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Culture/Food and drink
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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) |
2025-03-16 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) |
2025-03-22 21:11 | Sachertorte (Chocolate cake) | Sachertorte is a chocolate sponge cake covered with apricot jam and chocolate glaze. The cake was invented by Franz Sacher. According to one story, he created the cake in 1832 for Klemens von Metternich, while Sacher claimed he created the cake in the 1840s. The cake is served at Hotel Sacher and Demel pastry shop in Vienna; in the 20th century, they battled over the cake's ownership and over whether the cake should have one or two layers. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
Culture/Internet culture
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2024-12-03 11:24 | Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (2019 video game) | Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is a 2019 online-only action role-playing video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. The game, which is the sequel to Tom Clancy's The Division (2016), is set in a near-future Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the release of a genetically engineered virus known as "Green Poison", and follows an agent of the Strategic Homeland Division as they try to rebuild the city. | OceanHok (talk) |
2024-12-26 23:19 | Cry of Fear (2013 video game) | Cry of Fear is a 2013 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) |
2025-01-08 03:28 | Chill Guy (Meme artwork from 2023) | "Chill Guy", also known as "My new character", is a digital artwork and internet meme first posted by artist Phillip Banks on Twitter on October 4, 2023. The artwork consists of an anthropomorphic dog wearing a grey sweater, blue jeans, and red sneakers, giving off a "chill" expression by smirking with his hands in his pockets. | Johnson524 |
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 \\ |
2025-01-14 15:48 | Transfer Pak (Accessory for the Nintendo 64) | The Transfer Pak is an accessory for the Nintendo 64 controller. When plugged into the controller's expansion port, it allows for the transfer of data between supported Nintendo 64 (N64) games and Game Boy or Game Boy Color (GBC) games inserted into its cartridge slot. By using the Transfer Pak, players can unlock additional content in compatible games; the Pokémon Stadium games, with which the Transfer Pak was initially bundled for sale, also feature the ability to emulate specific Game Boy Pokémon titles for play on the N64. | Cyberlink420 (talk) |
2025-01-23 17:03 | Oatchi (Fictional character from Pikmin 4) | is character who first appeared in Nintendo's 2023 real-time strategy video game Pikmin 4 for the Nintendo Switch. Oatchi, a breed of creature dubbed "Space Dog", is a member of the Rescue Corps; a group of intergalactic individuals tasked with rescuing space adventurers who have become stranded. In Pikmin 4, the organisation are tasked with rescuing reoccurring series protagonist Captain Olimar after crash landing on planet PNF-404. | CaptainGalaxy |
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!🍕 (🔔) |
2025-01-29 01:44 | The Host (2006 film) (2006 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 17:38 | Tala (Darkwatch) (Video game character) | Tala is a character introduced in the 2005 first person shooter game Darkwatch developed by High Moon Studios and published by Capcom. A Native American Shaman, Tala works with the group Darkwatch as a Regulator, helping to fend off the forces of the undead in the Wild West. She initially works with another Regulator, Cassidy, to help a cowboy outlaw named Jericho who was infected with vampirism. | Kung Fu Man (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) |
2025-02-04 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) |
2025-02-06 19:06 | Tetris (1985 video game) | Tetris (Russian: Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. Players move tetrominoes, which move down the playing field, to fill horizontal lines. The completed lines disappear, granting the player points, and all other blocks move down the corresponding number of lines. | Lazman321 (talk) |
2025-02-19 23:28 | Pokémon Duel (2016 video game) | was a free-to-play digital board game developed by HEROZ and published by The Pokémon Company. The game was a mobile game adaptation of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game, a board game published in 2007 that used Pokémon action figures as game pieces. The game was developed out of a desire to bring the Trading Figure Game to Japanese audiences, as the board game had only been released overseas. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
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) |
2025-03-09 04:16 | Dying Light: The Following (2016 video game) | Dying Light: The Following is an expansion pack for the first-person survival horror video game Dying Light by Techland and was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The story of The Following follows Kyle Crane, who must venture into the countryside of Harran to investigate a mysterious cult whose leader may hold the key to immunity to a zombie virus that plagues the city. | OceanHok (talk) |
2025-03-14 23:12 | Pachirisu (Pokémon species) | Pachirisu (Japanese: パチリス) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, it has since appeared in multiple games, including Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
2025-03-14 23:16 | Typhlosion (Pokémon species) | Typhlosion, known in Japan as Bakphoon (Japanese: バクフーン) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise, and the final evolved form of starter Pokémon Cyndaquil. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver, it was designed by Ken Sugimori and is featured in Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as various merchandise. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
2025-03-23 17:56 | Echoes of Mana (2022 video game) | was a 2022 action role-playing video game developed by Wright Flyer Studios and published by Square Enix for Android and iOS devices as a spin-off within the Mana series. Following the adventures of a warrior chosen by the Mana Tree to travel multiple worlds in pursuit of a great evil, the gameplay featured the protagonist exploring different worlds based on earlier Mana entries. | ProtoDrake (talk) |
2025-03-23 23:44 | 15.ai (Real-time text-to-speech AI tool) | 15.ai was a free non-commercial web application that used artificial intelligence to generate text-to-speech voices of fictional characters from popular media. Created by an anonymous artificial intelligence researcher known as 15, who began developing the technology as a freshman during their undergraduate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the application allowed users to make characters from video games, television shows, and movies speak custom text with emotional inflections faster than real-time. | GregariousMadness (talk to me!) |
2025-03-24 06:18 | Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002 video game) | is a 2002 bullet hell scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Team Shanghai Alice. It is the sixth game in the Touhou Project series, and the first instalment to be released for Microsoft Windows. The story follows either the miko Reimu Hakurei or the magician Marisa Kirisame as they battle enemies through the world of Gensokyo to find the cause of a red-coloured mist which has covered the sky in the midst of summer. | Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) |
Culture/Linguistics
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2025-01-22 19:42 | I Didn't Mean to Haunt You (2022 studio album by Quadeca) | I Didn't Mean to Haunt You is the third studio album by the American musician Quadeca, released on November 10, 2022, through DeadAir Records and AWAL. Following his second album From Me to You in 2021, Quadeca contacted Jesse Taconelli of DeadAir to release I Didn't Mean to Haunt You after coming up with its concept. | Locust member (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) |
2025-02-25 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) |
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) |
2025-01-07 09:50 | Epic Pooh (1978 opinion article by Michael Moorcock) | "Epic Pooh" is a 1978 essay by the British science fiction writer Michael Moorcock, which reviews the field of epic fantasy, with a particular focus on epic fantasy written for children. In it Moorcock critiques J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings for its politically conservative assumptions and its escapism. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
2025-01-13 15:44 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japanese manga series by Hirohiko Araki) | is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump in 2005. | OpalYosutebito (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 |
2025-01-21 19:10 | Weaving a Story 2: oral stage (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twentieth episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. Hideaki Anno wrote the episode and the animator Masahiko Otsuka directed it. 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) |
2025-01-24 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 17:38 | Tala (Darkwatch) (Video game character) | Tala is a character introduced in the 2005 first person shooter game Darkwatch developed by High Moon Studios and published by Capcom. A Native American Shaman, Tala works with the group Darkwatch as a Regulator, helping to fend off the forces of the undead in the Wild West. She initially works with another Regulator, Cassidy, to help a cowboy outlaw named Jericho who was infected with vampirism. | Kung Fu Man (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) |
2025-02-17 19:01 | Tolkien fan fiction (Works created by Tolkien fans) | Tolkien fan fiction is fantasy fiction, often published on the Internet, by Tolkien fans, in enormous quantities. It is based either directly on some aspect of J. R. R. Tolkien's books on his fantasy world of Middle-earth, or on a depiction of this world, especially in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film series or other film depictions of that world. | 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 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. Carl the Collector takes place in the fictional Fuzzytown and is centered around the titular character, an autistic child raccoon with a special interest in creating collections, and his friends, including Lotta, an autistic fox. | 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) |
2025-03-14 23:12 | Pachirisu (Pokémon species) | Pachirisu (Japanese: パチリス) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, it has since appeared in multiple games, including Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
2025-03-14 23:16 | Typhlosion (Pokémon species) | Typhlosion, known in Japan as Bakphoon (Japanese: バクフーン) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise, and the final evolved form of starter Pokémon Cyndaquil. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver, it was designed by Ken Sugimori and is featured in Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as various merchandise. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
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) |
2025-03-22 00:58 | F. B. J. Kuiper (Dutch linguist (1907–2003)) | Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus "Frans" Kuiper (7 July 1907 – 14 November 2003) was a Dutch linguist and Indologist. Working primarily under the tutelage of Nicolaas van Wijk, he received his doctorate in classical literature in 1934 at Leiden University. The same year, he moved to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia) to work as a schoolteacher, where he was published regularly in academic journals. | ThaesOfereode (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) 🛸 |
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. He played college football at Saddleback, Santa Ana, Grand Valley State and Rocky Mountain. While at Rocky Mountain, he was the Frontier Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year in both 2009 and 2010. Professionally, he was a member of the Tri-Cities Fever of the [[Indoor Football League ... | ~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 (6th President of Bangladesh) | 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 since 2024) | Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, businessman, and politician who has been serving as Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. | 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 and former blogger, former YouTuber, and former 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) |
2024-11-13 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?) |
2024-11-14 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) |
2024-12-09 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 1] hails from a lineage tied to the Funj sultanas. Following family tragedy, he was raised under the care of his maternal uncle. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
2024-12-10 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 O'Neill; c. 1586 – 25 August 1610) was an Irish-born soldier and nobleman who primarily served in Continental Europe. In 1600 he was relocated to Spain to strengthen relations between his father, the Earl of Tyrone, and the Spanish government. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
2024-12-16 23:26 | Ed Policy (American football executive) | 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) @ |
2024-12-17 21:17 | Indian Packing Company (Defunct US meat packing company) | The Indian Packing Company was an American canned meat company that operated between 1919 and 1921. It was founded in Delaware and had various facilities across the country, including Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was purchased by the Acme Packing Company, which shut down in 1943 due to supply shortages related to World War II. | « 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 and one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, 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) |
2024-12-20 21:57 | 2024 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays took place in three rounds at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, on 4 and 5 May 2024. It was the fourth time that this mixed-sex relay was contested at the World Athletics Relays. The event was also an Olympic qualification: fourteen teams qualified for the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. | Editør (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 (Musical artist) | 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 17:21 | Jackie Stamps (English footballer (1918–1991)) | John David Stamps (2 December 1918 – 19 November 1991) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward, most notably for Derby County. He is best remembered as scoring two goals in the 1946 FA Cup Final for Derby County in a 4–1 win against Charlton Athletic. He started as an amateur with Silverwood Colliery before being signed by Mansfield Town but was released after making just one senior appearance. | Bungle (talk • contribs) |
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) |
2025-01-05 22:02 | Victor Jacob Koningsberger (Dutch botanist and academic (1895–1966)) | Victor Jacob Koningsberger (10 February 1895 – 28 February 1966) was a Dutch botanist and academic. Born in the Dutch East Indies, he completed his studies in Rotterdam and Utrecht, defending his doctoral dissertation – an exploration of the influence of light on plant growth – in 1922. | — Chris Woodrich (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 (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 scholar-monk and 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 paediatric 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) |
2025-01-13 02:21 | Jordan Eberle (Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)) | Jordan Leslie Christopher Eberle (born May 15, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and captain of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round (22nd overall) in the 2008 NHL entry draft by the Edmonton Oilers and made his NHL debut with the Oilers in 2010. | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (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 player 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 in Ludvika – 16 September 1920 in Stockholm) 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 10:50 | 2024 Men's T20 World Cup final (final match of 2024 T20WC) | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup final was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket match played at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on 29 June 2024 to determine the winner of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was played between South Africa and India. | Vestrian24Bio |
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 | 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 00:16 | 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 00:32 | 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) |
2025-01-21 17:50 | John Laurens (American soldier and abolitionist (1754–1782)) | John Laurens (October 28, 1754 – August 27, 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers. | Ali Beary (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 00:11 | Milan Marjanović (Croatian writer (1879–1955)) | Milan Marjanović (12 May 1879 – 21 December 1955) was a Croatian and Yugoslavian writer, literary critic and filmmaker. He joined the Croat-Serb Progressive Youth, part of the Croat-Serb Coalition, and by 1903, became one of its leading members. In 1912, he broke with the organisation and joined the Yugoslav Nationalist Youth, viewing integral Yugoslavism as the only way to politically unite the South Slavs. | Tomobe03 (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) | 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) |
2025-02-05 22:37 | Samuel Engel (Swiss scientist (1702–1784)) | Samuel Engel (2 December 1702 – 26 March 1784) was a Swiss librarian, civil servant, economist and agronomist working in Bern who introduced innovations in several fields. The son of a Landvogt, he studied at the University of Bern before starting a career in administration. In 1736 he became head librarian of the city library of Bern. | —Kusma (talk) |
2025-02-06 00:53 | Killing of Sammy Baker (Controversial killing of internet personality Samuel Seewald alias Sammy Baker) | 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 04:27 | Murder of Sara Sharif (2023 homicide in England) | Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl, was discovered dead in her family's residence in Woking, Surrey, England, on 10 August 2023. She had suffered numerous and severe injuries over an extended period. Three suspects fled to Pakistan and were arrested on their return to the United Kingdom. They were charged with murder and remanded in custody. | Grumpylawnchair (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 04:47 | Council of Tripoli (1109 meeting of crusader states' leaders) | The Council of Tripoli was an assembly of crusader states' leaders held in 1109, towards the end of the prolonged siege of the city of Tripoli. The crusader states—Jerusalem, Antioch, Edessa, and the nascent Tripoli—had been established on lands in the Levant conquered by western European aristocrats during and in the aftermath of the First Crusade. | Borsoka (talk) |
2025-02-11 09:23 | Louis Tomlinson (English singer (born 1991)) | Louis William Tomlinson (born Louis Troy Austin; 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 boy band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. | jolielover♥talk |
2025-02-11 23:43 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke | The men's 100 metre backstroke 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) |
2025-02-12 06:27 | Pete Hegseth (American television presenter and government official (born 1980)) | Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American former Army National Guard officer, television presenter, and author who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 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 |
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 16:32 | Georgian Rebellion of 1256 (1256 uprising) | The Georgian Rebellion of 1256 was an uprising against Mongol rule in the Kingdom of Georgia, sparked by excessive taxation and heavy military levies imposed by the Ilkhanate. The rebellion was led by David Narin of Imereti and later David Ulu of Kartli, but it was ultimately suppressed by the Mongol governor Arghun Aqa. | Indo-Greek |
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 11:45 | 2024 Men's T20 World Cup Super 8 stage | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super 8 stage was played from 19 to 24 June 2024, between 8 teams advanced from the group stage. It was played in two groups of four with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 12 matches across 4 venues in the West Indies. | 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) |
2025-02-20 07:23 | Philippines at the 2025 Asian Winter Games (Sporting event delegation) | The Philippines competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from 7 to 14 February. The curling event began on 4 February, ahead of the opening ceremony. There were 19 competing athletes for the country in five sports. The Filipino flagbearers for the opening ceremony were Kathleen Dubberstein (curling) and Peter Groseclose (speedskating) | Hariboneagle927 (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 (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since 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!) 🍕👑 |
2025-02-27 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) |
2025-03-02 16:59 | Grupo Frontera political controversy (2025 Mexican-American political controversy) | The American regional Mexican band Grupo Frontera has been involved in a controversy due to an alleged endorsement to the politician and current US president Donald Trump since early 2025, after the viralization of the Village People's "Y.M.C.A" dance video by the vocalist's relatives. Despite the answers in an interview for El País, fans and Mexican users called it an endorsement to Trump from the group, and discovered a deleted video on TikTok of them dancing to the same song and interviews with some members. | Santi (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 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 16:20 | Marshall Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | The Marshall Islands competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, which were held from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the country's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 2008. The country's delegation contained four athletes: Kayla Hepler and Phillip Kinono in swimming, William Reed in athletics, and Mattie Sasser in weightlifting. | Arconning (talk) |
2025-03-14 21:03 | 2009 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Green Bay–Arizona) (2010 NFL postseason game) | The 2009 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) @ |
2025-03-14 21:39 | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (Tuvan politician (1892–1932)) | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (Tuvan: Моңгуш Буян-Бадыргы, Russian: Монгуш Буян-Бадыргы; 25 April 1892 – 22 March 1932) was a Tuvan politician and statesman. Adopted by a noyon (chieftain) after his birth, he succeeded his adoptive father in that role between 1907 and 1909. He was the noyon for his kozhuun (administrative division) as the region of Tuva went from Chinese control to a protectorate of Russia in 1914, known as Uryankhay Krai. | BeanieFan11 (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 recognised 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 09:46 | Holly-Anne Hull (British singer and stage actress) | Holly-Anne Hull (born 17 October 1994) is a British singer from Camberley in Surrey. After performing for Elizabeth II in 2006, she won the Disney Channel UK talent search My Camp Rock in April 2009 and released a version of "This Is Me" alongside a music video. She has also played various roles in Copacabana, Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood, Loserville, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. | Launchballer |
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 who has served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
2025-03-17 10:24 | Edgar Matobato (Filipino whistleblower) | Edgar Bernal Matobato (born 1959) is a Filipino self-confessed hitman and whistleblower who claims to be a former member of the Davao Death Squad or the "DDS", an alleged vigilante group tasked to summarily execute suspected criminals. He gained international recognition in 2016 when he testified before the Senate of the Philippines, reporting about his experience as a hitman under the DDS. | Chlod (say hi!) |
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-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 00:58 | F. B. J. Kuiper (Dutch linguist (1907–2003)) | Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus "Frans" Kuiper (7 July 1907 – 14 November 2003) was a Dutch linguist and Indologist. Working primarily under the tutelage of Nicolaas van Wijk, he received his doctorate in classical literature in 1934 at Leiden University. The same year, he moved to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia) to work as a schoolteacher, where he was published regularly in academic journals. | ThaesOfereode (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) |
2025-03-23 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 classical 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) |
2025-03-23 18:20 | Prince Louis of Wales (British prince (born 2018)) | Prince Louis of Wales (Louis Arthur Charles; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and a grandson of Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. He is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne. | MSincccc (talk) |
Culture/Biography/Women
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2024-10-05 19:17 | Tessa Davidson (English snooker player) | Tessa Davidson (born 22 April 1969) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She competed on the women's tour from 1988 to 1995 and again from 1998 to 1999, during which time she won three UK Women's Championships and achieved a highest ranking of fourth in the women's rankings. She competed on the main professional tour during the 1992–93 snooker season. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
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) |
2024-12-18 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) |
2025-01-01 13:53 | Eileen Niedfield (American physician and Roman Catholic nun) | Eileen Rae Niedfield (1920–2007), in religious life Sr. Mary Frederic Niedfield, MMS, MD, FACS was a surgeon and general physician in India for nearly 40 years, two in Bhutan. Graduating in 1951, she was notable for being in the first cohort of Georgetown University Medical School alumni that included women. | Oh-Fortuna! (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 29 February 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 |
2025-01-29 14:58 | Solfrid Koanda (Norwegian weightlifter (born 1998)) | Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (born 13 November 1998) is a Norwegian weightlifter and former electrician who became the first female Norwegian weightlifter to become an Olympic champion, and the first Norwegian weightlifter to become World and European champion in the sport. Born in Oulu to a Finnish mother and an Ivorian father, she lived in Finland until moving to Norway at nine years old. | Arconning (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) |
2025-02-12 18:02 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke | The women's 100 metre backstroke 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, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
2025-02-13 13:05 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke | The women's 200 metre backstroke 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. | IAWW (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) |
2025-02-17 03:20 | Bartolomea Acciaioli (Despoina of the Morea) | Bartolomea Acciaioli or Acciajuoli (died c. 1396) was the wife of Theodore I Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea from 1385. She was the elder daughter of Nerio I Acciaioli, who held large estates in Frankish Greece. She was famed for her beauty and her father married her off to Theodore to seal a marriage alliance. | Borsoka (talk) |
2025-02-18 22:49 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metre freestyle | The women's 1500 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, each competitor had to swim 30 lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
2025-02-19 14:14 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle | The women's 800 metre freestyle 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, each competitor had to swim 16 lengths of the pool. | IAWW (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) |
2025-02-26 08:04 | Bonnie Blue (actress) (English pornographic actress and OnlyFans creator (born 1999)) | Tia Emma Billinger (born May 1999), known professionally as Bonnie Blue, is an English pornographic film actress and OnlyFans content creator. 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 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) |
2025-03-06 01:02 | Jordyn Wieber (American artistic gymnast and coach (born 1995)) | Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. | Riley1012 (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 21:30 | Rosa Parks (American civil rights activist (1913–2005)) | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, in defiance of Jim Crow laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement". | Spookyaki (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) |
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. | |
2024-10-12 12:01 | Naħseb Fik (2021 single by Aidan) | "Naħseb Fik" (transl. "I Think of You") is a song by Maltese singer Aidan released on 19 March 2021. It was his first song written in the Maltese language and was produced by Boban Apostolov. | Sahaib (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) |
2024-11-04 01:04 | Amos Yee (Singaporean sex offender (born 1998)) | Amos Yee Pang Sang (born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean convicted child sex offender and former blogger, former YouTuber, and former 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 🍁 |
2024-11-14 14:17 | Ukrainian Sheriffs (2015 Ukrainian documentary film by Roman Bondarchuk) | Ukrainian Sheriffs (Ukrainian: Українські шерифи, romanized: Ukrainski Sherify) is a 2015 Ukrainian documentary film directed by Roman Bondarchuk . The film begins as a portrait of a small town which tries to meet its own policing needs but shifts when the Russo-Ukrainian War begins, depicting the war's effects in microcosm. | Reidgreg (talk) |
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 films. Regarded as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses, she has also worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, English, Bengali and Marathi films. 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. Zimmerman has received seven Grammy Award nominations for his songs. He mainly produces 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 |
2025-01-07 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) |
2025-01-08 03:28 | Chill Guy (Meme artwork from 2023) | "Chill Guy", also known as "My new character", is a digital artwork and internet meme first posted by artist Phillip Banks on Twitter on October 4, 2023. The artwork consists of an anthropomorphic dog wearing a grey sweater, blue jeans, and red sneakers, giving off a "chill" expression by smirking with his hands in his pockets. | Johnson524 |
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) |
2025-01-21 19:10 | Weaving a Story 2: oral stage (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twentieth episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. Hideaki Anno wrote the episode and the animator Masahiko Otsuka directed it. 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) |
2025-01-23 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) |
2025-02-05 16:58 | Create (song) (2021 single by Gen Hoshino) | is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino. The theme song to the 35th anniversary of the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros. (1985), the song first appeared in a June 2020 commercial before Speedstar Records released it as a digital single on February 17, 2021; a physical double A-sided CD with "Fushigi" was released on June 23, 2021. | IanTEB (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 10:57 | Poop emoji (Emoji representing a pile of feces) | Pile of Poo (💩), also known informally as the poomoji (slang), poop emoji (American English), or poo emoji (British English), is an emoji resembling a coiled pile of feces, usually adorned with cartoon eyes and a large smile. Originating from Japan, it is used as an expression in various contexts. Some possible uses include as a response of passive aggressive emotion; for comedic value; as commentary on what's bad; or as its literal meaning. | 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) |
2025-02-07 22:13 | Kwŏnŏp sinmun (1912–1914 Korean-language newspaper in Russia) | Kwŏnŏp sinmun (Korean: 권업신문; Hanja: 勸業新聞; Russian: Квонъэб синмун; Квоноп синмун) was a weekly Korean-language newspaper published in Sinhanch'on, Vladivostok, Russian Empire from 1912 to 1914. It was written in the native Korean script Hangul, and was named for and was the official publication of the Korean organization Kwŏnŏphoe. | 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) |
2025-02-08 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 by the Filipino girl group Bini. It was released by Star Music on September 22, 2023, as the first pre-release single the group's first extended play (EP), Talaarawan (2024). Written by Gianina Camille "Nica" Del Rosario and Julius James "Jumbo" De Belen, and composed by Jose Miguel Cortes, "Karera" is a bubblegum pop track that addresses mental health, highlighting the importance of self-care and resilience against societal pressures. | AstrooKai (Talk) |
2025-02-11 09:23 | Louis Tomlinson (English singer (born 1991)) | Louis William Tomlinson (born Louis Troy Austin; 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 boy 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) |
2025-02-18 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 |
2025-02-18 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 |
2025-02-21 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 and OnlyFans creator (born 1999)) | Tia Emma Billinger (born May 1999), known professionally as Bonnie Blue, is an English pornographic film actress and OnlyFans content creator. 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 |
2025-02-26 08:04 | Lily Phillips (English pornographic actress (born 2001)) | Lillian Daisy Phillips (born 23 July 2001) is an English pornographic actress. Born in Derbyshire, she dropped out of university to work in the sex industry; her aesthetic has been described as that of "the girl next door". In late 2024, she uploaded to OnlyFans a gang bang in which she had sex with 101 men and then announced plans to have sex with 300 and then 1,000 men in one day. | Launchballer |
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: Toufan fi Balad al-Baath) 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 and released on 15 December 2023 through Atomic Records and Indica Entertainment as part of their upcoming EP, Virturrosismo. It represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, where it placed in 22nd with 30 points at the grand final. | 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 (TV 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 19:24 | KVEO-TV (TV 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 | KWHY (Television station in Garden Grove, California) | KWHY (channel 63) is a television station licensed to Garden Grove, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles area as an affiliate of Canal de la Fe, a Spanish-language religious network. Owned by Meruelo Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on West Pico Boulevard in the Mid-City section of Los Angeles. | 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 | WLTX (TV 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 19:27 | WRBW (TV 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 | WMTV (Television station in Madison, Wisconsin) | WMTV (channel 15) is a television station in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW. The station is owned by Gray Media and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Forward Drive in the Greentree neighborhood on Madison's southwest side. | 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 19:28 | WXEL-TV (PBS member 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) |
2025-03-14 23:16 | Typhlosion (Pokémon species) | Typhlosion, known in Japan as Bakphoon (Japanese: バクフーン) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise, and the final evolved form of starter Pokémon Cyndaquil. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver, it was designed by Ken Sugimori and is featured in Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as various merchandise. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
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 Raphael Ridao, lead guitar Gabriel Fernandez, rhythm guitar CJ Fernandez, keyboards Xen Gareza, and drummer Elian Akia. | Indo360 (talk) |
Culture/Media/Books
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2025-01-07 09:50 | Epic Pooh (1978 opinion article by Michael Moorcock) | "Epic Pooh" is a 1978 essay by the British science fiction writer Michael Moorcock, which reviews the field of epic fantasy, with a particular focus on epic fantasy written for children. In it Moorcock critiques J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings for its politically conservative assumptions and its escapism. | Chiswick Chap (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) |
2025-01-21 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) |
2025-02-17 19:01 | Tolkien fan fiction (Works created by Tolkien fans) | Tolkien fan fiction is fantasy fiction, often published on the Internet, by Tolkien fans, in enormous quantities. It is based either directly on some aspect of J. R. R. Tolkien's books on his fantasy world of Middle-earth, or on a depiction of this world, especially in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film series or other film depictions of that world. | 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) |
2025-03-10 17:23 | Nihilism (Denial of certain aspects of existence) | Nihilism is a family of views that reject certain aspects of existence. Different forms of nihilism deny different features of reality, ranging from the meaning of life and morality to political institutions and the possibility of objective knowledge. These views span various branches of philosophy, including ethics, value theory, epistemology, and metaphysics. | Phlsph7 (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) |
Culture/Media/Films
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2024-09-24 15:31 | Jason Kwan (Hong Kong cinematographer and film director) | Jason Kwan Chi-yiu (Chinese: 關智耀; born 1964) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Debuting as a cinematographer in the Hong Kong cinema with All About Love (2005), Kwan was known for his collaborations with director Pang Ho-cheung, which include Love in a Puff (2010), its sequel Love in the Buff, Vulgaria (both 2012), and Aberdeen (2014). | Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul) |
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) |
2024-10-24 07:05 | The Hunt for Gollum (2009 British fantasy fan film by Chris Bouchard) | The Hunt for Gollum is a 2009 British fantasy fan film based on the appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954–55 book The Lord of the Rings. The film is set in Middle-earth, when the wizard Gandalf the Grey fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to Sauron. Gandalf sends the ranger Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum. | Chiswick Chap (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) |
2024-12-18 21:42 | 42 (film) (2013 biographical sports film by Brian Helgeland) | 42 is a 2013 American biographical sports drama film produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Written and directed by Brian Helgeland, 42 is based on baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first black athlete to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the modern era. The title of the film is a reference to Robinson's jersey number, which was universally retired across all MLB teams in 1997. | 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) |
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 2024[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) |
2025-01-18 07:51 | El Apóstol (1917 lost Argentine animated film) | El Apóstol (English: The Apostle) is a 1917 lost Argentine animated film using cutout animation. Italian-Argentine immigrants Quirino Cristiani and Federico Valle directed and produced, respectively. Historians consider it the world's first animated feature film. The film began production after the success of Cristiani and Valle's short film, La intervención a la provincia de Buenos Aires, and was produced either in less than ten months or in twelve months; accounts differ. | Lazman321 (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 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 (Horror subgenre focused on African-American characters and narratives) | 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 |
2025-02-16 02:55 | Margin Call (2011 film by J. C. Chandor) | Margin Call is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor in his feature directorial debut. The principal story takes place over a 24-hour period at a large Wall Street investment bank during the initial stages of the 2008 financial crisis. It focuses on the actions taken by a group of employees during the subsequent financial collapse. | W9793 (talk) |
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) |
2025-02-19 04:15 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992 film by David Lynch) | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is a 1992 psychological horror film directed by David Lynch, and co-written by Lynch and Robert Engels. It serves as a prequel to seasons one and two of the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991), created and produced by Mark Frost and Lynch. It begins with the FBI's investigation into the murder of Teresa Banks (Pamela Gidley) before shifting to the last seven days of the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), a popular-but-troubled high school student in the fictional town of Twin Peaks, Washington. | Namelessposter (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) |
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?) |
2024-10-31 22:37 | Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 (Chorale cantata by J.S. Bach) | ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"), BWV 80 (also: BWV 80.3), is a chorale cantata for Reformation Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. He reworked it from one of his Weimar cantatas, Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a (also: BWV 80.1). The first Leipzig version of the church cantata, BWV 80b (also: BWV 80.2), may have been composed as early as 1723, some five months after Bach had moved to Leipzig. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
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?) |
2024-12-04 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 |
2024-12-05 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) |
2024-12-14 03:49 | Red Light (Bladee album) (2018 studio album by Bladee) | Red Light is the second studio album by the Swedish rapper Bladee. It was released by Year0001 on 11 May 2018. After receiving a positive review toward his debut album Eversince in 2016, Bladee released AvP, a collaborative album with Thaiboy Digital, later that year. During 2017, he released the mixtape Working on Dying, which was followed by the collaborative Drain Gang album D&G. | Locust member (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) |
2024-12-26 15:16 | Exeter (album) (2020 studio album by Bladee) | Exeter is the third studio album by the Swedish rapper Bladee. It was released by Year0001 on 8 April 2020. Recorded during a week period in Gotland, it is his first album to be significantly produced by Gud. It is an experimental pop album that also contains influences from cloud rap and pop music. Its lyrics are stripped down and minimal, and explore themes of optimism and adoration. | Locust member (talk) |
2024-12-27 08:54 | Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133 (1724 church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Ich freue mich in dir (I rejoice in You), BWV 133, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the Christmas cantata in Leipzig in 1724 for the Third Day of Christmas and first performed it on 27 December 1724. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
2024-12-31 20:54 | Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122 (chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Das neugeborne Kindelein (The newborn little Child), BWV 122, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed the chorale cantata in six movements in Leipzig for the Sunday after Christmas and first performed it on 31 December 1724. It is based on a 1597 hymn of the same name by Cyriakus Schneegaß. | 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) |
2025-01-07 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) |
2025-01-15 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) |
2025-01-21 21:08 | Didacts and Narpets (1975 part ii of "the fountain of lamneth" by Rush) | "Didacts and Narpets" is the second movement of Canadian rock band Rush's suite "The Fountain of Lamneth", the fifth and final track on Caress of Steel (1975). As with three other sections of the suite, the lyrics were written by drummer Neil Peart and the music composed by bassist and lead vocalist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson. | User:HumanxAnthro (BanjoxKazooie) |
2025-01-22 19:42 | I Didn't Mean to Haunt You (2022 studio album by Quadeca) | I Didn't Mean to Haunt You is the third studio album by the American musician Quadeca, released on November 10, 2022, through DeadAir Records and AWAL. Following his second album From Me to You in 2021, Quadeca contacted Jesse Taconelli of DeadAir to release I Didn't Mean to Haunt You after coming up with its concept. | Locust member (talk) |
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 20:46 | Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit, BWV 111 (1725 cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (What my God wants, may it always happen), BWV 111, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig in 1725 for the third Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 21 January 1725, as part of his chorale cantata cycle. | Gerda Arendt (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) |
2025-02-01 03:38 | The Hillbilly Thomists (Catholic bluegrass band) | The Hillbilly Thomists are an American bluegrass band comprising friars from the Province of St. Joseph of the Dominican Order. Formed at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., in 2014, the band played music locally as a form of street evangelization before releasing their self-titled first studio album in 2017. | Pbritti (talk) |
2025-02-02 21:08 | Teen Week (2021 EP by Jane Remover) | Teen Week is the second extended play (EP) by the American musician Jane Remover. It was self-released under their former name Dltzk on February 26, 2021, before they came out as a trans woman in 2022. Following their debut EP, No Words, Just a Picture of Me, in 2020, Remover released Teen Week's two singles—"Woodside Gardens 16 December 2012" and "52 Blue Mondays"—in 2020 and 2021, respectively. | Locust member (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) |
2025-02-04 13:45 | I Don't Wanna Live Forever (2016 single by Zayn and Taylor Swift) | "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (also subtitled "Fifty Shades Darker") is a song by the English singer Zayn and the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from the soundtrack to the 2017 film Fifty Shades Darker. It was written by Swift, Sam Dew, and Jack Antonoff, who also produced the song. An electropop, dance-pop, and R&B ballad about romantic yearning between two ex-lovers, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" features finger snap beats and falsetto vocals from Swift and Zayn. | Ippantekina (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) |
2025-02-09 19:50 | Second Nature (Rush song) (1987 song by Rush) | "Second Nature" is the fourth track of Canadian rock band Rush's twelfth studio album Hold Your Fire (1987), released on September 8, 1987 by Anthem Records. Its lyrics were penned by drummer Neil Peart and music composed by bassist and lead vocalist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson. It was produced by Peter Collins, who took on the same task for the band's previous album Power Windows (1985). | User:HumanxAnthro (BanjoxKazooie) |
2025-02-10 01:55 | Before and After (Rush song) (1974 suite by Rush) | "Before"/"After", stylized on the sleeve's tracklisting as "Before" and "After", is a two-piece suite by Canadian rock band Rush. With John Rutsey as drummer, it was composed by bassist and lead vocalist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson, Lee wrote the lyrics. It is the seventh track on the band's self-titled debut album released on March 18, 1974, by Moon Records. | User:HumanxAnthro (BanjoxKazooie) |
2025-02-13 11:15 | The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived (2024 song by Taylor Swift) | "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department (2024). She wrote and produced it with Aaron Dessner. Described as a breakup song and a diss track, it begins as a simplistic piano ballad that features blinking programming before assuming a rock sound with distorted vocals in the bridge. | Medxvo (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) |
2025-02-14 21:24 | Outside Chance (song) (1966 single by the Turtles) | "Outside Chance" is a song written by lyricist Glenn Crocker and composer Warren Zevon, initially recorded by American pop band the Turtles in 1966. Zevon and the Turtles were label-mates on White Whale Records, being introduced to one another by label founders Ted Feigin and Lee Lasseff after a meeting where Zevon's music was played for the Turtles. | VirreFriberg (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) |
2025-02-17 10:47 | Push 2 Start (2024 single by Tyla) | "Push 2 Start" is a song recorded by South African singer Tyla. Released in tandem with the deluxe edition of her self-titled studio album by FAX and Epic Records, it was initially teased at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. It was also serviced to Italian radio stations via Sony Music Italy on 25 October 2024. | dxneo (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) |
2025-02-25 21:37 | With Devils Amongst Us All (2006 studio album by Walls of Jericho) | With Devils Amongst Us All is the third studio album by American metalcore band Walls of Jericho, released on August 21, 2006, by Trustkill Records. It was the band's first album with drummer Dustin Schoenhofer. In an effort to establish their own sound, the band worked with an outside producer for the first time, Ben Schiegel, during the album's recording at Spider Studios in Cleveland. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
2025-02-28 01:53 | Scratch the Surface (1994 studio album by Sick of It All) | Scratch the Surface is the third studio album by the American hardcore punk band Sick of It All, released on October 18, 1994, by East West Records. It was the band's first album with bassist Craig Setari. Sick of It All self-produced the album and recorded it with engineer Tom Soares at Normandy Sound in Warren, Rhode Island. | Chchcheckit (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 13:13 | King of My Heart (2017 song by Taylor Swift) | "King of My Heart" 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 and Shellback. An electropop and EDM track, "King of My Heart" incorporates pounding drum machines, pulsing synths, and vocals manipulated by a vocoder. | 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 13:41 | Tribalistas (2002 album) (2002 studio album by Tribalistas) | Tribalistas (in English "Tribalists") is the debut album by the Brazilian musical supergroup of the same name. It was released on 4 November 2002, on the independent record label Phonomotor, distributed by EMI. From the start of their careers, Brazilian musicians Arnaldo Antunes, Carlinhos Brown and Marisa Monte were present at each other's performances on a regular basis, while also maintaining a personal friendship. | Cattos💭 |
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 01:04 | 29 (Demi Lovato song) (2022 single by Demi Lovato) | "29" is a song by the American singer Demi Lovato from her eighth studio album, Holy Fvck (2022). She wrote it alongside Laura Veltz, Sean Douglas, and its producers, Oak Felder, Alex Niceforo, and Keith Sorrells. It was released through Island Records on August 17, 2022, as the album's third single. "29" is a rock song led by guitars and drums, with lyrics about a relationship Lovato had with an older man and how she was manipulated by him. | CatchMe (talk · contribs) |
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 06:28 | Kitchen (song) (2024 song by SZA) | "Kitchen" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA from Lana (2024), the reissue of her second studio album SOS (2022). It is a reverb-drenched song with an earthy, luminescent sound. The production is built around a discordant electric guitar, sampled from "Voyage to Atlantis" (1977) by the band the Isley Brothers. | Elias 🦗🐜 [Chat, they chattin', they chat] |
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 02:45 | Blackened (song) (1988 song by Metallica) | "Blackened" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica and the opening track from their fourth studio album, ...And Justice for All (1988). Written by band members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Jason Newsted, it is a thrash metal song with environmentalist lyrics that discuss the idea of nuclear warfare leading to the extinction of humanity and the destruction of Earth. | λ NegativeMP1 |
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) |
2025-03-11 22:18 | Oracle (Kittie album) (2001 studio album by Kittie) | Oracle is the second studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Kittie, released on November 12, 2001, by Artemis Records. The band recorded the album as a three-piece following the departure of co-founding guitarist and vocalist Fallon Bowman, whom was replaced by touring guitarist Jeff Phillips, at EMAC Recording Studios with producer Garth Richardson between July and August 2001. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
2025-03-12 22:56 | Symphony No. 2 (Brian) (Symphony No.2 composed by Havergal Brian) | The Symphony No. 2 in E minor is a symphony composed by Havergal Brian between 1930–31. It was actually his third before he reorganized his catalogue in 1967. The work was inspired by Goethe's drama Götz von Berlichingen. It was originally dedicated to Richard Strauss, but in 1972 he changed it to his then recently deceased daughter Elfreda Brian. | NeoGaze (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 09:46 | Holly-Anne Hull (British singer and stage actress) | Holly-Anne Hull (born 17 October 1994) is a British singer from Camberley in Surrey. After performing for Elizabeth II in 2006, she won the Disney Channel UK talent search My Camp Rock in April 2009 and released a version of "This Is Me" alongside a music video. She has also played various roles in Copacabana, Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood, Loserville, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. | Launchballer |
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 after a nine-year hiatus on the record label Uns Produções. | Cattos💭 |
2025-03-16 19:14 | Jump Out (2025 studio album by OsamaSon) | Jump Out is the third studio album by the American rapper OsamaSon, released on January 24, 2025, through Atlantic Records and Motion Music. Going through numerous revisions due to constant leaking, it was primarily produced by OK with contributions from a variety of record producers, including OsamaSon himself. | Locust member (talk) |
2025-03-16 22:25 | Mean (song) (2011 single by Taylor Swift) | "Mean" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). Big Machine Records released it to country radio in the United States as the album's third single on March 7, 2011. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, "Mean" is a six-string banjo-led country and bluegrass track that incorporates fiddle, mandolin, hand claps, and multitracked vocals. | Medxvo (talk) |
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 |
2025-03-21 19:48 | Admirável Chip Novo (2003 studio album by Pitty) | Admirável Chip Novo is the debut studio album by Brazilian artist Pitty. It was released on 3 April 2003 through the independent label Deckdisc. After stepping away from her role as vocalist for the hardcore punk band Inkoma, Pitty continued composing new songs but had no immediate plans to record them. | Cattos💭 |
2025-03-23 16:00 | Luis T. Romero (American classical 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) |
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 \\ |
2025-03-23 23:44 | 15.ai (Real-time text-to-speech AI tool) | 15.ai was a free non-commercial web application that used artificial intelligence to generate text-to-speech voices of fictional characters from popular media. Created by an anonymous artificial intelligence researcher known as 15, who began developing the technology as a freshman during their undergraduate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the application allowed users to make characters from video games, television shows, and movies speak custom text with emotional inflections faster than real-time. | GregariousMadness (talk to me!) |
Culture/Media/Television
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2024-09-07 16:54 | Regulations on children's television programming in the United States | The broadcast of educational children's programming by terrestrial television stations in the United States is mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under regulations colloquially referred to as the Children's Television Act (CTA), the E/I rules, or the Kid Vid rules. Since 1997, all full-power and Class A low-power broadcast television stations have been required to broadcast at least three hours (or more if they operate digital subchannels) per-week ... | ViperSnake151 Talk |
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 04:06 | Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer (2020 reality television competition series) | Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer is a British reality television competition series that premiered online on 27 November 2020. The show features Rebecca More and Matthew Camp on their hunt to discover the next LGBTQ+ icon. The first series, broadcast in 2020 on Men.com and SlagWars.com, lasted four episodes and was co-presented by Sophie Anderson, with whom More had become famous as two halves of The Cock Destroyers. | Launchballer |
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 is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television which originally aired on the ITV network from 1974 to 1978. Initially created by Roy Clarke from a concept by Bill Maynard, most of the series was written by Alan Plater. It starred Maynard as Selwyn Froggitt, a hapless but good-natured council labourer, handyman and working men's club secretary in the fictional Yorkshire town of Scarsdale. | 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) |
2025-03-01 22:32 | EastEnders 40th Anniversary Week (Special week of episodes of EastEnders) | "EastEnders 40th Anniversary Week" is a group of five episodes of the BBC soap opera EastEnders, broadcast on BBC One from 17 to 20 February 2025. During the episodes, which take place over the course of Billy (Perry Fenwick) and Honey Mitchell's (Emma Barton) wedding, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) attempts suicide, Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) learns Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth) was the culprit of her [[Cindy Beale#Who Attacked Cindy?|attack ... | FishLoveHam (talk) |
2025-03-06 21:24 | Carl the Collector (2024 American-Canadian animated television series) | Carl the Collector 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. Carl the Collector takes place in the fictional Fuzzytown and is centered around the titular character, an autistic child raccoon with a special interest in creating collections, and his friends, including Lotta, an autistic fox. | 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) |
2025-03-09 17:15 | The Bard (The Twilight Zone) (18th episode of the 4th season of The Twilight Zone) | "The Bard" is an episode of the American anthology television series The Twilight Zone. It first aired on CBS on May 23, 1963, and was the final episode of the hour-long fourth season. A direct satire of the American television industry, the episode features a parody of Marlon Brando by Burt Reynolds, and concerns an inept screenwriter, who through the use of black magic, employs William Shakespeare as his ghostwriter. | Jon698 (talk) |
2025-03-12 03:04 | Granite State (Breaking Bad) (15th episode of the 5th season of Breaking Bad) | "Granite State" is the fifteenth and the penultimate episode of the fifth season of the American television crime drama series Breaking Bad. Directed and written by executive producer Peter Gould as the 61st and penultimate episode of the series, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on September 22, 2013. | λ NegativeMP1 |
2025-03-13 19:23 | KGAN (TV 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 (TV 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 19:25 | WEYI-TV (NBC affiliate 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 | WLIO (TV station in Lima, Ohio) | WLIO (channel 8) is a television station in Lima, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and Fox. It is owned by Block Communications alongside WOHL-CD (channel 35), which broadcasts ABC and CBS. The two stations (and two repeaters)—which all operate under the collective banner of "Your Hometown Stations"—share studios on Rice Avenue northwest of downtown; WLIO's transmitter is located on Saint Clair Avenue north of downtown. | 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 | WTGS (TV station in Hardeeville, South Carolina) | WTGS (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Hardeeville, South Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Savannah, Georgia, area. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, WTGS maintains transmitter facilities on Fort Argyle Road/SR 204 in western unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, while its studios are located in the Savannah Morning News building on Chatham Parkway in Savannah. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
2025-03-13 19:28 | WXIN (TV 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) |
2025-03-21 21:35 | Debate 109 (9th episode of the 1st season of Community) | "Debate 109" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American sitcom Community. It originally aired in the United States on NBC on November 12, 2009. The episode was directed by Joe Russo and written by Tim Hobert. | Questions? four Olliefant (she/her) |
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) |
Culture/Media/Video games
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2024-12-03 11:24 | Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (2019 video game) | Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is a 2019 online-only action role-playing video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. The game, which is the sequel to Tom Clancy's The Division (2016), is set in a near-future Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the release of a genetically engineered virus known as "Green Poison", and follows an agent of the Strategic Homeland Division as they try to rebuild the city. | OceanHok (talk) |
2024-12-26 23:19 | Cry of Fear (2013 video game) | Cry of Fear is a 2013 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) |
2025-01-14 15:48 | Transfer Pak (Accessory for the Nintendo 64) | The Transfer Pak is an accessory for the Nintendo 64 controller. When plugged into the controller's expansion port, it allows for the transfer of data between supported Nintendo 64 (N64) games and Game Boy or Game Boy Color (GBC) games inserted into its cartridge slot. By using the Transfer Pak, players can unlock additional content in compatible games; the Pokémon Stadium games, with which the Transfer Pak was initially bundled for sale, also feature the ability to emulate specific Game Boy Pokémon titles for play on the N64. | Cyberlink420 (talk) |
2025-01-23 17:03 | Oatchi (Fictional character from Pikmin 4) | is character who first appeared in Nintendo's 2023 real-time strategy video game Pikmin 4 for the Nintendo Switch. Oatchi, a breed of creature dubbed "Space Dog", is a member of the Rescue Corps; a group of intergalactic individuals tasked with rescuing space adventurers who have become stranded. In Pikmin 4, the organisation are tasked with rescuing reoccurring series protagonist Captain Olimar after crash landing on planet PNF-404. | CaptainGalaxy |
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!🍕 (🔔) |
2025-02-01 17:38 | Tala (Darkwatch) (Video game character) | Tala is a character introduced in the 2005 first person shooter game Darkwatch developed by High Moon Studios and published by Capcom. A Native American Shaman, Tala works with the group Darkwatch as a Regulator, helping to fend off the forces of the undead in the Wild West. She initially works with another Regulator, Cassidy, to help a cowboy outlaw named Jericho who was infected with vampirism. | Kung Fu Man (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) |
2025-02-06 19:06 | Tetris (1985 video game) | Tetris (Russian: Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. Players move tetrominoes, which move down the playing field, to fill horizontal lines. The completed lines disappear, granting the player points, and all other blocks move down the corresponding number of lines. | Lazman321 (talk) |
2025-02-19 23:28 | Pokémon Duel (2016 video game) | was a free-to-play digital board game developed by HEROZ and published by The Pokémon Company. The game was a mobile game adaptation of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game, a board game published in 2007 that used Pokémon action figures as game pieces. The game was developed out of a desire to bring the Trading Figure Game to Japanese audiences, as the board game had only been released overseas. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
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) |
2025-03-09 04:16 | Dying Light: The Following (2016 video game) | Dying Light: The Following is an expansion pack for the first-person survival horror video game Dying Light by Techland and was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The story of The Following follows Kyle Crane, who must venture into the countryside of Harran to investigate a mysterious cult whose leader may hold the key to immunity to a zombie virus that plagues the city. | OceanHok (talk) |
2025-03-23 17:56 | Echoes of Mana (2022 video game) | was a 2022 action role-playing video game developed by Wright Flyer Studios and published by Square Enix for Android and iOS devices as a spin-off within the Mana series. Following the adventures of a warrior chosen by the Mana Tree to travel multiple worlds in pursuit of a great evil, the gameplay featured the protagonist exploring different worlds based on earlier Mana entries. | ProtoDrake (talk) |
2025-03-24 06:18 | Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002 video game) | is a 2002 bullet hell scrolling shoot 'em up game developed by Team Shanghai Alice. It is the sixth game in the Touhou Project series, and the first instalment to be released for Microsoft Windows. The story follows either the miko Reimu Hakurei or the magician Marisa Kirisame as they battle enemies through the world of Gensokyo to find the cause of a red-coloured mist which has covered the sky in the midst of summer. | Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) |
Culture/Performing arts
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2024-12-27 08:54 | Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133 (1724 church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Ich freue mich in dir (I rejoice in You), BWV 133, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the Christmas cantata in Leipzig in 1724 for the Third Day of Christmas and first performed it on 27 December 1724. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
2024-12-31 20:54 | Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122 (chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Das neugeborne Kindelein (The newborn little Child), BWV 122, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed the chorale cantata in six movements in Leipzig for the Sunday after Christmas and first performed it on 31 December 1724. It is based on a 1597 hymn of the same name by Cyriakus Schneegaß. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
2025-03-12 22:56 | Symphony No. 2 (Brian) (Symphony No.2 composed by Havergal Brian) | The Symphony No. 2 in E minor is a symphony composed by Havergal Brian between 1930–31. It was actually his third before he reorganized his catalogue in 1967. The work was inspired by Goethe's drama Götz von Berlichingen. It was originally dedicated to Richard Strauss, but in 1972 he changed it to his then recently deceased daughter Elfreda Brian. | NeoGaze (talk) |
Culture/Philosophy and religion
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2024-11-04 10:15 | Hedonism (Family of views prioritizing pleasure) | Hedonism is a family of philosophical views that prioritize pleasure. Psychological hedonism is the theory that the underlying motivation of all human behavior is to maximize pleasure and avoid pain. As a form of egoism, it suggests that people only help others if they expect a personal benefit. Axiological hedonism is the view that pleasure is the sole source of intrinsic value. | Phlsph7 (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) |
2025-01-01 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 (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 scholar-monk and 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) |
2025-01-17 18:54 | Sivananda yoga (School of spiritual yoga) | Sivananda Yoga is a spiritual yoga system founded by 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 with the mission 'to spread the teachings of yoga and the message of world peace' which has since been refined to 'practice and teach the anc ... | 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) |
2025-02-11 04:47 | Council of Tripoli (1109 meeting of crusader states' leaders) | The Council of Tripoli was an assembly of crusader states' leaders held in 1109, towards the end of the prolonged siege of the city of Tripoli. The crusader states—Jerusalem, Antioch, Edessa, and the nascent Tripoli—had been established on lands in the Levant conquered by western European aristocrats during and in the aftermath of the First Crusade. | Borsoka (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) |
2025-02-27 18:58 | Classical theism (Form of theism) | Classical theism is a theological and philosophical form of theism that conceives of God as the ultimate, transcendent reality, characterized by attributes such as omnipotence, omniscience, and perfect goodness. Rooted in the ancient Greek philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, classical theism presents God as a being who is immutable, impassible, and entirely self-sufficient. | Brent Silby (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. Different forms of nihilism deny different features of reality, ranging from the meaning of life and morality to political institutions and the possibility of objective knowledge. 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) |
2025-03-21 10:47 | Soul (Non-material essence of a living being) | The soul, regarded as the immaterial self which most ordinary people initially believe in, is often discussed in the context of religion, theology, psychology and philosophy. According to Stewart Goetz, anthropologists and psychologists have found that ordinary humans interculturally have distinguished between souls and bodies. | Brent Silby (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. He played college football at Saddleback, Santa Ana, Grand Valley State and Rocky Mountain. While at Rocky Mountain, he was the Frontier Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year in both 2009 and 2010. Professionally, he was a member of the Tri-Cities Fever of the [[Indoor Football League ... | ~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) |
2024-11-14 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) |
2024-11-29 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 |
2024-12-10 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 |
2024-12-17 21:17 | Indian Packing Company (Defunct US meat packing company) | The Indian Packing Company was an American canned meat company that operated between 1919 and 1921. It was founded in Delaware and had various facilities across the country, including Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was purchased by the Acme Packing Company, which shut down in 1943 due to supply shortages related to World War II. | « 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 and one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, 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) |
2024-12-20 21:57 | 2024 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Athletics Relays took place in three rounds at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, on 4 and 5 May 2024. It was the fourth time that this mixed-sex relay was contested at the World Athletics Relays. The event was also an Olympic qualification: fourteen teams qualified for the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. | Editør (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) |
2024-12-31 17:21 | Jackie Stamps (English footballer (1918–1991)) | John David Stamps (2 December 1918 – 19 November 1991) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward, most notably for Derby County. He is best remembered as scoring two goals in the 1946 FA Cup Final for Derby County in a 4–1 win against Charlton Athletic. He started as an amateur with Silverwood Colliery before being signed by Mansfield Town but was released after making just one senior appearance. | Bungle (talk • contribs) |
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) |
2025-01-05 13:26 | Men's T20 World Cup (Men's Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricket World Cup) | The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020. | Vestrian24Bio |
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 02:21 | Jordan Eberle (Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)) | Jordan Leslie Christopher Eberle (born May 15, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and captain of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round (22nd overall) in the 2008 NHL entry draft by the Edmonton Oilers and made his NHL debut with the Oilers in 2010. | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (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) |
2025-01-15 03:16 | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)) | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (born April 12, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player 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) |
2025-01-18 10:50 | 2024 Men's T20 World Cup final (final match of 2024 T20WC) | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup final was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket match played at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on 29 June 2024 to determine the winner of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was played between South Africa and India. | Vestrian24Bio |
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) |
2025-01-29 14:58 | Solfrid Koanda (Norwegian weightlifter (born 1998)) | Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (born 13 November 1998) is a Norwegian weightlifter and former electrician who became the first female Norwegian weightlifter to become an Olympic champion, and the first Norwegian weightlifter to become World and European champion in the sport. Born in Oulu to a Finnish mother and an Ivorian father, she lived in Finland until moving to Norway at nine years old. | Arconning (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) |
2025-01-30 12:03 | Sikh–Wahhabi War (Conflict in South Asia from 1826 to 1831) | The Sikh–Wahhabi War was fought between the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the allegedly Wahhabi movement led by Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi. The conflict arose from Sayyid Ahmad's attempts to establish an Islamic state in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent based on the Sharia law. | Indo-Greek |
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) | 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) |
2025-02-11 23:43 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke | The men's 100 metre backstroke 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) |
2025-02-12 18:02 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke | The women's 100 metre backstroke 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, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. | IAWW (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) |
2025-02-13 13:05 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke | The women's 200 metre backstroke 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. | IAWW (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 11:45 | 2024 Men's T20 World Cup Super 8 stage | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super 8 stage was played from 19 to 24 June 2024, between 8 teams advanced from the group stage. It was played in two groups of four with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 12 matches across 4 venues in the West Indies. | Vestrian24Bio |
2025-02-17 13:27 | 2024 Men's T20 World Cup knockout stage (knockout stage at 2024 T20WC) | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup knockout stage was played between the top 4 teams from the Super 8 stage. It consisted of two semi-finals, played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando on 26 June and Providence Stadium in Guyana on 27 June, and the final played at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on 29 June. | 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 – Women's 1500 metre freestyle | The women's 1500 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, each competitor had to swim 30 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) |
2025-02-19 14:14 | Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle | The women's 800 metre freestyle 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, each competitor had to swim 16 lengths of the pool. | IAWW (talk) |
2025-02-20 07:23 | Philippines at the 2025 Asian Winter Games (Sporting event delegation) | The Philippines competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from 7 to 14 February. The curling event began on 4 February, ahead of the opening ceremony. There were 19 competing athletes for the country in five sports. The Filipino flagbearers for the opening ceremony were Kathleen Dubberstein (curling) and Peter Groseclose (speedskating) | Hariboneagle927 (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 backup quarterback behind starter Aaron Rodgers. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
2025-03-06 01:02 | Jordyn Wieber (American artistic gymnast and coach (born 1995)) | Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast and current gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. | Riley1012 (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 16:20 | Marshall Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | The Marshall Islands competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, which were held from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the country's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 2008. The country's delegation contained four athletes: Kayla Hepler and Phillip Kinono in swimming, William Reed in athletics, and Mattie Sasser in weightlifting. | Arconning (talk) |
2025-03-14 21:03 | 2009 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Green Bay–Arizona) (2010 NFL postseason game) | The 2009 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 recognised 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) |
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 Deoksugung, 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) |
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, U.S.) | 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) |
2025-02-03 15:45 | Golden Temple (Sikh religious site in Punjab, India) | The Golden Temple (also known as the Harmandir Sāhib lit. 'House of God', Punjabi: harimandara sāhiba , pronounced [ɦəɾᵊmən̪d̪əɾᵊ saːɦ(ɪ)bᵊ], or the Darbār Sāhib, lit. ''exalted court'', ) is a gurdwara located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Kartarpur, and Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib. | MaplesyrupSushi (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 04:47 | Council of Tripoli (1109 meeting of crusader states' leaders) | The Council of Tripoli was an assembly of crusader states' leaders held in 1109, towards the end of the prolonged siege of the city of Tripoli. The crusader states—Jerusalem, Antioch, Edessa, and the nascent Tripoli—had been established on lands in the Levant conquered by western European aristocrats during and in the aftermath of the First Crusade. | Borsoka (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. Built by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1889, it was expanded multiple times over the years. 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. The architecturally significant house was designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler & Sullivan and his apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright for the lumber magnate James Charnley. | 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) |
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) |
2025-01-13 15:44 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Japanese manga series by Hirohiko Araki) | is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump in 2005. | OpalYosutebito (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 19:10 | Weaving a Story 2: oral stage (Episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion) | is the twentieth episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. Hideaki Anno wrote the episode and the animator Masahiko Otsuka directed it. 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) |
2025-02-05 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) |
2025-02-22 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) |
2025-03-10 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) |
2025-03-14 23:12 | Pachirisu (Pokémon species) | Pachirisu (Japanese: パチリス) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, it has since appeared in multiple games, including Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
2025-03-14 23:16 | Typhlosion (Pokémon species) | Typhlosion, known in Japan as Bakphoon (Japanese: バクフーン) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise, and the final evolved form of starter Pokémon Cyndaquil. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver, it was designed by Ken Sugimori and is featured in Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as various merchandise. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
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 29 February 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) |
Geography/Geographical
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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 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) |
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) |
2025-02-24 17:52 | Agapornis longipes (Extinct species of lovebird) | Agapornis longipes is an extinct species of lovebird that lived in what is now Gauteng, South Africa during the Early Pleistocene epoch, about 2.5–1.38 million years ago. The fossilized remains of this bird were first discovered in the Kromdraai fossil site and reported in 1969 by T.N. Pocock, though the species would not be named until decades later in 2024. | Olmagon (talk) |
2025-03-06 04:40 | Kabwe 1 (Hominin fossil) | Kabwe 1, also known as Broken Hill Man or Rhodesian Man, is a nearly complete archaic human skull discovered in 1921 at the Kabwe mine, Zambia (at the time, Broken Hill mine, Northern Rhodesia). It dates to around 300,000 years ago, possibly contemporaneous with modern humans and Homo naledi. It was the first archaic human fossil discovered in Africa. | Dunkleosteus77 (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) |
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 |
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 2] hails from a lineage tied to the Funj sultanas. Following family tragedy, he was raised under the care of his maternal uncle. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
2025-01-11 17:10 | Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin (Egyptian paediatric 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) |
2025-02-11 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) |
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) |
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!) 🍕👑 |
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) |
2025-02-16 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 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 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) |
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) |
2024-11-01 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) |
2024-11-17 08:56 | Worcester Consolidated Street Railway (Former streetcar network in Massachusetts, US) | The Worcester Consolidated Street Railway (WCSR) was a streetcar and later bus system in Worcester, Massachusetts, and surrounding areas of Central Massachusetts. Its earliest predecessor opened in 1863 and its final successor closed in 1978. The third-largest streetcar system in Massachusetts, it operated a dense network of urban lines in Worcester plus rural lines across Central Massachusetts. | Pi.1415926535 (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) |
2024-11-23 04:04 | Fontainebleau Las Vegas (Resort and casino in Nevada, US) | 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 🗩 🖉 |
2024-11-28 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 |
2024-12-16 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) | 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) @ |
2024-12-17 21:17 | Indian Packing Company (Defunct US meat packing company) | The Indian Packing Company was an American canned meat company that operated between 1919 and 1921. It was founded in Delaware and had various facilities across the country, including Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was purchased by the Acme Packing Company, which shut down in 1943 due to supply shortages related to World War II. | « 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) |
2024-12-27 16:50 | Paradise Theater (Bronx) (Theater in the Bronx, New York) | The Paradise Theater (formerly the Loew's Paradise Theatre) is a theater at 2403 Grand Concourse in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City, New York. Designed by John Eberson as a movie palace, it opened on September 7, 1929, as one of five Loew's Wonder Theatres in the New York City area. | Epicgenius (talk) |
2024-12-29 21:33 | Adrien Nunez (Musical artist) | 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 Devils Arena Entertainment (DAE) 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 2024[update], six of his films have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. | PrinceArchelaus (talk) |
2025-01-04 01:21 | 2021 Bowling Green tornadoes (2021 tornadoes in Kentucky) | In the early hours of December 11, 2021, two large and strong tornadoes struck the city of Bowling Green, located in Warren County, Kentucky. The first tornado cut a swath of EF3 damage through city and directly killed sixteen people, while the second tornado produced EF2 damage but no injuries or fataliites. | EF5 |
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, U.S.) | 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 sightings 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) | 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 18:03 | 2020 Nashville tornado (2020 tornado in Tennessee, U.S.) | In the early morning hours of March 3, 2020, a large and destructive EF3-rated tornado moved through downtown Nashville, located in the state of Tennessee. The tornado, commonly known as the Nashville tornado,[note 3] killed five people along its 60-mile (97 km) track; it was on the ground for just over an hour. | EF5 |
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 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) |
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 television presenter and government official (born 1980)) | Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American former Army National Guard officer, television presenter, and author who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 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. Built by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1889, it was expanded multiple times over the years. 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) |
2025-02-15 06:10 | Interstate 444 (Unsigned Interstate Highway in Tulsa, OK) | Interstate 444 (I-444) is an unsigned auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It makes up half of Tulsa's Inner Dispersal Loop (IDL), forming a partial beltway around Downtown Tulsa. Both ends of I-444 terminate at I-244, which makes up the other half of the IDL. | TheDoctorWho (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 (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
2025-02-22 18:41 | Alek Skarlatos (American politician (born 1992)) | Aleksander Reed Skarlatos (born October 10, 1992) is an American politician and former Oregon Army National Guard soldier. He is a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing the 4th 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 Mexican-American political controversy) | The American regional Mexican band Grupo Frontera has been involved in a controversy due to an alleged endorsement to the politician and current US president Donald Trump since early 2025, after the viralization of the Village People's "Y.M.C.A" dance video by the vocalist's relatives. Despite the answers in an interview for El País, fans and Mexican users called it an endorsement to Trump from the group, and discovered a deleted video on TikTok of them dancing to the same song and interviews with some members. | 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 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) |
2025-03-09 16:49 | Closures of the University of Wisconsin branch campuses | Following the closure of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville Richland on July 1, 2023, multiple University of Wisconsin branch campuses have since closed or announced closures. Before these recent closures, the only UW college campus to close was UW–Medford in 1980. As of March 2025[update], five campuses have closed or announced closure, one campus remains open without in-person classes, and seven campuses remain open across the state. | JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) |
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. The architecturally significant house was designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler & Sullivan and his apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright for the lumber magnate James Charnley. | Epicgenius (talk) |
2025-03-10 04:12 | Washington University in St. Louis (Private university in St. Louis, Missouri, US) | Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 and named after George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its campuses. | Wozal (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 (TV 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 (TV 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 (NBC affiliate 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 | WLTX (TV 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 19:27 | 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 19:28 | WTGS (TV station in Hardeeville, South Carolina) | WTGS (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Hardeeville, South Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Savannah, Georgia, area. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, WTGS maintains transmitter facilities on Fort Argyle Road/SR 204 in western unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, while its studios are located in the Savannah Morning News building on Chatham Parkway in Savannah. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
2025-03-13 19:28 | WXEL-TV (PBS member 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 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 04:50 | Pearl City High School (Hawaii) (Public high school in Pearl City, Hawaii, United States) | Pearl City High School is a public, co-ed high school located in Pearl City, Hawaii. Its mascot is the Charger and is operated by the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE). The campus features the sculptures Moon Beyond the Fence by Satoru Abe and Kua Kua Lua by Donald M. Page. | Theadventurer64 (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 who has served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since 2025. | 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) (Football 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 07:28 | Sounder commuter rail (Commuter train system in the Seattle area) | Sounder (reporting mark SDRX) is a commuter rail system that serves the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed by Sound Transit and operated by BNSF Railway on 82 miles (132 km) of tracks, primarily owned by BNSF, using equipment maintained by Amtrak. Sounder is split into two lines that intersect at King Street Station in Seattle: the N Line to Everett and the S Line to Tacoma and Lakewood. | SounderBruce |
2025-03-23 16:00 | Luis T. Romero (American classical 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) |
2025-03-23 21:30 | Rosa Parks (American civil rights activist (1913–2005)) | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, in defiance of Jim Crow laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement". | Spookyaki (talk) |
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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) |
2025-01-18 07:51 | El Apóstol (1917 lost Argentine animated film) | El Apóstol (English: The Apostle) is a 1917 lost Argentine animated film using cutout animation. Italian-Argentine immigrants Quirino Cristiani and Federico Valle directed and produced, respectively. Historians consider it the world's first animated feature film. The film began production after the success of Cristiani and Valle's short film, La intervención a la provincia de Buenos Aires, and was produced either in less than ten months or in twelve months; accounts differ. | Lazman321 (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 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) |
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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 and former blogger, former YouTuber, and former 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) |
2025-02-09 13:05 | Karera (Bini song) (2023 single by Bini) | "Karera" (lit. 'Race') is a song by the Filipino girl group Bini. It was released by Star Music on September 22, 2023, as the first pre-release single the group's first extended play (EP), Talaarawan (2024). Written by Gianina Camille "Nica" Del Rosario and Julius James "Jumbo" De Belen, and composed by Jose Miguel Cortes, "Karera" is a bubblegum pop track that addresses mental health, highlighting the importance of self-care and resilience against societal pressures. | AstrooKai (Talk) |
2025-02-20 07:23 | Philippines at the 2025 Asian Winter Games (Sporting event delegation) | The Philippines competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from 7 to 14 February. The curling event began on 4 February, ahead of the opening ceremony. There were 19 competing athletes for the country in five sports. The Filipino flagbearers for the opening ceremony were Kathleen Dubberstein (curling) and Peter Groseclose (speedskating) | Hariboneagle927 (talk) |
2025-02-24 08:21 | Erlitou (Archaeological site in Henan, China) | Erlitou (Chinese: 二里头; pinyin: Èrlǐtou), also known as Yanshi Erlitou, is a Chinese archaeological site in the Yiluo Basin of Yanshi District, Luoyang, Henan. Discovered by archaeologist Xu Xusheng in 1959, it was initially identified as Bo, the first capital of the Shang dynasty, although Chinese archaeologists now generally recognize it as the capital of the Xia dynasty—although the existence of the dynasty is still debated by scholars. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
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: Toufan fi Balad al-Baath) 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 Raphael Ridao, lead guitar Gabriel Fernandez, rhythm guitar CJ Fernandez, keyboards Xen Gareza, and drummer Elian Akia. | Indo360 (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 |
2025-03-14 21:39 | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (Tuvan politician (1892–1932)) | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (Tuvan: Моңгуш Буян-Бадыргы, Russian: Монгуш Буян-Бадыргы; 25 April 1892 – 22 March 1932) was a Tuvan politician and statesman. Adopted by a noyon (chieftain) after his birth, he succeeded his adoptive father in that role between 1907 and 1909. He was the noyon for his kozhuun (administrative division) as the region of Tuva went from Chinese control to a protectorate of Russia in 1914, known as Uryankhay Krai. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/East Asia
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2024-09-24 15:31 | Jason Kwan (Hong Kong cinematographer and film director) | Jason Kwan Chi-yiu (Chinese: 關智耀; born 1964) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Debuting as a cinematographer in the Hong Kong cinema with All About Love (2005), Kwan was known for his collaborations with director Pang Ho-cheung, which include Love in a Puff (2010), its sequel Love in the Buff, Vulgaria (both 2012), and Aberdeen (2014). | Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul) |
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 Deoksugung, 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 22:13 | Kwŏnŏp sinmun (1912–1914 Korean-language newspaper in Russia) | Kwŏnŏp sinmun (Korean: 권업신문; Hanja: 勸業新聞; Russian: Квонъэб синмун; Квоноп синмун) was a weekly Korean-language newspaper published in Sinhanch'on, Vladivostok, Russian Empire from 1912 to 1914. It was written in the native Korean script Hangul, and was named for and was the official publication of the Korean organization Kwŏnŏphoe. | 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 doldam (piled stone) piles 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 |
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. 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 in 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 march (war crime)|forced marches] ... | 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. | 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) |
2025-03-14 21:39 | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (Tuvan politician (1892–1932)) | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (Tuvan: Моңгуш Буян-Бадыргы, Russian: Монгуш Буян-Бадыргы; 25 April 1892 – 22 March 1932) was a Tuvan politician and statesman. Adopted by a noyon (chieftain) after his birth, he succeeded his adoptive father in that role between 1907 and 1909. He was the noyon for his kozhuun (administrative division) as the region of Tuva went from Chinese control to a protectorate of Russia in 1914, known as Uryankhay Krai. | BeanieFan11 (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) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/North Asia
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2025-02-02 18:29 | Battle of the Basya River (1660 battle) | The Battle of the Basya River (Polish: Bitwa nad rzeką Basia) or Battle of Gubarevo (Russian: Битва у Губарево) took place 28 September 1660 near Basya river 40 kilometers from the city of Mogilev during Thirteen Years' War. Russian army fought against Crown and Lithuanians Armies. Neither side was able to gain a decisive victory and retreated to their camp, suffering significant losses. | Nihil novi nisi (talk) |
2025-02-05 14:10 | Tsar Alexei's campaign of 1654–1655 (The Russian campaign against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) | Tsar's Campaign of 1654–1655 also known as Tsar Alexei's campaign of 1654–1655 was a campaign of the Muscovite army against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the Russo-Polish "Thirteen Years" War. Army of the Tsardom of Russia fought with the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (mainly Lithuanian) on a vast territory during the so-called "deluge". | Nihil novi nisi (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 |
2025-02-23 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 (6th President of Bangladesh) | 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) |
2024-11-11 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 films. Regarded as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses, she has also worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, English, Bengali and Marathi films. She has often played troubled women, from fictional to literary, in both mainstream and independent cinema. | 19Arham (talk) |
2025-01-18 10:50 | 2024 Men's T20 World Cup final (final match of 2024 T20WC) | The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup final was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket match played at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on 29 June 2024 to determine the winner of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was played between South Africa and India. | Vestrian24Bio |
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) |
2025-01-30 12:03 | Sikh–Wahhabi War (Conflict in South Asia from 1826 to 1831) | The Sikh–Wahhabi War was fought between the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the allegedly Wahhabi movement led by Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi. The conflict arose from Sayyid Ahmad's attempts to establish an Islamic state in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent based on the Sharia law. | Indo-Greek |
2025-02-02 21:34 | Turbak's invasion of Assam (16th century confrontation in India) | The Turbak's invasion of Assam, one of many Turko-Afghan invasions of Assam, was a sustained military engagement between Turbak Khan, a Turko-Afghan commander from Bengal Sultanate and the Ahom kingdom. After some initial success Turbak was eventually killed in battle by the Ahom forces, and his army was routed pursued to the Karatoya river. | – Garuda Talk! |
2025-02-03 15:45 | Golden Temple (Sikh religious site in Punjab, India) | The Golden Temple (also known as the Harmandir Sāhib lit. 'House of God', Punjabi: harimandara sāhiba , pronounced [ɦəɾᵊmən̪d̪əɾᵊ saːɦ(ɪ)bᵊ], or the Darbār Sāhib, lit. ''exalted court'', ) is a gurdwara located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Kartarpur, and Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib. | MaplesyrupSushi (talk) |
2025-02-26 21:59 | Gupta–Saka Wars (Military conflicts between the Gupta Empire and the Western Satraps) | The Gupta–Saka Wars refers to the military conflict between the Gupta Empire and the Western Satraps during the 4th century CE. Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya, was a prominent ruler of the Gupta Empire during the 4th century CE. His reign is marked by significant military achievements, notably his subjugation of the Western Satraps who ruled in west-central India. | – Garuda Talk! |
2025-02-26 22:01 | Battle of Bhutala | The Battle of Bhutala took place in modern-day Rajasthan between Maharawal Jaitrasimha Of Mewar and sultan Iltutmish of Delhi sultanate somewhere between 1222 and 1229 A.D. Initially, Mewar suffered from invasion and the capital was destroyed but Jaitrasimha, supported by Viradhavala of Dholaka and his allies Udai Simha, the Chahamana ruler of Jalor, Dharavarsa, the Paramara ruler of Abu and others caused the retreat of the sultan without achieving his end. | – Garuda Talk! |
2025-02-26 22:02 | Battle of Devarakonda (Battle of Devarkonda) | The Battle of Devarkonda took place between Gajapati Empire and Bahmani Sultanate in 1458 A.D. at Devarkonda, Telangana, India. In this battle Odia forces led by prince Hamvira Deva under king Gajapati Kapilendra Deva Crushed a massive Army of Bahmani Muslim forces led by Humayun Shah. The Battle outcomed Odia forces victorious and the Devarkonda state became vassal state of Gajapati Empire. | – Garuda 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) |
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 third busiest by passenger traffic 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 (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 scholar-monk and 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 |
2025-02-11 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. 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). | Xiphoid Vigour ||⚔|⚔|| |
2025-03-17 10:24 | Edgar Matobato (Filipino whistleblower) | Edgar Bernal Matobato (born 1959) is a Filipino self-confessed hitman and whistleblower who claims to be a former member of the Davao Death Squad or the "DDS", an alleged vigilante group tasked to summarily execute suspected criminals. He gained international recognition in 2016 when he testified before the Senate of the Philippines, reporting about his experience as a hitman under the DDS. | Chlod (say hi!) |
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) |
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 |
2025-02-11 04:47 | Council of Tripoli (1109 meeting of crusader states' leaders) | The Council of Tripoli was an assembly of crusader states' leaders held in 1109, towards the end of the prolonged siege of the city of Tripoli. The crusader states—Jerusalem, Antioch, Edessa, and the nascent Tripoli—had been established on lands in the Levant conquered by western European aristocrats during and in the aftermath of the First Crusade. | Borsoka (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) |
2025-02-16 16:32 | Georgian Rebellion of 1256 (1256 uprising) | The Georgian Rebellion of 1256 was an uprising against Mongol rule in the Kingdom of Georgia, sparked by excessive taxation and heavy military levies imposed by the Ilkhanate. The rebellion was led by David Narin of Imereti and later David Ulu of Kartli, but it was ultimately suppressed by the Mongol governor Arghun Aqa. | Indo-Greek |
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 the 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) |
Geography/Regions/Europe
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2024-09-24 15:31 | Jason Kwan (Hong Kong cinematographer and film director) | Jason Kwan Chi-yiu (Chinese: 關智耀; born 1964) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Debuting as a cinematographer in the Hong Kong cinema with All About Love (2005), Kwan was known for his collaborations with director Pang Ho-cheung, which include Love in a Puff (2010), its sequel Love in the Buff, Vulgaria (both 2012), and Aberdeen (2014). | Prince of Erebor(The Book of Mazarbul) |
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 November 29 and December 7, 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 and former blogger, former YouTuber, and former 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 (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 scholar-monk and specialist in Abhidhamma. He is chief abbot of the monasteries of Mahā Subodhāyon and rector of Sitagu International Buddhist Academy. | Htanaungg (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 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 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) |
2025-01-29 14:58 | Solfrid Koanda (Norwegian weightlifter (born 1998)) | Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (born 13 November 1998) is a Norwegian weightlifter and former electrician who became the first female Norwegian weightlifter to become an Olympic champion, and the first Norwegian weightlifter to become World and European champion in the sport. Born in Oulu to a Finnish mother and an Ivorian father, she lived in Finland until moving to Norway at nine years old. | Arconning (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) |
2025-02-09 04:27 | Murder of Sara Sharif (2023 homicide in England) | Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl, was discovered dead in her family's residence in Woking, Surrey, England, on 10 August 2023. She had suffered numerous and severe injuries over an extended period. Three suspects fled to Pakistan and were arrested on their return to the United Kingdom. They were charged with murder and remanded in custody. | Grumpylawnchair (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 |
2025-03-22 21:11 | Sachertorte (Chocolate cake) | Sachertorte is a chocolate sponge cake covered with apricot jam and chocolate glaze. The cake was invented by Franz Sacher. According to one story, he created the cake in 1832 for Klemens von Metternich, while Sacher claimed he created the cake in the 1840s. The cake is served at Hotel Sacher and Demel pastry shop in Vienna; in the 20th century, they battled over the cake's ownership and over whether the cake should have one or two layers. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
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) |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Eastern Europe
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2024-11-14 14:17 | Ukrainian Sheriffs (2015 Ukrainian documentary film by Roman Bondarchuk) | Ukrainian Sheriffs (Ukrainian: Українські шерифи, romanized: Ukrainski Sherify) is a 2015 Ukrainian documentary film directed by Roman Bondarchuk . The film begins as a portrait of a small town which tries to meet its own policing needs but shifts when the Russo-Ukrainian War begins, depicting the war's effects in microcosm. | Reidgreg (talk) |
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) |
2024-11-29 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) |
2025-02-02 15:29 | Góra Kalwaria (Place in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland) | Góra Kalwaria ("Calvary Mountain", Yiddish: גער, Ger) is a town on the Vistula River in the Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is situated approximately 35 kilometres (22 miles) southeast of Warsaw. It has a population of around 11,328 (as of 2019) and a total area of 13.7 km2. | Setergh (talk) |
2025-02-02 18:29 | Battle of the Basya River (1660 battle) | The Battle of the Basya River (Polish: Bitwa nad rzeką Basia) or Battle of Gubarevo (Russian: Битва у Губарево) took place 28 September 1660 near Basya river 40 kilometers from the city of Mogilev during Thirteen Years' War. Russian army fought against Crown and Lithuanians Armies. Neither side was able to gain a decisive victory and retreated to their camp, suffering significant losses. | Nihil novi nisi (talk) |
2025-02-05 14:10 | Tsar Alexei's campaign of 1654–1655 (The Russian campaign against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) | Tsar's Campaign of 1654–1655 also known as Tsar Alexei's campaign of 1654–1655 was a campaign of the Muscovite army against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the Russo-Polish "Thirteen Years" War. Army of the Tsardom of Russia fought with the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (mainly Lithuanian) on a vast territory during the so-called "deluge". | Nihil novi nisi (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) |
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2024-10-05 19:17 | Tessa Davidson (English snooker player) | Tessa Davidson (born 22 April 1969) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She competed on the women's tour from 1988 to 1995 and again from 1998 to 1999, during which time she won three UK Women's Championships and achieved a highest ranking of fourth in the women's rankings. She competed on the main professional tour during the 1992–93 snooker season. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
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 32 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 O'Neill; c. 1586 – 25 August 1610) was an Irish-born soldier and nobleman who primarily served in Continental Europe. In 1600 he was relocated to Spain to strengthen relations between his father, the Earl of Tyrone, and the Spanish government. | 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! |
2024-12-31 17:21 | Jackie Stamps (English footballer (1918–1991)) | John David Stamps (2 December 1918 – 19 November 1991) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward, most notably for Derby County. He is best remembered as scoring two goals in the 1946 FA Cup Final for Derby County in a 4–1 win against Charlton Athletic. He started as an amateur with Silverwood Colliery before being signed by Mansfield Town but was released after making just one senior appearance. | Bungle (talk • contribs) |
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 was a professional during the late 1980s and 1990s, and remained within the top 16 of the world rankings for 14 consecutive seasons. | 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 in Ludvika – 16 September 1920 in Stockholm) 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) |
2025-02-05 14:10 | Tsar Alexei's campaign of 1654–1655 (The Russian campaign against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) | Tsar's Campaign of 1654–1655 also known as Tsar Alexei's campaign of 1654–1655 was a campaign of the Muscovite army against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the Russo-Polish "Thirteen Years" War. Army of the Tsardom of Russia fought with the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (mainly Lithuanian) on a vast territory during the so-called "deluge". | Nihil novi nisi (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 recognised 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) |
2025-03-23 18:20 | Prince Louis of Wales (British prince (born 2018)) | Prince Louis of Wales (Louis Arthur Charles; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and a grandson of Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. He is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne. | MSincccc (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Southern Europe
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2024-10-12 12:01 | Naħseb Fik (2021 single by Aidan) | "Naħseb Fik" (transl. "I Think of You") is a song by Maltese singer Aidan released on 19 March 2021. It was his first song written in the Maltese language and was produced by Boban Apostolov. | Sahaib (talk) |
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 economist, statesman and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), which he led from 1974 to 1996. He served three terms as prime minister in the Third Hellenic Republic. | A.Cython (talk) |
2025-02-04 00:11 | Milan Marjanović (Croatian writer (1879–1955)) | Milan Marjanović (12 May 1879 – 21 December 1955) was a Croatian and Yugoslavian writer, literary critic and filmmaker. He joined the Croat-Serb Progressive Youth, part of the Croat-Serb Coalition, and by 1903, became one of its leading members. In 1912, he broke with the organisation and joined the Yugoslav Nationalist Youth, viewing integral Yugoslavism as the only way to politically unite the South Slavs. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
2025-02-17 03:20 | Bartolomea Acciaioli (Despoina of the Morea) | Bartolomea Acciaioli or Acciajuoli (died c. 1396) was the wife of Theodore I Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea from 1385. She was the elder daughter of Nerio I Acciaioli, who held large estates in Frankish Greece. She was famed for her beauty and her father married her off to Theodore to seal a marriage alliance. | Borsoka (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) |
2025-03-19 16:38 | Nicias (Athenian politician and general (5th century BC)) | Nicias (Ancient Greek: Νικίας Νικηράτου Κυδαντίδης, romanized: Nikias Nikēratou Kydantidēs; c. 470–413 BC) was an Athenian politician and general, who was prominent during the Peloponnesian War. A slaveowning member of the Athenian aristocracy, he inherited a large fortune from his father, and had investments in the silver mines around Laurion, in south-east Attica. | Spartathenian (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) |
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2024-10-31 22:37 | Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 (Chorale cantata by J.S. Bach) | ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"), BWV 80 (also: BWV 80.3), is a chorale cantata for Reformation Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. He reworked it from one of his Weimar cantatas, Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a (also: BWV 80.1). The first Leipzig version of the church cantata, BWV 80b (also: BWV 80.2), may have been composed as early as 1723, some five months after Bach had moved to Leipzig. | Gerda Arendt (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) |
2024-11-25 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) |
2024-12-27 08:54 | Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133 (1724 church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Ich freue mich in dir (I rejoice in You), BWV 133, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the Christmas cantata in Leipzig in 1724 for the Third Day of Christmas and first performed it on 27 December 1724. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
2024-12-31 20:54 | Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122 (chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Das neugeborne Kindelein (The newborn little Child), BWV 122, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed the chorale cantata in six movements in Leipzig for the Sunday after Christmas and first performed it on 31 December 1724. It is based on a 1597 hymn of the same name by Cyriakus Schneegaß. | 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) |
2025-01-05 22:02 | Victor Jacob Koningsberger (Dutch botanist and academic (1895–1966)) | Victor Jacob Koningsberger (10 February 1895 – 28 February 1966) was a Dutch botanist and academic. Born in the Dutch East Indies, he completed his studies in Rotterdam and Utrecht, defending his doctoral dissertation – an exploration of the influence of light on plant growth – in 1922. | — Chris Woodrich (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) |
2025-01-07 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) |
2025-01-13 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 | 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 00:16 | 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) |
2025-01-22 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 20:46 | Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit, BWV 111 (1725 cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (What my God wants, may it always happen), BWV 111, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig in 1725 for the third Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 21 January 1725, as part of his chorale cantata cycle. | Gerda Arendt (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) |
2025-02-05 22:37 | Samuel Engel (Swiss scientist (1702–1784)) | Samuel Engel (2 December 1702 – 26 March 1784) was a Swiss librarian, civil servant, economist and agronomist working in Bern who introduced innovations in several fields. The son of a Landvogt, he studied at the University of Bern before starting a career in administration. In 1736 he became head librarian of the city library of Bern. | —Kusma (talk) |
2025-02-06 00:53 | Killing of Sammy Baker (Controversial killing of internet personality Samuel Seewald alias Sammy Baker) | 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) |
2025-02-06 23:29 | Wespe-class gunboat (Class of eleven German ironclad gunboats) | The Wespe-class gunboats were a class of eleven armored gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The class comprised Wespe, Viper, Biene, Mücke, Scorpion, Basilisk, Camaeleon, Crocodill, Salamander, Natter, and Hummel. | Parsecboy (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 it during the winter of 1854–1855, causing the inhabitants to flee to the mainland near Varel. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
2025-03-22 00:58 | F. B. J. Kuiper (Dutch linguist (1907–2003)) | Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus "Frans" Kuiper (7 July 1907 – 14 November 2003) was a Dutch linguist and Indologist. Working primarily under the tutelage of Nicolaas van Wijk, he received his doctorate in classical literature in 1934 at Leiden University. The same year, he moved to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia) to work as a schoolteacher, where he was published regularly in academic journals. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
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) |
History and Society/Business and economics
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2025-02-22 06:34 | Howard Lutnick (American businessman (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman who has served as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since 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) |
2025-03-09 16:49 | Closures of the University of Wisconsin branch campuses | Following the closure of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville Richland on July 1, 2023, multiple University of Wisconsin branch campuses have since closed or announced closures. Before these recent closures, the only UW college campus to close was UW–Medford in 1980. As of March 2025[update], five campuses have closed or announced closure, one campus remains open without in-person classes, and seven campuses remain open across the state. | JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) |
2025-03-10 04:12 | Washington University in St. Louis (Private university in St. Louis, Missouri, US) | Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 and named after George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its campuses. | Wozal (talk) |
2025-03-15 04:50 | Pearl City High School (Hawaii) (Public high school in Pearl City, Hawaii, United States) | Pearl City High School is a public, co-ed high school located in Pearl City, Hawaii. Its mascot is the Charger and is operated by the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE). The campus features the sculptures Moon Beyond the Fence by Satoru Abe and Kua Kua Lua by Donald M. Page. | Theadventurer64 (talk) |
History and Society/History
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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) |
2025-02-04 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 04:47 | Council of Tripoli (1109 meeting of crusader states' leaders) | The Council of Tripoli was an assembly of crusader states' leaders held in 1109, towards the end of the prolonged siege of the city of Tripoli. The crusader states—Jerusalem, Antioch, Edessa, and the nascent Tripoli—had been established on lands in the Levant conquered by western European aristocrats during and in the aftermath of the First Crusade. | Borsoka (talk) |
2025-02-17 03:20 | Bartolomea Acciaioli (Despoina of the Morea) | Bartolomea Acciaioli or Acciajuoli (died c. 1396) was the wife of Theodore I Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea from 1385. She was the elder daughter of Nerio I Acciaioli, who held large estates in Frankish Greece. She was famed for her beauty and her father married her off to Theodore to seal a marriage alliance. | Borsoka (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) |
2025-03-19 16:38 | Nicias (Athenian politician and general (5th century BC)) | Nicias (Ancient Greek: Νικίας Νικηράτου Κυδαντίδης, romanized: Nikias Nikēratou Kydantidēs; c. 470–413 BC) was an Athenian politician and general, who was prominent during the Peloponnesian War. A slaveowning member of the Athenian aristocracy, he inherited a large fortune from his father, and had investments in the silver mines around Laurion, in south-east Attica. | Spartathenian (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) |
2025-03-23 21:30 | Rosa Parks (American civil rights activist (1913–2005)) | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, in defiance of Jim Crow laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement". | Spookyaki (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, U.S.) | 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 17:50 | John Laurens (American soldier and abolitionist (1754–1782)) | John Laurens (October 28, 1754 – August 27, 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers. | Ali Beary (talk) |
2025-02-02 18:29 | Battle of the Basya River (1660 battle) | The Battle of the Basya River (Polish: Bitwa nad rzeką Basia) or Battle of Gubarevo (Russian: Битва у Губарево) took place 28 September 1660 near Basya river 40 kilometers from the city of Mogilev during Thirteen Years' War. Russian army fought against Crown and Lithuanians Armies. Neither side was able to gain a decisive victory and retreated to their camp, suffering significant losses. | Nihil novi nisi (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) |
2025-02-05 14:10 | Tsar Alexei's campaign of 1654–1655 (The Russian campaign against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) | Tsar's Campaign of 1654–1655 also known as Tsar Alexei's campaign of 1654–1655 was a campaign of the Muscovite army against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as part of the Russo-Polish "Thirteen Years" War. Army of the Tsardom of Russia fought with the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (mainly Lithuanian) on a vast territory during the so-called "deluge". | Nihil novi nisi (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 23:29 | Wespe-class gunboat (Class of eleven German ironclad gunboats) | The Wespe-class gunboats were a class of eleven armored gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The class comprised Wespe, Viper, Biene, Mücke, Scorpion, Basilisk, Camaeleon, Crocodill, Salamander, Natter, and Hummel. | 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 in 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 march (war crime)|forced marches] ... | 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) |
2025-03-06 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) |
2025-03-10 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) |
2025-03-19 16:38 | Nicias (Athenian politician and general (5th century BC)) | Nicias (Ancient Greek: Νικίας Νικηράτου Κυδαντίδης, romanized: Nikias Nikēratou Kydantidēs; c. 470–413 BC) was an Athenian politician and general, who was prominent during the Peloponnesian War. A slaveowning member of the Athenian aristocracy, he inherited a large fortune from his father, and had investments in the silver mines around Laurion, in south-east Attica. | Spartathenian (talk) |
2025-03-21 19:12 | Justinian Nutt (Royal Navy officer) | Captain Justinian Nutt (c.1704 – 11 December 1757) was a Royal Navy officer. He joined the navy as a captain's servant and spent the first twelve years of his career as a rating. In 1740 he embarked on George Anson's voyage around the world in HMS Centurion, becoming the ship's master. As chief navigator for the expedition Nutt made several errors in the passage around Cape Horn, causing hundreds of seamen to die from scurvy and other ailments. | Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) |
2025-03-22 03:35 | Wampanoag-class frigate (US Navy steam frigates) | The Wampanoag class was a series of wooden-hulled screw frigates built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The ships were designed to decimate British merchant shipping in the event that the United Kingdom entered the war on the Confederate side. Of the eight ships planned, only five entered service and served brief careers. | GGOTCC (talk) |
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 economist, statesman and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), which he led from 1974 to 1996. He served three terms as prime minister in the Third Hellenic Republic. | 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) |
2025-02-12 06:27 | Pete Hegseth (American television presenter and government official (born 1980)) | Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American former Army National Guard officer, television presenter, and author who has served as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
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 who has served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since 2025. | 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) |
History and Society/Society
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2025-01-29 14:58 | Solfrid Koanda (Norwegian weightlifter (born 1998)) | Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (born 13 November 1998) is a Norwegian weightlifter and former electrician who became the first female Norwegian weightlifter to become an Olympic champion, and the first Norwegian weightlifter to become World and European champion in the sport. Born in Oulu to a Finnish mother and an Ivorian father, she lived in Finland until moving to Norway at nine years old. | Arconning (talk) |
2025-02-02 18:29 | Battle of the Basya River (1660 battle) | The Battle of the Basya River (Polish: Bitwa nad rzeką Basia) or Battle of Gubarevo (Russian: Битва у Губарево) took place 28 September 1660 near Basya river 40 kilometers from the city of Mogilev during Thirteen Years' War. Russian army fought against Crown and Lithuanians Armies. Neither side was able to gain a decisive victory and retreated to their camp, suffering significant losses. | Nihil novi nisi (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 |
2025-02-26 08:04 | Lily Phillips (English pornographic actress (born 2001)) | Lillian Daisy Phillips (born 23 July 2001) is an English pornographic actress. Born in Derbyshire, she dropped out of university to work in the sex industry; her aesthetic has been described as that of "the girl next door". In late 2024, she uploaded to OnlyFans a gang bang in which she had sex with 101 men and then announced plans to have sex with 300 and then 1,000 men in one day. | Launchballer |
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) |
2025-03-14 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 it during the winter of 1854–1855, causing the inhabitants to flee to the mainland near Varel. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
2025-03-14 21:39 | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (Tuvan politician (1892–1932)) | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy (Tuvan: Моңгуш Буян-Бадыргы, Russian: Монгуш Буян-Бадыргы; 25 April 1892 – 22 March 1932) was a Tuvan politician and statesman. Adopted by a noyon (chieftain) after his birth, he succeeded his adoptive father in that role between 1907 and 1909. He was the noyon for his kozhuun (administrative division) as the region of Tuva went from Chinese control to a protectorate of Russia in 1914, known as Uryankhay Krai. | BeanieFan11 (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) |
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 third busiest by passenger traffic and the busiest by export volume, while the Port of Penang is the main transshipment hub of northern Malaysia. | LibStar (talk) |
2024-12-15 19:06 | Southern Railway 4501 (Preserved American Ms class 2-8-2 steam locomotive) | Southern Railway 4501 is a preserved Ms class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive. Built in October 1911 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, No. 4501 was the first of its wheel arrangement type for the Southern Railway (SOU). In July 1948, the locomotive was retired from revenue service in favor of dieselization and was subsequently sold to the shortline Kentucky and Tennessee Railway (K&T) in Stearns, Kentucky, to haul coal trains. | Someone who likes train writing (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 23:29 | Wespe-class gunboat (Class of eleven German ironclad gunboats) | The Wespe-class gunboats were a class of eleven armored gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The class comprised Wespe, Viper, Biene, Mücke, Scorpion, Basilisk, Camaeleon, Crocodill, Salamander, Natter, and Hummel. | 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) |
2025-02-12 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) |
2025-02-14 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)) | -Emily (PhoenixCaelestis) (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) |
2025-03-11 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) |
2025-03-21 19:12 | Justinian Nutt (Royal Navy officer) | Captain Justinian Nutt (c.1704 – 11 December 1757) was a Royal Navy officer. He joined the navy as a captain's servant and spent the first twelve years of his career as a rating. In 1740 he embarked on George Anson's voyage around the world in HMS Centurion, becoming the ship's master. As chief navigator for the expedition Nutt made several errors in the passage around Cape Horn, causing hundreds of seamen to die from scurvy and other ailments. | Pickersgill-Cunliffe (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 03:35 | Wampanoag-class frigate (US Navy steam frigates) | The Wampanoag class was a series of wooden-hulled screw frigates built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The ships were designed to decimate British merchant shipping in the event that the United Kingdom entered the war on the Confederate side. Of the eight ships planned, only five entered service and served brief careers. | GGOTCC (talk) |
2025-03-23 07:28 | Sounder commuter rail (Commuter train system in the Seattle area) | Sounder (reporting mark SDRX) is a commuter rail system that serves the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed by Sound Transit and operated by BNSF Railway on 82 miles (132 km) of tracks, primarily owned by BNSF, using equipment maintained by Amtrak. Sounder is split into two lines that intersect at King Street Station in Seattle: the N Line to Everett and the S Line to Tacoma and Lakewood. | SounderBruce |
2025-03-23 18:23 | Selby rail crash (2001 rail crash in North Yorkshire, England) | The Selby rail crash (also known as the Great Heck Rail Crash) was a railway accident that occurred on 28 February 2001 near Great Heck, Selby, North Yorkshire when a passenger train collided with a car which had crashed down a motorway embankment onto the railway line. The passenger train then collided with an oncoming freight train. | FozzieHey (talk) |
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) |
2024-10-26 07:30 | Human uses of living things (Topic in human life and history) | Human uses of living things, including animals, plants, fungi, and microbes, take many forms, both practical, such as the production of food and clothing, and symbolic, as in art, mythology, and religion. Social sciences including archaeology, anthropology and ethnography are starting to take a multispecies view of human interactions with nature, in which living things are not just resources to be exploited, practically or symbolically, but are involved as participants. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
2024-11-04 10:15 | Hedonism (Family of views prioritizing pleasure) | Hedonism is a family of philosophical views that prioritize pleasure. Psychological hedonism is the theory that the underlying motivation of all human behavior is to maximize pleasure and avoid pain. As a form of egoism, it suggests that people only help others if they expect a personal benefit. Axiological hedonism is the view that pleasure is the sole source of intrinsic value. | Phlsph7 (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 |
2024-12-27 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) |
2025-01-26 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 sightings were reported over multiple counties. | – Anne drew (talk · 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) |
2025-02-05 22:37 | Samuel Engel (Swiss scientist (1702–1784)) | Samuel Engel (2 December 1702 – 26 March 1784) was a Swiss librarian, civil servant, economist and agronomist working in Bern who introduced innovations in several fields. The son of a Landvogt, he studied at the University of Bern before starting a career in administration. In 1736 he became head librarian of the city library of Bern. | —Kusma (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. 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 02:48 | Night (Period of darkness) | Night, or nighttime, is the period of darkness when the Sun is below the horizon. The opposite of nighttime is daytime. Sunlight illuminates one side of the Earth, leaving the other in darkness. Earth's rotation causes the appearance of sunrise and sunset. Moonlight, airglow, starlight, and light pollution dimly illuminate night. | Rjjiii (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. | 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-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) |
2025-03-23 02:14 | Murphy (bald eagle) (Bald eagle (1992–2025)) | Murphy (c. 1992 – March 15, 2025) was a bald eagle at the World Bird Sanctuary who gained popularity in 2023 for his incubation of a rock. Murphy hatched in 1992, and first arrived at the sanctuary the following year with a broken leg. Following his initial release, he returned with a broken wing, which permanently impaired him from flying and made him unable to survive in the wild. | 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) |
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 00:30 | Amphimeryx (Extinct genus of endemic Palaeogene European artiodactyls) | Amphimeryx is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls belonging to the Amphimerycidae that was endemic to the central region of western Europe and lived from the Late Eocene to the Early Oligocene. It was erected in 1848 by the French palaeontologist Auguste Pomel, who argued that its dentition was roughly similar to those of ruminants. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
2025-02-07 00:31 | Amphimerycidae (Extinct family of artiodactyls) | Amphimerycidae is an extinct family of artiodactyls that was endemic to western Europe that 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 00:10 | Arundelconodon (Extinct genus of mammals) | Arundelconodon is an extinct genus of mammal of the family Triconodontidae, containing the species Arundelconodon hottoni. It is known from multiple dental remains from the Arundel Clay in Maryland, United States, dated to the Early Cretaceous. Its anatomic features are intermediate between Jurassic and later Cretaceous triconodonts. | — Anonymous |
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) |
2025-02-21 22:12 | Icius insolidus (Species of spider) | Icius insolidus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Icius that lives in Namibia and South Africa. First described in 1999 by Wanda Wesołowska and allocated to the genus Menemerus, the species was transferred to its current genus in 2006. It lives in rocky environments, primarily granite rocks and boulders, but also the walls of gardens. | simongraham (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) |
2025-02-24 17:52 | Agapornis longipes (Extinct species of lovebird) | Agapornis longipes is an extinct species of lovebird that lived in what is now Gauteng, South Africa during the Early Pleistocene epoch, about 2.5–1.38 million years ago. The fossilized remains of this bird were first discovered in the Kromdraai fossil site and reported in 1969 by T.N. Pocock, though the species would not be named until decades later in 2024. | Olmagon (talk) |
2025-03-05 15:25 | Spilonema revertens (Species of lichen) | Spilonema revertens, the rock hairball lichen, is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Coccocarpiaceae. This dark-coloured cyanolichen forms small, dense cushions on rocks across the Northern Hemisphere. Found in Europe, Asia, North America, Macaronesia, and Greenland, it typically grows on exposed rocks that experience alternating wet and dry periods. | Esculenta (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) |
2025-03-06 04:40 | Kabwe 1 (Hominin fossil) | Kabwe 1, also known as Broken Hill Man or Rhodesian Man, is a nearly complete archaic human skull discovered in 1921 at the Kabwe mine, Zambia (at the time, Broken Hill mine, Northern Rhodesia). It dates to around 300,000 years ago, possibly contemporaneous with modern humans and Homo naledi. It was the first archaic human fossil discovered in Africa. | Dunkleosteus77 (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) |
2025-03-10 15:18 | Riverine rabbit (Species of mammal) | The riverine rabbit (Bunolagus monticularis), also known as the bushman rabbit or bushman hare, is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae found in patches of thick vegetation in the Karoo Desert of South Africa's Western and Northern Cape provinces. It is the only member of the genus Bunolagus. The most recent estimates of the species' population range from 157 to 207 mature individuals, and 224 to 380 total. | Reconrabbit |
2025-03-19 23:41 | Uncus dzaugisi (Extinct Ediacaran animal) | Uncus dzaugisi is an extinct species of animal which lived approximately 560 to 550 Ma ago during the late Ediacaran of Southern Australia. Its morphology suggests that it was a member of Ecdysozoa, which would make it the oldest member of the clade known so far, as well as one of the oldest known bilaterians. | ZKevinTheCat (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) |
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) |
2025-02-09 14:24 | Vitamin D (Group of fat-soluble secosteroids) | Vitamin D is a group of structurally related, fat-soluble compounds responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, along with numerous other biological functions. In humans, the most important compounds within this group are vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). | David notMD (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) |
2025-03-23 05:48 | Chloronitramide anion (Chemical byproduct of chloramine) | The chloronitramide anion, also known as chloro(nitro)azanide, is a chemical byproduct of the disinfectant chloramine first identified in 2024. It is present in the tap water of about 113 million people in the United States in varying concentrations. Its toxicity has not yet been determined, although it may be removable by an activated carbon filter. | Mrfoogles (talk) |
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) |
2025-01-04 01:21 | 2021 Bowling Green tornadoes (2021 tornadoes in Kentucky) | In the early hours of December 11, 2021, two large and strong tornadoes struck the city of Bowling Green, located in Warren County, Kentucky. The first tornado cut a swath of EF3 damage through city and directly killed sixteen people, while the second tornado produced EF2 damage but no injuries or fataliites. | EF5 |
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) |
2025-02-06 18:03 | 2020 Nashville tornado (2020 tornado in Tennessee, U.S.) | In the early morning hours of March 3, 2020, a large and destructive EF3-rated tornado moved through downtown Nashville, located in the state of Tennessee. The tornado, commonly known as the Nashville tornado,[note 4] killed five people along its 60-mile (97 km) track; it was on the ground for just over an hour. | EF5 |
2025-02-07 00:30 | Amphimeryx (Extinct genus of endemic Palaeogene European artiodactyls) | Amphimeryx is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls belonging to the Amphimerycidae that was endemic to the central region of western Europe and lived from the Late Eocene to the Early Oligocene. It was erected in 1848 by the French palaeontologist Auguste Pomel, who argued that its dentition was roughly similar to those of ruminants. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
2025-02-07 00:31 | Amphimerycidae (Extinct family of artiodactyls) | Amphimerycidae is an extinct family of artiodactyls that was endemic to western Europe that 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 00:10 | Arundelconodon (Extinct genus of mammals) | Arundelconodon is an extinct genus of mammal of the family Triconodontidae, containing the species Arundelconodon hottoni. It is known from multiple dental remains from the Arundel Clay in Maryland, United States, dated to the Early Cretaceous. Its anatomic features are intermediate between Jurassic and later Cretaceous triconodonts. | — Anonymous |
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) |
2025-02-24 17:52 | Agapornis longipes (Extinct species of lovebird) | Agapornis longipes is an extinct species of lovebird that lived in what is now Gauteng, South Africa during the Early Pleistocene epoch, about 2.5–1.38 million years ago. The fossilized remains of this bird were first discovered in the Kromdraai fossil site and reported in 1969 by T.N. Pocock, though the species would not be named until decades later in 2024. | Olmagon (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 |
2025-03-06 04:40 | Kabwe 1 (Hominin fossil) | Kabwe 1, also known as Broken Hill Man or Rhodesian Man, is a nearly complete archaic human skull discovered in 1921 at the Kabwe mine, Zambia (at the time, Broken Hill mine, Northern Rhodesia). It dates to around 300,000 years ago, possibly contemporaneous with modern humans and Homo naledi. It was the first archaic human fossil discovered in Africa. | Dunkleosteus77 (talk) |
2025-03-09 16:27 | Agate (Banded variety of chalcedony) | Agate is a banded, fibrous 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 11:18 | Numerical weather prediction (Weather prediction using mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans) | Numerical weather prediction (NWP) uses mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans to predict the weather based on current weather conditions. Though first attempted in the 1920s, it was not until the advent of computer simulation in the 1950s that numerical weather predictions produced realistic results. | Feline Hymnic (talk) |
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! |
2025-03-13 19:27 | WMTV (Television station in Madison, Wisconsin) | WMTV (channel 15) is a television station in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW. The station is owned by Gray Media and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Forward Drive in the Greentree neighborhood on Madison's southwest side. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
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 |
2025-03-19 23:41 | Uncus dzaugisi (Extinct Ediacaran animal) | Uncus dzaugisi is an extinct species of animal which lived approximately 560 to 550 Ma ago during the late Ediacaran of Southern Australia. Its morphology suggests that it was a member of Ecdysozoa, which would make it the oldest member of the clade known so far, as well as one of the oldest known bilaterians. | ZKevinTheCat (talk) |
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) |
STEM/Engineering
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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) |
STEM/Libraries & Information
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2025-03-10 04:12 | Washington University in St. Louis (Private university in St. Louis, Missouri, US) | Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 and named after George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its campuses. | Wozal (talk) |
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) |
STEM/Medicine & Health
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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) |
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 21:26 | 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) |
2025-01-01 13:53 | Eileen Niedfield (American physician and Roman Catholic nun) | Eileen Rae Niedfield (1920–2007), in religious life Sr. Mary Frederic Niedfield, MMS, MD, FACS was a surgeon and general physician in India for nearly 40 years, two in Bhutan. Graduating in 1951, she was notable for being in the first cohort of Georgetown University Medical School alumni that included women. | Oh-Fortuna! (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) |
2025-01-17 18:54 | Sivananda yoga (School of spiritual yoga) | Sivananda Yoga is a spiritual yoga system founded by 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 with the mission 'to spread the teachings of yoga and the message of world peace' which has since been refined to 'practice and teach the anc ... | 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) |
2025-02-09 14:24 | Vitamin D (Group of fat-soluble secosteroids) | Vitamin D is a group of structurally related, fat-soluble compounds responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, along with numerous other biological functions. In humans, the most important compounds within this group are vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). | David notMD (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) |
2025-03-19 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) |
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 \\ |
2025-02-06 10:57 | Poop emoji (Emoji representing a pile of feces) | Pile of Poo (💩), also known informally as the poomoji (slang), poop emoji (American English), or poo emoji (British English), is an emoji resembling a coiled pile of feces, usually adorned with cartoon eyes and a large smile. Originating from Japan, it is used as an expression in various contexts. Some possible uses include as a response of passive aggressive emotion; for comedic value; as commentary on what's bad; or as its literal meaning. | 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) |
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) |
2025-03-23 23:44 | 15.ai (Real-time text-to-speech AI tool) | 15.ai was a free non-commercial web application that used artificial intelligence to generate text-to-speech voices of fictional characters from popular media. Created by an anonymous artificial intelligence researcher known as 15, who began developing the technology as a freshman during their undergraduate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the application allowed users to make characters from video games, television shows, and movies speak custom text with emotional inflections faster than real-time. | GregariousMadness (talk to me!) |
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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) |
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) |
2025-03-09 15:57 | Lope Martín (Portuguese pilot (c. 1520–1566)) | Lope Martín (born c. 1520; marooned 21 July 1566) was an Afro-Portuguese pilot who successfully navigated across the Pacific Ocean east–west and then west–east, becoming the first to complete the return voyage from Asia to the Americas. Martín was a free mulatto from Lagos, Portugal, who became a licensed pilot in Spain. | Kimikel (talk) |
2025-03-10 13:26 | Truist Park (Baseball park in Metro Atlanta, Georgia) | Truist Park is a baseball stadium in the Atlanta metropolitan area, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in the unincorporated community of Cumberland, in Cobb County, Georgia. Opened in 2017, it is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves. Previously named SunTrust Park, the ballpark was renamed after SunTrust Bank became Truist Financial in 2020. | Nemov (talk) |
2025-03-17 19:37 | Marian Days (Vietnamese American Catholic pilgrimage) | The Marian Days (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thánh Mẫu, officially Ngày Thánh Mẫu) is the main festival and pilgrimage for Vietnamese American Roman Catholics. The annual event, inaugurated in 1978, takes place on the first weekend in August in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the campus of the Congregation of the Mother of the Redeemer (CRM) in Carthage, Missouri. | ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs |
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