Jump to content

Wikipedia:Main Page history/2016 June 19

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Welcome to Wikipedia,
5,177,620 articles in English

From today's featured article

Quatermass and the Pit is a British television science-fiction serial that was transmitted live by BBC Television in December 1958 and January 1959. It was the third and last of the BBC's Quatermass serials, all written by Nigel Kneale. In Knightsbridge, London, a strange skull and an alien spacecraft are discovered; Professor Bernard Quatermass and his newly appointed military superior at the British Experimental Rocket Group, Colonel Breen, join the investigation. The ship and its contents have a powerful and malign influence over many of those who come in contact with it, including Quatermass. He discovers that aliens, probably from Mars, had long ago engineered a human genetic legacy responsible for much of the war and strife in the world. The serial has been cited as an influence on Stephen King and the film director John Carpenter. It featured in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute in 2000, which described it as "completely gripping". The character reappeared in a 1979 ITV production called Quatermass. (Full article...)

Did you know...

Nilgai
Nilgai

In the news

Pittsburgh Penguins captain in his jersey
Sidney Crosby

On this day...

June 19: Pentecost (Eastern Christianity, 2016); Father's Day in various countries (2016); Day of the Independent Hungary; Juneteenth in some parts of the United States

Louise of the Netherlands
Louise of the Netherlands
More anniversaries:
Pembroke College

Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Located in Pembroke Square, the college was founded in 1624 by King James, and was named after William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. As of 2011, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £55.6 million and offered the study of almost all the courses offered by the university. The current Master of the college is Lynne Brindley.

Photograph: Andrew Shiva

Other areas of Wikipedia

  • Community portal – Bulletin board, projects, resources and activities covering a wide range of Wikipedia areas.
  • Help desk – Ask questions about using Wikipedia.
  • Local embassy – For Wikipedia-related communication in languages other than English.
  • Reference desk – Serving as virtual librarians, Wikipedia volunteers tackle your questions on a wide range of subjects.
  • Site news – Announcements, updates, articles and press releases on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation.
  • Village pump – For discussions about Wikipedia itself, including areas for technical issues and policies.

Wikipedia's sister projects

Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects: