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29 February 2020

  • 01:06, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
[[File:|x110px|Russian naval operations off the coast
of Syria ]]
Russian naval operations off the coast
of Syria

28 February 2020

  • 01:07, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
Model of Fengyun-2
Model of Fengyun-2

27 February 2020

  • 00:56, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
Oscar Pfaus in uniform, standing in front of a U.S. flag
Oscar Pfaus

26 February 2020

  • 00:00, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
Huer's Hut
Huer's Hut

25 February 2020

  • 00:00, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
Five views of a laciniate conch shell
Five views of a laciniate conch shell

24 February 2020

  • 00:00, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
Flag of Spokane, Washington
Flag of Spokane, Washington

23 February 2020

  • 00:00, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
Reception to Washington on April 21, 1789, at Trenton by Wyeth
Reception to Washington on April 21, 1789, at Trenton by Wyeth


22 February 2020

  • 00:00, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
Mrs. Samuel Powel by Matthew Pratt
Mrs. Samuel Powel by Matthew Pratt

21 February 2020

  • 00:00, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Fountain figure by Andrea della Robbia, Florence, c. 1490
Fountain figure by Andrea della Robbia, Florence, c. 1490

20 February 2020

  • 00:00, 20 February 2020 (UTC)
Great Hall of the Cunard Building
Great Hall of the Cunard Building

19 February 2020

  • 00:00, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Annelien Van Wauwe
Annelien Van Wauwe

18 February 2020

  • 12:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Blue Bridge on the A1206
Blue Bridge on the A1206
  • 00:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Sir Thomas Byron
Sir Thomas Byron

17 February 2020

  • 12:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
1873 cartoon ridiculing the Salary Grab Act
1873 cartoon ridiculing the Salary Grab Act
  • 00:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
William Morrison's electric automobile
William Morrison's electric automobile
  • ... that in 1890 William Morrison invented the first successful practical electric automobile (illustration shown) in the United States?
  • ... that time decompression is a common narrative technique in sports manga, with one series stretching a four-month basketball season into six years' worth of weekly stories?
  • ... that Albert William Bailey translated the Gospel of John into the Mbunda language in 1916?
  • ... that the Little Cut, a quarter-mile (0.4 km) branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, had the only tunnel containing a towpath on the entire 127-mile (204 km) canal?
  • ... that Wang Jin, one of China's first female archaeologists, participated in the discovery of the Neolithic Qujialing culture?
  • ... that the music video for Faith No More's "Anne's Song" features a caged Chuck Mosley being tormented by Metallica's James Hetfield?
  • ... that Wolfgang Rehm worked on the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe from the beginning of the project in 1955 to its completion in 2007?
  • ... that in 1979, the initials CIRALG were said to "spell power in central Iowa"?

16 February 2020

  • 12:00, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Teraupo'o and his family
Teraupo'o and his family
  • 00:00, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Façade of Swanage Town Hall
Façade of Swanage Town Hall

15 February 2020

  • 12:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
William S. Hillyer
William S. Hillyer
  • 00:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Diego in 2009
Diego in 2009

14 February 2020

  • 12:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
East face of St Leonard's Tower
East face of St Leonard's Tower
  • 00:00, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
George Charles Moʻoheau Beckley
George Charles Moʻoheau Beckley

13 February 2020

  • 12:00, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Grave-watcher's hut at St Thomas à Becket Church
Grave-watcher's hut at St Thomas à Becket Church
  • 00:00, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Lemon slug
Lemon slug

12 February 2020

  • 12:00, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Ruins of Castle Folds and Great Asby Scar
Ruins of Castle Folds and Great Asby Scar
  • 00:00, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
Gudrun Pausewang
Gudrun Pausewang

11 February 2020

  • 12:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Cadets of the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School
Cadets of the Far Eastern Higher
Combined Arms Command School
  • 00:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Exterior of the pilgrimage church
Exterior of the pilgrimage church

10 February 2020

  • 12:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
Sand sculpture of Chamundeshwari in Mysore
Sand sculpture of Chamundeshwari in Mysore
  • 00:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
Chapel of Greenwich Hospital, London
Chapel of Greenwich Hospital

9 February 2020

  • 12:00, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Edwin S. Votey (right) with the player piano
Edwin S. Votey (right)
with the player piano
  • 00:00, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Esther Lurie
Esther Lurie

8 February 2020

  • 12:00, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
Partial view of Borgo Nuovo, c. 1930
Partial view of Borgo Nuovo, c. 1930
  • 00:00, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
Jerusalem in 1839, from Roberts's "The Holy Land"
Jerusalem in 1839, from Roberts's The Holy Land

7 February 2020

  • 12:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
A. acetabulum caps
A. acetabulum caps
  • 00:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Johann Baptist Sigl
Johann Baptist Sigl

6 February 2020

  • 12:00, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
Umayyad Mosque, c. 1895
Umayyad Mosque, c. 1895
  • 00:00, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
Female A. diabolicum flowers with curled stigmas
Female A. diabolicum flowers with curled stigmas

5 February 2020

  • 12:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
"Citizen Kane" film poster
Citizen Kane film poster
  • 00:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Memorial to the victims of Leitmeritz concentration camp
Memorial to the victims of
Leitmeritz concentration camp

4 February 2020

  • 12:00, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
"The Minute Man" (1874) by Daniel Chester French
The Minute Man by
Daniel Chester French
  • 00:00, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Therese Huber
Therese Huber

3 February 2020

  • 12:00, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Painting of the Shelton Oak
Painting of the Shelton Oak
  • 00:00, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Rooks Nest House
Rooks Nest House

2 February 2020

  • 12:00, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Syd's coffee stall
Syd's coffee stall
  • 00:00, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Thistle broomrape
Thistle broomrape

1 February 2020

  • 12:00, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Crepereia Tryphaena's doll
Crepereia Tryphaena's doll
  • 00:00, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
World's Largest Stove
World's Largest Stove