blue Gucci dress of Harry Styles (Dress worn by Harry Styles) | English singer Harry Styles wore a blue Gucci dress for Vogue's December 2020 issue, becoming the first man to appear solo on the magazine's cover. Designed by creative director of Gucci, Alessandro Michele, the dress was well received by the general public for challenging toxic masculinity and gender stereotypes. | Medxvo (talk) |
| 2025-02-09 13:05 | Karera (Bini song) (2023 single by Bini) | "Karera" (lit. 'Race') is a song recorded by the Filipino girl group Bini, released by Star Music on September 22, 2023, as the first pre-release single from the group's debut extended play (EP), Talaarawan (2024). The song was written by Gianina Camille "Nica" Del Rosario and Julius James "Jumbo" De Belen, along with its producer, Jose Miguel Cortes. | AstrooKai (Talk) |
| 2025-02-11 09:23 | Louis Tomlinson (English singer (born 1991)) | Louis Tomlinson (born 24 December 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. Born and raised in Doncaster, England, Tomlinson auditioned for British singing competition The X Factor as a solo artist in 2010, where he and four rejected solo contestants would be placed into a group which would become British-Irish band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-02-11 15:23 | Lagi (song) (2022 single by Bini) | "Lagi" (lit. 'Always') is a song recorded by the Filipino girl group Bini. Star Music released it on June 24, 2022. It was the group's third solo single of 2022, following the non-album single "Pit A Pat". It was also the first single from their 2022 sophomore album Feel Good. "Lagi" is an upbeat bubblegum pop and electropop song about falling in love. | ROY is WAR Talk! |
| 2025-02-14 22:05 | Soprillo (Type of saxophone) | The soprillo, also known as the piccolo saxophone or rarely sopranissimo saxophone, is the highest pitched and smallest saxophone. The soprillo was developed as an extension to the saxophone family in the late 1990s by German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim, although a working prototype was made in 1960 in compact curved form. | Jon (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 22:34 | Keijō nippō (1906–1945 Japanese newspaper in Korea) | was a Japanese-language newspaper published in Korea from 1906 to 1945. It is primarily associated with the Japanese colonial period in Korea, and is considered to have functionally been an official newspaper of the Japanese Governor-General of Chōsen. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 00:56 | Festival Internacional da Canção (Televised Brazilian music festival) | The Festival Internacional da Canção (FIC; also known as the Festival Internacional da Canção Popular) was an annual televised music competition held at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro from 1966 to 1972. The festival was created by journalist Augusto Marzagão and was designed with the goal of rivaling the Festival de Música Popular Brasileira hosted by TV Record. | Why? I Ask (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 04:13 | Sleepwalker (EP) (2014 extended play by Kylie and Garibay) | Sleepwalker (alternatively titled Kylie + Garibay) is the debut extended play (EP) by musical duo Kylie and Garibay, composed of Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and American record producer Fernando Garibay. In 2013, Minogue began working with Garibay on material intended for her twelfth studio album, Kiss Me Once (2014). | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 04:37 | Sam Matlock (British musician) | Sam James Matlock (born 16 March 1993) is a British guitarist and singer. He formed the rock band Dead! in 2012 and entered the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart with that band's The Golden Age of Not Even Trying in 2018; after they split up, he recruited musician Milkie Way for his own band named Wargasm, which launched in August 2019 and entered the UK Albums Chart in 2023 with Venom. | Launchballer |
| 2025-02-18 04:37 | Dead! (British rock band) | Dead!, sometimes stylised as DEAD!, were an English rock band. Comprising Alex Mountford, Sam Chappell, and brothers Louis Matlock and Sam Matlock, the band formed in Southampton in 2012 but moved to London by March 2016. They released the 2018 album The Golden Age of Not Even Trying, which charted at No. | Launchballer |
| 2025-02-21 14:05 | South Arcade (English pop-punk band) | South Arcade are an English band from Oxford. Formed in 2021, the band went viral for videos of their band practices and performed at BBC Radio 1's New Music Live in Halifax, West Yorkshire in November 2024. Their 2005 EP was inspired by various genres and artists from the 2000s and was received positively by Distorted Sound Magazine. | Launchballer |
| 2025-02-23 01:21 | Chiisana Koi no Uta (2001 song by Mongol800) | "Chiisana Koi no Uta" (Japanese: 小さな恋のうた, lit. A Small Love Song) is a Japanese rock song written and performed by the Japanese punk band Mongol800. It is featured on their second studio album Message which was released in Japan on September 16, 2001. The song's lyrics are about the love between a boy and a girl who have grown up on a small island. | Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) |
| 2025-02-23 05:52 | Andrew Still (actor) (Scottish actor) | Andrew Still (born December 1993) is a Scottish actor. After joining the Scottish Youth Theatre, he played Joel Dexter in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2011 to 2013, also portraying the role in Hollyoaks Later in 2012. Still then struggled to get new roles and worked in various other occupations. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-02-26 08:04 | Bonnie Blue (actress) (English pornographic actress (born 1999)) | Tia Emma Billinger (born May 1999), known professionally as Bonnie Blue, is an English pornographic film actress. She has been controversial for her sexual content with university students and married men, her claims to have had sex with 1,057 men in one day, and her goals of having sex with as many men as possible. | Launchballer |
| 2025-03-02 16:59 | Grupo Frontera political controversy (2025 American political controversy) | The American regional Mexican band Grupo Frontera has been involved in a controversy due to an alleged endorsement of the politician and current United States president Donald Trump since early 2025, after a video of one of the vocalists' relatives performing a "Trump dance" to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A." went viral. | Santi (talk) |
| 2025-03-07 19:22 | A Flood in Baath Country (2003 Syrian anti-Baathist documentary) | A Flood in Baath Country (Arabic: طوفان في بلد البعث, romanized: Ṭoufān fi Balad al-Bʿṯ) is a Syrian documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay, released in 2003 and premiered in 2004 at the Beirut Cinema Days Festival. The film, Amiralay's last, criticizes the Baa'thist regime in Syria, particularly the Tabqa Dam construction project and the party's impact on political life and education in the country. | ꧁Zanahary꧂ |
| 2025-03-08 20:44 | Zorra (Nebulossa song) (2023 single by Nebulossa) | "Zorra" (transl. Vixen) is a song by Spanish husband and wife synth-pop duo Nebulossa. The song was written and produced by both members of the duo. It was released on 15 December 2023 through Atomic Records and Indica Entertainment as part of their upcoming EP, Virturrosismo. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-03-10 19:01 | He was aware that he was still a child (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twenty-first episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa wrote the episode, which the animator Hiroyuki Ishido directed. The series' protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy whose father Gendo recruited him to the special military organization Nerv to pilot a gigantic, bio-mechanical mecha named Evangelion into combat with beings called Angels. | TeenAngels1234 (talk) |
| 2025-03-13 19:24 | KUAT-TV (TV station in Tucson, Arizona) | KUAT-TV (channel 6) is a PBS member television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is the television station of the University of Arizona (UA) and broadcasts from studios in the Modern Languages Building on the UA campus. Two high-power transmitters broadcast its programming: KUAT-TV itself on Mount Bigelow and KUAS-TV (channel 27) on Tumamoc Hill, west of downtown Tucson, which provides coverage to northwest Tucson and communities west of Mount Lemmon that are shielded from the Mount Bigelow transmitter. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:24 | KPTM (Television station in Omaha, Nebraska) | KPTM (channel 42) is a television station in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, affiliated with Fox and The CW. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to TBD outlet KXVO (channel 15) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Mitts Telecasting Company. Both stations share studios on Farnam Street in Omaha, while KPTM's transmitter is located on Pflug Road, south of Gretna and I-80. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:26 | WFUT-DT (Television station in Newark, New Jersey) | WFUT-DT (channel 68) is a television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving as the UniMás outlet for the New York City area. WFUT-DT is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Paterson, New Jersey–licensed Univision station WXTV-DT (channel 41). The stations share studios on Frank W. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:27 | WRBW (Television station in Orlando, Florida) | WRBW (channel 65), branded on-air as Fox 35 Plus, is a television station in Orlando, Florida, United States, serving as the local outlet for the MyNetworkTV programming service. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox outlet WOFL (channel 35). The two stations share studios on Skyline Drive in Lake Mary; WRBW's transmitter is located in Bithlo, Florida. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:27 | WSIL-TV (TV station in Harrisburg, Illinois) | WSIL-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, the Purchase area of Western Kentucky, and Northwest Tennessee. Owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on Country Aire Drive (near the IL 13–Wolf Creek Road interchange) in Carterville and a transmitter near Creal Springs, Illinois. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:27 | WLNY-TV (Television station in Riverhead, New York) | WLNY-TV (channel 55), branded as New York 55, is an independent television station licensed to Riverhead, New York, United States, serving the New York City television market. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS flagship WCBS-TV (channel 2). The two stations share studios within the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan; WLNY-TV's transmitter is located in Ridge, New York. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:27 | WLTX (Television station in Columbia, South Carolina) | WLTX (channel 19) is a television station in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on Garners Ferry Road (US 76–378) in southeastern Columbia, and its transmitter is located on Screaming Eagle Road (southeast of I-20) in rural northeast Richland County. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:28 | WXEL-TV (Television station in Boynton Beach, Florida) | WXEL-TV (channel 42) is a PBS member television station licensed to Boynton Beach, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area. Owned by South Florida PBS, it is a sister station to Miami-based flagship and fellow PBS member WPBT (channel 2) and low-power station WURH-LD (channel 13). The three stations share transmitter facilities on Northwest 199th Street in Andover; WXEL's studios are located on South Congress Avenue in Boynton Beach. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-14 06:45 | Jennifer Brooke (British actress) | Jennifer Brooke (born 1993/1994) is a British actress. From 2012 to 2015, she studied at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Acting. Whilst she was there she performed in various Italia Conti plays, including their adaptations of The Acid Test, Richard III and A View from the Bridge. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-03-16 16:11 | Sobrevivendo no Inferno (1997 studio album by Racionais MC's) | Sobrevivendo no Inferno (in English "Surviving in Hell") is the second studio album of the Brazilian hip-hop group Racionais MC's, released on 20 December 1997. The album was produced during a period of socio-political change in Brazil, as the country transitioned to neoliberal policies after decades of military dictatorship. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-03-16 18:18 | Gal Gadot (Israeli actress (born 1985)) | Gal Gadot (born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress. She gained recognition for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023). In 2018, Gadot was named one of Time's 100 most influential people and ranked by Forbes as the tenth-highest-paid actress, later rising to third in 2020. | Lililolol (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 08:24 | Cup of Joe (band) (Filipino pop rock band) | Cup of Joe is a Filipino pop/rock band based in Baguio, Philippines, formed in November 2018. They gained widespread recognition for their songs "Tingin" (Look), featuring Janine Teñoso, and "Estranghero" (Stranger), from their debut extended play (EP), Patutunguhan (2023). The band's lineup consists of lead vocalists Gian Bernardino and Raphaell Ridao, lead guitar Gabriel Fernandez, rhythm guitar CJ Fernandez, and keyboards Xen Gareza. | Indo360 (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 16:42 | Nora Helmer (Character in the play A Doll's House) | Nora Helmer is a fictional character of Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House. She is introduced as a seemingly devoted wife and mother, living in a comfortable middle-class home with her husband Torvald, a recently promoted bank manager, and their three children. After committing forgery to pay for her husband's medical treatment without his knowledge, Nora attempts to deal with the consequences that threaten her marriage. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-03-29 17:07 | Rory Gibson (American actor) | Rory Gibson (born November 22, 1995) is an American actor. Born and raised in Southern California, Gibson moved Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Since 2018, Gibson has appeared in several films and short films, including A Night to Regret, Grace, Twisted Twin, Severed Road and Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 15:39 | Don't Be (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twenty-second episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, created by Gainax. The episode was written by Hideaki Anno and Hiroshi Yamaguchi and directed by the animator Akira Takamura. In the episode, Asuka Langley Soryu, the pilot of the giant mecha Evangelion Unit-02, comes into conflict with Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami, her fellow pilots, due to several defeats in previous battles. | TeenAngels1234 (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 00:57 | Lace tells (Rhyming chants used to aid lacemaking) | Lace tells were catchy rhymes chanted to the rhythm of bobbin lace manufacture in lace schools and workshops in Flanders, the English East Midlands, and the Saxon Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge). Tells helped lacemakers to count stitches, maintain a steady rhythm, and stay awake and focused. Lace tells were also used in lacemaking schools in order to increase the speed of work and to teach discipline and lace skills to children—including basic numeracy. | ꧁Zanahary꧂ |
| 2025-04-04 17:46 | My Anti-Aircraft Friend (2024 studio album by Julie) | My Anti-Aircraft Friend is the debut studio album by the American shoegaze band Julie, released on September 13, 2024, by Atlantic Records. Recorded with producer Sonny DiPerri in between the band's tours at various recording studios across California, it is a shoegaze, grunge, indie rock, alternative rock and nu gaze album whose songs feature distorted soundscapes, dynamic arrangements alternating in speed and intensity, and vocal interplay. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 04:12 | Demi Sims (English television personality (born 1996)) | Demi Sims (born 6 September 1996) is an English television personality. She appeared on The Only Way Is Essex in 2014, between November 2018 and July 2022, and in late 2024. Sims was described by Emma Garland of Vice in December 2020 as one of the "very few openly bisexual women in mainstream reality TV" and has also appeared on Celeb Ex in the City, Celebs Go Dating, CelebAbility, and House of Sims. | Launchballer |
| 2025-04-07 18:36 | This Man... This Monster! (1966 Fantastic Four Comic Book) | "This Man... This Monster!" is a superhero story in the Marvel Comics series Fantastic Four. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby, it was published in Fantastic Four #51 in 1966. The story is about Benjamin Grimm, known as the Thing, a member of the superhero team the Fantastic Four whose body is made of stone. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-04-08 16:39 | Simon Boas (British aid worker (1977–2024)) | Simon Charles Boas (6 July 1977 – 15 July 2024) was a British aid worker who worked for development charities and the United Nations (UN). His inspirational writings about his terminal illness diagnosis were featured in British national newspapers and on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. | Curb Safe Charmer (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 17:39 | Timebomb (Kylie Minogue song) (2012 single by Kylie Minogue) | "Timebomb" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was written by Karen Poole, Matt Schwartz, and Paul Harris, with Schwartz and Harris also handling production. A surprise release, both the track and its music video were digitally unveiled via a viral Twitter campaign on 25 May 2012. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 20:44 | Choquei (Instagram and Twitter account) | Choquei is a social media account on Instagram and Twitter operated by Brazilian Raphael Sousa Oliveira in 2014. Initially focused on entertainment news and gossip, the account became notorious for covering real-world news starting in 2022. In February of that year, it began reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but faced criticism for sharing unverified information and fake news. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-11 22:49 | Lumberjack Band (Marching band of the Green Bay Packers) | The Lumberjack Band, later known as the Green Bay Packers Band, was the official marching band of the Green Bay Packers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The Band, which wore flannel uniforms to look like lumberjacks, traced it roots to volunteer groups in the 1920s that would play during Packers' games. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-04-20 10:26 | Dam (song) (2025 single by SB19) | "Dam" (stylized in all uppercase) is a song recorded by the Filipino boy band SB19 for their third extended play (EP), Simula at Wakas (2025). The band's leader, Pablo, co-wrote and co-produced the song with Joshua Daniel Nase and Simon Servida. It is primarily a hip-hop track fused with elements of EDM, folk, industrial, and progressive rock, with lyrical content that discuss upholding integrity, alluding to the band's drive for purpose and ambition despite the challenges and sacrifices. | – Relayed (t • c) |
Culture/Media/Books
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| 2025-01-15 09:10 | The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien | The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien is a 2024 book of poetry written by the English philologist, poet, and author J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by the Tolkien scholars, wife and husband Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. Its three volumes contain some 900 versions of 195 poems, among them around 70 previously unpublished. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 12:54 | The Ancient Trilogy (Trilogy by Karol Bunsch about Alexander the Great) | The Ancient Trilogy (Polish: Trylogia antyczna) is a trilogy by Karol Bunsch about Alexander the Great, consisting of the novels Olimpias (1955), Parmenion (1963), and Alexander (1968). | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-01-21 12:55 | Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków (Fantasy novel by Janina Wieczerska) | Korzeniacy, czyli Jesień wsamrazków (The Root People, or Autumn of the Little Gnomes) is a fantasy novel (modern fairy tale) for young readers by Janina Wieczerska, published in 1989. It has an eco-friendly theme and tells the adventures of gnomes in contemporary times. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-01-26 23:39 | Letters Written in France (Series of letters by Helen Maria Williams) | Letters Written in France (1790–1796) is a letter collection by English writer Helen Maria Williams. Williams published eight volumes of letters describing her firsthand experience of the French Revolution for British audiences. Williams witnessed the Fête de la Fédération, the executions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and much of the Reign of Terror. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-01-29 21:27 | Tolkien on Film (Scholarly book) | Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings is a 2004 collection of essays edited by Janet Brennan Croft on Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Lord of the Rings in his 2001–2003 film trilogy based on J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy book. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-31 16:01 | Tolkien, Race and Cultural History (Book of literary criticism by Dimitra Fimi) | Tolkien, Race, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits is a 2008 book by Dimitra Fimi about J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. Scholars largely welcomed the book, praising its accessibility and its skilful application of a biographical-historical method which sets the development of Tolkien's legendarium in the context of Tolkien's life and times. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-05 07:21 | A Question of Time (book) (Book of Tolkien scholarship) | A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie is a 1997 book of literary analysis by Verlyn Flieger of J. R. R. Tolkien's explorations of the nature of time in his Middle-earth writings, interpreted in the light of J. W. Dunne's 1927 theory of time, and Dunne's view that dreams gave access to all dimensions of time. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-12 16:37 | The House of the Wolfings (1889 novel by William Morris) | A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. It was first published in hardcover by Reeves and Turner in 1889. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 02:10 | Manon Lescaut (Novel by Abbé Prévost) | The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut (French: Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut ) is a novel by Antoine François Prévost. Most commonly referred to as simply Manon Lescaut, the novel is a tragic love story about a nobleman (known only as the Chevalier des Grieux) and a common woman (Manon Lescaut). | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 09:46 | The Ugly Black Bird (1994 book by Joanna Siedlecka) | The Ugly Black Bird: The Real Story of Jerzy Kosiński's Wartime Childhood (Polish: Czarny ptasior) is a 1994 book by Polish journalist Joanna Siedlecka about Jerzy Kosiński (Polish-American writer and Holocaust survivor). The books presents the results of Siedlecka's journalistic investigation about Kosiński's life during World War II, which up till then had often been seen as similar to the tragic fate of the protagonist of his well known novel, The Painted Bird. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-22 21:19 | Urien (Sixth-century ruler of Rheged) | Urien ap Cynfarch Oer or Urien Rheged (Old Welsh: Urbgen or Urbagen) was a powerful sixth-century Brittonic-speaking figure who was possibly the ruler of the territory or kingdom known as Rheged. He is probably the best-known and certainly the best documented of the British figures of the 'Old North' in the sixth century. | Tipcake (talk) |
| 2025-03-02 22:13 | Bungay Castle (novel) (1797 novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte) | Bungay Castle is a gothic novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte, first published in 1797. It is set loosely in the thirteenth century around the First Barons' War, and follows the fortunes of the fictional De Morney family at the real Bungay Castle in Suffolk. Bonhôte's husband purchased the ruins of this castle in 1791. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-03-07 15:59 | Trinity (Christian doctrine that God exists in three persons) | The Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from trinus 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion). | Brent Silby (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 10:58 | William Morris's influence on Tolkien (Literary influence) | William Morris's influence on J. R. R. Tolkien was substantial. From an early age, Tolkien bought many of Morris's books, including his fantasies, poetry, and translations. Both men liked the Norse sagas, disliked mechanisation, and wrote fantasy books which they illustrated themselves. On the other hand, Morris was a socialist and atheist, while Tolkien was bourgeois and Catholic. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 06:13 | Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper (book by Laurence Sterne) | Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper took place in 1767, and was partially published in 1773 and 1904. In the final year of his life, the author Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) had an intense emotional relationship with Elizabeth Draper (1744–1778). They met in January 1767, and immediately began a friendship; their public affection attracted gossip, since both were married, and Sterne was a clergyman. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 03:55 | St. Alban's Abbey, A Metrical Tale (1826 Gothic poem by Ann Radcliffe) | St. Alban's Abbey, A Metrical Tale is a poem by Ann Radcliffe, likely composed between 1808 and 1809, and first published posthumously in 1826. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 08:41 | Dreams and visions in Middle-earth (Literary theme) | J. R. R. Tolkien repeatedly uses dreams and visions in his Middle-earth writings to create literary effects, allowing the narrative to transition between everyday reality and awareness of other kinds of existence. He follows the conventions of the dream vision in early medieval literature, and the tradition of English visionary writing of Edmund Spenser and John Milton. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 08:30 | Tolkien and Edwardian adventure stories (Literary theme) | The philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien enjoyed Edwardian adventure stories by authors such as John Buchan and H. Rider Haggard as a boy, and made use of their structure and motifs in his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 13:14 | Prophecy in The Lord of the Rings (Theme in Tolkien's fiction) | Prophecy is a recurring element in the narrative of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien echoes both biblical and Shakespearean prophecy in his epic novel. Close to prophecy are prophetic dreams and visions, and the use of divination through devices such as the Palantír and the Mirror of Galadriel. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 15:43 | Series fiction (A collection of related stories featuring similar narrative elements) | Series fiction refers to a group of independently published works of fiction that are related to one another, usually through similar elements of setting and characters. A common example of series fiction is a book series. Series fiction spans a wide range of genres, and is particularly common in adventure, mystery, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-11 16:48 | Tehanu (1990 fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin) | Tehanu , initially subtitled The Last Book of Earthsea, is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Atheneum in February 1990. It is the fourth novel set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea, published almost twenty years after the first three Earthsea novels (1968–1972), and not the last, despite its initial subtitle. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-12 03:04 | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (2018 nonfiction book by Steve Brusatte) | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World is a 2018 book by paleontologist Steve L. Brusatte. The book chronicles the evolution of dinosaurs, their rise as the dominant clade, and ends with an account of the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs from the Chicxulub asteroid. It also includes a discussion of the evolution of feathered dinosaurs and birds' descent from dinosaurs, and an epilogue of sorts discussing the post-dinosaur emergence of mammals. | Rusalkii (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 10:51 | Metaepistemology (Metaphilosophical study of epistemology) | Metaepistemology is the branch of epistemology and metaphilosophy that studies the underlying assumptions of epistemology, including those concerning the nature, aims and methodology of epistemology, and the existence and authority of epistemic facts and reasons. | Shapeyness (talk) |
Culture/Media/Entertainment
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| 2025-01-07 16:02 | Fury 325 (Steel roller coaster at Carowinds) | Fury 325 is a steel roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The giga coaster, manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, opened to the public on March 28, 2015. It features 6,602 feet (2,012 m) of track and a maximum height of 325 feet (99 m), making it the current second-tallest roller coaster in the world and the tallest overall that uses a traditional lift hill. | Therguy10 (talk) |
| 2025-01-18 23:17 | Eva O'Hara (British actress) | Eva O'Hara is a British actress. O'Hara studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she performed in various productions at the Bristol Old Vic. She also appeared in other stage productions and short films, and made her film debut as Rosalind in Stark Shakespeare in 2018. After graduating from the school in 2019, O'Hara was cast as Verity Hutchinson in the British soap opera Hollyoaks, with the character first appearing in January 2020. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 16:34 | Ashling O'Shea (British actress) | Ashling O'Shea is a British-Irish actress. She initially completed a university degree in Theatre Studies with the intention of going into Theatre Therapy. O'Shea then trained and took acting classes whilst doing other jobs, and she began working with Little Fish Theatre, who gave her first acting role outside of university. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-02-05 15:03 | The Batman (film) (2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves) | The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay he wrote with Peter Craig, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise produced by DC Films. Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-02-28 21:07 | Brian David Gilbert (American YouTuber (born 1994)) | Brian David Gilbert (born January 29, 1994), also known by his initials BDG, is an American YouTuber, comedian, actor, host, and musician. He worked at Polygon as a video producer from 2017 to 2020, where he hosted the web series Unraveled. Since leaving the publication, Gilbert has written, produced, and starred in horror, comedy, and music videos for his self-titled YouTube channel. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-08 20:37 | Jessica Forrest (British actress and author (born 1990)) | Jessica Forrest (born 1990) is a British actress and writer. She is from Colne, Lancashire and she studied Drama at Manchester University, but she did not like the course as she believed that it was not practical enough. In 2010, Forrest left her course after she was cast as Leanne Holiday in the British soap opera Hollyoaks. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 15:43 | Series fiction (A collection of related stories featuring similar narrative elements) | Series fiction refers to a group of independently published works of fiction that are related to one another, usually through similar elements of setting and characters. A common example of series fiction is a book series. Series fiction spans a wide range of genres, and is particularly common in adventure, mystery, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-10 15:47 | Inner space (science fiction) (An antonym to "outer space") | Inner space in the context of science fiction refers to works of psychological science fiction emphasizes internal, mental, and emotional experiences over external adventure or technological speculation, which contrasts it with traditional science fiction's fascination with outer space. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-20 05:18 | Calum Lill (English actor) | Calum Lill (born 1995 or 1996) is a British actor. After graduating, Lill had guest roles in Doctors and Holby City in 2019, and he played the recurring role of Carlton Smith in the soap opera Hollyoaks in 2021. Lill almost quit the acting profession due to his struggle in getting acting roles and he worked various jobs in between acting roles, including as a car salesman, which he did not like. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
Culture/Media/Films
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| 2024-10-12 07:28 | Death Race 2 (2010 action film directed by Roel Reiné) | Death Race 2 is a 2010 action film directed by Roel Reiné and written by Tony Giglio, who co-developed its story with Paul W. S. Anderson. The film, a prequel to Death Race—the 2008 prequel to Death Race 2000 (1975)—stars Luke Goss as Carl "Luke" Lucas, a convicted cop killer who is sentenced to life in a for-profit, maximum security prison, where he is forced to compete in the titular reality show to earn his freedom. | Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) |
| 2024-11-17 06:18 | Marvel Studios (American entertainment company) | Marvel Studios, LLC, formerly known as Marvel Films, is an American film and television production company. Marvel Studios is the creator of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), a media franchise and shared universe of films and television series produced by the studio, based on characters that appear in Marvel Comics publications. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2024-12-23 06:59 | High and Low (1963 film) (1963 Japanese film) | is a 1963 Japanese police procedural crime film directed and edited by Akira Kurosawa. It was written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita, and Ryūzō Kikushima as a loose adaptation of the 1959 novel King's Ransom by Evan Hunter. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yutaka Sada, and Tsutomu Yamazaki, it tells the story of Japanese businessman Kingo Gondo (Mifune) struggling for control of the major shoe company at which he is a board member. | Plifal (talk) |
| 2024-12-27 13:36 | Mingxing (Former Chinese film production company) | The Mingxing Film Company (Chinese: 明星影片公司; pinyin: Míngxīng Yǐngpiàn Gōngsī), also credited as the Star Motion Picture Production Company, was a production company active in the Republic of China between 1922 and 1937. Established by a consortium of creative professionals, including film director Zhang Shichuan, dramatist Zheng Zhengqiu, and critic Zhou Jianyun, Mingxing initially produced comedy films that drew little audience attention. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2025-01-03 19:22 | Vincente Minnelli (American stage and film director (1903–1986)) | Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. For a career spanning over half a century, he is best known for his sophisticated innovation and artistry in musical films. As of 2025[update], six of his films have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. | PrinceArchelaus (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 18:56 | Attack of the Robots (1966 film) | Attack of the Robots (Spanish: Cartas boca arriba, lit. 'Cards Face Up') is a 1966 spy film directed by Jesús Franco. The film stars Eddie Constantine as Al Pereira, a spy brought out of retirement to investigate a series of murders conducted by a robot-like army of people with black-framed glasses and strange darkened skin. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2025-01-22 13:41 | How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024 Thai film by Pat Boonnitipat) | How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, known in Thai as Lahn Mah, is a 2024 Thai comedy drama film directed by Pat Boonnitipat in his directorial debut and written by Pat and Thodsapon Thiptinnakorn. It stars Putthipong Assaratanakul and Usha Seamkhum in their debut feature film roles. In the film, M (Putthipong), a university dropout low on money volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother (Usha) in the hope of pocketing an inheritance. | M48SKY (talk) |
| 2025-01-25 09:45 | May You Stay Forever Young (2021 Hong Kong drama film) | May You Stay Forever Young (Chinese: 少年) is a 2021 Hong Kong drama film directed by Rex Ren and Lam Sum, written and produced by Ren and Daniel Chan. The film, set in the background of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, was produced by Phone Made Good Film and stars an ensemble cast of nine. | Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） |
| 2025-01-29 01:44 | The Host (2006 film) (2006 monster film by Bong Joon Ho) | The Host is a 2006 monster film directed and co-written by Bong Joon Ho. It stars Song Kang-ho as food stand vendor Park Gang-du whose daughter Hyun-seo (Go Ah-sung) is kidnapped by a creature dwelling around the Han River in Seoul. Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, and Bae Doona appear in supporting roles as Gang-du's father, brother, and sister, respectively, who help Gang-du escape quarantine against an alleged virus derived from the monster and search for his daughter. | Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) |
| 2025-02-01 14:32 | Dear Jinri (2023 South Korean documentary film) | Dear Jinri (Korean: 진리에게; RR: Jilliege; lit. To the truth) is a 2023 South Korean documentary film directed by Jung Yoon-suk. The film is built around the final interview of Choi Jin-ri, better known as K-pop star Sulli, and was filmed just prior to her death in 2019. The film premiered at the 28th Busan International Film Festival on October 7, 2023, and was released commercially by Netflix on November 13, serving as the second episode of Persona: Sulli. | RachelTensions (talk) |
| 2025-02-05 15:03 | The Batman (film) (2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves) | The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay he wrote with Peter Craig, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise produced by DC Films. Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 16:15 | Black horror (African-American subgenre) | Black horror (also known as racial horror and horror noir) is a horror subgenre that focuses on African-American characters and narratives. It is largely a film genre. Black horror typically, but not always, has Black creators. It often has social and political commentary and compares racism and other lived experiences of Black Americans to common horror themes and tropes. | benǝʇᴉɯ |
| 2025-02-17 06:18 | The Little Hours (2017 film by Jeff Baena) | The Little Hours is a 2017 black comedy film written and directed by Jeff Baena and loosely based on stories from the third day of The Decameron, a 14th-century collection of novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Aubrey Plaza, Kate Micucci, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, and Fred Armisen. | Kingsif (talk) |
| 2025-03-05 03:19 | Life After Beth (2014 film by Jeff Baena) | Life After Beth is a 2014 American zombie comedy film written and directed by Jeff Baena. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler, and John C. Reilly. Appearing in a cameo, it was one of Garry Marshall's final film appearances. | Kingsif (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | The Flash (film) (2023 superhero film by Andy Muschietti) | The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / The Flash. Directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson and a story by the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein alongside Joby Harold, it is the 13th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023 superhero film by James Wan) | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Aquaman. Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, it is the sequel to Aquaman (2018) and the 15th and final film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Jason Momoa stars as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, who must work with his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) to pre ... | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 19:11 | Wei Shujun (Chinese filmmaker) | Wei Shujun (Chinese: 魏书钧; pinyin: Wèi Shūjūn, born 5 February 1991) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor based in Beijing. He is best known for his feature films Only the River Flows (2023) and Striding Into the Wind (2020). His short film On the Border (2018) won the Mention Spéciale at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. | 222emilia222 (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 07:20 | Zombivli (2022 Indian film) | Zombivli is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language zombie-comedy film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar. The film stars Lalit Prabhakar, Vaidehi Parshurami, Amey Wagh and Trupti Khamkar in lead roles. It was released in theatres on 26 January 2022 and digitally premiered on ZEE5 on 20 May 2022. | Srimant ROSHAN (talk) |
Culture/Media/Music
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| 2024-09-13 05:02 | Tommy Villiers (Musical artist) | Thomas George Villiers is an English musician from Saffron Walden. After being introduced to dance music via his brother, he began producing drum and bass tracks and uploading them to SoundCloud. While at the Royal Northern College of Music, he joined See Thru Hands and cofounded Porij, with whom he released one and two EPs respectively. | Launchballer |
| 2024-10-29 00:38 | Kyu-Kurarin (2021 single by Iyowa) | "Kyu-Kurarin" (Japanese: きゅうくらりん; styled as Kyu-kurarin) is a song by Japanese Vocaloid producer Iyowa. The song was first released on YouTube and Nico Nico Douga on August 29, 2021, and released as a single on September 4, 2021. On December 22, it was included in the album Watashi no Heritage. | Nux-vomica 1007 (talk) |
| 2024-10-29 20:04 | Pinmonkey (American country music band) | Pinmonkey was an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band was formed in 2002 by Michael Reynolds (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), brothers Michael Jeffers (vocals, bass guitar) and Chad Jeffers (Dobro, lap steel guitar), and Rick Schell (drums, vocals). The band released two albums in 2002: Speak No Evil independently, and Pinmonkey via BNA Records. | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2024-11-13 05:25 | Blackhawk (band) (American country music band) | Blackhawk (sometimes stylized as BlackHawk) is an American country music band founded in 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of founding members Henry Paul (lead vocals, guitar, mandolin) and Dave Robbins (keyboards, vocals), along with a backing band consisting of Randy Threet (bass guitar, vocals), Jeff Aulich (guitar), Jimmy Dormire (guitar), and Mike Bailey (drums). | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2024-12-05 21:58 | Niggas in Paris (2011 single by Jay-Z and Kanye West) | "Niggas in Paris" (censored as "Ni**as in Paris") is a song by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative studio album, Watch the Throne (2011). The song was produced by Hit-Boy with West and Mike Dean, while Anthony Kilhoffer contributed additional production. The producers served as co-writers with Jay-Z and Reverend W.A. | K. Peake |
| 2024-12-07 10:42 | Kiki Wong (American musician (born 1989)) | Kristin "Kiki" Wong (born April 15, 1989) is an American musician known for being the touring guitarist of alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. In the 2010s she performed with artists such as Taylor Swift and Usher, and was a member of girl band Nylon Pink. She also played in She Demons, put together by Jerry Only of Misfits, and Vigil of War, a band started by DragonForce bassist Alicia Vigil. | Jonathan Deamer (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 13:33 | Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 (1724 composition by J. S. Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now come, Savior of the heathens), BWV 62, in Leipzig for the first Sunday in Advent and first performed it on 3 December 1724. It is based on Martin Luther's Advent hymn "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", a paraphrase of the Latin hymn "Veni redemptor gentium". | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 13:35 | Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123 (Chorale cantata by JS Bach for Epiphany) | Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen (Dearest Immanuel, Lord of the Faithful), BWV 123, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Epiphany and first performed it on 6 January 1725. It is based on the 1679 hymn of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch which is focused on the contrast of the vanities of the world and the trust in support by Jesus. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-01-15 20:17 | Ege Bamyasi (1972 album by Can) | Ege Bamyası (lit. "Aegean okra") is the third studio album by German krautrock band Can, released on 29 November 1972 by United Artists Records. The album contains the single "Spoon", which charted in the Top 10 in Germany after being used as the theme song to the German television mini-series Das Messer (1971). | LastJabberwocky (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:32 | Adam Neely (American YouTuber and musician (born 1988)) | Adam Neely (born 1988) is an American bassist, YouTuber, and jazz musician based in New York City. His YouTube content includes Q&A videos, vlogs about performing music, and video essays about online music culture. As a musician, he performs with groups including the electro-jazz duo Sungazer (with drummer Shawn Crowder) and the instrumental band Aberdeen. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-01-26 13:25 | Exai (2013 studio album by Autechre) | Exai is the eleventh studio album by British electronic music duo Autechre. It was released on 7 February 2013 through Warp Records, with physical versions arriving on 5 March 2013. Prior to the release of NTS Sessions 1–4, Exai was Autechre's longest album to date. | Rambley (talk) |
| 2025-01-26 22:47 | Christine McVie (album) (1984 studio album by Christine McVie) | Christine McVie is the second solo studio album by the English musician, singer, and songwriter Christine McVie, released on 27 January 1984, by Warner Bros. Records. It was McVie's first solo effort in over a decade, following her 1970 self-titled debut, which was released under her maiden name. The album features guest appearances by Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ray Cooper, and Fleetwood Mac bandmates Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood. | Dobbyelf62 (talk) |
| 2025-01-28 21:11 | Fievel Is Glauque (American-Belgian experimental jazz duo) | Fievel Is Glauque is a musical jazz-pop duo formed in 2018, composed of multi-instrumentalist Zach Phillips and singer Ma Clément, based in New York City and Brussels respectively. They are accompanied variously by other musicians such as Raphaël Desmarets, André Sacalxot, Eléonore Kenis, Gaspard Sicx and Anatole Damien. | Luiysia (talk) |
| 2025-02-03 21:46 | Life Till Bones (2024 album by Oso Oso) | Life Till Bones is the fifth studio album by the American emo band Oso Oso, released on August 9, 2024. Released following the death of the band's guitarist, the lyrics largely reflect the grief and loss felt by frontman Jade Lilitri. The album met with positive critical reception and was seen as a complement to the band's previous album, Sore Thumb. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2025-02-07 16:05 | For Your Pleasure (1973 studio album by Roxy Music) | For Your Pleasure is the second studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released on 23 March 1973 by Island Records. It was their last to feature synthesiser and sound specialist Brian Eno. The album expanded on the experimental nature of their self-titled debut, featuring more elaborate production and experiments with phasing and tape loops. | LastJabberwocky (talk) |
| 2025-02-07 16:56 | Warriors (Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis album) (2024 concept album by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis) | Warriors is a concept album by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, inspired by the 1979 action film The Warriors, which adapted the 1965 novel of the same name by Sol Yurick. Released on October 18, 2024, it was executive-produced by Nas and produced by Mike Elizondo. Blending hip-hop, musical theatre, and various styles that reflect New York City's diversity, Warriors reimagines the story with a gender-flipped perspective. | Jonathan Deamer (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 23:15 | Drive-By Lullabies (2021 studio album by Quinn) | Drive-By Lullabies is the debut studio album by the American musician Quinn, released on September 17, 2021, by Dismiss Yourself. Recouping from a period of depression after purging her songs on SoundCloud, Quinn began producing the album herself. She had the goal of making the album sound messy and viewed the album as a trial. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-02-09 06:38 | Swaay (2015 EP by DNCE) | Swaay is the debut extended play (EP) by American-Korean band DNCE, released on October 23, 2015, through Republic Records. It consists of four songs, two of which were produced by Ilya, one by the duo Mattman & Robin and the last one produced by OzGo. Both the band and its songs marked a stylistic departure from Jonas' previous endeavors, solo and with the Jonas Brothers. | Artmanha (talk) |
| 2025-02-13 22:12 | The Click (album) (2017 studio album by AJR) | The Click is the second studio album by American indie pop band AJR. It was released on June 9, 2017, via the band's label AJR Productions and S-Curve Records, later released internationally through Ultra Records and Black Butter Records. The album follows the trio's previous work, maintaining a pop sound with elements of hip-hop, electronic dance music, and jazz. | Popturtle (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 20:23 | The Holy Modal Rounders (American folk music duo) | The Holy Modal Rounders was an American folk music group, originally the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, who formed in 1963 on the Lower East Side of New York City. Although they achieved only limited commercial and critical success in the 1960s and 1970s, they quickly earned a dedicated cult following and have been retrospectively praised for their groundbreaking reworking of early 20th century folk music as well as their pioneering innovation in several genres, including freak folk and psychedelic folk. | IsaacWikiEditor (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 23:32 | Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV 92 (1725 church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | (I have given over to God's heart and mind), BWV 92, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in the Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for Septuagesimae and first performed it on 28 January 1725. It is based on the 1647 hymn "Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn" by Paul Gerhardt, and is the only chorale cantata Bach based on a hymn by Gerhardt. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-02-20 00:10 | The Language of Injury (2019 debut studio album by Ithaca) | The Language of Injury is the debut studio album by British metalcore band Ithaca, released on 1 February 2019. The band began working on the album in 2016 and recorded it with Joe Clayton at Nø Studio in Manchester in May 2017, amidst a period of personal turmoil for its members. Categorized as a metalcore album alongside mathcore, melodic hardcore, post-hardcore, post-metal, and screamo, its songs are thematically based around communication and things left unsaid. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-02-21 16:30 | John Michael Montgomery (American country music singer (born 1965)) | John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965) is an American country music singer. Active from 1992 to 2025, he has had more than 30 singles on the Billboard country charts. This total includes seven number-one singles: "I Love the Way You Love Me", "I Swear", "Be My Baby Tonight", "If You've Got Love", "I Can Love You Like That", "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)", and "The Little Girl". | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2025-02-21 18:02 | Beautiful Imperfection (2010 studio album by Aṣa) | Beautiful Imperfection is the second studio album by French-Nigerian singer Aṣa. It was released as a digital download on October 15, 2010, via the independent record label Naïve Records. Recorded in English and Yoruba, Beautiful Imperfection comprises twelve songs and includes two bonus tracks. It was produced and engineered entirely by Benjamin Constant. | Versace1608 Wanna Talk? |
| 2025-02-22 06:48 | Whoops (song) (2024 single by Meghan Trainor) | "Whoops" is a song by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor from her sixth major-label studio album, Timeless (2024). Trainor wrote the song with Sean Douglas and its producers, Gian Stone and Grant Boutin. Epic Records released it as the album's third single on June 24, 2024. "Whoops" is a pop-doo-wop break-up song, on which she addresses an ex-partner and derides the woman who he cheated on her with. | NØ |
| 2025-02-23 15:04 | Who Gon Stop Me (2011 song by Jay-Z and Kanye West) | "Who Gon Stop Me" is a song by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative studio album, Watch the Throne (2011). The song features additional vocals from Mr Hudson, Swizz Beatz, and Verse Simmonds. It was produced by Sham "Sak Pase" Joseph and West with additional production from Mike Dean; the producers served as co-writers with Jay-Z, Simmonds, and Flux Pavilion. | K. Peake |
| 2025-02-23 17:47 | Bobby Tench (English musician and songwriter (1944–2024)) | Robert Tench (21 September 1944 – 19 February 2024) was a British singer, guitarist, sideman, songwriter and arranger. | Lookinin (talk) |
| 2025-02-24 02:37 | Michelle Pfeiffer (Ethel Cain song) (2021 single by Ethel Cain) | "Michelle Pfeiffer" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Ethel Cain featuring the American rapper Lil Aaron, from the former's third extended play (EP), Inbred (2021). It was released through Cain's own Daughters of Cain record label on February 11, 2021, as the EP's lead single. Lil Aaron introduced Cain to the publishing company Prescription Songs and the two recorded the song in a Los Angeles studio. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-02-24 06:23 | Hardwired (Metallica song) (2016 single by Metallica) | "Hardwired" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their tenth studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016). It was released as the album's lead single on August 18, 2016. The song was produced by Greg Fidelman, alongside band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. It was the last track created for the album, being written and recorded in only about four days. | λ NegativeMP1 |
| 2025-02-25 16:53 | Eyes Open (song) (2012 single by Taylor Swift) | "Eyes Open" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for the soundtrack to the 2012 film The Hunger Games. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, "Eyes Open" is an alternative rock song with chiming guitars. Its lyrics are about staying strong during hardships, told from the perspective of the film's protagonist, Katniss Everdeen. | Ippantekina (talk) |
| 2025-02-25 20:13 | Follow Me (lyme & cybelle song) (1966 single by lyme & cybelle) | "Follow Me" is a song written and released by American folk rock duo lyme & cybelle in 1966. The duo – consisting of Warren Zevon and Violet Santangelo – formed in high school due to an interest in the music of the Beatles. The song was conceived in Santangelo's bedroom, where Zevon played a raga rock guitar riff and asked Santangelo to sing along to his playing. | VirreFriberg (talk) |
| 2025-02-28 07:32 | ...Ready for It? (2017 single by Taylor Swift) | "...Ready for It?" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017). She wrote the song with its producers: Max Martin, Shellback, and Ali Payami. An electro, electropop and industrial pop song, "...Ready for It?" incorporates elements of dancehall, tropical house, hip-hop, and trap. | Ippantekina (talk) |
| 2025-02-28 20:08 | Peace (Taylor Swift song) (2020 song by Taylor Swift) | "Peace" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020). She wrote the track with its producer, Aaron Dessner. It has an R&B-influenced minimalist production and lo-fi instrumentation that features soft piano notes, harmonized basslines, subtle synthesizers, and an electric pulse. | Medxvo (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 22:06 | Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 (A Bach cantata for Lutheran service) | Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (Lord Jesus Christ, true Man and God), BWV 127, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in 1725 in Leipzig for the Sunday Estomihi, the Sunday before Lent, and first performed it on 11 February 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-03-02 16:40 | Woman of Steel (album) (2019 studio album by Yemi Alade) | Woman of Steel is the fourth studio album by Nigerian singer Yemi Alade. It was released on 30 August 2019, through Effyzzie Music Group and Rebel Movement. Described by Alade as a "buffet with different kinds of meals and drinks", Woman of Steel represents a thematic and personal shift in her sound. | Versace1608 Wanna Talk? |
| 2025-03-03 14:14 | Drive (SZA song) (2024 promotional single by SZA) | "Drive" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA from Lana (2024), the reissue of her second studio album SOS (2022). It is an acoustic R&B ballad, backed solely by a guitar. Lyrically, it explores themes of solitude, escapism, and struggles with fame. In the song, SZA sings about going on a late-night drive to ease her anxious mind, and she also taunts adversaries jealous of her success. | Elias 🦗🐜 [Chat, they chattin', they chat] |
| 2025-03-05 01:27 | Acabou Chorare (1972 studio album by Novos Baianos) | Acabou Chorare (in English "No More Crying") is the second studio album by Brazilian rock and MPB group Novos Baianos. The album was released in 1972 by Som Livre, following the group's moderately successful debut É Ferro na Boneca (1970). During the recording of the album, the group took inspiration from various contemporary artists of the time, such as Jimi Hendrix, João Gilberto, and Assis Valente. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-03-06 02:17 | Daylight (Taylor Swift song) (2019 song by Taylor Swift) | "Daylight" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). A synth-pop ballad produced by her and Jack Antonoff, it has a maximalist production incorporating soft, steady beats and fluttering keyboards that build up with increasing intensity. | Ippantekina (talk) |
| 2025-03-06 07:00 | Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift song) (2017 song by Taylor Swift) | "Call It What You Want" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her sixth studio album, Reputation (2017). Big Machine Records released the song for download and streaming on November 3, 2017, as a promotional single prior to the album's release. Swift wrote and produced "Call It What You Want" with Jack Antonoff, and the track is a mid-tempo electropop and synth-pop ballad with R&B-trap crossover elements. | Ippantekina (talk) |
| 2025-03-08 23:54 | Fruto Proibido (1975 studio album by Rita Lee and Tutti Frutti) | Fruto Proibido (in English "Forbidden Fruit") is the fourth studio album by Brazilian musician Rita Lee and the second with the band Tutti Frutti, released on 30 June 1975 through the label Som Livre. Seeking to reestablish her career after her 1972 dismissal from Os Mutantes, Lee joined Tutti Frutti the following year and released their first collaborative album, Atrás do Porto Tem uma Cidade (1974), which underperformed commercially. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-03-09 04:36 | BMF (song) (2025 single by SZA) | "BMF" (originally "Boy from South Detroit") is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA from Lana (2024), the reissue of her second studio album SOS (2022). It is a pop and bossa nova song that interpolates the 1962 single "The Girl from Ipanema", composed by Brazilian musician Antônio Carlos Jobim. Cheerful and whimsical, the lyrics are about SZA's attraction to a handsome and dark-skinned man, whose beauty makes her want to remove her underwear. | Elias 🦗🐜 [Chat, they chattin', they chat] |
| 2025-03-09 16:15 | Style (2hollis song) (2025 single by 2hollis) | "Style" is a song by the American musician 2hollis, released on February 28, 2025, by Interscope Records. The song was written by 2hollis, who produced it with Jonah Abraham. It is a rap and dance song driven by bass, incorporating elements of EDM and 808 drums into its mix. Using a soft and breathy flow, 2hollis attempts to attract women attending an event in its lyrics. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 23:59 | People to People (EP) (2018 EP by DNCE) | People to People is the second extended play (EP) by American-Korean band DNCE, released on June 15, 2018, through Republic Records. Production was handled by Robin Hannibal, Stuart Crichton, and Ido Zmishlany. The project marks a more serious sound from the band, which contrasts with earlier, more wackier releases. | Artmanha (talk) |
| 2025-03-12 23:36 | Foreign Exchange (album) (2021 studio album by Rx Papi and Gud) | Foreign Exchange is a collaborative studio album by the American rapper Rx Papi and the Swedish record producer Gud. It was released by Year0001 on November 19, 2021. Due to his fascination for Rx Papi's work, Gud contacted Rx Papi to collaborate on an album by sending him beats. Rx Papi enjoyed the beats because of their raw feeling and began recording the album over the course of a month. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-03-16 18:36 | Meu Coco (2021 studio album by Caetano Veloso) | Meu Coco (lit. 'my coconut', colloquially 'my head') is a studio album by Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Caetano Veloso, released on 21 October 2021 on the record label Sony Music. It is his first album of entirely original compositions since his last album, Abraçaço (2012), following a nine-year hiatus from solo studio work. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-03-20 01:56 | The Ghost of You (2005 single by My Chemical Romance) | "The Ghost of You" is a song by the American rock band My Chemical Romance from their second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004). The song was written by band members Frank Iero, Matt Pelissier, Ray Toro, Gerard Way, and Mikey Way, and was produced by Howard Benson. "The Ghost of You" is an emo and gothic rock ballad with quiet verses and loud choruses, lyrically discussing loss and the impact of war. | Leafy46 (talk) |
| 2025-03-21 05:36 | Sidney Gish (American singer-songwriter) | Sidney Gish (born March 18, 1997) is an American indie singer-songwriter. She has self-released two albums, Ed Buys Houses (2016) and No Dogs Allowed (2017). She performs and records her music solo. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-03-21 06:02 | Dots and Loops (1997 studio album by Stereolab) | Dots and Loops is the fifth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 22 September 1997 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. The band co-produced the album with John McEntire and Andi Toma, and recording took place at their respective studios in Chicago and Düsseldorf. | 웃OO |
| 2025-03-23 16:00 | Luis T. Romero (American guitarist and composer (1854–1893)) | Luis Toribio Romero (1854 – November 19, 1893) was a Californio classical guitarist and composer. He became a significant figure in the American classical guitar scene during the late 19th century. | Mickyfitz13 (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 00:33 | On Eagle's Wings (Christian hymn by Michael Joncas) | "On Eagle's Wings" is a Christian hymn by Fr. Michael Joncas. Originally composed for the funeral of a friend's father in 1976 and published in 1979, the song unexpectedly gained significant popularity in both Catholic and Protestant hymnody. It has been quoted several times by former U.S. president Joe Biden, has been performed by Michael Crawford and Lana Del Rey, and was performed at the funerals of Beau Biden and Luciano Pavarotti. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
| 2025-03-26 15:50 | Mad Woman (2020 song by Taylor Swift) | "Mad Woman" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her eighth studio album, Folklore (2020). She wrote the track with its producer, Aaron Dessner. "Mad Woman" is a sentimental ballad that incorporates soft piano, strings, and guitar licks. Inspired by Swift's 2019 masters dispute with the businessman Scooter Braun, the lyrics address gender double standards, gaslighting, sexism, internalized misogyny, and the taboo associated with women's anger. | Medxvo (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 18:53 | Go! You Packers Go! (Fight song of American football team Green Bay Packers) | "Go You Packers Go!" is the fight song for the Green Bay Packers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The song was written by Eric Karll, a commercial jingle writer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was first performed in 1931 by the Lumberjack Band, a marching band that performed during Packers games. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-27 05:09 | The Glorification of Sadness (2024 studio album by Paloma Faith) | The Glorification of Sadness is the sixth studio album by British singer Paloma Faith. It was released on 16 February 2024, through Sony Music UK and RCA Records. The Glorification of Sadness is a chronologically structured album in which Faith narrates the emotional journey of leaving a long-term relationship. | Camilasdandelions (talk!) |
| 2025-03-27 17:42 | Blood, Sweat and No Tears (1989 studio album by Sick of It All) | Blood, Sweat, and No Tears is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Sick of It All, released in May 1989 through the Relativity Records imprint label In-Effect Records. The band recorded and mixed the album in three days with engineer Tom Soares at Normandy Sound in Warren, Rhode Island. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 19:43 | África Brasil (1976 studio album by Jorge Ben) | África Brasil is a studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Jorge Ben. It was released in 1976 by Philips Records. The album was recorded in ten days at Phonogram Studios in Rio de Janeiro with a large ensemble of musicians, including Ben's backing band Admiral Jorge V. Musically, África Brasil represented a shift in his artistry, as he replaced his acoustic guitar in favor of the electric guitar. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-06 21:59 | English Settlement (1982 studio album by XTC) | English Settlement is the fifth studio album and first double album by the English rock band XTC, released 12 February 1982 on Virgin Records. It marked a turn towards the more pastoral pop songs that would dominate later XTC releases, with an emphasis on acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar and fretless bass. | Iostn (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 03:18 | Duetos (Armando Manzanero album) (2000 studio album by Armando Manzanero) | Duetos (transl. Duets) is a studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero. It was released on 13 November 2000 by WEA. It is a duet album featuring various artists performing Manzanero's songs along with the artist. Manzanero worked with Nacho Mañó and Emanuele Ruffinengo to produce the album with recording taking place in Mexico, Spain, and the United States. | Erick (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 16:06 | In the Cold, Cold Night (2003 song by the White Stripes) | "In the Cold, Cold Night" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes from their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). The fifth track on Elephant, it was written and produced by Jack White specifically for Meg White to sing, marking her first time performing as the band's lead vocalist. The song was also composed by the duo. | Watagwaan (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 02:05 | Countdown (Victorious song) (2012 promotional single by Victorious cast featuring Leon Thomas III and Victoria Justice) | "Countdown" is a song performed by the Victorious cast featuring Leon Thomas III and Victoria Justice from the show's debut extended play (EP), Victorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show (2012). It was co-written by Thomas and Kool Kojak, Travis Garland. The track was released as a promotional single on February 18, 2012, through Columbia Records in association with Nickelodeon. | Shoot for the Stars (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 03:31 | The Black Parade Is Dead! (2007 live album by My Chemical Romance) | The Black Parade Is Dead! is a live album by the American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on June 27, 2008 through Reprise Records. Featuring a CD and a DVD, the release includes live recordings of two performances from the bands Black Parade World Tour, in support of their third studio album The Black Parade. | λ NegativeMP1 |
| 2025-04-08 13:46 | No Apologies (Eminem song) (2006 song by Eminem) | "No Apologies" is a song by American rapper Eminem from the Shady Records compilation album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006). Written and produced by Eminem and Luis Resto, the song sees Eminem addressing his music career to date and public reputation, defending his artistry from critics in an aggressive and hostile tone over a piano and string–driven instrumental. | Sufur222 (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 17:49 | You & Me (Jennie song) (2023 single by Jennie) | "You & Me" is a song by South Korean singer and rapper Jennie. It was released through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records on October 6, 2023. It marked her first solo single in five years since "Solo" (2018), and her final solo release under both labels before her departure in December 2023. Written by Teddy and Danny Chung and composed by Teddy, 24, and Vince, is a dance-pop and EDM track with romantic lyrics. | Lililolol (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 23:32 | Afraid (2hollis and Nate Sib song) (2025 single by 2hollis and Nate Sib) | "Afraid" is a song by the American musicians 2hollis and Nate Sib, released on January 30, 2025, by Interscope Records. Released while Sib was opening for 2hollis' Leg Two Tour, it was written by the duo as 2hollis handled its production. It is the first song that 2hollis and Sib have recorded together. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 23:40 | Take Me by the Hand (2025 single by Oklou and Bladee) | "Take Me by the Hand" is a song by the French musician Oklou and the Swedish rapper Bladee, from the former's debut studio album, Choke Enough (2025). It was released on 15 January 2025, through True Panther Sounds, as a single from the album. Having long desired to collaborate with Bladee or Ecco2K, Oklou wrote them messages after seeing them perform live. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 21:56 | Adi Meyerson (Israeli jazz bassist) | Adi Meyerson (born January 26, 1991) is an American-Israeli jazz bassist, composer, and educator. | Surfinsi (talk) |
| 2025-04-14 17:05 | Risk (song) (2024 single by Gracie Abrams) | "Risk" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams from her second studio album, The Secret of Us (2024). It was released by Interscope Records on May 1, 2024, as the album's lead single. Abrams wrote the song with her friend Audrey Hobert in August 2023, and produced it with her frequent collaborator Aaron Dessner. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-04-14 23:23 | Meg White (American musician (born 1974)) | Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974) is an American musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the rock duo the White Stripes. Though she typically performed backing vocals for the band, she occasionally sang lead, including in the song "In the Cold, Cold Night". | Watagwaan (talk) |
| 2025-04-15 12:28 | Imgonnagetyouback (2024 song by Taylor Swift) | "Imgonnagetyouback" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Written and produced by her and Jack Antonoff, it was released in the double album edition of her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology (2024). Led by restrained, trap-influenced beats, muted keyboards, and millenial-styled backing vocals, the track was categorized as synth-pop and "pop-R&B" by critics. | Gained (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 03:07 | The Smiths (album) (1984 studio album by the Smiths) | The Smiths is the debut studio album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 20 February 1984 by Rough Trade Records. The album was first recorded with producer Troy Tate, but the results were ultimately shelved in favor of a new version produced by John Porter. Recording took place intermittently in London, Manchester, and Stockport during September 1983, between dates on the band's national tour. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-17 07:30 | Florida!!! (2024 song by Taylor Swift featuring Florence and the Machine) | "Florida!!!" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift featuring the English band Florence and the Machine. The song is from Swift's eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Swift wrote the track with the band's frontwoman Florence Welch, who also sang lead vocals, and produced it with Jack Antonoff. | Ippantekina (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 23:57 | Meat Is Murder (1985 studio album by the Smiths) | Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 11 February 1985 by Rough Trade Records. Following the release of their self-titled debut album in early 1984, the Smiths maintained a prolific output with non-album singles and the compilation Hatful of Hollow, while also drawing media attention for their outspoken political views and provocative lyrics. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-18 16:29 | The Queen Is Dead (1986 studio album by the Smiths) | The Queen Is Dead is the third studio album by the English rock band the Smiths, released on 16 June 1986, by Rough Trade Records. Following the release of their second album Meat Is Murder, the Smiths retreated to Greater Manchester to begin work on new material, with Johnny Marr and Morrissey writing extensively at Marr's home in Bowdon. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-19 00:56 | Strangeways, Here We Come (1987 studio album by the Smiths) | Strangeways, Here We Come is the fourth and final studio album by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released on 28 September 1987 by Rough Trade Records, a few months after the band had broken up. All of the songs were composed by Johnny Marr, with lyrics written and sung by Morrissey. The record marked a stylistic shift for the band, incorporating a broader range of instrumentation and a more experimental sound than their previous releases. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-19 17:33 | L'Alizé (2000 single by Alizée) | "L'Alizé" (English: "The Trade Wind") is a song by French pop singer Alizée, released on 28 November 2000, from her debut studio album, Gourmandises (2000), through the label Polydor. The song was written and produced by Mylene Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. The lyrics of the song use the metaphor of the wind to explore themes such as youthful emotions, romantic desire, frustration, and personal independence. | Ieslie (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 04:15 | Heaven or Las Vegas (1990 studio album by Cocteau Twins) | Heaven or Las Vegas is the sixth studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. It was released on 17 September 1990 by 4AD. It is the band's second major-label release in the US, following Blue Bell Knoll in 1988. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-21 00:06 | Multo (song) (2024 single by Cup of Joe) | "Multo" (lit. 'Ghost') is a song recorded by Filipino band Cup of Joe from its first studio album, Silakbo (2025). Written by co-lead vocalist Raphaell Ridao and his brother Redentor during the COVID-19 pandemic, the synth-pop ballad pop-rock track explores themes of grief, emotional haunting, and self-reflection. | AstrooKai (Talk) |
| 2025-04-21 03:02 | Fifty-Sixty (2008 single by Alizée) | "Fifty-Sixty" is a song by French pop singer Alizée, released on 18 February 2008, as the second and final single for her third studio album, Psychédélices (2007), through the label RCA. The song was written by Jérémy Chatelain and Jean Fauque, and production was managed by Chatelain as well. The song delves into themes of fame, manipulation, and the ephemeral nature of beauty, drawing inspiration from the life of Edie Sedgwick, a 1960s model and muse of artist Andy Warhol. | Ieslie (talk) |
Culture/Media/Software
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| 2025-01-12 19:26 | American Privacy Rights Act (Proposed data privacy law) | The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is a comprehensive data privacy law proposed in the United States. It would place limitations on the kinds of data companies can collect about their users, create processes for users to access or remove data about them, and allow users opt-out from having data sold by data brokers. | — Rhododendrites talk \\ |
| 2025-04-06 17:41 | TechTV (American cable channel) | TechTV was an American cable television channel with a focus on technology. It was launched as ZDTV on May 11, 1998, by computer magazine publisher Ziff-Davis following two short-lived technology-based programs by the company. Initially targeting tech enthusiasts with programming including The Screen Savers, Call for Help and GameSpot TV (later named Extended Play and then X-Play), it aimed to report and inform on computers and the internet during the dot-com bubble. | Cat's Tuxedo (talk) |
| 2025-04-15 20:01 | Senior assassin (Water gun assassin game) | Senior assassin (sometimes known by other names locally) is a form of the assassin game often played in the United States between students in 12th grade during their senior year before graduation. The objective of the game is for participating students to "assassinate" or eliminate their target, a fellow participating student, by squirting them with a water gun within a given time period. | Johnson524 |
Culture/Media/Television
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| 2024-11-08 16:02 | Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Zari", written by Gino "the Ghost" Borri, Jay Lewitt Stolar, Jordan Richard Palmer, Konstantin Plamenov Beshkov, Manolis "Solmeister" Solidakis, Marina Satti, Nick Kodonas, Oge and Vlospa, and performed by Satti herself. | Grk1011 (talk) |
| 2024-12-15 04:09 | Have I Got News for You (American game show) (American television panel show) | Have I Got News for You (HIGNFY) is an American television panel show based on the British series of the same name. Piloted by Bravo, NBC, and TBS in 2005, 2009, and 2012, the show eventually premiered on September 14, 2024, on CNN and aired around the time of the 2024 United States elections. Two pairs captained by Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black answer news-based trivia questions on current events happening the week prior to an episode's broadcast. | Launchballer |
| 2025-01-05 16:36 | Timewasters (UK television comedy) | Timewasters is a British science-fiction comedy television programme, first broadcast on ITV2 in 2017 with a second series broadcast in 2019. It was created by Daniel Lawrence Taylor and written by Taylor and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. It was produced for ITV Studios by Kenton Allen and Matthew Justice of Big Talk Productions. | Reidgreg (talk) |
| 2025-01-12 17:27 | Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt (British TV sitcom (1974–1978)) | Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt, known as Selwyn in its final series, is a British television sitcom that was first broadcast on ITV from 1974 to 1978. Initially created by Roy Clarke from a concept by Bill Maynard, most of the series was written by Alan Plater. Set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Scarsdale, it starred Maynard as Selwyn Froggitt, a hapless but good-natured council labourer, handyman and working men's club secretary. | Humbledaisy (talk) |
| 2025-01-13 17:06 | Eurovision Song Contest 1962 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1962 in the Grand Auditorium of the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg and presented by Mireille Delannoy. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), and originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision 1962 de la Chanson Européenne ({{langx|en|Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1 ... | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:10 | Charlie Suff (English actor and musician) | Charlie Suff is an English actor and musician. He was born and grew up in Brighton and later studied Performing Arts at East Sussex College. He then trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he appeared in various theatre productions. He then performed in other plays, such as Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons in 2019. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 23:38 | Eurovision Song Contest 1965 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20 March 1965 in the Sala di Concerto della RAI in Naples, Italy and presented by Renata Mauro. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest was held in Italy following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-02-01 17:56 | The Whole World Is Watching (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) (4th episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) | "The Whole World Is Watching" is the fourth episode of the American television miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. It follows the pair as they continue to reluctantly work with Helmut Zemo to locate and stop the Flag Smashers. | Dcdiehardfan (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 20:47 | Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Tha 'nai erotas" (Θα'ναι έρωτας), composed by Giorgos Kallis, with lyrics by Andreas Karanikolas; the song was performed by Marlain Angelidou. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected the entry through a national final titled Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1999: Epilogí Tis Kypriakís Symmetochís. | Grk1011 (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 14:56 | Invincible season 2 (Season of streaming series) | The second season of the American adult animated superhero series Invincible based on the comic book series of the same name, was created for television by comic book writer Robert Kirkman who also serves as the comics writer. The season was produced by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Point Grey Pictures, Skybound North, Skybound Animation and Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, with Simon Racioppa serving as showrunner. | Afro 📢Talk! |
| 2025-02-22 11:23 | The Amazing Race 1 (Season of television series) | The Amazing Race 1 (originally broadcast under the name The Amazing Race) is the first season of the American reality competition series, The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world to win US$1,000,000. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-03-06 21:24 | Carl the Collector (2024 American-Canadian animated television series) | Carl the Collector (stylized in all caps) is a children's animated television series created by Zachariah OHora. It was produced by Fuzzytown Productions and Spiffy Pictures, animated by Yowza! Animation, and premiered on PBS Kids on November 14, 2024, as the network's first series to be led by autistic characters. | Lazman321 (talk) |
| 2025-03-07 21:16 | Tomorrow's Pioneers (Palestinian television program) | Tomorrow's Pioneers (Arabic: رواد الغد, romanized: Ruwād al-Ghad), also known as The Pioneers of Tomorrow, is a Palestinian children's television show that was broadcast by the Hamas-affiliated television station Al-Aqsa TV from 13 April 2007 to 16 October 2009, hosted by a young Saraa Barhoum and her co-host, a large costumed character, performing skits (or "scenes") and discussing life in Palestine in a talk show fashion with call-ins from children (typically aged 9–13 with some as young as 3). | OpalYosutebito (talk) |
| 2025-03-08 07:22 | Line of Duty series 5 (2019 series of Line of Duty) | The fifth series of the British police procedural television programme Line of Duty was broadcast on BBC One between 31 March and 5 May 2019. Following the fourth, it is the second series to air on the channel after the first three series aired on BBC Two. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2025-03-13 19:23 | KGAN (Television station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | KGAN (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, serving Eastern Iowa as an affiliate of CBS and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Dabl affiliate KFXA (channel 28, also licensed to Cedar Rapids) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:24 | KVDA (Television station in San Antonio) | KVDA (channel 60) is a television station in San Antonio, Texas, United States, serving as the market's local outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group and maintains studios on San Pedro Avenue in North Central San Antonio, near the enclave of Olmos Park; its transmitter is located off US 181 northeast of Elmendorf. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:24 | KVEO-TV (Television station in Brownsville, Texas) | KVEO-TV (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Brownsville, Texas, United States, serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley as an affiliate of NBC and CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Harlingen-licensed KGBT-TV (channel 4), which airs Antenna TV and MyNetworkTV. The two stations share studios on West Expressway (I-2/US 83) in Harlingen; KVEO-TV's transmitter is located in Santa Maria, Texas. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:25 | WEYI-TV (Television station in Saginaw, Michigan) | WEYI-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Saginaw, Michigan, United States, serving the Great Lakes Bay Region of Central Michigan as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, WEYI-TV is operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group via a shared services agreement (SSA) alongside Flint–licensed Fox affiliate WSMH (channel 66), owned by Sinclair, and Bay City–licensed CW affiliate WBSF (channel 46), owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under a separate SSA. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:26 | WFTY-DT (Television station in Smithtown, New York) | WFTY-DT (channel 67) is a television station licensed to Smithtown, New York, United States, serving Long Island and owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its main channel broadcasts the True Crime Network; it also rebroadcasts the main channels of its New York City–area Univision and UniMás stations, WXTV-DT (channel 41) and WFUT-DT (channel 68), from its transmitter in Middle Island, New York. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:28 | WXIN (Television station in Indianapolis) | WXIN (channel 59) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Bloomington-licensed CBS affiliate WTTV, channel 4 (and its Kokomo-licensed satellite WTTK, channel 29). The stations share studios on Network Place (near 71st Street and I-465) in northwestern Indianapolis; WXIN's transmitter is located on West 73rd Street (or Westlane Road) on the northern outskirts of the city. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-24 19:30 | Queen of Kings (song) (2023 single by Alessandra) | "Queen of Kings" is the debut single by Norwegian-Italian singer Alessandra Mele. It was written by Mele alongside three other songwriters and was released on 9 January 2023 through Starlab Music. The song represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, where it finished in fifth at the final with 268 points. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-04-03 06:14 | On Call (TV series) (2025 procedural drama television series) | On Call is an American police procedural and serial drama created by Tim Walsh and Elliot Wolf for streaming on IMDb TV. The series stars Troian Bellisario and Brandon Larracuente and follows law enforcement officers of the Long Beach Police Department in California. The series was initially ordered in May 2021 with Elliot's father Dick Wolf attached as an executive producer with his production company, Wolf Entertainment. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2025-04-14 02:49 | BoJack Horseman season 5 (Season of television series) | The fifth season of the American animated television series BoJack Horseman was released on Netflix on September 14, 2018, and consisted of 12 episodes. It premiered with the episode "The Light Bulb Scene", and concluded with "The Stopped Show". The series continues to focus on anthropomorphic horse BoJack Horseman (Will Arnett), a washed-up 1990s sitcom star who plans a return to relevance with an autobiography written by ghostwriter Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie). | Crystal Drawers (talk) |
| 2025-04-14 22:54 | Nardole (Fictional character in the TV series Doctor Who) | Nardole is a fictional character created by Steven Moffat and portrayed by Matt Lucas in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a companion of the Twelfth Doctor, an incarnation of the alien time traveller known as The Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi. In-universe, Nardole is a humanoid extraterrestrial being who serves as an employee to the Doctor's wife, River Song. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-04-20 05:18 | Calum Lill (English actor) | Calum Lill (born 1995 or 1996) is a British actor. After graduating, Lill had guest roles in Doctors and Holby City in 2019, and he played the recurring role of Carlton Smith in the soap opera Hollyoaks in 2021. Lill almost quit the acting profession due to his struggle in getting acting roles and he worked various jobs in between acting roles, including as a car salesman, which he did not like. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-21 03:10 | Silurian and Sea Devil (Fictional race from the television series Doctor Who) | The Silurians and Sea Devils are two fictional related ancient species created by Malcolm Hulke for the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Silurians are a race of scientifically advanced reptilian humanoids from the dawn of man which first appeared in Doctor Who in Hulke's 1970 serial Doctor Who and the Silurians. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
Culture/Media/Video games
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| 2024-12-26 23:19 | Cry of Fear (2013 video game) | Cry of Fear is a 2012 indie survival horror video game developed and published by Team Psykskallar. It is derived from a mod for the video game Half-Life developed by the same team a year prior. Cry of Fear follows the story of Simon Henriksson, a 19-year-old Swedish male suffering from depression and anxiety, exploring the city of Stockholm. | Etherial Eldon (talk) |
| 2025-01-25 10:57 | Necromorph (Fictional undead creatures in the multimedia franchise Dead Space) | Necromorphs are a collective of undead creatures in the science fiction horror multimedia franchise Dead Space by Electronic Arts, introduced in the 2008 comic book series of the same name. Within the series, the Necromorphs are constructed from reanimated corpses and come in multiple forms of various shapes and sizes. | 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) |
| 2025-02-02 16:54 | Ayane (Dead or Alive) (Fictional character from Dead or Alive) | Ayane (Japanese: あやね) is a fictional character in the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden franchises by Team Ninja for Koei Tecmo. She debuted as a hidden unlockable character in the PlayStation version of the fighting game Dead or Alive in 1998, and has appeared in all of its sequels where she served as the protagonist of Dead or Alive 3, and has appeared in all of the series' spin-offs. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 01:29 | Pokémon competitive play (Player versus player battles that take place using the Pokémon video games) | Competitive play in Pokémon generally involves player versus player battles that take place using the Pokémon video games. Using fictional species called Pokémon in battle, players aim to defeat all of the opponent's Pokémon in order to win. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-04-07 06:55 | Clutch Gaming (American League of Legends team (2017–2019)) | Clutch Gaming (CG) was an American professional League of Legends team founded by the Houston Rockets in 2017. It joined the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) after the league became franchised in 2018. In 2019, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment acquired a majority stake in Clutch Gaming and merged it with Dignitas. | Yue🌙 |
| 2025-04-08 04:57 | Below the Root (video game) (1984 video game) | Below the Root is a 1984 video game developed for Commodore 64, IBM PC, and Apple II home computer lines. The game is a continuation of the author Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green Sky Trilogy, making it the fourth story in the series. The game is set in a fantasy world of Green-Sky covered with enormous trees and wildlife. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 17:07 | Painter (video game) (1994 video game) | Painter is a 1994 action-puzzle video game developed and published by Sinister Developments for the Atari ST. In the game, the player controls a sprite character through levels by painting all lines on a grid to fill enclosed areas while avoiding enemies against a time limit. | KGRAMR (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 03:29 | Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (2024 mobile video game) | Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (often abbreviated as Pokémon TCG Pocket) is a free-to-play mobile adaptation of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), developed by Creatures Inc. and DeNA, and published by The Pokémon Company. The game was revealed on February 27, 2024 during a Pokémon Presents presentation and officially released on October 30, 2024, on both iOS and Android devices. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-04-20 01:14 | Wanderstop (2025 video game) | Wanderstop is a 2025 cozy game developed by Ivy Road and published by Annapurna Interactive. Written and directed by Davey Wreden, composed by C418, and edited by Karla Zimonja, it follows a former warrior named Alta, whose painful losses in combat have led her to help tend a tea shop with its owner Boro, with an aim to heal herself. | BarntToust |
| 2025-04-20 21:44 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020 video game compilation) | Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a 2020 compilation of platform games developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It contains high-definition ports of Nintendo's first three 3D Super Mario games; Super Mario 64 (1996), Super Mario Sunshine (2002), and Super Mario Galaxy (2007). As in the original games, players control the Italian plumber Mario to explore different worlds and avoid obstacles to find and rescue Princess Peach from Bowser—the primary antagonist of the Super Mario franchise. | TzarN64 (talk) |
Culture/Performing arts
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| 2025-04-06 05:02 | Details Cannot Body Wants (1992 Singaporean play) | Details Cannot Body Wants is a Singaporean feminist play written by Chin Woon Ping and directed by K. K. Seet. It was first published in 1992 as The Naturalization of Camellia Song & Details Cannot Body Wants (which included the poetry anthology The Naturalization of Camellia Song) and staged on 12 and 13 September 1992 in The Substation's Guinness Theatre as part of the double bill Renewable Women, which contained Robert Yeo's Second Chance. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
Culture/Philosophy and religion
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| 2024-12-24 08:15 | Kiddush levana (Jewish ritual and prayer service) | Kiddush levana, also known as Birkat halevana, is a Jewish ritual and prayer service, generally observed on the first or second Saturday night of each Hebrew month. The service includes a blessing to God for the appearance of the new moon and further readings depending on custom. In most communities, ritual elements include the shalom aleikhem greeting and jumping toward the moon, with some also incorporating kabbalistic practices. | Dovidroth (talk) |
| 2025-01-01 22:37 | Chaim Kanievsky (Haredi rabbi and leader in Israel (1928–2022)) | Shemaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (Hebrew: שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical practice. Known as the Gadol HaDor ("greatest of his generation") and the "Prince of Torah", much of his prominence came through Torah education and advice about Jewish law. | Yeshivish613 (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 22:28 | John Roach (bishop) (20th-century American Catholic bishop (1921–2003)) | John Robert Roach (July 31, 1921 – July 11, 2003) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1975 to 1995. The first St. Paul archbishop to have been born in Minnesota, Roach had national prominence as deliverer of benediction at Jimmy Carter's inauguration in 1977 and head of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1980 to 1983. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
| 2025-01-09 15:13 | Ashin Nandamālābhivaṁsa (Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1940)) | Ashin Nandamālābhivaṃsa (Burmese: အရှင်နန္ဒမာလာဘိဝံသ, , Thai: สมเด็จพระนนฺทมาลาภิวงฺส; born 22 March 1940, Htun Tin, ), also known as Rector Sayadaw (or Pamaukkhachoke Sayadaw, Burmese: ပါမောက္ခချုပ်ဆရာတော်, ), is a Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar specialist in Abhidhamma. He is chief abbot of the monasteries of Mahā Subodhāyon and rector of Sitagu International Buddhist Academy. | Htanaungg (talk) |
| 2025-01-14 19:04 | Middle judicatory (Religious administrative structure) | A middle judicatory is an administrative structure or organization found in religious denominations between the local congregation and the widest or highest national or international level. While the term originated in Presbyterianism, the term has been widely adopted by other Christian communions, including Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Roman Catholic and even some congregationalist churches. | Dclemens1971 (talk) |
| 2025-01-25 19:29 | Cobra pose (Reclining back-bending postures in hatha yoga and modern yoga) | Cobra Pose or Bhujangasana (Sanskrit: भुजंगासन; IAST: Bhujaṅgāsana) is a reclining back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. It is also performed in a cycle of asanas in Surya Namaskar, Salute to the Sun, as an alternative to Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Upward Dog Pose. The Yin Yoga form is Sphinx Pose. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 19:38 | Cathedral of Christ the King (Atlanta) (Roman Catholic cathedral in Atlanta) | The Cathedral of Christ the King is a Roman Catholic church in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It serves as the cathedral for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 10:22 | Cecilia Eggleston (English Metropolitan Community Church minister) | Cecilia Eggleston is a minister and leader within the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). She was the first woman and first lay person to be elected as district coordinator in the European District of the MCC. She is currently the CEO and chief of staff of MCC worldwide. | GnocchiFan (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 14:29 | Ostjuden (Eastern European Jews in Germany) | Ostjuden (German for "Eastern Jews"; singular Ostjude, adjective ostjüdisch) was a term used in Germany and Austria during the first half of the 20th century to refer to Jews from Central and Eastern Europe. The term often had a pejorative connotation and, like other disparaging epithets of earlier use, evoked the negative qualities that German racism had attributed to Eastern European Jew since the 19th century. | Gitz (talk) (contribs) |
| 2025-03-03 14:51 | Ashley Null (American Anglican theologian) | John Ashley Null (born 1960 or 1961) is an American theologian and Anglican priest. As an academic, he is best known for his research on the theology of Thomas Cranmer, particularly Cranmer's doctrines of repentance and scripture, and his influence on the English Reformation. Null's capsule summary of Cranmer's doctrine of anthropology has been widely quoted and is often misattributed directly to Cranmer: "What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies." Null also works as a sports chaplain ... | Dclemens1971 (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 16:07 | Edward Cridge (British-Canadian bishop and social reformer (1817–1913)) | Edward Cridge (December 17, 1817 – May 5, 1913) was a British-Canadian clergyman and social reformer. He was one of the leading citizens of Victoria, British Columbia, during its early years and was responsible for the creation of many of its nonprofit institutions, including the Cridge Center for the Family, British Columbia's oldest continuously operating nonprofit organization, and the Royal Jubilee Hospital. | Dclemens1971 (talk) |
| 2025-03-07 15:59 | Trinity (Christian doctrine that God exists in three persons) | The Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from trinus 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion). | Brent Silby (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 17:23 | Nihilism (Denial of certain aspects of existence) | Nihilism is a family of views that reject certain aspects of existence. There have been different nihilist positions, including the views that life is meaningless, that moral values are baseless, and that knowledge is impossible. These views span various branches of philosophy, including ethics, value theory, epistemology, and metaphysics. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2025-03-20 05:22 | Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Roman Catholic bishop (1834–1908)) | Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Polish: Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon; 2 December 1834 – 15 May 1908) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Samogitia from 1883 until his death in 1908. | Hwqaksd (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 11:10 | Prayer (Invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with a deity) | rect 0 0 1000 1000 Shinto festivalgoer praying in front of the Tagata fertility shrine rect 1000 0 2000 1000 Balinese Hindu bride praying during a traditional wedding ceremony rect 2000 0 3000 1000 Muslim pilgrim praying at the Masjid al-Haram rect 0 1000 1000 2000 Catholic Trappist monk praying before a crucifix rect 1000 1000 2000 2000 Ethiopian priest praying in Lalibela rect 2000 1000 3000 2000 Buddhists praying in Leh rect 0 2000 1000 3000 [[Sikhism| ... | Brent Silby (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 08:55 | Abraham (Hebrew patriarch according to the Hebrew Bible) | Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad. | Brent Silby (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 19:54 | St Peter's Cathedral, Likoma (Historic Anglican cathedral in Malawi) | St Peter's Cathedral is a landmark Anglican cathedral on the island of Likoma in Lake Malawi. Founded as a mission station that became the inland African headquarters of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), the cathedral was begun in 1903 and completed in 1911. It became the seat of a diocese whose boundaries and name have shifted over time; today it is the seat of the bishop of Northern Malawi in the Church of the Province of Central Africa. | Dclemens1971 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 21:54 | Madri (Second wife of King Pandu in the epic Mahabharata) | Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री, IAST: Mādrī) is a character in the Mahabharata, one of the two major Hindu epics. She is the princess from the Madra Kingdom and becomes the second wife of Pandu, the king of the Kuru Kingdom. She is the mother of the twins Nakula and Sahadeva, the youngest of the five Pandava brothers. | Seyamar💬📜 |
| 2025-04-15 07:19 | Sivananda yoga (School of spiritual yoga) | Sivananda Yoga is a spiritual yoga system founded by Sivananda and Vishnudevananda; it includes the use of asanas (yoga postures) but is not limited to them as in systems of yoga as exercise. He named this system, as well as the international Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres organization responsible for propagating its teachings, after his guru, Sivananda. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 10:51 | Metaepistemology (Metaphilosophical study of epistemology) | Metaepistemology is the branch of epistemology and metaphilosophy that studies the underlying assumptions of epistemology, including those concerning the nature, aims and methodology of epistemology, and the existence and authority of epistemic facts and reasons. | Shapeyness (talk) |
Culture/Sports
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| 2024-09-14 08:26 | Kasey Peters (American football player (born 1987)) | Kasey Peters (born May 20, 1987) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Las Vegas Outlaws, New Orleans VooDoo, and Portland Steel. He played college football at Saddleback, Santa Ana, Grand Valley State and Rocky Mountain, and was a three-time honorable mention All-American during his college career. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 12:46 | Delbert Cowsette (American football player and coach (born 1977)) | Delbert Ray Cowsette (born September 3, 1977) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He is currently the defensive line coach for the Howard Bison. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-18 14:08 | 1994 San Diego Chargers season (NFL team 35th season) | The 1994 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 35th, its 25th in the National Football League (NFL) and its 34th in San Diego. It featured a surprising run to Super Bowl XXIX, where the Chargers lost to the San Francisco 49ers. To date, this is the only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2024-10-22 20:23 | 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race | The 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race, formerly the 2023 Macau Asia Formula 4, was a Formula 4 (F4) motor race held on the Guia Circuit in Macau on 12 November 2023, as part of the 2023 Macau Grand Prix. It was the fourth F4 race in Macau, and it was an invitational, non-championship round of the 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2024-10-31 15:47 | Aston Whiteside (American football player (born 1989)) | Aston Rashaud Whiteside (born May 19, 1989) is an American former professional football defensive end. He played college football for the Abilene Christian Wildcats, where he was a four-time first-team Lone Star Conference (LSC) South selection and a three-time LSC South Defensive Lineman of the Year. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 12:10 | Cameron Echols-Luper (American football player (born 1995)) | Cameron Damonte Echols-Luper (born Cameron Damonte Echols; April 9, 1995) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama, where he was a quarterback and won six state titles in track and field. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 23:09 | Charlie Gehringer (American baseball player (1903–1993)) | Charles Leonard Gehringer (May 11, 1903 – January 21, 1993), nicknamed "the Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons from 1924 to 1942. He compiled a .320 career batting average with 2,839 hits and 1,427 runs batted in (RBIs). | Cbl62 (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 23:15 | Turkey Stearnes (American baseball player (1901–1979)) | Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes (May 8, 1901 – September 4, 1979) was an American baseball center fielder. He played 18 years in the Negro leagues, including nine years with the Detroit Stars (1923–1931), six years with the Chicago American Giants (1932–1935, 1937–1938), and three years with the Kansas City Monarchs (1938–1940). | Cbl62 (talk) |
| 2024-11-03 19:45 | Beth Mead (English footballer (born 1995)) | Bethany Jane Mead MBE (born 9 May 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Women's Super League (WSL) club Arsenal and the England national team. A creative and prolific forward, she has all-time most assists and all-time second-most goal contributions in the WSL. | Spiderone(Talk to Spider) |
| 2024-11-14 10:46 | Ted Williams (American baseball player (1918–2002)) | Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War. | Omnis Scientia (talk) |
| 2024-11-15 17:07 | Thaddeus Coleman (American gridiron football player (born 1985)) | Thaddeus Coleman (born June 20, 1985) is an American former professional football offensive tackle who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Mississippi Valley State, where he was a two-time first-team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference selection. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-11-18 02:25 | 2017–18 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2017–18 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the fourth edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) and involved the top four teams in the country as ranked by the College Football Playoff poll playing in two semifinals, with the winners of each advancing to the national championship game. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-11-21 12:40 | Adrar Stadium (Sports venue in Agadir, Morocco) | Adrar Stadium (Arabic: ملعب آدرار; Berber languages: ⴰⴱⴰⵔⴰⵣ ⵏ ⵓⴷⵔⴰⵔ (Adrar means mountain in Tamazight); French: Grand Stade d'Agadir), is a multi-use stadium in Agadir, in the Souss-Massa region in the country of Morocco, near the Atlas Mountains, in North Africa, and is used as a home venue by the local football team, Hassania Agadir. | Cltjames (talk) |
| 2024-11-24 09:23 | 2024 World Rally Championship (52nd running of the World Rally Championship) | The 2024 FIA World Rally Championship was a motorsport championship that was the 52nd occurrence of the World Rally Championship, an international rallying series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and WRC Promoter GmbH. Teams and crews competed for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. | Unnamelessness (talk) |
| 2024-12-05 18:59 | Bobby Brink (American ice hockey player (born 2001)) | Bobby Orr Brink (born July 8, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey right wing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers selected him in the second round, with the 34th overall pick, of the 2019 NHL entry draft. | — GhostRiver |
| 2024-12-10 01:07 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Italian racing driver (born 2006)) | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. | MB2437 |
| 2024-12-19 22:56 | Frank Lampard (English football player and manager (born 1978)) | Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of EFL Championship club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of Chelsea's greatest players ever, one of the greatest players of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, Lampard has the record of the most goals by a midfielder in the Premier League and most goals from outside the box (41). | Chisperlear (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 00:45 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly | The women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 05:25 | McLaren MCL38 (2024 Formula One car) | The McLaren MCL38 is a Formula One car designed and constructed by McLaren under the direction of Rob Marshall to compete in the 2024 Formula One World Championship, in which it won the World Constructors' Championship. The car was driven by Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, in their sixth and second seasons with the team respectively. | 5225C (talk • contributions) |
| 2024-12-28 00:43 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly | The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 30 to 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2024-12-30 23:40 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle | The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim eight lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-01-03 23:51 | 2023 Formula One World Championship (74th season of Formula One) | The 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars, the 74th running of the Formula One World Championship. It was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. | SSSB (talk) |
| 2025-01-04 21:49 | Simon Olsson (Swedish footballer (born 1997)) | Simon Olsson (born 14 September 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Allsvenskan club Elfsborg and the Sweden national team. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-01-08 01:16 | Khyree Jackson (American football player (1999–2024)) | Khyree Anthony Jackson (August 11, 1999 – July 6, 2024) was an American football cornerback. He played college football for the Fort Scott CC Greyhounds, Alabama Crimson Tide, and the Oregon Ducks. The Minnesota Vikings selected him in the fourth round, with the 108th overall pick, of the 2024 NFL draft. | — GhostRiver |
| 2025-01-08 17:47 | 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships took place in one round in the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on 5 March 2023. This was the twelfth time the women's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Six national teams qualified based on their outdoor results from 2022 or the team's cumulative individual 400 metres indoor results from 2023. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-09 21:01 | Noah Cates (American ice hockey player (born 1999)) | Noah Allen Cates (born February 5, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey left wing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers selected Cates in the fifth round, with the 137th overall pick, of the 2017 NHL entry draft. Cates has also been a member of the United States men's national ice hockey team, serving as an alternate captain at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. | — GhostRiver |
| 2025-01-11 07:54 | 2018–19 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2018–19 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the fifth edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) and involved the top four teams in the country as ranked by the College Football Playoff poll playing in two semifinals, with the winners of each advancing to the national championship game. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-01-13 13:04 | Alina Zagitova (Russian figure skater (born 2002)) | Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova ( Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова, IPA: [ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə]; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, the 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2018 Russian national champion. | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2025-01-15 03:16 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)) | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (born April 12, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Nuge" and "RNH" by Oilers fans, Nugent-Hopkins was selected first overall by the Oilers in the 2011 NHL entry draft. | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) |
| 2025-01-15 14:01 | Niu Sale (American football player (born 1969)) | Niusumelie "Niu" Sale (born November 17, 1969) is an American former professional football player who played three seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Sacramento Attack/Miami Hooters and Massachusetts Marauders. He played college football at El Camino College and the University of Missouri. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 10:42 | 2016 Road to Le Mans | The 1st Road to Le Mans was an 55-minute automobile endurance event for 37 teams of one or two drivers racing Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) and Group GT3 (GT3) cars. It was held on 18 June 2016 at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, as a support race for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and the second round of the 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 00:45 | 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place in three rounds at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 1 and 2 March 2024. This was the nineteenth time that the women's 400 metres was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Twenty-four athletes from nineteen different nations competed in the event. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 22:59 | 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place in two rounds at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 3 March 2024. This was the seventeenth time the women's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. There was no entry standard for the qualification. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-23 22:26 | 2024 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place in two rounds at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 11 and 12 June 2024. It was the eighteenth time the women's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Relay teams of sixteen nations competed. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 11:57 | 2024 European Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place in one round at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 7 June 2024. It was the first time this mixed-sex relay event was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Relay teams of eight nations competed in the mandated order man–woman–man–woman. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-30 02:23 | Brandon Saad (American ice hockey player (born 1992)) | Brandon Saad (born October 27, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). | Spilia4 (talk) |
| 2025-01-31 16:09 | University of Southwestern Louisiana basketball scandal (College basketball rule violation) | In 1973, the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) was penalized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for rules violations concerning the university's basketball program. This followed an investigation in which the association discovered that the program had been fielding academically ineligible players and paying student athletes, in violation of the NCAA's rules. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-02-05 00:28 | Red Weiner (American football player (1911–1988)) | Albert "Red" Weiner (January 24, 1911 – September 17, 1988) was an American multi-sport professional athlete and coach. He played football as a back in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles for one season and also played several years of minor league baseball. Additionally, he also played with a number of non-NFL professional football teams. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 22:22 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly (sports event) | The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 2 to 3 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-10 03:15 | Keane Barry (Irish darts player (born 2002)) | Keane Barry (born 25 June 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A professional since 2021, he has participated in six PDC World Championships and reached his first PDC major semi-final at the 2022 UK Open. | Greenflipper (talk) |
| 2025-02-12 20:17 | Ed Storm (American football player and coach (1907–1950)) | Edward Charles Storm (October 2, 1907 – June 4, 1950) was an American professional football halfback and coach. From Salinas, California, he played college football for the Santa Clara Broncos for one season. Afterwards, he played professional football locally and then with a team in Memphis, Tennessee. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-12 20:19 | Adrian Baril (American football player (1898–1961)) | Adrian George Baril (June 4, 1898 – June 10, 1961) was an American professional football tackle and guard who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minneapolis Marines and Milwaukee Badgers. He played college football for the St. Thomas Cadets. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 13:37 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke | The men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 17:40 | 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship (Postseason college football bowl game) | The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game played on January 20, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The eleventh College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2024 season. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-02-17 00:48 | John Hogan (motorsport executive) (Australian Formula One advertising executive) | John Scott Hogan (5 May 1943 – 3 January 2021; nicknamed "Hogie") was an Australian advertising and motorsport executive who led Marlboro's Formula One sponsorship program from 1973 to 2002. As the chief financial backer of McLaren Racing and, subsequently, Scuderia Ferrari, he helped grow Formula One into a global competition with nine-figure team budgets. | Namelessposter (talk) |
| 2025-02-17 11:44 | 2024 Men's T20 World Cup group stage (group stage at the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup) | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup group stage was played from 1 to 17 June 2024, between 20 teams in four groups of five with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 40 matches across 6 venues in the West Indies and 3 venues in the United States. | Vestrian24Bio |
| 2025-02-17 17:16 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metre freestyle | The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 29 to 30 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim 16 lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 22:49 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle | The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 and 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 22:56 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle | The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 4 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim 30 lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-20 15:15 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle | The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 and 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-23 23:16 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley | The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 2 and 3 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool—one length with each stroke. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-24 15:16 | François Guiter (French Formula One advertising executive (1928–2014)) | François Émile Jean Guiter (7 May 1928 — 9 November 2014) was a French businessman who served as Elf's head of marketing from 1967 to 1989. Through his control over the French state-owned oil company's marketing budget, he became one of Formula One's most important power brokers. Joe Saward of Autoweek described Guiter as one of "the primary forces in creating modern F1". | Namelessposter (talk) |
| 2025-02-27 03:22 | Lebanon at the 1976 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | The West Asian country of Lebanon competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, which was held from 4 February to 15 February 1976. This marked Lebanon's eighth appearance in a Winter Games since their debut in 1948. The delegation consisted of a single female alpine skier, Farida Rahmeh, who finished 43rd in the women's giant slalom event, thus failing to win a medal. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-02-28 01:30 | Ivan Miller (journalist) (Canadian journalist and sportscaster (1898–1967)) | James Ivan Miller (December 31, 1898 – June 2, 1967) was a Canadian journalist and sportscaster. He worked 45 years for The Hamilton Spectator as a columnist, sports editor, and sports director, where he regularly covered the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Canadian football. As a radio sportscaster on CKOC, he gave play-by-play coverage of golf and ice hockey. | Flibirigit (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 10:25 | 1937 FA Cup final (Football match) | The 1937 FA Cup final was contested by Sunderland and Preston North End on 1 May 1937 at Wembley. It was the 62nd FA Cup Final and the first to be played in May. The match took place eleven days before the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, who were the guests of honour. | Tffff (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 19:44 | Matt Flynn Game (Notable regular season NFL game) | The Matt Flynn Game was a regular season National Football League (NFL) game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers on January 1, 2012. The game, which was contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, became notable due to the performance of Matt Flynn, who at the time was the Packers' backup quarterback, behind starter Aaron Rodgers. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-10 20:00 | Sam Hughes (footballer) (English footballer (born 1997)) | Samuel Joseph Hughes (born 15 April 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One side Peterborough United on loan from EFL League One club Stockport County. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 14:05 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley | The men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 2 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool—one length with each stroke. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 23:24 | 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 and 8 March 2025. It was the 38th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-14 21:03 | 2009 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Green Bay–Arizona) (2010 NFL postseason game) | The 2009 National Football Conference (NFC) Wild Card playoff game was a National Football League (NFL) Wild Card playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals on January 10, 2010. The game, which was contested at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, became notable due to its high score, which set numerous NFL playoff records, as well as its dramatic conclusion in overtime. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-15 07:24 | Big Six (Premier League) (Group of English football clubs) | The Big Six is an informal term used to describe a group of six clubs in the Premier League—Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur—often recognized for their sustained success and financial strength in the competition. While not an official designation, clubs in this group have typically accounted for at least half of the total annual revenue generated by Premier League clubs since 2004. | Frost |
| 2025-03-15 12:46 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke | The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-03-18 00:01 | Lebanon at the 1972 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, which were held from 2 February to 13 February 1972. This marked Lebanon's seventh appearance in a Winter Games since their debut in 1948. The delegation consisted of a single male alpine skier, Ghassan Keyrouz, who competed in two events. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-21 05:01 | Lebanon at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, which was held from 19 July to 3 August 1952. This was the country's second appearance in a Summer Olympic Games, following their debut at the 1948 edition. The Lebanese delegation consisted of nine male competitors: boxer Sarkis Moussa, shooters Abdel Sattar Tarabulsi, Khalil Hilmi, and Abdullah Jaroudi Sr., weightlifter Moustafa Laham, and wrestlers Zakaria Chihab, Safi Taha, Khalil Taha, and Michel Skaff. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-21 21:51 | Lebanon at the 1956 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, which was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. This marked Lebanon's third appearance in a Winter Olympic Games. The nation sent three male skiers, competing in four events. Skier Ibrahim Geagea participated in his third consecutive Winter Games, with his best finish being 42nd in the men's downhill event. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-23 00:29 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke (swimming at the 2024 Olympics) | The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 30 to 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 14:00 | Kiribati at the 2024 Summer Paralympics (Sporting event delegation) | Kiribati competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, which were held from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The country's participation in Paris marked its first appearance at a Paralympic Games after its withdrawal from the 2020 Summer Paralympics due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 15:33 | Lebanon at the 1960 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics, which was held from 18 to 28 February 1960 at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California, United States. This was Lebanon's fourth appearance in a Winter Games after their debut in 1948. It also marked their return to the Olympics after boycotting the 1956 Summer Olympics due to the Suez Crisis. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-24 19:30 | 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place in three rounds at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany, from 15 to 17 August 2022. It was the twentieth time this event was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 51.70 seconds, by receiving a wild card, or by virtue of their ranking. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 19:54 | 1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in two rounds at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19 and 21 August 1958. It was the first time that the women's 400 metres was contested at the European Athletics Championships, while the men's 400 metres had been part of the program since the first championships in 1934. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 13:04 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke | The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 15:32 | 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in one round at the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 9 March 2025. It was the eighteenth time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Six nations were allocated a place to compete in the event. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 23:59 | Scouting America (Youth organization in the United States) | Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Scouts of America in 1910, about 130 million Americans have participated in its programs, which are served by 465,000 adult volunteers. | Compass128 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 20:23 | Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (English cricketer) | Alexander Colin David Ingleby-Mackenzie OBE (15 September 1933 – 9 March 2006) was an English cricketer, cricket administrator, and businessman. Ingleby-Mackenzie played first-class cricket for Hampshire between 1951 and 1966, serving as Hampshire's last amateur captain. Through bold captaincy, he led Hampshire to their first County Championship title in 1961. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-04-01 20:57 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle | The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-01 21:04 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke | The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 14:21 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (Olympic sporting event) | The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 14:28 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 16:37 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification | The qualifying phase for swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics occurred between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. 852 athletes qualified for 35 swimming pool events at the Games, with 54 more qualifying for the 10-kilometre open water marathon swims. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 23:28 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay (Olympic sporting event) | The mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 2 and 3 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim two lengths of the pool with their respective stroke. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 23:28 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 3 and 4 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim two lengths of the pool with their respective stroke. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 23:29 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 17:30 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner (born 2000)) | Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track mile, 2000 metres, 3000 metres, and two miles.[note 2] He won gold medals in the 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. | KnowledgeIsPower9281 (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 19:54 | Buffalo Sabres (National Hockey League franchise in Buffalo, New York) | The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1970, along with the Vancouver Canucks, when the league expanded to 14 teams. | Conyo14 (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 20:01 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre | The women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August 2024 in the River Seine, Paris. It was the fifth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008. France spent €1.2–1.6 billion to clean up the Seine in preparation for the Olympic events, but heavy rainfall caused bacteria levels to increase and one of the pre-event training sessions was cancelled. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 11:48 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre | The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August 2024 in the River Seine, Paris. It was the fifth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008. France spent €1.2–1.6 billion to clean up the Seine in preparation for the Olympic events, but heavy rainfall caused bacteria levels to increase and one of the pre-event training sessions was cancelled. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 21:05 | Bill Cottrell (American football player (1944–2025)) | William Henry Cottrell (September 18, 1944 – March 20, 2025) was an American professional football offensive lineman who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Delaware Valley Aggies and signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 1966. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 02:02 | Evgeni Malkin (Russian ice hockey player (born 1986)) | Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( Russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈmalkʲɪn]; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Geno", Malkin began his career with his hometown club Metallurg Magnitogorsk, playing for their junior and senior teams. | Joeykai (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 14:36 | Palau at the 2024 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Palau competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, which were held from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the country's seventh appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 2000. The country's athlete delegation contained three athletes: Sydney Francisco in athletics, and Jion Hosei and Yuri Hosei in swimming. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 17:46 | 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game (American collegiate basketball final) | The 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the champion of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the No. 2 seed UConn Huskies from the Big East Conference and the No. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-11 19:04 | 2024–25 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2024–25 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 11th edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP). | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-16 06:12 | India at the 2002 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | India competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, from 8 to 24 February 2002. The country's participation in Salt Lake City marked its sixth appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in 1964. | M2 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 20:22 | Dominic Vairo (American football player (1913–2002)) | Dominic Martin Vairo (November 2, 1913 – July 31, 2002) was an American professional football end. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, serving as team captain as a senior in 1934. He then played professionally for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1935, appearing in one game. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 00:18 | Juan Astorquia (Spanish footballer and sports leader) | Juan José Astorquia Landabaso (June 1876 – 23 October 1905), also known as Juanito Astorquia, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club from Bilbao, having been the fundamental head behind the foundation of the club in 1898 and its official establishment in 1901, and then serving as the club's first captain until 1904 and as its second president between 1902 and 1903. | Barr Theo (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 01:19 | Dustin McDonald (American football player (1908–1975)) | Dustin Columbus McDonald (October 3, 1908 – February 23, 1975) was an American professional football guard. He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers. in the National Football League (NFL). After college, he signed with the Cincinnati Reds of the National Football League (NFL) and also had stints with two non-NFL teams before signing with the Green Bay Packers in 1935. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 07:12 | Hong Kong at the 2014 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Hong Kong, a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The delegation competed under the name "Hong Kong, China" (中國香港). This was the SAR's fourth appearance at a Winter Olympics. | Z423x5c6 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 18:59 | Miles Turpin (American football player (born 1964)) | Miles John Turpin (born May 15, 1964) is an American former professional football linebacker who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was also a member of the Cleveland Browns. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 19:22 | 1976 San Diego Chargers season (1976 NFL team season) | The 1976 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 17th overall. The Chargers improved on their 2–12 record from 1975 and finished 6–8, but missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season. The Chargers started off the season by winning their first three games, but they struggled through the rest of the season by losing eight of their last eleven, which included four shutout losses, two to division rival Denver. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 01:42 | Harry Wunsch (American football player (1910–1954)) | Harry Frederick Wunsch (November 20, 1910 – April 30, 1954) was an American professional football guard. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and later for one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers in 1934. He also was briefly a member of the St. Louis Gunners. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 18:13 | Carl Wafer (American football player (born 1951)) | Carl Wafer (born January 17, 1951) is an American former professional football defensive end who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. He played college football for the Tennessee State Tigers and was selected in the second round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 02:49 | Earl Ohlgren (American football player (1918–1962)) | Earl Ohlgren (February 21, 1918 – December 31, 1962) was an American professional football end. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and then played professionally for three seasons. He was a member of the Milwaukee Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL), the San Diego Bombers of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League (PCFL), and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-21 00:00 | Bhutan at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Bhutan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021, it was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1984. The delegation consisted of four athletes competing in four sports; archery, judo, shooting, and swimming. Bhutan did not win any medals during the Tokyo Olympics. | History6042😊 (Contact me) |
Culture/Visual arts
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| 2024-10-29 00:32 | Cady Noland (American artist (born 1956)) | Cady Noland (born 1956) is an American sculptor, printmaker, and installation artist who primarily works with found objects and appropriated images. Her work, often made with objects denoting danger, industry, and American patriotism, addresses notions of the failed promise of the American Dream, the divide between fame and anonymity, and violence in American society, among other themes. | 19h00s (talk) |
| 2024-12-16 06:51 | Statue of John Barry (Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S.) | The statue of John Barry commemorates the "Father of the United States Navy", Commodore John Barry (1745-1806). Barry was an Irish-born sailor who joined the American colonists in fighting for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Barry became the first commission by the Second Continental Congress. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2025-01-16 15:05 | 555 Edgecombe Avenue (Residential building in Manhattan, New York) | 555 Edgecombe Avenue is an apartment building at the southwest corner of Edgecombe Avenue and 160th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York. Built between 1914 and 1916, it was originally known as the Roger Morris Apartments after the retired British Army officer who built the nearby Morris–Jumel Mansion, and was designed by Schwartz & Gross, who specialized in apartment buildings. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 20:47 | Seokjojeon (Buildings in Seoul, South Korea) | Seokjojeon (Korean: 석조전; lit. Stone Hall) is a former imperial palace building of the Korean Empire that is located inside the palace Deoksugung in Seoul, South Korea. The main building is Korea's first Western-style neoclassical château made entirely of granite and bricks. It was completed in 1910 as a residence for the Korean royal family and now serves as the Daehan Empire History Museum. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-21 16:21 | Lynch Fragments (Sculpture series by Melvin Edwards) | Lynch Fragments is the title of a series of abstract metal sculptures created by American artist Melvin Edwards. The artist began the series in 1963 and has continued it throughout his entire career, aside from two periods in the 1960s and 1970s. The sculptures in the series, numbering around 300, are small, usually wall-based assemblages of metal scraps and objects such as spikes, chains, and scissors, welded together in various combinations. | 19h00s (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 00:36 | Más Notícias (painting by Rodolfo Amoedo) | Más Notícias (in English "Bad News") is an oil painting by the Brazilian artist Rodolfo Amoedo in 1895. It depicts a woman seated in an armchair, gazing forward and meeting the viewer's eyes. The painting is housed at the National Museum of Fine Arts and is characterized by its blend of realistic painting techniques and emerging movements in Brazil, such as symbolism and modernism. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-04 19:54 | St Peter's Cathedral, Likoma (Historic Anglican cathedral in Malawi) | St Peter's Cathedral is a landmark Anglican cathedral on the island of Likoma in Lake Malawi. Founded as a mission station that became the inland African headquarters of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), the cathedral was begun in 1903 and completed in 1911. It became the seat of a diocese whose boundaries and name have shifted over time; today it is the seat of the bishop of Northern Malawi in the Church of the Province of Central Africa. | Dclemens1971 (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 03:31 | Tom Taylor (sculptor) (New Zealand sculptor and educator (1925–1994)) | Tom J. Taylor (1925–1994) was a New Zealand sculptor and educator who spent most of his life in Christchurch. He was a well-regarded lecturer at the University of Canterbury (UC; Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha), and a number of his students became notable artists. | Arnhemcr (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 06:07 | Bust of a Chinese Gentleman (1939 bust by William George Stirling) | Bust of a Chinese Gentleman is a bronze bust of a Chinese man sculpted and donated to the National Museum of Singapore by former-Assistant Protectorate of the Chinese William George Stirling in 1939. The bust does not depict any particular subject as it was Stirling's idea of a typical successful Chinese merchant. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-04-17 10:08 | Euthymides (Late 6th century BCE Athenian potter and painter) | Euthymides (Ancient Greek: Εὐθυμίδης; fl. c. 515 – c. 500 BCE) was an ancient Athenian potter and painter of vases. He was a member of the art movement later known as the Pioneer Group for their exploration of the new decorative style known as red-figure pottery. His works are known for their innovative use of foreshortening, and include the Revellers Vase, inscribed with a taunting message addressed to his fellow painter and rival Euphronios. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
Culture/Visual arts/Architecture
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| 2024-11-09 23:59 | Jugtown Historic District (Historic district in New Jersey, United States) | The Jugtown Historic District consists of a cluster of historic buildings surrounding the intersection of Harrison Street and Nassau Street in Princeton, New Jersey. The settlement dates to colonial times and is sometimes known as Queenston. In 1987, the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | Lbal (talk) |
| 2024-12-20 18:37 | Price Tower (Building in Bartlesville, Oklahoma) | The Price Tower is a nineteen-story, 221-foot-high (67 m) tower at 510 South Dewey Avenue in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. One of the few skyscrapers designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Price Tower is derived from a 1929 proposal for apartment buildings in New York City. Harold C. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-12-24 19:50 | Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge (Bridge in Maryland, United States) | The Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge is a deck truss bridge that carries the Amtrak Northeast Corridor line across the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland. The 4,153.8-foot (1,266.1 m)-long two-track bridge has 17 fixed spans and one swing span across the river's navigation channel. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2024-12-31 18:15 | Johnson Wax Headquarters (Corporate headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin) | The Johnson Wax Headquarters is the corporate headquarters of the household goods company S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. The original headquarters includes two buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright: the Administration Building, completed in April 1939, and the Research Tower, completed in November 1950. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-18 22:37 | Hollyhock House (House in Los Angeles, California) | Hollyhock House is a house museum at Barnsdall Art Park in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The house, designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the heiress Aline Barnsdall, is named for the hollyhock-inspired motifs in its design. The main house, incorporating elements from multiple architectural styles, consists of three wings around a central courtyard. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 05:01 | John Paul Jones Memorial (Statue by Charles Henry Niehaus in Washington, D.C.) | The John Paul Jones Memorial, also known as Commodore John Paul Jones, is a monument in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. The memorial honors John Paul Jones, the United States' first naval war hero, who received the Congressional Gold Medal after the American Revolutionary War ended. Jones allegedly said "I have not yet begun to fight!" during the Battle of Flamborough Head. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2025-01-27 22:28 | Robie House (House in Chicago, Illinois) | The Robie House (also the Frederick C. Robie House) is a historic house museum on the campus of the University of Chicago in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, it was completed in 1910 for manufacturing executive Frederick Carlton Robie and his family. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 03:35 | Unity Temple (Church in Oak Park, Illinois) | Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church building that houses the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 875 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The structure, designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, is cited as an early example of modern architecture. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 19:38 | Cathedral of Christ the King (Atlanta) (Roman Catholic cathedral in Atlanta) | The Cathedral of Christ the King is a Roman Catholic church in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It serves as the cathedral for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 02:43 | Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (House museum in Oak Park, Illinois) | The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is a historic house museum in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1889 by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived there with his family for two decades and expanded it multiple times. The house to the south was designed in either the Shingle style or the Queen Anne style, while the studio to the north was designed in the Prairie style. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 02:33 | Wingspread (Historic house in Wind Point, Wisconsin) | Wingspread (also known as the Herbert F. Johnson House) is a conference center and house in Wind Point, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it was built between 1938 and 1939 for the businessman Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., the president of S.C. Johnson. With a floor area of 14,000 square feet (1,300 m2), it is one of the largest residences designed by Wright, who also called the building the last of his Prairie style houses. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-26 08:37 | Statue of Edmund Burke (Washington, D.C.) (Statue by James Havard Thomas in Washington, D.C., U.S.) | Edmund Burke is a bronze, full-length statue of British statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher Edmund Burke by British artist James Havard Thomas. The original statue is in Bristol, England, with a second cast in Washington, D.C. The statue in Washington, D.C., stands in Burke Park, at the intersection of 11th Street, L Street, and Massachusetts Avenue NW, on the southern border of the Shaw neighborhood. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 03:08 | James Charnley House (Historic house in Chicago, Illinois) | The James Charnley House (also known as the Charnley–Persky House) is a learned society headquarters and historic house museum at 1365 North Astor Street, along the Gold Coast, in the Near North Side of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler & Sullivan and his apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright for the lumber magnate James Charnley, it was completed in 1892. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-03-19 00:41 | Stoughton station (Rail station in Stoughton, Massachusetts, US) | Stoughton station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in downtown Stoughton, Massachusetts. It is the terminus of the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line. Stoughton has one platform (split across Wyman Street) serving one track; the platform has a mini-high section for accessibility. The granite Richardson Romanesque station building, designed by Charles Brigham, has a 62-foot (19 m) clock tower. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-03-22 07:52 | Sakakini Palace (Building in Cairo, Egypt) | Habib Pasha El Sakakini Palace (Arabic: قصر السكاكيني) is a palace located in the El Sakkakini district of Cairo, Egypt. Built in 1897 by Habib Sakakini, it is considered as one of Egypt's most important palaces due to its Rococo-style architecture. | ToadetteEdit (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 18:44 | John Papadimitriou (Greek archaeologist (1904–1963)) | John K. Papadimitriou (Greek: Ιωάννης Κ. Παπαδημητρίου, romanized: Ioannis K. Papadimitriou; September 4 [O.S. August 22] 1904 – April 11, 1963) was a Greek archaeologist. Along with George Mylonas, he excavated Grave Circle B, the oldest known monumentalized burials at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-02 07:48 | Anderson Bridge (Singapore) (Bridge in Singapore River, Singapore) | Anderson Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that spans across the Singapore River. It is located near the river's mouth in the Downtown Core Planning Area of Singapore's Central Area. Originally, the Cavenagh Bridge was the only bridge made to cross the Singapore River, prompting the need for a second bridge to help reduce the traffic at Cavenagh Bridge. | actuall7 (talk | contrib) |
| 2025-04-02 23:13 | Louis Penfield House (Historic house in Willoughby Hills, Ohio) | The Louis Penfield House is a house at 2203 River Road in Willoughby Hills, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. One of nine Usonian homes in Ohio designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Penfield House was built for the art teacher Louis Penfield. The two-story house is made of wood panels and concrete blocks, with large glass windows on the exterior. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 23:13 | Seth Peterson Cottage (Historic house in Reedsburg, Wisconsin) | The Seth Peterson Cottage is a one-story cottage in Mirror Lake State Park near Reedsburg, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with Thomas Casey as the supervising architect, the house was built for the computer operator Seth Peterson of Black Earth, Wisconsin, and was one of Wright's last-ever designs. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-16 20:13 | Arthur Loveless (American architect (1873–1971)) | Arthur Lamont Loveless (September 22, 1873 – January 5, 1971) was an American architect active in the Seattle area. Born in Michigan, he worked as a bookkeeper and banker in Manistee before studying architecture at Columbia University from around 1902 to 1906. Forced to drop out due to financial concerns, he was employed by his professor's firm Delano & Aldrich before moving to Seattle in 1907. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2025-04-17 10:05 | Alfred Biliotti (British archaeologist and diplomat (1833–1915)) | Sir Alfred Biliotti KCMG CB (14 July 1833 – 1 February 1915) was a Levantine Italian, born on Rhodes, who became a British consular official and amateur archaeologist. Biliotti probably received little formal education, and followed his father, who had carried out consular work for the governments of Britain, Spain and Tuscany, into the British consular service in 1849. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-17 13:27 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House (House in Madison, Wisconsin) | The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House (also known as Jacobs II or the Solar Hemicycle) is a historic house in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1946–1948, the house was designed for the journalist Herbert Jacobs and his wife Katherine, whose first house he had designed a decade earlier. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:27 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House (House in Madison, Wisconsin) | The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, commonly referred to as Jacobs I, is a single-family home at 441 Toepfer Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the family of the journalist Herbert Jacobs, it was completed in 1937 and is cited as Wright's first Usonian home. | Epicgenius (talk) |
Culture/Visual arts/Comics and Anime
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| 2024-10-19 21:54 | Daredevil (Marvel Comics character) (Marvel Comics fictional character) | Daredevil is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with some input from Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Daredevil #1 (April 1964). | Wrangler1981 (talk) |
| 2024-11-17 06:18 | Marvel Studios (American entertainment company) | Marvel Studios, LLC, formerly known as Marvel Films, is an American film and television production company. Marvel Studios is the creator of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), a media franchise and shared universe of films and television series produced by the studio, based on characters that appear in Marvel Comics publications. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 20:07 | Luke Cage (Marvel Comics character) | Lucas "Luke" Cage, born Carl Lucas and also known as Power Man, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Archie Goodwin, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, and John Romita Sr. in 1972, he was the first African–American superhero by Marvel Comics to be the main character in his own series. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 12:53 | Anime and manga fandom in Poland | The anime and manga fandom has been developing in Poland since the 1990s, although certain elements could be observed in earlier decades. In the 1990s, significant influence on the popularity of anime came from broadcasts on television (Polonia 1 and Polsat) and articles describing the phenomenon of manga and anime published in video game magazines. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-05 15:03 | The Batman (film) (2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves) | The Batman is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay he wrote with Peter Craig, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise produced by DC Films. Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 19:01 | He was aware that he was still a child (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twenty-first episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa wrote the episode, which the animator Hiroyuki Ishido directed. The series' protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy whose father Gendo recruited him to the special military organization Nerv to pilot a gigantic, bio-mechanical mecha named Evangelion into combat with beings called Angels. | TeenAngels1234 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 15:39 | Don't Be (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twenty-second episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, created by Gainax. The episode was written by Hideaki Anno and Hiroshi Yamaguchi and directed by the animator Akira Takamura. In the episode, Asuka Langley Soryu, the pilot of the giant mecha Evangelion Unit-02, comes into conflict with Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami, her fellow pilots, due to several defeats in previous battles. | TeenAngels1234 (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 18:36 | This Man... This Monster! (1966 Fantastic Four Comic Book) | "This Man... This Monster!" is a superhero story in the Marvel Comics series Fantastic Four. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Jack Kirby, it was published in Fantastic Four #51 in 1966. The story is about Benjamin Grimm, known as the Thing, a member of the superhero team the Fantastic Four whose body is made of stone. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-04-16 13:18 | Kurapika (Fictional character from Hunter × Hunter manga) | is a fictional character from Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series Hunter × Hunter. Kurapika is the last remaining member of the Kurta Clan (クルタ族, Kuruta-zoku) who wishes to become a Hunter in order to avenge his clan and recover their scarlet-glowing eyes that were plucked from their corpses by a band of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe. | Tintor2 (talk) |
Culture/Visual arts/Fashion
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| 2025-01-28 07:02 | White Marc Bouwer dress of Angelina Jolie (White dress worn by Angelina Jolie) | American actress Angelina Jolie wore a white satin dress with a plunging neckline designed by Marc Bouwer on February 29, 2004, to the 76th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre, where she presented the award for Best Art Direction. The dress garnered praise from fashion magazines and media publications, and has been placed on numerous lists for best Oscars or red carpet fashion. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-02-08 18:28 | Blue Gucci dress of Harry Styles (Dress worn by Harry Styles) | English singer Harry Styles wore a blue Gucci dress for Vogue's December 2020 issue, becoming the first man to appear solo on the magazine's cover. Designed by creative director of Gucci, Alessandro Michele, the dress was well received by the general public for challenging toxic masculinity and gender stereotypes. | Medxvo (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 00:21 | Model (art) (Person who poses for a visual artist) | An art model is a person who poses, often nude, for visual artists as part of the creative process, providing a reference for the human body in a work of art. As an occupation, modeling requires the often strenuous 'physical work' of holding poses for the required length of time, the 'aesthetic work' of performing a variety of interesting poses, and the 'emotional work' of maintaining a socially ambiguous role. | WriterArtistDC (talk) |
Geography/Geographical
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| 2025-01-07 17:42 | Pular (volcano) (Stratovolcano in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile) | Pular is a volcanic massif in the Chilean Andes, north of Socompa volcano. It consists of the individual mountains Pajonales and Pular, which are among the highest mountains in the region and of great cultural importance to the neighbouring towns of Socaire and Peine. Pular and Pajonales have multiple volcanic craters and have produced lava domes. | Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) |
| 2025-01-20 02:41 | Eve Cone (Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada) | Eve Cone, sometimes referred to as Eve's Cone, is a cinder cone in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 1,740 metres (5,710 feet) and is one of several volcanic cones in the Desolation Lava Field at the northern end of the Big Raven Plateau. The cone is southeast of the community of Telegraph Creek in Mount Edziza Provincial Park, which is one of the largest provincial parks in British Columbia. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-02-01 20:24 | Ice Peak (Mountain in British Columbia, Canada) | Ice Peak is the prominent south peak of Mount Edziza in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,200 feet) and protrudes through Mount Edziza's ice cap, which is roughly 70 square kilometres (27 square miles) in area. The peak is a pyramid-shaped horn formed by glacial erosion and is completely flanked by steep-walled, active cirques. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-02-01 20:24 | Big Raven Plateau (Plateau in British Columbia, Canada) | The Big Raven Plateau is an intermontane plateau in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the Tahltan Highland and is surrounded by several valleys, including those of Mess Creek, Kakiddi Creek, Chakima Creek, Walkout Creek and the Klastline River. The plateau is drained by many small streams that flow into these neighbouring valleys and, unlike the valleys, it is relatively barren of vegetation. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-02-01 20:26 | Mess Creek Escarpment (Escarpment in British Columbia, Canada) | The Mess Creek Escarpment is a long, discontinuous cliff along Mess Creek in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It forms the east-central side of Mess Creek valley and consists of two segments separated about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) by Walkout Creek valley. The northern segment extends about 8 km (5.0 mi) southeast along the southwestern side of the Big Raven Plateau whereas the southern segment extends generally south along the northwestern, western and southwestern edges ... | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-02-25 14:09 | Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai (Submarine volcano near Tongatapu, Tonga) | Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is a submarine volcano in the South Pacific located about 30 km (19 mi) south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafoʻou and 65 km (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, Tonga's main island. It is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from New Zealand north-northeast to Fiji, and is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-03-12 00:08 | Exile Hill (Hill in British Columbia, Canada) | Exile Hill, sometimes referred to as Exile Peak, is an isolated hill in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 1,890 metres (6,200 feet) and is part of the Arctic Lake Plateau or the neighbouring Spectrum Range, which are within the limits of the Tahltan Highland. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-03-17 18:20 | Williams Cone (Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada) | Williams Cone is a cinder cone on the northeastern flank of Mount Edziza in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 2,100 metres (6,900 feet) and is one of several volcanic cones in the Desolation Lava Field at the northern end of the Big Raven Plateau. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-03-20 13:02 | 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami (Volcanic eruption and tsunami-generating landslide in German New Guinea) | On 13 March 1888, a section of Ritter Island, a small volcanic island off the coast of New Guinea, collapsed into the sea in a sector collapse. The collapse triggered tsunami waves that struck nearby and distant islands such as New Guinea, Umboi, Sakar and New Britain. It caused heavy damage and deaths in coastal settlements. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2025-04-10 01:06 | Ice Peak Formation (Geological formation in British Columbia, Canada) | The Ice Peak Formation (IPF) is a stratigraphic unit of Pleistocene age in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the seventh youngest and fifth most voluminous of the 13 recognized geological formations comprising the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (MEVC), which consists of late Cenozoic volcanic rocks. | Volcanoguy |
Geography/Regions/Africa
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| 2024-12-30 16:44 | Jasper Abraham murder case (Trial in Kenya over a 1923 death) | In June 1923, British settler Jasper Abraham was tried for the murder of African labourer Kitosh in the Kenya Colony. Kitosh had died after a flogging administered by Abraham and his employees at a farm near the town of Molo, Kenya. The jury, which was all-European and composed of Abraham's acquaintances, found him guilty of a lesser charge of "grievous hurt" and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. | Dumelow (talk) |
| 2025-01-11 17:19 | Sultan Kigab (Sudanese-Canadian swimmer (1955–2024)) | Abd El Magid Sultan Kigab (Arabic: عبدالمجيد سلطان كيجاب; 1955 – 17 October 2024), known as Sultan Kigab, was a Sudanese-Canadian marathon swimmer and presidential candidate. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
| 2025-01-29 18:31 | Abortion in Malawi | In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save the life of the mother and abortion is a felony punishable by imprisonment. Malawi's abortion law is one of the strictest in the world. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-02-03 19:44 | Second Anglo-Ashanti War (1863–1864 war between the Ashantis and Britain) | The Second Anglo-Ashanti War also known as the Second Anglo-Asante War and Third Anglo–Asante War was an armed conflict between the Ashanti Empire led by Kwaku Dua I against the United Kingdom and Fante tribes led by Richard Pine. It took place from March 1863 to June 1864, ending with a withdrawal of British troops. | Setergh (talk) |
| 2025-02-07 03:48 | Abortion in Madagascar | In Madagascar, abortion is illegal in all circumstances. The abortion law punishes receiving or assisting in an abortion with imprisonment or fines. It is one of the only countries with a total abortion ban. Abortion has been illegal since the French colonial era, influenced by attitudes favoring increased births. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-02-20 21:41 | Oduwa (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (c. 1112 – c. 1119)) | Oduwa (reigned c. 1112 – c. 1119) was the twenty-eighth ogiso (king) of Igodomigodo, a kingdom that eventually became part of the Benin Empire. His reign featured political restructuring, economic changes, diplomatic outreach, and internal conflicts. Oduwa ascended the throne following the death of his father, Ogiso Ohuede, amidst tensions between the Edionisen ("kingmakers") and the Edionwere ("senior village chiefs") over hereditary succession. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-03-09 02:22 | Cyclone Chido (South-West Indian Ocean cyclone in 2024) | Intense Tropical Cyclone Chido was a compact but very powerful, destructive, and deadly tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Africa in December 2024. Chido, which means a desire in Shona, was the third named storm and the second intense tropical cyclone of the 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-03-12 11:20 | Udagbedo (Oba of Benin (1299 AD–1334 AD)) | Udagbedo (reigned c. 1299 – c. 1334) was the seventh Oba ("king") of Benin, having succeeded his brother, Oba Edoni. He implemented a series of agricultural reforms, expanded territorial control, and established early trade links with Saharan states as well as, indirectly, with later European traders. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-03-21 06:00 | Owodo (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (r. 1125–1130)) | Owodo (r. 1125–1130, d. c. 1133) was the thirty-first Ogiso ("king") of Igodomigodo, an early kingdom that later became part of the Benin Empire. His reign marked the end of the Ogiso era and initiated a transitional period that led to the establishment of the Oba monarchy. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 19:54 | St Peter's Cathedral, Likoma (Historic Anglican cathedral in Malawi) | St Peter's Cathedral is a landmark Anglican cathedral on the island of Likoma in Lake Malawi. Founded as a mission station that became the inland African headquarters of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), the cathedral was begun in 1903 and completed in 1911. It became the seat of a diocese whose boundaries and name have shifted over time; today it is the seat of the bishop of Northern Malawi in the Church of the Province of Central Africa. | Dclemens1971 (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Eastern Africa
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| 2025-02-15 13:22 | Ohuede (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (c. 1110 – c. 1112 AD)) | Ohuede (c. 1054 – c. 1112) was the twenty-seventh ogiso (king) of Igodomigodo, an early historical state later incorporated into the Benin Empire. He ruled from about c. 1110 until his death and established what became known as the Ohuede dynasty. His installation as Ogiso occurred around c. 1110, following the death of Ehenneden without a clear successor. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Northern Africa
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| 2024-11-21 12:40 | Adrar Stadium (Sports venue in Agadir, Morocco) | Adrar Stadium (Arabic: ملعب آدرار; Berber languages: ⴰⴱⴰⵔⴰⵣ ⵏ ⵓⴷⵔⴰⵔ (Adrar means mountain in Tamazight); French: Grand Stade d'Agadir), is a multi-use stadium in Agadir, in the Souss-Massa region in the country of Morocco, near the Atlas Mountains, in North Africa, and is used as a home venue by the local football team, Hassania Agadir. | Cltjames (talk) |
| 2024-11-24 12:43 | Moira Deeming (Australian politician) | Moira Deeming is an Australian politician and member of the Victorian Liberal Party. She has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, for the Western Metropolitan Region of the, since November 2022. She previously sat as a councillor for the Melton City Council representing the Watts Ward. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2025-01-11 17:10 | Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin (Egyptian paediatrician and politician (1932–2016)) | Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin (Arabic: حسين كامل بهاء الدين, 18 September 1932 – 29 July 2016) was an Egyptian professor of paediatrics and Minister of Education between 1991 and 2004. During his tenure as Minister of Education, Bahaeddin implemented crucial reforms, such as extending compulsory education, banning school corporal punishment, and increasing university entrance opportunities. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
| 2025-01-26 22:47 | Christine McVie (album) (1984 studio album by Christine McVie) | Christine McVie is the second solo studio album by the English musician, singer, and songwriter Christine McVie, released on 27 January 1984, by Warner Bros. Records. It was McVie's first solo effort in over a decade, following her 1970 self-titled debut, which was released under her maiden name. The album features guest appearances by Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ray Cooper, and Fleetwood Mac bandmates Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood. | Dobbyelf62 (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 14:01 | Hazem Salah Abu Ismail (Egyptian politician (born 1961)) | Hazem Salah Abu Ismail (born 16 June 1961) is an Egyptian lawyer, Islamic preacher and politician who ran in the 2012 Egyptian presidential election and founded the Flag Party. | MT(710) |
| 2025-03-08 11:11 | Manhattan Project feed materials program | The Manhattan Project feed materials program located and procured uranium ores, and refined and processed them into feed materials for use in the Manhattan Project's isotope enrichment plants at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and its nuclear reactors at the Hanford Engineer Works in Washington state. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-03-22 07:52 | Sakakini Palace (Building in Cairo, Egypt) | Habib Pasha El Sakakini Palace (Arabic: قصر السكاكيني) is a palace located in the El Sakkakini district of Cairo, Egypt. Built in 1897 by Habib Sakakini, it is considered as one of Egypt's most important palaces due to its Rococo-style architecture. | ToadetteEdit (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Southern Africa
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| 2025-03-26 10:32 | John Cecil Russell (British cavalry officer (1839–1909)) | Major-General John Cecil Russell (1839–30 March 1909) was a British cavalry officer. After a brief service with the Oxford University Rifle Volunteer Corps Russell purchased a commission in the 11th Light Dragoons in 1860. He transferred to the 10th Light Dragoons and rose to the rank of captain by purchase before transferring to the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of Lancers in 1872. | Dumelow (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Western Africa
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| 2025-03-28 20:43 | Aliko Dangote (Nigerian businessman (born 1957)) | Aliko Mohammad Dangote GCON (born 10 April 1957) is a Nigerian businessman known for his key roles in Dangote Group and Refinery. In 2011, he was appointed as member of the economic management team by President Goodluck Jonathan. Dangote is the wealthiest black person in the world; as of March 2025,[update] Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$23.8 billion. | Safari ScribeEdits! Talk! |
Geography/Regions/Americas/Central America
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| 2024-11-06 20:33 | 2024 Salvadoran general election (Election in El Salvador) | General elections were held in El Salvador in February and March 2024. In the first round on 4 February, voters elected the president, vice president, and all 60 deputies of the Legislative Assembly. In the second round on 3 March, voters elected mayors and municipal councils for all 44 of the country's municipalities and all 20 of El Salvador's deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN). | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-02-16 06:53 | 1886 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1886 Atlantic hurricane season included seven hurricanes that struck or moved across the United States at that intensity, the most ever recorded. The season featured 12 known tropical storms, 10 of which became hurricanes, then-tied for the most. Four of those cyclones became a major hurricane, the highest number until 1893. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 20:22 | 1919 Salvadoran presidential election (1919 elections in El Salvador) | A presidential election was held in El Salvador between 13 and 15 January 1919 when Salvadorans elected their next president to serve a four-year term from 1919 to 1923. In the election, Jorge Meléndez defeated opponents Pío Romero Bosque and Arturo Araujo and was elected as the country's president; Alfonso Quiñónez Molina, the then-provisional president, was elected as Jorge Meléndez's vice president. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-02-25 22:57 | 1935 Salvadoran presidential election (1935 elections in El Salvador) | Presidential elections were held in El Salvador between 13 and 15 January 1935. Maximiliano Hernández Martínez was the only candidate and was elected unopposed. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-03-01 04:55 | 1878 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1878 Atlantic hurricane season featured twelve known tropical cyclones, tied with 1886 and 1893 for the second-most active season in the latter half of the 19th century. Of the twelve tropical storms, eight strengthened into hurricanes, while two of those intensified into major hurricanes. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 19:29 | Terrorism Confinement Center (Maximum security prison in El Salvador) | The Terrorism Confinement Center (Spanish: Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, abbreviated and commonly known as CECOT) is a maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The prison was built in late 2022 amid a large-scale gang crackdown in the country. The Salvadoran government opened the prison in late January 2023, and it began housing inmates the following month. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-04-10 18:31 | Young Lords (Civil and human rights organization) | The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO), were a left-wing political organization that originally developed from a Chicago street gang. With major branches in Chicago and New York City, they were known for their direct action campaigns, including building occupations, sit-ins, and garbage-dumping protests. | Spookyaki (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Americas/North America
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| 2024-10-07 12:46 | Delbert Cowsette (American football player and coach (born 1977)) | Delbert Ray Cowsette (born September 3, 1977) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He is currently the defensive line coach for the Howard Bison. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 00:38 | Riverside Drive (Manhattan) (Avenue in Manhattan, New York) | Riverside Drive is a north–south avenue in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The road runs on the west side of Upper Manhattan, generally paralleling the Hudson River and Riverside Park between 72nd Street and the vicinity of the George Washington Bridge at 181st Street. North of 96th Street, Riverside Drive is a wide divided roadway. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-10-18 14:08 | 1994 San Diego Chargers season (NFL team 35th season) | The 1994 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 35th, its 25th in the National Football League (NFL) and its 34th in San Diego. It featured a surprising run to Super Bowl XXIX, where the Chargers lost to the San Francisco 49ers. To date, this is the only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2024-10-29 17:43 | Angela Alsobrooks (American politician and lawyer (born 1971)) | Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 2018 to 2024 as county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland, and from 2010 to 2018 as the county's state's attorney. | Y2hyaXM (talk) |
| 2024-10-29 19:49 | Washington D.C. Temple (Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) | The Washington D.C. Temple (originally known as the Washington Temple, until 1999), is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Kensington, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., and near the Capital Beltway, it was the church's first temple built east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple was completed in 1846. | Itsetsyoufree32 (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 12:10 | Cameron Echols-Luper (American football player (born 1995)) | Cameron Damonte Echols-Luper (born Cameron Damonte Echols; April 9, 1995) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama, where he was a quarterback and won six state titles in track and field. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 23:09 | Charlie Gehringer (American baseball player (1903–1993)) | Charles Leonard Gehringer (May 11, 1903 – January 21, 1993), nicknamed "the Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons from 1924 to 1942. He compiled a .320 career batting average with 2,839 hits and 1,427 runs batted in (RBIs). | Cbl62 (talk) |
| 2024-11-01 23:15 | Turkey Stearnes (American baseball player (1901–1979)) | Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes (May 8, 1901 – September 4, 1979) was an American baseball center fielder. He played 18 years in the Negro leagues, including nine years with the Detroit Stars (1923–1931), six years with the Chicago American Giants (1932–1935, 1937–1938), and three years with the Kansas City Monarchs (1938–1940). | Cbl62 (talk) |
| 2024-11-05 15:29 | Interstate 59 in Alabama (Interstate Highway in Alabama, United States) | Interstate 59 (I-59) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs 445.23 miles (716.53 km) from Slidell, Louisiana, to just outside of Wildwood, Georgia. In the U.S. state of Alabama, I-59 travels 241.36 miles (388.43 km) from the Mississippi state line near Cuba to the Georgia state line northeast of Hammondville. | NoobThreePointOh (talk) |
| 2024-11-09 23:59 | Jugtown Historic District (Historic district in New Jersey, United States) | The Jugtown Historic District consists of a cluster of historic buildings surrounding the intersection of Harrison Street and Nassau Street in Princeton, New Jersey. The settlement dates to colonial times and is sometimes known as Queenston. In 1987, the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. | Lbal (talk) |
| 2024-11-14 10:46 | Ted Williams (American baseball player (1918–2002)) | Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War. | Omnis Scientia (talk) |
| 2024-11-15 17:07 | Thaddeus Coleman (American gridiron football player (born 1985)) | Thaddeus Coleman (born June 20, 1985) is an American former professional football offensive tackle who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Mississippi Valley State, where he was a two-time first-team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference selection. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-11-18 02:25 | 2017–18 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2017–18 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the fourth edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) and involved the top four teams in the country as ranked by the College Football Playoff poll playing in two semifinals, with the winners of each advancing to the national championship game. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-11-28 18:44 | James M. Goodhue (19th century American journalist) | James Madison Goodhue (March 31, 1810 – August 27, 1852) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and founder of the Minnesota Pioneer, Minnesota's first newspaper, which eventually merged with the Saint Paul Dispatch to become the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He is the namesake of Goodhue County. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
| 2024-12-02 01:53 | 1991 Andover tornado (F5 tornado in 1991) | In the afternoon hours of April 26, 1991, a large and devastating tornado moved 46 miles (74 km) through areas southeast of Wichita, located in the state of Kansas. The tornado killed seventeen, injured over two hundred others, and left an estimated $300 million ($700,058,432 in 2024) of damage in its wake. | EF5 |
| 2024-12-02 01:56 | 1974 Tanner tornadoes (Pair of F5 tornadoes in 1974) | In the evening hours of April 3, 1974, a series of two large and destructive tornadoes impacted the small town of Tanner, located in the state of Alabama. Both of these tornadoes would receive an F5 rating on the Fujita scale, and were two out of seven F5-rated tornadoes to touch down as part of the 1974 Super Outbreak, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in United States history. | EF5 |
| 2024-12-05 18:59 | Bobby Brink (American ice hockey player (born 2001)) | Bobby Orr Brink (born July 8, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey right wing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers selected him in the second round, with the 34th overall pick, of the 2019 NHL entry draft. | — GhostRiver |
| 2024-12-16 06:51 | Statue of John Barry (Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S.) | The statue of John Barry commemorates the "Father of the United States Navy", Commodore John Barry (1745-1806). Barry was an Irish-born sailor who joined the American colonists in fighting for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Barry became the first commission by the Second Continental Congress. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2024-12-16 23:26 | Ed Policy (American football executive (born 1970)) | Edward Regis Policy (born October 6, 1970) is an American football executive who is the current chief operating officer (COO) and general counsel for the Green Bay Packers. Policy, whose father Carmen Policy was an American football executive for the San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns, received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and his Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-12-20 18:37 | Price Tower (Building in Bartlesville, Oklahoma) | The Price Tower is a nineteen-story, 221-foot-high (67 m) tower at 510 South Dewey Avenue in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. One of the few skyscrapers designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Price Tower is derived from a 1929 proposal for apartment buildings in New York City. Harold C. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-12-24 19:50 | Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge (Bridge in Maryland, United States) | The Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge is a deck truss bridge that carries the Amtrak Northeast Corridor line across the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland. The 4,153.8-foot (1,266.1 m)-long two-track bridge has 17 fixed spans and one swing span across the river's navigation channel. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2024-12-29 21:33 | Adrien Nunez (college basketball player (2019–2020) Michigan) | Adrien Nunez (born May 14, 1999) is an American social media influencer, singer-songwriter, and former college basketball player. He was not highly regarded as a high school basketball player at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn but he excelled during a postgraduate year garnering many scholarship offers and earning accolades at St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut. | TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) |
| 2024-12-31 18:15 | Johnson Wax Headquarters (Corporate headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin) | The Johnson Wax Headquarters is the corporate headquarters of the household goods company S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. The original headquarters includes two buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright: the Administration Building, completed in April 1939, and the Research Tower, completed in November 1950. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-01 13:48 | J. Edward Guinan (American community activist (1936–2014)) | J. Edward Guinan (6 March 1936 – 26 December 2014) was a former stock trader who became a Paulist priest and founded Washington, D.C.'s Community for Creative Non-Violence in 1970. He engaged in public acts of nonviolent resistance such as extreme fasting and peaceful civil disobedience in response to homelessness, hunger, the Vietnam war, the Indochina wars, and Henry Kissinger's controversial legacy that brought national media attention. | Oh-Fortuna! (talk) |
| 2025-01-03 03:49 | Loew's Jersey Theatre (Theater in Jersey City, New Jersey) | The Loew's Jersey Theatre is a cinema and performance venue at 54 Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Designed by Rapp and Rapp as a movie palace, it opened on September 28, 1929, as one of five Loew's Wonder Theatres in the New York City area. Owned by the government of Jersey City, the Loew's Jersey has been operated by Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) since 2021. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-03 19:22 | Vincente Minnelli (American stage and film director (1903–1986)) | Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. For a career spanning over half a century, he is best known for his sophisticated innovation and artistry in musical films. As of 2025[update], six of his films have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. | PrinceArchelaus (talk) |
| 2025-01-04 20:12 | Carlyle Hotel (Hotel in Manhattan, New York) | The Carlyle Hotel is a luxury apartment hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1930, the Art Deco hotel was designed by Sylvan Bien and Harry M. Prince, with interiors by Dorothy Draper. It was named after the Scottish author Thomas Carlyle. The Carlyle has approximately 190 hotel rooms and suites, in addition to 60 cooperative residences. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 22:28 | John Roach (bishop) (20th-century American Catholic bishop (1921–2003)) | John Robert Roach (July 31, 1921 – July 11, 2003) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1975 to 1995. The first St. Paul archbishop to have been born in Minnesota, Roach had national prominence as deliverer of benediction at Jimmy Carter's inauguration in 1977 and head of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1980 to 1983. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
| 2025-01-08 01:16 | Khyree Jackson (American football player (1999–2024)) | Khyree Anthony Jackson (August 11, 1999 – July 6, 2024) was an American football cornerback. He played college football for the Fort Scott CC Greyhounds, Alabama Crimson Tide, and the Oregon Ducks. The Minnesota Vikings selected him in the fourth round, with the 108th overall pick, of the 2024 NFL draft. | — GhostRiver |
| 2025-01-09 21:01 | Noah Cates (American ice hockey player (born 1999)) | Noah Allen Cates (born February 5, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey left wing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers selected Cates in the fifth round, with the 137th overall pick, of the 2017 NHL entry draft. Cates has also been a member of the United States men's national ice hockey team, serving as an alternate captain at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. | — GhostRiver |
| 2025-01-11 07:54 | 2018–19 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2018–19 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the fifth edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) and involved the top four teams in the country as ranked by the College Football Playoff poll playing in two semifinals, with the winners of each advancing to the national championship game. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-01-12 19:26 | American Privacy Rights Act (Proposed data privacy law) | The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is a comprehensive data privacy law proposed in the United States. It would place limitations on the kinds of data companies can collect about their users, create processes for users to access or remove data about them, and allow users opt-out from having data sold by data brokers. | — Rhododendrites talk \\ |
| 2025-01-15 14:01 | Niu Sale (American football player (born 1969)) | Niusumelie "Niu" Sale (born November 17, 1969) is an American former professional football player who played three seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Sacramento Attack/Miami Hooters and Massachusetts Marauders. He played college football at El Camino College and the University of Missouri. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-01-16 15:05 | 555 Edgecombe Avenue (Residential building in Manhattan, New York) | 555 Edgecombe Avenue is an apartment building at the southwest corner of Edgecombe Avenue and 160th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York. Built between 1914 and 1916, it was originally known as the Roger Morris Apartments after the retired British Army officer who built the nearby Morris–Jumel Mansion, and was designed by Schwartz & Gross, who specialized in apartment buildings. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-17 19:54 | William Arthur Ganfield (American pastor, educator, and academic administrator) | William Arthur Ganfield (September 3, 1873 – October 18, 1940) was an American pastor, educator, and academic administrator who was president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, from 1915 to 1921 and then of Carroll College (now called Carroll University) in Waukesha, Wisconsin, from 1921 until his retirement in 1939. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-01-18 22:37 | Hollyhock House (House in Los Angeles, California) | Hollyhock House is a house museum at Barnsdall Art Park in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The house, designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the heiress Aline Barnsdall, is named for the hollyhock-inspired motifs in its design. The main house, incorporating elements from multiple architectural styles, consists of three wings around a central courtyard. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 05:01 | John Paul Jones Memorial (Statue by Charles Henry Niehaus in Washington, D.C.) | The John Paul Jones Memorial, also known as Commodore John Paul Jones, is a monument in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. The memorial honors John Paul Jones, the United States' first naval war hero, who received the Congressional Gold Medal after the American Revolutionary War ended. Jones allegedly said "I have not yet begun to fight!" during the Battle of Flamborough Head. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 07:01 | Dolores Huerta (American labor leader (born 1930)) | Dolores Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 22:32 | Johnson desk (Oval office desk) | The Johnson desk is a mahogany partners desk that was used by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office as his Oval Office desk. One of only six desks used by a president in the Oval Office, it was designed by Thomas D. Wadelton and built in 1909 by S. Karpen and Bros. in Chicago. The desk was built as part of 125 seven-piece office sets for senators' offices in the Russell Senate Office Building, and was used by Johnson during his terms as U.S. Senator, Vice President, and President. | Found5dollar (talk) |
| 2025-01-26 01:23 | 2024 United States drone sightings (Reports of unidentified UAVs) | The 2024 United States drone sightings, also known as the New Jersey drone sightings, were a series of reports between November and December 2024 involving large, unidentified drones observed at night across several regions of the United States. The phenomenon began in New Jersey, where numerous observations were reported over multiple counties. | – Anne drew (talk · contribs) |
| 2025-01-27 22:28 | Robie House (House in Chicago, Illinois) | The Robie House (also the Frederick C. Robie House) is a historic house museum on the campus of the University of Chicago in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, it was completed in 1910 for manufacturing executive Frederick Carlton Robie and his family. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-31 15:30 | 1862 Brooklyn riot (1862 riot in Brooklyn, New York) | A riot occurred in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States, on August 4, 1862. It involved a group of White Americans, largely consisting of Irish Americans, targeting a group of about 20 African American workers at a tobacco factory on Sedgwick Street. Police were able to quell the rioting with only some minor injuries and property damage. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-02-02 19:07 | Mike McLachlan (American politician (1946–2021)) | Michael Edward McLachlan (April 18, 1946 – June 23, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 59th district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2015. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-02-05 00:28 | Red Weiner (American football player (1911–1988)) | Albert "Red" Weiner (January 24, 1911 – September 17, 1988) was an American multi-sport professional athlete and coach. He played football as a back in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles for one season and also played several years of minor league baseball. Additionally, he also played with a number of non-NFL professional football teams. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 03:35 | Unity Temple (Church in Oak Park, Illinois) | Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church building that houses the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 875 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The structure, designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, is cited as an early example of modern architecture. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 14:46 | Baruch Charney Vladeck (American politician) | Baruch Charney Vladeck (born Borekh Nachman Tsharni, in Yiddish: ברוך טשאַרני; January 13, 1886 – October 30, 1938) was a Belarusian-born Jewish American labor leader, journalist and politician who was general manager of The Jewish Daily Forward from 1918 until his death in 1938. He was a member of the New York City Board of Aldermen and later the New York City Council, serving as the first majority leader of that body from January to September 1938. | PequodOnStationAtLZ (talk) |
| 2025-02-09 14:06 | 2020 Bassfield–Soso tornado (An extremely large and powerful April EF4 tornado in Mississippi) | During the afternoon hours of Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, an enormous and powerful high-end EF4 tornado struck the southeastern parts of Bassfield and directly struck the communities of Soso, Moss, and Pachuta, Mississippi, as well as rural areas near Seminary and Heidelberg. Causing eight fatalities and injuring 99 people along its 67.43 mi (108.52 km) track, with losses up to $73 million. | Hoguert (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 19:38 | Cathedral of Christ the King (Atlanta) (Roman Catholic cathedral in Atlanta) | The Cathedral of Christ the King is a Roman Catholic church in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It serves as the cathedral for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-02-12 06:27 | Pete Hegseth (American government official (born 1980)) | Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American former television presenter, author, and former Army National Guard officer who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since January 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-02-12 20:17 | Ed Storm (American football player and coach (1907–1950)) | Edward Charles Storm (October 2, 1907 – June 4, 1950) was an American professional football halfback and coach. From Salinas, California, he played college football for the Santa Clara Broncos for one season. Afterwards, he played professional football locally and then with a team in Memphis, Tennessee. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-12 20:19 | Adrian Baril (American football player (1898–1961)) | Adrian George Baril (June 4, 1898 – June 10, 1961) was an American professional football tackle and guard who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minneapolis Marines and Milwaukee Badgers. He played college football for the St. Thomas Cadets. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 21:09 | Lee Warne (American politician and rancher (1922–2002)) | Leland DeWayne Warne (January 1, 1922 – March 8, 2002) was an American politician and rancher from South Dakota. Born in Pierre, he served in the United States Army for several years after receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Dakota. He fought in the European theatre of World War II, assisting the 2nd and 20th armored divisions. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-02-15 02:43 | Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (House museum in Oak Park, Illinois) | The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is a historic house museum in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1889 by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived there with his family for two decades and expanded it multiple times. The house to the south was designed in either the Shingle style or the Queen Anne style, while the studio to the north was designed in the Prairie style. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 04:20 | Food labeling in Mexico (Official food law) | Food labeling in Mexico refers to the official regulations requiring labels on processed foods sold within the country to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions based on nutritional criteria. Approved in 2010 under the Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 (often shortened to NOM-051),: 1 the system includes Daily Dietary Guidelines (Spanish abbrebriation: GDA). | (CC) Tbhotch™ |
| 2025-02-16 17:40 | 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship (Postseason college football bowl game) | The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship was a college football bowl game played on January 20, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The eleventh College Football Playoff National Championship, the game determined the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for the 2024 season. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-02-18 02:33 | Wingspread (Historic house in Wind Point, Wisconsin) | Wingspread (also known as the Herbert F. Johnson House) is a conference center and house in Wind Point, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it was built between 1938 and 1939 for the businessman Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., the president of S.C. Johnson. With a floor area of 14,000 square feet (1,300 m2), it is one of the largest residences designed by Wright, who also called the building the last of his Prairie style houses. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 17:17 | Bob Casey (baseball announcer) (American baseball announcer) | Bob Casey (April 11, 1925 – March 27, 2005) was a public address announcer for the Minnesota Twins from their founding until his death in 2005. Casey worked 44 seasons and more than 3,000 games for the Twins, and announced over 1,000 other sporting events. He was inducted into the Twins' Hall of Fame in 2003. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
| 2025-02-20 09:47 | Lucy Parsons (American labor organizer (c.1851–1942)) | Lucy E. Parsons (c. 1851 – March 7, 1942) was an American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist. Her early life is shrouded in mystery: she herself said she was of mixed Mexican and Native American ancestry; historians believe she was born to an African-American slave, possibly in Virginia, then married a black freedman in Texas. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 06:34 | Howard Lutnick (American businessman and Commerce Secretary (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American billionaire businessman who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since February 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-02-22 18:41 | Alek Skarlatos (American politician (born 1992)) | Aleksander Reed Skarlatos (born October 10, 1992) is a Greek-American politician and former Oregon Army National Guard soldier. He is a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing Oregon's 4th House district. Prior to being elected, he came to prominence for his heroism during the 2015 Thalys train attack. | cookie monster 755 |
| 2025-02-23 06:06 | John Holmes Jackson (American politician) | John Holmes Jackson (March 21, 1871 – December 15, 1944) was an American dentist and politician who served as the 24th and 26th Mayor of Burlington, Vermont. He represented Burlington in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-02-24 23:00 | 2010 Yazoo City tornado (2010 natural disaster in the United States) | During the morning hours of April 24, 2010, a massive and long tracked rainwrapped tornado struck the southern side of Yazoo City, Ebenezer, Durant, and Hesterville in Mississippi, resulting in 10 fatalities and injuring a further 146 people during its 149 miles path. The tornado was the strongest and deadliest of the tornado outbreak of April 22–25, 2010, and the deadliest tornado of the year. | Hoguert (talk) |
| 2025-02-25 00:40 | Hawaii Holomua (American newspaper founded in 1891) | The Hawaii Holomua was an American daily and weekly newspaper published in both Hawaiian and English. It was founded in 1891 with four editions: two versions were published in solely Hawaiian daily and weekly; and another two were published in both Hawaiian and English, also daily and weekly. The bilingual versions were replaced by an English-only version in 1893, following the newspaper's purchase by the Holomua Publishing Company. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-02-26 08:37 | Statue of Edmund Burke (Washington, D.C.) (Statue by James Havard Thomas in Washington, D.C., U.S.) | Edmund Burke is a bronze, full-length statue of British statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher Edmund Burke by British artist James Havard Thomas. The original statue is in Bristol, England, with a second cast in Washington, D.C. The statue in Washington, D.C., stands in Burke Park, at the intersection of 11th Street, L Street, and Massachusetts Avenue NW, on the southern border of the Shaw neighborhood. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2025-02-27 13:52 | Aaron Burr (Vice President of the United States from 1801 to 1805) | Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, businessman, lawyer, and Founding Father who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805 during Thomas Jefferson's first presidential term. He founded the Manhattan Company on September 1, 1799. | Ali Beary (talk!) |
| 2025-02-28 01:30 | Ivan Miller (journalist) (Canadian journalist and sportscaster (1898–1967)) | James Ivan Miller (December 31, 1898 – June 2, 1967) was a Canadian journalist and sportscaster. He worked 45 years for The Hamilton Spectator as a columnist, sports editor, and sports director, where he regularly covered the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Canadian football. As a radio sportscaster on CKOC, he gave play-by-play coverage of golf and ice hockey. | Flibirigit (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 18:24 | Tornado outbreak of December 28–29, 2024 (Southern United States tornado outbreak) | Between December 28–29, 2024, a late season tornado outbreak affected the Deep South. Multiple tornadoes caused severe damage in the Greater Houston area and in Port Arthur, Texas while additional tornadoes caused damage in other states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Overall, at least four people have been killed; one in the Houston area, two in Mississippi and one in North Carolina, and 17 more have been injured, two indirectly. | EF5 |
| 2025-03-02 16:59 | Grupo Frontera political controversy (2025 American political controversy) | The American regional Mexican band Grupo Frontera has been involved in a controversy due to an alleged endorsement of the politician and current United States president Donald Trump since early 2025, after a video of one of the vocalists' relatives performing a "Trump dance" to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A." went viral. | Santi (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 16:07 | Edward Cridge (British-Canadian bishop and social reformer (1817–1913)) | Edward Cridge (December 17, 1817 – May 5, 1913) was a British-Canadian clergyman and social reformer. He was one of the leading citizens of Victoria, British Columbia, during its early years and was responsible for the creation of many of its nonprofit institutions, including the Cridge Center for the Family, British Columbia's oldest continuously operating nonprofit organization, and the Royal Jubilee Hospital. | Dclemens1971 (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 19:44 | Matt Flynn Game (Notable regular season NFL game) | The Matt Flynn Game was a regular season National Football League (NFL) game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers on January 1, 2012. The game, which was contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, became notable due to the performance of Matt Flynn, who at the time was the Packers' backup quarterback, behind starter Aaron Rodgers. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-05 19:27 | Jan Brewer (Governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015) | Janice Kay Brewer (née Drinkwine; born September 26, 1944) is an American politician. She served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015 as a member of the Republican Party. Brewer assumed the governorship as part of the line of succession when Governor Janet Napolitano resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-03-08 11:11 | Manhattan Project feed materials program | The Manhattan Project feed materials program located and procured uranium ores, and refined and processed them into feed materials for use in the Manhattan Project's isotope enrichment plants at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and its nuclear reactors at the Hanford Engineer Works in Washington state. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-03-10 03:08 | James Charnley House (Historic house in Chicago, Illinois) | The James Charnley House (also known as the Charnley–Persky House) is a learned society headquarters and historic house museum at 1365 North Astor Street, along the Gold Coast, in the Near North Side of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler & Sullivan and his apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright for the lumber magnate James Charnley, it was completed in 1892. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 18:32 | Bryant Park restroom (Public toilet in Manhattan, New York) | The Bryant Park restroom is a public toilet in Bryant Park, an urban park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The 315-square-foot (29.3 m2) structure was built at the same time as the New York Public Library Main Branch and designed by the same architects. It opened in 1911 and closed in the 1960s as the surrounding park deteriorated. | — Rhododendrites talk \\ |
| 2025-03-11 20:05 | Blenko Glass Company (Glass company in the U.S) | Blenko Glass Company is an art glass company that began producing in 1922 under the name Eureka Art Glass Company. The company name was changed to Blenko Glass Company in 1930. Originally an antique flat glass company, it was founded by Englishman William J. Blenko (1854-1933). Blenko came to the United States to make glass in 1893. | TwoScars (talk) |
| 2025-03-13 19:23 | KGAN (Television station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) | KGAN (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, serving Eastern Iowa as an affiliate of CBS and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Dabl affiliate KFXA (channel 28, also licensed to Cedar Rapids) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:24 | KVEO-TV (Television station in Brownsville, Texas) | KVEO-TV (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Brownsville, Texas, United States, serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley as an affiliate of NBC and CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Harlingen-licensed KGBT-TV (channel 4), which airs Antenna TV and MyNetworkTV. The two stations share studios on West Expressway (I-2/US 83) in Harlingen; KVEO-TV's transmitter is located in Santa Maria, Texas. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:25 | WEYI-TV (Television station in Saginaw, Michigan) | WEYI-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Saginaw, Michigan, United States, serving the Great Lakes Bay Region of Central Michigan as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, WEYI-TV is operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group via a shared services agreement (SSA) alongside Flint–licensed Fox affiliate WSMH (channel 66), owned by Sinclair, and Bay City–licensed CW affiliate WBSF (channel 46), owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under a separate SSA. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:26 | WFTY-DT (Television station in Smithtown, New York) | WFTY-DT (channel 67) is a television station licensed to Smithtown, New York, United States, serving Long Island and owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its main channel broadcasts the True Crime Network; it also rebroadcasts the main channels of its New York City–area Univision and UniMás stations, WXTV-DT (channel 41) and WFUT-DT (channel 68), from its transmitter in Middle Island, New York. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:27 | WSIL-TV (TV station in Harrisburg, Illinois) | WSIL-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri, the Purchase area of Western Kentucky, and Northwest Tennessee. Owned by Allen Media Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on Country Aire Drive (near the IL 13–Wolf Creek Road interchange) in Carterville and a transmitter near Creal Springs, Illinois. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:27 | WLTX (Television station in Columbia, South Carolina) | WLTX (channel 19) is a television station in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on Garners Ferry Road (US 76–378) in southeastern Columbia, and its transmitter is located on Screaming Eagle Road (southeast of I-20) in rural northeast Richland County. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-13 19:28 | WXEL-TV (Television station in Boynton Beach, Florida) | WXEL-TV (channel 42) is a PBS member television station licensed to Boynton Beach, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area. Owned by South Florida PBS, it is a sister station to Miami-based flagship and fellow PBS member WPBT (channel 2) and low-power station WURH-LD (channel 13). The three stations share transmitter facilities on Northwest 199th Street in Andover; WXEL's studios are located on South Congress Avenue in Boynton Beach. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-03-14 21:03 | 2009 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Green Bay–Arizona) (2010 NFL postseason game) | The 2009 National Football Conference (NFC) Wild Card playoff game was a National Football League (NFL) Wild Card playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals on January 10, 2010. The game, which was contested at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, became notable due to its high score, which set numerous NFL playoff records, as well as its dramatic conclusion in overtime. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-17 06:54 | Kash Patel (American lawyer (born 1980)) | Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor serving as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2025. He also served from February to April 2025 as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-03-18 05:04 | Elaine DePrince (American author, activist and teacher (1947–2024)) | Elaine DePrince (née DiGiacomo, August 6, 1947 – September 11, 2024) was an American author, hemophilia activist, teacher, and advocate of adoptive parenting. The mother of 11 children, she is best known as the adoptive mother of ballet star Michaela DePrince and the co-author of her memoir, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (2014). She was interviewed in the 2011 documentary First Position, discussing the racism they encountered as Michaela pursued training in classical ballet. | Cielquiparle (talk) |
| 2025-03-19 00:41 | Stoughton station (Rail station in Stoughton, Massachusetts, US) | Stoughton station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in downtown Stoughton, Massachusetts. It is the terminus of the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line. Stoughton has one platform (split across Wyman Street) serving one track; the platform has a mini-high section for accessibility. The granite Richardson Romanesque station building, designed by Charles Brigham, has a 62-foot (19 m) clock tower. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-03-19 16:23 | Reedsburg Municipal Airport (General avaiation airport serving Reedsburg, Wisconsin, US) | Reedsburg Municipal Airport, (FAA LID: C35) is a city-owned, public use airport located one mile (two km) east of the central business district of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin. The airport was opened in March 1928 and has continued as a general aviation airport since. | JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-03-21 00:53 | Jess Tjeerdsma (American politician and farmer (1907–1977)) | Jess Tjeerdsma (July 25, 1907 – August 20, 1977) was an American politician and farmer from South Dakota. Born near Running Water, he served as the country treasurer of Bon Homme County for 14 years, beginning around 1959. In 1974, he was elected to the South Dakota Senate as a member of the Republican Party. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-03-22 00:52 | Kingston Line (Commuter rail line in Massachusetts, US) | The Kingston Line is a commuter rail line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It runs 35.1 miles (56.5 km) southeast from Boston to Kingston with eight intermediate stops. Plymouth station, which served as a second outer terminal, has been indefinitely closed since 2021. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-03-22 00:52 | Fall River/New Bedford Line (Commuter rail line in Massachusetts, US) | The Fall River/New Bedford Line (formerly the Middleborough/Lakeville Line) is a commuter rail line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It runs south from Boston to Taunton, where it splits into branches to Fall River and New Bedford. There are 10 intermediate stations on the combined section and one on each branch. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-03-22 03:47 | Receiver (statue) (Statue in Green Bay, Wisconsin) | The Receiver is a 22-foot (6.7 m) tall public statue in Green Bay, Wisconsin, associated with the Green Bay Packers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The statue was commissioned in the early 1980s by the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame to honor the Packers contributions to the development of the forward pass. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-23 16:00 | Luis T. Romero (American guitarist and composer (1854–1893)) | Luis Toribio Romero (1854 – November 19, 1893) was a Californio classical guitarist and composer. He became a significant figure in the American classical guitar scene during the late 19th century. | Mickyfitz13 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:31 | Daniel A. Gilbert (American police official and politician (1889–1970)) | Daniel A. Gilbert (August 31, 1889 – July 31, 1970) was an American police officer and politician who was active in Cook County, Illinois's law enforcement from 1917 to 1950, and referred to as the world's richest police officer due to his net worth of $360,000. He unsuccessfully ran for Cook County Sheriff with the Democratic nomination in 1950. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:33 | Ruben A. Valdez (American politician (1937–2019)) | Ruben Adolfo Valdez (January 27, 1937 – October 1, 2019) was an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1970 to 1978, and as its Speaker from 1975 to 1976. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:34 | Kurt Wright (American politician (born 1956)) | Kurt Wright (born February 7, 1956) is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, and on Burlington, Vermont's city council intermittently between 1995 and 2020. He was president of the city council from 2007 to 2009, and 2018 to 2020. He is the last Republican to serve on Burlington's city council and to represent it in the state house. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 18:53 | Go! You Packers Go! (Fight song of American football team Green Bay Packers) | "Go You Packers Go!" is the fight song for the Green Bay Packers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The song was written by Eric Karll, a commercial jingle writer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was first performed in 1931 by the Lumberjack Band, a marching band that performed during Packers games. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-03-29 02:11 | Pocono Raceway (Motorsport track in the United States) | Pocono Raceway (formerly known as the Pocono International Raceway in early years) is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) tri-oval track in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania. The track has held a variety of events since its opening in 1969, including NASCAR, IndyCar Series, and IMSA GT Championship races. The facility is owned by Mattco, Inc. and led by track chief executive officer Nick Igdalsky. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-03-29 17:23 | William Baxter (American politician) (American politician (1778–1827)) | William Baxter (August 3, 1778 – October 1, 1827) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the state's attorney for Orleans County, Vermont from 1802 to 1815, and in the Vermont House of Representatives on several non-consecutive occasions between 1802 and 1827. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 19:54 | Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (Uranium fuel factory in the United States) | The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to simply as Fernald) is a Superfund site located within Crosby Township in Hamilton County, Ohio, and Ross Township in Butler County, Ohio, in the United States. The plant was located near the rural town of Fernald, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, and occupied 1,050 acres (420 ha) | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-04-02 06:54 | T. Elliot Gaiser (American attorney (born 1989)) | Thomas Elliot Gaiser (born September 6, 1989) is an American attorney who has served as the solicitor general of Ohio since 2023. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-02 23:13 | Louis Penfield House (Historic house in Willoughby Hills, Ohio) | The Louis Penfield House is a house at 2203 River Road in Willoughby Hills, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. One of nine Usonian homes in Ohio designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Penfield House was built for the art teacher Louis Penfield. The two-story house is made of wood panels and concrete blocks, with large glass windows on the exterior. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 23:13 | Seth Peterson Cottage (Historic house in Reedsburg, Wisconsin) | The Seth Peterson Cottage is a one-story cottage in Mirror Lake State Park near Reedsburg, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with Thomas Casey as the supervising architect, the house was built for the computer operator Seth Peterson of Black Earth, Wisconsin, and was one of Wright's last-ever designs. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 04:35 | George R. Dale (American mayor and newspaper editor (1867–1936)) | George Reynolds Dale, Sr. (February 5, 1867 – March 27, 1936) was an American newspaper editor and politician. He was the editor of the Muncie Post-Democrat from 1920 to 1936 and the mayor of Muncie, Indiana from 1930 to 1935, a member of the Democratic Party. He started several newspapers and battled bootleggers and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-04 19:54 | Buffalo Sabres (National Hockey League franchise in Buffalo, New York) | The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1970, along with the Vancouver Canucks, when the league expanded to 14 teams. | Conyo14 (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 06:04 | South Coast Rail (Railway construction project in Massachusetts, US) | South Coast Rail is a project to expand the MBTA Commuter Rail system into the South Coast region of Massachusetts, United States. The first phase opened on March 24, 2025, becoming part of the Fall River/New Bedford Line. It extended service from Middleborough via Taunton with branches to Fall River, and New Bedford. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 21:05 | Bill Cottrell (American football player (1944–2025)) | William Henry Cottrell (September 18, 1944 – March 20, 2025) was an American professional football offensive lineman who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Delaware Valley Aggies and signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 1966. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 23:47 | Richland Creek (Nashville, Tennessee) (River in Tennessee, United States) | Richland Creek is a stream in the western part of Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It winds for 28 miles (45 km) through the Nashville suburbs of Belle Meade and Forest Hills and eventually flows into the Cumberland River near Rock Harbor Marina at the end of Robertson Avenue. This is one of at least five streams by the name of "Richland Creek" in various regions of Tennessee. | Eagledj (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 13:24 | Palmer Raids (United States government arrests of leftists, 1919–20) | The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected socialists, especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States. The raids particularly targeted Italian immigrants and Eastern European Jewish immigrants with alleged leftist ties, with particular focus on Italian anarchists and immigrant leftist labor activists. | 7&6=thirteen (☎) |
| 2025-04-09 06:51 | Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer (Aquifer in British Columbia and Washington state) | The Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer (also known as the Abbotsford Aquifer) is a shallow and largely unconfined aquifer lying between the U.S. state of Washington (a portion known as the Sumas–Blaine Aquifer) and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The aquifer underlies largely agricultural areas of the Fraser Valley and northern Whatcom County, Washington, including the communities of Lynden, Everson, Nooksack, and Sumas, as well as urban portions of Abbotsford, British Columbia. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2025-04-11 07:00 | Dan Caine (U.S. Air Force general (born 1968)) | John Daniel Caine (born August 10, 1968) is an American Air Force general and venture capitalist who has served as the 22nd chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2025. He served as the associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2021 to 2024. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-11 19:04 | 2024–25 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2024–25 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 11th edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP). | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-11 22:49 | Lumberjack Band (Marching band of the Green Bay Packers) | The Lumberjack Band, later known as the Green Bay Packers Band, was the official marching band of the Green Bay Packers, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The Band, which wore flannel uniforms to look like lumberjacks, traced it roots to volunteer groups in the 1920s that would play during Packers' games. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-04-13 04:54 | The Alaska Socialist (American socialist newspaper) | The Alaska Socialist was an American semi-monthly newspaper published in Fairbanks, Alaska. Founded by Lena Morrow Lewis in 1913, the paper was first published on September 29, associated with the Socialist Party of America. In April 1914, following elections in Fairbanks, Andrew Knowles seized editorship over the paper and cut ties with the Socialist Party and began heavily criticizing Lewis. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-04-16 20:13 | Arthur Loveless (American architect (1873–1971)) | Arthur Lamont Loveless (September 22, 1873 – January 5, 1971) was an American architect active in the Seattle area. Born in Michigan, he worked as a bookkeeper and banker in Manistee before studying architecture at Columbia University from around 1902 to 1906. Forced to drop out due to financial concerns, he was employed by his professor's firm Delano & Aldrich before moving to Seattle in 1907. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2025-04-16 23:46 | Order of New Brunswick (Civilian honour for merit in Canada) | The Order of New Brunswick is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The order was instituted through the Order of New Brunswick Act, which was granted royal assent on 20 December 2000.[2] The order is intended to honour current or former New Brunswick residents who have demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement, thus being described as the highest honour amongst all those conferred by the New Brunswick Crown. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:27 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House (House in Madison, Wisconsin) | The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House (also known as Jacobs II or the Solar Hemicycle) is a historic house in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1946–1948, the house was designed for the journalist Herbert Jacobs and his wife Katherine, whose first house he had designed a decade earlier. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:27 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House (House in Madison, Wisconsin) | The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, commonly referred to as Jacobs I, is a single-family home at 441 Toepfer Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the family of the journalist Herbert Jacobs, it was completed in 1937 and is cited as Wright's first Usonian home. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 20:22 | Dominic Vairo (American football player (1913–2002)) | Dominic Martin Vairo (November 2, 1913 – July 31, 2002) was an American professional football end. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, serving as team captain as a senior in 1934. He then played professionally for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1935, appearing in one game. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 01:19 | Dustin McDonald (American football player (1908–1975)) | Dustin Columbus McDonald (October 3, 1908 – February 23, 1975) was an American professional football guard. He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers. in the National Football League (NFL). After college, he signed with the Cincinnati Reds of the National Football League (NFL) and also had stints with two non-NFL teams before signing with the Green Bay Packers in 1935. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 18:59 | Miles Turpin (American football player (born 1964)) | Miles John Turpin (born May 15, 1964) is an American former professional football linebacker who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was also a member of the Cleveland Browns. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 19:22 | 1976 San Diego Chargers season (1976 NFL team season) | The 1976 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 17th overall. The Chargers improved on their 2–12 record from 1975 and finished 6–8, but missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season. The Chargers started off the season by winning their first three games, but they struggled through the rest of the season by losing eight of their last eleven, which included four shutout losses, two to division rival Denver. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 20:42 | Gary Shapley (American government official (born 1977)) | Gary Allen Shapley Jr. (born December 1977) is an American government official who has served as the deputy chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation since 2025. Shapley also served as the acting commissioner of internal revenue from April 16 to April 18, 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-18 22:45 | Jesse M. Bowell (American captain and politician (1846–1889)) | Jesse M. Bowell (January 19, 1846 – October 31, 1889) was an American sea captain and politician. From 1885 to 1886, Bowell served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Democratic Party. Born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania, he was an engineer and pilot on the Monongahela River early in his youth. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-04-19 18:13 | Carl Wafer (American football player (born 1951)) | Carl Wafer (born January 17, 1951) is an American former professional football defensive end who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. He played college football for the Tennessee State Tigers and was selected in the second round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 00:44 | Karoline Leavitt (American spokesperson (born 1997)) | Karoline Claire Leavitt (born August 24, 1997) is an American spokesperson who has served as the White House press secretary since 2025. She was the Republican candidate in the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district in 2022. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-20 02:49 | Earl Ohlgren (American football player (1918–1962)) | Earl Ohlgren (February 21, 1918 – December 31, 1962) was an American professional football end. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and then played professionally for three seasons. He was a member of the Milwaukee Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL), the San Diego Bombers of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League (PCFL), and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 22:50 | Joy Laking (Canadian artist (born 1950)) | Joy Snihur Wyatt Laking (born 1950) is a Canadian visual artist from Nova Scotia, especially known for her watercolour depictions of Nova Scotian scenes. Born to an artistic family in Ontario, Laking painted with her mother at a young age before earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1972, subsequently moving to Nova Scotia where she went on to earn a national reputation. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-04-21 02:46 | Savannah River Site (US Department of Energy reservation in South Carolina) | The Savannah River Site (SRS), formerly the Savannah River Plant, is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reservation in the United States, located in the state of South Carolina on land in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell counties adjacent to the Savannah River. It lies 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Augusta, Georgia. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| [Failed to parse] | New Hope Railroad 40 (Preserved American 2-8-0 locomotive) | New Hope Railroad 40 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lancaster and Chester Railroad in Lancaster, South Carolina under Baldwin's model of 10-34-E. No. 40 is the only operating steam locomotive on the New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania. | [Failed to parse] |
Geography/Regions/Americas/South America
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| 2024-11-08 19:49 | José Segundo Decoud (Paraguayan politician and judge) | José Segundo Decoud Domecq (14 May 1848 – 3 March 1909) was a Paraguayan politician, journalist, diplomat and military officer. He is often considered one of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, and was also one of the first liberals of the country. Decoud was one of the founders of the long-standing Colorado Party, having been its first vice-president and having written its founding instrument. | Coeusin (talk) |
| 2024-11-14 17:23 | Patricia Bullrich (Argentine politician (born 1956)) | Patricia Bullrich (born 11 June 1956) is an Argentine professor and politician who was appointed Minister of National Security in 2023 under president Javier Milei, having previously held the office under president Mauricio Macri from 2015 to 2019. She was the chairwoman of Republican Proposal, until 2024. | Cambalachero (talk) |
| 2025-01-07 17:42 | Pular (volcano) (Stratovolcano in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile) | Pular is a volcanic massif in the Chilean Andes, north of Socompa volcano. It consists of the individual mountains Pajonales and Pular, which are among the highest mountains in the region and of great cultural importance to the neighbouring towns of Socaire and Peine. Pular and Pajonales have multiple volcanic craters and have produced lava domes. | Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) |
| 2025-01-18 07:03 | Communism in Brazil | Communism in Brazil has existed at least as early as the 1920s. The movement has given rise to various leftist factions and uprisings. It has been embodied in social movements and various political parties and in the intellectual works of various Marxist authors. | ☢️SCR@TCH!NGH3@D (talk) |
| 2025-01-28 16:42 | Jorge Lanata (Argentine journalist and writer (1960–2024)) | Jorge Ernesto Lanata (12 September 1960 – 30 December 2024) was an Argentine journalist and author. He founded the newspaper Página 12 in 1987, and worked on several TV programs, newspapers, magazines and documentaries. He moved to the Clarín Group in 2012, and hosted Lanata sin filtro on Radio Mitre and Periodismo para todos on El Trece. | Cambalachero (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 00:56 | Festival Internacional da Canção (Televised Brazilian music festival) | The Festival Internacional da Canção (FIC; also known as the Festival Internacional da Canção Popular) was an annual televised music competition held at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro from 1966 to 1972. The festival was created by journalist Augusto Marzagão and was designed with the goal of rivaling the Festival de Música Popular Brasileira hosted by TV Record. | Why? I Ask (talk) |
| 2025-03-05 01:27 | Acabou Chorare (1972 studio album by Novos Baianos) | Acabou Chorare (in English "No More Crying") is the second studio album by Brazilian rock and MPB group Novos Baianos. The album was released in 1972 by Som Livre, following the group's moderately successful debut É Ferro na Boneca (1970). During the recording of the album, the group took inspiration from various contemporary artists of the time, such as Jimi Hendrix, João Gilberto, and Assis Valente. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-03-09 23:27 | Carlos Ruiz Chapellín (Venezuelan showman, filmmaker and performer) | Carlos Ruiz Chapellín (1865–August 1912) was a Venezuelan showman, filmmaker and performer. | Kingsif (talk) |
| 2025-03-16 16:11 | Sobrevivendo no Inferno (1997 studio album by Racionais MC's) | Sobrevivendo no Inferno (in English "Surviving in Hell") is the second studio album of the Brazilian hip-hop group Racionais MC's, released on 20 December 1997. The album was produced during a period of socio-political change in Brazil, as the country transitioned to neoliberal policies after decades of military dictatorship. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-03-22 23:02 | Luis Corvalán (Chilean politician (1916–2010)) | Luis Nicolás Corvalán Lepe (14 September 1916 – 21 July 2010) was a Chilean politician, teacher, and writer. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) for more than three decades and was twice elected to the Senate of Chile. | Chetsford (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 12:44 | Ferré-class submarine (Peruvian class of submarines) | The Ferré class was a pair of submarines in service with the Peruvian Navy (MGP) during the period of the Great War. The first, BAP Teniente Ferré, was in service from 1912 to 1919. The second, BAP Teniente Palacios, was in service from 1913 to 1919. Both were constructed by the French steel company Schneider-Creusot by the order of the MGP. | Tylermack999 (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 06:13 | Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper (book by Laurence Sterne) | Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper took place in 1767, and was partially published in 1773 and 1904. In the final year of his life, the author Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) had an intense emotional relationship with Elizabeth Draper (1744–1778). They met in January 1767, and immediately began a friendship; their public affection attracted gossip, since both were married, and Sterne was a clergyman. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 19:43 | África Brasil (1976 studio album by Jorge Ben) | África Brasil is a studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Jorge Ben. It was released in 1976 by Philips Records. The album was recorded in ten days at Phonogram Studios in Rio de Janeiro with a large ensemble of musicians, including Ben's backing band Admiral Jorge V. Musically, África Brasil represented a shift in his artistry, as he replaced his acoustic guitar in favor of the electric guitar. | Cattos💭 |
Geography/Regions/Asia
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| 2024-11-04 01:04 | Amos Yee (Singaporean sex offender (born 1998)) | Amos Yee Pang Sang (born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean convicted child sex offender who was a former blogger, YouTuber, and child actor. | OpalYosutebito (talk) |
| 2024-12-24 08:15 | Kiddush levana (Jewish ritual and prayer service) | Kiddush levana, also known as Birkat halevana, is a Jewish ritual and prayer service, generally observed on the first or second Saturday night of each Hebrew month. The service includes a blessing to God for the appearance of the new moon and further readings depending on custom. In most communities, ritual elements include the shalom aleikhem greeting and jumping toward the moon, with some also incorporating kabbalistic practices. | Dovidroth (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 19:58 | Rice polyculture (Growing rice with other crops) | Rice polyculture is the cultivation of rice and another crop simultaneously on the same land. The practice exploits the mutual benefit between rice and organisms such as fish and ducks: the rice supports pests which serve as food for the fish and ducks, while the animals' excrement serves as fertilizer for the rice. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-22 05:19 | Sengkang LRT line (Light rail line in Singapore) | The Sengkang LRT line (SKLRT) is a 10.7-kilometre (6.6 mi) elevated automated guideway transit line in Sengkang, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 14 stations on two loops, with Sengkang station connecting both loops and connecting the line to the North East MRT line. It is the second Light Rail Transit (LRT) line in Singapore, and the first LRT line operated by SBS Transit. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2025-02-26 09:09 | Arigho (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (r. 1121–1125)) | Arigho (r. 1121–1125) was the thirtieth ogiso (king) of Igodomigodo, an early kingdom that later became part of the Benin Empire. His reign occurred during the Great Famine, which had begun during the rule of his father, Ogiso Obioye. Although he had personal wealth prior to his ascension, Arigho inherited a kingdom facing economic challenges. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-03-07 19:22 | A Flood in Baath Country (2003 Syrian anti-Baathist documentary) | A Flood in Baath Country (Arabic: طوفان في بلد البعث, romanized: Ṭoufān fi Balad al-Bʿṯ) is a Syrian documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay, released in 2003 and premiered in 2004 at the Beirut Cinema Days Festival. The film, Amiralay's last, criticizes the Baa'thist regime in Syria, particularly the Tabqa Dam construction project and the party's impact on political life and education in the country. | ꧁Zanahary꧂ |
| 2025-03-16 18:18 | Gal Gadot (Israeli actress (born 1985)) | Gal Gadot (born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress. She gained recognition for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023). In 2018, Gadot was named one of Time's 100 most influential people and ranked by Forbes as the tenth-highest-paid actress, later rising to third in 2020. | Lililolol (talk) |
| 2025-03-18 00:01 | Lebanon at the 1972 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, which were held from 2 February to 13 February 1972. This marked Lebanon's seventh appearance in a Winter Games since their debut in 1948. The delegation consisted of a single male alpine skier, Ghassan Keyrouz, who competed in two events. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-23 08:24 | Cup of Joe (band) (Filipino pop rock band) | Cup of Joe is a Filipino pop/rock band based in Baguio, Philippines, formed in November 2018. They gained widespread recognition for their songs "Tingin" (Look), featuring Janine Teñoso, and "Estranghero" (Stranger), from their debut extended play (EP), Patutunguhan (2023). The band's lineup consists of lead vocalists Gian Bernardino and Raphaell Ridao, lead guitar Gabriel Fernandez, rhythm guitar CJ Fernandez, and keyboards Xen Gareza. | Indo360 (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 05:02 | Details Cannot Body Wants (1992 Singaporean play) | Details Cannot Body Wants is a Singaporean feminist play written by Chin Woon Ping and directed by K. K. Seet. It was first published in 1992 as The Naturalization of Camellia Song & Details Cannot Body Wants (which included the poetry anthology The Naturalization of Camellia Song) and staged on 12 and 13 September 1992 in The Substation's Guinness Theatre as part of the double bill Renewable Women, which contained Robert Yeo's Second Chance. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-04-06 17:01 | 132nd Squadron (Turkey) (Military unit) | 132nd Squadron "Daggers" is a fighter squadron of the Turkish Air Force specialized in the development of courses for the efficient use of weapons and tactics. It also serves aggressor duties mainly during NATO exercises. | AscendencyXXIV (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 17:16 | Cuscatlán Battalion (Salvadoran military unit of the Iraq War) | The Cuscatlán Battalion (Spanish: Batallón Cuscatlán) was a military unit of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) that participated in the Iraq War from 2003 to 2009. The Cuscatlán Battalion served under the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South (MN–DCS) throughout its deployment. From 2003 to 2004, it was also a part of the Spanish-led Plus Ultra Brigade. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-04-20 10:26 | Dam (song) (2025 single by SB19) | "Dam" (stylized in all uppercase) is a song recorded by the Filipino boy band SB19 for their third extended play (EP), Simula at Wakas (2025). The band's leader, Pablo, co-wrote and co-produced the song with Joshua Daniel Nase and Simon Servida. It is primarily a hip-hop track fused with elements of EDM, folk, industrial, and progressive rock, with lyrical content that discuss upholding integrity, alluding to the band's drive for purpose and ambition despite the challenges and sacrifices. | – Relayed (t • c) |
| 2025-04-21 00:00 | Bhutan at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Bhutan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021, it was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1984. The delegation consisted of four athletes competing in four sports; archery, judo, shooting, and swimming. Bhutan did not win any medals during the Tokyo Olympics. | History6042😊 (Contact me) |
| 2025-04-21 00:06 | Multo (song) (2024 single by Cup of Joe) | "Multo" (lit. 'Ghost') is a song recorded by Filipino band Cup of Joe from its first studio album, Silakbo (2025). Written by co-lead vocalist Raphaell Ridao and his brother Redentor during the COVID-19 pandemic, the synth-pop ballad pop-rock track explores themes of grief, emotional haunting, and self-reflection. | AstrooKai (Talk) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/Central Asia
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| 2025-02-23 05:20 | Siege of Ak-Mechet (1853 engagement of the Russo-Kokand War) | The siege of Ak-Mechet (2–28 July 1853) was one of the first major engagements of the Russo-Kokand war, fought between the Russian Empire and the Khanate of Kokand. The city was an important northern base for the Kokand Khanate, and was placed next to the defensible Syr Darya river. | CitrusHemlock |
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| 2024-10-07 05:18 | Stray Kids (South Korean boy band) | Stray Kids (Korean: 스트레이 키즈; RR: Seuteurei Kijeu; often abbreviated to SKZ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The band consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For undisclosed personal reasons, Woojin left the band in October 2019. | |
| 2024-10-22 20:23 | 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race | The 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race, formerly the 2023 Macau Asia Formula 4, was a Formula 4 (F4) motor race held on the Guia Circuit in Macau on 12 November 2023, as part of the 2023 Macau Grand Prix. It was the fourth F4 race in Macau, and it was an invitational, non-championship round of the 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2024-10-25 21:53 | Murder of Wang Lianying (1920 murder in Shanghai, China) | Wang Lianying was a Chinese courtesan who was killed by Yan Ruisheng and his accomplices on 9 June 1920 outside of Shanghai in the Republic of China. Twenty-year-old Lianying had worked in Shanghai, known as the "Brothel of Asia", since 1916, gaining recognition as the "Prime Minister of Flower Country" during the 1917 courtesan election. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2024-12-07 05:47 | Typhoon Shanshan (2024) (Pacific typhoon) | Typhoon Shanshan was a powerful tropical cyclone that moved through Japan in late August 2024. The tenth named storm and fourth typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Shanshan was first noted near the Mariana Islands on August 20, with deep convection beginning to consolidate. The following day, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded it to a tropical storm and named it Shanshan. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2024-12-22 12:27 | Shang dynasty religious practitioners (Ancient Chinese polytheistic religion) | The Shang dynasty of China (c. 1600 – 1046 BCE), which adhered to a polytheistic religion centered around worshipping ancestors, structured itself into key religious roles with the king acting as head. As recorded on Shang oracle bones, royal adherents were grouped into specialist teams such as diviners, spirit mediums and those who conducted sacrifices. | Strongman13072007 (talk) |
| 2024-12-27 07:53 | Typhoon Krathon (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Krathon, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Julian, was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone which impacted Taiwan and the Philippines in late September and early October 2024. Krathon, which refers to the santol fruit, was the first storm to make landfall on Taiwan's densely populated western plains since Typhoon Thelma in 1977. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2024-12-27 13:36 | Mingxing (Former Chinese film production company) | The Mingxing Film Company (Chinese: 明星影片公司; pinyin: Míngxīng Yǐngpiàn Gōngsī), also credited as the Star Motion Picture Production Company, was a production company active in the Republic of China between 1922 and 1937. Established by a consortium of creative professionals, including film director Zhang Shichuan, dramatist Zheng Zhengqiu, and critic Zhou Jianyun, Mingxing initially produced comedy films that drew little audience attention. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2024-12-31 18:41 | Book of Wu (Lost history of Eastern Wu (c. 250)) | The Book of Wu or Wu shu (Chinese: 吳書) is a lost history of the state of Eastern Wu (229–280). It was compiled by the official historians of the Wu court under orders from the Wu emperors. Portions of the text survive only as quotations preserved in Pei Songzhi's Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms. | Kzyx (talk) |
| 2025-01-03 01:40 | Hometown Village (Sakhalin Korean enclave in South Korea) | Hometown Village (Korean: 고향마을; Hanja: 故鄕마을; RR: Gohyang Maeul; Russian: Кохян Маыль) is a community of eight apartment buildings and enclave of Sakhalin Koreans at 39 Yonghagongwon-ro, Sangnok District, Ansan, South Korea. It is the largest enclave of Sakhalin Koreans in the country. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-01-12 07:35 | Frank Schofield (Canadian veterinarian and activist (1889–1970)) | Frank William Schofield (15 March 1889 – 16 April 1970) was a British-born Canadian veterinarian, missionary, and Korean independence activist. He is also known by his Korean name Seok Ho-pil (Korean: 석호필; Hanja: 石虎弼). | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-01-25 09:45 | May You Stay Forever Young (2021 Hong Kong drama film) | May You Stay Forever Young (Chinese: 少年) is a 2021 Hong Kong drama film directed by Rex Ren and Lam Sum, written and produced by Ren and Daniel Chan. The film, set in the background of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, was produced by Phone Made Good Film and stars an ensemble cast of nine. | Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） |
| 2025-01-28 20:13 | Toshiyori (Japan Sumo Association executives) | A toshiyori (年寄), also known as an oyakata (親方), is a sumo elder exercising both coaching functions with active wrestlers and responsibilities within the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). All toshiyori are former wrestlers who reached a sufficiently high rank to be eligible to this status. | OtharLuin (talk) |
| 2025-02-01 14:32 | Dear Jinri (2023 South Korean documentary film) | Dear Jinri (Korean: 진리에게; RR: Jilliege; lit. To the truth) is a 2023 South Korean documentary film directed by Jung Yoon-suk. The film is built around the final interview of Choi Jin-ri, better known as K-pop star Sulli, and was filmed just prior to her death in 2019. The film premiered at the 28th Busan International Film Festival on October 7, 2023, and was released commercially by Netflix on November 13, serving as the second episode of Persona: Sulli. | RachelTensions (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 20:47 | Seokjojeon (Buildings in Seoul, South Korea) | Seokjojeon (Korean: 석조전; lit. Stone Hall) is a former imperial palace building of the Korean Empire that is located inside the palace Deoksugung in Seoul, South Korea. The main building is Korea's first Western-style neoclassical château made entirely of granite and bricks. It was completed in 1910 as a residence for the Korean royal family and now serves as the Daehan Empire History Museum. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-07 22:50 | Taedong kongbo (Vladivostok) (1908–1910 Korean-language newspaper in Russia) | Taedong Kongbo (Korean: 대동공보; Hanja: 大東共報; RR: Daedong Gongbo; Russian: Тэдонг конгбо) was a Korean-language newspaper published in Vladivostok, Russian Empire from 1908 to 1910. It briefly changed its name to Taedong Sinbo (대동신보; 大東新報) before its closure. It is not to be confused with a Korean-American newspaper of a similar name (same romanized and Hangul name, but different Hanja: 大同公報). | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 00:37 | Chŏng Sangjin (Soviet-Korean soldier (1918–2013)) | Chŏng Sangjin (Korean: 정상진; May 5, 1918 – June 15, 2013) was a Soviet-Korean poet, bureaucrat, academic, and military officer. He was the only ethnic Korean among 60 Soviet paratroopers that first liberated parts of Korea under Japanese rule during World War II. He was also known by his Russian name Yuri Danilovich Ten (Russian: Юрий Данилович Тен) or the Korean nickname derived from "Yuri", Ryul (률). | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-12 10:59 | Bangsatap (Ritual stone piles on Jeju Island, Korea) | Bangsatap (Korean: 방사탑; Hanja: 防邪塔; lit. protective tower) are traditional ritual cairns on Jeju Island, in Jeju Province, South Korea. They are now seen as cultural symbols of Jeju. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 06:14 | Ttaetgol Village (Koryo-saram enclave in Ansan, South Korea) | Ttaegol Village (Korean: 땟골마을), alternatively Ddaetgol Village, is an enclave of Koryo-saram (ethnic Koreans of the mainland former Soviet Union) in Seonbu-dong, Danwon District, Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. In Russian, the area goes by Ttekkol Samgori (Russian: Ттэкколь Самгори, Теколь Самгори), where "samgori" (삼거리; samgeori) is Korean for "three-way intersection". | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 07:35 | Typhoon Kong-rey (2024) (Pacific typhoon) | Typhoon Kong-rey, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Leon, was a powerful and large tropical cyclone that impacted Taiwan and the Philippines before later affecting East China, South Korea, and Japan in late October and early November 2024. Kong-rey was the first typhoon in Taiwan's history to make landfall after mid-October and the largest storm to strike since Typhoon Herb in 1996. | HurricaneEdgar (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 07:37 | Typhoon Usagi (2024) (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ofel, was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines before later affecting Taiwan in mid-November 2024. Usagi (ウサギ, "Rabbit"), which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese, It was the fifth of six consecutive tropical cyclones that impacted the Philippines within a span of four weeks, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, and Toraji, and preceding the stronger Typhoon Man-yi. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-15 22:34 | Keijō nippō (1906–1945 Japanese newspaper in Korea) | was a Japanese-language newspaper published in Korea from 1906 to 1945. It is primarily associated with the Japanese colonial period in Korea, and is considered to have functionally been an official newspaper of the Japanese Governor-General of Chōsen. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 01:48 | Allied prisoners of war of Japan (Treatment of POWs in Japan during WWII) | During the Second World War, prisoners of war (POWs) from Allied countries (also known in the UK as Far East prisoners of war, FEPOW: 4 ) suffered extreme mistreatment in Japanese captivity, characterized by forced labor, severe malnutrition, disease, physical abuse, and mass executions. The Imperial Japanese Army disregarded international conventions on the humane treatment of POWs, subjecting captives to brutal conditions in prison camps, on forced marches, and aboard transport ships known as "hell ships". | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-25 14:13 | Typhoon Bebinca (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Bebinca, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ferdie, was a strong tropical cyclone that affected East China, Guam, Philippines and the Ryukyu Islands in mid-September 2024. Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai, China, becoming the strongest typhoon to hit the city since Typhoon Gloria in 1949 and the first typhoon to made landfall in the city since Typhoon Muifa in 2022. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-03-03 02:34 | Unexpected Destinations (1993 biography of Ōyama Sutematsu) | Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan's First Vassar Graduate is a biography of Ōyama Sutematsu, written by her great-granddaughter Akiko Kuno. Ōyama was one of the first Japanese women to study abroad after the end of Japan's closed borders, and the first Japanese woman to earn a university degree. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-03-05 23:11 | Vietnamese migrant brides in China | Instances of Vietnamese women entering China for marriage, often illegally, have been reported for decades. Official reactions to the practice have been varied. A significant number of these marriages are a result of human trafficking. Women and girls are often tricked into being kidnapped and sold to unmarried Chinese men. | — Anonymous |
| 2025-03-12 03:06 | Letter to Yi Ŭngt'ae (1586 Korean letter from widow to husband) | In 1998, a 16th-century letter from a grieving pregnant widow to her deceased husband Yi Ŭngt'ae was discovered in Yi's tomb in Jeongsang-dong, Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-03-22 16:22 | Taichang Emperor (Emperor of China (1620)) | The Taichang Emperor (28 August 1582 – 26 September 1620), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Guangzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Changluo, was the 15th emperor of the Ming dynasty. He was the eldest son of the Wanli Emperor and succeeded his father as emperor in 1620. However, his reign came to an abrupt end less than one month after his enthronement when he was found dead one morning in the palace following a bout of diarrhea. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 14:52 | Longqing Emperor (Emperor of China from 1567 to 1572) | The Longqing Emperor (4 March 1537 – 5 July 1572), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Muzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Zaiji,[1] art name Shunzhai, was the 13th emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1567 to 1572. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 14:53 | Hongzhi Emperor (Emperor of China from 1487 to 1505) | The Hongzhi Emperor (30 July 1470 – 9 June 1505), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, personal name Zhu Youcheng, was the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1487 to 1505. He succeeded his father, the Chenghua Emperor. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 00:58 | Miraitowa and Someity (Official mascots of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo) | Miraitowa (Japanese: ミライトワ) is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Someity (Japanese: ソメイティ) is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The events were held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2021. The checkered design on both mascots was inspired by the ichimatsu moyo pattern of the Tokyo 2020 official logo, while Someity's pink design was inspired by cherry blossoms. | Mz7 (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 10:56 | Disappearance of Wang Xing (2025 kidnapping of Chinese actor) | On January 3, 2025, Wang Xing (stage name "Xingxing"), a Chinese actor, was deceived into a scam center in Myanmar by a fraud group under the pretext of "going to Thailand for filming". After Wang Xing lost contact, his girlfriend Jiajia posted a message for help through social media and actively contacted relevant authorities. | – robertsky (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 08:29 | Jingnan campaign (1399–1402 civil war in the Ming dynasty) | The Jingnan campaign, or the campaign to clear away disorders, was a propagandistic term used by the victor of a civil war in the early Ming dynasty that took place between 1399 and 1402. The conflict was between the Ming government led by the second Ming emperor, the young Jianwen Emperor, and his fourth uncle Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, who was the regional military governor in charge of defending North China against the Mongol rump state of Northern Yuan. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 08:31 | Liu Jin (Chinese eunuch (1451–1510)) | Liu Jin (1451–1510) was a Chinese eunuch who held significant power in the government of the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming dynasty from 1506 to 1510. He was part of a group of eunuchs known as the "Eight Tigers" who had served the Zhengde Emperor since his childhood. Upon the Zhengde Emperor's ascension to the throne in 1505, the "Tigers" were promoted and Liu Jin emerged as the dominant figure in the government. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 08:38 | Chenghua Emperor (Emperor of China from 1464 to 1487) | The Chenghua Emperor (9 December 1447 – 9 September 1487), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Xianzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Jianshen, changed to Zhu Jianru in 1457, was the ninth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1464 to 1487. He succeeded his father, Emperor Yingzong. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 12:26 | Yongle Emperor (Emperor of China from 1402 to 1424) | The Yongle Emperor (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzu of Ming, personal name Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. He was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder and first emperor of the dynasty. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 16:17 | Zhang Juzheng (Chinese official and reformer (1525–1582)) | Zhang Juzheng (26 May 1525 – 9 July 1582), courtesy name Shuda, art name Taiyue, also known as Zhang Jiangling, was a prominent grand secretary during the reigns of Ming emperors Longqing and Wanli. In 1547, he passed the highest level of official examinations and was granted the rank of jinshi. He then served at the Hanlin Academy. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 07:12 | Hong Kong at the 2014 Winter Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Hong Kong, a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The delegation competed under the name "Hong Kong, China" (中國香港). This was the SAR's fourth appearance at a Winter Olympics. | Z423x5c6 (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 23:30 | Kwŏnŏphoe (1911–1914 Korean organization in Russia) | Kwŏnŏphoe, name sometimes translated as Work Promotion Association or Association for the Encouragement of Industry, was a Korean diaspora organization in Primorskaya Oblast, Russian Empire from 1911 to 1914. | seefooddiet (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/North Asia
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| 2025-02-22 06:04 | Prisoners of war in World War II | Prisoners of war during World War II faced vastly different fates due to the POW conventions adhered to or ignored, depending on the theater of conflict, and the behaviour of their captors. During the war approximately 35 million soldiers surrendered, with many held in the prisoner-of-war camps. Most of the POWs were taken in the European theatre of the war. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-23 05:20 | Siege of Ak-Mechet (1853 engagement of the Russo-Kokand War) | The siege of Ak-Mechet (2–28 July 1853) was one of the first major engagements of the Russo-Kokand war, fought between the Russian Empire and the Khanate of Kokand. The city was an important northern base for the Kokand Khanate, and was placed next to the defensible Syr Darya river. | CitrusHemlock |
Geography/Regions/Asia/South Asia
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| 2024-10-18 08:08 | Ziaur Rahman (President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981) | Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of the country's independence war, he broadcast the Bangladeshi declaration of independence in March 1971 from Chittagong. | Niasoh (talk) |
| 2024-10-18 08:12 | Muhammad Yunus (Chief Adviser of Bangladesh) | Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, statesman and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 as the first Bangladeshi. | Niasoh (talk) |
| 2024-11-11 12:15 | Ayesha Takia (Indian former actress (born 1986)) | Ayesha Azmi (née Takia; born 10 April 1986) is an Indian former actress who worked predominantly in Hindi films. She began her career working in advertisements and music videos, and made her film debut in 2004 with the action thriller Taarzan: The Wonder Car for which she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award. | 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS 🍁 |
| 2024-12-04 21:53 | Tabu (actress) (Indian actress (born 1971)) | Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born 4 November 1971), known professionally as Tabu, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi and Telugu films. Regarded as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses, she has often played troubled women, from fictional to literary, in both mainstream and independent cinema. | 19Arham (talk) |
| 2025-01-20 12:16 | Yoga tourism (Travel with the purpose of experiencing yoga) | Yoga tourism is travel with the specific purpose of experiencing some form of yoga, whether spiritual or postural. The former is a type of spiritual tourism; the latter is related both to spiritual and to wellness tourism. Yoga tourists often visit ashrams in India to study yoga or to be trained and certified as yoga teachers. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-28 08:34 | Chenab Rail Bridge (Railway bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, India) | The Chenab Rail Bridge, is a railway bridge over the Chenab River in Reasi district of the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a steel and concrete spanning 1,315 m (4,314 ft) across the river gorge. The structure consists of an approach bridge which is 530 m (1,740 ft) long and a 785 m (2,575 ft) long deck arch bridge. | M2 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 06:17 | Mayiladuthurai district (District of Tamil Nadu in India) | Mayiladuthurai District is one of the youngest districts of Tamil Nadu, having been carved out from Nagapattinam District in 2020. Tamil Nadu has 38 districts in total, and Mayiladuthurai is among them, located in the southern part of India, as part of the Tamil Nadu government's efforts to improve administrative efficiency and promote regional development. | En.saravanan (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 06:20 | Mayiladuthurai (Special Grade Municipality in Tamil Nadu, India) | Mayiladuthurai (formerly known as Mayavaram or Mayuram) is a Special Grade Municipality and district headquarters of Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located at a distance of 256 km (159 mi) from the state capital, Chennai. | En.saravanan (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 21:54 | Madri (Second wife of King Pandu in the epic Mahabharata) | Madri (Sanskrit: माद्री, IAST: Mādrī) is a character in the Mahabharata, one of the two major Hindu epics. She is the princess from the Madra Kingdom and becomes the second wife of Pandu, the king of the Kuru Kingdom. She is the mother of the twins Nakula and Sahadeva, the youngest of the five Pandava brothers. | Seyamar💬📜 |
| 2025-04-11 07:18 | Operation Devil Hunt (Nationwide joint forces operation in Bangladesh) | Operation Devil Hunt (Bengali: অপারেশন ডেভিল হান্ট) is an ongoing operation launched by the Yunus interim government since 8 February 2025 following protests over a violent attack on students and civilians in Gazipur on 7 February. The operation hunts down supporters of Sheikh Hasina. | ᶜᵒᶥᵒⁿᵉᶥ (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 07:20 | Zombivli (2022 Indian film) | Zombivli is a 2022 Indian Marathi-language zombie-comedy film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar. The film stars Lalit Prabhakar, Vaidehi Parshurami, Amey Wagh and Trupti Khamkar in lead roles. It was released in theatres on 26 January 2022 and digitally premiered on ZEE5 on 20 May 2022. | Srimant ROSHAN (talk) |
| [Failed to parse] | Shivangi Joshi (Indian television actress (born 1998)) | Shivangi Joshi (born 18 May 1998) is an Indian actress known for her work on Hindi television. One of the highest-paid television actresses in India, Joshi is widely recognised for portraying Naira Singhania Goenka in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2016-2021). She is a recipient of several accolades including one ITA Awards, and three Gold Awards. | [Failed to parse] |
Geography/Regions/Asia/Southeast Asia
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| 2024-10-29 22:24 | Transport in Penang | As the core of Malaysia's second largest conurbation, Penang has a relatively developed transport infrastructure. The state is well-connected by land, air and sea. The Penang International Airport is Malaysia's second busiest by aircraft movements and the busiest by export volume, while the Port of Penang is the main transshipment hub of northern Malaysia. | LibStar (talk) |
| 2024-10-31 16:03 | Halimah Yacob (Former President of Singapore) | Halimah binti Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who held the office of the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023, making her the first woman to serve in this role. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2024-12-12 10:36 | Jehovah's Witnesses in Singapore | The Bible Student movement from which Jehovah's Witnesses developed has been present in Singapore since 1912, although their right to practise and propagate their religion, as enshrined in Article 15 of the Constitution of Singapore, is not absolute. The Singapore Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses was deregistered as a society in 1972; many Witnesses have been imprisoned for refusing to be conscripted into the Singapore Armed Forces. | KINGofLETTUCE 👑 🥬 |
| 2024-12-23 03:16 | Bukit Brown Cemetery (Cemetery in Novena, Singapore) | Bukit Brown Cemetery, also known as the Bukit Brown Municipal Cemetery or the Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery, is a cemetery located in Novena, in the Central Region of Singapore. The site of the cemetery was originally owned by George Henry Brown, a British merchant. The site became known as Brown's Hill for its hilly terrain, which was translated locally into Malay as Bukit Brown. | Actuall7 (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 02:10 | Visayan pop (Music genre of the Philippines) | Visayan pop, better known as Vispop (not to be confused with the Scandinavian musical genre), is short for Visayan popular music. Despite its name, it usually refers to popular music in the Cebuano language; pop music sung in other Visayan languages is known by other terms. For instance, a separate pop music movement for Hiligaynon emerged in the late 2010s, called Ilonggo pop. | Bloomagiliw (talk) |
| 2025-01-09 15:13 | Ashin Nandamālābhivaṁsa (Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1940)) | Ashin Nandamālābhivaṃsa (Burmese: အရှင်နန္ဒမာလာဘိဝံသ, , Thai: สมเด็จพระนนฺทมาลาภิวงฺส; born 22 March 1940, Htun Tin, ), also known as Rector Sayadaw (or Pamaukkhachoke Sayadaw, Burmese: ပါမောက္ခချုပ်ဆရာတော်, ), is a Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar specialist in Abhidhamma. He is chief abbot of the monasteries of Mahā Subodhāyon and rector of Sitagu International Buddhist Academy. | Htanaungg (talk) |
| 2025-01-22 13:41 | How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024 Thai film by Pat Boonnitipat) | How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, known in Thai as Lahn Mah, is a 2024 Thai comedy drama film directed by Pat Boonnitipat in his directorial debut and written by Pat and Thodsapon Thiptinnakorn. It stars Putthipong Assaratanakul and Usha Seamkhum in their debut feature film roles. In the film, M (Putthipong), a university dropout low on money volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother (Usha) in the hope of pocketing an inheritance. | M48SKY (talk) |
| 2025-02-02 07:46 | Marine Terrace MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Marine Terrace MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Located underneath Marine Parade Road, the station serves both public and private residences as well as many schools in the area. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-02-09 13:05 | Karera (Bini song) (2023 single by Bini) | "Karera" (lit. 'Race') is a song recorded by the Filipino girl group Bini, released by Star Music on September 22, 2023, as the first pre-release single from the group's debut extended play (EP), Talaarawan (2024). The song was written by Gianina Camille "Nica" Del Rosario and Julius James "Jumbo" De Belen, along with its producer, Jose Miguel Cortes. | AstrooKai (Talk) |
| 2025-02-11 15:23 | Lagi (song) (2022 single by Bini) | "Lagi" (lit. 'Always') is a song recorded by the Filipino girl group Bini. Star Music released it on June 24, 2022. It was the group's third solo single of 2022, following the non-album single "Pit A Pat". It was also the first single from their 2022 sophomore album Feel Good. "Lagi" is an upbeat bubblegum pop and electropop song about falling in love. | ROY is WAR Talk! |
| 2025-02-15 07:34 | Tropical Storm Trami (Pacific severe tropical storm in 2024) | Severe Tropical Storm Trami (transliterated from Vietnamese Trà Mi), known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, was a large and catastrophic tropical cyclone that wreaked havoc across the Philippines and later impacted Vietnam, Thailand, and China in late October 2024. It was also the first tropical cyclone in a series to impact the Philippines in late 2024, before Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Toraji, Usagi, and Man-yi. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-15 07:35 | Typhoon Yinxing (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Yinxing, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Marce, was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines before later affecting Vietnam in early November 2024. It was the third tropical cyclone in a series to impact the Philippines, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoon Kong-rey a few days earlier, and Typhoons Toraji, Usagi, and Man-yi only a few days after. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-15 07:36 | Typhoon Toraji (2024) (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Toraji, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nika, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in mid-November 2024. It was the fourth tropical cyclone in a series to impact the Philippines, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Usagi, and Man-yi which had occurred just a few days earlier. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-15 07:36 | Typhoon Man-yi (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Man-yi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Pepito, was a powerful and long-tracked tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in mid–November 2024. Closely following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Toraji and Usagi, Man-yi became the sixth and final consecutive tropical system to affect the country in less than a month. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-15 07:37 | Typhoon Usagi (2024) (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ofel, was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines before later affecting Taiwan in mid-November 2024. Usagi (ウサギ, "Rabbit"), which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese, It was the fifth of six consecutive tropical cyclones that impacted the Philippines within a span of four weeks, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, and Toraji, and preceding the stronger Typhoon Man-yi. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-22 00:37 | Kembangan MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Kembangan MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East–West Line in Bedok, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station serves the eponymous Kembangan subzone of Bedok. Other nearby landmarks include the Kembangan Community Club (Kembangan CC) and the Masjid Kassim. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-02-22 16:27 | Battambang (City in Cambodia) | Battambang (Khmer: បាត់ដំបង, UNGEGN: Bătdâmbâng ) is the capital of Battambang province and the third largest city in Cambodia. The city is situated on the Sangkae River, which winds its way through the province. | Arcahaeoindris (talk) |
| 2025-03-05 23:11 | Vietnamese migrant brides in China | Instances of Vietnamese women entering China for marriage, often illegally, have been reported for decades. Official reactions to the practice have been varied. A significant number of these marriages are a result of human trafficking. Women and girls are often tricked into being kidnapped and sold to unmarried Chinese men. | — Anonymous |
| 2025-03-17 08:46 | Indonesia (Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania) | Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres (735,358 square miles). | saluere, Ɔþʱʏɾɪʊs⚔ |
| 2025-03-18 09:49 | 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2016–2021 electoral term) | The 12th Central Committee (12th CC), officially stylised as XII Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), was composed of 180 members and 20 alternates. It was elected by the 12th National Congress on 27 January 2016, and its electoral term lasted until the election of the 13th Central Committee on 31 January 2021 by the 13th National Congress. | TheUzbek (talk) |
| 2025-03-19 09:18 | Farrer Park MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Farrer Park MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station along the North East line (NEL), located on the boundary of Kallang and Rochor planning areas, Singapore. It is one of the two stations that serve the ethnic district of Little India. The station sits underneath the Connexion building, Farrer Park Hospital and One Farrer Hotel. | brachy08 (chat here lol) |
| 2025-03-23 08:32 | Yusof Ishak (President of Singapore from 1965 to 1970) | Yusof bin Ishak (12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970) was a Singaporean journalist and civil servant who served as the second Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore from 1959 to 1965 and the first president of Singapore between 1965 and 1970, both roles serving as the head of state of Singapore. | Actuall7 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 03:54 | Tamparuli (Town and Sub-district in Sabah, Malaysia) | Tamparuli is a town and sub-district located in the Tuaran District of Sabah, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It is approximately 38 kilometers northeast of Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah. The town is known for its scenic landscapes, which include hills, rivers, and surrounding rural areas, making it a picturesque location. | NikoUMS (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 02:01 | Java War (Dutch colonial war in Java (1825–1830)) | The Java War (Javanese: ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦗꦮ; Dutch: De Java-oorlog; Indonesian: Perang Jawa), also known in Indonesia as the Diponegoro War (Javanese: ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦢꦶꦥꦤꦼꦒꦫ; Indonesian: Perang Diponegoro), was an armed conflict in central and eastern Java from 1825 to 1830, between native Javanese rebels headed by Prince Diponegoro and the colonial Dutch Empire supported by Javanese princely states. | Juxlos (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 10:56 | Disappearance of Wang Xing (2025 kidnapping of Chinese actor) | On January 3, 2025, Wang Xing (stage name "Xingxing"), a Chinese actor, was deceived into a scam center in Myanmar by a fraud group under the pretext of "going to Thailand for filming". After Wang Xing lost contact, his girlfriend Jiajia posted a message for help through social media and actively contacted relevant authorities. | – robertsky (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 07:48 | Anderson Bridge (Singapore) (Bridge in Singapore River, Singapore) | Anderson Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that spans across the Singapore River. It is located near the river's mouth in the Downtown Core Planning Area of Singapore's Central Area. Originally, the Cavenagh Bridge was the only bridge made to cross the Singapore River, prompting the need for a second bridge to help reduce the traffic at Cavenagh Bridge. | actuall7 (talk | contrib) |
| 2025-04-02 16:27 | 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami (Destructive tectonic event in Indonesia) | The 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami occurred on 12 December on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), it was the largest and also the deadliest earthquake in 1992 and in the Lesser Sunda Islands region, with at least 2,500 people were killed. | Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 17:31 | States and federal territories of Malaysia (primary administrative division of Malaysia) | Malaysia is a federation of thirteen states and three federal territories, which form the primary administrative divisions of the country. Eleven states and two territories are part of Peninsular Malaysia, while two states and one territory make up East Malaysia. Nine of the Peninsular states have monarchies, with the other four having appointed governors. | CMD (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 06:07 | Bust of a Chinese Gentleman (1939 bust by William George Stirling) | Bust of a Chinese Gentleman is a bronze bust of a Chinese man sculpted and donated to the National Museum of Singapore by former-Assistant Protectorate of the Chinese William George Stirling in 1939. The bust does not depict any particular subject as it was Stirling's idea of a typical successful Chinese merchant. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-04-17 13:30 | Aljunied MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Aljunied MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line (EWL) in Geylang, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station serves the eponymous Aljunied subzone of Geylang. Other nearby landmarks include Geylang East Public Library and Geylang Methodist Primary and Secondary School. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
Geography/Regions/Asia/West Asia
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| 2024-11-14 03:01 | Abbasqoli Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Javanshir (First Minister of Justice of Iran) | Abbasqoli Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Javanshir (Persian: عباسقلی معتمدالدوله جوانشیر; died 1861) was an Iranian official from the Javanshir tribe, who served as the first Minister of Justice of Iran from 1858 to 1861. | HistoryofIran (talk) |
| 2025-01-13 14:25 | Marriage in the United Arab Emirates | In the United Arab Emirates, marriage is governed by a combination of Islamic principles, local traditions, and legal regulations. Islamic marriages within the country are conducted according to Sharia law, where the groom and bride are both Muslims, or the bride is from 'Ahl Al-Kitaab', typically referring to Christianity or Judaism. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-02-14 20:47 | Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Tha 'nai erotas" (Θα'ναι έρωτας), composed by Giorgos Kallis, with lyrics by Andreas Karanikolas; the song was performed by Marlain Angelidou. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected the entry through a national final titled Diagonismós Tragoudioú Giourovízion 1999: Epilogí Tis Kypriakís Symmetochís. | Grk1011 (talk) |
| 2025-02-19 21:17 | 2002 Marib airstrike (2002 US drone strike on the leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen) | On 3 November 2002, a CIA-operated MQ-1 Predator drone launched an airstrike on a vehicle travelling on a highway through the al-Naqaa desert of Marib Governorate, Yemen. The strike destroyed the vehicle and killed six suspected militants, including its target Abu Ali al-Harithi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen. | Hsnkn (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 00:28 | 2006 Sanaa prison escape (Tunnel escape of 23 al-Qaeda members in Sanaa) | On 3 February 2006, a group of 23 convicts escaped from a prison administered by the Political Security Organization (PSO) in Sanaa, Yemen. The prisoners had spent two months digging a 44-meter long tunnel from their cell, which they had all shared, using makeshift tools such as spoons and cooking pots. | Hsnkn (talk) |
| 2025-03-04 18:16 | Flag of Lebanon (national flag of the Republic of Lebanon) | The national flag of Lebanon (Arabic: العلم الوطني للجمهورية اللبنانية) is a horizontal triband of two red stripes enveloping a central white stripe which is twice the height of each red stripe. Centered on the white stripe is a green cedar of Lebanon tree (Cedrus libani), touching both red stripes. | Nehme1499 |
| 2025-03-07 21:16 | Tomorrow's Pioneers (Palestinian television program) | Tomorrow's Pioneers (Arabic: رواد الغد, romanized: Ruwād al-Ghad), also known as The Pioneers of Tomorrow, is a Palestinian children's television show that was broadcast by the Hamas-affiliated television station Al-Aqsa TV from 13 April 2007 to 16 October 2009, hosted by a young Saraa Barhoum and her co-host, a large costumed character, performing skits (or "scenes") and discussing life in Palestine in a talk show fashion with call-ins from children (typically aged 9–13 with some as young as 3). | OpalYosutebito (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 16:26 | Emirate of Erzincan (Emirate in Anatolia by 1348 until 1410) | The Emirate of Erzincan was a state centered around the city of Erzincan that controlled parts of eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Its first known ruler, Ahi Ayna (r. 1348–62), rose to power as a vassal of the Eretnids through a purchase from his unknown predecessor sometime before 1348. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 00:18 | Syrian caretaker government (2024–2025 interim government in Syria) | The Syrian caretaker government (Arabic: حكومة تصريف الأعمال السورية, romanized: Ḥukūmat Taṣrīf al-Aʿmāl as-Sūriyyah) was the provisional government of Syria. It was established in December 2024 by the Syrian opposition after the Syrian General Command appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as prime minister, replacing Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali on 10 December. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-04-06 16:36 | La Turquie Kemaliste (Kemalist propaganda magazine) | The La Turquie Kemaliste (French for "Kemalist Turkey", Turkish: Kemalist Türkiye) was a propaganda magazine published by the Turkish government between 1933 and 1949. It is regarded as the one of the first public diplomacy campaigns since the foundation of the republic. | AscendencyXXIV (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 13:24 | Palmer Raids (United States government arrests of leftists, 1919–20) | The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected socialists, especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States. The raids particularly targeted Italian immigrants and Eastern European Jewish immigrants with alleged leftist ties, with particular focus on Italian anarchists and immigrant leftist labor activists. | 7&6=thirteen (☎) |
| 2025-04-20 13:17 | Killing of Yahya Sinwar (2024 killing of Hamas leader) | On 16 October 2024, during their operations in the Gaza war, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. His killing was the result of a routine patrol and a chance encounter in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. He had been one of Israel's most wanted men after the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel. | Skitash (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 23:26 | Tell es-Sakan (Archaeological site in Palestine) | Tell es-Sakan (Arabic: تل السكن, lit. 'Hill of Ash') is a tell (archaeological mound) about 5 km south of Gaza City in what is today the Gaza Strip, on the northern bank of Wadi Ghazzeh. It was the site of two separate Early Bronze Age urban settlements: the first was a fortified administrative center of the Egyptian colonies in southwestern Palestine, inhabited from about 3300 BCE to 3000 BCE, and a later, local Canaanite fortified city was established around 2600 BCE and inhabited until about 2300 BCE. | Richard Nevell (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Europe
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| 2024-09-28 17:59 | Nicolinas (Series of festivities celebrating Saint Nicholas that occur in Guimarães, Portugal) | The Nicolinas (Portuguese: Festas Nicolinas) are a series of festivities to honor Saint Nicholas that occur in the Portuguese city of Guimarães. Held between 29 November and 7 December, they celebrate the old traditions and camaraderie of the inhabitants of Guimarães, predominantly among its students. | V.B.Speranza (talk) |
| 2024-11-04 01:04 | Amos Yee (Singaporean sex offender (born 1998)) | Amos Yee Pang Sang (born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean convicted child sex offender who was a former blogger, YouTuber, and child actor. | OpalYosutebito (talk) |
| 2024-12-23 18:13 | Eurovision Song Contest 1988 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 30 April 1988 in the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin, Ireland and presented by Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the 1987 contest with the song "Hold Me Now" by Johnny Logan. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-12-28 00:43 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly | The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 30 to 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim four lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-01-01 22:37 | Chaim Kanievsky (Haredi rabbi and leader in Israel (1928–2022)) | Shemaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (Hebrew: שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical practice. Known as the Gadol HaDor ("greatest of his generation") and the "Prince of Torah", much of his prominence came through Torah education and advice about Jewish law. | Yeshivish613 (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 18:56 | Attack of the Robots (1966 film) | Attack of the Robots (Spanish: Cartas boca arriba, lit. 'Cards Face Up') is a 1966 spy film directed by Jesús Franco. The film stars Eddie Constantine as Al Pereira, a spy brought out of retirement to investigate a series of murders conducted by a robot-like army of people with black-framed glasses and strange darkened skin. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2025-01-08 17:47 | 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships took place in one round in the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on 5 March 2023. This was the twelfth time the women's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Six national teams qualified based on their outdoor results from 2022 or the team's cumulative individual 400 metres indoor results from 2023. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-09 15:13 | Ashin Nandamālābhivaṁsa (Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1940)) | Ashin Nandamālābhivaṃsa (Burmese: အရှင်နန္ဒမာလာဘိဝံသ, , Thai: สมเด็จพระนนฺทมาลาภิวงฺส; born 22 March 1940, Htun Tin, ), also known as Rector Sayadaw (or Pamaukkhachoke Sayadaw, Burmese: ပါမောက္ခချုပ်ဆရာတော်, ), is a Burmese Buddhist monk and scholar specialist in Abhidhamma. He is chief abbot of the monasteries of Mahā Subodhāyon and rector of Sitagu International Buddhist Academy. | Htanaungg (talk) |
| 2025-01-12 17:08 | Operation Destabilise (International investigation) | Operation Destabilise was an international investigation led by the National Crime Agency which, over the course of three years, uncovered a money laundering ring with ties to criminal organisations in the UK, drug cartels in South America, the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, Russian espionage efforts and sanction avoidance. | CommissarDoggoTalk? |
| 2025-01-19 10:42 | 2016 Road to Le Mans | The 1st Road to Le Mans was an 55-minute automobile endurance event for 37 teams of one or two drivers racing Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) and Group GT3 (GT3) cars. It was held on 18 June 2016 at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, as a support race for the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and the second round of the 2016 GT3 Le Mans Cup. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 16:23 | Tamid Ohev Oti (2024 single by Yair Elitzur) | "Tamid Ohev Oti" (Hebrew: תמיד אוהב אותי, lit. '(The Lord) Always Loves Me'), also known as "Od Yoter Tov" (Hebrew: עוד יותר טוב, lit. 'Even better'), is a Hebrew song originally released by Yair Elitzur on 18 June 2024. Part of a trend of "religious pop", it has become very popular in Israel and among Jews around the world and is considered one of the songs inspired by the Gaza war. | Yeshivish613 (talk) |
| 2025-01-22 13:41 | How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024 Thai film by Pat Boonnitipat) | How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, known in Thai as Lahn Mah, is a 2024 Thai comedy drama film directed by Pat Boonnitipat in his directorial debut and written by Pat and Thodsapon Thiptinnakorn. It stars Putthipong Assaratanakul and Usha Seamkhum in their debut feature film roles. In the film, M (Putthipong), a university dropout low on money volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother (Usha) in the hope of pocketing an inheritance. | M48SKY (talk) |
| 2025-01-23 22:26 | 2024 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place in two rounds at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 11 and 12 June 2024. It was the eighteenth time the women's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Relay teams of sixteen nations competed. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 02:35 | Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (Grand Duchess of Russia) | Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. | Qubacubazamniauser (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 11:57 | 2024 European Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place in one round at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on 7 June 2024. It was the first time this mixed-sex relay event was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Relay teams of eight nations competed in the mandated order man–woman–man–woman. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 23:38 | Eurovision Song Contest 1965 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the 10th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20 March 1965 in the Sala di Concerto della RAI in Naples, Italy and presented by Renata Mauro. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), the contest was held in Italy following the country's victory at the 1964 contest with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-01-25 09:45 | May You Stay Forever Young (2021 Hong Kong drama film) | May You Stay Forever Young (Chinese: 少年) is a 2021 Hong Kong drama film directed by Rex Ren and Lam Sum, written and produced by Ren and Daniel Chan. The film, set in the background of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, was produced by Phone Made Good Film and stars an ensemble cast of nine. | Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） |
| 2025-01-28 20:13 | Toshiyori (Japan Sumo Association executives) | A toshiyori (年寄), also known as an oyakata (親方), is a sumo elder exercising both coaching functions with active wrestlers and responsibilities within the Japan Sumo Association (JSA). All toshiyori are former wrestlers who reached a sufficiently high rank to be eligible to this status. | OtharLuin (talk) |
| 2025-01-29 01:44 | The Host (2006 film) (2006 monster film by Bong Joon Ho) | The Host is a 2006 monster film directed and co-written by Bong Joon Ho. It stars Song Kang-ho as food stand vendor Park Gang-du whose daughter Hyun-seo (Go Ah-sung) is kidnapped by a creature dwelling around the Han River in Seoul. Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, and Bae Doona appear in supporting roles as Gang-du's father, brother, and sister, respectively, who help Gang-du escape quarantine against an alleged virus derived from the monster and search for his daughter. | Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) |
| 2025-02-04 11:35 | Huwie Ishizaki (Japanese singer-songwriter) | is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He began writing and performing when he was in middle school and later became the vocalist of the band Astrocoast. In 2012, at the age of 26, he became a solo artist after being persuaded by the music producer Akira Sudo. He debuted in July 2012 with his mini album Dai-san Wakusei Kōkyōkyoku. | Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) |
| 2025-02-08 12:28 | Augustina Gabel (revolutionary and librarian from Russian Empire) | Augustina Stanislavovna Gabel (Ukrainian: Августина Станіславівна Габель, romanized: Augustyna Stanislavivna Habel; née Sinkevich; born 30 August 1853 – 29 March 1907) was a librarian and revolutionary from the Russian Empire. Orphaned at an early age, she was raised by her older sister and her husband. After receiving her education, she became involved in revolutionary activities, joining the Narodnik movement, which aimed to promote socialist ideas among the Russian peasantry. | Venzz (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 00:37 | Chŏng Sangjin (Soviet-Korean soldier (1918–2013)) | Chŏng Sangjin (Korean: 정상진; May 5, 1918 – June 15, 2013) was a Soviet-Korean poet, bureaucrat, academic, and military officer. He was the only ethnic Korean among 60 Soviet paratroopers that first liberated parts of Korea under Japanese rule during World War II. He was also known by his Russian name Yuri Danilovich Ten (Russian: Юрий Данилович Тен) or the Korean nickname derived from "Yuri", Ryul (률). | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 22:56 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle | The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 4 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim 30 lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 21:19 | Urien (Sixth-century ruler of Rheged) | Urien ap Cynfarch Oer or Urien Rheged (Old Welsh: Urbgen or Urbagen) was a powerful sixth-century Brittonic-speaking figure who was possibly the ruler of the territory or kingdom known as Rheged. He is probably the best-known and certainly the best documented of the British figures of the 'Old North' in the sixth century. | Tipcake (talk) |
| 2025-02-23 05:20 | Siege of Ak-Mechet (1853 engagement of the Russo-Kokand War) | The siege of Ak-Mechet (2–28 July 1853) was one of the first major engagements of the Russo-Kokand war, fought between the Russian Empire and the Khanate of Kokand. The city was an important northern base for the Kokand Khanate, and was placed next to the defensible Syr Darya river. | CitrusHemlock |
| 2025-02-24 15:16 | François Guiter (French Formula One advertising executive (1928–2014)) | François Émile Jean Guiter (7 May 1928 — 9 November 2014) was a French businessman who served as Elf's head of marketing from 1967 to 1989. Through his control over the French state-owned oil company's marketing budget, he became one of Formula One's most important power brokers. Joe Saward of Autoweek described Guiter as one of "the primary forces in creating modern F1". | Namelessposter (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 06:26 | May 1995 Pale air strikes (NATO air strikes on Army of Republika Srpska in May 1995) | On 25 and 26 May 1995, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) conducted air strikes against ammunition depots of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) at Jahorinski Potok near Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of Operation Deny Flight, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-03-11 23:24 | 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 and 8 March 2025. It was the 38th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-16 18:18 | Gal Gadot (Israeli actress (born 1985)) | Gal Gadot (born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress. She gained recognition for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023). In 2018, Gadot was named one of Time's 100 most influential people and ranked by Forbes as the tenth-highest-paid actress, later rising to third in 2020. | Lililolol (talk) |
| 2025-03-21 05:01 | Lebanon at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Lebanon competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, which was held from 19 July to 3 August 1952. This was the country's second appearance in a Summer Olympic Games, following their debut at the 1948 edition. The Lebanese delegation consisted of nine male competitors: boxer Sarkis Moussa, shooters Abdel Sattar Tarabulsi, Khalil Hilmi, and Abdullah Jaroudi Sr., weightlifter Moustafa Laham, and wrestlers Zakaria Chihab, Safi Taha, Khalil Taha, and Michel Skaff. | Jordano53 |
| 2025-03-24 19:30 | 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place in three rounds at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany, from 15 to 17 August 2022. It was the twentieth time this event was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 51.70 seconds, by receiving a wild card, or by virtue of their ranking. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 19:54 | 2025 Liechtenstein general election | General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 9 February 2025 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Patriotic Union (VU) won 10 seats, while the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) won seven, the lowest in its history. The Democrats for Liechtenstein (DpL) won six seats, being the highest amount of seats won by a third party in Liechtenstein's history. | TheBritinator (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 18:46 | Pro Plancio (54 BCE defence speech by Cicero) | The Pro Plancio, sometimes named as the Pro Cn. Plancio, or the Planciana, was a speech given by the Roman lawyer and statesman Cicero in September 54 BCE. In the speech, delivered in the Roman Forum, Cicero defended Gnaeus Plancius, who had been elected as aedile the previous year, against a charge of electoral malpractice (ambitus) levelled by Marcus Iuventius Laterensis, one of his defeated opponents. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-03-26 19:54 | 1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres | The women's 400 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in two rounds at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19 and 21 August 1958. It was the first time that the women's 400 metres was contested at the European Athletics Championships, while the men's 400 metres had been part of the program since the first championships in 1934. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 15:32 | 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in one round at the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 9 March 2025. It was the eighteenth time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Six nations were allocated a place to compete in the event. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 00:18 | Syrian caretaker government (2024–2025 interim government in Syria) | The Syrian caretaker government (Arabic: حكومة تصريف الأعمال السورية, romanized: Ḥukūmat Taṣrīf al-Aʿmāl as-Sūriyyah) was the provisional government of Syria. It was established in December 2024 by the Syrian opposition after the Syrian General Command appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as prime minister, replacing Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali on 10 December. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-04-06 20:01 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre | The women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August 2024 in the River Seine, Paris. It was the fifth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008. France spent €1.2–1.6 billion to clean up the Seine in preparation for the Olympic events, but heavy rainfall caused bacteria levels to increase and one of the pre-event training sessions was cancelled. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 11:48 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre | The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August 2024 in the River Seine, Paris. It was the fifth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008. France spent €1.2–1.6 billion to clean up the Seine in preparation for the Olympic events, but heavy rainfall caused bacteria levels to increase and one of the pre-event training sessions was cancelled. | IAWW (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 11:42 | 1994 Serb Jastreb J-21 shootdown (Incident in which four Croatian/Bosnian Serb aircraft were shot down by NATO aircraft) | On 28 February 1994, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aircraft shot down five J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets piloted by Republika Srpska (RS) or Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) personnel in Bosnia and Herzegovina airspace after they had bombed an armaments factory at Novi Travnik during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-04-08 21:20 | Ochaco Uraraka (Fictional character from My Hero Academia) | , also known by her hero name Uravity (Japanese: ウラビティ, Hepburn: Urabiti), is a superhero and one of the main protagonists of the manga series My Hero Academia, created by Kōhei Horikoshi. Born into a poor working-class household, Ochaco aspires to become a hero to support her parents as she protects and saves others' lives. | Z. Patterson (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 10:07 | Stanley Casson (British classical archaeologist (1889–1944)) | Stanley Casson FSA (1889–17 April 1944) was an English classical archaeologist. Educated at Ipswich School and at Merchant Taylors' School in Hertfordshire, he attended Lincoln College, Oxford, on an exhibition, where he studied both archaeology and anthropology. He continued his studies at St John's College, Oxford, and the British School at Athens (BSA), where he pursued a then-unusual interest in modern Greek historical anthropology. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-20 20:30 | Abramo Colorni (Italian-Jewish polymath (1544–1599)) | Sometimes thought of as a charlatan, a genius "Jewish Leonardo" or "Jewish Baron von Munchhausen", or a professore de’ secreti, "professor of secrets", he was also known as a clockmaker, for his magic tricks and escapology, and invented a new kind of revolver. | Andre🚐 |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Eastern Europe
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| 2024-11-21 14:16 | Cyborgs (film) (2017 Ukrainian war film) | Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (Ukrainian: Кiборги: Герої не вмирають; Romanized: Kiborhy: Heroyi ne vmyrayut) is a 2017 Ukrainian war drama film about the Cyborgs, the Ukrainian defenders in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport during the war in Donbas. The film was written by Nataliya Vorozhbyt, directed by Akhtem Seitablayev and produced by Ivanna Diadiura. | Reidgreg (talk) |
| 2025-02-17 11:54 | War of the Galician Succession (1205–1245) (Succession war in the Galician-Volhynian principality) | The War of the Galician Succession or War for the unification of the Principality of Galician-Volhynia (Russian: Война за объединение Галицко-Волынского княжества; Ukrainian: Війна за об'єднання Галицько-Волинського князівства) sometimes also known as the Second War of the Galician Succession was a struggle for power over the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia. | Orginalny (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 06:04 | Prisoners of war in World War II | Prisoners of war during World War II faced vastly different fates due to the POW conventions adhered to or ignored, depending on the theater of conflict, and the behaviour of their captors. During the war approximately 35 million soldiers surrendered, with many held in the prisoner-of-war camps. Most of the POWs were taken in the European theatre of the war. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-22 09:46 | The Ugly Black Bird (1994 book by Joanna Siedlecka) | The Ugly Black Bird: The Real Story of Jerzy Kosiński's Wartime Childhood (Polish: Czarny ptasior) is a 1994 book by Polish journalist Joanna Siedlecka about Jerzy Kosiński (Polish-American writer and Holocaust survivor). The books presents the results of Siedlecka's journalistic investigation about Kosiński's life during World War II, which up till then had often been seen as similar to the tragic fate of the protagonist of his well known novel, The Painted Bird. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-27 03:50 | Flag of Transnistria (National Flag) | Transnistria (officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic or PMR), a breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova, has a state flag, a presidential standard, and a customs flag. Additionally, the flag of Russia shares equal legal status with the state flag. | Yue🌙 |
| 2025-03-06 05:34 | Massacre in Budy (Massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz subcamp that took place in 1942) | The Massacre in Budy (German: Budyrevolte, Polish: Masakra w Budach) was the massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz concentration camp, who were quartered in the Wirtschaftshof Budy subcamp, which took place in the evening of 5 October 1942. Around 90 female prisoners, most of them French Jewish women, were killed by German prisoner functionaries and SS guards. | Galileo01 (talk) |
| 2025-03-20 05:22 | Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Roman Catholic bishop (1834–1908)) | Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Polish: Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon; 2 December 1834 – 15 May 1908) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Samogitia from 1883 until his death in 1908. | Hwqaksd (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Northern Europe
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| 2024-11-09 21:03 | Liang Wenbo (Chinese former snooker player) | Liang Wenbo (Chinese: 梁文博; born 5 March 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. During his playing career, he won one ranking title at the 2016 English Open, twice won the World Cup for China in 2011 and 2017 with teammate Ding Junhui, and was runner-up at the 2009 Shanghai Masters and the 2015 UK Championship. | Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-11-17 16:48 | John Higgins (Scottish snooker player (born 1975)) | John Higgins MBE (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 33 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (41) and Stephen Hendry (36). | Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-12-10 08:56 | Henry O'Neill (soldier) (Irish soldier and nobleman) | Colonel Henry O'Neill (Irish: Enri Ó Néill; Spanish: Enrique Oneil; c. 1586 – 25 August 1610) was an Irish-born soldier and nobleman who served with the Spanish army in the Eighty Years' War. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2024-12-14 10:10 | 2024 UK Championship (November–December 2024 Snooker event, held in the UK) | The 2024 UK Championship (officially the 2024 Victorian Plumbing UK Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 23 November to 1 December 2024 at the York Barbican in York, England. The 48th edition of the UK Championship, it was the ninth ranking event of the 2024–25 season, following the 2024 International Championship and preceding the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out. | Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-12-28 15:42 | Mark Wildman (English snooker player (1936–2024)) | Markham Wildman (25 January 1936 – 18 November 2024) was a billiards and snooker player and cue sports commentator from Peterborough. He won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 1984 and was runner up in 1980 and 1982. He made the first televised snooker century break in 1960, while still an amateur. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-12-29 15:38 | Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (2021 Irish government investigation) | The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (officially the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters) was a judicial commission of investigation, established in 2015 by the Irish government to investigate deaths and misconduct during the 20th century in mother and baby homes—institutions, most run by Catholic religious nuns, where unwed women were sent to deliver their babies. | BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! |
| 2024-12-29 15:48 | Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (Irish maternity home and site of mass grave for children) | The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (also known as St Mary's Mother and Baby Home, or locally simply as The Home), which operated between 1925 and 1961 in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children. The home was run by the Bon Secours Sisters, a religious order of Catholic nuns, that also operated the Grove Hospital in the town. | BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! |
| 2025-01-04 21:49 | Simon Olsson (Swedish footballer (born 1997)) | Simon Olsson (born 14 September 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Allsvenskan club Elfsborg and the Sweden national team. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-01-11 11:37 | John Parrott (English snooker player) | John Stephen Parrott MBE (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player who won the 1991 World Snooker Championship. He came to prominence in the mid to late 1980s, and remained within the top 16 of the world rankings for 14 consecutive seasons. Following his playing career, he became a snooker commentator and pundit. | Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-01-15 12:50 | Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (Irish nobleman (c. 1585 – 1609)) | Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (c. 1585 – 24 September 1609) was an Irish nobleman. He was the son and heir to Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, though he predeceased his father. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-01-18 10:05 | Dan Andersson (Swedish author and poet) | Daniel Andersson (6 April 1888 – 16 September 1920) was a Swedish author, poet, and composer. He sometimes used the pen name Black Jim. Although he is counted among the Swedish proletarian authors, his works are not limited to that genre. His poems are among the most popular in Swedish literature; they have been set to music by more composers than any other 20th century Swedish poet. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 19:53 | 1951 World Snooker Championship (Snooker tournament) | The 1951 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 30 October 1950 to 24 February 1951. John Barrie won the qualifying competition for three of the ten entrants at Burroughes Hall in London and joined the other seven players in the main draw. The quarter-finals and semi-finals were held at various venues in England and the final was held at the Tower Circus in Blackpool, England from 16 to 24 February 1951. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2025-01-30 01:05 | Gary Owen (snooker player) (Welsh snooker player (1929–1995)) | Gary Owen, MBE (5 March 1929 – July 1995) was a Welsh, and later Australian, snooker player. Winning the 1963 English Amateur Championship qualified him to compete for England at the inaugural World Amateur Snooker Championship in Calcutta that year. He won all four of his matches in the round-robin competition and took the title. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2025-02-01 23:49 | Bernard Bennett (English snooker player (1931–2002)) | Bernard Bennett (31 August 1931 – 12 January 2002) was an English player of snooker and English billiards, whose professional career spanned from 1969 to 1995, during which he experienced limited success as a player. He owned the Castle Snooker Club in Southampton, which opened in 1970 and was one of the first modern snooker centres. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 09:44 | Svarta ballader (1917 poetry collection by Dan Andersson) | Svarta ballader ('Black Ballads') is a 1917 poetry collection by the Swedish proletarian writer Dan Andersson, his third and the last to be published before his early death in 1920. It has become one of the most important texts in 20th century Swedish literature. The poems convey strong feelings about life's struggles, love, hate, suffering, and death. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 16:39 | David Taylor (snooker player) (English snooker player) | David Taylor (born 29 July 1943) is an English former professional snooker player. He won the English Amateur Championship 11–6 against Chris Ross in 1968 and the 1968 World Amateur Snooker Championship 8–7 against Max Williams later that year. Those wins encouraged him to turn professional. He was nicknamed "The Silver Fox" because of his prematurely grey hair. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 09:19 | Cranleigh line (Former railway line in South East England) | The Cranleigh line was a railway line in South East England that connected Guildford in Surrey with Horsham in West Sussex. It ran for 15 miles 48 chains (25.1 km) from Peasmarsh Junction on the Portsmouth Direct line to Stammerham Junction at Christ's Hospital station on the Arun Valley line. It served the villages of Bramley, Cranleigh, Rudgwick and Slinfold. | Mertbiol (talk) |
| 2025-02-20 21:07 | Downs Link (Long-distance path in South East England) | The Downs Link is a 36.7-mile (59.1 km) path and bridleway in South East England. It connects the North Downs Way at St Martha's Hill in Surrey with the South Downs Way near Steyning in West Sussex, from where it continues as the Coastal Link to Shoreham-by-Sea. The majority of the route follows the track beds of two former railway lines, the Cranleigh Line and the Steyning Line, both of which closed in the mid-1960s. | Mertbiol (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 10:25 | 1937 FA Cup final (Football match) | The 1937 FA Cup final was contested by Sunderland and Preston North End on 1 May 1937 at Wembley. It was the 62nd FA Cup Final and the first to be played in May. The match took place eleven days before the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, who were the guests of honour. | Tffff (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 18:08 | 2025 Masters (snooker) (January 2025 Snooker event, held in London) | The 2025 Masters (officially the 2025 Johnstone's Paint Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 19 January 2025 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. The second Triple Crown event of the 2024–25 season, following the 2024 UK Championship and preceding the 2025 World Snooker Championship, the tournament was the 51st edition of the Masters, which was first held in 1975. | HurricaneHiggins (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 20:00 | Sam Hughes (footballer) (English footballer (born 1997)) | Samuel Joseph Hughes (born 15 April 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One side Peterborough United on loan from EFL League One club Stockport County. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-03-15 07:24 | Big Six (Premier League) (Group of English football clubs) | The Big Six is an informal term used to describe a group of six clubs in the Premier League—Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur—often recognized for their sustained success and financial strength in the competition. While not an official designation, clubs in this group have typically accounted for at least half of the total annual revenue generated by Premier League clubs since 2004. | Frost |
| 2025-03-16 08:17 | Conn O'Neill (prisoner) (Seventeenth-century Irish noble and prisoner) | Conn Ruadh O'Neill (Irish: Conn Ruadh Ó Néill; c. 1602 – in/after 1622), also known as Conn na Creige ("Conn of the rock"), was an Irish noble of the seventeenth century. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-03-20 05:22 | Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Roman Catholic bishop (1834–1908)) | Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Polish: Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon; 2 December 1834 – 15 May 1908) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Samogitia from 1883 until his death in 1908. | Hwqaksd (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 10:32 | John Cecil Russell (British cavalry officer (1839–1909)) | Major-General John Cecil Russell (1839–30 March 1909) was a British cavalry officer. After a brief service with the Oxford University Rifle Volunteer Corps Russell purchased a commission in the 11th Light Dragoons in 1860. He transferred to the 10th Light Dragoons and rose to the rank of captain by purchase before transferring to the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of Lancers in 1872. | Dumelow (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 14:05 | Hugh Roe O'Donnell (Irish clan chief and military leader (1572–1602)) | Hugh Roe O'Donnell II (Irish: Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill; c. 30 October 1572 – 10 September 1602), also known as Red Hugh O'Donnell, was an Irish clan chief, Lord of Tyrconnell from 1592 until his death in 1602, and senior leader of the Irish confederacy during the Nine Years' War. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 09:44 | Mark Williams (snooker player) (Welsh snooker player) | Mark James Williams MBE (born 21 March 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion, winning the title in 2000, 2003 and 2018. He has been ranked the world number one player three times (May 2000–May 2002, May 2003–May 2004 and May 2011–September 2011). | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 20:23 | Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (English cricketer) | Alexander Colin David Ingleby-Mackenzie OBE (15 September 1933 – 9 March 2006) was an English cricketer, cricket administrator, and businessman. Ingleby-Mackenzie played first-class cricket for Hampshire between 1951 and 1966, serving as Hampshire's last amateur captain. Through bold captaincy, he led Hampshire to their first County Championship title in 1961. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 15:08 | Neil Robertson (Australian snooker player (born 1982)) | Neil Alexander Robertson OAM (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player, who is a former world champion and former world number one. He is the most successful player from outside the United Kingdom and the only non-UK born player to have completed snooker's Triple Crown, having won the World Championship in 2010, the Masters in 2012 and 2022 and the UK Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2020. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 20:37 | Jessica Forrest (British actress and author (born 1990)) | Jessica Forrest (born 1990) is a British actress and writer. She is from Colne, Lancashire and she studied Drama at Manchester University, but she did not like the course as she believed that it was not practical enough. In 2010, Forrest left her course after she was cast as Leanne Holiday in the British soap opera Hollyoaks. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 11:38 | Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle (English author, barrister, cricketer, cricket administrator, journalist, and politician) | Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle MVO PC (6 September 1851 — 1 July 1937) was an English agriculturalist, author, barrister, cricketer, cricket administrator, journalist, and Conservative politician. Following a brief career as barrister following his graduation from the University of Oxford, Prothero became an author who published several works on agriculture, amongst other publications. | AA (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Southern Europe
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| 2024-11-08 16:02 | Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Greece was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Zari", written by Gino "the Ghost" Borri, Jay Lewitt Stolar, Jordan Richard Palmer, Konstantin Plamenov Beshkov, Manolis "Solmeister" Solidakis, Marina Satti, Nick Kodonas, Oge and Vlospa, and performed by Satti herself. | Grk1011 (talk) |
| 2024-12-10 01:07 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Italian racing driver (born 2006)) | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. | MB2437 |
| 2025-01-30 03:20 | Andreas Papandreou (Greek economist and politician (1919–1996)) | Andreas Georgiou Papandreou (Greek: Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek academic and economist who founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and served three terms as prime minister of Greece. | A.Cython (talk) |
| 2025-02-24 05:13 | Mlađo Radić (Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1952)) | Mlađo Radić (born 15 May 1952), sometimes known by the nickname Krkan, is a convicted war criminal and former policeman who was found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of persecution, murder and torture – constituting crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war – committed at the Omarska concentration camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-03-01 10:47 | 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Political event in Yugoslavia) | The League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) convened the highest forum for its 12th Congress from 26 to 29 June 1982 at the Sava Centar in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. It was the first party congress in four years and the first since the 4 May 1980 death of Josip Broz Tito, the long-standing leader of the LCY and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). | TheUzbek (talk) |
| 2025-03-05 05:33 | Zoran Žigić (Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1958)) | Zoran Žigić (born 20 September 1958), sometimes known by the nickname Žiga, is a convicted war criminal and former reserve policeman who was found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of persecutions, torture and cruel treatment – constituting crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war – committed at the Omarska, Keraterm, and Trnopolje concentration camps in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-03-05 17:03 | Croatian Committee (Croatian revolutionary organisation created in 1920) | The Croatian Committee (Croatian: Hrvatski komitet) was a Croatian political émigré organization, formed in the summer of 1919, by émigré Frankist politicians and members of the former Austro-Hungarian Army. The organization opposed the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed Yugoslavia) and aimed to achieve Croatia's independence. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-06 08:44 | Josip Torbar (politician, born 1889) (Croatian politician (1889–1963)) | Josip Torbar (12 April 1889 – 5 January 1963) was a Croatian politician, lawyer, and member of the Croatian Peasant Party (Croatian: Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS). He was involved in leading the party through the interwar period during the tenure of Vladko Maček and during World War II. He was a member of the parliament of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and a minister in the governments of Dragiša Cvetković and Dušan Simović. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-06 23:53 | Milojica Kos (Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1963)) | Milojica Kos (born 1 April 1963), sometimes known by the nickname Krle ("Wings"), is a convicted war criminal and former policeman who was found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of persecution, murder and torture – constituting crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war – committed at the Omarska concentration camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-03-08 18:26 | Dušan the Mighty (paramilitary) (Paramilitary unit in Yugoslav Wars) | Dušan the Mighty (Serbian: Душан Силни, Dušan Silni) was a Serbian paramilitary force that was active in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991. It was the armed wing of the Serbian National Renewal political party, led by Mirko Jović. The unit cooperated with the White Eagles and Serbian Chetnik Movement paramilitary groups and with Serbian Army of Krajina. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-03-11 09:55 | 2023 Belgrade City Assembly election | Local elections were held in Belgrade on 17 December 2023 to elect members of the City Assembly. Initially scheduled to be held by 2026, the election was called earlier after Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, announced in September 2023 that the election could be scheduled earlier for December 2023. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-03-13 09:30 | 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election | Constitutional Assembly elections were held in the recently proclaimed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed Yugoslavia) on 28 November 1920. The election was held in the context of political debate over the degree of centralisation or potential federalisation of Yugoslavia. The election was held in the entire territory of the country except the areas obtained shortly beforehand through the Treaty of Rapallo which regulated the borders with Italy because those areas were still under Italian occupation. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-13 09:35 | Jadranska straža (journal) (Journal of Jadranska straža organisation) | Jadranska straža (lit. 'Adriatic Guard' or 'Adriatic Sentinel') was the official publication of the Jadranska straža organisation. The publication's full title was Jadranska straža – Glasnik udruženja Jadranska straža (lit. 'Adriatic Guard – Gazette of Adriatic Guard Association'), but it was commonly referred to using the abbreviated title. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-14 14:22 | 2023 Serbian parliamentary election (election in Serbia) | Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 17 December 2023 to elect members of the National Assembly. While they were initially scheduled to be held by 30 April 2026, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, called a snap election in November 2023. In addition to the parliamentary elections, the Vojvodina provincial election and local elections were held in 65 cities and municipalities, including the capital, Belgrade. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-03-15 23:53 | 2023 Spanish government formation (government formation in Spain) | Attempts to form a government in Spain followed the Spanish general election of 23 July 2023, which failed to deliver an overall majority for any political party. As a result, the previous cabinet headed by Pedro Sánchez was forced to remain in a caretaker capacity for 116 days until the next government could be sworn in. | Impru20talk |
| 2025-03-16 11:28 | 1996 Spanish government formation | Attempts to form a government in Spain followed the Spanish general election of 3 March 1996, which failed to deliver an overall majority for any political party. As a result, the previous cabinet headed by Felipe González was forced to remain in a caretaker capacity for 62 days until the next government could be sworn in. | Impru20talk |
| 2025-03-17 10:59 | July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona (Military uprising in Barcelona in 1936) | The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona, also known as the Battle of Barcelona, was a mutiny that occurred in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, from 19 to 20 July 1936. The uprising was carried out by the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Army, which was defeated by a popular resistance led by anarchist militias and Republican loyalists. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 20:07 | Blasius Mataranga (Medieval Albanian Nobleman of the Mataranga family) | Blasius Mataranga (Albanian: Vlash Matrënga; 13?? – 1367), also known as Blasius II, Blasii, Blaz, Vlasius, or Vlaxius was an Albanian nobleman and member of the Mataranga family.[a] He played a key role in Albania's regional politics during the mid-14th century. Blasius ruled over a principality from 1358 to 1367, with control over the coastal region between Durrës and Vlorë, including the strategic port of Karavasta. | Arberian2444 (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 18:44 | John Papadimitriou (Greek archaeologist (1904–1963)) | John K. Papadimitriou (Greek: Ιωάννης Κ. Παπαδημητρίου, romanized: Ioannis K. Papadimitriou; September 4 [O.S. August 22] 1904 – April 11, 1963) was a Greek archaeologist. Along with George Mylonas, he excavated Grave Circle B, the oldest known monumentalized burials at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-03-28 08:41 | Organization of Yugoslav Nationalists (Political organisation in Yugoslavia, 1921–1929) | The Organisation of Yugoslav Nationalists (Croatian: Organizacija jugoslavenskih nacionalista, Serbian: Организација југословенских националиста), acronymised as ORJUNA or Orjuna, was a proto-fascist, anti-communist, terrorist, and Yugoslavist nationalist organisation established in 1921 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 09:44 | Mark Williams (snooker player) (Welsh snooker player) | Mark James Williams MBE (born 21 March 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion, winning the title in 2000, 2003 and 2018. He has been ranked the world number one player three times (May 2000–May 2002, May 2003–May 2004 and May 2011–September 2011). | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 15:18 | Miloš Vučević (Serbian politician (born 1974)) | Miloš Vučević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Вучевић, ; born 10 December 1974) is a Serbian politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2024 to 2025. He has been the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2023. He was previously the Mayor of Novi Sad from 2012 to 2022 and the Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia from 2022 to 2024. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-04-02 10:34 | Željko Mejakić (Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1964)) | Željko Mejakić (born 2 August 1964) is a convicted war criminal and former police officer who was found guilty by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Court of BiH) of murder, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, other inhumane acts, and persecution – constituting crimes against humanity under the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovina – committed at the Omarska concentration camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-04-02 10:35 | Momčilo Gruban (Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1961)) | Momčilo Gruban (born 19 June 1961), sometimes known by the nickname Čkalja, is a convicted war criminal and former reserve police officer who was found guilty by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Court of BiH) of murder, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, other inhumane acts, and persecution – constituting crimes against humanity under the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovina – committed at the Omarska concentration camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-04-06 15:08 | Neil Robertson (Australian snooker player (born 1982)) | Neil Alexander Robertson OAM (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player, who is a former world champion and former world number one. He is the most successful player from outside the United Kingdom and the only non-UK born player to have completed snooker's Triple Crown, having won the World Championship in 2010, the Masters in 2012 and 2022 and the UK Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2020. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 20:13 | 1991 Rakovica I by-election | A by-election in the Rakovica I constituency in Serbia was held in June 1991. The election was called after the death of representative Miodrag Bulatović of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), and was contested by Radoš Karaklajić of SPS, Vojislav Šešelj of the Serbian Radical Party, Borislav Pekić of the Democratic Party and ten other candidates. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-04-17 10:05 | Alfred Biliotti (British archaeologist and diplomat (1833–1915)) | Sir Alfred Biliotti KCMG CB (14 July 1833 – 1 February 1915) was a Levantine Italian, born on Rhodes, who became a British consular official and amateur archaeologist. Biliotti probably received little formal education, and followed his father, who had carried out consular work for the governments of Britain, Spain and Tuscany, into the British consular service in 1849. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-17 10:08 | Euthymides (Late 6th century BCE Athenian potter and painter) | Euthymides (Ancient Greek: Εὐθυμίδης; fl. c. 515 – c. 500 BCE) was an ancient Athenian potter and painter of vases. He was a member of the art movement later known as the Pioneer Group for their exploration of the new decorative style known as red-figure pottery. His works are known for their innovative use of foreshortening, and include the Revellers Vase, inscribed with a taunting message addressed to his fellow painter and rival Euphronios. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-18 00:18 | Juan Astorquia (Spanish footballer and sports leader) | Juan José Astorquia Landabaso (June 1876 – 23 October 1905), also known as Juanito Astorquia, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club from Bilbao, having been the fundamental head behind the foundation of the club in 1898 and its official establishment in 1901, and then serving as the club's first captain until 1904 and as its second president between 1902 and 1903. | Barr Theo (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 21:33 | Invasion of Gozo (1551) (1551 Ottoman attack on Gozo) | The invasion of Gozo, also known as the siege of Gozo (Maltese: L-Assedju t'Għawdex), was an Ottoman invasion of the island of Gozo, then part of Hospitaller Malta, in July 1551. The attack, which was led by Sinan Pasha, Dragut, Kambil Bey and Salah Rais, appears to have been launched in retaliation for the capture of Mahdia by the Spanish and Hospitallers the previous year. | Xwejnusgozo (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Western Europe
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| 2024-11-17 14:06 | Heinz Geggel (German journalist (1921–2000)) | Heinz Geggel (11 November 1921 – 15 November 2000) was a German Holocaust survivor, journalist and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2024-11-25 12:54 | Nicolaas van Wijk (Dutch linguist (1880–1941)) | Nicolaas van Wijk (4 October 1880 – 25 March 1941) was a Dutch linguist, literary scholar, and philanthropist. He is best known for his contributions to Slavistics, serving as the first chair of the Balto-Slavic languages at Leiden University from 1913 until his death. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2024-12-18 20:23 | Marie-Thérèse Eyquem (French politician (1913–1978)) | Marie-Thérèse Eyquem (6 September 1913 – 8 August 1978) was a French feminist, politician, and author. Under the Vichy regime, she participated in the ban against multiple women's sports including association football. In the 1960s, she became more involved in politics and joined the French Socialist Party. | – dudhhr talkcontribssheher |
| 2024-12-22 13:33 | Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 (1724 composition by J. S. Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now come, Savior of the heathens), BWV 62, in Leipzig for the first Sunday in Advent and first performed it on 3 December 1724. It is based on Martin Luther's Advent hymn "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", a paraphrase of the Latin hymn "Veni redemptor gentium". | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-01-05 08:14 | Miller Arnold case (1762–1780 German court case and cause célèbre) | The Miller Arnold case (German: Müller-Arnold-Fall) is a landmark 18th-century German court case and cause célèbre during the reign of Frederick II that raised issues relating to the concept of judicial independence. It is an example of the Kabinettsjustiz (transl. cabinet justice) of Frederick II, as he personally intervened in a case which had already been settled by the Prussian courts. | WatkynBassett (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 13:35 | Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123 (Chorale cantata by JS Bach for Epiphany) | Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen (Dearest Immanuel, Lord of the Faithful), BWV 123, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Epiphany and first performed it on 6 January 1725. It is based on the 1679 hymn of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch which is focused on the contrast of the vanities of the world and the trust in support by Jesus. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-01-07 17:56 | Eurovision Song Contest 1961 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1961 was the 6th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1961 in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF), and originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision 1961 de la Chanson Européenne (English: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1961), the contest was held in France followi ... | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-01-13 17:06 | Eurovision Song Contest 1962 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1962 in the Grand Auditorium of the Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg and presented by Mireille Delannoy. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), and originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision 1962 de la Chanson Européenne ({{langx|en|Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1 ... | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:15 | Wolfgang Junker (German politician (1929–1990)) | Wolfgang Junker (23 February 1929 – 9 April 1990) was a German construction manager, civil servant and politician of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:15 | Bruno Menzel (German politician (1932–1996)) | Bruno Menzel (25 February 1932 – 14 September 1996) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:16 | Ilse Stephan (German politician (1931–1984)) | Ilse Stephan (née Korth; 8 May 1931 – 25 June 1984) was a German interpreter and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:16 | Hans-Joachim Hoffmann (German politician (1929–1994)) | Hans-Joachim "Jochen" Hoffmann (10 October 1929 – 19 July 1994) was a German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-19 00:16 | Klaus Reichenbach (German politician (born 1945)) | Klaus Reichenbach (born 22 September 1945) is a German football official and former politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-22 22:50 | Manfred Uschner (German politician (1937–2007)) | Manfred Uschner (16 May 1937 – 13 November 2007) was a German diplomat and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-26 23:39 | Letters Written in France (Series of letters by Helen Maria Williams) | Letters Written in France (1790–1796) is a letter collection by English writer Helen Maria Williams. Williams published eight volumes of letters describing her firsthand experience of the French Revolution for British audiences. Williams witnessed the Fête de la Fédération, the executions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, and much of the Reign of Terror. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-02-03 02:12 | Leopold I of Belgium (King of the Belgians from 1831 to 1865) | Leopold I (16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865. | Therealscorp1an (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 00:53 | Killing of Sammy Baker (2020 killing by Dutch police) | Samuel Seewald (1997–2020) was a young German man shot dead in Amsterdam by police officers on 13 August 2020. He was known as Sammy Baker on Instagram where he had 170,000 followers. Seewald had travelled to Amsterdam to celebrate his birthday with friends and after smoking cannabis with friends, had become psychotic. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 01:13 | Tetterode (Squatter's house in Amsterdam) | Tetterode is a complex of buildings in Amsterdam-West in the Netherlands. Built as the Amsterdam Type Foundry from 1902 onwards for the Tetterode print company, the site was left derelict in 1980. After plans were announced to demolish the buildings, they were squatted in 1981 and later legalized in 1986. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2025-02-10 10:28 | Olympic Village (Paris) (Place in Seine-Saint-Denis, France) | The Olympic Village in Saint-Denis is an Olympic Village in Seine-Saint-Denis (Île-de-France) specially built to host athletes during the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. Located mainly in the commune of Saint-Denis, it also extends into Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine and L'Île-Saint-Denis. The site was designed by architect Dominique Perrault to accommodate the 14,500 Olympic athletes and 9,000 Paralympic athletes and their technical staff between 26 July and 8 September 2024. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-02-14 14:49 | Gerhard Barkhorn (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 23:32 | Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV 92 (1725 church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | (I have given over to God's heart and mind), BWV 92, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in the Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for Septuagesimae and first performed it on 28 January 1725. It is based on the 1647 hymn "Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn" by Paul Gerhardt, and is the only chorale cantata Bach based on a hymn by Gerhardt. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 03:18 | Le Touquet (Beach community in northwest France) | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (Picard: Ech Toutchet-Paris-Plache), commonly referred to as Le Touquet, is a commune near Étaples, in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It has a permanent population of 4,213 (2021), but it welcomes up to 250,000 people during the summer, so the population at any given time during high season in summer swells to about 30,000. | Szmenderowiecki (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 14:29 | Ostjuden (Eastern European Jews in Germany) | Ostjuden (German for "Eastern Jews"; singular Ostjude, adjective ostjüdisch) was a term used in Germany and Austria during the first half of the 20th century to refer to Jews from Central and Eastern Europe. The term often had a pejorative connotation and, like other disparaging epithets of earlier use, evoked the negative qualities that German racism had attributed to Eastern European Jew since the 19th century. | Gitz (talk) (contribs) |
| 2025-03-01 22:06 | Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 (A Bach cantata for Lutheran service) | Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (Lord Jesus Christ, true Man and God), BWV 127, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in 1725 in Leipzig for the Sunday Estomihi, the Sunday before Lent, and first performed it on 11 February 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-03-06 05:34 | Massacre in Budy (Massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz subcamp that took place in 1942) | The Massacre in Budy (German: Budyrevolte, Polish: Masakra w Budach) was the massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz concentration camp, who were quartered in the Wirtschaftshof Budy subcamp, which took place in the evening of 5 October 1942. Around 90 female prisoners, most of them French Jewish women, were killed by German prisoner functionaries and SS guards. | Galileo01 (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 07:58 | Günther Rall (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-03-14 18:20 | Wangerooge Frisian (Extinct East Frisian variety) | Wangerooge Frisian, also known as Wangeroogic or Wangeroogish, is an extinct variety of the East Frisian language, formerly spoken on the East Frisian Island of Wangerooge. Descended from the Weser subdialect of Old Frisian, it flourished on the island until a massive storm struck during the winter of 1854–1855, causing the inhabitants to flee to the mainland near Varel. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 19:46 | Liechtenstein in World War II | Liechtenstein remained neutral throughout World War II, and its neutrality was not violated by any of its combatants. The country sought to align itself as closely as possible to Switzerland in hopes of retaining this neutrality, while also maintaining steady relations with Nazi Germany. German diaspora in Liechtenstein formed a local group of the Nazi Party/Foreign Organization. | TheBritinator (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 02:01 | Java War (Dutch colonial war in Java (1825–1830)) | The Java War (Javanese: ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦗꦮ; Dutch: De Java-oorlog; Indonesian: Perang Jawa), also known in Indonesia as the Diponegoro War (Javanese: ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦢꦶꦥꦤꦼꦒꦫ; Indonesian: Perang Diponegoro), was an armed conflict in central and eastern Java from 1825 to 1830, between native Javanese rebels headed by Prince Diponegoro and the colonial Dutch Empire supported by Javanese princely states. | Juxlos (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 23:50 | French ironclad Jemmapes (Coastal defense battleship of the French Navy) | Jemmapes was the lead ship of a class of two coastal defense ships built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the 1890s. Launched in 1892, the vessel joined the Northern Squadron of the French Navy (Esadre du Nord) at Brest. Armed with a main armament of two 274 mm (10.8 in) guns, the vessel was designed within the principles of the Jeune École. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 22:54 | HNLMS Sumatra (1920) (Java-class light cruiser) | HNLMS Sumatra was a Java-class light cruiser operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was designed to defend the Dutch East Indies and outperform all potential rivals. She was laid down in 1916, but a series of construction delays prevented her from being completed until 1926. By the time she entered service, her design was already dated. | GGOTCC |
Geography/Regions/Oceania
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| 2024-11-24 12:43 | Moira Deeming (Australian politician) | Moira Deeming is an Australian politician and member of the Victorian Liberal Party. She has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, for the Western Metropolitan Region of the, since November 2022. She previously sat as a councillor for the Melton City Council representing the Watts Ward. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2024-12-12 07:19 | Ellenbrook line (Railway line in Perth, Western Australia) | The Ellenbrook line, known as the Morley–Ellenbrook line during construction, is a suburban railway line and service in Perth, Western Australia, which is operated by the Public Transport Authority as part of the Transperth system. The line branches from the Midland line at Bayswater station and heads north-north-west to serve five stations along a 21.3-kilometre (13.2 mi) route to Ellenbrook. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 07:45 | Whiteman Park railway station (Railway station in Perth, Western Australia) | Whiteman Park railway station is a suburban railway station on the Ellenbrook line in Perth, Western Australia. The station is located on the western side of Drumpellier Drive in Whiteman, and will serve the surrounding suburbs of Brabham, Dayton, Henley Brook and West Swan, as well as the nature reserve and tourism destination of Whiteman Park. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 07:58 | Ellenbrook railway station (Railway station in Perth, Western Australia) | Ellenbrook railway station is a suburban railway station in Ellenbrook, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The station is the north-eastern terminus of the Ellenbrook line. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-26 12:46 | Canning Bridge railway station (Railway station in Perth, Western Australia) | Canning Bridge railway station is a suburban railway and bus station on the Mandurah line in Perth, Western Australia. Situated in the suburb of Como next to the Canning River, the station is located at the interchange between the Kwinana Freeway and Canning Highway. The train platforms are at ground level within the median strip of the freeway, while the bus stands are on the bridge carrying Canning Highway. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-30 23:45 | Bruce Lehrmann (Australian former political staffer) | Bruce Lehrmann (born June 1995) is an Australian former political staffer, who is primarily known for his involvement in the 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations. He grew up in Toowoomba and moved to Canberra for study in 2013 when he started working as a staffer. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2025-01-01 09:56 | Bell railway station, Melbourne (Railway station in Melbourne, Australia) | Bell railway station is a commuter railway station located in the north-eastern suburb of Preston in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 8 October 1889, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in May 2022 and the current elevated station provided in September 2022 by the Level Crossing Removal Project. | PEPSI697 💬 |
| 2025-01-23 08:52 | Preston railway station, Melbourne (Railway station in Melbourne, Australia) | Preston railway station is a commuter railway station located in the north-eastern suburb of Preston in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 8 October 1889, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in May 2022 and the current elevated station provided in September 2022 by the Level Crossing Removal Project. | PEPSI697 💬 |
| 2025-02-16 04:13 | Sleepwalker (EP) (2014 extended play by Kylie and Garibay) | Sleepwalker (alternatively titled Kylie + Garibay) is the debut extended play (EP) by musical duo Kylie and Garibay, composed of Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and American record producer Fernando Garibay. In 2013, Minogue began working with Garibay on material intended for her twelfth studio album, Kiss Me Once (2014). | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 12:35 | Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme (Australian guest worker program) | The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme is a guest worker program that allows Australian businesses to hire temporary workers from Pacific island countries, as well as from Timor-Leste. The scheme allows participating workers to work in seasonal jobs for up to 9 months or in longer-term jobs for between 1 and 4 years. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 03:39 | Robert Brodribb Hammond (Australian Anglican priest and social reformer (1870–1946)) | Robert Brodribb Hammond (12 June 1870 – 12 May 1946) was an Australian clergyman and social reformer. Hammond was known for his work as an evangelist in Sydney's working class suburbs and for operating large-scale poverty relief efforts during the 1920s and 1930s. Between 1904 and 1911, Hammond served as organising missioner of the Mission Zone Fund, a section of the Anglican Home Mission Society, and established a successful ministry in the working class suburbs of inner-city Sydney. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 06:10 | John Caesar (Australian bushranger (c. 1763–1796)) | John Caesar (c. 1763 – 15 February 1796), nicknamed "Black Caesar", was an 18th-century convict and one of the first people from the African continent to arrive in Australia. He is considered to be the first Australian bushranger. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 03:31 | Tom Taylor (sculptor) (New Zealand sculptor and educator (1925–1994)) | Tom J. Taylor (1925–1994) was a New Zealand sculptor and educator who spent most of his life in Christchurch. He was a well-regarded lecturer at the University of Canterbury (UC; Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha), and a number of his students became notable artists. | Arnhemcr (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 17:39 | Timebomb (Kylie Minogue song) (2012 single by Kylie Minogue) | "Timebomb" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was written by Karen Poole, Matt Schwartz, and Paul Harris, with Schwartz and Harris also handling production. A surprise release, both the track and its music video were digitally unveiled via a viral Twitter campaign on 25 May 2012. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-04-12 15:08 | Chtonobdella limbata (Species of annelid worm) | Chtonobdella limbata is a species of terrestrial blood-sucking leech, commonly found in subtropical forests of Australia. Contracted, the leeches are about 28 millimetres (1.1 in) long, but once extended they can reach 60 millimetres (2.4 in) or even 80 mm (3.1 in) in length. They have two saw-like jaws which they use to cut open their victims' skin. | Cremastra talk |
| 2025-04-18 11:26 | Ben Roberts-Smith (Australian soldier (born 1978)) | Benjamin Roberts-Smith VC, MG (born 1 November 1978) is a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia – the highest award for gallantry in battle that can be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces, who was found in a 2023 civil defamation trial to have committed war crimes (including murder) in 2009, 2010 and 2012 while deployed to Afghanistan. | TarnishedPathtalk |
History and Society/Business and economics
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| 2025-01-12 17:08 | Operation Destabilise (International investigation) | Operation Destabilise was an international investigation led by the National Crime Agency which, over the course of three years, uncovered a money laundering ring with ties to criminal organisations in the UK, drug cartels in South America, the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, Russian espionage efforts and sanction avoidance. | CommissarDoggoTalk? |
| 2025-02-22 06:34 | Howard Lutnick (American businessman and Commerce Secretary (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American billionaire businessman who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since February 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-03-19 00:44 | EviCore (American medical benefits management company) | EviCore by Evernorth is a medical benefits management company owned by Cigna. It is based in Bluffton, South Carolina, United States. The company reviews prior authorizations for specialized medical procedures on behalf of insurers. It is the largest prior authorization company in the United States, working with over one hundred insurance companies and Medicaid programs. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
History and Society/Education
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| 2025-01-17 19:54 | William Arthur Ganfield (American pastor, educator, and academic administrator) | William Arthur Ganfield (September 3, 1873 – October 18, 1940) was an American pastor, educator, and academic administrator who was president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, from 1915 to 1921 and then of Carroll College (now called Carroll University) in Waukesha, Wisconsin, from 1921 until his retirement in 1939. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
History and Society/History
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| 2024-10-29 17:43 | Angela Alsobrooks (American politician and lawyer (born 1971)) | Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 2018 to 2024 as county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland, and from 2010 to 2018 as the county's state's attorney. | Y2hyaXM (talk) |
| 2024-12-29 15:48 | Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (Irish maternity home and site of mass grave for children) | The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (also known as St Mary's Mother and Baby Home, or locally simply as The Home), which operated between 1925 and 1961 in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers and their children. The home was run by the Bon Secours Sisters, a religious order of Catholic nuns, that also operated the Grove Hospital in the town. | BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! |
| 2024-12-31 18:41 | Book of Wu (Lost history of Eastern Wu (c. 250)) | The Book of Wu or Wu shu (Chinese: 吳書) is a lost history of the state of Eastern Wu (229–280). It was compiled by the official historians of the Wu court under orders from the Wu emperors. Portions of the text survive only as quotations preserved in Pei Songzhi's Annotated Records of the Three Kingdoms. | Kzyx (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 07:01 | Dolores Huerta (American labor leader (born 1930)) | Dolores Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-01-24 02:35 | Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (Grand Duchess of Russia) | Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. | Qubacubazamniauser (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 12:28 | Augustina Gabel (revolutionary and librarian from Russian Empire) | Augustina Stanislavovna Gabel (Ukrainian: Августина Станіславівна Габель, romanized: Augustyna Stanislavivna Habel; née Sinkevich; born 30 August 1853 – 29 March 1907) was a librarian and revolutionary from the Russian Empire. Orphaned at an early age, she was raised by her older sister and her husband. After receiving her education, she became involved in revolutionary activities, joining the Narodnik movement, which aimed to promote socialist ideas among the Russian peasantry. | Venzz (talk) |
| 2025-02-17 11:54 | War of the Galician Succession (1205–1245) (Succession war in the Galician-Volhynian principality) | The War of the Galician Succession or War for the unification of the Principality of Galician-Volhynia (Russian: Война за объединение Галицко-Волынского княжества; Ukrainian: Війна за об'єднання Галицько-Волинського князівства) sometimes also known as the Second War of the Galician Succession was a struggle for power over the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia. | Orginalny (talk) |
| 2025-02-20 09:47 | Lucy Parsons (American labor organizer (c.1851–1942)) | Lucy E. Parsons (c. 1851 – March 7, 1942) was an American social anarchist and later anarcho-communist. Her early life is shrouded in mystery: she herself said she was of mixed Mexican and Native American ancestry; historians believe she was born to an African-American slave, possibly in Virginia, then married a black freedman in Texas. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2025-02-27 03:50 | Flag of Transnistria (National Flag) | Transnistria (officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic or PMR), a breakaway state internationally recognised as part of Moldova, has a state flag, a presidential standard, and a customs flag. Additionally, the flag of Russia shares equal legal status with the state flag. | Yue🌙 |
| 2025-02-27 13:52 | Aaron Burr (Vice President of the United States from 1801 to 1805) | Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, businessman, lawyer, and Founding Father who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805 during Thomas Jefferson's first presidential term. He founded the Manhattan Company on September 1, 1799. | Ali Beary (talk!) |
| 2025-03-01 10:47 | 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Political event in Yugoslavia) | The League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) convened the highest forum for its 12th Congress from 26 to 29 June 1982 at the Sava Centar in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. It was the first party congress in four years and the first since the 4 May 1980 death of Josip Broz Tito, the long-standing leader of the LCY and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). | TheUzbek (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 14:29 | Ostjuden (Eastern European Jews in Germany) | Ostjuden (German for "Eastern Jews"; singular Ostjude, adjective ostjüdisch) was a term used in Germany and Austria during the first half of the 20th century to refer to Jews from Central and Eastern Europe. The term often had a pejorative connotation and, like other disparaging epithets of earlier use, evoked the negative qualities that German racism had attributed to Eastern European Jew since the 19th century. | Gitz (talk) (contribs) |
| 2025-03-06 05:34 | Massacre in Budy (Massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz subcamp that took place in 1942) | The Massacre in Budy (German: Budyrevolte, Polish: Masakra w Budach) was the massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz concentration camp, who were quartered in the Wirtschaftshof Budy subcamp, which took place in the evening of 5 October 1942. Around 90 female prisoners, most of them French Jewish women, were killed by German prisoner functionaries and SS guards. | Galileo01 (talk) |
| 2025-03-06 08:44 | Josip Torbar (politician, born 1889) (Croatian politician (1889–1963)) | Josip Torbar (12 April 1889 – 5 January 1963) was a Croatian politician, lawyer, and member of the Croatian Peasant Party (Croatian: Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS). He was involved in leading the party through the interwar period during the tenure of Vladko Maček and during World War II. He was a member of the parliament of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and a minister in the governments of Dragiša Cvetković and Dušan Simović. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-08 18:26 | Dušan the Mighty (paramilitary) (Paramilitary unit in Yugoslav Wars) | Dušan the Mighty (Serbian: Душан Силни, Dušan Silni) was a Serbian paramilitary force that was active in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991. It was the armed wing of the Serbian National Renewal political party, led by Mirko Jović. The unit cooperated with the White Eagles and Serbian Chetnik Movement paramilitary groups and with Serbian Army of Krajina. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-03-23 20:07 | Blasius Mataranga (Medieval Albanian Nobleman of the Mataranga family) | Blasius Mataranga (Albanian: Vlash Matrënga; 13?? – 1367), also known as Blasius II, Blasii, Blaz, Vlasius, or Vlaxius was an Albanian nobleman and member of the Mataranga family.[a] He played a key role in Albania's regional politics during the mid-14th century. Blasius ruled over a principality from 1358 to 1367, with control over the coastal region between Durrës and Vlorë, including the strategic port of Karavasta. | Arberian2444 (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 18:44 | John Papadimitriou (Greek archaeologist (1904–1963)) | John K. Papadimitriou (Greek: Ιωάννης Κ. Παπαδημητρίου, romanized: Ioannis K. Papadimitriou; September 4 [O.S. August 22] 1904 – April 11, 1963) was a Greek archaeologist. Along with George Mylonas, he excavated Grave Circle B, the oldest known monumentalized burials at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-03-26 18:46 | Pro Plancio (54 BCE defence speech by Cicero) | The Pro Plancio, sometimes named as the Pro Cn. Plancio, or the Planciana, was a speech given by the Roman lawyer and statesman Cicero in September 54 BCE. In the speech, delivered in the Roman Forum, Cicero defended Gnaeus Plancius, who had been elected as aedile the previous year, against a charge of electoral malpractice (ambitus) levelled by Marcus Iuventius Laterensis, one of his defeated opponents. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-02 08:55 | Abraham (Hebrew patriarch according to the Hebrew Bible) | Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad. | Brent Silby (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 16:26 | Emirate of Erzincan (Emirate in Anatolia by 1348 until 1410) | The Emirate of Erzincan was a state centered around the city of Erzincan that controlled parts of eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Its first known ruler, Ahi Ayna (r. 1348–62), rose to power as a vassal of the Eretnids through a purchase from his unknown predecessor sometime before 1348. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 02:02 | Evgeni Malkin (Russian ice hockey player (born 1986)) | Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( Russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈmalkʲɪn]; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Geno", Malkin began his career with his hometown club Metallurg Magnitogorsk, playing for their junior and senior teams. | Joeykai (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 07:57 | HMS Victory (1765 first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy) | HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.[Note 1] She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759. | Ykraps (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 10:05 | Alfred Biliotti (British archaeologist and diplomat (1833–1915)) | Sir Alfred Biliotti KCMG CB (14 July 1833 – 1 February 1915) was a Levantine Italian, born on Rhodes, who became a British consular official and amateur archaeologist. Biliotti probably received little formal education, and followed his father, who had carried out consular work for the governments of Britain, Spain and Tuscany, into the British consular service in 1849. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-17 10:08 | Euthymides (Late 6th century BCE Athenian potter and painter) | Euthymides (Ancient Greek: Εὐθυμίδης; fl. c. 515 – c. 500 BCE) was an ancient Athenian potter and painter of vases. He was a member of the art movement later known as the Pioneer Group for their exploration of the new decorative style known as red-figure pottery. His works are known for their innovative use of foreshortening, and include the Revellers Vase, inscribed with a taunting message addressed to his fellow painter and rival Euphronios. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-19 15:47 | Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis (Archaeological theory) | In archaeology, the Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis is a middle-range theory about the relationship between a society's burial practices and its social organisation. It predicts that the use within a society of specific areas for the disposal of the dead is correlated with the degree to which that society uses claims of lineal ties to dead ancestors to legitimise control over restricted resources. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2025-04-20 21:33 | Invasion of Gozo (1551) (1551 Ottoman attack on Gozo) | The invasion of Gozo, also known as the siege of Gozo (Maltese: L-Assedju t'Għawdex), was an Ottoman invasion of the island of Gozo, then part of Hospitaller Malta, in July 1551. The attack, which was led by Sinan Pasha, Dragut, Kambil Bey and Salah Rais, appears to have been launched in retaliation for the capture of Mahdia by the Spanish and Hospitallers the previous year. | Xwejnusgozo (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 23:26 | Tell es-Sakan (Archaeological site in Palestine) | Tell es-Sakan (Arabic: تل السكن, lit. 'Hill of Ash') is a tell (archaeological mound) about 5 km south of Gaza City in what is today the Gaza Strip, on the northern bank of Wadi Ghazzeh. It was the site of two separate Early Bronze Age urban settlements: the first was a fortified administrative center of the Egyptian colonies in southwestern Palestine, inhabited from about 3300 BCE to 3000 BCE, and a later, local Canaanite fortified city was established around 2600 BCE and inhabited until about 2300 BCE. | Richard Nevell (talk) |
History and Society/Military and warfare
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| 2024-11-21 14:16 | Cyborgs (film) (2017 Ukrainian war film) | Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (Ukrainian: Кiборги: Герої не вмирають; Romanized: Kiborhy: Heroyi ne vmyrayut) is a 2017 Ukrainian war drama film about the Cyborgs, the Ukrainian defenders in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport during the war in Donbas. The film was written by Nataliya Vorozhbyt, directed by Akhtem Seitablayev and produced by Ivanna Diadiura. | Reidgreg (talk) |
| 2024-12-16 06:51 | Statue of John Barry (Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S.) | The statue of John Barry commemorates the "Father of the United States Navy", Commodore John Barry (1745-1806). Barry was an Irish-born sailor who joined the American colonists in fighting for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Barry became the first commission by the Second Continental Congress. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 05:01 | John Paul Jones Memorial (Statue by Charles Henry Niehaus in Washington, D.C.) | The John Paul Jones Memorial, also known as Commodore John Paul Jones, is a monument in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. The memorial honors John Paul Jones, the United States' first naval war hero, who received the Congressional Gold Medal after the American Revolutionary War ended. Jones allegedly said "I have not yet begun to fight!" during the Battle of Flamborough Head. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2025-02-03 19:44 | Second Anglo-Ashanti War (1863–1864 war between the Ashantis and Britain) | The Second Anglo-Ashanti War also known as the Second Anglo-Asante War and Third Anglo–Asante War was an armed conflict between the Ashanti Empire led by Kwaku Dua I against the United Kingdom and Fante tribes led by Richard Pine. It took place from March 1863 to June 1864, ending with a withdrawal of British troops. | Setergh (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 23:27 | SMS Nautilus (1871) (German gunboat) | SMS was the second and final member of the Albatross class of steam gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ship was ordered as part of a construction program intended to begin replacing the old Jäger-class gunboats that had been built a decade earlier. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 23:30 | SMS Hyäne (1878) (German gunboat of the 1870s) | SMS Hyäne was the second member of the Wolf class of steam gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ship was ordered as part of a construction program intended to begin replacing the old Jäger-class gunboats that had been built a decade earlier. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 00:37 | Chŏng Sangjin (Soviet-Korean soldier (1918–2013)) | Chŏng Sangjin (Korean: 정상진; May 5, 1918 – June 15, 2013) was a Soviet-Korean poet, bureaucrat, academic, and military officer. He was the only ethnic Korean among 60 Soviet paratroopers that first liberated parts of Korea under Japanese rule during World War II. He was also known by his Russian name Yuri Danilovich Ten (Russian: Юрий Данилович Тен) or the Korean nickname derived from "Yuri", Ryul (률). | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 14:49 | Gerhard Barkhorn (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-02-17 11:54 | War of the Galician Succession (1205–1245) (Succession war in the Galician-Volhynian principality) | The War of the Galician Succession or War for the unification of the Principality of Galician-Volhynia (Russian: Война за объединение Галицко-Волынского княжества; Ukrainian: Війна за об'єднання Галицько-Волинського князівства) sometimes also known as the Second War of the Galician Succession was a struggle for power over the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia. | Orginalny (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 01:48 | Allied prisoners of war of Japan (Treatment of POWs in Japan during WWII) | During the Second World War, prisoners of war (POWs) from Allied countries (also known in the UK as Far East prisoners of war, FEPOW: 4 ) suffered extreme mistreatment in Japanese captivity, characterized by forced labor, severe malnutrition, disease, physical abuse, and mass executions. The Imperial Japanese Army disregarded international conventions on the humane treatment of POWs, subjecting captives to brutal conditions in prison camps, on forced marches, and aboard transport ships known as "hell ships". | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-22 06:04 | Prisoners of war in World War II | Prisoners of war during World War II faced vastly different fates due to the POW conventions adhered to or ignored, depending on the theater of conflict, and the behaviour of their captors. During the war approximately 35 million soldiers surrendered, with many held in the prisoner-of-war camps. Most of the POWs were taken in the European theatre of the war. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-02-23 05:20 | Siege of Ak-Mechet (1853 engagement of the Russo-Kokand War) | The siege of Ak-Mechet (2–28 July 1853) was one of the first major engagements of the Russo-Kokand war, fought between the Russian Empire and the Khanate of Kokand. The city was an important northern base for the Kokand Khanate, and was placed next to the defensible Syr Darya river. | CitrusHemlock |
| 2025-03-06 05:34 | Massacre in Budy (Massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz subcamp that took place in 1942) | The Massacre in Budy (German: Budyrevolte, Polish: Masakra w Budach) was the massacre of female prisoners from the penal company of Auschwitz concentration camp, who were quartered in the Wirtschaftshof Budy subcamp, which took place in the evening of 5 October 1942. Around 90 female prisoners, most of them French Jewish women, were killed by German prisoner functionaries and SS guards. | Galileo01 (talk) |
| 2025-03-08 18:26 | Dušan the Mighty (paramilitary) (Paramilitary unit in Yugoslav Wars) | Dušan the Mighty (Serbian: Душан Силни, Dušan Silni) was a Serbian paramilitary force that was active in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991. It was the armed wing of the Serbian National Renewal political party, led by Mirko Jović. The unit cooperated with the White Eagles and Serbian Chetnik Movement paramilitary groups and with Serbian Army of Krajina. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-03-10 03:01 | Regena M. Aye (Civil Air Patrol national commander) | Regena M. Aye is a major general and the 26th National Commander of the Civil Air Patrol. Maj. Gen. Aye succeeded Maj. Gen. Edward D. Phelka as National Commander on August 17, 2024. She leads nearly 70,000 members across the U.S. in fulfilling CAP's congressionally chartered missions of Emergency Services, Cadet Programs and Aerospace Education, including Homeland Security as a member of the United States Air Force's Total Force. | JoseMoranUrena (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 06:26 | May 1995 Pale air strikes (NATO air strikes on Army of Republika Srpska in May 1995) | On 25 and 26 May 1995, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) conducted air strikes against ammunition depots of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) at Jahorinski Potok near Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of Operation Deny Flight, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-03-11 07:58 | Günther Rall (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-03-17 10:59 | July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona (Military uprising in Barcelona in 1936) | The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona, also known as the Battle of Barcelona, was a mutiny that occurred in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, from 19 to 20 July 1936. The uprising was carried out by the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Army, which was defeated by a popular resistance led by anarchist militias and Republican loyalists. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 17:14 | HMS Noble (1915) (British M-Class destroyer) | HMS Noble was a Repeat Admiralty M-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class was an improvement on those of the preceding L class, capable of higher speed. Originally to be called Nisus, Noble was renamed before being launched in 1915. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 10:32 | John Cecil Russell (British cavalry officer (1839–1909)) | Major-General John Cecil Russell (1839–30 March 1909) was a British cavalry officer. After a brief service with the Oxford University Rifle Volunteer Corps Russell purchased a commission in the 11th Light Dragoons in 1860. He transferred to the 10th Light Dragoons and rose to the rank of captain by purchase before transferring to the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of Lancers in 1872. | Dumelow (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 12:44 | Ferré-class submarine (Peruvian class of submarines) | The Ferré class was a pair of submarines in service with the Peruvian Navy (MGP) during the period of the Great War. The first, BAP Teniente Ferré, was in service from 1912 to 1919. The second, BAP Teniente Palacios, was in service from 1913 to 1919. Both were constructed by the French steel company Schneider-Creusot by the order of the MGP. | Tylermack999 (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 02:01 | Java War (Dutch colonial war in Java (1825–1830)) | The Java War (Javanese: ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦗꦮ; Dutch: De Java-oorlog; Indonesian: Perang Jawa), also known in Indonesia as the Diponegoro War (Javanese: ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦢꦶꦥꦤꦼꦒꦫ; Indonesian: Perang Diponegoro), was an armed conflict in central and eastern Java from 1825 to 1830, between native Javanese rebels headed by Prince Diponegoro and the colonial Dutch Empire supported by Javanese princely states. | Juxlos (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 17:01 | 132nd Squadron (Turkey) (Military unit) | 132nd Squadron "Daggers" is a fighter squadron of the Turkish Air Force specialized in the development of courses for the efficient use of weapons and tactics. It also serves aggressor duties mainly during NATO exercises. | AscendencyXXIV (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 11:42 | 1994 Serb Jastreb J-21 shootdown (Incident in which four Croatian/Bosnian Serb aircraft were shot down by NATO aircraft) | On 28 February 1994, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aircraft shot down five J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets piloted by Republika Srpska (RS) or Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) personnel in Bosnia and Herzegovina airspace after they had bombed an armaments factory at Novi Travnik during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-04-08 17:16 | Cuscatlán Battalion (Salvadoran military unit of the Iraq War) | The Cuscatlán Battalion (Spanish: Batallón Cuscatlán) was a military unit of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) that participated in the Iraq War from 2003 to 2009. The Cuscatlán Battalion served under the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South (MN–DCS) throughout its deployment. From 2003 to 2004, it was also a part of the Spanish-led Plus Ultra Brigade. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-04-09 23:50 | French ironclad Jemmapes (Coastal defense battleship of the French Navy) | Jemmapes was the lead ship of a class of two coastal defense ships built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the 1890s. Launched in 1892, the vessel joined the Northern Squadron of the French Navy (Esadre du Nord) at Brest. Armed with a main armament of two 274 mm (10.8 in) guns, the vessel was designed within the principles of the Jeune École. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 07:00 | Dan Caine (U.S. Air Force general (born 1968)) | John Daniel Caine (born August 10, 1968) is an American Air Force general and venture capitalist who has served as the 22nd chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2025. He served as the associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2021 to 2024. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-17 07:57 | HMS Victory (1765 first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy) | HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.[Note 2] She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759. | Ykraps (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 22:54 | HNLMS Sumatra (1920) (Java-class light cruiser) | HNLMS Sumatra was a Java-class light cruiser operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was designed to defend the Dutch East Indies and outperform all potential rivals. She was laid down in 1916, but a series of construction delays prevented her from being completed until 1926. By the time she entered service, her design was already dated. | GGOTCC |
History and Society/Politics and government
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| 2024-10-29 17:43 | Angela Alsobrooks (American politician and lawyer (born 1971)) | Angela Deneece Alsobrooks (born February 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 2018 to 2024 as county executive of Prince George's County, Maryland, and from 2010 to 2018 as the county's state's attorney. | Y2hyaXM (talk) |
| 2024-10-31 16:03 | Halimah Yacob (Former President of Singapore) | Halimah binti Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who held the office of the eighth president of Singapore from 2017 to 2023, making her the first woman to serve in this role. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2024-11-06 20:33 | 2024 Salvadoran general election (Election in El Salvador) | General elections were held in El Salvador in February and March 2024. In the first round on 4 February, voters elected the president, vice president, and all 60 deputies of the Legislative Assembly. In the second round on 3 March, voters elected mayors and municipal councils for all 44 of the country's municipalities and all 20 of El Salvador's deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN). | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2024-11-24 12:43 | Moira Deeming (Australian politician) | Moira Deeming is an Australian politician and member of the Victorian Liberal Party. She has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, for the Western Metropolitan Region of the, since November 2022. She previously sat as a councillor for the Melton City Council representing the Watts Ward. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2024-12-12 07:19 | Ellenbrook line (Railway line in Perth, Western Australia) | The Ellenbrook line, known as the Morley–Ellenbrook line during construction, is a suburban railway line and service in Perth, Western Australia, which is operated by the Public Transport Authority as part of the Transperth system. The line branches from the Midland line at Bayswater station and heads north-north-west to serve five stations along a 21.3-kilometre (13.2 mi) route to Ellenbrook. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 07:26 | Alkimos railway station (Railway station in Alkimos, Western Australia) | Alkimos railway station is a suburban rail station in Alkimos, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Situated on Transperth's Yanchep line, the station consists of two side platforms within a cutting below a ground-level concourse, with a bus interchange for feeder bus services. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 07:45 | Whiteman Park railway station (Railway station in Perth, Western Australia) | Whiteman Park railway station is a suburban railway station on the Ellenbrook line in Perth, Western Australia. The station is located on the western side of Drumpellier Drive in Whiteman, and will serve the surrounding suburbs of Brabham, Dayton, Henley Brook and West Swan, as well as the nature reserve and tourism destination of Whiteman Park. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 07:58 | Ellenbrook railway station (Railway station in Perth, Western Australia) | Ellenbrook railway station is a suburban railway station in Ellenbrook, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The station is the north-eastern terminus of the Ellenbrook line. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-26 12:46 | Canning Bridge railway station (Railway station in Perth, Western Australia) | Canning Bridge railway station is a suburban railway and bus station on the Mandurah line in Perth, Western Australia. Situated in the suburb of Como next to the Canning River, the station is located at the interchange between the Kwinana Freeway and Canning Highway. The train platforms are at ground level within the median strip of the freeway, while the bus stands are on the bridge carrying Canning Highway. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-30 23:45 | Bruce Lehrmann (Australian former political staffer) | Bruce Lehrmann (born June 1995) is an Australian former political staffer, who is primarily known for his involvement in the 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations. He grew up in Toowoomba and moved to Canberra for study in 2013 when he started working as a staffer. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2025-01-01 09:56 | Bell railway station, Melbourne (Railway station in Melbourne, Australia) | Bell railway station is a commuter railway station located in the north-eastern suburb of Preston in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 8 October 1889, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in May 2022 and the current elevated station provided in September 2022 by the Level Crossing Removal Project. | PEPSI697 💬 |
| 2025-01-12 17:08 | Operation Destabilise (International investigation) | Operation Destabilise was an international investigation led by the National Crime Agency which, over the course of three years, uncovered a money laundering ring with ties to criminal organisations in the UK, drug cartels in South America, the Kinahan Organised Crime Group, Russian espionage efforts and sanction avoidance. | CommissarDoggoTalk? |
| 2025-01-22 22:50 | Manfred Uschner (German politician (1937–2007)) | Manfred Uschner (16 May 1937 – 13 November 2007) was a German diplomat and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-01-23 08:52 | Preston railway station, Melbourne (Railway station in Melbourne, Australia) | Preston railway station is a commuter railway station located in the north-eastern suburb of Preston in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 8 October 1889, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in May 2022 and the current elevated station provided in September 2022 by the Level Crossing Removal Project. | PEPSI697 💬 |
| 2025-01-30 03:20 | Andreas Papandreou (Greek economist and politician (1919–1996)) | Andreas Georgiou Papandreou (Greek: Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek academic and economist who founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and served three terms as prime minister of Greece. | A.Cython (talk) |
| 2025-02-02 19:07 | Mike McLachlan (American politician (1946–2021)) | Michael Edward McLachlan (April 18, 1946 – June 23, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 59th district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2015. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 00:53 | Killing of Sammy Baker (2020 killing by Dutch police) | Samuel Seewald (1997–2020) was a young German man shot dead in Amsterdam by police officers on 13 August 2020. He was known as Sammy Baker on Instagram where he had 170,000 followers. Seewald had travelled to Amsterdam to celebrate his birthday with friends and after smoking cannabis with friends, had become psychotic. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 14:49 | Gerhard Barkhorn (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 04:13 | Sleepwalker (EP) (2014 extended play by Kylie and Garibay) | Sleepwalker (alternatively titled Kylie + Garibay) is the debut extended play (EP) by musical duo Kylie and Garibay, composed of Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and American record producer Fernando Garibay. In 2013, Minogue began working with Garibay on material intended for her twelfth studio album, Kiss Me Once (2014). | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-02-17 11:54 | War of the Galician Succession (1205–1245) (Succession war in the Galician-Volhynian principality) | The War of the Galician Succession or War for the unification of the Principality of Galician-Volhynia (Russian: Война за объединение Галицко-Волынского княжества; Ukrainian: Війна за об'єднання Галицько-Волинського князівства) sometimes also known as the Second War of the Galician Succession was a struggle for power over the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia. | Orginalny (talk) |
| 2025-02-19 21:17 | 2002 Marib airstrike (2002 US drone strike on the leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen) | On 3 November 2002, a CIA-operated MQ-1 Predator drone launched an airstrike on a vehicle travelling on a highway through the al-Naqaa desert of Marib Governorate, Yemen. The strike destroyed the vehicle and killed six suspected militants, including its target Abu Ali al-Harithi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen. | Hsnkn (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 20:22 | 1919 Salvadoran presidential election (1919 elections in El Salvador) | A presidential election was held in El Salvador between 13 and 15 January 1919 when Salvadorans elected their next president to serve a four-year term from 1919 to 1923. In the election, Jorge Meléndez defeated opponents Pío Romero Bosque and Arturo Araujo and was elected as the country's president; Alfonso Quiñónez Molina, the then-provisional president, was elected as Jorge Meléndez's vice president. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-02-23 06:06 | John Holmes Jackson (American politician) | John Holmes Jackson (March 21, 1871 – December 15, 1944) was an American dentist and politician who served as the 24th and 26th Mayor of Burlington, Vermont. He represented Burlington in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-02-24 05:13 | Mlađo Radić (Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1952)) | Mlađo Radić (born 15 May 1952), sometimes known by the nickname Krkan, is a convicted war criminal and former policeman who was found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of persecution, murder and torture – constituting crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war – committed at the Omarska concentration camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-03-01 10:47 | 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Political event in Yugoslavia) | The League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) convened the highest forum for its 12th Congress from 26 to 29 June 1982 at the Sava Centar in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. It was the first party congress in four years and the first since the 4 May 1980 death of Josip Broz Tito, the long-standing leader of the LCY and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). | TheUzbek (talk) |
| 2025-03-05 19:27 | Jan Brewer (Governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015) | Janice Kay Brewer (née Drinkwine; born September 26, 1944) is an American politician. She served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015 as a member of the Republican Party. Brewer assumed the governorship as part of the line of succession when Governor Janet Napolitano resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-03-09 21:00 | Assessment on COVID-19 Origins (2021 United States intelligence report) | Assessment on COVID-19 Origins is a report of the United States Intelligence Community, which was commissioned on May 26, 2021 by President Joe Biden and declassified in August of the same year. Biden initially ordered his intelligence services to "redouble efforts" concerning the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. | Mr. Lechkar (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 07:58 | Günther Rall (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-03-13 09:30 | 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election | Constitutional Assembly elections were held in the recently proclaimed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed Yugoslavia) on 28 November 1920. The election was held in the context of political debate over the degree of centralisation or potential federalisation of Yugoslavia. The election was held in the entire territory of the country except the areas obtained shortly beforehand through the Treaty of Rapallo which regulated the borders with Italy because those areas were still under Italian occupation. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-14 20:44 | Mugging (Form of robbery) | Mugging (sometimes called personal robbery or street robbery) is a form of robbery and street crime that occurs in public places, often urban areas at night. It involves a confrontation with a threat of violence. Muggers steal money or personal property, which is worth less than the payouts of commercial robbery but involves less time and planning. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-03-17 06:54 | Kash Patel (American lawyer (born 1980)) | Kashyap Pramod "Kash" Patel (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor serving as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2025. He also served from February to April 2025 as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-03-18 09:49 | 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (2016–2021 electoral term) | The 12th Central Committee (12th CC), officially stylised as XII Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), was composed of 180 members and 20 alternates. It was elected by the 12th National Congress on 27 January 2016, and its electoral term lasted until the election of the 13th Central Committee on 31 January 2021 by the 13th National Congress. | TheUzbek (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 19:54 | 2025 Liechtenstein general election | General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 9 February 2025 to elect the 25 members of the Landtag. The Patriotic Union (VU) won 10 seats, while the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) won seven, the lowest in its history. The Democrats for Liechtenstein (DpL) won six seats, being the highest amount of seats won by a third party in Liechtenstein's history. | TheBritinator (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:31 | Daniel A. Gilbert (American police official and politician (1889–1970)) | Daniel A. Gilbert (August 31, 1889 – July 31, 1970) was an American police officer and politician who was active in Cook County, Illinois's law enforcement from 1917 to 1950, and referred to as the world's richest police officer due to his net worth of $360,000. He unsuccessfully ran for Cook County Sheriff with the Democratic nomination in 1950. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:33 | Ruben A. Valdez (American politician (1937–2019)) | Ruben Adolfo Valdez (January 27, 1937 – October 1, 2019) was an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1970 to 1978, and as its Speaker from 1975 to 1976. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:34 | Kurt Wright (American politician (born 1956)) | Kurt Wright (born February 7, 1956) is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, and on Burlington, Vermont's city council intermittently between 1995 and 2020. He was president of the city council from 2007 to 2009, and 2018 to 2020. He is the last Republican to serve on Burlington's city council and to represent it in the state house. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 12:35 | Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme (Australian guest worker program) | The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme is a guest worker program that allows Australian businesses to hire temporary workers from Pacific island countries, as well as from Timor-Leste. The scheme allows participating workers to work in seasonal jobs for up to 9 months or in longer-term jobs for between 1 and 4 years. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 19:29 | Terrorism Confinement Center (Maximum security prison in El Salvador) | The Terrorism Confinement Center (Spanish: Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, abbreviated and commonly known as CECOT) is a maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The prison was built in late 2022 amid a large-scale gang crackdown in the country. The Salvadoran government opened the prison in late January 2023, and it began housing inmates the following month. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-04-02 06:54 | T. Elliot Gaiser (American attorney (born 1989)) | Thomas Elliot Gaiser (born September 6, 1989) is an American attorney who has served as the solicitor general of Ohio since 2023. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-03 04:35 | George R. Dale (American mayor and newspaper editor (1867–1936)) | George Reynolds Dale, Sr. (February 5, 1867 – March 27, 1936) was an American newspaper editor and politician. He was the editor of the Muncie Post-Democrat from 1920 to 1936 and the mayor of Muncie, Indiana from 1930 to 1935, a member of the Democratic Party. He started several newspapers and battled bootleggers and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-06 03:39 | Robert Brodribb Hammond (Australian Anglican priest and social reformer (1870–1946)) | Robert Brodribb Hammond (12 June 1870 – 12 May 1946) was an Australian clergyman and social reformer. Hammond was known for his work as an evangelist in Sydney's working class suburbs and for operating large-scale poverty relief efforts during the 1920s and 1930s. Between 1904 and 1911, Hammond served as organising missioner of the Mission Zone Fund, a section of the Anglican Home Mission Society, and established a successful ministry in the working class suburbs of inner-city Sydney. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 06:10 | John Caesar (Australian bushranger (c. 1763–1796)) | John Caesar (c. 1763 – 15 February 1796), nicknamed "Black Caesar", was an 18th-century convict and one of the first people from the African continent to arrive in Australia. He is considered to be the first Australian bushranger. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 13:24 | Palmer Raids (United States government arrests of leftists, 1919–20) | The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected socialists, especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States. The raids particularly targeted Italian immigrants and Eastern European Jewish immigrants with alleged leftist ties, with particular focus on Italian anarchists and immigrant leftist labor activists. | 7&6=thirteen (☎) |
| 2025-04-08 17:39 | Timebomb (Kylie Minogue song) (2012 single by Kylie Minogue) | "Timebomb" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was written by Karen Poole, Matt Schwartz, and Paul Harris, with Schwartz and Harris also handling production. A surprise release, both the track and its music video were digitally unveiled via a viral Twitter campaign on 25 May 2012. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 20:13 | 1991 Rakovica I by-election | A by-election in the Rakovica I constituency in Serbia was held in June 1991. The election was called after the death of representative Miodrag Bulatović of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), and was contested by Radoš Karaklajić of SPS, Vojislav Šešelj of the Serbian Radical Party, Borislav Pekić of the Democratic Party and ten other candidates. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-04-10 18:31 | Young Lords (Civil and human rights organization) | The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO), were a left-wing political organization that originally developed from a Chicago street gang. With major branches in Chicago and New York City, they were known for their direct action campaigns, including building occupations, sit-ins, and garbage-dumping protests. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-04-12 15:08 | Chtonobdella limbata (Species of annelid worm) | Chtonobdella limbata is a species of terrestrial blood-sucking leech, commonly found in subtropical forests of Australia. Contracted, the leeches are about 28 millimetres (1.1 in) long, but once extended they can reach 60 millimetres (2.4 in) or even 80 mm (3.1 in) in length. They have two saw-like jaws which they use to cut open their victims' skin. | Cremastra talk |
| 2025-04-13 04:54 | The Alaska Socialist (American socialist newspaper) | The Alaska Socialist was an American semi-monthly newspaper published in Fairbanks, Alaska. Founded by Lena Morrow Lewis in 1913, the paper was first published on September 29, associated with the Socialist Party of America. In April 1914, following elections in Fairbanks, Andrew Knowles seized editorship over the paper and cut ties with the Socialist Party and began heavily criticizing Lewis. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-04-18 11:26 | Ben Roberts-Smith (Australian soldier (born 1978)) | Benjamin Roberts-Smith VC, MG (born 1 November 1978) is a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia – the highest award for gallantry in battle that can be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces, who was found in a 2023 civil defamation trial to have committed war crimes (including murder) in 2009, 2010 and 2012 while deployed to Afghanistan. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2025-04-18 20:42 | Gary Shapley (American government official (born 1977)) | Gary Allen Shapley Jr. (born December 1977) is an American government official who has served as the deputy chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation since 2025. Shapley also served as the acting commissioner of internal revenue from April 16 to April 18, 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-20 00:44 | Karoline Leavitt (American spokesperson (born 1997)) | Karoline Claire Leavitt (born August 24, 1997) is an American spokesperson who has served as the White House press secretary since 2025. She was the Republican candidate in the United States House of Representatives election for New Hampshire's first congressional district in 2022. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
History and Society/Society
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| 2025-01-21 07:01 | Dolores Huerta (American labor leader (born 1930)) | Dolores Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization (CSO), she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which eventually merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 10:22 | Cecilia Eggleston (English Metropolitan Community Church minister) | Cecilia Eggleston is a minister and leader within the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). She was the first woman and first lay person to be elected as district coordinator in the European District of the MCC. She is currently the CEO and chief of staff of MCC worldwide. | GnocchiFan (talk) |
| 2025-02-23 05:20 | Siege of Ak-Mechet (1853 engagement of the Russo-Kokand War) | The siege of Ak-Mechet (2–28 July 1853) was one of the first major engagements of the Russo-Kokand war, fought between the Russian Empire and the Khanate of Kokand. The city was an important northern base for the Kokand Khanate, and was placed next to the defensible Syr Darya river. | CitrusHemlock |
| 2025-03-14 18:20 | Wangerooge Frisian (Extinct East Frisian variety) | Wangerooge Frisian, also known as Wangeroogic or Wangeroogish, is an extinct variety of the East Frisian language, formerly spoken on the East Frisian Island of Wangerooge. Descended from the Weser subdialect of Old Frisian, it flourished on the island until a massive storm struck during the winter of 1854–1855, causing the inhabitants to flee to the mainland near Varel. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2025-03-23 08:32 | Yusof Ishak (President of Singapore from 1965 to 1970) | Yusof bin Ishak (12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970) was a Singaporean journalist and civil servant who served as the second Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore from 1959 to 1965 and the first president of Singapore between 1965 and 1970, both roles serving as the head of state of Singapore. | Actuall7 (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 10:58 | William Morris's influence on Tolkien (Literary influence) | William Morris's influence on J. R. R. Tolkien was substantial. From an early age, Tolkien bought many of Morris's books, including his fantasies, poetry, and translations. Both men liked the Norse sagas, disliked mechanisation, and wrote fantasy books which they illustrated themselves. On the other hand, Morris was a socialist and atheist, while Tolkien was bourgeois and Catholic. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
History and Society/Transportation
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| 2024-10-29 22:24 | Transport in Penang | As the core of Malaysia's second largest conurbation, Penang has a relatively developed transport infrastructure. The state is well-connected by land, air and sea. The Penang International Airport is Malaysia's second busiest by aircraft movements and the busiest by export volume, while the Port of Penang is the main transshipment hub of northern Malaysia. | LibStar (talk) |
| 2024-12-22 07:26 | Alkimos railway station (Railway station in Alkimos, Western Australia) | Alkimos railway station is a suburban rail station in Alkimos, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Situated on Transperth's Yanchep line, the station consists of two side platforms within a cutting below a ground-level concourse, with a bus interchange for feeder bus services. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2024-12-24 19:50 | Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge (Bridge in Maryland, United States) | The Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge is a deck truss bridge that carries the Amtrak Northeast Corridor line across the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland. The 4,153.8-foot (1,266.1 m)-long two-track bridge has 17 fixed spans and one swing span across the river's navigation channel. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2024-12-26 12:46 | Canning Bridge railway station (Railway station in Perth, Western Australia) | Canning Bridge railway station is a suburban railway and bus station on the Mandurah line in Perth, Western Australia. Situated in the suburb of Como next to the Canning River, the station is located at the interchange between the Kwinana Freeway and Canning Highway. The train platforms are at ground level within the median strip of the freeway, while the bus stands are on the bridge carrying Canning Highway. | Steelkamp (talk) |
| 2025-01-01 09:56 | Bell railway station, Melbourne (Railway station in Melbourne, Australia) | Bell railway station is a commuter railway station located in the north-eastern suburb of Preston in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 8 October 1889, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in May 2022 and the current elevated station provided in September 2022 by the Level Crossing Removal Project. | PEPSI697 💬 |
| 2025-01-22 05:19 | Sengkang LRT line (Light rail line in Singapore) | The Sengkang LRT line (SKLRT) is a 10.7-kilometre (6.6 mi) elevated automated guideway transit line in Sengkang, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 14 stations on two loops, with Sengkang station connecting both loops and connecting the line to the North East MRT line. It is the second Light Rail Transit (LRT) line in Singapore, and the first LRT line operated by SBS Transit. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2025-01-23 08:52 | Preston railway station, Melbourne (Railway station in Melbourne, Australia) | Preston railway station is a commuter railway station located in the north-eastern suburb of Preston in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 8 October 1889, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in May 2022 and the current elevated station provided in September 2022 by the Level Crossing Removal Project. | PEPSI697 💬 |
| 2025-02-02 07:46 | Marine Terrace MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Marine Terrace MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Located underneath Marine Parade Road, the station serves both public and private residences as well as many schools in the area. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-02-06 23:27 | SMS Nautilus (1871) (German gunboat) | SMS was the second and final member of the Albatross class of steam gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ship was ordered as part of a construction program intended to begin replacing the old Jäger-class gunboats that had been built a decade earlier. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 23:30 | SMS Hyäne (1878) (German gunboat of the 1870s) | SMS Hyäne was the second member of the Wolf class of steam gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ship was ordered as part of a construction program intended to begin replacing the old Jäger-class gunboats that had been built a decade earlier. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 09:19 | Cranleigh line (Former railway line in South East England) | The Cranleigh line was a railway line in South East England that connected Guildford in Surrey with Horsham in West Sussex. It ran for 15 miles 48 chains (25.1 km) from Peasmarsh Junction on the Portsmouth Direct line to Stammerham Junction at Christ's Hospital station on the Arun Valley line. It served the villages of Bramley, Cranleigh, Rudgwick and Slinfold. | Mertbiol (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 14:49 | Gerhard Barkhorn (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-02-22 00:37 | Kembangan MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Kembangan MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East–West Line in Bedok, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station serves the eponymous Kembangan subzone of Bedok. Other nearby landmarks include the Kembangan Community Club (Kembangan CC) and the Masjid Kassim. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-02-27 13:31 | SS Dixie Arrow (American steam oil tanker (1921-1942)) | For two decades, Dixie Arrow carried petroleum and other oil products to and from the Far East and North America, as well as the Gulf and East Coasts of the United States, all the while transferring between different owners and operators. The tanker was considered to be one of the most efficient ships owned by Socony, and was described as a good ship to serve aboard. | -Emily (PhoenixCaelestis) (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 07:58 | Günther Rall (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-03-19 00:41 | Stoughton station (Rail station in Stoughton, Massachusetts, US) | Stoughton station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in downtown Stoughton, Massachusetts. It is the terminus of the Stoughton Branch of the Providence/Stoughton Line. Stoughton has one platform (split across Wyman Street) serving one track; the platform has a mini-high section for accessibility. The granite Richardson Romanesque station building, designed by Charles Brigham, has a 62-foot (19 m) clock tower. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-03-19 16:23 | Reedsburg Municipal Airport (General avaiation airport serving Reedsburg, Wisconsin, US) | Reedsburg Municipal Airport, (FAA LID: C35) is a city-owned, public use airport located one mile (two km) east of the central business district of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin. The airport was opened in March 1928 and has continued as a general aviation airport since. | JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-03-22 00:52 | Kingston Line (Commuter rail line in Massachusetts, US) | The Kingston Line is a commuter rail line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It runs 35.1 miles (56.5 km) southeast from Boston to Kingston with eight intermediate stops. Plymouth station, which served as a second outer terminal, has been indefinitely closed since 2021. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-03-22 00:52 | Fall River/New Bedford Line (Commuter rail line in Massachusetts, US) | The Fall River/New Bedford Line (formerly the Middleborough/Lakeville Line) is a commuter rail line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It runs south from Boston to Taunton, where it splits into branches to Fall River and New Bedford. There are 10 intermediate stations on the combined section and one on each branch. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 17:14 | HMS Noble (1915) (British M-Class destroyer) | HMS Noble was a Repeat Admiralty M-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class was an improvement on those of the preceding L class, capable of higher speed. Originally to be called Nisus, Noble was renamed before being launched in 1915. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-03-26 12:44 | Ferré-class submarine (Peruvian class of submarines) | The Ferré class was a pair of submarines in service with the Peruvian Navy (MGP) during the period of the Great War. The first, BAP Teniente Ferré, was in service from 1912 to 1919. The second, BAP Teniente Palacios, was in service from 1913 to 1919. Both were constructed by the French steel company Schneider-Creusot by the order of the MGP. | Tylermack999 (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 06:04 | South Coast Rail (Railway construction project in Massachusetts, US) | South Coast Rail is a project to expand the MBTA Commuter Rail system into the South Coast region of Massachusetts, United States. The first phase opened on March 24, 2025, becoming part of the Fall River/New Bedford Line. It extended service from Middleborough via Taunton with branches to Fall River, and New Bedford. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 11:42 | 1994 Serb Jastreb J-21 shootdown (Incident in which four Croatian/Bosnian Serb aircraft were shot down by NATO aircraft) | On 28 February 1994, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aircraft shot down five J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets piloted by Republika Srpska (RS) or Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) personnel in Bosnia and Herzegovina airspace after they had bombed an armaments factory at Novi Travnik during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-04-09 23:50 | French ironclad Jemmapes (Coastal defense battleship of the French Navy) | Jemmapes was the lead ship of a class of two coastal defense ships built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the 1890s. Launched in 1892, the vessel joined the Northern Squadron of the French Navy (Esadre du Nord) at Brest. Armed with a main armament of two 274 mm (10.8 in) guns, the vessel was designed within the principles of the Jeune École. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 07:57 | HMS Victory (1765 first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy) | HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.[Note 3] She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759. | Ykraps (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:30 | Aljunied MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Aljunied MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line (EWL) in Geylang, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station serves the eponymous Aljunied subzone of Geylang. Other nearby landmarks include Geylang East Public Library and Geylang Methodist Primary and Secondary School. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-04-19 22:54 | HNLMS Sumatra (1920) (Java-class light cruiser) | HNLMS Sumatra was a Java-class light cruiser operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy. She was designed to defend the Dutch East Indies and outperform all potential rivals. She was laid down in 1916, but a series of construction delays prevented her from being completed until 1926. By the time she entered service, her design was already dated. | GGOTCC |
| [Failed to parse] | New Hope Railroad 40 (Preserved American 2-8-0 locomotive) | New Hope Railroad 40 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lancaster and Chester Railroad in Lancaster, South Carolina under Baldwin's model of 10-34-E. No. 40 is the only operating steam locomotive on the New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania. | [Failed to parse] |
STEM
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| 2024-09-01 23:03 | Parabolic subgroup of a reflection group (Mathematical group) | In the mathematical theory of reflection groups, the parabolic subgroups are a special kind of subgroup. The precise definition of which subgroups are parabolic depends on context—for example, whether one is discussing general Coxeter groups or complex reflection groups—but in all cases the collection of parabolic subgroups exhibits important good behaviors. | JBL (talk) |
| 2024-11-23 04:04 | Fontainebleau Las Vegas (Hotel and casino in Winchester, Nevada) | The Fontainebleau Las Vegas is a resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Fontainebleau Development and is a sister property to Fontainebleau Miami Beach, and sits on the 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) site previously occupied by the El Rancho Hotel and Casino and the Algiers Hotel. | Waddles 🗩 🖉 |
| 2024-12-07 05:47 | Typhoon Shanshan (2024) (Pacific typhoon) | Typhoon Shanshan was a powerful tropical cyclone that moved through Japan in late August 2024. The tenth named storm and fourth typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Shanshan was first noted near the Mariana Islands on August 20, with deep convection beginning to consolidate. The following day, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded it to a tropical storm and named it Shanshan. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2024-12-27 07:53 | Typhoon Krathon (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Krathon, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Julian, was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone which impacted Taiwan and the Philippines in late September and early October 2024. Krathon, which refers to the santol fruit, was the first storm to make landfall on Taiwan's densely populated western plains since Typhoon Thelma in 1977. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-01-19 19:58 | Rice polyculture (Growing rice with other crops) | Rice polyculture is the cultivation of rice and another crop simultaneously on the same land. The practice exploits the mutual benefit between rice and organisms such as fish and ducks: the rice supports pests which serve as food for the fish and ducks, while the animals' excrement serves as fertilizer for the rice. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-21 22:32 | Johnson desk (Oval office desk) | The Johnson desk is a mahogany partners desk that was used by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office as his Oval Office desk. One of only six desks used by a president in the Oval Office, it was designed by Thomas D. Wadelton and built in 1909 by S. Karpen and Bros. in Chicago. The desk was built as part of 125 seven-piece office sets for senators' offices in the Russell Senate Office Building, and was used by Johnson during his terms as U.S. Senator, Vice President, and President. | Found5dollar (talk) |
| 2025-01-22 05:19 | Sengkang LRT line (Light rail line in Singapore) | The Sengkang LRT line (SKLRT) is a 10.7-kilometre (6.6 mi) elevated automated guideway transit line in Sengkang, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 14 stations on two loops, with Sengkang station connecting both loops and connecting the line to the North East MRT line. It is the second Light Rail Transit (LRT) line in Singapore, and the first LRT line operated by SBS Transit. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2025-02-04 18:09 | Views of Elon Musk (overview of notable views by Elon Musk on various subjects) | Elon Musk is the owner of multiple companies, the wealthiest individual in the world, and a US government employee. Having rejected the conservative label, Musk has described himself as a political moderate; his views have become more right-wing over time, and have been characterized as libertarian and far-right. | CNC (talk) |
| 2025-02-07 03:48 | Abortion in Madagascar | In Madagascar, abortion is illegal in all circumstances. The abortion law punishes receiving or assisting in an abortion with imprisonment or fines. It is one of the only countries with a total abortion ban. Abortion has been illegal since the French colonial era, influenced by attitudes favoring increased births. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-02-15 07:35 | Typhoon Yinxing (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Yinxing, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Marce, was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines before later affecting Vietnam in early November 2024. It was the third tropical cyclone in a series to impact the Philippines, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoon Kong-rey a few days earlier, and Typhoons Toraji, Usagi, and Man-yi only a few days after. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-15 07:36 | Typhoon Toraji (2024) (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Toraji, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nika, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in mid-November 2024. It was the fourth tropical cyclone in a series to impact the Philippines, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Usagi, and Man-yi which had occurred just a few days earlier. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-15 07:37 | Typhoon Usagi (2024) (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ofel, was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines before later affecting Taiwan in mid-November 2024. Usagi (ウサギ, "Rabbit"), which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese, It was the fifth of six consecutive tropical cyclones that impacted the Philippines within a span of four weeks, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, and Toraji, and preceding the stronger Typhoon Man-yi. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-16 04:20 | Food labeling in Mexico (Official food law) | Food labeling in Mexico refers to the official regulations requiring labels on processed foods sold within the country to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions based on nutritional criteria. Approved in 2010 under the Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 (often shortened to NOM-051),: 1 the system includes Daily Dietary Guidelines (Spanish abbrebriation: GDA). | (CC) Tbhotch™ |
| 2025-02-20 07:11 | Intersection number (graph theory) (Fewest cliques covering a graph's edges) | In the mathematical field of graph theory, the intersection number of a graph is the smallest number of elements in a representation of as an intersection graph of finite sets. In such a representation, each vertex is represented as a set, and two vertices are connected by an edge whenever their sets have a common element. | —David Eppstein (talk) |
| 2025-02-24 23:00 | 2010 Yazoo City tornado (2010 natural disaster in the United States) | During the morning hours of April 24, 2010, a massive and long tracked rainwrapped tornado struck the southern side of Yazoo City, Ebenezer, Durant, and Hesterville in Mississippi, resulting in 10 fatalities and injuring a further 146 people during its 149 miles path. The tornado was the strongest and deadliest of the tornado outbreak of April 22–25, 2010, and the deadliest tornado of the year. | Hoguert (talk) |
| 2025-02-25 14:13 | Typhoon Bebinca (Pacific typhoon in 2024) | Typhoon Bebinca, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ferdie, was a strong tropical cyclone that affected East China, Guam, Philippines and the Ryukyu Islands in mid-September 2024. Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai, China, becoming the strongest typhoon to hit the city since Typhoon Gloria in 1949 and the first typhoon to made landfall in the city since Typhoon Muifa in 2022. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-03-08 11:11 | Manhattan Project feed materials program | The Manhattan Project feed materials program located and procured uranium ores, and refined and processed them into feed materials for use in the Manhattan Project's isotope enrichment plants at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and its nuclear reactors at the Hanford Engineer Works in Washington state. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-03-09 02:22 | Cyclone Chido (South-West Indian Ocean cyclone in 2024) | Intense Tropical Cyclone Chido was a compact but very powerful, destructive, and deadly tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Africa in December 2024. Chido, which means a desire in Shona, was the third named storm and the second intense tropical cyclone of the 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-03-09 21:00 | Assessment on COVID-19 Origins (2021 United States intelligence report) | Assessment on COVID-19 Origins is a report of the United States Intelligence Community, which was commissioned on May 26, 2021 by President Joe Biden and declassified in August of the same year. Biden initially ordered his intelligence services to "redouble efforts" concerning the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. | Mr. Lechkar (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 18:32 | Bryant Park restroom (Public toilet in Manhattan, New York) | The Bryant Park restroom is a public toilet in Bryant Park, an urban park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The 315-square-foot (29.3 m2) structure was built at the same time as the New York Public Library Main Branch and designed by the same architects. It opened in 1911 and closed in the 1960s as the surrounding park deteriorated. | — Rhododendrites talk \\ |
| 2025-03-14 20:44 | Mugging (Form of robbery) | Mugging (sometimes called personal robbery or street robbery) is a form of robbery and street crime that occurs in public places, often urban areas at night. It involves a confrontation with a threat of violence. Muggers steal money or personal property, which is worth less than the payouts of commercial robbery but involves less time and planning. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-03-19 05:38 | Elliot Rodger (English-American mass murderer (1991–2014)) | Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger (July 24, 1991 – May 23, 2014) was an English and American mass murderer who was responsible for the 2014 Isla Vista killings. On May 23, 2014, Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others using knives, semi-automatic pistols and his car near the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), in Isla Vista, California. | Shoot for the Stars (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 07:13 | Parallelohedron (Polyhedron that tiles space by translation) | In geometry, a parallelohedron or Fedorov polyhedron is a convex polyhedron that can be translated without rotations to fill Euclidean space, producing a honeycomb in which all copies of the polyhedron meet face-to-face. Evgraf Fedorov identified the five types of parallelohedron in 1885 in his studies of crystallographic systems. | —David Eppstein (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 17:41 | TechTV (American cable channel) | TechTV was an American cable television channel with a focus on technology. It was launched as ZDTV on May 11, 1998, by computer magazine publisher Ziff-Davis following two short-lived technology-based programs by the company. Initially targeting tech enthusiasts with programming including The Screen Savers, Call for Help and GameSpot TV (later named Extended Play and then X-Play), it aimed to report and inform on computers and the internet during the dot-com bubble. | Cat's Tuxedo (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 15:47 | Inner space (science fiction) (An antonym to "outer space") | Inner space in the context of science fiction refers to works of psychological science fiction emphasizes internal, mental, and emotional experiences over external adventure or technological speculation, which contrasts it with traditional science fiction's fascination with outer space. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-12 03:04 | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (2018 nonfiction book by Steve Brusatte) | The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World is a 2018 book by paleontologist Steve L. Brusatte. The book chronicles the evolution of dinosaurs, their rise as the dominant clade, and ends with an account of the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs from the Chicxulub asteroid. It also includes a discussion of the evolution of feathered dinosaurs and birds' descent from dinosaurs, and an epilogue of sorts discussing the post-dinosaur emergence of mammals. | Rusalkii (talk) |
| 2025-04-13 04:24 | Dianna Cowern (American science educator and YouTuber) | Dianna Cowern (born May 4, 1989) is an American science communicator and physicist who has created the YouTube channel Physics Girl since 2011. Her videos explain physical phenomena in everyday life using an informal, fast-paced style. She worked in partnership with the PBS Digital Studios from 2015 until 2020. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-20 10:51 | Metaepistemology (Metaphilosophical study of epistemology) | Metaepistemology is the branch of epistemology and metaphilosophy that studies the underlying assumptions of epistemology, including those concerning the nature, aims and methodology of epistemology, and the existence and authority of epistemic facts and reasons. | Shapeyness (talk) |
| 2025-04-21 02:46 | Savannah River Site (US Department of Energy reservation in South Carolina) | The Savannah River Site (SRS), formerly the Savannah River Plant, is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reservation in the United States, located in the state of South Carolina on land in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell counties adjacent to the Savannah River. It lies 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Augusta, Georgia. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
STEM/Biology
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| 2024-12-23 21:23 | CYP4F2 (Human enzyme) | Cytochrome P450 4F2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP4F2 gene. This protein is an enzyme, a type of protein that catalyzes (helps speed up) chemical reactions inside cells. This specific enzyme is part of the superfamily of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, and the encoding gene is part of a cluster of cytochrome P450 genes located on chromosome 19. | Maxim Masiutin (talk) |
| 2025-01-06 09:06 | Bean (Seed of one of several genera of the plant family Fabaceae) | A bean is the seed of any plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. The seeds are often preserved through drying, but fresh beans are also sold. Most beans are traditionally soaked and boiled, but they can be cooked in many different ways, including frying and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-02-06 16:48 | Parmelia submontana (Species of lichen) | Parmelia submontana is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. First described in 1987, it is characterised by a loosely attached, greenish-grey thallus reaching diameters of 10–15 cm (4–6 in), with elongated linear lobes and distinctive powdery structures (isidia-like soredia) for reproduction. | Esculenta (talk) |
| 2025-02-07 00:31 | Amphimerycidae (Extinct family of artiodactyls) | Amphimerycidae is an extinct family of diminutive artiodactyls that was endemic to western Europe and lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene. With a taxonomic history extending as far back as 1804, the family was formally recognized by the Swiss palaeontologist Hans Georg Stehlin in 1910 and contains two genera: Amphimeryx and Pseudamphimeryx. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2025-02-18 00:32 | Southern torrent frog (Species of amphibian) | The southern torrent frog (Arthroleptides yakusini) is a species of frog in the family Petropedetidae endemic to Tanzania, where it is found in the Uluguru, Udzungwa, and Mahenge Mountains. It is one of many, often taxonomically unrelated, frogs referred to as torrent frogs. It occurs mainly around rocky montane streams surrounded by mature forest at elevations of 300–2,800 m (984.3–9,186.4 ft) above sea level, but also can be found on the forest floor away from water, and may be tolerant of open woodland environments. | Olmagon (talk) |
| 2025-02-24 00:31 | Evarcha seyun (Species of spider) | Evarcha seyun is a species of jumping spider in the genus Evarcha that is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula. It seems to be common across many of the Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and al-Mahrah and Hadramaut Governorates of Yemen. The species was first described in 2007 by Wanda Wesołowska and Antonius van Harten. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-03-05 15:32 | Peltula (Genus of lichen-forming fungi) | Peltula is a genus of small dark brown to olive or dark grey squamulose lichens. These lichens typically grow on rocks in arid and semi-arid environments worldwide. They consist of a fungus living in symbiosis with a photosynthetic partner, specifically a cyanobacterium of the genus Chroococcidiopsis. | Esculenta (talk) |
| 2025-03-05 15:43 | Lecanora albellula (Species of lichen) | Lecanora albellula is a species of crustose lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. It grows tightly attached to the bark and wood of trees in both coniferous and mixed forests. First described in 1866 by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander from material collected in Russian Lapland, it is widely distributed across Asia, Europe, and North America. | Esculenta (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 03:14 | Isidium (Vegetative reproductive structure found in lichens) | An isidium (plural: isidia) is a tiny, wart- or finger-like projecting from the thallus surface of certain lichen species. It mainly helps the lichen reproduce. Each isidium contains both fungal and algal partners and is wrapped in a thin protective layer (the cortex), distinguishing it from soredia, which lack this protective covering. | Esculenta (talk) |
| 2025-03-24 05:16 | Cretoperipatus (Extinct species of peripatid velvet worm found in amber) | Cretoperipatus burmiticus is an extinct species of peripatid velvet worm known from multiple specimens in Burmese amber. It lived in Myanmar's Kachin State during the Cenomanian Age of the Late Cretaceous. Some fossils were exceptionally preserved, allowing detailed analysis of its fine anatomy. Cretoperipatus had a pair of antennae, two simple eyes, clawed legs, and a pair of slime papillae, showing it was it was a crown-group onychophoran. | RenaMoonn (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 17:10 | Neaetha bulawayoensis (Species of jumping spider) | Neaetha bulawayoensis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Neaetha that lives in Lesotho, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. With a specific name based on the place where its holotype was found, Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, it is one of the most widespread ground-dwelling jumping spiders in central South Africa, found in both forests and in houses. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 19:49 | Mountain cottontail (Species of mammal) | The mountain cottontail or Nuttall's cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae found in western Canada and the United States. It is a medium- to small-sized rabbit with pale brown fur, white undersides, a two-colored tail, and black-tipped, rounded ears with densely-furred insides. | Reconrabbit |
| 2025-03-29 01:03 | Antennipatus (Extinct genus of velvet worm and oldest confirmed Onychophoran) | Antennipatus is an extinct genus of French onychophoran, a group colloquially known as velvet worms. The genus is notable for being the oldest confirmed onychophoran fossil, dating to the Stephanian stage of the Late Carboniferous. Antennipatus highly resembles modern velvet worms, having a pair of slime papillae, stubby legs, a pair of long antennae, a putative ventral mouth, and rings of dermal papillae along most its body. | RenaMoonn (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 00:24 | African striped weasel (Species of mustelid mammal) | The African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha), also known as the white-naped weasel, striped weasel or African weasel, is a small mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it occurs as far north as Kenya and stretches down south to South Africa. It belongs in the family Mustelidae and is the lone member of the genus Poecilogale, which was established in 1883 by Oldfield Thomas. | Olmagon (talk) |
| 2025-04-12 15:08 | Chtonobdella limbata (Species of annelid worm) | Chtonobdella limbata is a species of terrestrial blood-sucking leech, commonly found in subtropical forests of Australia. Contracted, the leeches are about 28 millimetres (1.1 in) long, but once extended they can reach 60 millimetres (2.4 in) or even 80 mm (3.1 in) in length. They have two saw-like jaws which they use to cut open their victims' skin. | Cremastra talk |
| 2025-04-15 19:18 | Single-cell transcriptomics (Analysis technique of genes) | Single-cell transcriptomics examines the gene expression level of individual cells in a given population by simultaneously measuring the RNA concentration (conventionally only messenger RNA (mRNA)) of hundreds to thousands of genes. Single-cell transcriptomics makes it possible to unravel heterogeneous cell populations, reconstruct cellular developmental pathways, and model transcriptional dynamics — all previously masked in bulk RNA sequencing. | Komodo (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 02:17 | Succinipatopsis (Controversial Eocene-aged genus of dubious velvet worm) | Succinipatopsis is an extinct genus of animal from Eocene-aged Baltic amber. This animal is known from a single fossil that preserves a body with 10 pairs of stubby appendages, with a hole between the third pair. Due to its poor preservation, the placement of Succinipatopsis is contested, as there are multiple interpretations of the its anatomy. | RenaMoonn (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 15:26 | Oniscus asellus (Species of woodlouse) | Oniscus asellus, the common woodlouse, or common shiny woodlouse is one of the largest and most common species of woodlouse native to the British Isles and Western and Northern Europe, growing to lengths of 16 mm and widths of 6 mm. Oniscus asellus was first described by Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae, and is a very common species, representing in Britain "the archetypal 'woodlouse' familiar to the general public". | Cremastra talk |
STEM/Chemistry
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| 2024-12-23 21:23 | CYP4F2 (Human enzyme) | Cytochrome P450 4F2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP4F2 gene. This protein is an enzyme, a type of protein that catalyzes (helps speed up) chemical reactions inside cells. This specific enzyme is part of the superfamily of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, and the encoding gene is part of a cluster of cytochrome P450 genes located on chromosome 19. | Maxim Masiutin (talk) |
| 2024-12-23 21:24 | Ketotifen (Antihistamine medication) | Ketotifen is an antihistamine medication and a mast cell stabilizer used to treat allergic conditions such as conjunctivitis, asthma, and urticaria (hives). Ketotifen is available in ophthalmic (eye drops or drug-eluting contact lenses) and oral (tablets or syrup) forms: the ophthalmic form relieves eye itchiness and irritation associated with seasonal allergies, while the oral form helps prevent systemic conditions such as asthma attacks and allergic reactions. | Maxim Masiutin (talk) |
| 2025-03-12 01:53 | Insulin analogue (Modified forms of synthetic insulin) | An insulin analogue (also called an insulin analog) is a type of medical insulin that has been modified to alter its pharmacokinetic properties while maintaining the same biological function as human insulin. These modifications are achieved through genetic engineering, which allows for changes in the amino acid sequence of insulin to optimize its absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) characteristics. | MallardTV (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 19:54 | Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (Uranium fuel factory in the United States) | The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to simply as Fernald) is a Superfund site located within Crosby Township in Hamilton County, Ohio, and Ross Township in Butler County, Ohio, in the United States. The plant was located near the rural town of Fernald, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, and occupied 1,050 acres (420 ha) | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
STEM/Computing
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| 2024-12-04 07:26 | Yao's principle (Equivalence of average-case and expected complexity) | In computational complexity theory, Yao's principle (also called Yao's minimax principle or Yao's lemma) relates the performance of randomized algorithms to deterministic (non-random) algorithms. It states that, for certain classes of algorithms, and certain measures of the performance of the algorithms, the following two quantities are equal: | —David Eppstein (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 08:26 | Pythagorean addition (Hypotenuse of right triangle from its sides) | In mathematics, Pythagorean addition is a binary operation on the real numbers that computes the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle, given its two sides. Like the more familiar addition and multiplication operations of arithmetic, it is both associative and commutative. | —David Eppstein (talk) |
STEM/Earth and environment
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| 2024-12-02 01:53 | 1991 Andover tornado (F5 tornado in 1991) | In the afternoon hours of April 26, 1991, a large and devastating tornado moved 46 miles (74 km) through areas southeast of Wichita, located in the state of Kansas. The tornado killed seventeen, injured over two hundred others, and left an estimated $300 million ($700,058,432 in 2024) of damage in its wake. | EF5 |
| 2024-12-02 01:56 | 1974 Tanner tornadoes (Pair of F5 tornadoes in 1974) | In the evening hours of April 3, 1974, a series of two large and destructive tornadoes impacted the small town of Tanner, located in the state of Alabama. Both of these tornadoes would receive an F5 rating on the Fujita scale, and were two out of seven F5-rated tornadoes to touch down as part of the 1974 Super Outbreak, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in United States history. | EF5 |
| 2024-12-27 05:46 | 1881 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1881 Atlantic hurricane season featured a tropical cyclone that remains one of the deadliest in the history of the United States. Seven tropical storms are known to have developed, four of which strengthened into hurricanes, though none of those intensified into a major hurricane. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-01-07 17:42 | Pular (volcano) (Stratovolcano in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile) | Pular is a volcanic massif in the Chilean Andes, north of Socompa volcano. It consists of the individual mountains Pajonales and Pular, which are among the highest mountains in the region and of great cultural importance to the neighbouring towns of Socaire and Peine. Pular and Pajonales have multiple volcanic craters and have produced lava domes. | Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) |
| 2025-01-20 02:41 | Eve Cone (Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada) | Eve Cone, sometimes referred to as Eve's Cone, is a cinder cone in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 1,740 metres (5,710 feet) and is one of several volcanic cones in the Desolation Lava Field at the northern end of the Big Raven Plateau. The cone is southeast of the community of Telegraph Creek in Mount Edziza Provincial Park, which is one of the largest provincial parks in British Columbia. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-01-30 01:54 | Typhoon Yutu (Pacific typhoon in 2018) | Typhoon Yutu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Rosita, was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic destruction on the islands of Tinian and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, and later impacted the Philippines. It is the strongest typhoon ever recorded to impact the Mariana Islands, and is tied as the second-strongest tropical cyclone to strike the United States and its unincorporated territories by both wind speed and barometric pressure. | —JCMLuis 💬 |
| 2025-01-30 05:21 | 1874 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1874 Atlantic hurricane season featured the first hurricane to be recorded on a weather map by the United States Signal Service (the present-day National Weather Service). It was a relatively inactive season, in which seven tropical cyclones developed. Four storms intensified into hurricanes, but none attained major hurricane status. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-01 20:24 | Ice Peak (Mountain in British Columbia, Canada) | Ice Peak is the prominent south peak of Mount Edziza in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,200 feet) and protrudes through Mount Edziza's ice cap, which is roughly 70 square kilometres (27 square miles) in area. The peak is a pyramid-shaped horn formed by glacial erosion and is completely flanked by steep-walled, active cirques. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-02-01 20:24 | Big Raven Plateau (Plateau in British Columbia, Canada) | The Big Raven Plateau is an intermontane plateau in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the Tahltan Highland and is surrounded by several valleys, including those of Mess Creek, Kakiddi Creek, Chakima Creek, Walkout Creek and the Klastline River. The plateau is drained by many small streams that flow into these neighbouring valleys and, unlike the valleys, it is relatively barren of vegetation. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-02-01 20:26 | Mess Creek Escarpment (Escarpment in British Columbia, Canada) | The Mess Creek Escarpment is a long, discontinuous cliff along Mess Creek in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It forms the east-central side of Mess Creek valley and consists of two segments separated about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) by Walkout Creek valley. The northern segment extends about 8 km (5.0 mi) southeast along the southwestern side of the Big Raven Plateau whereas the southern segment extends generally south along the northwestern, western and southwestern edges ... | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-02-03 06:49 | 1889 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1889 Atlantic hurricane season featured the first known tropical cyclone in the basin to attain hurricane status in the month of May. Of those nine tropical storms, six intensified into hurricanes, but none of those strengthened into a major hurricane. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-07 00:31 | Amphimerycidae (Extinct family of artiodactyls) | Amphimerycidae is an extinct family of diminutive artiodactyls that was endemic to western Europe and lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene. With a taxonomic history extending as far back as 1804, the family was formally recognized by the Swiss palaeontologist Hans Georg Stehlin in 1910 and contains two genera: Amphimeryx and Pseudamphimeryx. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2025-02-08 06:56 | 1883 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1883 Atlantic hurricane season featured only four known tropical cyclones, though three of them (or their extratropical remnants) caused fatalities. Of the four storms, three of them strengthened into hurricanes, while two of those intensified into a major hurricane. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-09 14:06 | 2020 Bassfield–Soso tornado (An extremely large and powerful April EF4 tornado in Mississippi) | During the afternoon hours of Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, an enormous and powerful high-end EF4 tornado struck the southeastern parts of Bassfield and directly struck the communities of Soso, Moss, and Pachuta, Mississippi, as well as rural areas near Seminary and Heidelberg. Causing eight fatalities and injuring 99 people along its 67.43 mi (108.52 km) track, with losses up to $73 million. | Hoguert (talk) |
| 2025-02-14 06:12 | 1888 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1888 Atlantic hurricane season was significantly less active compared to the previous season but still featured several landfalls in the United States. Overall, the season had nine tropical cyclones, six of which intensified into hurricane, while two of those became a major hurricane. However, in the absence of modern satellites and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea are known, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-15 06:35 | 1885 Atlantic hurricane season (Series of hurricanes throughout 1885) | The 1885 Atlantic hurricane season produced eight tropical cyclones, fifth of which made landfall in the United States. Overall, the season featured two tropical storms and six hurricanes in the Atlantic basin, none of which intensified into a major hurricane. However, in the absence of modern satellite monitoring and remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-16 06:53 | 1886 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1886 Atlantic hurricane season included seven hurricanes that struck or moved across the United States at that intensity, the most ever recorded. The season featured 12 known tropical storms, 10 of which became hurricanes, then-tied for the most. Four of those cyclones became a major hurricane, the highest number until 1893. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-17 03:19 | 1882 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1882 Atlantic hurricane season featured six tropical cyclones, four of which made landfall, with each of them eventually striking the United States. Of the six tropical storms, four intensified into hurricanes, while two of those intensified into major hurricanes. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-20 03:42 | 1871 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1871 Atlantic hurricane season became the first of six seasons in which at least three hurricanes are known to have made landfall in the U.S. state of Florida. Records show that 1871 featured eight tropical cyclones, four of which intensified into hurricanes, while two of those strengthened into major hurricanes. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-20 06:47 | 1867 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1867 Atlantic hurricane season featured the San Narciso hurricane, one of the deadliest tropical cyclones to impact the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. A total of nine known tropical systems developed during the season, with the earliest existing by June 21 and the last dissipating on October 31. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-23 05:12 | 1880 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1880 Atlantic hurricane season included four hurricanes striking or producing hurricane-force winds in the United States, tied with 1852 and 1869 for the most in one season before 1886. In the 1880 season, there were two tropical storms, seven hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-02-25 14:09 | Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai (Submarine volcano near Tongatapu, Tonga) | Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai is a submarine volcano in the South Pacific located about 30 km (19 mi) south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafoʻou and 65 km (40 mi) north of Tongatapu, Tonga's main island. It is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone and its associated volcanic arc, which extends from New Zealand north-northeast to Fiji, and is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 2025-02-26 21:58 | 1879 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1879 Atlantic hurricane season was the first season known to have featured two or more major hurricanes making landfall in the United States. In 1879, there were two tropical storms, four hurricanes, and two major hurricanes in the Atlantic basin. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 04:55 | 1878 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1878 Atlantic hurricane season featured twelve known tropical cyclones, tied with 1886 and 1893 for the second-most active season in the latter half of the 19th century. Of the twelve tropical storms, eight strengthened into hurricanes, while two of those intensified into major hurricanes. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 18:24 | Tornado outbreak of December 28–29, 2024 (Southern United States tornado outbreak) | Between December 28–29, 2024, a late season tornado outbreak affected the Deep South. Multiple tornadoes caused severe damage in the Greater Houston area and in Port Arthur, Texas while additional tornadoes caused damage in other states, including Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Overall, at least four people have been killed; one in the Houston area, two in Mississippi and one in North Carolina, and 17 more have been injured, two indirectly. | EF5 |
| 2025-03-09 16:27 | Agate (Banded variety of chalcedony) | Agate is a banded variety of chalcedony. Agate stones are characterized by alternating bands of different colored chalcedony and sometimes include macroscopic quartz. They are common in nature and can be found globally in a large number of different varieties. There are some varieties of chalcedony without bands that are commonly called agate (moss agate, fire agate, etc.); however, these are more properly classified solely as varieties of chalcedony. | I2Overcome talk |
| 2025-03-12 00:08 | Exile Hill (Hill in British Columbia, Canada) | Exile Hill, sometimes referred to as Exile Peak, is an isolated hill in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 1,890 metres (6,200 feet) and is part of the Arctic Lake Plateau or the neighbouring Spectrum Range, which are within the limits of the Tahltan Highland. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-03-12 16:43 | Hurricane Larry (Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 2021) | Hurricane Larry was a strong and long-lived tropical cyclone that became the first hurricane to make landfall in Newfoundland since Igor in 2010. The twelfth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane[nb 1] of the [[2021 Atlantic hurric ... | 🐔 Chicdat Bawk to me! |
| 2025-03-17 18:20 | Williams Cone (Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada) | Williams Cone is a cinder cone on the northeastern flank of Mount Edziza in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 2,100 metres (6,900 feet) and is one of several volcanic cones in the Desolation Lava Field at the northern end of the Big Raven Plateau. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-03-20 13:02 | 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami (Volcanic eruption and tsunami-generating landslide in German New Guinea) | On 13 March 1888, a section of Ritter Island, a small volcanic island off the coast of New Guinea, collapsed into the sea in a sector collapse. The collapse triggered tsunami waves that struck nearby and distant islands such as New Guinea, Umboi, Sakar and New Britain. It caused heavy damage and deaths in coastal settlements. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2025-03-24 05:16 | Cretoperipatus (Extinct species of peripatid velvet worm found in amber) | Cretoperipatus burmiticus is an extinct species of peripatid velvet worm known from multiple specimens in Burmese amber. It lived in Myanmar's Kachin State during the Cenomanian Age of the Late Cretaceous. Some fossils were exceptionally preserved, allowing detailed analysis of its fine anatomy. Cretoperipatus had a pair of antennae, two simple eyes, clawed legs, and a pair of slime papillae, showing it was it was a crown-group onychophoran. | RenaMoonn (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 01:03 | Antennipatus (Extinct genus of velvet worm and oldest confirmed Onychophoran) | Antennipatus is an extinct genus of French onychophoran, a group colloquially known as velvet worms. The genus is notable for being the oldest confirmed onychophoran fossil, dating to the Stephanian stage of the Late Carboniferous. Antennipatus highly resembles modern velvet worms, having a pair of slime papillae, stubby legs, a pair of long antennae, a putative ventral mouth, and rings of dermal papillae along most its body. | RenaMoonn (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 16:27 | 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami (Destructive tectonic event in Indonesia) | The 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami occurred on 12 December on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), it was the largest and also the deadliest earthquake in 1992 and in the Lesser Sunda Islands region, with at least 2,500 people were killed. | Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 06:51 | Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer (Aquifer in British Columbia and Washington state) | The Abbotsford–Sumas Aquifer (also known as the Abbotsford Aquifer) is a shallow and largely unconfined aquifer lying between the U.S. state of Washington (a portion known as the Sumas–Blaine Aquifer) and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The aquifer underlies largely agricultural areas of the Fraser Valley and northern Whatcom County, Washington, including the communities of Lynden, Everson, Nooksack, and Sumas, as well as urban portions of Abbotsford, British Columbia. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2025-04-10 01:06 | Ice Peak Formation (Geological formation in British Columbia, Canada) | The Ice Peak Formation (IPF) is a stratigraphic unit of Pleistocene age in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the seventh youngest and fifth most voluminous of the 13 recognized geological formations comprising the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (MEVC), which consists of late Cenozoic volcanic rocks. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-04-19 02:17 | Succinipatopsis (Controversial Eocene-aged genus of dubious velvet worm) | Succinipatopsis is an extinct genus of animal from Eocene-aged Baltic amber. This animal is known from a single fossil that preserves a body with 10 pairs of stubby appendages, with a hole between the third pair. Due to its poor preservation, the placement of Succinipatopsis is contested, as there are multiple interpretations of the its anatomy. | RenaMoonn (talk) |
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| 2025-02-14 14:49 | Gerhard Barkhorn (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 07:58 | Günther Rall (German general and fighter pilot during World War II) | Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first. | MisterBee1966 (talk) |
| 2025-03-19 16:23 | Reedsburg Municipal Airport (General avaiation airport serving Reedsburg, Wisconsin, US) | Reedsburg Municipal Airport, (FAA LID: C35) is a city-owned, public use airport located one mile (two km) east of the central business district of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin. The airport was opened in March 1928 and has continued as a general aviation airport since. | JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-06 17:01 | 132nd Squadron (Turkey) (Military unit) | 132nd Squadron "Daggers" is a fighter squadron of the Turkish Air Force specialized in the development of courses for the efficient use of weapons and tactics. It also serves aggressor duties mainly during NATO exercises. | AscendencyXXIV (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 11:42 | 1994 Serb Jastreb J-21 shootdown (Incident in which four Croatian/Bosnian Serb aircraft were shot down by NATO aircraft) | On 28 February 1994, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aircraft shot down five J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets piloted by Republika Srpska (RS) or Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) personnel in Bosnia and Herzegovina airspace after they had bombed an armaments factory at Novi Travnik during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
STEM/Mathematics
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| 2024-12-04 07:26 | Yao's principle (Equivalence of average-case and expected complexity) | In computational complexity theory, Yao's principle (also called Yao's minimax principle or Yao's lemma) relates the performance of randomized algorithms to deterministic (non-random) algorithms. It states that, for certain classes of algorithms, and certain measures of the performance of the algorithms, the following two quantities are equal: | —David Eppstein (talk) |
| 2025-01-14 07:53 | Matroid parity problem (Largest independent set of paired elements) | In combinatorial optimization, the matroid parity problem is a problem of finding the largest independent set of paired elements in a matroid. The problem was formulated by Lawler (1976) as a common generalization of graph matching and matroid intersection. It is also known as polymatroid matching, or the matchoid problem. | —David Eppstein (talk) |
| 2025-03-01 10:47 | 12th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Political event in Yugoslavia) | The League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) convened the highest forum for its 12th Congress from 26 to 29 June 1982 at the Sava Centar in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. It was the first party congress in four years and the first since the 4 May 1980 death of Josip Broz Tito, the long-standing leader of the LCY and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). | TheUzbek (talk) |
| 2025-03-11 09:55 | 2023 Belgrade City Assembly election | Local elections were held in Belgrade on 17 December 2023 to elect members of the City Assembly. Initially scheduled to be held by 2026, the election was called earlier after Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, announced in September 2023 that the election could be scheduled earlier for December 2023. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-04-02 10:34 | Željko Mejakić (Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1964)) | Željko Mejakić (born 2 August 1964) is a convicted war criminal and former police officer who was found guilty by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Court of BiH) of murder, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, other inhumane acts, and persecution – constituting crimes against humanity under the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovina – committed at the Omarska concentration camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
| 2025-04-02 10:35 | Momčilo Gruban (Bosnian Serb war criminal (born 1961)) | Momčilo Gruban (born 19 June 1961), sometimes known by the nickname Čkalja, is a convicted war criminal and former reserve police officer who was found guilty by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Court of BiH) of murder, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, other inhumane acts, and persecution – constituting crimes against humanity under the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovina – committed at the Omarska concentration camp in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. | Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) |
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| 2024-12-23 21:23 | CYP4F2 (Human enzyme) | Cytochrome P450 4F2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CYP4F2 gene. This protein is an enzyme, a type of protein that catalyzes (helps speed up) chemical reactions inside cells. This specific enzyme is part of the superfamily of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, and the encoding gene is part of a cluster of cytochrome P450 genes located on chromosome 19. | Maxim Masiutin (talk) |
| 2024-12-23 21:24 | Modafinil (Eugeroic medication) | Modafinil, sold under the brand name Provigil among others, is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and eugeroic (wakefulness promoter) medication used primarily to treat narcolepsy, a sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden sleep attacks. Modafinil is also approved for stimulating wakefulness in people with sleep apnea and shift work sleep disorder. | Maxim Masiutin (talk) |
| 2024-12-23 21:24 | Ketotifen (Antihistamine medication) | Ketotifen is an antihistamine medication and a mast cell stabilizer used to treat allergic conditions such as conjunctivitis, asthma, and urticaria (hives). Ketotifen is available in ophthalmic (eye drops or drug-eluting contact lenses) and oral (tablets or syrup) forms: the ophthalmic form relieves eye itchiness and irritation associated with seasonal allergies, while the oral form helps prevent systemic conditions such as asthma attacks and allergic reactions. | Maxim Masiutin (talk) |
| 2024-12-23 21:26 | Drug-eluting stent (Medical implant) | A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a tube made of a mesh-like material used to treat narrowed arteries in medical procedures both mechanically (by providing a supporting scaffold inside the artery) and pharmacologically (by slowly releasing a pharmaceutical compound). A DES is inserted into a narrowed artery using a delivery catheter usually inserted through a larger artery in the groin or wrist. | Maxim Masiutin (talk) |
| 2025-01-14 20:53 | Fredrick Arthur Willius (American cardiologist) | Fredrick Arthur Willius (November 24, 1888 – October 19, 1972) was an American research cardiologist and medical historian who was the founding director of the Cardiology section at the Mayo Clinic. | Evansknight (talk) |
| 2025-01-17 16:15 | Yoga brick (Block used as yoga prop) | A yoga brick or yoga block is a smooth block of wood or of firm but comfortable material, such as hard foam rubber or cork, used as a prop in yoga as exercise. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-18 10:30 | Paddleboard Yoga | Paddleboard Yoga, invented by 2009, is the practice of modern yoga as exercise, and sometimes specific transitions between postures, while stand up paddleboarding, usually with the board in calm water, such as a lake. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-25 19:29 | Cobra pose (Reclining back-bending postures in hatha yoga and modern yoga) | Cobra Pose or Bhujangasana (Sanskrit: भुजंगासन; IAST: Bhujaṅgāsana) is a reclining back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. It is also performed in a cycle of asanas in Surya Namaskar, Salute to the Sun, as an alternative to Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Upward Dog Pose. The Yin Yoga form is Sphinx Pose. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-01-29 18:31 | Abortion in Malawi | In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save the life of the mother and abortion is a felony punishable by imprisonment. Malawi's abortion law is one of the strictest in the world. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-03-12 01:53 | Insulin analogue (Modified forms of synthetic insulin) | An insulin analogue (also called an insulin analog) is a type of medical insulin that has been modified to alter its pharmacokinetic properties while maintaining the same biological function as human insulin. These modifications are achieved through genetic engineering, which allows for changes in the amino acid sequence of insulin to optimize its absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) characteristics. | MallardTV (talk) |
| 2025-03-19 00:44 | EviCore (American medical benefits management company) | EviCore by Evernorth is a medical benefits management company owned by Cigna. It is based in Bluffton, South Carolina, United States. The company reviews prior authorizations for specialized medical procedures on behalf of insurers. It is the largest prior authorization company in the United States, working with over one hundred insurance companies and Medicaid programs. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-15 07:19 | Sivananda yoga (School of spiritual yoga) | Sivananda Yoga is a spiritual yoga system founded by Sivananda and Vishnudevananda; it includes the use of asanas (yoga postures) but is not limited to them as in systems of yoga as exercise. He named this system, as well as the international Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres organization responsible for propagating its teachings, after his guru, Sivananda. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
STEM/Technology
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| 2024-11-07 12:33 | Bullet hit squib (Device for simulating a gunshot wound) | A bullet hit squib or a blood squib is a practical, pyrotechnic special effect device mainly used to simulate the appearance of a person being shot and wounded in the film industry, stage performances and even in first responder moulage training. This is achieved by remotely detonating a small explosive hidden in the actor's clothing, bursting a fake blood packet and blowing open a pre-scored hole to create an aesthetic that filmmakers and audiences alike have become accustomed to associating with a gunshot wound. | Adenosine Triphosphate (talk) |
| 2025-01-12 19:26 | American Privacy Rights Act (Proposed data privacy law) | The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is a comprehensive data privacy law proposed in the United States. It would place limitations on the kinds of data companies can collect about their users, create processes for users to access or remove data about them, and allow users opt-out from having data sold by data brokers. | — Rhododendrites talk \\ |
| 2025-01-26 01:23 | 2024 United States drone sightings (Reports of unidentified UAVs) | The 2024 United States drone sightings, also known as the New Jersey drone sightings, were a series of reports between November and December 2024 involving large, unidentified drones observed at night across several regions of the United States. The phenomenon began in New Jersey, where numerous observations were reported over multiple counties. | – Anne drew (talk · contribs) |
| 2025-03-19 00:44 | EviCore (American medical benefits management company) | EviCore by Evernorth is a medical benefits management company owned by Cigna. It is based in Bluffton, South Carolina, United States. The company reviews prior authorizations for specialized medical procedures on behalf of insurers. It is the largest prior authorization company in the United States, working with over one hundred insurance companies and Medicaid programs. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
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| 2024-11-20 19:43 | Talladega Superspeedway (Motorsport track in the United States) | Talladega Superspeedway (formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1969 to 1989) is a 2.66-mile (4.28 km) tri-oval superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. The track has hosted a variety of racing events since its inaugural season of racing in 1969, primarily races sanctioned by NASCAR. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2024-11-20 23:21 | 2002 (Calendar year) | The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operations, and human rights concerns arose surrounding the treatment of suspected terrorists. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-11-23 16:23 | Heya (sumo) (Training places in professional sumo) | In professional sumo wrestling, a heya or beya (部屋, lit. 'room'), most commonly and metaphorically translated in English as "stable", but also known as "training quarters", or "fraternity", is an organization of wrestlers where they train and live in a "quasi-monastic and militaristic lifestyle". | OtharLuin (talk) |
| 2024-11-29 22:04 | Mały Brzostek (Town in Sandomierz Voivodeship, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland) | Mały Brzostek is a lost royal town located mainly on the area of today's Nawsie Brzosteckie village. It was adjacent to medieval Brzostek, which belonged to the Benedictine abbey in Tyniec. Mały Brzostek received town privileges on 1 March 1394 from Władysław II Jagiełło, and Stanisław of Saspolin became the first wójt. | Filipny (talk) |
| 2024-12-04 16:15 | Conspiracy No. 5 (1997 studio album by Third Day) | Conspiracy No. 5 is the second major-label studio album by American Christian rock band Third Day, released on August 26, 1997, by Reunion Records and Silverstone Records. It was produced by Sam Taylor, who encouraged the band to experiment with different musical styles. The album's name came from the band's interest in conspiracy theories, and a dictionary definition defining "conspiracy" as people gathering together to accomplish a common goal. | Toa Nidhiki05 |
| 2024-12-09 20:57 | Abdallah al-Fadil al-Mahdi (Sudanese politician (1890–1966)) | Abdallah al-Fadil al-Mahdi (Arabic: عبد الله الفاضل المهدي; 1890 – 18 May 1966) was a Sudanese statesman. Born in Omdurman, in the Mahdist State; Abdallah[note 3] hails from a lineage tied to the Funj sultanas. Following family tragedy, he was raised under the care of his maternal uncle. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
| 2024-12-12 21:07 | Hawk Channel (Passage in Florida) | Hawk Channel is a shallow, elongated basin and navigable passage along the Atlantic coast of the Florida Keys. The channel makes up a smaller portion of the Florida Platform from Key West to the southernmost point of Key Biscayne and lies between the Keys and the Florida Reef Tract to the southeast. It connects the waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean through tidal exchanges crossing from the Florida Bay to the Straits of Florida. | Bronson Fotiadis1 (talk) |
| 2025-01-07 22:27 | Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, BWV 124 (Chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht (I will not let go of my Jesus), BWV 124, is a church cantata written by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the first Sunday after the Epiphany and first performed it on 7 January 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-01-08 02:26 | Lyons Pool Recreation Center (Park facility in Staten Island, New York) | The Lyons Pool Recreation Center (also known as the Joseph H. Lyons Pool and Tompkinsville Pool) is a 3.2-acre (1.3 ha) public swimming pool complex in the Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. The complex is situated on the island's North Shore, next to New York Harbor, and consists of a general swimming pool and two smaller pools for diving and wading. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-01-13 16:43 | Valencia Theatre (Theater in Queens, New York) | The Valencia Theatre (formerly the Loew's Valencia Theatre) is a church building at 165-11 Jamaica Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York. Designed by John Eberson as a movie palace, it opened on January 11, 1929, as one of five Loew's Wonder Theatres in the New York City area. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-02-11 05:31 | Botetourt Medal (Award of the College of William & Mary) | The Botetourt Medal is an academic award annually presented by the College of William & Mary to the most academically distinguished undergraduate student at the college. The award's namesake, Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, then the colonial governor of Virginia, first announced the medal in 1770 as an award to two students each year. | Pbritti (talk) |
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References
- ^ a b Shizong Shilu, Vol. 200; Huang Ming zhaoling, Vol. 21; Yanshantang bieji; Mingshanzang, Vol. 29; Zuiweilu, Vol. 12; Guochao xianzheng lu, Vol. 17.
- ^ a b McCreery (2015), p. 360.
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