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Angel Locsin (born April 23, 1985) is a Filipina actress and humanitarian. She has received four Star Awards, three FAMAS Awards, two Box Office Entertainment Awards, and a Luna Award, and was named one of Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes and Asia's Leaders of Tomorrow by Tatler. She had her breakthrough as an avian-human hybrid in the fantasy series Mulawin (2004), before starring as Darna in the Ravelo Komiks Universe series Darna (2005). The role of a fledgling werewolf in the supernatural drama series Lobo (2008) earned her an International Emmy Award nomination for Best Actress. Locsin drew praise for the critically acclaimed dramas Love Me Again (2009), In the Name of Love (2011), and One More Try (2012). She won a Star Award for playing an indoctrinated military nurse in the spy action series The General's Daughter (2019). Locsin promotes various causes, including disaster relief, education, and women's rights. (This article is part of a featured topic: Overview of Angel Locsin.)
Did you know ...
- ... that during the inaugurations of Lithuanian monarchs, Gediminas' Cap (depicted) was placed on the monarch's head by the bishop of Vilnius?
- ... that today is the Day of Books and Roses, which originated in Barcelona in 1926 as the Day of the Book, described as a "festival of civility and intelligence"?
- ... that in 2009 Jeff Wrana helped to develop a biological model that might play a role in predicting whether a woman is more likely to recover from breast cancer?
- ... that the elite men's event at today's London Marathon featured four of the five fastest competitors of all time?
- ... that the first ambassador at the Philippine embassy in Manama would later be injured in the 2000 bombing of the Philippine embassy in Jakarta?
- ... that NIU dormitory residents cast 65,000 write-in votes to elect Matt Hicks to the 1977 Pizza Hut All-American game?
- ... that the 1917 Leeds Convention in Britain passed resolutions calling for the end of the First World War and praising the February Revolution in Russia?
- ... that the 19-story Starrett–Lehigh Building was built on the principle of "every floor a first floor"?
In the news
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- SpaceX Starship, the most powerful rocket to date, is launched (pictured) from Texas and destroyed almost four minutes into the flight.
- At least 90 people are killed and 322 others are injured in a crowd crush in Sanaa, Yemen.
- Dominion Voting Systems agrees to a $787 million settlement in their lawsuit against Fox News over defamation claims from the 2020 United States presidential election.
- In Finland, Unit 3 of the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest nuclear reactor, begins regular operation after eighteen years of delayed construction.
On this day
April 23: National Sovereignty and Children's Day in Turkey (1920)
- 1467 – Ottoman wars in Europe: Albanian leader Skanderbeg defeated an Ottoman army under Ballaban Badera to raise the siege of Krujë.
- 1945 – World War II: The US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenbürg concentration camp (pictured) in Germany, freeing 1,500 prisoners.
- 1976 – The Ramones released their eponymous debut album, which became highly influential on the emerging punk rock movement.
- 1979 – Blair Peach, a British activist, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall, London, against a National Front election meeting.
- 2018 – A man intentionally struck pedestrians with a van on Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada, leading to 11 deaths.
- Joan of France (b. 1464)
- Pandita Ramabai (b. 1858)
- Satyajit Ray (d. 1992)
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The Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Germany, houses a major collection of German literature and historical documents. In 1991, the tricentennial of its opening to the public, the Ducal Library was renamed for Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Today, the library is a public research library for literature and art history and contains over 1,000,000 items, 150,000 of which are available for open use and borrowing. The main focus of the collection is German literature from the Classical and the late Romantic eras. The library was inscribed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites as part of the Classical Weimar site because of its testimony to the global cultural importance of Weimar in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, during the Weimar Classicism movement. This photo is from the Rococo hall. Photograph credit: Steffen Schmitz
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