Wikipedia:Main Page history/2021 July 27b

the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

From today's featured article

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is a first-person shooter game, developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It is a remastered version of 2007's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It was initially released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows in November 2016 as part of special edition bundles of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The story follows the USMC and SAS in conflict against a Middle Eastern separatist group and a Russian ultranationalist group. The remaster began development as the result of an online petition. It features extensive technical enhancements while retaining the original core gameplay, and includes new single-player and multiplayer content. Critical reception was generally positive, with praise for the range of modifications and the simplistic but challenging gameplay. However, it was criticized for its balancing, narrative pacing, and artificial intelligence. The game was controversial for several business decisions made by Activision. (Full article...)

Recently featured:

Did you know ...

Former badge of the Turks and Caicos Islands

... that the salt mounds on the former badge of the Turks and Caicos Islands (pictured) were mistakenly turned into igloos?
... that Dialta Alliata di Montereale has fought a 25-year court battle for a half-share of Arthur Acton's $1 billion art collection after DNA testing confirmed that she is his granddaughter?
... that The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, a new novel by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, mixes narrative with "love songs" that illuminate the lives of the protagonist's African, Creek, and Scottish ancestors?
... that Ahmet Cevat Emre shared a household with Vâlâ Nureddin and Nâzım Hikmet in Batumi, with Emre responsible for cooking, Hikmet writing poetry and Nureddin giving Turkish language lessons?
... that West Germany's Gerd Müller scored six goals in two games against the Soviet Union, including two in the UEFA Euro 1972 Final?
... that Michita Sakata declined an offer to be Prime Minister of Japan because he thought the role was too political?
... that Matana Roberts explores "her identity as an African American woman" on the album Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis?
... that, while drunk, Romanian government minister Gheorghe Chițu allegedly had a dentist "pull out the roots of all his molars and his front teeth", resulting in permanent neurological damage?

In the news

Japan National Stadium

The 2020 Summer Olympics open (stadium pictured) in Tokyo, Japan.
The Australian city of Brisbane is announced as the host city of the 2032 Summer Olympics.
In sumo, Terunofuji Haruo becomes the 73rd yokozuna.
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City in England is stripped of its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to modern development in the area.
Floods and landslides result in at least 71 deaths in Henan, China.

On this day

July 27: José Celso Barbosa Day in Puerto Rico

Madonna with members of her tour crew

678 – Unable to penetrate the city's defences, the Sclaveni were forced to give up their siege of the Byzantine city of Thessalonica.
1302 – Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The Ottoman sultanate gained its first major victory against the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Bapheus in Bithynia.
1955 – The Austrian State Treaty came into effect, ending the Allied occupation of Austria, although the country was not free of Allied troops until October.
1983 – Madonna (pictured) released her self-titled debut album, which set the standard for the genre of dance-pop for decades.
2007 – While covering a police pursuit in Phoenix, Arizona, two news helicopters collided in mid-air, killing both crews.

Jeanne Baret (b. 1740)
Elizabeth Plankinton (b. 1853)
Elizabeth Rona (d. 1981)

More anniversaries:

Today's featured picture

The 1934 Swissair Tuttlingen accident occurred on 27 July 1934 when a Curtiss T-32 Condor II aircraft operated by Swissair crashed near Tuttlingen, Germany, while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all twelve people on board. This 1934 photograph shows Nelly Diener, the first air stewardess in Europe, standing in front of the aircraft in which she would lose her life that same year.

Photograph credit: Swissair; retouched by PawełMM and Brandmeister

Recently featured:

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.
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.