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Culture/Food and drink
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| 2025-07-12 08:36 | Jade Jones (taekwondo) (Welsh taekwondo athlete (born 1993)) | Jade Louise Jones OBE (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete, who is now training as a boxer. As a Taekwondo competitor in the –57kg category, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist (2012, 2016), a one-time world champion (2019), and a three-time European champion (2016, 2018, 2021). | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 10:44 | Wine (Alcoholic drink made from grapes) | Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes. It is produced in many regions across the world in a wide variety of styles, influenced by different varieties of grapes, growing environments, viticulture methods, and production techniques. | Ligaturama (talk) |
Culture/Internet culture
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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 \\ |
| 2025-01-24 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 |
| 2025-02-05 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) |
| 2025-04-10 20:44 | Choquei (Brazilian Instagram and Twitter account) | Choquei is a social media account on Instagram and Twitter operated by Brazilian Raphael Sousa Oliveira since 2014. Initially focused on entertainment news and gossip, the account became notorious for covering real-world news starting in 2022. In February of that year, it began reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but faced criticism for sharing unverified information and fake news. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023 superhero film by James Wan) | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Aquaman. Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, it is the sequel to Aquaman (2018) and the 15th and final film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Jason Momoa stars as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, who must work with his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) to pre ... | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | The Flash (film) (2023 superhero film by Andy Muschietti) | The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / The Flash. Directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson and a story by the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein alongside Joby Harold, it is the 13th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-05-18 21:40 | Gunbuster (Japanese original video animation series) | Gunbuster, known in Japan as Top o Nerae! (トップをねらえ!, Toppu o Nerae!; Aim for the Top!), is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the creator and director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. | Z. Patterson (talk) |
| 2025-06-14 13:17 | Hero Realms (Card-based deck building game) | Hero Realms is a 2016 fantasy card-based deck building tabletop game designed by Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle and published by Wise Wizard Games. In the game, the player has to defeat opponents by purchasing cards using gold coins that deal damage points until the opponent's health points reach zero. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-06-20 03:00 | Millat Times (Indian digital news platform) | Millat Times is an Indian digital news platform that publishes news and analysis in Urdu, Hindi, and English. Founded in 2016 by journalist Shams Tabrez Qasmi, it is headquartered in New Delhi. The platform covers a wide range of topics, including politics, social issues, minority rights, and international affairs. | Khaatir (talk) 03:00, 20 June 2025 (UTC) |
| 2025-06-24 06:55 | Mind the Game (Sports podcast) | Mind the Game is a basketball podcast hosted by American basketball player LeBron James and former player and coach Steve Nash. Current coach JJ Redick formerly served as a host. At the time of the podcast's debut on March 19, 2024, James was an active player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), while Redick was a retired NBA player, serving as an NBA broadcast analyst for ESPN and sports podcaster. | Soulbust (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 13:58 | Blue Beetle (film) (2023 superhero film by Ángel Manuel Soto) | Blue Beetle is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle. Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, it is the 14th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Xolo Maridueña stars as Reyes, a recent college graduate who is granted superpowers by an ancient alien relic known as the Scarab. | 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) |
| 2025-07-10 18:05 | Social media use by Azealia Banks | The usage of social media platforms by Azealia Banks has generated both controversy and publicity for the American singer and rapper, with Complex stating that Banks receives "more attention for her public feuds than she does for her music". Banks has come to be associated with her online behavior largely contentious interactions with other famous figures. | 1dagsvlieg (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 00:17 | Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001 video game) | Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 (PS2). The player controls Jak, who sets out to reverse the transformation of his friend Daxter into an "ottsel", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel. | Cat's Tuxedo (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 23:04 | Dorfromantik (board game) (2022 board game) | Dorfromantik: The Board Game (German: Dorfromantik: Das Brettspiel) is a 2022 board game by Lukas Zach and Michael Palm and published by Pegasus Spiele based on the 2022 video game of the same name. Dorfromantik is a cooperative board game in which players lay hexagonal tiles to create a rural landscape and follow tasks to gain points. | Chorchapu (talk | edits) |
| 2025-07-21 00:38 | Shawn Ashmore (Canadian actor (born 1979)) | Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor known for roles in film, television, and interactive media. | FrodoMarsh (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 13:25 | Miiverse (Defunct social network on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U) | Miiverse was a social network developed by Nintendo that operated from 2012 to 2017. The platform was primarily geared for use on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, but was also available via any web browser. The service was created by Nintendo System Development and Hatena, and powered by the Nintendo Network. Miiverse was integrated into several 3DS and Wii U games, and allowed players to interact and share their experiences through handwritten messages or drawings, text, screenshots, and sometimes game videos in dedicated communities. | Surayeproject3 (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 21:39 | Fortnite Battle Royale (2017 video game) | Fortnite Battle Royale is a 2017 battle royale video game produced by Epic Games. Part of the overall Fortnite platform, the game follows up to 100 players competing to be the last player or team remaining. Matches begin with players descending onto a large island map, where they gather weapons, items, and resources from scattered locations while attempting to avoid damage from both other players and a continuously shrinking safe zone. | nub :) |
| 2025-07-24 19:56 | Way of the Warrior (1994 video game) | Way of the Warrior is a 1994 fighting game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Universal Interactive Studios for the 3DO. The game, which emulates Mortal Kombat, features nine playable characters, who compete in a tournament to earn their place in the "Book of Warriors". Like its inspiration, the game features characters digitized from live actors as well as round-ending fatality moves. | Cat's Tuxedo (talk) |
Culture/Linguistics
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| 2025-03-31 18:15 | Klingenheben's law (Hausa-language sound law) | In historical linguistics, Klingenheben's law is a set of four sound changes governing the lenition of certain syllable-final consonants in earlier forms of the Hausa language. The four sound changes affect the velar stops, coronal stops, labial obstruents, and the bilabial nasal. Only the first two are universal to all dialects of the language. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 09:00 | Formal semantics (natural language) (Formal study of linguistic meaning) | Formal semantics is the scientific study of linguistic meaning through formal tools from logic and mathematics. It is an interdisciplinary field, sometimes regarded as a subfield of both linguistics and philosophy of language. Formal semanticists rely on diverse methods to analyze natural language. Many examine the meaning of a sentence by studying the circumstances in which it would be true. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 12:20 | Elvish languages of Middle-earth (Group of fictional languages in the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien) | The Elvish languages of Middle-earth, constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien, include Quenya and Sindarin. These were the various languages spoken by the Elves of Middle-earth as they developed as a society throughout the Ages. In his pursuit for realism and in his love of language, Tolkien was especially fascinated with the development and evolution of language through time. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
Culture/Literature
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| 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) |
| 2025-01-15 12:50 | Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (Irish nobleman (c. 1585 – 1609)) | Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (Irish: Aodh Ó Néill; c. 1585 – c. 23 September 1609) was an Irish nobleman. The eldest son of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Siobhán O'Donnell, he was considered the heir to the O'Neill clan, though he predeceased his father. | SkywalkerEccleston (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 |
| 2025-01-29 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) |
| 2025-02-05 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) |
| 2025-02-18 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! |
| 2025-03-13 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 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) |
| 2025-03-18 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). | Cielquiparle (talk) |
| 2025-03-27 10:58 | William Morris's influence on Tolkien (Literary influence) | William Morris's influence on J. R. R. Tolkien was substantial. From an early age, Tolkien bought many of Morris's books, including his fantasies, poetry, and translations. Both men liked the Norse sagas, disliked mechanisation, and wrote fantasy books which they illustrated themselves. On the other hand, Morris was a socialist and atheist, while Tolkien was a Catholic. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 17:07 | Rory Gibson (American actor) | Rory Gibson (born November 22, 1995) is an American actor. Born and raised in Southern California, Gibson moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Since 2018, Gibson has appeared in several films and short films, including A Night to Regret, Grace, Twisted Twin, Severed Road and Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 00:57 | Lace tells (Rhyming chants used to aid lacemaking) | Lace tells were catchy rhymes chanted to the rhythm of bobbin lace manufacture in lace schools and workshops in Flanders, the English East Midlands, and the Saxon Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge). Tells helped lacemakers to count stitches, maintain a steady rhythm, and stay awake and focused. Lace tells were also used in lacemaking schools in order to increase the speed of work and to teach discipline and lace skills to children—including basic numeracy. | ꧁Zanahary꧂ |
| 2025-04-03 08:41 | Dreams and visions in Middle-earth (Literary theme) | J. R. R. Tolkien repeatedly uses dreams and visions in his Middle-earth writings to create literary effects, allowing the narrative to transition between everyday reality and awareness of other kinds of existence. He follows the conventions of the dream vision in early medieval literature, and the tradition of English visionary writing of Edmund Spenser and John Milton. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 08:30 | Tolkien and Edwardian adventure stories (Literary theme) | The philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien enjoyed Edwardian adventure stories by authors such as John Buchan and H. Rider Haggard as a boy, and made use of their structure and motifs in his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 16:36 | La Turquie Kemaliste (Kemalist propaganda magazine) | The La Turquie Kemaliste (French for "Kemalist Turkey", Turkish: Kemalist Türkiye) was a propaganda magazine published by the Turkish government between 1933 and 1949. It is regarded as one of the first public diplomacy campaigns since the foundation of the republic. | AscendencyXXIV (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 15:43 | Series fiction (A collection of related stories featuring similar narrative elements) | Series fiction refers to a group of independently published works of fiction that are related to one another, usually through similar elements of setting and characters. A common example of series fiction is a book series. Series fiction spans a wide range of genres, and is particularly common in adventure, mystery, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-10 15:47 | Inner space (science fiction) (Antonym to "outer space") | Inner space in the context of science fiction refers to works of psychological science fiction emphasizes internal, mental, and emotional experiences over external adventure or technological speculation, which contrasts it with traditional science fiction's fascination with outer space. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023 superhero film by James Wan) | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Aquaman. Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, it is the sequel to Aquaman (2018) and the 15th and final film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Jason Momoa stars as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, who must work with his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) to pre ... | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | The Flash (film) (2023 superhero film by Andy Muschietti) | The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / The Flash. Directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson and a story by the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein alongside Joby Harold, it is the 13th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 05:18 | Calum Lill (English actor) | Calum Lill (born 1995) is a British actor. After graduating, Lill had guest roles in Doctors and Holby City in 2019, and he played the recurring role of Carlton Smith in the soap opera Hollyoaks in 2021. Lill almost quit the acting profession due to his struggle in getting acting roles and he worked various jobs in between acting roles, including as a car salesman, which he did not like. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-25 15:32 | The Rector of Justin (1964 novel by Louis Auchincloss) | The Rector of Justin is a 1964 psychological fiction novel by Louis Auchincloss about the headmaster (or "rector") of a socially exclusive American boarding school. Over the decades, various narrators provide contrasting perspectives on rector Francis Prescott's charismatic personality and autocratic leadership style. | Namelessposter (talk) |
| 2025-05-05 09:39 | Elegies (film) (2023 Hong Kong film by Ann Hui) | Elegies (Chinese: 詩) is a 2023 Hong Kong documentary film directed by Ann Hui. Produced by PicaPica Media and distributed by Golden Scene, the film features interviews with various Hong Kong poets, most notably Huang Canran and Liu Wai-tong, along with footage of the late Xi Xi and Leung Ping-kwan. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-06 23:51 | Gordon Klingenschmitt (American military officer, politician, and religious figure (born 1968)) | Gordon James Klingenschmitt (born 1968) is an American religious figure, former US Navy chaplain, and former politician. | — Fourthords | =Λ= | |
| 2025-05-10 08:54 | Glossa ordinaria (Accursius) (Collection of annotations to the Corpus Iuris Civilis by Accursius) | The Glossa ordinaria (also known as Glossa magna, Glossa magistralis and Glossa accursiana) is a collection of 96,940 marginal annotations (glossa marginalis) in Latin by the Italian jurist Accursius (c. 1181/1185–1259/1263) on the Corpus Iuris Civilis, a collection of Roman law by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). | WatkynBassett (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 13:30 | Emerald Tablet (Hermetic text) | The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table or the Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic text traditionally attributed to the legendary Hellenistic figure Hermes Trismegistus. The earliest known versions are four Arabic recensions preserved in mystical and alchemical treatises between the 8th and 10th centuries CE—chiefly the Secret of Creation (Arabic: سر الخليقة, romanized: Sirr al-Khalīqa) and the Secret of Secrets (سرّ الأسرار, Sirr al-Asrār). | Bari' bin Farangi (talk) |
| 2025-05-15 06:52 | Joseph Conrad (Polish-British writer (1857–1924)) | Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.[note 1] He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties (always with a strong foreign accent) – became a master prose stylist who broug ... | Nihil novi (talk) |
| 2025-05-17 07:19 | Fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales (Overview of the fashion and style of Catherine, Princess of Wales) | The fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has had a substantial impact on the clothing industry ever since the public revelation of her relationship with Prince William in 2002. Often praised for her elegant and accessible style, she has become a prominent fashion icon, frequently featured in best-dressed lists of magazines such as Vanity Fair and Tatler. | MSincccc (talk) |
| 2025-05-18 21:40 | Gunbuster (Japanese original video animation series) | Gunbuster, known in Japan as Top o Nerae! (トップをねらえ!, Toppu o Nerae!; Aim for the Top!), is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the creator and director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. | Z. Patterson (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 14:32 | Jane Madders (British physiotherapist and author) | Jane Madders (née Solkhon; c. 1909–1990) was a British physiotherapist, health educator and author known for her expertise in relaxation techniques. After receiving training in physical relaxation during the late 1920s, Madders developed an interest in using her skills to assist pregnant women; she taught relaxation skills at antenatal classes and midwife courses, and published a book of exercises for women in 1955. | Alanna the Brave (talk) |
| 2025-06-02 05:35 | Nathaniel Dass (British actor, singer and musician) | Nathaniel Dass is a British actor, singer and musician. Dass played the main role of Nathaniel/Nate in the CBBC musical dramedy television series Almost Never, which ran for three seasons between 2019 and 2021. Since 2023, Dass has portrayed Dillon Ray in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, for which he was nominated for "Best Partnership" at the 2024 Inside Soap Awards. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-08 22:32 | The Center Cannot Hold (book) (2007 book by Elyn Saks) | The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness is a 2007 memoir by USC Gould School of Law professor Elyn Saks. Originally published by Hyperion Books, the book recounts Saks's experiences with schizophrenia, beginning in childhood and continuing through her academic and professional career. While attending Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship, Saks was admitted to Warneford Hospital, where she burnt herself and wandered underground tunnels. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 05:35 | Matilda Freeman (British actress (born 2004)) | Matilda Freeman (born 2004) is a British actress from Mickle Trafford. She has appeared in various short films and played a leading role in the 2019 feature film The Last Boy. In 2017, after a guest appearance on Doctors, Freeman began playing the regular role of Summer Spellman on the soap opera Coronation Street. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-14 11:53 | Yogasopana Purvachatushka (First hatha yoga manual with halftone illustrations) | The Yogasopana Purvachatushka (Marathi: योगसोपान पूर्वचतुष्क (in Devanagari script)) or Stairway to Yoga is a 1905 book in Marathi on hatha yoga by Yogi Narayana Ghamande. It describes and illustrates 37 asanas including Matsyendrasana and Sarvangasana, along with mudras such as Viparita Karani. It was the first and probably the only textbook on yoga to be illustrated with halftone plates. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 12:28 | Jimmy Essex (British actor) | Jimmy Essex is a British actor, dancer and musician. Essex performed as part of a band in the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, but the band did not get through to the live finals. Essex has also worked as a backup dancer and has had other acting credits. From 2016 to 2018, Essex played the regular role of Adam Donovan on the British soap opera Hollyoaks. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 13:58 | Blue Beetle (film) (2023 superhero film by Ángel Manuel Soto) | Blue Beetle is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle. Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, it is the 14th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Xolo Maridueña stars as Reyes, a recent college graduate who is granted superpowers by an ancient alien relic known as the Scarab. | 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) |
| 2025-07-02 09:50 | Great chain of being (Medieval Christian hierarchy of living beings) | The great chain of being is a hierarchical structure of all matter and life, thought by medieval Christianity to have been decreed by God. The chain begins with God and descends through angels, humans, animals and plants to minerals. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 02:22 | My Schizophrenic Life (2010 book by Sandra Yuen MacKay) | My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness is a 2010 memoir by Canadian artist Sandra Yuen MacKay. Published by Bridgeross Communications, the book is a first-person retelling of MacKay's life, especially after her early diagnosis with paranoid schizophrenia. Later diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, MacKay recounts her childhood, going to university, occupational history, marriage, her art, and hallucinations and hospitalizations as a result of her mental illness. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 20:25 | The Republic of Nothing (1994 novel by Lesley Choyce) | The Republic of Nothing is a novel by Lesley Choyce, published in 1994 by Goose Lane Editions. Set on the fictional Whalebone Island off the coast of Nova Scotia, the novel follows the coming-of-age story of Ian McQuade and his experiences with his eccentric family and island residents over the course of roughly 30 years. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 23:15 | To a Kinder World (7th episode of the 1st season of Dandadan) | is the seventh overall episode of the anime television series Dandadan, an adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Yukinobu Tatsu. Episode six depicts a fight between the yōkai Acrobatic Silky and characters Momo Ayase, Ken "Okarun" Takakura, and Aira Shiratori, the latter Silky believes is her daughter. | Cukie Gherkin (talk) |
| 2025-07-07 05:06 | Josette Frank (American children's literature expert (1893–1989)) | Josette Frank (March 27, 1893 – September 9, 1989) was an American children's literature expert and educational consultant. Frank spent most of her adult life working for the Child Study Association of America (CSAA), a leading authority on child development from the 1920s to the 1960s. Frank was engaged as the CSAA's child reading expert and published a parental literary guide titled What Books For Children? in 1937, with a new edition in 1941. | Etzedek24 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-07-07 23:46 | Nestene Consciousness and Autons (Fictional aliens from the Doctor Who franchise) | The Nestene Consciousness and the Autons are a pair of antagonists from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They were originally created by scriptwriter Robert Holmes for the serial Spearhead from Space (1970). The Nestene Consciousness is a non-corporeal entity that has the ability to control plastic. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-07-09 12:06 | Editorial framing of The Lord of the Rings (Literary analysis) | J. R. R. Tolkien decided to increase the reader's feeling that the story in his 1954–55 book The Lord of the Rings was real, by framing the main text with an elaborate editorial apparatus that extends and comments upon it. This material, mainly in the book's appendices, effectively includes a fictional editorial figure much like himself who is interested in philology, and who says he is translating a manuscript which has somehow come into his hands, having somehow survived the thousands of years since the Third Age. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 12:09 | Tolkien and the Invention of Myth (Scholarly book) | Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader is a 2004 collection of scholarly essays on J. R. R. Tolkien's writings on Middle-earth, edited by Jane Chance. It has been warmly welcomed by critics, though some of the student contributions are less useful than the revised journal articles, conference papers and lectures by the more experienced essayists, who include the established Tolkien scholars Marjorie Burns, Michael D. C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger, Gergely Nagy, Tom Shippey, and Richard C. West. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 12:20 | Elvish languages of Middle-earth (Group of fictional languages in the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien) | The Elvish languages of Middle-earth, constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien, include Quenya and Sindarin. These were the various languages spoken by the Elves of Middle-earth as they developed as a society throughout the Ages. In his pursuit for realism and in his love of language, Tolkien was especially fascinated with the development and evolution of language through time. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 08:59 | Hell and Middle-earth (Theme in Tolkien's writings) | Scholars have seen multiple resemblances between the medieval Christian conception of hell and evil places in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth. These include the industrial hells of Saruman's Isengard with its underground furnaces and labouring Orcs; the dark tunnels of Moria; Sauron's evil land of Mordor; and Morgoth's subterranean fortress of Angband. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 09:00 | Divination in The Lord of the Rings (Literary theme) | Divination, the attempt to foretell future events, appears in J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings mainly in the form of the use of a Palantír or of the Mirror of Galadriel. In the novel, Tolkien appears skeptical of the value of divination, seeing the process as dangerous and likely to lead to mistaken actions. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 18:02 | N. Katherine Hayles (American literary critic) | Nancy Katherine Hayles (born 1943) is an American literary critic, most notable for her contribution to the fields of literature and science, electronic literature, and American literature. Sam Horner terms her an influential voice for studies with human interactions with technology. Her scholarship primarily focuses on the "relations between science, literature, and technology". | LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 20:59 | The Day the Voices Stopped (2001 book by Ken Steele and Claire Berman) | The Day the Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey From Madness To Hope is a 2001 posthumous memoir by Ken Steele and Claire Berman about Steele's life with schizophrenia and his recovery after the invention of risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic. Published by Basic Books, The Day the Voices Stopped follows Steele as he moves from his hometown to New York City and eventually becomes a gay prostitute. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 21:31 | The Packet (novel) (1794 novel by Elizabeth Gunning) | The Packet (1794) is a novel by Elizabeth Gunning. The plot focuses on the virtuous aristocratic Montreville family, and the malicious schemes of Sir Thomas Montreville's cousin Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson imprisons Sir Thomas's kindhearted daughter Adelaide in a plot for her son to inherit a fortune, but the local parson rescues her and the novel ends happily. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 22:13 | Elizabeth Gunning (writer) (English novelist and translator of French (1769–1823)) | Elizabeth Gunning (1769–1823) was a novelist and translator of French into English. In the 1790s, she was the subject of a pamphlet war related to a rumoured relationship with Lord Blandford. Gunning and her mother were accused of creating a series of forged letters, purportedly by Blandford and his father, the duke of Marlborough, which were published as evidence that Blandford had proposed marriage to Gunning. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 22:14 | Lord Fitzhenry (1794 novel by Elizabeth Gunning) | Lord Fitzhenry (1794) is a novel by English writer and translator Elizabeth Gunning. Its marriage plot follows a young English aristocrat who falls in love with his friend's fiancee; he attempts to resist his feelings out of respect for his friend and because he cannot marry a Catholic. Eventually, he discovers that she is in fact his long-lost (Protestant) cousin, and that his friend would prefer to marry someone else, allowing the novel to end happily with multiple weddings. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 15:46 | Slitheen (Family of an alien species (Raxacoricofallapatorians) from the Doctor Who series' "Whoniverse") | The Slitheen are a fictional crime family from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They hail from the species known as Raxacoricofallapatorians, which are calcium-based lifeforms that hail from the planet Raxicoricofallapatorius. The Slitheen can disguise themselves as humans by hiding in skinsuits, though the technology they use results in them farting excessively while in disguise. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-07-20 16:24 | Martelle Edinborough (British actress (born 1978)) | Martelle Edinborough (born 27 September 1978) is a British actress. Edinborough initially studied law at university and set up her own business. After going into corporate law, she began taking acting class and was part of the Chicken Shop Shakespeare theatre company. Edinborough later had three guest roles in the soap opera Coronation Street and made other guest appearances in Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Cold Feet and Doctors, in addition to the short film The Tooth Fairy (2020). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 21:33 | Federalist No. 30 (Federalist Paper by Alexander Hamilton on taxation) | Federalist No. 30, titled "Concerning the General Power of Taxation", is a political essay by Alexander Hamilton and the thirtieth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in the New-York Packet on December 28, 1787, as the twenty-ninth entry in the series under the pseudonym used for all Federalist Papers, Publius. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-07-26 14:33 | Jiwanta Sambandha (2023 Nepalese book) | Jiwanta Sambandha (Nepali: जीवन्त सम्बन्ध) is a memoir by Nepalese cardiologist Om Murti Anil. It describes the importance of human relationships in modern life and highlights the social responsibility of an individual. It is inspired by the personal and professional experiences related to the death of his father. | WikiMentor01 (talk) |
Culture/Biography
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| 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) |
| 2024-12-10 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 |
| 2024-12-19 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 English club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, one of Chelsea's greatest players ever, one of the greatest players of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, 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) |
| 2024-12-29 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 21:33 | Adrien Nunez (College basketball player (2018–2022) Michigan) | 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 23:45 | 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 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) |
| 2025-01-03 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) |
| 2025-01-09 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 17:19 | 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. After studying Law at Cairo University (Khartoum branch), Kigab embarked on a successful swimming career, representing Sudan internationally. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
| 2025-01-15 12:50 | Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (Irish nobleman (c. 1585 – 1609)) | Hugh O'Neill, 4th Baron Dungannon (Irish: Aodh Ó Néill; c. 1585 – c. 23 September 1609) was an Irish nobleman. The eldest son of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Siobhán O'Donnell, he was considered the heir to the O'Neill clan, though he predeceased his father. | SkywalkerEccleston (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) |
| 2025-01-19 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) |
| 2025-01-22 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) |
| 2025-01-24 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 at the Sala di Concerto della RAI in Naples, Italy, and presented by Renata Mauro. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), who staged the event after winning the 1964 contest for Italy 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 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) |
| 2025-02-04 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 (1911–1988)) | 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) |
| 2025-02-11 09:23 | Louis Tomlinson (English singer (born 1991)) | Louis William Tomlinson (born 24 December 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. 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 were placed into a group which became the British-Irish band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-02-12 06:27 | Pete Hegseth (American government official (born 1980)) | Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American author, former television presenter, and former Army National Guard officer who has been the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 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 (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 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 04:37 | Sam Matlock (British musician) | Sam James Matlock (born 16 March 1993) is an English 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 |
| 2025-02-21 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 and Commerce Secretary (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman and government official who is serving as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since February 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 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. General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez was the only candidate and was elected unopposed. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 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 14:51 | Ashley Null (American Anglican theologian) | John Ashley Null (born July 11, 1960) is an American theologian and Anglican bishop. 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) |
| 2025-03-06 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) |
| 2025-03-10 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. | Lucfev (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) |
| 2025-03-15 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 recognized 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 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 United States 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 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) |
| 2025-03-19 05:38 | Elliot Rodger (American mass murderer (1991–2014)) | Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger (July 24, 1991 – May 23, 2014) was a British-American mass murderer who is known for killing six people and injuring fourteen others during the 2014 Isla Vista killings. The murders he committed, his suicide and his manifesto have been cited as an early influence on the incel and manosphere subculture. | 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 05:36 | 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) |
| 2025-03-22 23:02 | Luis Corvalán (Chilean politician (1916–2010)) | Luis Nicolás Corvalán Lepe (14 September 1916 – 21 July 2010) was a Chilean politician, teacher, 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) |
| 2025-03-25 23:31 | Daniel A. Gilbert (American police official and politician (1889–1970)) | Daniel A. Gilbert (August 31, 1889 – July 31, 1970) was an American police officer and politician who was active in Cook County, Illinois's law enforcement from 1917 to 1950, and referred to as the world's richest police officer due to his net worth of $360,000. He unsuccessfully ran for Cook County Sheriff with the Democratic nomination in 1950. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 17:07 | Rory Gibson (American actor) | Rory Gibson (born November 22, 1995) is an American actor. Born and raised in Southern California, Gibson moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Since 2018, Gibson has appeared in several films and short films, including A Night to Regret, Grace, Twisted Twin, Severed Road and Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 17:23 | William Baxter (American politician) (American politician (1778–1827)) | William Baxter (August 3, 1778 – October 1, 1827) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the state's attorney for Orleans County, Vermont, from 1802 to 1815, and in the Vermont House of Representatives on several non-consecutive occasions between 1802 and 1827. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 20:23 | Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (English cricketer) | Alexander Colin David Ingleby-Mackenzie OBE (15 September 1933 – 9 March 2006) was an English cricketer, cricket administrator, and businessman. Ingleby-Mackenzie played first-class cricket for Hampshire between 1951 and 1966, serving as Hampshire's last amateur captain. Through bold captaincy, he led Hampshire to their first County Championship title in 1961. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 15:18 | Miloš Vučević (Serbian politician (born 1974)) | Miloš Vučević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Вучевић, ; born 10 December 1974) is a Serbian politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2024 to 2025. He has been the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2023. He was previously the Mayor of Novi Sad from 2012 to 2022 and the Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia from 2022 to 2024. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-04-02 06:54 | T. Elliot Gaiser (American attorney (born 1989)) | Thomas Elliot Gaiser (born September 6, 1989) is an American attorney who has served as the solicitor general of Ohio since 2023. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-04 16:26 | Emirate of Erzincan (Emirate in Anatolia by 1348 until 1410) | The Emirate of Erzincan was a state centered around the city of Erzincan that controlled parts of eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Its first known ruler, Ahi Ayna (r. 1348–62), rose to power as a vassal of the Eretnids through a purchase from his unknown predecessor sometime before 1348. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 17:30 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner (born 2000)) | Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track mile, 2000 metres, 3000 metres, and two miles.[note 2] He won gold medals in the 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. | KnowledgeIsPower9281 (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 19:43 | África Brasil (1976 studio album by Jorge Ben) | África Brasil is a studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Jorge Ben. It was released in 1976 by Philips Records. The album was recorded in ten days at Phonogram Studios in Rio de Janeiro with a large ensemble of musicians, including Ben's backing band Admiral Jorge V. Musically, África Brasil represented a shift in his artistry, as he replaced his acoustic guitar in favor of the electric guitar. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-07 21:05 | Bill Cottrell (American football player (1944–2025)) | William Henry Cottrell (September 18, 1944 – March 20, 2025) was an American professional football offensive lineman who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Delaware Valley Aggies and signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 1966. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 16:39 | Simon Boas (British aid worker (1977–2024)) | Simon Charles Boas (6 July 1977 – 15 July 2024) was a British aid worker who worked for development charities and the United Nations (UN). His inspirational writings about his terminal illness diagnosis were featured in British national newspapers and on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. | Curb Safe Charmer (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 18:31 | Young Lords (Civil and human rights organization) | The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO), were a left-wing political organization that originally developed from a Chicago street gang. With major branches in Chicago and New York City, they were known for their direct action campaigns, including building occupations, sit-ins, and garbage-dumping protests. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 21:56 | Adi Meyerson (Israeli jazz bassist) | Adi Meyerson (Hebrew: אדי מיירסון) is an American-Israeli jazz bassist, composer, and educator. | Surfinsi (talk) |
| 2025-04-16 23:46 | Order of New Brunswick (Civilian honour for merit in Canada) | The Order of New Brunswick is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The order was instituted through the Order of New Brunswick Act, which was granted royal assent on 20 December 2000. The order is intended to honour current or former New Brunswick residents who have demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement, thus being described as the highest honour amongst all those conferred by the New Brunswick Crown. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 19:22 | 1976 San Diego Chargers season (1976 NFL team season) | The 1976 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 17th overall. The Chargers improved on their 2–12 record from 1975 and finished 6–8, but missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season. The Chargers started off the season by winning their first three games, but they struggled through the rest of the season by losing eight of their last eleven, which included four shutout losses, two to division rival Denver. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 20:42 | Gary Shapley (American government official (born 1977)) | Gary Allen Shapley Jr. (born December 1977) is an American government official who has served as the deputy chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation since 2025. Shapley also served as the acting commissioner of internal revenue from April 16 to April 18, 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-18 22:45 | Jesse M. Bowell (American captain and politician (1846–1889)) | Jesse M. Bowell (January 19, 1846 – October 31, 1889) was an American sea captain and politician. From 1885 to 1886, Bowell served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Democratic Party. Born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania, he was an engineer and pilot on the Monongahela River early in his youth. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-04-19 11:38 | Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle (Englishman (1851–1937) of various occupations) | Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle MVO PC (6 September 1851 — 1 July 1937) was an English agriculturalist, author, barrister, cricketer, cricket administrator, journalist, and Conservative politician. Following a brief career as a barrister after his graduation from the University of Oxford, Prothero became an author who published several works on agriculture, amongst other publication genres. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 00:44 | Karoline Leavitt (White House press secretary (born 1997)) | Karoline Claire Leavitt (born August 24, 1997) is an American political spokesperson who has served since 2025 as the 36th White House press secretary under the second Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, she was a candidate for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the 2022 election. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-22 11:15 | Shane O'Neill (Irish exile) (Irish-born nobleman and soldier (1599–1641)) | Colonel Shane O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone (Irish: Seán Ó Néill; Spanish: Juan O'Neill; also anglicised John O'Neill; 18 October 1599 – 29 January 1641) was an Irish-born nobleman, soldier and member of the Spanish nobility who primarily lived and served in Continental Europe. He fought in the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) and the Reapers' War. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-04-25 02:23 | Asiah Aman (Singaporean singer and actress (1931–2024)) | Asiah binti Aman (29 November 1931 – 30 July 2024), known professionally as Nona Asiah, was a Singaporean singer and actress. Born in Singapore under British rule, she was the oldest of six children to a Malay mother and Indonesian father. Her career began in the 1940s when she worked as a singer during the Japanese occupation, singing Japanese songs for soldiers in camps in Seletar and Tengah. | actuall7 (talk | contrib) |
| 2025-04-25 10:27 | Walther Dobbertin (German photographer, publisher and author (1882–1961)) | Walther Alexander Dobbertin (28 August 1882 – 12 January 1961) was a German photographer and publisher, mainly active in the former colony of German East Africa, in modern-day Tanzania. His photographic work, consisting of hundreds of images in black-and-white, provides a comprehensive portrayal of the colony's political, social, economic, and military aspects. | Munfarid1 (talk) |
| 2025-04-25 21:50 | 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game (American collegiate basketball final) | The 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. It determined the national champion for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and was contested by two No. 1 seeds: the Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Houston Cougars from the Big 12 Conference. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-26 23:42 | Charles Leclerc (Monégasque racing driver (born 1997)) | Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc (born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Leclerc was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2022 with Ferrari, and has won eight Grands Prix across eight seasons. | MB2437 |
| 2025-04-28 01:57 | Donavon F. Smith (United States Air Force lieutenant general and flying ace (1922–1974)) | Donavon Francis Smith (October 2, 1922 – September 10, 1974) was a United States Army Air Forces flying ace during the World War II. He accrued 5.5 victories in the war. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1973 at the rank of lieutenant general. | Toadboy123 (talk) |
| 2025-04-29 01:32 | Sophie Rain (American Internet personality) | Sophie Rain (born September 22, 2004) is an American Internet personality. Following her dismissal from a waitressing job, she set up a solo OnlyFans account. She went viral in late 2024 after announcing her earnings on the platform. In December 2024, she co-founded Bop House, which was compared to The Hype House and the Playboy Mansion. | Launchballer |
| 2025-05-05 19:20 | Virgil Hooe (American volleyball coach) | Virgil Dean Hooe (born 1947 or 1948) is an American volleyball coach. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-05-07 14:29 | Mo Tzu-yi (Taiwanese actor (born 1981)) | Morning Mo Tzu-yi (Chinese: 莫子儀; born 23 June 1981) is a Taiwanese actor. He debuted as a stage actor and began his on-screen career in 2005, starring in the films The Most Distant Course (2007) and A Place of One's Own (2009). He expanded his career internationally with the multinational film Snowfall in Taipei (2010) and the Australian-Singaporean film Canopy (2013), and also co-wrote and starred as Lu Ho-jo in the autobiographical drama {{ill| ... | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-11 12:11 | D. O. Dillavou (American attorney and politician (1936–1968)) | D. O. Dillavou (May 1, 1936 – October 29, 1968) was an American attorney and politician. Born in Deadwood in South Dakota, he graduated from Spearfish High School in 1954, where he played basketball. He then received a Bachelor of Science from the University of South Dakota in 1958. Dillavou earned his law degree from the university's School of Law, and he began practicing law a few months later after his admission into the state bar. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-05-13 07:10 | Cup of China (International figure skating competition) | The Cup of China is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Skating Association (simplified Chinese: 中国滑冰协会; traditional Chinese: 中國滑冰協會), and part of the ISU Grand Prix Series. The first competition was held in 2003 in Beijing as a replacement for Bofrost Cup on Ice. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-14 22:08 | 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic (International figure skating competition) | The 2022 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating, and the first event of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. It was held at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States, from September 12–15, 2022. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-15 00:21 | Barron Trump (Son of Donald Trump (born 2006)) | Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006) is the fifth and youngest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, his only child with his third wife, Melania Trump, which makes him a member of the First Family of the United States. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-15 23:44 | Bill Pulte (American businessman (born 1988)) | William John Pulte (born May 28, 1988) is an American businessman and philanthropist who has served as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) since 2025. Pulte has also served as the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-18 07:50 | Finlandia Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The Finlandia Trophy an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skating Finland (Finnish: Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto). The competition debuted in 1995 in Helsinki, and when the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the Finlandia Trophy was one of the inaugural competitions. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-20 17:14 | Battle of Edington (Battle between Wessex and Vikings in 878) | The Battle of Edington or Battle of Ethandun was fought in May 878 between the West Saxon army of King Alfred the Great and the Great Heathen Army led by the Danish warlord Guthrum. The battle took place near Edington in Wiltshire, where Alfred secured a decisive victory that halted the Viking advance into Wessex. | Thelifeofan413 (talk) |
| 2025-05-20 22:20 | Bradley Smalley (American politician (1835–1909)) | Bradley Barlow Smalley (November 26, 1835 – November 6, 1909) was an American politician who served as the Collector of the Port of Burlington from 1885 to 1889, and 1893 to 1897, and was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1875 to 1908. He represented Burlington, Vermont, in the Vermont House of Representatives for two terms and served on the Burlington Board of Aldermen. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-05-21 13:02 | Bellmer La Poupée (1997 British fashion collection) | Bellmer La Poupée is the ninth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Spring/Summer 1997 season of his eponymous fashion house. The collection used La Poupée, a 1934 series by surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer, as a jumping-off point to deconstruct narrow standards of beauty considered acceptable by the fashion industry. | ♠PMC♠ (talk) |
| 2025-05-22 14:56 | Kelsey Wang (Chinese and American actress) | Kelsey Wang (born December 29) is a Chinese-American actress. Wang portrayed the recurring role of Daisy Kwan in the soap opera General Hospital from 2018 to 2020. Wang was then cast as Allie Nguyen in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, appearing in the role from 2022 to 2023. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-05-22 16:41 | Joe Kent (American politician (born 1980)) | Joseph Clay Kent (born April 11, 1980) is an American politician, former United States Army officer, and former Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican candidate in the United States House of Representatives election for Washington's third congressional district in 2022 and 2024. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-22 20:17 | Mike Savage (politician) (Lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia since 2024) | Michael John Savage ONS (born May 13, 1960) is a Canadian politician who is currently serving as the 34th lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. The son of John Savage, he immigrated to Canada with his father from Belfast, Northern Ireland at the age of six. Michael Savage served three terms as a Liberal member of Parliament for the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour from 2004 to 2011, before serving three terms as the mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality from 2012 to 2024. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-05-22 21:52 | Sepp Kuss (American cyclist (born 1994)) | Sepp Kuss (born September 13, 1994) is an American professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. He won the 2023 Vuelta a España, becoming the first American to win a Grand Tour since Chris Horner in 2013. Kuss is the second cyclist to win a Grand Tour and finish all three Grand Tours in a single season, after Gastone Nencini in 1957. | Verylongandmemorable (talk) |
| 2025-05-23 02:47 | Denis Ten Memorial Challenge (International figure skating competition) | The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Denis Ten Foundation in Kazakhstan. The competition debuted in 2019 and is named in honor of Denis Ten, a former Kazakh figure skater who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-23 15:30 | 2024 World Figure Skating Championships (International figure skating competition) | The 2024 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 18–24, 2024, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating, second only to the Olympics. Montreal had originally been scheduled to host the 2020 World Championships, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-25 00:08 | Diego García Miravete (Mexican gridiron football coach and former player) | Diego Leonardo García Miravete is a Mexican former gridiron football coach and player. He served as head coach of the Cóndores UNAM from 1976 to 1993 and amassed nine national championships. García Miravete also served as head coach of the Auténticos Tigres UANL, the Borregos Salvajes Toluca, and the Borregos Salvajes Santa Fe, as well as stints with the Cardinals Palermo and Corsari Palermo in Italy and the Badalona Drags in Spain. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 15:54 | Émilienne Morin (French anarcho-syndicalist (1901–1991)) | Émilienne Léontine Morin (29 October 1901 – 14 February 1991) was a French anarchist activist, journalist and stenographer. Born into an anarcho-syndicalist family, she joined the French anarchist movement at an early age, going on to write for its newspapers and contribute to anarchist legal defence campaigns. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 09:22 | 2022 World Figure Skating Championships (International figure skating competition) | The 2022 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 21 to 27, 2022, at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, France. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-27 09:44 | James "Spanish" Blake (Irish merchant and spy) | James "Spanish" Blake (c. 1561 – 20 February 1635), known by the aliases Caddell, Blackcaddell, Blague, and Diego de Blacadell, was an Irish merchant, soldier and double agent. On various occasions, Blake seemingly worked as a spy for English, Irish and Spanish officials during the Nine Years' War. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 20:20 | Drew Westling (American football coach and former player (born 1987)) | Drew Westling (born July 2, 1987) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Mt. Carmel High School, a position he has held since 2021. Westling was the head football coach for Chula Vista High School in 2014 and Hilltop High School from 2016 to 2019. He also coached for Aliso Niguel High School and Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 21:49 | Bias of Priene (6th-century BC Greek sage) | Bias (Ancient Greek: Βίας fl. 6th century BC) of Priene was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and spent his life working as a legal advocate free of charge for those who had been wronged. He also served as an envoy for Priene during mediation in a conflict with Samos, but he was unsuccessful. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-05-28 18:19 | Johannes Kaiser (Liechtenstein politician) (Liechtenstein politician (born 1958)) | Johannes Kaiser (born 29 June 1958) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2001. He previously served as mayor of Mauren from 1991 to 2003. | TheBritinator (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 20:01 | Vietnam at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Vietnam competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It marked the nation's ninth Olympic appearance, having notably skipped the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles due to the Soviet boycott. The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) dispatched its largest delegation to a non-boycotting Olympic Games, with 23 athletes competing in 10 sports in Rio de Janeiro. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 23:29 | Shreen Abdul Saroor (Sri Lankan women's rights activist) | Shreen Abdul Saroor (born 1969) is a Sri Lankan peace and women's rights activist. Saroor co-founded the Mannar Women's Development Federation (MWDF) to support women affected by the Sri Lankan civil war. She also works toward a united Sri Lankan women's movement under the umbrella organization, the Women's Action Network (WAN). | IngeniousPachyderm (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 05:44 | 2020–21 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2020–21 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the seventh 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) |
| 2025-05-29 08:37 | John Carlson (ice hockey) (American ice hockey player (born 1990)) | John Carlson (born January 10, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Capitals in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2008 NHL entry draft after playing a year in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Indiana Ice. | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 11:08 | Lella Lombardi (Italian racing driver (1941–1992)) | Maria Grazia "Lella" Lombardi (26 March 1941 – 3 March 1992) was an Italian racing driver who participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix. Lombardi was the second female driver to qualify for Formula One, after Maria Teresa de Filippis, and is the only female driver who scored points in Formula One, having won half a point in the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. | Yadsalohcin (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 18:01 | Colton Ford (American singer and actor (1962–2025)) | Glenn Soukesian (October 12, 1962 – May 19, 2025), known professionally as Colton Ford, was an American singer and pornographic film actor. Ford began his adult film career at age 40, making twelve pornographic videos in 10 months before leaving the industry in 2002 to refocus on his musical persuits. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 22:48 | Arthur Herbert Thompson (English soldier and footballer (1890–1916)) | Captain Arthur Herbert Thompson (c. June 1890 – 25 September 1916) was an English soldier and amateur football player, known for playing in the first official Superclásico of Argentine football. | Crispybeatle (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 03:24 | Ross Worthington (American speechwriter (born 1988)) | Ross Philip Worthington (born August 1988) is an American speechwriter who has served as the White House director of speechwriting since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-30 04:04 | Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) (American attorney (born 1995)) | Paul J. Ingrassia (born May 13, 1995) is an American attorney and political commentator who has served as the White House liaison to the United States Department of Homeland Security since 2025. Ingrassia served as the White House liaison to the Department of Justice from January to February 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-30 19:39 | Killing of Fernando Rios (1958 killing of a gay man in New Orleans) | On September 28, 1958, Fernando Rios, a 26-year-old tour guide from Mexico City who was working in New Orleans, died due to injuries sustained during an assault he experienced the previous night. That night, Rios had been at the Cafe Lafitte in Exile, a gay bar in the city's French Quarter neighborhood, when he began talking to John Farrell, a 20-year-old student at Tulane University. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 19:56 | Mattachine Midwest (Gay rights group in Chicago (1965–1986)) | Mattachine Midwest was a gay rights organization active in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was established in 1965 during the homophile movement and for several years operated as Chicago's major gay rights group. However, it lost this status during the gay liberation movement in the early 1970s and shifted its aims away from political activism and towards offering social services. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 17:40 | Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held over two rounds at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the second time that this mixed-sex relay event was contested at the Summer Olympics. National teams could qualify for the event through the 2024 World Athletics Relays or the World Athletics top list. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 21:00 | Leo McLaughlin (American politician) | Leo Patrick McLaughlin (June 5, 1888 – May 5, 1958) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Hot Springs, Arkansas from 1927 to 1947, and in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1911. He was the head of a political machine in Garland County, Arkansas. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 21:00 | Walter White (Tennessee politician) (American politician (1881–1951)) | Walter White (December 24, 1881 – February 14, 1951) was an American educator and politician from the state of Tennessee. White served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 10th floterial district non-consecutively from 1909 to 1949, and in the Tennessee Senate from 1911 to 1913, as a member of the Republican Party. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-06-02 18:16 | 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles | The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held over three rounds at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from 19 to 22 July 2022. It was the nineteenth time that this event was contested at the World Athletics Championships. Athletes could qualify by running the entry standard of 55.40 seconds or faster, by winning selected competitions, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-06-03 08:35 | Yundi (Chinese pianist (born 1982)) | Yundi Li (simplified Chinese: 李云迪; traditional Chinese: 李雲迪; pinyin: Lǐ Yúndí; born 7 October 1982), also known simply as Yundi (stylized as YUNDI), is a Chinese classical concert pianist. Yundi is considered one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of Chopin and is also especially known for his interpretations of Liszt and Prokofiev. | EleniXDD※Talk |
| 2025-06-03 14:56 | Okehocking people (Small Lenape band native to Pennsylvania) | The Okehocking (also erroneously attested as the Ockanickon or Crum Creek Indians) were a small band of Unami-speaking Lenape, who originally inhabited an area along the Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. First attested in 1700, the band's name may have derived from the bends in Crum and Ridley Creeks. | Lbal (talk) |
| 2025-06-03 20:22 | René Ressejac-Duparc (French association footballer (1880–1941)) | René Ressejac-Duparc (28 September 1880 – 19 April 1941) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder and who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal as a member of the USFSA team, which was primarily Club Français players. With Club Français, he won back-to-back Coupe Manier titles in 1899 and 1900, and he also reached the finals of the 1900 Challenge International du Nord, and of the 1899 and 1900 USFSA Football Championship. | Luis7M (talk) |
| 2025-06-04 13:28 | Tianwan (Xu Shouhui) (Rebel state in China (1351–1360)) | Tianwan was a short-lived rebel state that existed in China during the Red Turban Rebellion, in the final phase of the Yuan dynasty. It was established in 1351 by Zou Pusheng, Peng Yingyu, and Xu Shouhui, who were leaders of the southern branch of the Red Turbans. Xu Shouhui became the emperor of this new state. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-06-05 13:48 | Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (American LGBTQ activist organization) | Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was an organization founded by Stonewall veterans Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson in the wake of the Weinstein Hall occupation to advocate for LGBTQ rights. Taking influence from contemporary gay advocacy groups such as the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) and the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), as well as from revolutionary nationalist groups like the Black Panther Party, STAR advocated for bodily autonomy, in addition to free clothing, education, food, healthcare, housing, and transportation. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-06-06 09:36 | Viacheslav Chornovil (Ukrainian activist and politician (1937–1999)) | Viacheslav Maksymovych Chornovil (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Максимович Чорновіл; 24 December 1937 – 25 March 1999) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, independence activist and politician who was the leader of the People's Movement of Ukraine from 1989 until his death in 1999. He spent fifteen years imprisoned by the Soviet government for his human rights activism, and was later a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1999, being among the first and most prominent anti-communists to hold public office in Ukraine. | Mupper-san (talk) |
| 2025-06-06 10:52 | Pavel Mareš (Czech footballer) | Pavel Mareš (born 18 January 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender at either centre-back or left-back. He played top-league football in the Czech Republic for Bohemians Prague and Sparta Prague, and played for Zenit Saint Petersburg in the Russian Football Premier League. | C679 |
| 2025-06-06 22:41 | 2010 NFC Championship Game (2011 American football postseason game) | The 2010 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was an American football game played between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears on January 23, 2011, at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Even though the Bears–Packers rivalry is one of the longest and most storied rivalries in National Football League (NFL) history, the two teams had only ever met in the postseason once, in 1941. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-06-07 08:57 | Wee Kim Wee (President of Singapore from 1985 to 1993) | Wee Kim Wee (4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean journalist and diplomat who served as the fourth president of Singapore between 1985 and 1993. | actuall7 (talk | contrib) |
| 2025-06-07 22:59 | Bruno Kiesler (German politician (1925–2011)) | Bruno Kiesler (22 December 1925 – 10 June 2011) was a German farmer, politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:00 | Eberhard Aurich (German politician (born 1946)) | Eberhard Aurich (born 10 December 1946) is a former German politician and high-ranking functionary of the Free German Youth (FDJ). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:00 | Julius Cebulla (German politician (1917–1999)) | Julius Johannes "Jonny": 69, 91, 96 Cebulla (30 June 1917 – 24 March 1999) was an East German policeman and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:01 | Franz Rydz (German politician (1927–2007)) | Franz Rydz (27 May 1927 – 20 November 1989) was a high-ranking East German sports official and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:01 | Gay Youth (LGBTQ activist organization) | Gay Youth (GY), later known as Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Youth of New York (BiGLTYNY), was an organization founded by Stonewall veteran Mark Segal in 1970 to advocate for LGBTQ youth. Originally a cell of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), GY's primary goal was to meet the needs of youth that were not adequately served by other LGBTQ advocacy organizations. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:02 | Hans-Joachim Böhme (East German politician (1929–2012)) | Hans-Joachim "Achim" Böhme (29 December 1929 – 4 September 2012) was an East German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:13 | Jake Bergey (American lacrosse player (born 1974)) | Jake Bergey (born May 4, 1974) is an American former lacrosse player. He played 10 seasons for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and also played three seasons in Major League Lacrosse (MLL). | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:14 | Lenny Brown (American basketball player (born 1974/75)) | Leonard L. Brown (born 1974 or 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. From Wilmington, Delaware, Brown grew up in the Riverside housing project, one of the poorest areas in the state. He sold drugs to support his family and was expelled from William Penn High School as a freshman. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 01:16 | Robert L. Rankin (American linguist (1939–2014)) | Robert Louis Rankin (January 17, 1939 – February 24, 2014) was an American linguist and scholar of the Siouan languages. He is best known for his contributions to the preservation of the Kansa language and to the study of Proto-Siouan, the reconstructed last common ancestor of all Siouan languages. He has been described as one of the most influential Siouanists, mentoring numerous other linguists in the field and being made an honorary citizen of the Sioux Nation for his language preservation efforts. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 05:06 | Prince of Ning rebellion (1519 rebellion in China) | The Prince of Ning rebellion was a revolt led by Zhu Chenhao, Prince of Ning, against the reigning Zhengde Emperor. It took place in Nanchang, the capital of the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi, and lasted from 10 July to 20 August 1519. The rebellion was ultimately quelled when the government army, led by Wang Yangming, the grand coordinator of southern Jiangxi, captured the Prince of Ning. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 05:35 | Matilda Freeman (British actress (born 2004)) | Matilda Freeman (born 2004) is a British actress from Mickle Trafford. She has appeared in various short films and played a leading role in the 2019 feature film The Last Boy. In 2017, after a guest appearance on Doctors, Freeman began playing the regular role of Summer Spellman on the soap opera Coronation Street. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-10 08:44 | Edwin Boxshall (British intelligence officer and SOE adviser (1897–1984)) | Edwin "Eddie" George Boxshall (4 February 1897 – 26 January 1984) MBE was a British intelligence officer, commercial representative and adviser to the Foreign Office. He served in both the First and Second World Wars and played a prominent role in intelligence and commercial affairs related to Romania. | Aeengath (talk) |
| 2025-06-10 14:44 | Joe Ojeda (Tejano keyboardist (born 1968)) | Jose "Joe" Ojeda (born in 1968) is an American keyboardist and songwriter. Demonstrating a proclivity for music from an early age, Ojeda began assembling a band and eventually partnered with Pete Astudillo to form Los Bad Boyz. The duo performed locally until a Laredo-based DJ secured them a regular slot at a local nightclub. | – jona ✉ |
| 2025-06-10 22:55 | Hans-Dieter Fritschler (East German politician (1941–2021)) | Hans-Dieter Fritschler (18 May 1941 – 19 September 2021), more commonly known by his initials HDF, was an East German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-12 14:47 | Hashi Mohamed (British barrister (born 1983)) | Hashi Mohamed (born September 1983) is a British barrister and journalist. A lifetime member of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn since 2010, he is also an author of two books, and has written for publications including The Guardian, The Times, and the Financial Times. He currently works for Landmark Chambers, as well as acting as the Chair of Coin Street's Secondary Housing Co-operative Housing Association since 2023. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-06-13 09:53 | John S. Bennett (British diplomat and spy during WWII) | John Still Bennett, CVO, CBE (22 March 1911 – 10 December 1970), was a British diplomat, intelligence officer and barrister. During the Second World War, he served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he led the organisation's Yugoslav section, contributing to the coordination of Allied efforts in the Balkans. | Aeengath (talk) |
| 2025-06-14 14:16 | Trinidad Huerta (Spanish guitarist and composer (1800–1874)) | Trinitario Pascual Francisco Agustín Pedro Miguel María Ruberto Bruno Ventura Huerta Caturla, better known as Trinidad Huerta (born June 8, 1800, in Orihuela, Spain – died June 19, 1874, in Paris, France) was a Spanish guitarist and composer. | JohnMizuki (talk) |
| 2025-06-15 16:56 | Denkova-Staviski Cup (International figure skating competition) | The Denkova-Staviski Cup is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Bulgarian Skating Federation (Bulgarian: Българска федерация по фигурно пързаляне) and the Denkova-Staviski Skating Club (Bulgarian: Кънки клуб Денкова - Стависки) at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-06-16 02:40 | Howard Wing (Chinese cyclist (1916–2008)) | Howard Wing (Chinese: 何浩華; pinyin: Hé Hàohuá; 28 January 1916 – 7 March 2008) was a Dutch and Chinese cyclist and businessman. He became the first cyclist to compete internationally for China after he competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-16 20:55 | John V. Griffith (American administrator (born 1947)) | John Vincent Griffith (born December 24, 1947) is an American former educator and academic administrator. He was the president of Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas, for eight years and of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, for fourteen years until his retirement in July 2012. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-06-17 12:05 | Dick Mize (American biathlete (born 1935)) | Richard Norman "Dick" Mize (born December 17, 1935) is an American biathlete and cross-country skier. He is credited as being Eagle County's first Olympian after he competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and placed 21st. During his college years, he earned multiple medals being part of the Western Colorado Mountaineers when they had won two titles on 1956 and 1957 in cross-country skiing. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-17 15:16 | Tony Tan (President of Singapore from 2011 to 2017) | Tony Tan Keng Yam (Chinese: 陈庆炎; pinyin: Chén Qìngyán; born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean banker and politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore between 2011 and 2017 after winning the 2011 presidential election. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 02:08 | Nikolay Alyokhin (Belarusian Olympic fencer (1954–2023)) | Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alyokhin (Russian: Николай Александрович Алёхин; Belarusian: Мікалай Аляксандравіч Алёхін; 26 October 1954 – 8 July 2023) was a Belarusian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union, winning the gold medal in the team sabre event. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 02:57 | Xu Jie (Ming dynasty) (Chinese official (1512–1583)) | Xu Jie (1512–1583), courtesy name Zisheng, art names Shaohu and Cunzai, was a Chinese scholar-official during the Ming dynasty. He held a high position in the court of the Jiajing Emperor in the mid-16th century, serving as minister of rites from 1549 to 1552, and later as grand secretary and head of the Grand Secretariat from 1562 to 1568. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 12:30 | Suzette Quintanilla (CEO of Q-Productions) | Suzette Michele Quintanilla-Arriaga (born June 29, 1967) is an American business executive who is the current chief executive officer of Q-Productions. Suzette began her musical career as the drummer for Selena y Los Dinos, a Tejano band that featured her elder brother, A.B. Quintanilla, on bass guitar and her younger sister, Selena, as the lead vocalist. | – jona ✉ |
| 2025-06-18 19:19 | Susie Wiles (American political consultant and lobbyist (born 1957)) | Susan L. Wiles (née Summerall; born May 14, 1957) is an American political consultant and lobbyist who has served as the 32nd White House chief of staff since 2025. She is the first woman to hold the position. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-19 13:42 | Frank Bare Sr. (American gymnast) | Frank Lee Bare Sr. (September 13, 1930 – February 25, 2011) was an American gymnast and first executive director of the United States Gymnastics Federation, now called USA Gymnastics. Bare is credited with growing the sport of gymnastics in the United States, and under his leadership, the USGF replaced the Amateur Athletic Union as the governing body for the sport internationally. | GauchoDude (talk) |
| 2025-06-20 21:47 | Gary England (American meteorologist (1939–2025)) | Gary Alan England (October 3, 1939 – June 10, 2025) was an American meteorologist based in Oklahoma. He became the chief meteorologist for KWTV-DT (channel 9), the CBS-affiliated television station in Oklahoma City, after he began working there in 1972. England was the first on-air meteorologist to alert his viewers of a possible tornado using a commercial Doppler weather radar. | ~ Tails Wx |
| 2025-06-21 06:48 | James Blair (political advisor) (American political consultant (born 1989)) | Michael James Blair (born May 21, 1989) is an American political consultant who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-21 13:50 | Frej Liewendahl (Finnish middle-distance runner) | Frey Fritiof "Frej" Liewendahl (22 October 1902 – 31 January 1966) was a Finnish track and field athlete. Born in Åland with Swedish roots, he had first competed for IFK Mariehamn. He represented Finland at the 1924 Summer Olympics placing eighth in the men's 1500 metres, though was part of the gold medal-winning team in the men's 3000 metres team race. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-21 21:18 | Aurora (singer) (Norwegian singer (born 1996)) | Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylized in all capital letters), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Stavanger and raised in Høle and Os, she started writing songs and learning dance at age six. Her ethereal soundscapes brought her widespread acclaim, earning her the nickname "Fairy of Pop".{{#tag:ref|Aurora has been referred to as "Fairy of Pop" or "Fadinha do Pop" (in Portuguese) by various p ... | Bloodinthewine (talk) |
| 2025-06-22 22:39 | John P. Morris (American trade unionist (1926–2002)) | John Paul Morris (February 20, 1926 – April 28, 2002) was an American trade unionist. | Roast (talk) |
| 2025-06-23 10:58 | Sarabande (collection) (2007 British fashion collection) | Sarabande is the twenty-ninth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Spring/Summer 2007 season of his eponymous fashion house. Sarabande was an exploration of fragility and decaying grandeur expressed through floral motifs. It was primarily inspired by Barry Lyndon (1975), a film set in the eighteenth century and known for its themes of fatalism and romanticism. | ♠PMC♠ (talk) |
| 2025-06-23 15:22 | Ahmed Issa (Chadian middle-distance runner (1943–1983)) | Ahmed Issa (17 July 1943 – 1983) was a Chadian middle-distance runner. Born in Ouham in Ubangi-Shari, he represented Chad in international competition and set a national record in the 800 metres in 1962. He then competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics as part of the first Chadian delegation at an Olympic Games. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 12:28 | Arielle Prepetit (American actress) | Arielle Prepetit is an American actress, dancer and singer. She has performed in shows at Walt Disney World and in productions such as adaptations of Flashdance The Musical and Legally Blonde: The Musical. She has also acted in various films and short films, such as The System (2022) and About My Father (2023), and made guest appearances in television series such as BMF and Found. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-26 08:56 | Alberto Jarrín (Ecuadorian long-distance runner) | Luis Alberto Jarrín Jaramillo (20 April 1900 – 30 August 1981) was an Ecuadorian long-distance runner. Growing up, he played lawn tennis and table tennis before moving to athletics in college. He set the national record in the marathon, becoming the first Ecuadorian man to run under four hours in the distance. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-27 12:38 | Louis Baillon (Falkland Islander field hockey player (1881–1965)) | Louis Charles Baillon (5 August 1881 – 2 September 1965) was a Falkland Islander sportsman and businessman. Born in the Islands, he would eventually move to England with his family in 1888 and settle in Church Brampton. There, he practiced many professional sport such as being a football player for Wandsworth AFC and a lawn tennis player for Northamptonshire's team. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-27 15:35 | Rusiate Rogoyawa (Fijian cross-country skier (born 1961)) | Rusiate Rogoyawa (born 16 May 1961) is a Fijian cross-country skier. Born in Cikobia-i-Lau, he moved to Norway in 1982 to study electric engineering. His participation at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where he became the first athlete for Fiji at a Winter Olympics, was eventually funded by the International Olympic Committee. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-28 04:16 | Taylor Budowich (American political consultant (born 1990)) | Taylor Anthony Budowich (born November 3, 1990) is an American political consultant who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-29 13:24 | Whistle (Kylie Minogue and múm song) (2013 promotional single) | "Whistle" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and Icelandic band Múm. Band members Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason composed the track for the 2012 film Jack & Diane, in which Minogue also had an acting role. The composers developed the song for Minogue, following the director's request to create a song for a club sequence. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-06-30 17:42 | Dan Scavino (American political advisor (born 1976)) | Daniel Joseph Scavino Jr. (born January 14, 1976) is an American political advisor and former golf club manager who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff since 2025. Scavino served as the deputy chief of staff for communications from 2020 to 2021, as the senior advisor for digital strategy from 2019 to 2021, and as the White House director of social media from 2017 to 2019. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-07-03 08:58 | Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (1968 assassination of US presidential candidate in Los Angeles, California) | On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and pronounced dead the following day. | Kavyansh.Singh (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 14:57 | Oskar Ospelt (Liechtensteiner sprinter (1908–1988)) | Oskar Ospelt (27 July 1908 – 15 June 1988) was a Liechtensteiner sprinter and thrower. Domestically, Ospelt would compete for the sports club Leichtathletik Club Vaduz. He would compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics representing Liechtenstein in athletics, becoming one of the first athletes for Liechtenstein at an Olympic Games. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 19:27 | James Justin (English footballer (born 1998)) | James Michael Justin (born 23 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for EFL Championship club Leicester City. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-07-04 12:38 | Owodo (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (r. 1125–1130)) | Owodo (r. 1125–1130, d. c. 1133) was the thirty-first and last Ogiso ('king') of the Ohuede dynasty in the pre‑imperial Benin kingdom of Igodomigodo. He succeeded his father Arigho during the aftermath of a prolonged famine and introduced measures to curb noble privileges—banning their public display of the Ada (royal sword), restricting chiefs' appointments, and attempting to abolish slavery and land sales—which provoked fierce resistance from the Edionnisen ('Great Nobles') and regional rulers. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 23:20 | D. P. Atapattu (Sri Lankan politician (1899–1976)) | Don Peter Atapattu JP, UM (Sinhala: දොන් පීටර් අතපත්තු; Tamil: டான் பீட்டர் அட்டப்பட்டு; 17 September 1899 – 14 December 1976) was a Ceylonese politician and Member of Parliament who represented the Beliatta electorate in the Hambantota district from March 1960 to July 1960 and from 1965 to 1970. | Toffee Dude talk |
| 2025-07-06 00:11 | Omar Ali Saifuddien III (Sultan of Brunei from 1950 to 1967) | Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien (Jawi: عمر علي سيف الدين سعد الخير والدين; 23 September 1914 – 7 September 1986) was the 28th Sultan of Brunei, reigning from 1950 until his abdication in 1967 to his oldest son, Hassanal Bolkiah. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 19:32 | Brandon Hagel (Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)) | Brandon Hagel (born August 27, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 159th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2016 NHL entry draft but did not sign with the team. Hagel made his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks in March 2020, following a junior career with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League (WHL), where he set a franchise record for most assists. | – AllCatsAreGrey (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 23:17 | James E. Jackson (American politicial official and activist (1914–2007)) | James Edward Jackson Jr. (November 29, 1914 – September 1, 2007) was an American Civil rights activist and Communist Party USA official. He was also a defendant in Dennis v. United States. | Roast (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 00:45 | Ed Carberry (American football coach (born 1953/54)) | Ed Carberry (born 1953/54) is an American former college football coach. He was the head football coach for St. Anthony High School from 1982 to 1983, Monte Vista High School from 1989 to 2003, Mt. San Jacinto College from 2004 to 2006, and Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California, from 2007 to 2021. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 01:50 | Ghada Salah El Manbawi (The First Egyptian woman to head Medical Military Academy) | Ghada Salah El-Manbawi (Arabic: غاده صلاح المنباوي; born 9 June 1969) is an Egyptian military physician and the first Egyptian woman to serve as President of the Military Medical Academy (April 2020–June 2022) and served on the academy's COVID-19 task force. Previously, she was Regional Health Inspector for Prevention and Awareness at WHO-EMRO (2018–2020). | Walid777999 (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 04:48 | Tanguturi Prakasam (Chief Minister of Andhra State from 1953 to 1954) | Tanguturi Prakasam (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957), popularly known as Prakasam Panthulu, was an Indian jurist, political leader, social reformer, and anti-colonial nationalist who was the premier of the Madras Presidency from 1946 to 1947, before serving as the chief minister of the erstwhile Andhra State, from 1953 to 1954. | EarthDude (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 23:34 | Terraplana (Brazilian shoegaze band) | Terraplana (stylized in lowercase) is a Brazilian shoegaze band formed in 2017 in Curitiba, Paraná. It consists of Stephani Heuczuk (bass, vocals), Vinícius Lourenço (guitars, vocals), Cassiano Kruchelski (guitars, vocals), and Wendeu Silverio (drums). Their music blends shoegaze, post-rock, and alternative rock, incorporating ambient textures, ethereal vocals, and distorted guitar work. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-07-09 18:47 | William J. Fox (American military officer and civil engineer (1897–1993)) | Brigadier General William Joseph Fox (December 23, 1897 – April 11, 1993) was a United States Marine Corps officer and engineer. Fox oversaw the construction various military airfields, including Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Irvine, California and Henderson Field in Guadalcanal, both of which he commanded. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-07-10 15:19 | Flint Fleming (American gridiron football player (born 1965)) | Flint E. Fleming (born March 17, 1965) is an American former professional football player who played twelve seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Detroit Drive/Massachusetts Marauders, Orlando Predators, Tampa Bay Storm, Arizona Rattlers, Milwaukee Mustangs, Buffalo Destroyers, and Florida Bobcats. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 18:05 | Social media use by Azealia Banks | The usage of social media platforms by Azealia Banks has generated both controversy and publicity for the American singer and rapper, with Complex stating that Banks receives "more attention for her public feuds than she does for her music". Banks has come to be associated with her online behavior largely contentious interactions with other famous figures. | 1dagsvlieg (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 18:41 | Mike Black (kicker) (American football player (born 1969)) | Mike Black (born July 25, 1969) is an American former professional football placekicker who played twelve seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Charlotte Rage, Iowa Barnstormers, New York CityHawks, New England Sea Wolves, Buffalo Destroyers, Tampa Bay Storm, and Grand Rapids Rampage. He played college football at Boise State University, where he was a third-team All-American as a senior in 1991. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 14:29 | Proclamation 4483 (Jimmy Carter's pardon of draft evaders) | Proclamation 4483, also known as the Granting Pardon for Violations of the Selective Service Act, was a presidential proclamation issued by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977. It granted unconditional pardons to all Americans who evaded the draft in the Vietnam War by violating the Military Selective Service Act. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-07-12 23:54 | Baldwin I of Jerusalem (King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118) | Baldwin I (1060s – 2 April 1118) was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny. He received the County of Verdun in 1096, but he soon joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the First Crusade. | 🌷Reverosie🌷★talk★ |
| 2025-07-13 19:56 | Sean Duffy (American politician (born 1971)) | Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, former television presenter, lobbyist, prosecutor, and lumberjack who has served as the United States secretary of transportation since 2025. Duffy has additionally served as the interim administrator of NASA since July 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's seventh congressional district from 2011 to 2019. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-07-13 21:49 | Eurovision Song Contest 1972 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 25 March 1972 at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and presented by Moira Shearer. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who staged the event after Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC), which had won the 1971 contest for Monaco, declined hosting responsibilities, citing the lack of a suitable venu ... | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-07-14 19:10 | Clay Rush (American football player (born 1973)) | Clay Jackson Rush (born October 27, 1973) is an American former professional football kicker who played ten seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Iowa Barnstormers/New York Dragons, Indiana Firebirds, Colorado Crush, Kansas City Brigade, and Arizona Rattlers. He played college football at Missouri Western State University, where he was a third-team All-American as a junior in 1994. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 09:42 | John S. Westcott (American surveyor (1807–1888)) | John S. Westcott (June 16, 1807 – December 31, 1888) was an American surveyor, physician, politician, and Confederate States Army officer. He played key roles in the early development of Florida, and served as the surveyor general of Florida from 1853 until 1858. During the American Civil War, Westcott commanded Confederate forces at the Battle of Fort Brooke in 1863. | Curbon7 (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 15:45 | Edmond Weiskopf (French footballer (1911–1996)) | Edmond Weiskopf (22 October 1911 – 16 March 1996), later known as Edmond Virage, was a Hungarian-born French footballer who played as a forward for Metz, Olympique de Marseille, and the French national team in the 1930s. | Luis7M (talk) |
| 2025-07-17 21:16 | Die Antwoord (South African hip hop duo) | Die Antwoord (Afrikaans for 'The Answer') is a South African hip hop duo formed in Cape Town in 2008. The duo consists of rappers Ninja and Yolandi Visser (also spelled Yo-Landi Visser and stylized as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er). Their music, a fusion of hip hop with rave music, is frequently produced by DJ Hi-Tek, also known as God, and performed in both English and Afrikaans. | benǝʇᴉɯ |
| 2025-07-18 03:03 | Isoup Ganthy (Cambodian equestrian and diplomat (1929–1976)) | Isoup Ganthy (Khmer: អ៊ុ សូបគន្ធី; 12 November 1929 – 6 December 1976) was a Cambodian equestrian and diplomat. Born to an Indian-Cambodian family, he later joined the Cambodian National Police and began horseback riding. He then studied in France, and further practiced the sport. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he competed as part of the first Cambodian team at a games, doing so in the individual show jumping event. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 04:13 | Willie Culpepper (American football player (born 1967)) | Willie James Culpepper (born March 27, 1967) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southwestern Louisiana, where he set school records in career receiving yards and single-game receiving yards. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 16:01 | Doug Belden (American gridiron football player (1927–1972)) | Douglas Ray Belden (April 24, 1927 – July 8, 1972) was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). He participated in college football, baseball, basketball, and track at the University of Florida, where he was the last four-sport letterman in school history. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 03:12 | Victor Hall (American football) (American football player (born 1968)) | Victor Hall (born December 4, 1968) is an American former professional football player who played eight seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Orlando Predators and Los Angeles Avengers. He is the head coach for the Middle Georgia State Knights. After being involved in a life-threatening car accident when he was a 17-year-old high school student, Hall enrolled at Auburn University to play college football. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 04:43 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia – also known as Skate Slovakia – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Slovak Figure Skating Association (Slovak: Slovensky Krasokorčuliarsky Zväz). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 08:21 | Alan Macfarlane Sloan (British soldier (1925–1948)) | Alan MacFarlane Sloan (20 April 1925 – 10 July 1948) was a British officer, who fought in World War II, and for the Pakistan Army. During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, he led the Pakistani engineering brigades and is known for his contributions in the Battle of Chunj and being the only British soldier to die in service of the Pakistan army. | Rahim231 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 08:42 | 2021 World Athletics Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 World Athletics Relays was held over two rounds at Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland, on 1 and 2 May 2021. It was the fifth time this event was contested at the World Athletics Relays. Teams could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 3:31.50 minutes or by their position on the World Athletics top list. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 10:52 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Canada (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Canada is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skate Canada. It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 11:27 | Lombardia Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The Lombardia Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Italian Ice Sports Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio). The competition debuted in 2013 in Sesto San Giovanni, and when the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the Lombardia Trophy was one of the inaugural competitions. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 15:45 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Bulgaria (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Bulgaria – also known as the Sofia Cup – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Bulgarian Skating Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация по кънки). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:27 | Hans Otto Roth (Transylvanian-Saxon politician (1890–1953)) | Hans Otto Roth (29 April 1890 – 1 April 1953) was a Transylvanian Saxon politician and lawyer. Roth was best known for his unsuccessful attempts to counter the rise of the radical Nazism favored within the German Party and within the German ethnic group in Transylvania. | • Apollo468• |
| 2025-07-19 21:44 | Autumn Classic International (International figure skating competition) | The Autumn Classic International is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skate Canada. The competition debuted in 2014 in Barrie, Ontario, as one of the inaugural competitions of the ISU Challenger Series. The Autumn Classic International has been a Challenger Series event six times during its history. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-20 11:33 | Mark Jackson (quarterback) (American gridiron football player (born 1954)) | Charles Mark Jackson (born June 12, 1954) is an American former professional football quarterback who played six seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. After leading Carlsbad High School to an undefeated record as a senior in 1971, he played college football at the University of Texas at El Paso and was the school's first-ever freshman varsity letterman in any sport. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-20 15:53 | 2023 EFL League Two play-off final (Association football match) | The 2023 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match, which took place on 28 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Stockport County and Carlisle United, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, to EFL League One. | — Amakuru (talk) |
| 2025-07-20 16:24 | Martelle Edinborough (British actress (born 1978)) | Martelle Edinborough (born 27 September 1978) is a British actress. Edinborough initially studied law at university and set up her own business. After going into corporate law, she began taking acting class and was part of the Chicken Shop Shakespeare theatre company. Edinborough later had three guest roles in the soap opera Coronation Street and made other guest appearances in Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Cold Feet and Doctors, in addition to the short film The Tooth Fairy (2020). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 23:09 | 2007 NFC Championship Game (2008 American football postseason game) | The 2007 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was an American football game played between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers on January 20, 2008, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers finished the season 13–3, winning the NFC North, while securing the second seed in the playoffs. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-07-22 02:49 | Carlos Fowler (American gridiron football player (born 1972)) | Carlos Antonio Fowler (born August 30, 1972) is an American former profressional football lineman who played nine seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Texas Terror/Houston ThunderBears, Nashville Kats, and Los Angeles Avengers. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was a starter for the Rose Bowl champion Wisconsin Badgers. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 15:05 | Wayne Coffey (American football) (American football player (born 1964)) | Wayne Everett Coffey (May 30, 1964 – June 2024) was an American professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Cisco College and Southwest Texas State University, earning junior college All-American honors while at Cisco. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 18:11 | Nikola Rušinović (Croatian diplomat (1908–1993)) | Nikola Rušinović (13 November 1908 – 28 August 1993) was a Croatian-American physician and diplomat who served as the first unofficial representative of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) to the Holy See from 1941 to 1942, during World War II. | Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 02:06 | Carlton Johnson (American football player (born 1969)) | Carleton Elijah Johnson (born October 13, 1969), known as Carlton Johnson, is an American former professional football defensive back who played four seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Las Vegas Sting, Anaheim Piranhas, and Albany Firebirds. He played college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was a two-time first-team All-Big West selection. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 10:10 | Livingstone Luboobi (Ugandan Academic) | Livingstone Sserwadda Luboobi (1944–2025) was a Ugandan mathematician and academic administrator. He served as Vice Chancellor of Makerere University from 2004 to 2009 and was a professor of Biomathematics at the same institution, where he began his academic career in the 1970s. He also held an adjunct professorship at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology between 2013 and 2017. | Ibjaja055 (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 17:54 | Jingtai Emperor's change of heirs apparent (Political development in Ming China (1452)) | The change of heirs apparent of 1452 was a significant political event in the Ming dynasty during the Jingtai Emperor's reign. After seizing the throne from Emperor Yingzong, who had been captured by the Mongols during the Tumu Crisis, the Jingtai Emperor, with the assistance of officials such as Yu Qian, successfully defended Beijing and brought back Emperor Yingzong, placing him under house arrest in the Southern Palace to prevent his return to power. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 20:33 | Joe Adams (quarterback) (American gridiron football player (born 1958)) | Joe "747" Adams (born April 5, 1958) is an American former football quarterback. He played college football at Tennessee State University, where he set the NCAA record for career touchdown passes and was a Black college national champion. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 12th round of the 1981 NFL draft, but never signed with them. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-24 05:48 | Mukund Varadarajan (Indian Army Ashok Chakra recipient (1983–2014)) | Mukund Varadarajan, AC (12 April 1983 – 25 April 2014) was a commissioned officer in the Indian Army's Rajput Regiment. He was killed in action during a counter terrorism operation while on deputation to the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir. He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime decoration, for his actions. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2025-07-24 15:33 | Brian Hall (American football) (American football player) | Brian Hall (born 1953 or 1954) is an American former college football placekicker who played for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He kicked with a prosthetic leg. At the age of 14, his foot was amputated after an accident on his family's ranch. Hall joined his high school football team as a placekicker, and later walked-on to Texas Tech University to play college football for the Red Raiders. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 02:57 | Robert Stewart (lineman) (American football player (1967–2022)) | Robert Stewart (April 12, 1967 – June 4, 2022) was an American professional football lineman who played eleven seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Charlotte Rage, New Jersey Red Dogs, New York Dragons, Arizona Rattlers, and Carolina Cobras. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he spent time at three different positions and was named an Associated Press second-team All-American. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 12:08 | Herbert Morrison (journalist) (American journalist (1905–1989)) | Herbert "Herb" Morrison (May 14, 1905 – January 10, 1989) was an American journalist who reported on the Hindenburg disaster. His dramatic reaction to the airship's fiery collapse, later broadcast by NBC, has since become a lasting symbol of the tragedy and is regarded as one of the most famous radio broadcasts in history. | DannyRogers800 (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 05:24 | Calvin Spears (American football player (born 1980)) | Calvin Spears (born August 8, 1980) is an American former football defensive back. He played college football at Grambling State University, where he was a four-time All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) selection, a two-time All-American, a two-time Black college football national champion, and a two-time SWAC javelin throwing champion. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| [Failed to parse] | Marko Matijević Sekul (Croatian musician) | Marko Matijević Sekul (born 20 February 1987) is a Croatian musician, songwriter, and music producer. Though he is best known as the vocalist for the Croatian folk metal band Manntra, Sekul has been involved in a number of music projects both on stage and behind the scenes, winning several awards in the process. | [Failed to parse] |
Culture/Biography/Women
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| 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 |
| 2025-02-26 08:04 | Bonnie Blue (actress) (English pornographic actress (born 1999)) | Tia Billinger (born 1998 or 1999), known professionally as Bonnie Blue, is an English pornographic film actress. In 2025, she claimed to have had sex with 1,057 men in a single day in an attempt to set a world record. Blue has attracted controversy for filming sexual content with university students and making comments about sex with married men. | Launchballer |
| 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). | Cielquiparle (talk) |
| 2025-04-13 04:24 | Dianna Cowern (American science educator and YouTuber) | Dianna Cowern (born May 4, 1989) is an American science communicator and physicist, who has run the YouTube channel Physics Girl since its 2011 inception. Her videos explain physical phenomena in everyday life, using an informal, fast-paced style. The series was produced in partnership with the PBS Digital Studios from 2015 until 2020. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-22 04:06 | Believe in Magic (British defunct charity) | Believe in Magic was a British charity founded in 2012 that aimed to relieve the needs of children in the United Kingdom suffering from severe or terminal illnesses. It was founded by 16-year-old Megan Bhari, who claimed to have been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years previously. The charity gained prominence after it was supported by several celebrities, most notably British-Irish boy band One Direction. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-05-11 13:50 | Elvia Carrillo Puerto (Mexican politician and feminist (1881–1965)) | Elvia Carrillo Puerto (30 January 1881 – 18 April 1965) was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist. She is known for founding the Liga Feminista Rita Cetina Gutiérrez and for helping to organize the Frente Único pro Derechos de la Mujer, both significant feminist organizations. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-05-13 07:11 | Bofrost Cup on Ice (International figure skating competition) | The Bofrost Cup on Ice was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the German Ice Skating Union (German: Deutsche Eislauf-Union). The first iteration was held in 1986 in Frankfurt. When the ISU launched the Champions Series (later renamed the Grand Prix Series) in 1995, the German competition – then called the Nations Cup – was one of the five qualifying events. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-13 23:52 | Christine Schenk (American Catholic nun (born 1949)) | Christine Schenk (born January 20, 1946) is an American Roman Catholic nun and author. She is the founding director of FutureChurch, an international group of Catholics affiliated with parishes focusing on full lay participation in the life of the Church, from which she stepped down in 2013. Among other books, she is the author of Crispina and Her Sisters: Women and Authority in Early Christianity (Fortress 2017). | Oh-Fortuna! (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 01:21 | Laura LeRoy Travis (American tennis player and coach (born 1960s)) | Laura LeRoy Travis (born 1966 or 1967) is an American former tennis player and coach. After being a Delaware state champion in high school, she played in college at the University of Delaware (UD) and was a three-time East Coast Conference (ECC) singles champion, as well as a one-time ECC doubles champion. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-05-16 21:37 | 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard (International figure skating competition) | The 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the French Federation of Ice Sports (French: Fédération française des sports de glace), and the fourth event of the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-17 07:19 | Fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales (Overview of the fashion and style of Catherine, Princess of Wales) | The fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has had a substantial impact on the clothing industry ever since the public revelation of her relationship with Prince William in 2002. Often praised for her elegant and accessible style, she has become a prominent fashion icon, frequently featured in best-dressed lists of magazines such as Vanity Fair and Tatler. | MSincccc (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 05:52 | Charley Hull (English professional golfer (born 1996)) | Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 11:52 | First Feminist Congress of Yucatán (1916 conference in Mérida, Mexico) | The First Feminist Congress of Yucatán (Spanish: Primer Congreso Feminista de Yucatán) was a conference that took place from 13 to 16 January 1916 at the Peón Contreras Theater in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The congress brought together 620 delegates, primarily teachers, to discuss and propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 16:07 | May Mailman (American political advisor (born 1988)) | Sylvia May Mailman (née Davis; born June 4, 1988) is an American political advisor and attorney who has served as deputy assistant to the president and senior policy strategist since 2025. Mailman served as the deputy solicitor general of Ohio from 2021 to 2023. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-29 14:32 | Jane Madders (British physiotherapist and author) | Jane Madders (née Solkhon; c. 1909–1990) was a British physiotherapist, health educator and author known for her expertise in relaxation techniques. After receiving training in physical relaxation during the late 1920s, Madders developed an interest in using her skills to assist pregnant women; she taught relaxation skills at antenatal classes and midwife courses, and published a book of exercises for women in 1955. | Alanna the Brave (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 22:18 | Juventus FC (women) (Women's association football club from Italy) | Juventus Football Club (from Latin: iuventūs, 'youth'; ), known for commercial purposes as Juventus Women or simply Juve Women, is a women's football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It was established in 2017 as the women's section of the homonymous club, following an acquisition of Cuneo's sporting licence. | Wikipediæ philosophia (talk), Nehme1499 (talk) |
| 2025-06-08 22:32 | The Center Cannot Hold (book) (2007 book by Elyn Saks) | The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness is a 2007 memoir by USC Gould School of Law professor Elyn Saks. Originally published by Hyperion Books, the book recounts Saks's experiences with schizophrenia, beginning in childhood and continuing through her academic and professional career. While attending Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship, Saks was admitted to Warneford Hospital, where she burnt herself and wandered underground tunnels. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-06-17 23:14 | Liatu King (American basketball player (born 2002)) | Liatu King (born February 10, 2002) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. She played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. King was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the third round of the 2025 WNBA draft. | OceanGunfish (talk) |
| 2025-06-27 11:10 | Hilda Bull (Australian public health physician (1886–1953)) | Hilda Bull (1886–1953), also known by her married names Hilda Esson and Hilda Dale, was an Australian public health physician and amateur actress and theatre director. She studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and worked as a doctor in London examining new army recruits during the First World War, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel in the British medical service and eventually being appointed medical superintendent for the London district. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-06-29 07:02 | Jimena Fernández de la Vega (Spanish physician and researcher) | Jimena Fernández de la Vega y Lombán (June 3 1895 – May 20 1984) was a Spanish doctor, geneticist, professor, and one of the first women to obtain a doctorate in medicine from a university in Galicia. She specialized in medical genetics and worked closely with the prominent Spanish scientists such as Roberto Nóvoa Santos, Gustavo Pittaluga, and Gregorio Marañón. | WeWake (talk) |
| 2025-06-29 12:57 | Emma Finucane (British cyclist (born 2002)) | Emma Finucane (born 22 December 2002) is a Welsh track cyclist. She is an Olympic champion in the team sprint, a two-time world champion in the sprint, and a world and European champion in the team sprint. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she became the first British woman to win three gold medals at a single games since Mary Rand in 1964. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 02:22 | My Schizophrenic Life (2010 book by Sandra Yuen MacKay) | My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness is a 2010 memoir by Canadian artist Sandra Yuen MacKay. Published by Bridgeross Communications, the book is a first-person retelling of MacKay's life, especially after her early diagnosis with paranoid schizophrenia. Later diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, MacKay recounts her childhood, going to university, occupational history, marriage, her art, and hallucinations and hospitalizations as a result of her mental illness. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 11:46 | Elinor Barker (Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)) | Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Uno-X Mobility. As a track cyclist, she is an Olympic champion in the team pursuit and a world champion in the team pursuit, madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-07 05:06 | Josette Frank (American children's literature expert (1893–1989)) | Josette Frank (March 27, 1893 – September 9, 1989) was an American children's literature expert and educational consultant. Frank spent most of her adult life working for the Child Study Association of America (CSAA), a leading authority on child development from the 1920s to the 1960s. Frank was engaged as the CSAA's child reading expert and published a parental literary guide titled What Books For Children? in 1937, with a new edition in 1941. | Etzedek24 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-07-10 22:39 | Tonya Harding (American former sportswoman (born 1970)) | Tonya Maxene Price (née Harding; born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater and boxer, and reality television personality. | Hammelsmith (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 08:36 | Jade Jones (taekwondo) (Welsh taekwondo athlete (born 1993)) | Jade Louise Jones OBE (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete, who is now training as a boxer. As a Taekwondo competitor in the –57kg category, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist (2012, 2016), a one-time world champion (2019), and a three-time European champion (2016, 2018, 2021). | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 18:02 | N. Katherine Hayles (American literary critic) | Nancy Katherine Hayles (born 1943) is an American literary critic, most notable for her contribution to the fields of literature and science, electronic literature, and American literature. Sam Horner terms her an influential voice for studies with human interactions with technology. Her scholarship primarily focuses on the "relations between science, literature, and technology". | LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) |
| 2025-07-13 04:26 | Valerie Pedro (Palauan weightlifter (1976–2007)) | Valeria Rapatamor "Valerie" Pedro (16 November 1976 – 25 March 2007) was a Palauan weightlifter. During her early international career, she won medals at the 1999 South Pacific Games and the 2000 Oceanian Weightlifting Championships. Upon receiving a wild card quota from the International Olympic Committee, she would compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics as the first woman to compete for Palau at an Olympic Games. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 22:13 | Elizabeth Gunning (writer) (English novelist and translator of French (1769–1823)) | Elizabeth Gunning (1769–1823) was a novelist and translator of French into English. In the 1790s, she was the subject of a pamphlet war related to a rumoured relationship with Lord Blandford. Gunning and her mother were accused of creating a series of forged letters, purportedly by Blandford and his father, the duke of Marlborough, which were published as evidence that Blandford had proposed marriage to Gunning. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 01:48 | Abortion in Eswatini | In Eswatini, abortion is a criminal offence except on the grounds of pregnancy from rape or incest, risk to life or health, or fetal defects. Providing or receiving an illegal abortion is punishable by life imprisonment. This abortion law is from the 2005 Constitution of Eswatini, before which abortion was permitted only if the pregnancy was life-threatening. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-07-19 04:38 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in China (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in China is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Figure Skating Association (Chinese: 中国花样滑冰协会). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 15:30 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Hungary (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Hungary is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by th Hungarian Skating Federation (Hungarian: Magyar Országos Korcsolyázó Szövetség). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:15 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:42 | 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by British Ice Skating, and the fourth event of the 2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It was held at IceSheffield in Sheffield, England, in the United Kingdom, from 11 to 13 November 2022. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:45 | Tallinn Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The Tallinn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted in Tallinn, Estonia, by the Estonian Skating Union (Estonian: Eesti Uisuliit). It debuted in 2002 as a regional competition before expanding as an international event in 2011 and joining the ISU Challenger Series in 2015. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:46 | U.S. International Figure Skating Classic (International figure skating competition) | The U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The competition debuted in 2012 in Salt Lake City, and when the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the U.S. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-21 03:49 | 2023 Taiwanese anti-Indian migrant worker protest (Protest in Taiwan) | On 3 December 2024, 100 individuals took part in a protest named 守護民主台灣大遊行 123別印來 (lit. 'A Great Protest of Protecting Taiwan: 123 Don't Come In') in Taiwan, which called for a halt to the importation of Indian migrant workers. The protest took place during the discussion of a memorandum of understanding between Taiwan and India, which would allow Taiwan to import Indian migrant workers to address the labour shortage in Taiwan caused by its ageing population. | Saimmx (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 08:56 | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (French mezzo-soprano (1963–2025)) | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (28 December 1963 – 19 July 2025) was a French mezzo-soprano. Her signature role was Bizet's Carmen, performed first in 1993 at the Opéra Bastille and then at leading opera houses especially in France, but also at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and La Scala in Milan. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
Culture/Media
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| 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 🍁 |
| 2025-01-07 17:56 | Eurovision Song Contest 1961 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1961, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision 1961 de la Chanson Européenne (English: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1961), was the 6th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1961 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France, and presented by Jacqueline Joubert. | Sims2aholic8 (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) |
| 2025-01-28 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) |
| 2025-02-07 22:50 | Taedong kongbo (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) |
| 2025-02-09 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 09:23 | Louis Tomlinson (English singer (born 1991)) | Louis William Tomlinson (born 24 December 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. 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 were placed into a group which became the British-Irish band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. | jolielover♥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) |
| 2025-02-16 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) |
| 2025-02-16 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) |
| 2025-02-18 04:37 | Sam Matlock (British musician) | Sam James Matlock (born 16 March 1993) is an English 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 |
| 2025-02-23 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) |
| 2025-02-26 08:04 | Bonnie Blue (actress) (English pornographic actress (born 1999)) | Tia Billinger (born 1998 or 1999), known professionally as Bonnie Blue, is an English pornographic film actress. In 2025, she claimed to have had sex with 1,057 men in a single day in an attempt to set a world record. Blue has attracted controversy for filming sexual content with university students and making comments about sex with married men. | Launchballer |
| 2025-03-02 16:59 | Grupo Frontera political controversy (2025 American political controversy) | The American regional Mexican band Grupo Frontera has been involved in a controversy due to an alleged endorsement of the politician and current United States president Donald Trump since early 2025, after a video of one of the vocalists' relatives performing a "Trump dance" to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A." went viral. | Santi (talk) |
| 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. It was released on 15 December 2023 through Atomic Records and Indica Entertainment. "Zorra" 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) |
| 2025-03-16 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) |
| 2025-03-29 17:07 | Rory Gibson (American actor) | Rory Gibson (born November 22, 1995) is an American actor. Born and raised in Southern California, Gibson moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Since 2018, Gibson has appeared in several films and short films, including A Night to Regret, Grace, Twisted Twin, Severed Road and Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 00:57 | Lace tells (Rhyming chants used to aid lacemaking) | Lace tells were catchy rhymes chanted to the rhythm of bobbin lace manufacture in lace schools and workshops in Flanders, the English East Midlands, and the Saxon Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge). Tells helped lacemakers to count stitches, maintain a steady rhythm, and stay awake and focused. Lace tells were also used in lacemaking schools in order to increase the speed of work and to teach discipline and lace skills to children—including basic numeracy. | ꧁Zanahary꧂ |
| 2025-04-08 16:39 | Simon Boas (British aid worker (1977–2024)) | Simon Charles Boas (6 July 1977 – 15 July 2024) was a British aid worker who worked for development charities and the United Nations (UN). His inspirational writings about his terminal illness diagnosis were featured in British national newspapers and on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. | Curb Safe Charmer (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 20:44 | Choquei (Brazilian Instagram and Twitter account) | Choquei is a social media account on Instagram and Twitter operated by Brazilian Raphael Sousa Oliveira since 2014. Initially focused on entertainment news and gossip, the account became notorious for covering real-world news starting in 2022. In February of that year, it began reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but faced criticism for sharing unverified information and fake news. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-28 02:34 | Blink Twice (Bini song) (2025 single by Bini) | "Blink Twice" is a song by the Filipino girl group Bini. It was released on February 13, 2025, by Star Music as the second pre-single for the second extended play Biniverse. The song was produced by Mr. Franks, Glitch, Oneye, and Leather Jacket, with Amanda Ratchford credited as a songwriter. "Blink Twice" is a pop and R&B track that explores the theme of a woman taking the first move in a romantic relationship while looking for a sign that her feelings are reciprocated. | ROY is WAR Talk! |
| 2025-04-29 01:32 | Sophie Rain (American Internet personality) | Sophie Rain (born September 22, 2004) is an American Internet personality. Following her dismissal from a waitressing job, she set up a solo OnlyFans account. She went viral in late 2024 after announcing her earnings on the platform. In December 2024, she co-founded Bop House, which was compared to The Hype House and the Playboy Mansion. | Launchballer |
| 2025-05-04 17:22 | Higher (Taio Cruz song) (2010 single by Taio Cruz) | "Higher" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Taio Cruz, which he co-wrote and co-produced with Sandy Vee. Although initially conceived for Kylie Minogue's 2010 album Aphrodite, the track was ultimately not included. Cruz recorded a solo version of "Higher" for a revised US edition of his second studio album, Rokstarr (2010). | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-05-05 09:39 | Elegies (film) (2023 Hong Kong film by Ann Hui) | Elegies (Chinese: 詩) is a 2023 Hong Kong documentary film directed by Ann Hui. Produced by PicaPica Media and distributed by Golden Scene, the film features interviews with various Hong Kong poets, most notably Huang Canran and Liu Wai-tong, along with footage of the late Xi Xi and Leung Ping-kwan. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-07 14:29 | Mo Tzu-yi (Taiwanese actor (born 1981)) | Morning Mo Tzu-yi (Chinese: 莫子儀; born 23 June 1981) is a Taiwanese actor. He debuted as a stage actor and began his on-screen career in 2005, starring in the films The Most Distant Course (2007) and A Place of One's Own (2009). He expanded his career internationally with the multinational film Snowfall in Taipei (2010) and the Australian-Singaporean film Canopy (2013), and also co-wrote and starred as Lu Ho-jo in the autobiographical drama {{ill| ... | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-15 00:21 | Barron Trump (Son of Donald Trump (born 2006)) | Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006) is the fifth and youngest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, his only child with his third wife, Melania Trump, which makes him a member of the First Family of the United States. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-18 21:40 | Gunbuster (Japanese original video animation series) | Gunbuster, known in Japan as Top o Nerae! (トップをねらえ!, Toppu o Nerae!; Aim for the Top!), is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the creator and director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. | Z. Patterson (talk) |
| 2025-05-22 02:34 | Eureka (Gen Hoshino song) (2025 single by Gen Hoshino) | "Eureka" is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino from his sixth studio album, Gen (2025). It was released digitally by Speedstar Records on January 28, 2025, as the seventh and last single from the album. As the theme song for the medical drama Diary of a Surgical Resident: Madoka (2025), Hoshino wrote and produced the track, which takes inspiration from the quiet storm genre and was composed largely within a day. | IanTEB (talk) |
| 2025-05-22 14:56 | Kelsey Wang (Chinese and American actress) | Kelsey Wang (born December 29) is a Chinese-American actress. Wang portrayed the recurring role of Daisy Kwan in the soap opera General Hospital from 2018 to 2020. Wang was then cast as Allie Nguyen in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, appearing in the role from 2022 to 2023. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 01:57 | Nick McKenzie (Australian investigative journalist) | Nick McKenzie is an Australian investigative journalist. He has won twenty Walkley Awards, been named twice as Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, and received the Kennedy Award for Journalist of the Year in 2020 and 2022.. He is the president of the Melbourne Press Club. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2025-05-28 19:08 | Daniel H. Overmyer (American businessman (1924–2012)) | Daniel Harrison Overmyer (December 6, 1924 – July 24, 2012) was an American businessman, warehouse mogul, and television broadcaster. During the height of his career, Overmyer was referred to as "the king of warehousing". | Nathan Obral • he/him/🦝 • t • c • |
| 2025-05-29 05:56 | WBNX-TV (Television station in Akron, Ohio) | WBNX-TV (channel 55) is an independent television station licensed to Akron, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland market. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Fox affiliate WJW (channel 8). The two stations share studios on Dick Goddard Way northeast of downtown Cleveland; WBNX-TV's transmitter is located in suburban Parma, Ohio. | Nathan Obral • he/him/🦝 • t • c • |
| 2025-06-03 08:35 | Yundi (Chinese pianist (born 1982)) | Yundi Li (simplified Chinese: 李云迪; traditional Chinese: 李雲迪; pinyin: Lǐ Yúndí; born 7 October 1982), also known simply as Yundi (stylized as YUNDI), is a Chinese classical concert pianist. Yundi is considered one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of Chopin and is also especially known for his interpretations of Liszt and Prokofiev. | EleniXDD※Talk |
| 2025-06-05 22:46 | New Day Will Rise (2025 single by Yuval Raphael) | "New Day Will Rise" is the debut single by Israeli singer Yuval Raphael. It was written by Keren Peles and produced by Tomer Biran. It was released on 9 March 2025 through Tedy Productions. The song represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, where it finished second with 357 points. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-06-06 10:06 | Joachim–Ma Stradivarius | The Joachim–Ma Stradivarius is a violin made by the celebrated luthier Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy in 1714 – during his "Golden Period" – and named for two of its most famous owners, Hungarian virtuoso Joseph Joachim (1831–1907) and Chinese violinist and pedagogue Si-Hon Ma. | Ohc revolution of our times |
| 2025-06-10 12:33 | Tony Felloni (Irish career criminal (1943–2024)) | Anthony Felloni (born Anthony Carroll, 1943 – 22 April 2024) was an Irish heroin dealer, pimp, and career criminal. Dubbed "King Scum" by media sources, Felloni became a hated figure in the 1980s and 1990s, blamed for "flooding" Dublin with heroin and creating the city's first generation of heroin addicts. | ser! (chat to me - see my edits) |
| 2025-06-12 14:47 | Hashi Mohamed (British barrister (born 1983)) | Hashi Mohamed (born September 1983) is a British barrister and journalist. A lifetime member of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn since 2010, he is also an author of two books, and has written for publications including The Guardian, The Times, and the Financial Times. He currently works for Landmark Chambers, as well as acting as the Chair of Coin Street's Secondary Housing Co-operative Housing Association since 2023. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-06-13 01:16 | Kim Woojin (South Korean singer (born 1997)) | Kim Woojin (Korean: 김우진; born April 8, 1997) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a former member of the boy group Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. After leaving the group in late 2019, Kim debuted as a soloist in 2021 with the release of his first extended play (EP) The Moment: A Minor. | RachelTensions (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 12:30 | Suzette Quintanilla (CEO of Q-Productions) | Suzette Michele Quintanilla-Arriaga (born June 29, 1967) is an American business executive who is the current chief executive officer of Q-Productions. Suzette began her musical career as the drummer for Selena y Los Dinos, a Tejano band that featured her elder brother, A.B. Quintanilla, on bass guitar and her younger sister, Selena, as the lead vocalist. | – jona ✉ |
| 2025-06-19 05:01 | Blurred Lines (2013 single by Robin Thicke) | "Blurred Lines" is a song by American singer Robin Thicke featuring American rapper T.I. and American musician Pharrell Williams from Thicke's sixth studio album of the same name (2013). Solely produced by Williams, it was released as the album's lead single in 2013, through Star Trak Recordings and Interscope Records. | Shoot for the Stars (talk) |
| 2025-06-19 07:09 | Katseye (Los Angeles-based girl group) | Katseye (pronounced "cat's eye"; stylized in all caps) is a girl group based in Los Angeles, United States. The group is composed of six members: Daniela, Lara, Manon, Megan, Sophia, and Yoonchae. With members from the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States, Katseye is often described as a "global girl group". | orangesclub 🍊 |
| 2025-06-20 03:00 | Millat Times (Indian digital news platform) | Millat Times is an Indian digital news platform that publishes news and analysis in Urdu, Hindi, and English. Founded in 2016 by journalist Shams Tabrez Qasmi, it is headquartered in New Delhi. The platform covers a wide range of topics, including politics, social issues, minority rights, and international affairs. | Khaatir (talk) 03:00, 20 June 2025 (UTC) |
| 2025-06-20 21:47 | Gary England (American meteorologist (1939–2025)) | Gary Alan England (October 3, 1939 – June 10, 2025) was an American meteorologist based in Oklahoma. He became the chief meteorologist for KWTV-DT (channel 9), the CBS-affiliated television station in Oklahoma City, after he began working there in 1972. England was the first on-air meteorologist to alert his viewers of a possible tornado using a commercial Doppler weather radar. | ~ Tails Wx |
| 2025-06-21 21:18 | Aurora (singer) (Norwegian singer (born 1996)) | Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylized in all capital letters), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Stavanger and raised in Høle and Os, she started writing songs and learning dance at age six. Her ethereal soundscapes brought her widespread acclaim, earning her the nickname "Fairy of Pop".{{#tag:ref|Aurora has been referred to as "Fairy of Pop" or "Fadinha do Pop" (in Portuguese) by various p ... | Bloodinthewine (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 12:28 | Arielle Prepetit (American actress) | Arielle Prepetit is an American actress, dancer and singer. She has performed in shows at Walt Disney World and in productions such as adaptations of Flashdance The Musical and Legally Blonde: The Musical. She has also acted in various films and short films, such as The System (2022) and About My Father (2023), and made guest appearances in television series such as BMF and Found. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-29 13:24 | Whistle (Kylie Minogue and múm song) (2013 promotional single) | "Whistle" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and Icelandic band Múm. Band members Gunnar Örn Tynes and Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason composed the track for the 2012 film Jack & Diane, in which Minogue also had an acting role. The composers developed the song for Minogue, following the director's request to create a song for a club sequence. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-07-02 01:47 | 2014 Isla Vista killings (Terrorist attack in California, U.S.) | Two misogynistic terrorist attacks occurred in Isla Vista, California, United States on the evening of May 23, 2014. 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle-ramming near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) before fatally shooting himself. | Shoot for the Stars (talk) |
| 2025-07-02 21:18 | Voyage to the Blue Planet (2024 concert tour by Weezer) | Voyage to the Blue Planet was a concert tour by American rock band Weezer that took place in 2024. The tour was held in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the band's self-titled debut studio album (commonly known as the Blue Album). The tour, which saw The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. serve as opening acts, took place in North America and consisted of 24 shows, with 22 in the United States and two in Canada. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 16:58 | KONG (TV) (Television station in Everett, Washington) | KONG (channel 16) is an independent television station licensed to Everett, Washington, United States, serving the Seattle area. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside NBC affiliate KING-TV (channel 5). The two stations share studios at the Home Plate Center in the SoDo district of Seattle; KONG's transmitter is located in the city's Queen Anne neighborhood. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:58 | KRNV-DT (Television station in Reno, Nevada) | KRNV-DT (channel 4) is a television station in Reno, Nevada, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Fox affiliate KRXI-TV (channel 11), for the provision of certain services. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | KSNB-TV (Television station in York, Nebraska) | KSNB-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to York, Nebraska, United States, serving southeastern and central Nebraska as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside CBS affiliates KOLN/KGIN (channels 10 and 11) in Lincoln and Grand Island, and CW+ affiliate KCWH-LD (channel 18) in Lincoln. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | WKMG-TV (Television station in Orlando, Florida) | WKMG-TV (channel 6) is a television station in Orlando, Florida, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Graham Media Group. The station's studios are located on John Young Parkway (SR 423) in Orlando, and its transmitter is located on Brown Road near Christmas, Florida. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WSKG-TV (Television station in Binghamton, New York) | WSKG-TV (channel 46) is a PBS member television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, serving New York's Southern Tier. It is owned by the WSKG Public Telecommunications Council alongside NPR members WSKG-FM (89.3) and WSQX-FM (91.5). The three stations share studios on Gates Road in Vestal, New York; WSKG-TV's transmitter is located on Ingraham Hill in the town of Binghamton. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WPPX-TV (Television station in Wilmington, Delaware) | WPPX-TV (channel 61) is a television station licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Philadelphia area. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company and maintains offices on Main Street in Manayunk, with a transmitter in Roxborough, both sections of Philadelphia. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WVNY (Television station in Burlington, Vermont) | WVNY (channel 22) is a television station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, United States, serving the Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York market as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of Burlington Fox affiliate WFFF-TV (channel 44), for the provision of certain services. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WYFF (Television station in Greenville, South Carolina) | WYFF (channel 4) is a television station in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, serving Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on Rutherford Street (west of US 276) in northwest Greenville, and its transmitter is located near Caesars Head State Park in northwestern Greenville County. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-10 18:05 | Social media use by Azealia Banks | The usage of social media platforms by Azealia Banks has generated both controversy and publicity for the American singer and rapper, with Complex stating that Banks receives "more attention for her public feuds than she does for her music". Banks has come to be associated with her online behavior largely contentious interactions with other famous figures. | 1dagsvlieg (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 19:28 | Eurovision Song Contest 1973 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 7 April 1973 at the Nouveau Théâtre in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, and presented by Helga Guitton. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), who staged the event after winning the 1972 contest for Luxembourg with the song "Après toi" by Vicky Leandros. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 02:41 | Emos vs. Punks (2008 confrontations between emos and punks and other subcultures in Mexico) | Emos vs. Punks were multiple confrontations that occurred in 2008 in Mexico between emos and anti-emo groups (mainly punks). | (CC) Tbhotch™ |
| 2025-07-14 15:21 | Lucid (Aṣa album) (2019 studio album by Aṣa) | Lucid is the fourth studio album by French-Nigerian singer Aṣa, released on October 11, 2019, via Chapter Two Records and Wagram Music. Labeled a soul, folk, and rock album, Lucid incorporates elements of funk, folk rock, jazz, reggae and neo-soul. Drummer Marlon B was largely in charge of the production. | Versace1608 Wanna Talk? |
| 2025-07-17 21:16 | Die Antwoord (South African hip hop duo) | Die Antwoord (Afrikaans for 'The Answer') is a South African hip hop duo formed in Cape Town in 2008. The duo consists of rappers Ninja and Yolandi Visser (also spelled Yo-Landi Visser and stylized as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er). Their music, a fusion of hip hop with rave music, is frequently produced by DJ Hi-Tek, also known as God, and performed in both English and Afrikaans. | benǝʇᴉɯ |
| 2025-07-20 04:13 | The Eras Tour (2023–2024 concert tour by Taylor Swift) | The Eras Tour was the sixth concert tour by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It began in Glendale, Arizona, United States, on March 17, 2023, and concluded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on December 8, 2024. Spanning 149 shows in 51 cities across five continents, the Eras Tour had a large cultural and socioeconomic impact. | OfTheUsername (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 14:14 | LIV (nightclub) (Nightclub in Miami Beach and Las Vegas) | LIV is a nightclub located in both the Fontainebleau Miami Beach and the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, with the latter of the two also hosting a dayclub named LIV Beach. Founded in 2008 in Miami Beach by David Grutman, the club has been compared to a present-day incarnation of New York City's Studio 54. The club attained its name from the Roman numerals for the number 54, named for the opening year of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach as well as being a reference to Studio 54. | InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) |
| 2025-07-25 12:08 | Herbert Morrison (journalist) (American journalist (1905–1989)) | Herbert "Herb" Morrison (May 14, 1905 – January 10, 1989) was an American journalist who reported on the Hindenburg disaster. His dramatic reaction to the airship's fiery collapse, later broadcast by NBC, has since become a lasting symbol of the tragedy and is regarded as one of the most famous radio broadcasts in history. | DannyRogers800 (talk) |
| [Failed to parse] | Marko Matijević Sekul (Croatian musician) | Marko Matijević Sekul (born 20 February 1987) is a Croatian musician, songwriter, and music producer. Though he is best known as the vocalist for the Croatian folk metal band Manntra, Sekul has been involved in a number of music projects both on stage and behind the scenes, winning several awards in the process. | [Failed to parse] |
Culture/Media/Books
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| 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 |
| 2025-01-29 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) |
| 2025-02-05 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) |
| 2025-03-27 10:58 | William Morris's influence on Tolkien (Literary influence) | William Morris's influence on J. R. R. Tolkien was substantial. From an early age, Tolkien bought many of Morris's books, including his fantasies, poetry, and translations. Both men liked the Norse sagas, disliked mechanisation, and wrote fantasy books which they illustrated themselves. On the other hand, Morris was a socialist and atheist, while Tolkien was a Catholic. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 08:41 | Dreams and visions in Middle-earth (Literary theme) | J. R. R. Tolkien repeatedly uses dreams and visions in his Middle-earth writings to create literary effects, allowing the narrative to transition between everyday reality and awareness of other kinds of existence. He follows the conventions of the dream vision in early medieval literature, and the tradition of English visionary writing of Edmund Spenser and John Milton. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 08:30 | Tolkien and Edwardian adventure stories (Literary theme) | The philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien enjoyed Edwardian adventure stories by authors such as John Buchan and H. Rider Haggard as a boy, and made use of their structure and motifs in his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 15:43 | Series fiction (A collection of related stories featuring similar narrative elements) | Series fiction refers to a group of independently published works of fiction that are related to one another, usually through similar elements of setting and characters. A common example of series fiction is a book series. Series fiction spans a wide range of genres, and is particularly common in adventure, mystery, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-25 15:32 | The Rector of Justin (1964 novel by Louis Auchincloss) | The Rector of Justin is a 1964 psychological fiction novel by Louis Auchincloss about the headmaster (or "rector") of a socially exclusive American boarding school. Over the decades, various narrators provide contrasting perspectives on rector Francis Prescott's charismatic personality and autocratic leadership style. | Namelessposter (talk) |
| 2025-05-10 08:54 | Glossa ordinaria (Accursius) (Collection of annotations to the Corpus Iuris Civilis by Accursius) | The Glossa ordinaria (also known as Glossa magna, Glossa magistralis and Glossa accursiana) is a collection of 96,940 marginal annotations (glossa marginalis) in Latin by the Italian jurist Accursius (c. 1181/1185–1259/1263) on the Corpus Iuris Civilis, a collection of Roman law by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). | WatkynBassett (talk) |
| 2025-06-08 22:32 | The Center Cannot Hold (book) (2007 book by Elyn Saks) | The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness is a 2007 memoir by USC Gould School of Law professor Elyn Saks. Originally published by Hyperion Books, the book recounts Saks's experiences with schizophrenia, beginning in childhood and continuing through her academic and professional career. While attending Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship, Saks was admitted to Warneford Hospital, where she burnt herself and wandered underground tunnels. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-06-14 11:53 | Yogasopana Purvachatushka (First hatha yoga manual with halftone illustrations) | The Yogasopana Purvachatushka (Marathi: योगसोपान पूर्वचतुष्क (in Devanagari script)) or Stairway to Yoga is a 1905 book in Marathi on hatha yoga by Yogi Narayana Ghamande. It describes and illustrates 37 asanas including Matsyendrasana and Sarvangasana, along with mudras such as Viparita Karani. It was the first and probably the only textbook on yoga to be illustrated with halftone plates. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 02:22 | My Schizophrenic Life (2010 book by Sandra Yuen MacKay) | My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness is a 2010 memoir by Canadian artist Sandra Yuen MacKay. Published by Bridgeross Communications, the book is a first-person retelling of MacKay's life, especially after her early diagnosis with paranoid schizophrenia. Later diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, MacKay recounts her childhood, going to university, occupational history, marriage, her art, and hallucinations and hospitalizations as a result of her mental illness. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 20:25 | The Republic of Nothing (1994 novel by Lesley Choyce) | The Republic of Nothing is a novel by Lesley Choyce, published in 1994 by Goose Lane Editions. Set on the fictional Whalebone Island off the coast of Nova Scotia, the novel follows the coming-of-age story of Ian McQuade and his experiences with his eccentric family and island residents over the course of roughly 30 years. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 12:06 | Editorial framing of The Lord of the Rings (Literary analysis) | J. R. R. Tolkien decided to increase the reader's feeling that the story in his 1954–55 book The Lord of the Rings was real, by framing the main text with an elaborate editorial apparatus that extends and comments upon it. This material, mainly in the book's appendices, effectively includes a fictional editorial figure much like himself who is interested in philology, and who says he is translating a manuscript which has somehow come into his hands, having somehow survived the thousands of years since the Third Age. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 12:09 | Tolkien and the Invention of Myth (Scholarly book) | Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader is a 2004 collection of scholarly essays on J. R. R. Tolkien's writings on Middle-earth, edited by Jane Chance. It has been warmly welcomed by critics, though some of the student contributions are less useful than the revised journal articles, conference papers and lectures by the more experienced essayists, who include the established Tolkien scholars Marjorie Burns, Michael D. C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger, Gergely Nagy, Tom Shippey, and Richard C. West. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 08:59 | Hell and Middle-earth (Theme in Tolkien's writings) | Scholars have seen multiple resemblances between the medieval Christian conception of hell and evil places in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth. These include the industrial hells of Saruman's Isengard with its underground furnaces and labouring Orcs; the dark tunnels of Moria; Sauron's evil land of Mordor; and Morgoth's subterranean fortress of Angband. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 09:00 | Divination in The Lord of the Rings (Literary theme) | Divination, the attempt to foretell future events, appears in J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings mainly in the form of the use of a Palantír or of the Mirror of Galadriel. In the novel, Tolkien appears skeptical of the value of divination, seeing the process as dangerous and likely to lead to mistaken actions. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 20:59 | The Day the Voices Stopped (2001 book by Ken Steele and Claire Berman) | The Day the Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey From Madness To Hope is a 2001 posthumous memoir by Ken Steele and Claire Berman about Steele's life with schizophrenia and his recovery after the invention of risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic. Published by Basic Books, The Day the Voices Stopped follows Steele as he moves from his hometown to New York City and eventually becomes a gay prostitute. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 21:31 | The Packet (novel) (1794 novel by Elizabeth Gunning) | The Packet (1794) is a novel by Elizabeth Gunning. The plot focuses on the virtuous aristocratic Montreville family, and the malicious schemes of Sir Thomas Montreville's cousin Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson imprisons Sir Thomas's kindhearted daughter Adelaide in a plot for her son to inherit a fortune, but the local parson rescues her and the novel ends happily. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 22:14 | Lord Fitzhenry (1794 novel by Elizabeth Gunning) | Lord Fitzhenry (1794) is a novel by English writer and translator Elizabeth Gunning. Its marriage plot follows a young English aristocrat who falls in love with his friend's fiancee; he attempts to resist his feelings out of respect for his friend and because he cannot marry a Catholic. Eventually, he discovers that she is in fact his long-lost (Protestant) cousin, and that his friend would prefer to marry someone else, allowing the novel to end happily with multiple weddings. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 21:33 | Federalist No. 30 (Federalist Paper by Alexander Hamilton on taxation) | Federalist No. 30, titled "Concerning the General Power of Taxation", is a political essay by Alexander Hamilton and the thirtieth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in the New-York Packet on December 28, 1787, as the twenty-ninth entry in the series under the pseudonym used for all Federalist Papers, Publius. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-07-26 14:33 | Jiwanta Sambandha (2023 Nepalese book) | Jiwanta Sambandha (Nepali: जीवन्त सम्बन्ध) is a memoir by Nepalese cardiologist Om Murti Anil. It describes the importance of human relationships in modern life and highlights the social responsibility of an individual. It is inspired by the personal and professional experiences related to the death of his father. | WikiMentor01 (talk) |
Culture/Media/Entertainment
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| 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) |
| 2025-03-14 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) |
| 2025-04-10 15:43 | Series fiction (A collection of related stories featuring similar narrative elements) | Series fiction refers to a group of independently published works of fiction that are related to one another, usually through similar elements of setting and characters. A common example of series fiction is a book series. Series fiction spans a wide range of genres, and is particularly common in adventure, mystery, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-10 15:47 | Inner space (science fiction) (Antonym to "outer space") | Inner space in the context of science fiction refers to works of psychological science fiction emphasizes internal, mental, and emotional experiences over external adventure or technological speculation, which contrasts it with traditional science fiction's fascination with outer space. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-20 05:18 | Calum Lill (English actor) | Calum Lill (born 1995) is a British actor. After graduating, Lill had guest roles in Doctors and Holby City in 2019, and he played the recurring role of Carlton Smith in the soap opera Hollyoaks in 2021. Lill almost quit the acting profession due to his struggle in getting acting roles and he worked various jobs in between acting roles, including as a car salesman, which he did not like. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-05-19 00:44 | Shockwave (Six Flags Great America) (Defunct looping roller coaster) | Shockwave was a steel roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, located in the Orleans Place section of the park. Manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, the coaster opened in 1988 as the world's tallest roller coaster and the fastest steel coaster, standing 170 feet (52 m) tall and reaching speeds of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h). | Plighting Engineerd (talk) |
| 2025-06-02 05:35 | Nathaniel Dass (British actor, singer and musician) | Nathaniel Dass is a British actor, singer and musician. Dass played the main role of Nathaniel/Nate in the CBBC musical dramedy television series Almost Never, which ran for three seasons between 2019 and 2021. Since 2023, Dass has portrayed Dillon Ray in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, for which he was nominated for "Best Partnership" at the 2024 Inside Soap Awards. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 05:35 | Matilda Freeman (British actress (born 2004)) | Matilda Freeman (born 2004) is a British actress from Mickle Trafford. She has appeared in various short films and played a leading role in the 2019 feature film The Last Boy. In 2017, after a guest appearance on Doctors, Freeman began playing the regular role of Summer Spellman on the soap opera Coronation Street. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 12:28 | Jimmy Essex (British actor) | Jimmy Essex is a British actor, dancer and musician. Essex performed as part of a band in the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, but the band did not get through to the live finals. Essex has also worked as a backup dancer and has had other acting credits. From 2016 to 2018, Essex played the regular role of Adam Donovan on the British soap opera Hollyoaks. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-07-07 23:46 | Nestene Consciousness and Autons (Fictional aliens from the Doctor Who franchise) | The Nestene Consciousness and the Autons are a pair of antagonists from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They were originally created by scriptwriter Robert Holmes for the serial Spearhead from Space (1970). The Nestene Consciousness is a non-corporeal entity that has the ability to control plastic. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-07-20 16:24 | Martelle Edinborough (British actress (born 1978)) | Martelle Edinborough (born 27 September 1978) is a British actress. Edinborough initially studied law at university and set up her own business. After going into corporate law, she began taking acting class and was part of the Chicken Shop Shakespeare theatre company. Edinborough later had three guest roles in the soap opera Coronation Street and made other guest appearances in Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Cold Feet and Doctors, in addition to the short film The Tooth Fairy (2020). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 16:13 | Episode 7116 (2025 episode of EastEnders) | Episode 7116 of the British soap opera EastEnders aired on 8 May 2025. It was written by Rob Gittins and directed by Owen Tooth. It is a special episode that marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) and it features music, archived footage and nods to the Britain during World War II. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
Culture/Media/Films
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| 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. From a career spanning over half a century, he is best known for his sophisticated innovation and artistry in musical films. As of 2025[update], six of his films have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. | PrinceArchelaus (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 film by Rex Ren and Lam Sum) | 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) |
| 2025-02-05 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 (African-American subgenre) | Black horror (also known as racial horror and horror noir) is a horror subgenre that focuses on African-American characters and narratives. Its often involves the use of social and political commentary to compare themes of 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) |
| 2025-03-05 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) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023 superhero film by James Wan) | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Aquaman. Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, it is the sequel to Aquaman (2018) and the 15th and final film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Jason Momoa stars as Arthur Curry / Aquaman, who must work with his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) to pre ... | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 04:23 | The Flash (film) (2023 superhero film by Andy Muschietti) | The Flash is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / The Flash. Directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson and a story by the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein alongside Joby Harold, it is the 13th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. | Trailblazer101 (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 19:11 | Wei Shujun (Chinese filmmaker) | Wei Shujun (Chinese: 魏书钧; pinyin: Wèi Shūjūn, born 5 February 1991) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor based in Beijing. He is best known for his feature films Only the River Flows (2023) and Striding Into the Wind (2020). His short film On the Border (2018) won the Mention Spéciale at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. | 222emilia222 (talk) |
| 2025-04-22 08:08 | A New Old Play (2021 Hong Kong-French film by Qiu Jiongjiong) | A New Old Play (Chinese: 椒麻堂會) is a 2021 epic film directed and written by Qiu Jiongjiong. As Qiu's seventh film, it marks his first fictional feature. A co-production between Hong Kong's Uluka Productions and France's Hippocampe Productions, the film stars Yi Sicheng as Qiu Fu, a recently deceased Sichuan opera actor, alongside Guan Nan, Qiu Zhimin, Gu Tao, and Xue Xuchun. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-04-22 08:08 | Papa (2024 film) (2024 Hong Kong film by Philip Yung) | Papa (Chinese: 爸爸) is a 2024 Hong Kong family drama film directed and written by Philip Yung. Distributed by Golden Scene, it is based on the real-life 2010 Heung Wo Street Murder, in which a mentally unstable son killed his mother and sister, leaving his father as the sole survivor. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-26 21:41 | Winter Spring Summer or Fall (2024 film by Tiffany Paulsen) | Winter Spring Summer or Fall is a 2024 American romantic drama film directed by Tiffany Paulsen from a screenplay by Dan Schoffer. It is produced by Josh Shader of Wall Fly, Brad Krevoy of Motion Picture Corporation of America, and David M. Wulf. Starring Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White in leading roles, the story follows four segments in different seasons, showing two teenagers who fall in love over four days in a year. | M. Billoo |
| 2025-05-28 18:02 | Crazy About One Direction (2013 documentary film) | Crazy About One Direction is a 2013 British made-for-television documentary film directed by Daisy Asquith and distributed by Channel 4 exploring the relationship between English-Irish boy band One Direction and their fans, called Directioners. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-05-29 18:01 | Colton Ford (American singer and actor (1962–2025)) | Glenn Soukesian (October 12, 1962 – May 19, 2025), known professionally as Colton Ford, was an American singer and pornographic film actor. Ford began his adult film career at age 40, making twelve pornographic videos in 10 months before leaving the industry in 2002 to refocus on his musical persuits. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 17:03 | The Grub-Stake (1923 American silent western film) | The Grub-Stake is a 1923 American silent western film co-directed by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman, who played the lead role. The screenplay was written by Shipman and produced by her company, Nell Shipman Productions. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-06-02 22:34 | Here Will I Nest (1942 Canadian film) | Here Will I Nest or Talbot of Canada is a 1942 Canadian film directed by Melburn Turner based on the 1938 play of the same name by Hilda Mary Hooke. It was the first dramatic Canadian feature-length film made in colour and the first film to adapt a Canadian play. The film is mostly lost with the exception of 15 minutes. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 17:48 | Animal Crackers (1930 film) (1930 film starring the Marx Brothers) | Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring the Marx Brothers and directed by Victor Heerman. It is based on the Brothers' 1928 eponymous musical by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, and features Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo Marx alongside Margaret Dumont and Lillian Roth. | Jm307 (talk) |
| 2025-06-14 19:50 | Winter Kept Us Warm (1965 Canadian film) | Winter Kept Us Warm is a 1965 Canadian romantic drama film written and directed by David Secter. It stars John Labow, Henry Tarvainen, Joy Tepperman, and Janet Amos. It was the first English-language Canadian film shown at the Cannes Film Festival. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-06-24 14:27 | Richard Raaphorst (Dutch film director (born 1971)) | Richard Raaphorst (born 21 June 1971) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the feature full-length film Frankenstein's Army (2013). Before graduating in 1996, he created several independent short films, including Zombi 1 (1995) and began work on his project concept Worst Case Scenario, and later the film adaptation planned for release in 2008 that was ultimately cancelled due to financial problems. | AdobongPogi (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 13:58 | Blue Beetle (film) (2023 superhero film by Ángel Manuel Soto) | Blue Beetle is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle. Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, it is the 14th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) produced by DC Films. Xolo Maridueña stars as Reyes, a recent college graduate who is granted superpowers by an ancient alien relic known as the Scarab. | 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) |
| 2025-07-01 00:35 | Huey Tum Ajnabi (2023 Pakistani film by Kamran Shahid) | Huey Tum Ajnabi (lit. 'You Turned Stranger') is a 2023 Pakistani historical romantic drama film, written and directed by Kamran Shahid in his debut. Set during the events of the Fall of Dhaka, the story revolves around two lovers played by Mikaal Zulfiqar and Sadia Khan. | M. Billoo |
| 2025-07-21 00:38 | Shawn Ashmore (Canadian actor (born 1979)) | Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor known for roles in film, television, and interactive media. | FrodoMarsh (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 21:15 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 American TV series or program) | Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation. Set between Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), it follows Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor), and Anakin’s Padawan, Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) as they lead the Galactic Republic’s [[Clone t ... | Lililolol (talk) |
Culture/Media/Music
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| 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 |
| 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) |
| 2025-01-19 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) |
| 2025-02-07 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 run. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-02-09 06:38 | Swaay (2015 EP by DNCE) | Swaay is the debut extended play (EP) by the 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) |
| 2025-02-13 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) |
| 2025-02-16 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) |
| 2025-02-21 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? |
| 2025-02-23 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) |
| 2025-03-01 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) |
| 2025-03-05 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💭 |
| 2025-03-08 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💭 |
| 2025-03-10 23:59 | People to People (EP) (2018 EP by DNCE) | People to People is the second extended play (EP) by the 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) |
| 2025-03-12 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 18:36 | Meu Coco (2021 studio album by Caetano Veloso) | Meu Coco (lit. 'my coconut' – colloquial for 'my head' – or, literally, 'my coco', referring to the traditional northeastern Brazilian dance and rhythm) is a studio album by Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Caetano Veloso, released on 21 October 2021 on the record label Sony Music. It is his first album of entirely original compositions since his last album, Abraçaço (2012), following a nine-year hiatus from solo studio work. | Cattos💭 |
| 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) |
| 2025-03-27 05:09 | The Glorification of Sadness (2024 studio album by Paloma Faith) | The Glorification of Sadness is the sixth studio album by British singer Paloma Faith. It was released on 16 February 2024, through Sony Music UK and RCA Records. The Glorification of Sadness is a chronologically structured album in which Faith narrates the emotional journey of leaving a long-term relationship. | Camilasdandelions (talk!) |
| 2025-03-27 17:42 | Blood, Sweat and No Tears (1989 studio album by Sick of It All) | Blood, Sweat, and No Tears is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band Sick of It All, released on June 26, 1989, through the Relativity Records imprint label In-Effect Records. The band recorded and mixed the album in three days with engineer Tom Soares at Normandy Sound in Warren, Rhode Island. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 19:43 | África Brasil (1976 studio album by Jorge Ben) | África Brasil is a studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Jorge Ben. It was released in 1976 by Philips Records. The album was recorded in ten days at Phonogram Studios in Rio de Janeiro with a large ensemble of musicians, including Ben's backing band Admiral Jorge V. Musically, África Brasil represented a shift in his artistry, as he replaced his acoustic guitar in favor of the electric guitar. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-06 21:59 | English Settlement (1982 studio album by XTC) | English Settlement is the fifth studio album and first double album by the English rock band XTC, released 12 February 1982 on Virgin Records. It marked a turn towards the more pastoral pop songs that would dominate later XTC releases, with an emphasis on acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar and fretless bass. | Iostn (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 03:18 | Duetos (Armando Manzanero album) (2000 studio album by Armando Manzanero) | Duetos (transl. Duets) is a studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero. It was released on 13 November 2000 by WEA. It is a duet album featuring various artists performing Manzanero's songs along with the artist. Manzanero worked with Nacho Mañó and Emanuele Ruffinengo to produce the album with recording taking place in Mexico, Spain, and the United States. | Erick (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 16:06 | In the Cold, Cold Night (2003 song by the White Stripes) | "In the Cold, Cold Night" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes from their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). The fifth track on Elephant, it was written and produced by Jack White specifically for Meg White to sing, marking her first time performing as the band's lead vocalist. The song was also composed by the duo. | Watagwaan (talk) |
| 2025-04-08 03:31 | The Black Parade Is Dead! (2007 live album by My Chemical Romance) | The Black Parade Is Dead! is a live album by the American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on June 27, 2008, through Reprise Records. Featuring a CD and a DVD, the release includes live recordings of two performances from the bands Black Parade World Tour, in support of their third studio album The Black Parade. | λ NegativeMP1 |
| 2025-04-08 13:46 | No Apologies (Eminem song) (2006 song by Eminem) | "No Apologies" is a song by American rapper Eminem from the Shady Records compilation album Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006). Written and produced by Eminem and Luis Resto, the song sees Eminem addressing his music career to date and public reputation, defending his artistry from critics in an aggressive and hostile tone over a piano and string–driven instrumental. | Sufur222 (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 17:49 | You & Me (Jennie song) (2023 single by Jennie) | "You & Me" is a song by South Korean singer and rapper Jennie. It was released through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records on October 6, 2023. It marked her first solo single in five years since "Solo" (2018), and her final solo release under both labels before her departure in December 2023. Written by Teddy and Danny Chung and composed by Teddy, 24, and Vince, is a dance-pop and EDM track with romantic lyrics. | Lililolol (talk) |
| 2025-04-09 23:40 | Take Me by the Hand (2025 single by Oklou featuring Bladee) | "Take Me by the Hand" is a song by French musician Oklou and Swedish rapper Bladee, from the former's debut studio album, Choke Enough (2025). It was released on 15 January 2025, through True Panther Sounds, as the fourth single from the album. Having long desired to collaborate with Bladee or Ecco2K, Oklou wrote them messages after seeing them perform live. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 21:56 | Adi Meyerson (Israeli jazz bassist) | Adi Meyerson (Hebrew: אדי מיירסון) is an American-Israeli jazz bassist, composer, and educator. | Surfinsi (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 23:57 | Meat Is Murder (1985 studio album by the Smiths) | Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by the English rock band the Smiths, released on 11 February 1985 by Rough Trade Records. Following the release of their self-titled debut album in early 1984, the Smiths maintained a prolific output with non-album singles and the compilation Hatful of Hollow, while also drawing media attention for their outspoken political views and provocative lyrics. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-20 04:15 | Heaven or Las Vegas (1990 studio album by Cocteau Twins) | Heaven or Las Vegas is the sixth studio album by Scottish dream pop band Cocteau Twins. It was released on 17 September 1990 by 4AD. It is the band's second major-label release in the US, following Blue Bell Knoll in 1988. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-24 09:26 | Embryo (Pink Floyd song) (1970 song by Pink Floyd) | "Embryo" (sometimes called "The Embryo") is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was written by Roger Waters, recorded in 1968, and regularly performed live in 1970–71, but never released on any regular Pink Floyd album. | Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) |
| 2025-04-24 19:45 | Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42 (Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach composed for the 1st Sunday after Easter) | Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats (On the evening, however, of the same Sabbath), BWV 42, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the first Sunday after Easter and first performed it on 8 April 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-04-29 18:06 | Versions (Poison the Well album) (2007 studio album by Poison the Well) | Versions is the fourth studio album by the American metalcore band Poison the Well, released on April 3, 2007. Recorded with producers Eskil Lövström and Pelle Henricsson in Umeå, Sweden, work on the album commenced in May 2005, whilst Poison the Well were still under contract with Atlantic Records. In 2006, the band parted ways with Atlantic over creative differences and signed to Ferret Music, after which they completed the rest of the album in November and December that year. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-05-04 01:42 | Vertigo (Wand album) (2024 studio album by Wand) | Vertigo is the sixth studio album by the American psychedelic rock band Wand, released on July 26, 2024 through Drag City. It is the band's first studio album since Laughing Matter (2019) and follows a period of touring, a live album release, and lineup changes that saw Wand return to a quartet. Recorded entirely in their home studio, Vertigo was developed from over 50 hours of improvisation and assembled through an exploratory, self-produced process. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-05-04 03:36 | JRJRJR (2025 single by Jane Remover) | "JRJRJR" is a song by the American musician Jane Remover from their third studio album, Revengeseekerz (2025). It was released by DeadAir Records on January 1, 2025, as the album's lead single. The song was written in 30 minutes in a green room while Remover was on tour with JPEGMafia. After returning to their home in Chicago from touring in September 2024, they recorded the track in one day. | Locust member (talk) |
| 2025-05-04 07:04 | Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85 (Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Ich bin ein guter Hirt (I am a Good Shepherd), BWV 85, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the second Sunday after Easter and first performed it on 15 April 1725. He wrote the cantata in his second year of his tenure as Thomaskantor that began in 1723, but it is not a chorale cantata, and he later assigned it to his third cantata cycle. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-05-04 20:10 | At Hope's Ravine (2016 studio album by Holy Esque) | At Hope's Ravine is the debut album by the Scottish rock band Holy Esque. Released on 26 February 2016 through the label Beyond The Frequency, the album was received positively by critics, although some reviews were more mixed; Pat Hynes' vocals were particularly praised. The sound of the album has been compared to Echo & the Bunnymen, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and U2's work from the early 80s. | Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) |
| 2025-05-07 10:05 | Forever Neverland (2018 studio album by MØ) | Forever Neverland is the second studio album by Danish singer and songwriter MØ. It was released on 19 October 2018 via Chess Club Records, RCA Victor, and Columbia Records. It is her first full-length release since her debut studio album No Mythologies to Follow (2014), and comes after her second EP When I Was Young (2017). | Camilasdandelions (talk!) |
| 2025-05-07 19:26 | Right Here, Right Now (Giorgio Moroder song) (2015 single by Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue) | "Right Here, Right Now" is a song recorded by Italian producer Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue from Moroder's fourteenth studio album, Déjà Vu (2015). The track was made remotely between Los Angeles and London. Moroder wrote the track with Karen Poole, David Etherington, and Patrick Jordan-Patrikios, who also co-produced it with Moroder. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-05-08 03:13 | Islands (The Band album) (1977 studio album by the Band) | Islands is the seventh studio album by Canadian-American rock group the Band. It was released on March 14, 1977, through Capitol Records, and was self-produced. The album, which was compiled primarily of previously unreleased outtakes, was released to fulfill the band's contract with Capitol so that the live concert album The Last Waltz (1978) could be released through Warner Bros. Records. | Elephantranges (talk) |
| 2025-05-09 01:24 | Teenage Fever (2017 song by Drake) | "Teenage Fever" is a song recorded by the Canadian rapper Drake. In association with Apple Music, it was debuted on the OVO Sound Radio with his fifth mixtape More Life on March 18, 2017, by Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records. It contains elements of Jennifer Lopez's 1999 single, "If You Had My Love". | dxneo (talk) |
| 2025-05-11 21:40 | One Thing at a Time (2023 studio album by Morgan Wallen) | One Thing at a Time is the third studio album by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released on March 3, 2023, through Big Loud, Republic, and Mercury Records. One Thing at a Time features guest appearances from Eric Church, Hardy, and Ernest, and was produced by Wallen himself, Joey Moi, Cameron Montgomery, Charlie Handsome, and Jacob Durrett. | JustTryingToBeSmart (talk) |
| 2025-05-16 17:30 | Love Will Never Do (Without You) (1990 single by Janet Jackson) | "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). It was written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional production by Jackson. A dance song with swing and funk influences, it draws away from the album's socially conscious tones, focusing instead on romance. | Christian (talk) |
| 2025-05-20 00:21 | Forever Howlong (2025 studio album by Black Country, New Road) | Forever Howlong is the third studio album by the British rock band Black Country, New Road. Released on 4 April 2025 via Ninja Tune, it is their first studio album after the departure of lead vocalist Isaac Wood, with vocal and principal songwriting duties being taken over by members Tyler Hyde, Georgia Ellery, and May Kershaw. | Rambley (talk) |
| 2025-05-20 19:57 | Ants from Up There (2022 studio album by Black Country, New Road) | Ants from Up There is the second studio album by the British rock band Black Country, New Road, released on 4 February 2022 on Ninja Tune. Recorded at Chale Abbey on the Isle of Wight, the album was produced by the band's live sound engineer Sergio Maschetzko, and is the final album to feature lead vocalist and guitarist Isaac Wood, who announced his departure from the band four days prior to the album's release. | Rambley (talk) |
| 2025-05-21 12:40 | Comic Book Whore (1996 studio album by Jane Jensen) | Comic Book Whore is the debut solo album by the American musician Jane Jensen. It was released on October 1, 1996, through Flip Records, and re-released through Interscope Records in 1997. Jensen wrote and recorded the album with producer Craig Kafton at Canal Street, Harold Dessan and Unique Recording Studios in New York City. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-05-21 12:58 | Sólo Quédate En Silencio (2004 single by RBD) | "Sólo Quédate En Silencio" is a song by Mexican group RBD from their debut album, Rebelde (2004). It was written by Mauricio L. Arriaga and produced by Armando Ávila. The song was released as the album's second single in December 2004 by EMI. It's a "mid-tempo pop" track that features the group members singing to one another about enjoying the final moments of a fleeting romance. | Daniel Schröder (talk) |
| 2025-05-24 14:10 | Tony Tribe (Jamaican vocalist) | Anthony Mossop (died 1970s), known professionally as Tony Tribe and Tony Kingston, was a Jamaican vocalist. After moving to Great Britain in 1956, he joined The Soul Seekers, a gospel outfit from Calvary Apostolic Church in Camberwell. He subsequently charted at No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart with a solo reggae version of Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine", which became Trojan Records's first UK chart entry and inspired a UB40 cover version that charted at No. | Launchballer |
| 2025-05-24 15:39 | Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87 (Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen (Until now you have asked for nothing in My name), BWV 87, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Rogate, the fifth Sunday after Easter, and first performed it on 6 May 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-05-24 20:28 | Post-rock (Rock music genre) | Post-rock is a subgenre of experimental rock that emphasizes texture, atmosphere, and non-traditional song structures over conventional rock techniques. Post-rock artists often combine rock instrumentation and rock stylings with electronics and digital production as a means of enabling the exploration of textures, timbres and different styles. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-05-25 00:05 | Load (album) (1996 studio album by Metallica) | Load is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996, through Elektra Records in the United States and Vertigo Records internationally. It was recorded between May 1995 and April 1996 primarily in Sausalito, California, with additional sessions in New York City. | – zmbro (talk) (cont) |
| 2025-05-25 03:04 | On the Echoing Green (2017 studio album by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma) | On the Echoing Green is a studio album by American multi-instrumentalist Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. It was released by Mexican Summer on June 16, 2017. Recording for the album lasted from the winter of 2016 until around October 2016. For vocals, Cantu-Ledesma hired Argentinian singer-songwriter Sobrenadar, who sings in Spanish, after hearing one of her songs online. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-05-26 12:54 | Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 (Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein (On Christ's ascension into heaven alone), BWV 128, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed it in Leipzig for the Feast of the Ascension and first performed it on 10 May 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 06:34 | Conventional Weapons (2013 compilation album by My Chemical Romance) | Conventional Weapons is a compilation album by American rock band My Chemical Romance comprising five singles released between October 2012 and February 2013. Originally created in 2009 with Brendan O'Brien serving as producer, it was planned to be released as the band's fourth studio album as part of their initial vision to create a "straight-ahead rock ’n’ roll record" that had no story or characters. | λ NegativeMP1 |
| 2025-05-29 03:52 | The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts (2016 studio album (reissue) by My Chemical Romance) | The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts is a reissue of the American rock band My Chemical Romance's third studio album, The Black Parade (2006). It was released on September 23, 2016 through Reprise Records. The reissue features two discs: the first disc contains a remastered version of the original album while the second contains several unreleased demos and live tracks, and is titled Living with Ghosts. | λ NegativeMP1 |
| 2025-06-07 03:48 | Black Country, New Road (English rock band) | Black Country, New Road (commonly abbreviated to BC,NR or BCNR) are an English rock band formed in Cambridge in 2018. The original founders of the band consisted of Tyler Hyde (vocals, bass), Lewis Evans (vocals, flute, saxophone), Georgia Ellery (violin, backing vocals), May Kershaw (vocals, keyboards), Charlie Wayne (drums, backing vocals) and Isaac Wood (guitar, lead vocals); they added their then-seventh member, guitarist Luke Mark, in 2019. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-06-10 14:44 | Joe Ojeda (Tejano keyboardist (born 1968)) | Jose "Joe" Ojeda (born in 1968) is an American keyboardist and songwriter. Demonstrating a proclivity for music from an early age, Ojeda began assembling a band and eventually partnered with Pete Astudillo to form Los Bad Boyz. The duo performed locally until a Laredo-based DJ secured them a regular slot at a local nightclub. | – jona ✉ |
| 2025-06-16 02:44 | Falling Behind (2022 song by Laufey) | "Falling Behind" is a song recorded by Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey, from her first studio album, Everything I Know About Love (2022). It was released on 11 August 2022 through AWAL as a preceding single for the album. She wrote the track with its co-producer, Spencer Stewart. It is a bossa nova-inspired track that features piano and acoustic guitar, with lyrics that talk about the feeling of not finding a romantic partner while others have. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-17 21:09 | Reload (Metallica album) (1997 studio album by Metallica) | Reload is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on November 18, 1997, through Elektra Records in the United States and Vertigo Records internationally. The follow-up to Load (1996), the album was recorded during the same sessions as that album with producer Bob Rock. | – zmbro (talk) (cont) |
| 2025-06-21 20:36 | U Made Me a St4r (2024 mixtape by 4Batz) | U Made Me a St4r is the debut mixtape by the American rapper/singer 4Batz, released on May 3, 2024, by Gamma. He recorded the mixtape at his mother's house with a DIY studio set-up, using a $90 handheld microphone and instrumentals he found on YouTube. U Made Me a St4r is an R&B mixtape incorporating elements of hip-hop and pitched-shifted vocals. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-06-24 01:04 | Seventeen (South Korean band) (South Korean boy band) | Seventeen (Korean: 세븐틴; stylized in all caps or as SVT) is a South Korean boy band formed by Pledis Entertainment. The group consists of thirteen members: S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino. Throughout their career, they have reached a large audience and grown into an internationally recognized K-pop group with signature music and performances. | orangesclub 🍊 |
| 2025-06-24 05:05 | SHeDAISY (American country music group) | SHeDAISY, originally the Osborn Sisters, was an American country music vocal group from Magna, Utah. The group consisted of sisters Kassidy, Kelsi, and Kristyn Osborn. Kassidy was the lead vocalist, and Kristyn the lead songwriter. Their name was derived from a Navajo term meaning "my little sister". | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2025-06-29 04:21 | Deslocado (2025 song by Napa) | "Deslocado" (transl. "Displaced") is a song by Portuguese indie band Napa. An ode to the band's origins in Madeira living displaced in mainland Portugal, the song was composed by André Santos, Diogo Góis, Francisco Sousa, João Guilherme Gomes, João Lourenço Gomes, and João Rodrigues, and was released on 23 January 2025 through Sony Music Portugal as part of the Festival da Canção 2025 compilation album. | CeolAnGhra (talk) |
| 2025-06-30 05:55 | Donuts (album) (2006 studio album by J Dilla) | Donuts is the second studio album by American hip hop producer J Dilla, as well as the final album to be released in his lifetime. It was released on February 7, 2006, by Stones Throw Records, on his 32nd birthday, just three days before his death. | RTSthestardust (talk) |
| 2025-07-01 18:40 | Mercy (Kanye West song) (2012 single by Kanye West) | "Mercy" (stylized as "Mercy.1" on the album) is a song by American rapper Kanye West featuring fellow American rappers Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz. The song was released on April 10, 2012 through GOOD Music and Def Jam, as the lead single from the compilation album, Cruel Summer (2012). The song's production was handled by Lifted, with additional production from West, Mike Dean, Mike Will Made It, and Hudson Mohawke. | RTSthestardust (talk) |
| 2025-07-02 03:21 | Surf's Up (album) (1971 studio album by the Beach Boys) | Surf's Up is the 17th studio album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on August 30, 1971, on Brother/Reprise/Warner Bros. It received largely favorable reviews and reached number 29 on the U.S. record charts, becoming their highest-charting LP of new music in the U.S. since 1967. In the UK, Surf's Up peaked at number 15, continuing a string of top-40 records that began in 1965. | RTSthestardust (talk) |
| 2025-07-02 04:45 | The Low End Theory (1991 studio album by A Tribe Called Quest) | The Low End Theory is the second studio album by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24, 1991, by Jive Records. Recording sessions for the album were held mostly at Battery Studios in New York City, from 1990 to 1991. The album was primarily produced by group member Q-Tip, with a minimalist sound that combines bass, drum breaks, and jazz samples, in a departure from the group's debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990). | RTSthestardust (talk) |
| 2025-07-02 04:53 | Cálice (1978 song by Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento) | "Cálice" is a song composed in 1973 by Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil, and officially released in 1978. Originally written during Brazil's military dictatorship, the song uses metaphor, and word play—most notably a pun on cálice (chalice) and cale-se (shut up)—to critique state censorship and political repression while disguised under a religious theme. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-07-02 08:06 | Midnight Marauders (1993 studio album by A Tribe Called Quest) | Midnight Marauders is the third studio album by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on November 9, 1993, by Jive Records. Recording sessions for the album occurred at Battery Studios, Platinum Island Studios and Scorcerer Sound in New York City. Its production was mainly handled by Q-Tip, with contributions from Skeff Anselm, Large Professor and the group's DJ, Ali Shaheed Muhammad. | RTSthestardust (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 23:34 | Terraplana (Brazilian shoegaze band) | Terraplana (stylized in lowercase) is a Brazilian shoegaze band formed in 2017 in Curitiba, Paraná. It consists of Stephani Heuczuk (bass, vocals), Vinícius Lourenço (guitars, vocals), Cassiano Kruchelski (guitars, vocals), and Wendeu Silverio (drums). Their music blends shoegaze, post-rock, and alternative rock, incorporating ambient textures, ethereal vocals, and distorted guitar work. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-07-11 22:01 | E A Terra Nunca Me Pareceu Tão Distante (Brazilian post-rock band) | E A Terra Nunca Me Pareceu Tão Distante is a Brazilian post-rock band formed in São Paulo, in 2013. It consists of Lucas Theodoro (guitars, synthesizers), Luden Viana (guitars, synthesizers), Luccas Villela (bass, guitars), and Rafael Jonke (drums). Their music blends post-rock, instrumental rock, and experimental rock, incorporating atmospheric, ambient textures and emotional lyricism. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-07-16 05:15 | Deathconsciousness (2008 studio album by Have a Nice Life) | Deathconsciousness is the debut studio album by the American rock duo Have a Nice Life, released on January 24, 2008, through Enemies List Home Recordings. It combines elements of shoegaze, post-punk, and black metal, and is characterized by lo-fi production, dense soundscapes, and lyrics exploring themes such as death, depression, and existential despair. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-07-16 11:26 | From the Outside (Hey Violet album) (2017 studio album by Hey Violet) | From the Outside is the second studio album by the American pop rock band Hey Violet, released on June 16, 2017, by Hi or Hey and Capitol Records. It was the band's first album since changing their name from Cherri Bomb to Hey Violet in 2015, and last with rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Miranda Miller. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-07-16 23:48 | Sing (My Chemical Romance song) (2010 single by My Chemical Romance) | "Sing" (stylized in all caps) is a song by the American rock band My Chemical Romance from their fourth studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010). "Sing" is a pop, pop rock, and emo song, written after the band placed an emphasis on experimentation when writing new music. | Leafy46 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 04:40 | Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006 studio album by Tim Hecker) | Harmony in Ultraviolet is the fourth studio album by Canadian electronic music musician Tim Hecker. It was released on October 16, 2006, via Kranky and through CD. The album is ambient, and uses multiple instruments (including electric guitars, pipe organs, string instruments, and keyboards) with distortion and samples throughout. | - Dents (talk2me 🖂) he/him btw!!! |
| 2025-07-19 21:16 | You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison (2004 song by My Chemical Romance) | "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison" is a song by the American band My Chemical Romance, released as the fourth track 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. | Leafy46 (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 06:08 | Tingin (2023 single by Cup of Joe featuring Janine Teñoso) | "Tingin" (lit. 'Look') is a single by Filipino band Cup of Joe from their extended play (EP) Patutunguhan (transl. Destination) (2023). Written by Raphaell Ridao, Gian Bernardino, Vixen Gareza, Redentor Ridao (brother of Raphaell) and Janine Teñoso who also featured the song. According to Teñoso, the song expresses the feeling of being captivated by someone's presence, where every moment shared is cherished and marked by the light they bring into each other's lives. | AdobongPogi (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 20:33 | 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 |
| 2025-07-24 22:11 | Love Me Forever (Pinkshift album) (2022 studio album by Pinkshift) | Love Me Forever is the debut studio album by the American rock band Pinkshift, released on October 21, 2022, through Hopeless Records. The band recorded the album in March 2022 with producer Will Yip at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Musically, Love Me Forever sees Pinkshift expand their musical range beyond the pop-punk style of their early releases into alternative rock, emo, grunge, hard rock, indie rock, and post-hardcore. | Chchcheckit (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 15:19 | To Pimp a Butterfly (2015 studio album by Kendrick Lamar) | To Pimp a Butterfly is the third studio album by the American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on March 15, 2015, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album was recorded in studios throughout the United States, with production from Sounwave, Terrace Martin, Taz "Tisa" Arnold, Thundercat, Rahki, LoveDragon, Flying Lotus, Pharrell Williams, Boi-1da, Knxwledge, and several other high-profile hip-hop producers, as well as executive production from Dr. Dre and Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. | RTSthestardust (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 15:20 | Black Ken (2017 mixtape by Lil B) | Black Ken is a mixtape by American rapper Lil B. It was self-released on August 17, 2017. Black Ken was self-produced by Lil B, and was dedicated to Diddy, Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi Vert, among others. It was first announced in 2010, with the release of singles and a 26-track preview to DatPiff. | RTSthestardust (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 15:20 | The Process of Belief (2002 studio album by Bad Religion) | The Process of Belief is the twelfth studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion. It was produced by its leaders Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz, and was released on January 22, 2002, through Epitaph Records. After touring in support of its previous studio album, The New America (2000), Gurewitz re-joined Bad Religion in 2001 after a seven-year hiatus. | RTSthestardust (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 08:56 | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (French mezzo-soprano (1963–2025)) | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (28 December 1963 – 19 July 2025) was a French mezzo-soprano. Her signature role was Bizet's Carmen, performed first in 1993 at the Opéra Bastille and then at leading opera houses especially in France, but also at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and La Scala in Milan. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
Culture/Media/Radio
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| 2025-07-08 16:59 | Wyoming PBS (PBS member network in Wyoming, United States) | Wyoming PBS is the statewide public broadcaster for the U.S. state of Wyoming. A member of PBS, it is owned and operated by Central Wyoming College and originates from its campus in Riverton. Three high-power transmitters—KCWC-DT (channel 4) in Lander, KWYP-DT (channel 8) in Laramie, and KPTW (channel 6) in Casper—and 40 low-power translator stations broadcast the signal across the state. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | WAQI (Spanish-language news/talk radio station in Miami) | WAQI (710 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Miami, Florida, United States, featuring a Spanish-language talk format known as Radio Mambí. Owned by Latino Media Network and formerly operated by Uforia Audio Network, the radio division of TelevisaUnivision, under a transitional agreement, the station broadcasts with 50,000 watts and serves as South Florida's designated primary entry point for the Emergency Alert System, one of three in the state. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
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 \\ |
Culture/Media/Television
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| 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 at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin, Ireland, and presented by Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), who staged the event after winning the 1987 contest for Ireland with the song "Hold Me Now" by Johnny Logan. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 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) |
| 2025-01-13 17:06 | Eurovision Song Contest 1962 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1962, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1962 (English: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1962), was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1962 at the Grand Auditorium of Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, and presented by Mireille Delannoy. | Sims2aholic8 (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 at the Sala di Concerto della RAI in Naples, Italy, and presented by Renata Mauro. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), who staged the event after winning the 1964 contest for Italy with the song "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. | Sims2aholic8 (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! |
| 2025-03-08 07:22 | Line of Duty series 5 (2019 British television series) | 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) |
| 2025-03-24 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) |
| 2025-04-03 06:14 | On Call (TV series) (2025 procedural drama television series) | On Call is an American police procedural and serial drama created by Tim Walsh and Elliot Wolf for streaming on IMDb TV. The series stars Troian Bellisario and Brandon Larracuente and follows law enforcement officers of the Long Beach Police Department in California. The series was initially ordered in May 2021 with Elliot's father Dick Wolf attached as an executive producer with his production company, Wolf Entertainment. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 05:18 | Calum Lill (English actor) | Calum Lill (born 1995) is a British actor. After graduating, Lill had guest roles in Doctors and Holby City in 2019, and he played the recurring role of Carlton Smith in the soap opera Hollyoaks in 2021. Lill almost quit the acting profession due to his struggle in getting acting roles and he worked various jobs in between acting roles, including as a car salesman, which he did not like. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-05-22 13:57 | 765874 – Unification (2024 short concept video) | "765874 – Unification" is the fourth in a series of short concept videos that use digital technology to visualize past actors and previously un-filmed imagery from the Star Trek franchise. Created by the Roddenberry Archive, a collaboration between the estate of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and computer graphics company OTOY, the video features a reunion between the characters James T. Kirk and Spock after the events of the film Star Trek Generations (1994). | adamstom97 (talk) |
| 2025-06-02 01:00 | Future Days (The Last of Us) (1st episode of the 2nd season of The Last of Us) | "Future Days" is the first episode of the second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us. Written and directed by series co-creator Craig Mazin, it aired on HBO on April 13, 2025. Set five years after the events of the first season, the episode follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), whose relationship has become strained as a result of Joel's lie in the previous episode. | – Rhain ☔ (he/him) |
| 2025-06-02 05:35 | Nathaniel Dass (British actor, singer and musician) | Nathaniel Dass is a British actor, singer and musician. Dass played the main role of Nathaniel/Nate in the CBBC musical dramedy television series Almost Never, which ran for three seasons between 2019 and 2021. Since 2023, Dass has portrayed Dillon Ray in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, for which he was nominated for "Best Partnership" at the 2024 Inside Soap Awards. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-03 00:12 | Loud Night (6th episode of the 1st season of Ted) | "Loud Night" is the sixth episode of the American fantasy comedy series Ted. Written by Julius Sharpe and directed by series creator Seth MacFarlane, it premiered on the American streaming service Peacock, along with the rest of season one, on January 11, 2024. The series, set in 1993, focuses on John Bennett (Max Burkholder), the series' primary protagonist, an awkward high-school aged boy; along with Ted (Seth MacFarlane), the series' titular anthropomorphic teddy bear. | Crystal Drawers (talk) |
| 2025-06-03 15:22 | High Potential (2024 American crime drama television series) | High Potential is an American crime drama television series created by Drew Goddard for ABC. It is based on the 2021 French and Belgian television series HPI. The series stars Kaitlin Olson as Morgan Gillory, an intellectually gifted cleaning woman who becomes a police consultant. Also starring are Daniel Sunjata as Morgan's partner Adam Karadec and Judy Reyes as Selena Soto, the head of their department. | — YoungForever(talk) |
| 2025-06-09 01:00 | Through the Valley (The Last of Us) (2nd episode of the 2nd season of The Last of Us) | "Through the Valley" is the second episode of the second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us. Written by series co-creator Craig Mazin and directed by Mark Mylod, it aired on HBO on April 20, 2025. The episode follows Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Jesse (Young Mazino) on patrol as they search for Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Dina (Isabela Merced), while Tommy (Gabriel Luna) prepares for an attack on Jackson, Wyoming, and Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) seeks revenge against Joel. | – Rhain ☔ (he/him) |
| 2025-06-13 04:12 | Espresso Macchiato (song) (2024 single by Tommy Cash) | "Espresso Macchiato" is a song by Estonian rapper Tommy Cash. It was written by the artist and Johannes Naukkarinen. The song was self-released on 6 December 2024. Self-described as a song that details the story of an Italian man that features numerous references to stereotypes of Italian culture, "Espresso Macchiato" represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, where it placed third with 356 points. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-06-24 06:55 | Mind the Game (Sports podcast) | Mind the Game is a basketball podcast hosted by American basketball player LeBron James and former player and coach Steve Nash. Current coach JJ Redick formerly served as a host. At the time of the podcast's debut on March 19, 2024, James was an active player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), while Redick was a retired NBA player, serving as an NBA broadcast analyst for ESPN and sports podcaster. | Soulbust (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 12:28 | Jimmy Essex (British actor) | Jimmy Essex is a British actor, dancer and musician. Essex performed as part of a band in the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, but the band did not get through to the live finals. Essex has also worked as a backup dancer and has had other acting credits. From 2016 to 2018, Essex played the regular role of Adam Donovan on the British soap opera Hollyoaks. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-06-29 04:21 | Deslocado (2025 song by Napa) | "Deslocado" (transl. "Displaced") is a song by Portuguese indie band Napa. An ode to the band's origins in Madeira living displaced in mainland Portugal, the song was composed by André Santos, Diogo Góis, Francisco Sousa, João Guilherme Gomes, João Lourenço Gomes, and João Rodrigues, and was released on 23 January 2025 through Sony Music Portugal as part of the Festival da Canção 2025 compilation album. | CeolAnGhra (talk) |
| 2025-07-01 20:35 | The Amazing Race 6 (Season of television series) | The Amazing Race 6 is the sixth season of the American reality competition show 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. This season visited four continents and ten countries, traveling approximately 40,000 miles (64,000 km) over twelve legs. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-03 17:30 | The Amazing Race 2 (Season of television series) | The Amazing Race 2 is the second season of the American reality competition show 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. This season visited five continents and eight countries, traveling approximately 52,000 miles (84,000 km) over thirteen legs. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-05 23:15 | To a Kinder World (7th episode of the 1st season of Dandadan) | is the seventh overall episode of the anime television series Dandadan, an adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Yukinobu Tatsu. Episode six depicts a fight between the yōkai Acrobatic Silky and characters Momo Ayase, Ken "Okarun" Takakura, and Aira Shiratori, the latter Silky believes is her daughter. | Cukie Gherkin (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 18:13 | The Amazing Race 3 (Season of television series) | The Amazing Race 3 is the third season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured twelve teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world. This season visited four continents and thirteen countries, traveling approximately 41,000 miles (66,000 km) over thirteen legs. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-07 23:46 | Nestene Consciousness and Autons (Fictional aliens from the Doctor Who franchise) | The Nestene Consciousness and the Autons are a pair of antagonists from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They were originally created by scriptwriter Robert Holmes for the serial Spearhead from Space (1970). The Nestene Consciousness is a non-corporeal entity that has the ability to control plastic. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-07-08 16:58 | KPBT-TV (Television station in Odessa, Texas) | KPBT-TV (channel 36), branded Basin PBS, is a PBS member television station licensed to Odessa, Texas, United States, serving the Permian Basin area. Owned by Permian Basin Public Telecommunications, Inc., the station maintains studios at the historic Ritz Theater in downtown Midland and a transmitter near Gardendale. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:58 | KHSL-TV (Television station in Chico, California) | KHSL-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Chico, California, United States, serving the Chico–Redding area as an affiliate of CBS and The CW Plus. It is owned by Allen Media Group in common operation with KNVN (channel 24), the market's NBC/Telemundo affiliate owned by Maxair Media, a combination known as Action News Now. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | WLAJ (Television station in Lansing, Michigan) | WLAJ (channel 53) is a television station in Lansing, Michigan, United States, affiliated with ABC. Its second digital subchannel serves as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW (via The CW Plus). WLAJ is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of CBS affiliate WLNS-TV (channel 6), for the provision of certain services. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | WJZY (Television station in Belmont, North Carolina) | WJZY (channel 46) is a television station licensed to Belmont, North Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Charlotte area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Rock Hill, South Carolina–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYT-TV (channel 55). WJZY and WMYT-TV share studios on Performance Road (along I-85) in unincorporated western [[Mecklenburg County, North Caro ... | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | KSWB-TV (Television station in San Diego) | KSWB-TV (channel 69) is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside independent station KUSI-TV (channel 51). The two stations share studios on Viewridge Avenue (near I-15) in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego; KSWB-TV's transmitter is located southeast of Spring Valley. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WPTO (Television station in Oxford, Ohio) | WPTO (channel 14) is a public television station licensed to Oxford, Ohio, United States, and broadcasting to the Cincinnati area. It is owned by Public Media Connect alongside WCET (channel 48, CET) in Cincinnati and WPTD (channel 16, ThinkTV) in Dayton and is managed from the ThinkTV studios in Dayton. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WMDT (Television station in Salisbury, Maryland) | WMDT (channel 47) is a television station in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus. It is the flagship television property of locally based Marquee Broadcasting, and has common ownership with low-power WeatherNation TV affiliate WGDV-LD (channel 32). The two stations share studios on West Main Street (mailing address is Downtown Plaza) in Salisbury; WMDT's transmitter is located in Wicomico County northeast of Mardela Springs. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-13 21:49 | Eurovision Song Contest 1972 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 25 March 1972 at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and presented by Moira Shearer. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who staged the event after Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC), which had won the 1971 contest for Monaco, declined hosting responsibilities, citing the lack of a suitable venu ... | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 15:46 | Slitheen (Family of an alien species (Raxacoricofallapatorians) from the Doctor Who series' "Whoniverse") | The Slitheen are a fictional crime family from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They hail from the species known as Raxacoricofallapatorians, which are calcium-based lifeforms that hail from the planet Raxicoricofallapatorius. The Slitheen can disguise themselves as humans by hiding in skinsuits, though the technology they use results in them farting excessively while in disguise. | Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) |
| 2025-07-21 00:38 | Shawn Ashmore (Canadian actor (born 1979)) | Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor known for roles in film, television, and interactive media. | FrodoMarsh (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 16:13 | Episode 7116 (2025 episode of EastEnders) | Episode 7116 of the British soap opera EastEnders aired on 8 May 2025. It was written by Rob Gittins and directed by Owen Tooth. It is a special episode that marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) and it features music, archived footage and nods to the Britain during World War II. | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 21:15 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 American TV series or program) | Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation. Set between Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), it follows Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor), and Anakin’s Padawan, Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) as they lead the Galactic Republic’s [[Clone t ... | Lililolol (talk) |
| 2025-07-27 03:08 | Upin & Ipin (Malaysian animated series) | Upin & Ipin (Jawi: اوڤين دان ايڤين) is a Malaysian children's animated television series created by Burhanuddin Md Radzi and his wife, Ainon Ariff and is produced by Les' Copaque Production, based in Shah Alam, Selangor. The series made its premiere on TV9 for 11 seasons and on Astro Ceria, Astro Prima and TV2 from season 12 onwards. | Fandi89 |
Culture/Media/Video games
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| 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 |
| 2025-06-14 13:17 | Hero Realms (Card-based deck building game) | Hero Realms is a 2016 fantasy card-based deck building tabletop game designed by Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle and published by Wise Wizard Games. In the game, the player has to defeat opponents by purchasing cards using gold coins that deal damage points until the opponent's health points reach zero. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-07-12 00:17 | Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001 video game) | Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 (PS2). The player controls Jak, who sets out to reverse the transformation of his friend Daxter into an "ottsel", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel. | Cat's Tuxedo (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 23:04 | Dorfromantik (board game) (2022 board game) | Dorfromantik: The Board Game (German: Dorfromantik: Das Brettspiel) is a 2022 board game by Lukas Zach and Michael Palm and published by Pegasus Spiele based on the 2022 video game of the same name. Dorfromantik is a cooperative board game in which players lay hexagonal tiles to create a rural landscape and follow tasks to gain points. | Chorchapu (talk | edits) |
| 2025-07-21 13:25 | Miiverse (Defunct social network on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U) | Miiverse was a social network developed by Nintendo that operated from 2012 to 2017. The platform was primarily geared for use on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, but was also available via any web browser. The service was created by Nintendo System Development and Hatena, and powered by the Nintendo Network. Miiverse was integrated into several 3DS and Wii U games, and allowed players to interact and share their experiences through handwritten messages or drawings, text, screenshots, and sometimes game videos in dedicated communities. | Surayeproject3 (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 21:39 | Fortnite Battle Royale (2017 video game) | Fortnite Battle Royale is a 2017 battle royale video game produced by Epic Games. Part of the overall Fortnite platform, the game follows up to 100 players competing to be the last player or team remaining. Matches begin with players descending onto a large island map, where they gather weapons, items, and resources from scattered locations while attempting to avoid damage from both other players and a continuously shrinking safe zone. | nub :) |
| 2025-07-24 19:56 | Way of the Warrior (1994 video game) | Way of the Warrior is a 1994 fighting game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Universal Interactive Studios for the 3DO. The game, which emulates Mortal Kombat, features nine playable characters, who compete in a tournament to earn their place in the "Book of Warriors". Like its inspiration, the game features characters digitized from live actors as well as round-ending fatality moves. | Cat's Tuxedo (talk) |
Culture/Performing arts
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| 2025-05-29 10:31 | Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch (Theatre in Hornchurch, Havering, London, England) | The Queen's Theatre is a 507-seat mid-scale producing theatre located in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, east London. | MRSC (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 08:56 | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (French mezzo-soprano (1963–2025)) | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (28 December 1963 – 19 July 2025) was a French mezzo-soprano. Her signature role was Bizet's Carmen, performed first in 1993 at the Opéra Bastille and then at leading opera houses especially in France, but also at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and La Scala in Milan. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
Culture/Philosophy and religion
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| 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) |
| 2025-01-25 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. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-03-03 14:51 | Ashley Null (American Anglican theologian) | John Ashley Null (born July 11, 1960) is an American theologian and Anglican bishop. 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) |
| 2025-03-20 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) |
| 2025-05-12 18:13 | Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior (Traditional Catholic congregation of religious sisters in the United States) | The Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior are a congregation of Traditional Catholic religious sisters, founded in 1984 by Rev. Clarence Kelly. Their convents and missions are not recognized by the Vatican or their local archdioceses, however, they still refer to themselves as Roman Catholics. | Johnson524 |
| 2025-05-13 23:52 | Christine Schenk (American Catholic nun (born 1949)) | Christine Schenk (born January 20, 1946) is an American Roman Catholic nun and author. She is the founding director of FutureChurch, an international group of Catholics affiliated with parishes focusing on full lay participation in the life of the Church, from which she stepped down in 2013. Among other books, she is the author of Crispina and Her Sisters: Women and Authority in Early Christianity (Fortress 2017). | Oh-Fortuna! (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 08:25 | Political philosophy (Study of the foundations of politics) | Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates different forms of government, ranging from democracy to authoritarianism, and the values guiding political action, like justice, equality, and liberty. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 13:30 | Emerald Tablet (Hermetic text) | The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table or the Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic text traditionally attributed to the legendary Hellenistic figure Hermes Trismegistus. The earliest known versions are four Arabic recensions preserved in mystical and alchemical treatises between the 8th and 10th centuries CE—chiefly the Secret of Creation (Arabic: سر الخليقة, romanized: Sirr al-Khalīqa) and the Secret of Secrets (سرّ الأسرار, Sirr al-Asrār). | Bari' bin Farangi (talk) |
| 2025-05-15 06:52 | Joseph Conrad (Polish-British writer (1857–1924)) | Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.[note 3] He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties (always with a strong foreign accent) – became a master prose stylist who broug ... | Nihil novi (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 15:54 | Émilienne Morin (French anarcho-syndicalist (1901–1991)) | Émilienne Léontine Morin (29 October 1901 – 14 February 1991) was a French anarchist activist, journalist and stenographer. Born into an anarcho-syndicalist family, she joined the French anarchist movement at an early age, going on to write for its newspapers and contribute to anarchist legal defence campaigns. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 21:49 | Bias of Priene (6th-century BC Greek sage) | Bias (Ancient Greek: Βίας fl. 6th century BC) of Priene was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and spent his life working as a legal advocate free of charge for those who had been wronged. He also served as an envoy for Priene during mediation in a conflict with Samos, but he was unsuccessful. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-06-06 18:12 | Irony (Literary and rhetorical device or general attitude towards life) | Irony, in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what, on the surface, appears to be the case with what is actually or expected to be the case. Originally a rhetorical device and literary technique, in modern times irony has also come to assume a metaphysical significance with implications for the correct human attitude towards life. | Patrick 🐈⬛ (talk) |
| 2025-07-02 09:50 | Great chain of being (Medieval Christian hierarchy of living beings) | The great chain of being is a hierarchical structure of all matter and life, thought by medieval Christianity to have been decreed by God. The chain begins with God and descends through angels, humans, animals and plants to minerals. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 12:09 | Tolkien and the Invention of Myth (Scholarly book) | Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader is a 2004 collection of scholarly essays on J. R. R. Tolkien's writings on Middle-earth, edited by Jane Chance. It has been warmly welcomed by critics, though some of the student contributions are less useful than the revised journal articles, conference papers and lectures by the more experienced essayists, who include the established Tolkien scholars Marjorie Burns, Michael D. C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger, Gergely Nagy, Tom Shippey, and Richard C. West. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 15:11 | Baháʼí House of Worship (Place of worship for the Baháʼí faith) | A Baháʼí House of Worship or Baháʼí temple is a place of worship of the Baháʼí Faith. It is also referred to by the name Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, which is Arabic for "Dawning-place of the remembrance of God". | Gazelle55 Let's talk! |
| 2025-07-22 09:03 | Aesthetics (Philosophical study of beauty and art) | Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that studies beauty, taste, and other aesthetic phenomena. In a broad sense, it includes the philosophy of art, which examines the nature of art, the meanings of artworks, artistic creativity, and audience appreciation. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
Culture/Sports
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| 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) |
| 2024-12-10 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 |
| 2024-12-19 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 English club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, one of Chelsea's greatest players ever, one of the greatest players of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, 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) |
| 2024-12-22 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) |
| 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) |
| 2025-01-09 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 |
| 2025-01-30 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 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 (1911–1988)) | 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) |
| 2025-02-10 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) |
| 2025-02-16 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) |
| 2025-02-24 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) |
| 2025-03-01 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) |
| 2025-03-10 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. | 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 recognized 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 |
| 2025-03-30 20:23 | Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (English cricketer) | Alexander Colin David Ingleby-Mackenzie OBE (15 September 1933 – 9 March 2006) was an English cricketer, cricket administrator, and businessman. Ingleby-Mackenzie played first-class cricket for Hampshire between 1951 and 1966, serving as Hampshire's last amateur captain. Through bold captaincy, he led Hampshire to their first County Championship title in 1961. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 17:30 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner (born 2000)) | Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track mile, 2000 metres, 3000 metres, and two miles.[note 4] He won gold medals in the 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. | KnowledgeIsPower9281 (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 21:05 | Bill Cottrell (American football player (1944–2025)) | William Henry Cottrell (September 18, 1944 – March 20, 2025) was an American professional football offensive lineman who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Delaware Valley Aggies and signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 1966. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 19:04 | 2024–25 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2024–25 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 11th edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP). | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-18 19:22 | 1976 San Diego Chargers season (1976 NFL team season) | The 1976 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 17th overall. The Chargers improved on their 2–12 record from 1975 and finished 6–8, but missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season. The Chargers started off the season by winning their first three games, but they struggled through the rest of the season by losing eight of their last eleven, which included four shutout losses, two to division rival Denver. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2025-04-25 21:50 | 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game (American collegiate basketball final) | The 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. It determined the national champion for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and was contested by two No. 1 seeds: the Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Houston Cougars from the Big 12 Conference. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-26 23:42 | Charles Leclerc (Monégasque racing driver (born 1997)) | Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc (born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Leclerc was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2022 with Ferrari, and has won eight Grands Prix across eight seasons. | MB2437 |
| 2025-05-13 07:10 | Cup of China (International figure skating competition) | The Cup of China is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Skating Association (simplified Chinese: 中国滑冰协会; traditional Chinese: 中國滑冰協會), and part of the ISU Grand Prix Series. The first competition was held in 2003 in Beijing as a replacement for Bofrost Cup on Ice. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-13 07:11 | Bofrost Cup on Ice (International figure skating competition) | The Bofrost Cup on Ice was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the German Ice Skating Union (German: Deutsche Eislauf-Union). The first iteration was held in 1986 in Frankfurt. When the ISU launched the Champions Series (later renamed the Grand Prix Series) in 1995, the German competition – then called the Nations Cup – was one of the five qualifying events. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-14 01:21 | Laura LeRoy Travis (American tennis player and coach (born 1960s)) | Laura LeRoy Travis (born 1966 or 1967) is an American former tennis player and coach. After being a Delaware state champion in high school, she played in college at the University of Delaware (UD) and was a three-time East Coast Conference (ECC) singles champion, as well as a one-time ECC doubles champion. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 22:08 | 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic (International figure skating competition) | The 2022 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating, and the first event of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. It was held at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States, from September 12–15, 2022. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-16 21:37 | 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard (International figure skating competition) | The 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the French Federation of Ice Sports (French: Fédération française des sports de glace), and the fourth event of the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-18 07:50 | Finlandia Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The Finlandia Trophy an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skating Finland (Finnish: Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto). The competition debuted in 1995 in Helsinki, and when the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the Finlandia Trophy was one of the inaugural competitions. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-22 21:52 | Sepp Kuss (American cyclist (born 1994)) | Sepp Kuss (born September 13, 1994) is an American professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. He won the 2023 Vuelta a España, becoming the first American to win a Grand Tour since Chris Horner in 2013. Kuss is the second cyclist to win a Grand Tour and finish all three Grand Tours in a single season, after Gastone Nencini in 1957. | Verylongandmemorable (talk) |
| 2025-05-23 02:47 | Denis Ten Memorial Challenge (International figure skating competition) | The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Denis Ten Foundation in Kazakhstan. The competition debuted in 2019 and is named in honor of Denis Ten, a former Kazakh figure skater who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-23 15:30 | 2024 World Figure Skating Championships (International figure skating competition) | The 2024 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 18–24, 2024, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating, second only to the Olympics. Montreal had originally been scheduled to host the 2020 World Championships, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-25 00:08 | Diego García Miravete (Mexican gridiron football coach and former player) | Diego Leonardo García Miravete is a Mexican former gridiron football coach and player. He served as head coach of the Cóndores UNAM from 1976 to 1993 and amassed nine national championships. García Miravete also served as head coach of the Auténticos Tigres UANL, the Borregos Salvajes Toluca, and the Borregos Salvajes Santa Fe, as well as stints with the Cardinals Palermo and Corsari Palermo in Italy and the Badalona Drags in Spain. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 05:52 | Charley Hull (English professional golfer (born 1996)) | Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 09:56 | 2024 FIA GT World Cup (Sports car race) | The 2024 FIA GT World Cup (formally the Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup) was a Grand Touring (GT) sports car race held on the Guia Circuit in Macau on 17 November 2024. It was the seventh FIA GT World Cup and the fourteenth GT3 car race held in Macau. The Automobile General Association Macau-China, the event's promoter, appointed the motorsports organiser SRO Motorsports Group to form a grid. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 09:22 | 2022 World Figure Skating Championships (International figure skating competition) | The 2022 World Figure Skating Championships were held from March 21 to 27, 2022, at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, France. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-27 20:20 | Drew Westling (American football coach and former player (born 1987)) | Drew Westling (born July 2, 1987) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Mt. Carmel High School, a position he has held since 2021. Westling was the head football coach for Chula Vista High School in 2014 and Hilltop High School from 2016 to 2019. He also coached for Aliso Niguel High School and Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 20:01 | Vietnam at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Vietnam competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It marked the nation's ninth Olympic appearance, having notably skipped the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles due to the Soviet boycott. The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) dispatched its largest delegation to a non-boycotting Olympic Games, with 23 athletes competing in 10 sports in Rio de Janeiro. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 05:44 | 2019–20 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2019–20 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the sixth 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) |
| 2025-05-29 05:44 | 2020–21 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2020–21 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the seventh 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) |
| 2025-05-29 08:37 | John Carlson (ice hockey) (American ice hockey player (born 1990)) | John Carlson (born January 10, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Capitals in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2008 NHL entry draft after playing a year in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Indiana Ice. | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 11:08 | Lella Lombardi (Italian racing driver (1941–1992)) | Maria Grazia "Lella" Lombardi (26 March 1941 – 3 March 1992) was an Italian racing driver who participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix. Lombardi was the second female driver to qualify for Formula One, after Maria Teresa de Filippis, and is the only female driver who scored points in Formula One, having won half a point in the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. | Yadsalohcin (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 20:31 | 2025 EuroLeague Final Four (Basketball tournament in Abu Dhabi) | The 2025 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2024–25 EuroLeague season, the 68th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 25th season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 38th Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 40th time overall that the competition has concluded with a final four format. | H-Hurry (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 22:18 | Juventus FC (women) (Women's association football club from Italy) | Juventus Football Club (from Latin: iuventūs, 'youth'; ), known for commercial purposes as Juventus Women or simply Juve Women, is a women's football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It was established in 2017 as the women's section of the homonymous club, following an acquisition of Cuneo's sporting licence. | Wikipediæ philosophia (talk), Nehme1499 (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 17:40 | Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held over two rounds at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the second time that this mixed-sex relay event was contested at the Summer Olympics. National teams could qualify for the event through the 2024 World Athletics Relays or the World Athletics top list. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-06-02 18:16 | 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles | The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held over three rounds at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from 19 to 22 July 2022. It was the nineteenth time that this event was contested at the World Athletics Championships. Athletes could qualify by running the entry standard of 55.40 seconds or faster, by winning selected competitions, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-06-03 20:22 | René Ressejac-Duparc (French association footballer (1880–1941)) | René Ressejac-Duparc (28 September 1880 – 19 April 1941) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder and who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal as a member of the USFSA team, which was primarily Club Français players. With Club Français, he won back-to-back Coupe Manier titles in 1899 and 1900, and he also reached the finals of the 1900 Challenge International du Nord, and of the 1899 and 1900 USFSA Football Championship. | Luis7M (talk) |
| 2025-06-06 10:52 | Pavel Mareš (Czech footballer) | Pavel Mareš (born 18 January 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender at either centre-back or left-back. He played top-league football in the Czech Republic for Bohemians Prague and Sparta Prague, and played for Zenit Saint Petersburg in the Russian Football Premier League. | C679 |
| 2025-06-06 22:41 | 2010 NFC Championship Game (2011 American football postseason game) | The 2010 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was an American football game played between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears on January 23, 2011, at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Even though the Bears–Packers rivalry is one of the longest and most storied rivalries in National Football League (NFL) history, the two teams had only ever met in the postseason once, in 1941. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-06-07 23:13 | Jake Bergey (American lacrosse player (born 1974)) | Jake Bergey (born May 4, 1974) is an American former lacrosse player. He played 10 seasons for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and also played three seasons in Major League Lacrosse (MLL). | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-06-15 16:56 | Denkova-Staviski Cup (International figure skating competition) | The Denkova-Staviski Cup is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Bulgarian Skating Federation (Bulgarian: Българска федерация по фигурно пързаляне) and the Denkova-Staviski Skating Club (Bulgarian: Кънки клуб Денкова - Стависки) at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-06-16 00:06 | 2018 Cheez-It Bowl (College football bowl game) | The 2018 Cheez-It Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2018, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The game was the 30th annual playing of the Cheez-It Bowl and the first played under that name. It featured the California Golden Bears from the Pac-12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from the Big 12 Conference in the teams' first meeting. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-06-16 02:40 | Howard Wing (Chinese cyclist (1916–2008)) | Howard Wing (Chinese: 何浩華; pinyin: Hé Hàohuá; 28 January 1916 – 7 March 2008) was a Dutch and Chinese cyclist and businessman. He became the first cyclist to compete internationally for China after he competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-17 12:05 | Dick Mize (American biathlete (born 1935)) | Richard Norman "Dick" Mize (born December 17, 1935) is an American biathlete and cross-country skier. He is credited as being Eagle County's first Olympian after he competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and placed 21st. During his college years, he earned multiple medals being part of the Western Colorado Mountaineers when they had won two titles on 1956 and 1957 in cross-country skiing. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-17 23:14 | Liatu King (American basketball player (born 2002)) | Liatu King (born February 10, 2002) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. She played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. King was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the third round of the 2025 WNBA draft. | OceanGunfish (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 02:08 | Nikolay Alyokhin (Belarusian Olympic fencer (1954–2023)) | Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alyokhin (Russian: Николай Александрович Алёхин; Belarusian: Мікалай Аляксандравіч Алёхін; 26 October 1954 – 8 July 2023) was a Belarusian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union, winning the gold medal in the team sabre event. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-06-19 13:42 | Frank Bare Sr. (American gymnast) | Frank Lee Bare Sr. (September 13, 1930 – February 25, 2011) was an American gymnast and first executive director of the United States Gymnastics Federation, now called USA Gymnastics. Bare is credited with growing the sport of gymnastics in the United States, and under his leadership, the USGF replaced the Amateur Athletic Union as the governing body for the sport internationally. | GauchoDude (talk) |
| 2025-06-21 13:50 | Frej Liewendahl (Finnish middle-distance runner) | Frey Fritiof "Frej" Liewendahl (22 October 1902 – 31 January 1966) was a Finnish track and field athlete. Born in Åland with Swedish roots, he had first competed for IFK Mariehamn. He represented Finland at the 1924 Summer Olympics placing eighth in the men's 1500 metres, though was part of the gold medal-winning team in the men's 3000 metres team race. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-23 15:22 | Ahmed Issa (Chadian middle-distance runner (1943–1983)) | Ahmed Issa (17 July 1943 – 1983) was a Chadian middle-distance runner. Born in Ouham in Ubangi-Shari, he represented Chad in international competition and set a national record in the 800 metres in 1962. He then competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics as part of the first Chadian delegation at an Olympic Games. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-26 08:56 | Alberto Jarrín (Ecuadorian long-distance runner) | Luis Alberto Jarrín Jaramillo (20 April 1900 – 30 August 1981) was an Ecuadorian long-distance runner. Growing up, he played lawn tennis and table tennis before moving to athletics in college. He set the national record in the marathon, becoming the first Ecuadorian man to run under four hours in the distance. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-27 12:38 | Louis Baillon (Falkland Islander field hockey player (1881–1965)) | Louis Charles Baillon (5 August 1881 – 2 September 1965) was a Falkland Islander sportsman and businessman. Born in the Islands, he would eventually move to England with his family in 1888 and settle in Church Brampton. There, he practiced many professional sport such as being a football player for Wandsworth AFC and a lawn tennis player for Northamptonshire's team. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-27 15:35 | Rusiate Rogoyawa (Fijian cross-country skier (born 1961)) | Rusiate Rogoyawa (born 16 May 1961) is a Fijian cross-country skier. Born in Cikobia-i-Lau, he moved to Norway in 1982 to study electric engineering. His participation at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where he became the first athlete for Fiji at a Winter Olympics, was eventually funded by the International Olympic Committee. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-29 12:57 | Emma Finucane (British cyclist (born 2002)) | Emma Finucane (born 22 December 2002) is a Welsh track cyclist. She is an Olympic champion in the team sprint, a two-time world champion in the sprint, and a world and European champion in the team sprint. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she became the first British woman to win three gold medals at a single games since Mary Rand in 1964. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 14:57 | Oskar Ospelt (Liechtensteiner sprinter (1908–1988)) | Oskar Ospelt (27 July 1908 – 15 June 1988) was a Liechtensteiner sprinter and thrower. Domestically, Ospelt would compete for the sports club Leichtathletik Club Vaduz. He would compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics representing Liechtenstein in athletics, becoming one of the first athletes for Liechtenstein at an Olympic Games. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 19:27 | James Justin (English footballer (born 1998)) | James Michael Justin (born 23 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for EFL Championship club Leicester City. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 11:46 | Elinor Barker (Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)) | Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Uno-X Mobility. As a track cyclist, she is an Olympic champion in the team pursuit and a world champion in the team pursuit, madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 19:32 | Brandon Hagel (Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)) | Brandon Hagel (born August 27, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 159th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2016 NHL entry draft but did not sign with the team. Hagel made his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks in March 2020, following a junior career with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League (WHL), where he set a franchise record for most assists. | – AllCatsAreGrey (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 00:45 | Ed Carberry (American football coach (born 1953/54)) | Ed Carberry (born 1953/54) is an American former college football coach. He was the head football coach for St. Anthony High School from 1982 to 1983, Monte Vista High School from 1989 to 2003, Mt. San Jacinto College from 2004 to 2006, and Southwestern College in Chula Vista, California, from 2007 to 2021. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 15:19 | Flint Fleming (American gridiron football player (born 1965)) | Flint E. Fleming (born March 17, 1965) is an American former professional football player who played twelve seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Detroit Drive/Massachusetts Marauders, Orlando Predators, Tampa Bay Storm, Arizona Rattlers, Milwaukee Mustangs, Buffalo Destroyers, and Florida Bobcats. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 18:41 | Mike Black (kicker) (American football player (born 1969)) | Mike Black (born July 25, 1969) is an American former professional football placekicker who played twelve seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Charlotte Rage, Iowa Barnstormers, New York CityHawks, New England Sea Wolves, Buffalo Destroyers, Tampa Bay Storm, and Grand Rapids Rampage. He played college football at Boise State University, where he was a third-team All-American as a senior in 1991. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 08:36 | Jade Jones (taekwondo) (Welsh taekwondo athlete (born 1993)) | Jade Louise Jones OBE (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete, who is now training as a boxer. As a Taekwondo competitor in the –57kg category, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist (2012, 2016), a one-time world champion (2019), and a three-time European champion (2016, 2018, 2021). | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-13 04:26 | Valerie Pedro (Palauan weightlifter (1976–2007)) | Valeria Rapatamor "Valerie" Pedro (16 November 1976 – 25 March 2007) was a Palauan weightlifter. During her early international career, she won medals at the 1999 South Pacific Games and the 2000 Oceanian Weightlifting Championships. Upon receiving a wild card quota from the International Olympic Committee, she would compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics as the first woman to compete for Palau at an Olympic Games. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-13 19:36 | Juan Soto trade (2022 Major League Baseball trade) | The Juan Soto trade was a blockbuster sports trade between the Washington Nationals, and San Diego Padres of the Major League Baseball (MLB) made on August 2, 2022. The centerpiece was Nationals outfielder Juan Soto, regarded as one of the best hitters of this generation. The magnitude of this transaction drew comparisons to the Herschel Walker trade in the NFL for its 8-player trade. | TBJ (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 15:45 | Edmond Weiskopf (French footballer (1911–1996)) | Edmond Weiskopf (22 October 1911 – 16 March 1996), later known as Edmond Virage, was a Hungarian-born French footballer who played as a forward for Metz, Olympique de Marseille, and the French national team in the 1930s. | Luis7M (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 04:13 | Willie Culpepper (American football player (born 1967)) | Willie James Culpepper (born March 27, 1967) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southwestern Louisiana, where he set school records in career receiving yards and single-game receiving yards. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 16:01 | Doug Belden (American gridiron football player (1927–1972)) | Douglas Ray Belden (April 24, 1927 – July 8, 1972) was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). He participated in college football, baseball, basketball, and track at the University of Florida, where he was the last four-sport letterman in school history. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 03:12 | Victor Hall (American football) (American football player (born 1968)) | Victor Hall (born December 4, 1968) is an American former professional football player who played eight seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Orlando Predators and Los Angeles Avengers. He is the head coach for the Middle Georgia State Knights. After being involved in a life-threatening car accident when he was a 17-year-old high school student, Hall enrolled at Auburn University to play college football. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 04:38 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in China (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in China is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Figure Skating Association (Chinese: 中国花样滑冰协会). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 04:43 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia – also known as Skate Slovakia – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Slovak Figure Skating Association (Slovak: Slovensky Krasokorčuliarsky Zväz). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 08:42 | 2021 World Athletics Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2021 World Athletics Relays was held over two rounds at Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland, on 1 and 2 May 2021. It was the fifth time this event was contested at the World Athletics Relays. Teams could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 3:31.50 minutes or by their position on the World Athletics top list. | Editør (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 10:52 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Canada (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Canada is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skate Canada. It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 11:27 | Lombardia Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The Lombardia Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Italian Ice Sports Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio). The competition debuted in 2013 in Sesto San Giovanni, and when the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the Lombardia Trophy was one of the inaugural competitions. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 15:30 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Hungary (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Hungary is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by th Hungarian Skating Federation (Hungarian: Magyar Országos Korcsolyázó Szövetség). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 15:45 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Bulgaria (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Bulgaria – also known as the Sofia Cup – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Bulgarian Skating Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация по кънки). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:15 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:42 | 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by British Ice Skating, and the fourth event of the 2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It was held at IceSheffield in Sheffield, England, in the United Kingdom, from 11 to 13 November 2022. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:44 | Autumn Classic International (International figure skating competition) | The Autumn Classic International is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skate Canada. The competition debuted in 2014 in Barrie, Ontario, as one of the inaugural competitions of the ISU Challenger Series. The Autumn Classic International has been a Challenger Series event six times during its history. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:45 | Tallinn Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The Tallinn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted in Tallinn, Estonia, by the Estonian Skating Union (Estonian: Eesti Uisuliit). It debuted in 2002 as a regional competition before expanding as an international event in 2011 and joining the ISU Challenger Series in 2015. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 21:46 | U.S. International Figure Skating Classic (International figure skating competition) | The U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The competition debuted in 2012 in Salt Lake City, and when the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the U.S. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-20 11:33 | Mark Jackson (quarterback) (American gridiron football player (born 1954)) | Charles Mark Jackson (born June 12, 1954) is an American former professional football quarterback who played six seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. After leading Carlsbad High School to an undefeated record as a senior in 1971, he played college football at the University of Texas at El Paso and was the school's first-ever freshman varsity letterman in any sport. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-20 15:53 | 2023 EFL League Two play-off final (Association football match) | The 2023 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match, which took place on 28 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Stockport County and Carlisle United, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, to EFL League One. | — Amakuru (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 23:09 | 2007 NFC Championship Game (2008 American football postseason game) | The 2007 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was an American football game played between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers on January 20, 2008, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers finished the season 13–3, winning the NFC North, while securing the second seed in the playoffs. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-07-22 02:49 | Carlos Fowler (American gridiron football player (born 1972)) | Carlos Antonio Fowler (born August 30, 1972) is an American former profressional football lineman who played nine seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Texas Terror/Houston ThunderBears, Nashville Kats, and Los Angeles Avengers. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was a starter for the Rose Bowl champion Wisconsin Badgers. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 15:05 | Wayne Coffey (American football) (American football player (born 1964)) | Wayne Everett Coffey (May 30, 1964 – June 2024) was an American professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Cisco College and Southwest Texas State University, earning junior college All-American honors while at Cisco. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 02:06 | Carlton Johnson (American football player (born 1969)) | Carleton Elijah Johnson (born October 13, 1969), known as Carlton Johnson, is an American former professional football defensive back who played four seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Las Vegas Sting, Anaheim Piranhas, and Albany Firebirds. He played college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was a two-time first-team All-Big West selection. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 02:50 | Champions of the Future (European kart racing championship) | Champions of the Future (COTF) is a kart racing competition organised by the RGMMC Group and sanctioned by the CIK-FIA. Founded in 2020, COTF is one of 10 competitions on the international kart racing calendar in CIK-FIA classes. | MB2437 |
| 2025-07-23 20:33 | Joe Adams (quarterback) (American gridiron football player (born 1958)) | Joe "747" Adams (born April 5, 1958) is an American former football quarterback. He played college football at Tennessee State University, where he set the NCAA record for career touchdown passes and was a Black college national champion. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 12th round of the 1981 NFL draft, but never signed with them. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 23:34 | 2015 MAVTV 500 (IndyCar race held at Fontana, California) | The 2015 MAVTV 500 was an IndyCar Series motor race held on June 27, 2015, at the Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, California. It was the eleventh round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season and the fourteenth and final Indy car race held at the speedway. The race, which was contested over 250 laps, was won by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver Graham Rahal, his first win since 2008. | User:Nerdy505 (Talk page) |
| 2025-07-24 15:33 | Brian Hall (American football) (American football player) | Brian Hall (born 1953 or 1954) is an American former college football placekicker who played for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He kicked with a prosthetic leg. At the age of 14, his foot was amputated after an accident on his family's ranch. Hall joined his high school football team as a placekicker, and later walked-on to Texas Tech University to play college football for the Red Raiders. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 02:57 | Robert Stewart (lineman) (American football player (1967–2022)) | Robert Stewart (April 12, 1967 – June 4, 2022) was an American professional football lineman who played eleven seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Charlotte Rage, New Jersey Red Dogs, New York Dragons, Arizona Rattlers, and Carolina Cobras. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he spent time at three different positions and was named an Associated Press second-team All-American. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 23:01 | Anaheim Ducks (National Hockey League team in Anaheim, California) | The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. The Ducks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Honda Center, and is owned by Henry and Susan Samueli. The Ducks are affiliated with the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL. | Conyo14 (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 05:24 | Calvin Spears (American football player (born 1980)) | Calvin Spears (born August 8, 1980) is an American former football defensive back. He played college football at Grambling State University, where he was a four-time All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) selection, a two-time All-American, a two-time Black college football national champion, and a two-time SWAC javelin throwing champion. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
Culture/Visual arts
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| 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) |
| 2025-05-09 19:09 | 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery (highest-value theft in Canadian history) | The 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery, sometimes called the Skylight Caper, took place very early in the morning of September 4. Three armed robbers used a skylight under repair to gain entry to the museum from its roof, tied up the three guards on duty, and left on foot with 18 paintings, including a rare Rembrandt landscape and works by (or attributed to at the time) Jan Brueghel the Elder, Corot, Delacroix, Rubens, and Thomas Gainsborough, as well as some figurines and jewellery. | Daniel Case (talk) |
| 2025-05-21 19:08 | Dinolandia (Art project and pop-up museum in Portland, Oregon, U.S.) | Dinolandia was a dinosaur art project and pop-up museum by American visual artist Mike Bennett. It operated in a former department store in Portland, Oregon, from May 31 to September 10, 2022. The exhibit featured themed displays with dozens of plywood cutouts depicting various dinosaur species in a forest setting. | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2025-07-15 20:03 | Toronto City Hall (Canadian city hall, opened 1965) | The Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, is the seat of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. Designed by Viljo Revell and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, this example of Neo-Expressionist Modern architecture opened in 1965. The building is located adjacent to Nathan Phillips Square, a public square at the northwest intersection of Bay Street and Queen Street, that was designed and officially opened alongside Toronto City Hall. | Alaney2k (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 18:26 | La Revolución (painting) (Artwork by Fabián Cháirez) | La Revolución is a 2014 painting by Fabián Cháirez. Measuring 40.5 cm × 30 cm (15.9 in × 11.8 in), the oil-on-canvas work was first exhibited at the Galería José María Velasco in Mexico City between 2015 and 2016. It depicts Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata nude in a provocative pose, wearing a pink sombrero and high heels made of pistols, seated on an erect horse. | (CC) Tbhotch™ |
Culture/Visual arts/Architecture
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| 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) |
| 2025-01-27 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) |
| 2025-02-08 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) |
| 2025-02-15 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. It was built in 1889 by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived there with his family for two decades and expanded it multiple times. 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) |
| 2025-03-10 03:08 | James Charnley House (Historic house in Chicago, Illinois) | The James Charnley House (later 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. Designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler & Sullivan and his apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright for the lumber magnate James Charnley, it was completed in 1892. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 23:13 | Louis Penfield House (Historic house in Willoughby Hills, Ohio) | The Louis Penfield House is a house at 2203 River Road in Willoughby Hills, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. One of nine Usonian homes in Ohio designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Penfield House was built for the art teacher Louis Penfield. The two-story house is made of wood panels and concrete blocks, with large glass windows on the exterior. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:27 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House (House in Madison, Wisconsin) | The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, commonly referred to as Jacobs I, is a single-family home at 441 Toepfer Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the family of the journalist Herbert Jacobs, it was completed in 1937 and is cited as Wright's first Usonian home. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:27 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House (House in Madison, Wisconsin) | The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House (also known as Jacobs II or the Solar Hemicycle) is a house in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1946–1948, the house was designed for the journalist Herbert Jacobs and his wife Katherine, whose first house he had designed a decade earlier. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-07 00:30 | Gordon House (Silverton, Oregon) (Historic house in Silverton, Oregon) | The Gordon House is a two-story Usonian–style house at the Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, with Burton Goodrich as the supervising architect, the house was completed in 1963 for the farmer Conrad Gordon and his wife Evelyn. The house was originally situated near Wilsonville, Oregon, between the Willamette River and Mount Hood, but it was relocated 24 miles (39 km) to the Oregon Garden in 2001. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 23:23 | Goetsch–Winckler House (House in Okemos, Michigan) | The Goetsch–Winckler House is a single-family home at 2410 Hulett Road in Okemos, Michigan, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the art professors Alma Goetsch and Kathrine Winckler, it was completed in 1940. The house, an early example of Wright's Usonian homes, is a single-story structure laid out in a straight line and oriented west-northwest to east-southeast. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 23:24 | Bernard Schwartz House (Historic house in Two Rivers, Wisconsin) | The Bernard and Fern Schwartz House, also known as Still Bend, is a Usonian–style house at 3425 Adams Street, next to the East Twin River, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the house was completed in 1940 for the businessman Bernard Schwartz and his wife Fern. The Schwartz House is one of two that were based on a 1938 "dream house" design published in Life magazine, the other being the Gordon House in Oregon. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 00:59 | Ennis House (Historic house in Los Angeles, California) | The Ennis House (also the Ennis–Brown House) is a residence at 2607–2655 Glendower Avenue in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Mayan Revival style for the businessman Charles Ennis and his wife Mabel, it was completed in 1925 on top of a hill in Los Feliz. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 04:00 | Lyon Village, Virginia (Neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia) | Lyon Village is a neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia. It is roughly bounded by Langston Boulevard, North Veitch Street, North Franklin Road, North Highland Street, North Fillmore Street, and North Kirkwood Road, and is positioned next to the urbanized Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. | Wikipedian1234 (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 01:50 | Storer House (Los Angeles) (Historic house in Los Angeles, California) | The Storer House is a residence at 8161 Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Mayan Revival style for the homeopathic physician John Storer, it was completed in 1924. The house is one of four concrete textile block houses that Wright designed in Greater Los Angeles in the 1920s, the others being La Miniatura, the Ennis House, and the Freeman House. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-06-20 19:11 | Modulightor Building (Commercial building in Manhattan, New York) | The Modulightor Building is a commercial building in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The first four stories, designed by the architect Paul Rudolph and completed in 1993, originally comprised a 19th-century townhouse. The structure was one of the last designed by Rudolph in Manhattan before he died in 1997; unlike his other projects, the Modulightor Building was not particularly well-publicized, receiving little media coverage until the 2000s. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-06-23 13:55 | Digswell Viaduct (Railway viaduct in the East of England) | The Digswell Viaduct, also known as the Welwyn Viaduct and officially the Welwyn Railway Viaduct, is a railway viaduct that carries the two tracks of the East Coast Main Line over the Mimram Valley in the East of England. A prominent local landmark, it is located between Welwyn Garden City and Welwyn North railway stations, and is located above the village of Digswell and the River Mimram. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-07-12 23:54 | Baldwin I of Jerusalem (King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118) | Baldwin I (1060s – 2 April 1118) was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny. He received the County of Verdun in 1096, but he soon joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the First Crusade. | 🌷Reverosie🌷★talk★ |
| 2025-07-15 00:35 | Ford River Rouge complex (Historic automobile factory in Michigan, US) | The Ford River Rouge complex (commonly known as the Rouge complex, River Rouge, or The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island. Construction began in 1917, and when it was completed in 1928, it was the largest integrated factory in the world, surpassing Buick City, built in 1904. | Roast (talk) |
| 2025-07-16 01:34 | Muscatine Mall (Shopping mall in Muscatine, Iowa, US) | Muscatine Mall, originally Muscatine Plaza, is a shopping mall in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. Its anchor stores are The Lab, Slumberland Furniture, and Warehouse Bargains. Built in 1971 by General Management, the mall originally featured Woolworth and Montgomery Ward as its anchor stores, with JCPenney joining in 1975. | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2025-07-22 18:11 | Nikola Rušinović (Croatian diplomat (1908–1993)) | Nikola Rušinović (13 November 1908 – 28 August 1993) was a Croatian-American physician and diplomat who served as the first unofficial representative of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) to the Holy See from 1941 to 1942, during World War II. | Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) |
Culture/Visual arts/Comics and Anime
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| 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) |
| 2025-05-17 07:19 | Fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales (Overview of the fashion and style of Catherine, Princess of Wales) | The fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has had a substantial impact on the clothing industry ever since the public revelation of her relationship with Prince William in 2002. Often praised for her elegant and accessible style, she has become a prominent fashion icon, frequently featured in best-dressed lists of magazines such as Vanity Fair and Tatler. | MSincccc (talk) |
| 2025-05-18 21:40 | Gunbuster (Japanese original video animation series) | Gunbuster, known in Japan as Top o Nerae! (トップをねらえ!, Toppu o Nerae!; Aim for the Top!), is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by Bandai Visual, Victor Entertainment, and Gainax and released from October 1988 to July 1989. It was the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, best known as the creator and director of Neon Genesis Evangelion. | Z. Patterson (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 23:15 | To a Kinder World (7th episode of the 1st season of Dandadan) | is the seventh overall episode of the anime television series Dandadan, an adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Yukinobu Tatsu. Episode six depicts a fight between the yōkai Acrobatic Silky and characters Momo Ayase, Ken "Okarun" Takakura, and Aira Shiratori, the latter Silky believes is her daughter. | Cukie Gherkin (talk) |
| 2025-07-07 05:06 | Josette Frank (American children's literature expert (1893–1989)) | Josette Frank (March 27, 1893 – September 9, 1989) was an American children's literature expert and educational consultant. Frank spent most of her adult life working for the Child Study Association of America (CSAA), a leading authority on child development from the 1920s to the 1960s. Frank was engaged as the CSAA's child reading expert and published a parental literary guide titled What Books For Children? in 1937, with a new edition in 1941. | Etzedek24 (Talk) (Contribs) |
Culture/Visual arts/Fashion
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| 2025-03-29 00:21 | Model (art) (Person who poses for a visual artist) | An art model is a person who poses, often nude, for visual artists as part of the creative process, providing a reference for the human body in a work of art. As an occupation, modeling requires the often strenuous 'physical work' of holding poses for the required length of time, the 'aesthetic work' of performing a variety of interesting poses, and the 'emotional work' of maintaining a socially ambiguous role. | WriterArtistDC (talk) |
| 2025-05-17 07:19 | Fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales (Overview of the fashion and style of Catherine, Princess of Wales) | The fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has had a substantial impact on the clothing industry ever since the public revelation of her relationship with Prince William in 2002. Often praised for her elegant and accessible style, she has become a prominent fashion icon, frequently featured in best-dressed lists of magazines such as Vanity Fair and Tatler. | MSincccc (talk) |
| 2025-05-21 13:02 | Bellmer La Poupée (1997 British fashion collection) | Bellmer La Poupée is the ninth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Spring/Summer 1997 season of his eponymous fashion house. The collection used La Poupée, a 1934 series by surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer, as a jumping-off point to deconstruct narrow standards of beauty considered acceptable by the fashion industry. | ♠PMC♠ (talk) |
| 2025-06-23 10:58 | Sarabande (collection) (2007 British fashion collection) | Sarabande is the twenty-ninth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Spring/Summer 2007 season of his eponymous fashion house. Sarabande was an exploration of fragility and decaying grandeur expressed through floral motifs. It was primarily inspired by Barry Lyndon (1975), a film set in the eighteenth century and known for its themes of fatalism and romanticism. | ♠PMC♠ (talk) |
Geography/Geographical
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| 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 20:26 | 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 |
| 2025-03-12 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) |
| 2025-04-10 01:06 | Ice Peak Formation (Geological formation in British Columbia, Canada) | The Ice Peak Formation (IPF) is a stratigraphic unit of Pleistocene age in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the seventh youngest and fifth most voluminous of the 13 recognized geological formations comprising the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (MEVC), which consists of late Cenozoic volcanic rocks. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-04-23 18:34 | Desolation Lava Field (Lava field in British Columbia, Canada) | The Desolation Lava Field (DLF) is a volcanic field at Mount Edziza in British Columbia, Canada. It reaches an elevation of 2,165 metres (7,103 feet) on the Big Raven Plateau, but decreases to 820 m (2,690 ft) at Buckley Lake and 670 m (2,200 ft) in the Klastline River valley. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-05-15 00:39 | Snowshoe Lava Field (Lava field in British Columbia, Canada) | The Snowshoe Lava Field (SLF) is a largely buried volcanic field at Mount Edziza in British Columbia, Canada. It reaches an elevation of 2,390 metres (7,840 feet) and engulfs more than 40 square kilometres (15 square miles) of the Big Raven Plateau and adjacent valleys with blocky lava flows. The Snowshoe Lava Field is the southernmost of two lava fields on the Big Raven Plateau, the other being the smaller Desolation Lava Field at the northern end of the plateau. | Volcanoguy |
Geography/Regions/Africa
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| 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. After studying Law at Cairo University (Khartoum branch), Kigab embarked on a successful swimming career, representing Sudan internationally. | FuzzyMagma (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 05:08 | Niamey (Capital and the largest city of Niger) | Niamey is the capital and largest city of Niger. As the Niamey Urban Community (French: Communauté Urbaine de Niamey, CUN), it is a first-level division of Niger, surrounded by the Tillabéri Region, in the western part of the country. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the river's east bank. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-06-23 15:22 | Ahmed Issa (Chadian middle-distance runner (1943–1983)) | Ahmed Issa (17 July 1943 – 1983) was a Chadian middle-distance runner. Born in Ouham in Ubangi-Shari, he represented Chad in international competition and set a national record in the 800 metres in 1962. He then competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics as part of the first Chadian delegation at an Olympic Games. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-04 12:38 | Owodo (Ogiso of Igodomigodo (r. 1125–1130)) | Owodo (r. 1125–1130, d. c. 1133) was the thirty-first and last Ogiso ('king') of the Ohuede dynasty in the pre‑imperial Benin kingdom of Igodomigodo. He succeeded his father Arigho during the aftermath of a prolonged famine and introduced measures to curb noble privileges—banning their public display of the Ada (royal sword), restricting chiefs' appointments, and attempting to abolish slavery and land sales—which provoked fierce resistance from the Edionnisen ('Great Nobles') and regional rulers. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2025-07-16 00:12 | Abortion in Togo | In Togo, abortion is only legal in the cases of pregnancy from rape or incest, risk to the mother's health or life, or risk of birth defects. The law requires abortion to be performed by a doctor. Unsafe abortion is a major cause of maternal mortality in the country. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-07-18 23:54 | Abortion in Lesotho | In Lesotho, abortion is illegal unless the pregnancy poses a risk to life or health, or it from rape or incest. Legal abortions must be provided by a "medical practitioner" and approved by another. People who provide or assist abortions may be punished. Unsafe abortions cause about one-fifth of maternal deaths in the country. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-07-19 01:48 | Abortion in Eswatini | In Eswatini, abortion is a criminal offence except on the grounds of pregnancy from rape or incest, risk to life or health, or fetal defects. Providing or receiving an illegal abortion is punishable by life imprisonment. This abortion law is from the 2005 Constitution of Eswatini, before which abortion was permitted only if the pregnancy was life-threatening. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-07-23 10:10 | Livingstone Luboobi (Ugandan Academic) | Livingstone Sserwadda Luboobi (1944–2025) was a Ugandan mathematician and academic administrator. He served as Vice Chancellor of Makerere University from 2004 to 2009 and was a professor of Biomathematics at the same institution, where he began his academic career in the 1970s. He also held an adjunct professorship at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology between 2013 and 2017. | Ibjaja055 (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Northern Africa
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| 2025-05-16 17:30 | Love Will Never Do (Without You) (1990 single by Janet Jackson) | "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). It was written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional production by Jackson. A dance song with swing and funk influences, it draws away from the album's socially conscious tones, focusing instead on romance. | Christian (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 01:50 | Ghada Salah El Manbawi (The First Egyptian woman to head Medical Military Academy) | Ghada Salah El-Manbawi (Arabic: غاده صلاح المنباوي; born 9 June 1969) is an Egyptian military physician and the first Egyptian woman to serve as President of the Military Medical Academy (April 2020–June 2022) and served on the academy's COVID-19 task force. Previously, she was Regional Health Inspector for Prevention and Awareness at WHO-EMRO (2018–2020). | Walid777999 (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 23:54 | Baldwin I of Jerusalem (King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118) | Baldwin I (1060s – 2 April 1118) was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny. He received the County of Verdun in 1096, but he soon joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the First Crusade. | 🌷Reverosie🌷★talk★ |
| 2025-07-26 08:56 | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (French mezzo-soprano (1963–2025)) | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (28 December 1963 – 19 July 2025) was a French mezzo-soprano. Her signature role was Bizet's Carmen, performed first in 1993 at the Opéra Bastille and then at leading opera houses especially in France, but also at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and La Scala in Milan. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Americas/Central America
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| 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) |
| 2025-02-25 22:57 | 1935 Salvadoran presidential election (1935 elections in El Salvador) | Presidential elections were held in El Salvador between 13 and 15 January 1935. General 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) |
| 2025-04-10 18:31 | Young Lords (Civil and human rights organization) | The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO), were a left-wing political organization that originally developed from a Chicago street gang. With major branches in Chicago and New York City, they were known for their direct action campaigns, including building occupations, sit-ins, and garbage-dumping protests. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-05-11 13:50 | Elvia Carrillo Puerto (Mexican politician and feminist (1881–1965)) | Elvia Carrillo Puerto (30 January 1881 – 18 April 1965) was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist. She is known for founding the Liga Feminista Rita Cetina Gutiérrez and for helping to organize the Frente Único pro Derechos de la Mujer, both significant feminist organizations. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 13:21 | Elections in El Salvador (political elections for public offices in El Salvador, Central America) | In El Salvador, elections are held for government offices at the national, municipal, and supranational levels. Salvadoran citizens elect the president, vice president, and deputies of the Legislative Assembly at the national level; mayors and municipal council members at the municipal level; and El Salvador's deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) at the supranational level. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-05-31 13:23 | Airport of the Pacific (Airport under construction in El Salvador) | The Airport of the Pacific (Spanish: Aeropuerto del Pacífico), also known as the International Airport of the Pacific (Aeropuerto Internacional del Pacífico) or the Airport of the East (Aeropuerto de Oriente), is an under construction joint-use civilian international airport and military base located in Conchagua, El Salvador. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-06-16 06:33 | Mejicanos massacre (2010 attack by Salvadoran gang members) | The Mejicanos massacre (Spanish: masacre de Mejicanos), also known as the Route 47 massacre (masacre de la ruta 47), occurred on 20 June 2010 when members of the 18th Street gang (Barrio 18) attacked two minibuses in the Salvadoran city of Mejicanos, just northeast of the capital city of San Salvador. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-07-06 00:10 | Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization (American communist organization) | The Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization was a communist political organization that evolved from the Young Lords Party (YLP), a Puerto Rican civil rights organization, in 1972. Ideologically, the PRRWO adopted Marxist–Leninist and Maoist principles. It also took an anti-revisionist stance and advocated for Puerto Rican independence pending a communist revolution. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 19:44 | History of Key West | Thousands of years before European discovery, the island of Key West was largely occupied by the Calusa and Tequesta Native American tribes. Brief settlements by transient Seminoles in the late 18th century introduced temporary trade in the Florida Keys; early fishing and wrecking revenues became notable among passing Natives in the region. | RobertFord II (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Americas/North America
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| 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) |
| 2024-12-29 21:33 | Adrien Nunez (College basketball player (2018–2022) Michigan) | 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) |
| 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 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. From a career spanning over half a century, he is best known for his sophisticated innovation and artistry in musical films. As of 2025[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 Saturday, December 11, 2021, two large and strong tornadoes struck the city of Bowling Green, at 1:20 a.m., 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 fatalities. | EF5 |
| 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 \\ |
| 2025-01-18 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) |
| 2025-01-26 01:23 | 2024 United States drone sightings (Reports of unidentified UAVs) | The 2024 United States drone sightings, also referred to as the New Jersey drone sightings, were a series of reports involving large, unidentified drones observed at night across multiple regions of the United States between November and December 2024. The phenomenon originated in New Jersey before spreading to neighboring states like New York and Pennsylvania, and eventually across the Northeastern United States and other parts of the country. | – 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) |
| 2025-01-29 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) |
| 2025-02-01 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 |
| 2025-02-05 00:28 | Red Weiner (American football player (1911–1988)) | 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 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) |
| 2025-02-12 06:27 | Pete Hegseth (American government official (born 1980)) | Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American author, former television presenter, and former Army National Guard officer who has been the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 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. It was built in 1889 by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived there with his family for two decades and expanded it multiple times. 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) |
| 2025-02-16 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 |
| 2025-02-22 06:34 | Howard Lutnick (American businessman and Commerce Secretary (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman and government official who is serving as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since February 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-02-22 18:41 | Alek Skarlatos (American politician (born 1992)) | Aleksander Reed Skarlatos (born October 10, 1992) is a Greek-American politician and former Oregon Army National Guard soldier. He is a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing Oregon's 4th House district. Prior to being elected, he came to prominence for his actions 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 EF4 tornado in Mississippi, U.S) | 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 ('Hawaiian Progress' or 'Improving Hawaii') 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. | RONIN 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 American political controversy) | The American regional Mexican band Grupo Frontera has been involved in a controversy due to an alleged endorsement of the politician and current United States president Donald Trump since early 2025, after a video of one of the vocalists' relatives performing a "Trump dance" to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A." went viral. | Santi (talk) |
| 2025-03-10 03:08 | James Charnley House (Historic house in Chicago, Illinois) | The James Charnley House (later 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. Designed by Louis Sullivan of Adler & Sullivan and his apprentice Frank Lloyd Wright for the lumber magnate James Charnley, it was completed in 1892. | Epicgenius (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). | Cielquiparle (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 |
| 2025-03-22 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 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) |
| 2025-03-25 23:31 | Daniel A. Gilbert (American police official and politician (1889–1970)) | Daniel A. Gilbert (August 31, 1889 – July 31, 1970) was an American police officer and politician who was active in Cook County, Illinois's law enforcement from 1917 to 1950, and referred to as the world's richest police officer due to his net worth of $360,000. He unsuccessfully ran for Cook County Sheriff with the Democratic nomination in 1950. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:33 | Ruben A. Valdez (American politician (1937–2019)) | Ruben Adolfo Valdez (January 27, 1937 – October 1, 2019) was an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1971 to 1979, and as its Speaker from 1975 to 1976. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:34 | Kurt Wright (American politician (born 1956)) | Kurt Wright (born February 7, 1956) is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, and on Burlington, Vermont's city council intermittently between 1995 and 2020. He was president of the city council from 2007 to 2009, and 2018 to 2020. He is the last Republican to serve on Burlington's city council and to represent it in the state house. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 17:23 | William Baxter (American politician) (American politician (1778–1827)) | William Baxter (August 3, 1778 – October 1, 1827) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the state's attorney for Orleans County, Vermont, from 1802 to 1815, and in the Vermont House of Representatives on several non-consecutive occasions between 1802 and 1827. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 19:54 | Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (Uranium fuel factory in the United States) | The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to simply as Fernald) is a Superfund site located within Crosby Township in Hamilton County, Ohio, and Ross Township in Butler County, Ohio, in the United States. The plant was located near the rural town of Fernald, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, and occupied 1,050 acres (420 ha) | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-04-02 06:54 | T. Elliot Gaiser (American attorney (born 1989)) | Thomas Elliot Gaiser (born September 6, 1989) is an American attorney who has served as the solicitor general of Ohio since 2023. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-02 23:13 | Louis Penfield House (Historic house in Willoughby Hills, Ohio) | The Louis Penfield House is a house at 2203 River Road in Willoughby Hills, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. One of nine Usonian homes in Ohio designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Penfield House was built for the art teacher Louis Penfield. The two-story house is made of wood panels and concrete blocks, with large glass windows on the exterior. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-03 04:35 | George R. Dale (American mayor and newspaper editor (1867–1936)) | George Reynolds Dale, Sr. (February 5, 1867 – March 27, 1936) was an American newspaper editor and politician. He was the editor of the Muncie Post-Democrat from 1920 to 1936 and the mayor of Muncie, Indiana, from 1930 to 1935, a member of the Democratic Party. He started several newspapers and battled bootleggers and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-07 21:05 | Bill Cottrell (American football player (1944–2025)) | William Henry Cottrell (September 18, 1944 – March 20, 2025) was an American professional football offensive lineman who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Delaware Valley Aggies and signed with the Lions as an undrafted free agent in 1966. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-04-07 23:47 | Richland Creek (Nashville, Tennessee) (River in Tennessee, United States) | Richland Creek is a stream in the western part of Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It winds for 28 miles (45 km) through the Nashville suburbs of Belle Meade and Forest Hills and eventually flows into the Cumberland River near Rock Harbor Marina at the end of Robertson Avenue. This is one of at least five streams by the name of "Richland Creek" in various regions of Tennessee. | Eagledj (talk) |
| 2025-04-11 19:04 | 2024–25 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2024–25 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 11th edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP). | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-13 04:54 | The Alaska Socialist (American socialist newspaper) | The Alaska Socialist was an American semi-monthly newspaper published in Fairbanks, Alaska. Founded by Lena Morrow Lewis in 1913, the paper was first published on September 29, associated with the Socialist Party of America. In April 1914, following elections in Fairbanks, Andrew Knowles seized editorship over the paper and cut ties with the Socialist Party and began heavily criticizing Lewis. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-04-16 23:46 | Order of New Brunswick (Civilian honour for merit in Canada) | The Order of New Brunswick is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The order was instituted through the Order of New Brunswick Act, which was granted royal assent on 20 December 2000. The order is intended to honour current or former New Brunswick residents who have demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement, thus being described as the highest honour amongst all those conferred by the New Brunswick Crown. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:27 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House (House in Madison, Wisconsin) | The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, commonly referred to as Jacobs I, is a single-family home at 441 Toepfer Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the family of the journalist Herbert Jacobs, it was completed in 1937 and is cited as Wright's first Usonian home. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:27 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House (House in Madison, Wisconsin) | The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House (also known as Jacobs II or the Solar Hemicycle) is a house in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1946–1948, the house was designed for the journalist Herbert Jacobs and his wife Katherine, whose first house he had designed a decade earlier. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 19:22 | 1976 San Diego Chargers season (1976 NFL team season) | The 1976 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 17th overall. The Chargers improved on their 2–12 record from 1975 and finished 6–8, but missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season. The Chargers started off the season by winning their first three games, but they struggled through the rest of the season by losing eight of their last eleven, which included four shutout losses, two to division rival Denver. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2025-04-18 20:42 | Gary Shapley (American government official (born 1977)) | Gary Allen Shapley Jr. (born December 1977) is an American government official who has served as the deputy chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation since 2025. Shapley also served as the acting commissioner of internal revenue from April 16 to April 18, 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-18 22:45 | Jesse M. Bowell (American captain and politician (1846–1889)) | Jesse M. Bowell (January 19, 1846 – October 31, 1889) was an American sea captain and politician. From 1885 to 1886, Bowell served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Democratic Party. Born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania, he was an engineer and pilot on the Monongahela River early in his youth. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-04-20 00:44 | Karoline Leavitt (White House press secretary (born 1997)) | Karoline Claire Leavitt (born August 24, 1997) is an American political spokesperson who has served since 2025 as the 36th White House press secretary under the second Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, she was a candidate for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the 2022 election. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-27 07:13 | 1979 Saint Elias earthquake (Earthquake in Alaska) | The 1979 Saint Elias earthquake affected southeastern Alaska at 12:27 AKST on 28 February. The thrust-faulting Mw 7.5 earthquake had an epicenter in the east of the Chugach Mountains. The earthquake occurred along an uncertain plate boundary where previous large earthquakes have occurred. Though the maximum recorded Modified Mercalli intensity was VII (Very strong), damage was minimal and there were no casualties due to the remoteness of the faulting. | SamBroGaming (talk) |
| 2025-04-28 01:57 | Donavon F. Smith (United States Air Force lieutenant general and flying ace (1922–1974)) | Donavon Francis Smith (October 2, 1922 – September 10, 1974) was a United States Army Air Forces flying ace during the World War II. He accrued 5.5 victories in the war. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1973 at the rank of lieutenant general. | Toadboy123 (talk) |
| 2025-05-05 19:20 | Virgil Hooe (American volleyball coach) | Virgil Dean Hooe (born 1947 or 1948) is an American volleyball coach. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-05-06 19:24 | 1967 Belvidere tornado (1967 tornado in Belvidere, Illinois, US) | On the afternoon of April 21, 1967, a violent tornado tracked through Belvidere, Illinois, United States. The tornado struck just after students at the city's high school had been dismissed, as they were loading onto school buses. Buses, some of which were loaded with staff and students, were flipped over and lofted, and the school itself sustained major damage. | Departure– (talk) |
| 2025-05-06 23:51 | Gordon Klingenschmitt (American military officer, politician, and religious figure (born 1968)) | Gordon James Klingenschmitt (born 1968) is an American religious figure, former US Navy chaplain, and former politician. | — Fourthords | =Λ= | |
| 2025-05-07 00:30 | Gordon House (Silverton, Oregon) (Historic house in Silverton, Oregon) | The Gordon House is a two-story Usonian–style house at the Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, with Burton Goodrich as the supervising architect, the house was completed in 1963 for the farmer Conrad Gordon and his wife Evelyn. The house was originally situated near Wilsonville, Oregon, between the Willamette River and Mount Hood, but it was relocated 24 miles (39 km) to the Oregon Garden in 2001. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-09 19:09 | 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery (highest-value theft in Canadian history) | The 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery, sometimes called the Skylight Caper, took place very early in the morning of September 4. Three armed robbers used a skylight under repair to gain entry to the museum from its roof, tied up the three guards on duty, and left on foot with 18 paintings, including a rare Rembrandt landscape and works by (or attributed to at the time) Jan Brueghel the Elder, Corot, Delacroix, Rubens, and Thomas Gainsborough, as well as some figurines and jewellery. | Daniel Case (talk) |
| 2025-05-11 12:11 | D. O. Dillavou (American attorney and politician (1936–1968)) | D. O. Dillavou (May 1, 1936 – October 29, 1968) was an American attorney and politician. Born in Deadwood in South Dakota, he graduated from Spearfish High School in 1954, where he played basketball. He then received a Bachelor of Science from the University of South Dakota in 1958. Dillavou earned his law degree from the university's School of Law, and he began practicing law a few months later after his admission into the state bar. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-05-11 13:50 | Elvia Carrillo Puerto (Mexican politician and feminist (1881–1965)) | Elvia Carrillo Puerto (30 January 1881 – 18 April 1965) was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist. She is known for founding the Liga Feminista Rita Cetina Gutiérrez and for helping to organize the Frente Único pro Derechos de la Mujer, both significant feminist organizations. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-05-12 18:13 | Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior (Traditional Catholic congregation of religious sisters in the United States) | The Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior are a congregation of Traditional Catholic religious sisters, founded in 1984 by Rev. Clarence Kelly. Their convents and missions are not recognized by the Vatican or their local archdioceses, however, they still refer to themselves as Roman Catholics. | Johnson524 |
| 2025-05-12 21:39 | Mike Enzi (American politician (1944–2021)) | Michael Bradley Enzi (February 1, 1944 – July 26, 2021) was an American politician and Air Force who served in the United States Senate from Wyoming as a member of the Republican Party from 1997 to 2021. Prior to his tenure in the United States Senate he served as mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, in the Wyoming House of Representatives from Campbell County, and the Wyoming Senate from the 24th district. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 15:50 | 2021 Fultondale tornado (2021 tornado in Alabama, U.S.) | In the late evening hours of January 25, 2021, a large and intense tornado hit the cities of Fultondale and Center Point, both located north of Birmingham, Alabama. The tornado, which was on the ground for 10 miles (16 km), inflicted extensive damage to homes and businesses, reaching a maximum intensity of EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. | EF5 |
| 2025-05-14 23:23 | Goetsch–Winckler House (House in Okemos, Michigan) | The Goetsch–Winckler House is a single-family home at 2410 Hulett Road in Okemos, Michigan, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the art professors Alma Goetsch and Kathrine Winckler, it was completed in 1940. The house, an early example of Wright's Usonian homes, is a single-story structure laid out in a straight line and oriented west-northwest to east-southeast. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 23:24 | Bernard Schwartz House (Historic house in Two Rivers, Wisconsin) | The Bernard and Fern Schwartz House, also known as Still Bend, is a Usonian–style house at 3425 Adams Street, next to the East Twin River, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the house was completed in 1940 for the businessman Bernard Schwartz and his wife Fern. The Schwartz House is one of two that were based on a 1938 "dream house" design published in Life magazine, the other being the Gordon House in Oregon. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-15 00:21 | Barron Trump (Son of Donald Trump (born 2006)) | Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006) is the fifth and youngest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, his only child with his third wife, Melania Trump, which makes him a member of the First Family of the United States. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-15 23:44 | Bill Pulte (American businessman (born 1988)) | William John Pulte (born May 28, 1988) is an American businessman and philanthropist who has served as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) since 2025. Pulte has also served as the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-16 19:10 | SE Bybee Blvd station (MAX Orange Line station in Portland, Oregon, U.S.) | SE Bybee Blvd is a light rail station in Portland, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of MAX Light Rail. It is the 14th station southbound on the Orange Line, which operates between Portland City Center, Southeast Portland, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove. The island platform station adjoins Union Pacific (UP) railroad tracks to the east and Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard (Oregon Route 99E) to the west. | truflip99 (talk) |
| 2025-05-16 22:55 | Mace of Nova Scotia (Ceremonial mace of Canadian province) | The Mace of the Province of Nova Scotia is an ornamental ceremonial staff which serves as a symbol of authority in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The mace is constructed of gilded sterling silver, and was gifted to the House by Chief Justice Robert Harris in March 1930. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly had ordered a mace to be procured as early as 1785, but these orders were not carried out, making the mace gifted by Harris the first to be used in the House. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-05-20 22:20 | Bradley Smalley (American politician (1835–1909)) | Bradley Barlow Smalley (November 26, 1835 – November 6, 1909) was an American politician who served as the Collector of the Port of Burlington from 1885 to 1889, and 1893 to 1897, and was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1875 to 1908. He represented Burlington, Vermont, in the Vermont House of Representatives for two terms and served on the Burlington Board of Aldermen. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-05-21 14:44 | 2022 Andover tornado (2022 EF3 tornado in Kansas, US) | In the evening hours of April 29, 2022, a strong and well-documented "drill-bit" tornado moved through the city of Andover, located in the U.S. state of Kansas. The tornado tracked 12.8 miles (20.6 km) through the area, injuring three people and inflicting severe EF3 damage to structures located on the eastern side of Andover. | EF5 |
| 2025-05-21 19:08 | Dinolandia (Art project and pop-up museum in Portland, Oregon, U.S.) | Dinolandia was a dinosaur art project and pop-up museum by American visual artist Mike Bennett. It operated in a former department store in Portland, Oregon, from May 31 to September 10, 2022. The exhibit featured themed displays with dozens of plywood cutouts depicting various dinosaur species in a forest setting. | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2025-05-22 16:41 | Joe Kent (American politician (born 1980)) | Joseph Clay Kent (born April 11, 1980) is an American politician, former United States Army officer, and former Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican candidate in the United States House of Representatives election for Washington's third congressional district in 2022 and 2024. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-22 20:17 | Mike Savage (politician) (Lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia since 2024) | Michael John Savage ONS (born May 13, 1960) is a Canadian politician who is currently serving as the 34th lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. The son of John Savage, he immigrated to Canada with his father from Belfast, Northern Ireland at the age of six. Michael Savage served three terms as a Liberal member of Parliament for the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour from 2004 to 2011, before serving three terms as the mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality from 2012 to 2024. | MediaKyle (talk) |
| 2025-05-24 01:13 | Colokan, Kansas (Ghost town in Kansas, United States) | Colokan was a community in Greeley County, Kansas, United States. Located roughly half-a-mile from the Colorado–Kansas border, it was founded in 1886 by a group of 42 Civil War veterans from Murphysboro, Illinois, as a soldiers' colony. A post office named Colokan, a portmanteau of the U.S. states of Colorado and Kansas, opened on December 2, 1886. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-05-25 00:08 | Diego García Miravete (Mexican gridiron football coach and former player) | Diego Leonardo García Miravete is a Mexican former gridiron football coach and player. He served as head coach of the Cóndores UNAM from 1976 to 1993 and amassed nine national championships. García Miravete also served as head coach of the Auténticos Tigres UANL, the Borregos Salvajes Toluca, and the Borregos Salvajes Santa Fe, as well as stints with the Cardinals Palermo and Corsari Palermo in Italy and the Badalona Drags in Spain. | JTtheOG (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 00:59 | Ennis House (Historic house in Los Angeles, California) | The Ennis House (also the Ennis–Brown House) is a residence at 2607–2655 Glendower Avenue in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Mayan Revival style for the businessman Charles Ennis and his wife Mabel, it was completed in 1925 on top of a hill in Los Feliz. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 04:00 | Lyon Village, Virginia (Neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia) | Lyon Village is a neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia. It is roughly bounded by Langston Boulevard, North Veitch Street, North Franklin Road, North Highland Street, North Fillmore Street, and North Kirkwood Road, and is positioned next to the urbanized Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. | Wikipedian1234 (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 11:52 | First Feminist Congress of Yucatán (1916 conference in Mérida, Mexico) | The First Feminist Congress of Yucatán (Spanish: Primer Congreso Feminista de Yucatán) was a conference that took place from 13 to 16 January 1916 at the Peón Contreras Theater in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The congress brought together 620 delegates, primarily teachers, to discuss and propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 16:31 | 2023 Virginia Beach tornado (2023 tornado in Virginia, U.S.) | In the evening hours of April 30, 2023, a rare and intense tornado struck portions of Virginia Beach, the largest city in the state of Virginia. The tornado inflicted heavy damage to dozens of homes, with wind speeds in the vortex reaching as high as 145 miles per hour (233 km/h). Despite heavy damage no casualties were recorded. | EF5 |
| 2025-05-27 16:07 | May Mailman (American political advisor (born 1988)) | Sylvia May Mailman (née Davis; born June 4, 1988) is an American political advisor and attorney who has served as deputy assistant to the president and senior policy strategist since 2025. Mailman served as the deputy solicitor general of Ohio from 2021 to 2023. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-28 19:08 | Daniel H. Overmyer (American businessman (1924–2012)) | Daniel Harrison Overmyer (December 6, 1924 – July 24, 2012) was an American businessman, warehouse mogul, and television broadcaster. During the height of his career, Overmyer was referred to as "the king of warehousing". | Nathan Obral • he/him/🦝 • t • c • |
| 2025-05-29 00:24 | 1955 Yuba–Sutter floods (1955 flood in California, U.S.) | From December 16 to 25, 1955, a devastating flood event struck portions of California, located in the United States. The floods, which were triggered by heavy rainfall and a levee break on the Feather River, resulted in the direct deaths of 74 people and left damages that totaled an estimated $150 million (1955 USD); they were one of the costliest flooding event ever recorded in the state of California. | EF5 |
| 2025-05-29 05:44 | 2019–20 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2019–20 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the sixth 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) |
| 2025-05-29 05:44 | 2020–21 College Football Playoff (Postseason college football tournament) | The 2020–21 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the seventh 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) |
| 2025-05-29 05:56 | WBNX-TV (Television station in Akron, Ohio) | WBNX-TV (channel 55) is an independent television station licensed to Akron, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland market. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Fox affiliate WJW (channel 8). The two stations share studios on Dick Goddard Way northeast of downtown Cleveland; WBNX-TV's transmitter is located in suburban Parma, Ohio. | Nathan Obral • he/him/🦝 • t • c • |
| 2025-05-29 08:37 | John Carlson (ice hockey) (American ice hockey player (born 1990)) | John Carlson (born January 10, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Capitals in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2008 NHL entry draft after playing a year in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Indiana Ice. | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 03:24 | Ross Worthington (American speechwriter (born 1988)) | Ross Philip Worthington (born August 1988) is an American speechwriter who has served as the White House director of speechwriting since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-30 04:04 | Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) (American attorney (born 1995)) | Paul J. Ingrassia (born May 13, 1995) is an American attorney and political commentator who has served as the White House liaison to the United States Department of Homeland Security since 2025. Ingrassia served as the White House liaison to the Department of Justice from January to February 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-30 19:39 | Killing of Fernando Rios (1958 killing of a gay man in New Orleans) | On September 28, 1958, Fernando Rios, a 26-year-old tour guide from Mexico City who was working in New Orleans, died due to injuries sustained during an assault he experienced the previous night. That night, Rios had been at the Cafe Lafitte in Exile, a gay bar in the city's French Quarter neighborhood, when he began talking to John Farrell, a 20-year-old student at Tulane University. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 19:45 | Sanity Code (1948 rules enacted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association) | The Sanity Code (officially the Principles for the Conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics) was a set of rules formally adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1948 to address student financial aid. The code barred athletes at member institutions from receiving any form of financial aid that was not solely needs-based and also required them to meet the same academic standards as all non-athlete students. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 19:56 | Mattachine Midwest (Gay rights group in Chicago (1965–1986)) | Mattachine Midwest was a gay rights organization active in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was established in 1965 during the homophile movement and for several years operated as Chicago's major gay rights group. However, it lost this status during the gay liberation movement in the early 1970s and shifted its aims away from political activism and towards offering social services. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 21:00 | Leo McLaughlin (American politician) | Leo Patrick McLaughlin (June 5, 1888 – May 5, 1958) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Hot Springs, Arkansas from 1927 to 1947, and in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1911. He was the head of a political machine in Garland County, Arkansas. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-06-02 17:45 | Robert C. Pringle (tug) (Wooden-hulled American tugboat lost on Lake Michigan) | Robert C. Pringle, originally named Chequamegon, was a wooden-hulled American tugboat that sank without loss of life on Lake Michigan, near Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on June 19, 1922, after striking an obstruction, possibly floating driftwood. | ✠Saltymagnolia✠ |
| 2025-06-03 14:56 | Okehocking people (Small Lenape band native to Pennsylvania) | The Okehocking (also erroneously attested as the Ockanickon or Crum Creek Indians) were a small band of Unami-speaking Lenape, who originally inhabited an area along the Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. First attested in 1700, the band's name may have derived from the bends in Crum and Ridley Creeks. | Lbal (talk) |
| 2025-06-06 22:41 | 2010 NFC Championship Game (2011 American football postseason game) | The 2010 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was an American football game played between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears on January 23, 2011, at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Even though the Bears–Packers rivalry is one of the longest and most storied rivalries in National Football League (NFL) history, the two teams had only ever met in the postseason once, in 1941. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-06-07 23:01 | Gay Youth (LGBTQ activist organization) | Gay Youth (GY), later known as Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Youth of New York (BiGLTYNY), was an organization founded by Stonewall veteran Mark Segal in 1970 to advocate for LGBTQ youth. Originally a cell of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), GY's primary goal was to meet the needs of youth that were not adequately served by other LGBTQ advocacy organizations. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:13 | Jake Bergey (American lacrosse player (born 1974)) | Jake Bergey (born May 4, 1974) is an American former lacrosse player. He played 10 seasons for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and also played three seasons in Major League Lacrosse (MLL). | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 01:16 | Robert L. Rankin (American linguist (1939–2014)) | Robert Louis Rankin (January 17, 1939 – February 24, 2014) was an American linguist and scholar of the Siouan languages. He is best known for his contributions to the preservation of the Kansa language and to the study of Proto-Siouan, the reconstructed last common ancestor of all Siouan languages. He has been described as one of the most influential Siouanists, mentoring numerous other linguists in the field and being made an honorary citizen of the Sioux Nation for his language preservation efforts. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 01:50 | Storer House (Los Angeles) (Historic house in Los Angeles, California) | The Storer House is a residence at 8161 Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Mayan Revival style for the homeopathic physician John Storer, it was completed in 1924. The house is one of four concrete textile block houses that Wright designed in Greater Los Angeles in the 1920s, the others being La Miniatura, the Ennis House, and the Freeman House. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-06-16 00:06 | 2018 Cheez-It Bowl (College football bowl game) | The 2018 Cheez-It Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2018, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The game was the 30th annual playing of the Cheez-It Bowl and the first played under that name. It featured the California Golden Bears from the Pac-12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from the Big 12 Conference in the teams' first meeting. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-06-16 20:55 | John V. Griffith (American administrator (born 1947)) | John Vincent Griffith (born December 24, 1947) is an American former educator and academic administrator. He was the president of Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas, for eight years and of Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, for fourteen years until his retirement in July 2012. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-06-17 12:05 | Dick Mize (American biathlete (born 1935)) | Richard Norman "Dick" Mize (born December 17, 1935) is an American biathlete and cross-country skier. He is credited as being Eagle County's first Olympian after he competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and placed 21st. During his college years, he earned multiple medals being part of the Western Colorado Mountaineers when they had won two titles on 1956 and 1957 in cross-country skiing. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 12:30 | Suzette Quintanilla (CEO of Q-Productions) | Suzette Michele Quintanilla-Arriaga (born June 29, 1967) is an American business executive who is the current chief executive officer of Q-Productions. Suzette began her musical career as the drummer for Selena y Los Dinos, a Tejano band that featured her elder brother, A.B. Quintanilla, on bass guitar and her younger sister, Selena, as the lead vocalist. | – jona ✉ |
| 2025-06-18 19:19 | Susie Wiles (American political consultant and lobbyist (born 1957)) | Susan L. Wiles (née Summerall; born May 14, 1957) is an American political consultant and lobbyist who has served as the 32nd White House chief of staff since 2025. She is the first woman to hold the position. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-19 13:42 | Frank Bare Sr. (American gymnast) | Frank Lee Bare Sr. (September 13, 1930 – February 25, 2011) was an American gymnast and first executive director of the United States Gymnastics Federation, now called USA Gymnastics. Bare is credited with growing the sport of gymnastics in the United States, and under his leadership, the USGF replaced the Amateur Athletic Union as the governing body for the sport internationally. | GauchoDude (talk) |
| 2025-06-20 19:11 | Modulightor Building (Commercial building in Manhattan, New York) | The Modulightor Building is a commercial building in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The first four stories, designed by the architect Paul Rudolph and completed in 1993, originally comprised a 19th-century townhouse. The structure was one of the last designed by Rudolph in Manhattan before he died in 1997; unlike his other projects, the Modulightor Building was not particularly well-publicized, receiving little media coverage until the 2000s. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-06-21 06:48 | James Blair (political advisor) (American political consultant (born 1989)) | Michael James Blair (born May 21, 1989) is an American political consultant who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-22 22:39 | John P. Morris (American trade unionist (1926–2002)) | John Paul Morris (February 20, 1926 – April 28, 2002) was an American trade unionist. | Roast (talk) |
| 2025-06-23 07:10 | Effects of the July 2023 Northeastern United States floods in Vermont | The July 2023 Northeastern United States floods caused historic, devastating floods across the U.S. state of Vermont, primarily on July 9 and 10. In preparation for the floods, the Weather Prediction Center had issued its first-ever high risk for excessive rainfall for areas in the National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont's coverage zone, while state governor Phil Scott declared a state of emergency. | ~ Tails Wx |
| 2025-06-28 04:16 | Taylor Budowich (American political consultant (born 1990)) | Taylor Anthony Budowich (born November 3, 1990) is an American political consultant who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-30 17:42 | Dan Scavino (American political advisor (born 1976)) | Daniel Joseph Scavino Jr. (born January 14, 1976) is an American political advisor and former golf club manager who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff since 2025. Scavino served as the deputy chief of staff for communications from 2020 to 2021, as the senior advisor for digital strategy from 2019 to 2021, and as the White House director of social media from 2017 to 2019. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-07-03 08:58 | Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (1968 assassination of US presidential candidate in Los Angeles, California) | On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and pronounced dead the following day. | Kavyansh.Singh (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 19:32 | Brandon Hagel (Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)) | Brandon Hagel (born August 27, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 159th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2016 NHL entry draft but did not sign with the team. Hagel made his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks in March 2020, following a junior career with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League (WHL), where he set a franchise record for most assists. | – AllCatsAreGrey (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 23:17 | James E. Jackson (American politicial official and activist (1914–2007)) | James Edward Jackson Jr. (November 29, 1914 – September 1, 2007) was an American Civil rights activist and Communist Party USA official. He was also a defendant in Dennis v. United States. | Roast (talk) |
| 2025-07-07 05:05 | North Wilmington station (Train station in Wilmington, Massachusetts, US) | North Wilmington station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in the North Wilmington village of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The station has a single accessible high-level side platform north of Middlesex Avenue (Route 62). It is served by all Boston–Haverhill trains on the Haverhill Line except for a small number that use the Wildcat Branch. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 16:58 | KPBT-TV (Television station in Odessa, Texas) | KPBT-TV (channel 36), branded Basin PBS, is a PBS member television station licensed to Odessa, Texas, United States, serving the Permian Basin area. Owned by Permian Basin Public Telecommunications, Inc., the station maintains studios at the historic Ritz Theater in downtown Midland and a transmitter near Gardendale. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | WLAJ (Television station in Lansing, Michigan) | WLAJ (channel 53) is a television station in Lansing, Michigan, United States, affiliated with ABC. Its second digital subchannel serves as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW (via The CW Plus). WLAJ is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of CBS affiliate WLNS-TV (channel 6), for the provision of certain services. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | Wyoming PBS (PBS member network in Wyoming, United States) | Wyoming PBS is the statewide public broadcaster for the U.S. state of Wyoming. A member of PBS, it is owned and operated by Central Wyoming College and originates from its campus in Riverton. Three high-power transmitters—KCWC-DT (channel 4) in Lander, KWYP-DT (channel 8) in Laramie, and KPTW (channel 6) in Casper—and 40 low-power translator stations broadcast the signal across the state. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | WJZY (Television station in Belmont, North Carolina) | WJZY (channel 46) is a television station licensed to Belmont, North Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Charlotte area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Rock Hill, South Carolina–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYT-TV (channel 55). WJZY and WMYT-TV share studios on Performance Road (along I-85) in unincorporated western [[Mecklenburg County, North Caro ... | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | KSNB-TV (Television station in York, Nebraska) | KSNB-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to York, Nebraska, United States, serving southeastern and central Nebraska as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside CBS affiliates KOLN/KGIN (channels 10 and 11) in Lincoln and Grand Island, and CW+ affiliate KCWH-LD (channel 18) in Lincoln. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 16:59 | KSWB-TV (Television station in San Diego) | KSWB-TV (channel 69) is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside independent station KUSI-TV (channel 51). The two stations share studios on Viewridge Avenue (near I-15) in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego; KSWB-TV's transmitter is located southeast of Spring Valley. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WSKG-TV (Television station in Binghamton, New York) | WSKG-TV (channel 46) is a PBS member television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, serving New York's Southern Tier. It is owned by the WSKG Public Telecommunications Council alongside NPR members WSKG-FM (89.3) and WSQX-FM (91.5). The three stations share studios on Gates Road in Vestal, New York; WSKG-TV's transmitter is located on Ingraham Hill in the town of Binghamton. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WPTO (Television station in Oxford, Ohio) | WPTO (channel 14) is a public television station licensed to Oxford, Ohio, United States, and broadcasting to the Cincinnati area. It is owned by Public Media Connect alongside WCET (channel 48, CET) in Cincinnati and WPTD (channel 16, ThinkTV) in Dayton and is managed from the ThinkTV studios in Dayton. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WMDT (Television station in Salisbury, Maryland) | WMDT (channel 47) is a television station in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus. It is the flagship television property of locally based Marquee Broadcasting, and has common ownership with low-power WeatherNation TV affiliate WGDV-LD (channel 32). The two stations share studios on West Main Street (mailing address is Downtown Plaza) in Salisbury; WMDT's transmitter is located in Wicomico County northeast of Mardela Springs. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WPPX-TV (Television station in Wilmington, Delaware) | WPPX-TV (channel 61) is a television station licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, United States, broadcasting the Ion Television network to the Philadelphia area. It is owned and operated by the Ion Media subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company and maintains offices on Main Street in Manayunk, with a transmitter in Roxborough, both sections of Philadelphia. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-08 17:00 | WVNY (Television station in Burlington, Vermont) | WVNY (channel 22) is a television station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, United States, serving the Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York market as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of Burlington Fox affiliate WFFF-TV (channel 44), for the provision of certain services. | Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) |
| 2025-07-09 18:47 | William J. Fox (American military officer and civil engineer (1897–1993)) | Brigadier General William Joseph Fox (December 23, 1897 – April 11, 1993) was a United States Marine Corps officer and engineer. Fox oversaw the construction various military airfields, including Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Irvine, California and Henderson Field in Guadalcanal, both of which he commanded. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-07-09 19:44 | History of Key West | Thousands of years before European discovery, the island of Key West was largely occupied by the Calusa and Tequesta Native American tribes. Brief settlements by transient Seminoles in the late 18th century introduced temporary trade in the Florida Keys; early fishing and wrecking revenues became notable among passing Natives in the region. | RobertFord II (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 15:19 | Flint Fleming (American gridiron football player (born 1965)) | Flint E. Fleming (born March 17, 1965) is an American former professional football player who played twelve seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Detroit Drive/Massachusetts Marauders, Orlando Predators, Tampa Bay Storm, Arizona Rattlers, Milwaukee Mustangs, Buffalo Destroyers, and Florida Bobcats. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 18:41 | Mike Black (kicker) (American football player (born 1969)) | Mike Black (born July 25, 1969) is an American former professional football placekicker who played twelve seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Charlotte Rage, Iowa Barnstormers, New York CityHawks, New England Sea Wolves, Buffalo Destroyers, Tampa Bay Storm, and Grand Rapids Rampage. He played college football at Boise State University, where he was a third-team All-American as a senior in 1991. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 18:42 | Cherrydale sit-ins (1960 nonviolent protests in Arlington, Virginia) | The Cherrydale sit-ins were non-violent protests that took place in Cherrydale, a neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, from June 9 to June 10, 1960. They were organized in opposition to Arlington County's racial segregation of African Americans, which existed in its businesses and residential communities during the Jim Crow era. | Wikipedian1234 (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 00:13 | Eagle Tree (Historic tree in California) | The Eagle Tree was a historic California sycamore (Platanus racemosa) tree near the crossing of Long Beach Boulevard and the I-105 in Compton, California. It was known for its status as the marker for the start of the territory of Rancho San Pedro and was named for the eagles that were found nesting in the tree. | - dwarfroe (talk / contr) |
| 2025-07-11 01:21 | Colorado Lagoon (Public park in California) | Colorado Lagoon is a 29 acres (12 ha) public park in the Alamitos Heights neighborhood of Long Beach, California. It takes its name from Colorado Street, which borders the park to the south. The 18 acres (7.3 ha) lagoon the park contains is one of the only coastal salt marshes left on the West Coast. | - dwarfroe (talk / contr) |
| 2025-07-12 02:41 | Emos vs. Punks (2008 confrontations between emos and punks and other subcultures in Mexico) | Emos vs. Punks were multiple confrontations that occurred in 2008 in Mexico between emos and anti-emo groups (mainly punks). | (CC) Tbhotch™ |
| 2025-07-12 14:29 | Proclamation 4483 (Jimmy Carter's pardon of draft evaders) | Proclamation 4483, also known as the Granting Pardon for Violations of the Selective Service Act, was a presidential proclamation issued by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977. It granted unconditional pardons to all Americans who evaded the draft in the Vietnam War by violating the Military Selective Service Act. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-07-13 19:56 | Sean Duffy (American politician (born 1971)) | Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, former television presenter, lobbyist, prosecutor, and lumberjack who has served as the United States secretary of transportation since 2025. Duffy has additionally served as the interim administrator of NASA since July 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's seventh congressional district from 2011 to 2019. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-07-13 20:27 | Boston Central Library (Library building in Boston, Massachusetts) | The Central Library (also the Copley Square Library) is the main branch of the Boston Public Library (BPL), occupying a full city block on Copley Square in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It consists of the McKim Building, designed by Charles Follen McKim, and the Johnson Building, designed by Philip Johnson. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-07-14 19:10 | Clay Rush (American football player (born 1973)) | Clay Jackson Rush (born October 27, 1973) is an American former professional football kicker who played ten seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Iowa Barnstormers/New York Dragons, Indiana Firebirds, Colorado Crush, Kansas City Brigade, and Arizona Rattlers. He played college football at Missouri Western State University, where he was a third-team All-American as a junior in 1994. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 00:35 | Ford River Rouge complex (Historic automobile factory in Michigan, US) | The Ford River Rouge complex (commonly known as the Rouge complex, River Rouge, or The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island. Construction began in 1917, and when it was completed in 1928, it was the largest integrated factory in the world, surpassing Buick City, built in 1904. | Roast (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 09:42 | John S. Westcott (American surveyor (1807–1888)) | John S. Westcott (June 16, 1807 – December 31, 1888) was an American surveyor, physician, politician, and Confederate States Army officer. He played key roles in the early development of Florida, and served as the surveyor general of Florida from 1853 until 1858. During the American Civil War, Westcott commanded Confederate forces at the Battle of Fort Brooke in 1863. | Curbon7 (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 20:03 | Toronto City Hall (Canadian city hall, opened 1965) | The Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, is the seat of the municipal government of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. Designed by Viljo Revell and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, this example of Neo-Expressionist Modern architecture opened in 1965. The building is located adjacent to Nathan Phillips Square, a public square at the northwest intersection of Bay Street and Queen Street, that was designed and officially opened alongside Toronto City Hall. | Alaney2k (talk) |
| 2025-07-16 01:34 | Muscatine Mall (Shopping mall in Muscatine, Iowa, US) | Muscatine Mall, originally Muscatine Plaza, is a shopping mall in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. Its anchor stores are The Lab, Slumberland Furniture, and Warehouse Bargains. Built in 1971 by General Management, the mall originally featured Woolworth and Montgomery Ward as its anchor stores, with JCPenney joining in 1975. | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2025-07-18 04:13 | Willie Culpepper (American football player (born 1967)) | Willie James Culpepper (born March 27, 1967) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played one season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southwestern Louisiana, where he set school records in career receiving yards and single-game receiving yards. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-18 09:54 | SS William C. Moreland (Great Lakes freighter wrecked on Lake Superior in 1910) | SS William C. Moreland was a steel–hulled American lake freighter in service for less than two months in late–1910. She was built between May and July 1910, by the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio, for the Interstate Steamship Company, a subsidiary of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, entering service early in September 1910. | ✠Saltymagnolia✠ |
| 2025-07-18 16:01 | Doug Belden (American gridiron football player (1927–1972)) | Douglas Ray Belden (April 24, 1927 – July 8, 1972) was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). He participated in college football, baseball, basketball, and track at the University of Florida, where he was the last four-sport letterman in school history. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 02:48 | Edwardsville Amazon warehouse collapse (2021 tornado strike at an Amazon warehouse) | On the evening of December 10, 2021, a tornado struck the DLI4 delivery facility in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States, an Amazon warehouse that oversees delivery logistics for the Greater St. Louis region. A majority of workers that evening were temporary contractors brought in to assist with the additional volume of goods moved due to the Christmas holiday, with only seven of the 45 on site being employed full-time at the warehouse. | Departure– (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 21:33 | Federalist No. 30 (Federalist Paper by Alexander Hamilton on taxation) | Federalist No. 30, titled "Concerning the General Power of Taxation", is a political essay by Alexander Hamilton and the thirtieth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in the New-York Packet on December 28, 1787, as the twenty-ninth entry in the series under the pseudonym used for all Federalist Papers, Publius. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-07-21 23:09 | 2007 NFC Championship Game (2008 American football postseason game) | The 2007 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was an American football game played between the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers on January 20, 2008, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers finished the season 13–3, winning the NFC North, while securing the second seed in the playoffs. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2025-07-22 02:49 | Carlos Fowler (American gridiron football player (born 1972)) | Carlos Antonio Fowler (born August 30, 1972) is an American former profressional football lineman who played nine seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Texas Terror/Houston ThunderBears, Nashville Kats, and Los Angeles Avengers. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was a starter for the Rose Bowl champion Wisconsin Badgers. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 09:05 | 1925 Miami tornado | On Sunday, April 5, 1925, an intense tornado hit the northern edge of Miami in South Florida, killing five people and injuring 35. The deadliest tornado to affect Dade County, it was rated F3 on the Fujita scale—one of only two such twisters recorded there. Up to 100 yd (91 m) wide, it formed over the Everglades near Hialeah and moved northeast, toward the Atlantic Ocean, destroying or damaging about 50 homes, with losses of $250,000. | CapeVerdeWave (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 17:02 | United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (U.S. Navy youth development program) | The United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC or NSCC) is a congressionally chartered organization sponsored by both the United States Navy and the US Coast Guard. It serves as the official youth program of the Navy and the Coast Guard. Sea Cadets wear US Navy uniforms adorned with the organizations official insignia, attend monthly drills and recruit training, and can earn advanced enlistment pay grades (E‑3) in the US Navy; however participation, does not obligate any individual to enlist in the military. | Tokeamour (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 22:34 | Caswell County, North Carolina (County in North Carolina, United States) | Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state, on the border with Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yanceyville. | Peabodyb (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 22:35 | Yanceyville, North Carolina (Town in North Carolina, United States) | Yanceyville is a town in and the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state, it had a population of 1,937 at the 2020 census. Established in 1791 as Caswell Court House, Yanceyville was renamed in honor of U.S. Congressman Bartlett Yancey when it was chartered as an incorporated town in 1833. | Peabodyb (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 02:06 | Carlton Johnson (American football player (born 1969)) | Carleton Elijah Johnson (born October 13, 1969), known as Carlton Johnson, is an American former professional football defensive back who played four seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Las Vegas Sting, Anaheim Piranhas, and Albany Firebirds. He played college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was a two-time first-team All-Big West selection. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 20:33 | Joe Adams (quarterback) (American gridiron football player (born 1958)) | Joe "747" Adams (born April 5, 1958) is an American former football quarterback. He played college football at Tennessee State University, where he set the NCAA record for career touchdown passes and was a Black college national champion. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 12th round of the 1981 NFL draft, but never signed with them. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-24 15:33 | Brian Hall (American football) (American football player) | Brian Hall (born 1953 or 1954) is an American former college football placekicker who played for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. He kicked with a prosthetic leg. At the age of 14, his foot was amputated after an accident on his family's ranch. Hall joined his high school football team as a placekicker, and later walked-on to Texas Tech University to play college football for the Red Raiders. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 02:57 | Robert Stewart (lineman) (American football player (1967–2022)) | Robert Stewart (April 12, 1967 – June 4, 2022) was an American professional football lineman who played eleven seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Charlotte Rage, New Jersey Red Dogs, New York Dragons, Arizona Rattlers, and Carolina Cobras. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he spent time at three different positions and was named an Associated Press second-team All-American. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 12:08 | Herbert Morrison (journalist) (American journalist (1905–1989)) | Herbert "Herb" Morrison (May 14, 1905 – January 10, 1989) was an American journalist who reported on the Hindenburg disaster. His dramatic reaction to the airship's fiery collapse, later broadcast by NBC, has since become a lasting symbol of the tragedy and is regarded as one of the most famous radio broadcasts in history. | DannyRogers800 (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 23:01 | Anaheim Ducks (National Hockey League team in Anaheim, California) | The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. The Ducks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Honda Center, and is owned by Henry and Susan Samueli. The Ducks are affiliated with the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL. | Conyo14 (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 05:24 | Calvin Spears (American football player (born 1980)) | Calvin Spears (born August 8, 1980) is an American former football defensive back. He played college football at Grambling State University, where he was a four-time All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) selection, a two-time All-American, a two-time Black college football national champion, and a two-time SWAC javelin throwing champion. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2025-07-27 02:23 | James R. Thompson Center (Office skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois) | The James R. Thompson Center (JRTC; being redeveloped as Google Center and originally the State of Illinois Center) is a postmodern-style building at 100 W. Randolph Street in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Helmut Jahn around a post-modernist rotunda, it was built to house offices of the Illinois state government in Chicago. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-07-27 20:02 | Red and Purple Modernization Project (Rapid transit project in Illinois) | The Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Project is a multi-phased reconstruction project coordinated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in the North Side of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. As part of the broader Red Ahead program, the RPM project plans to replace aging infrastructure on two rapid transit branches of the Chicago "L": the North Side main line north of Belmont station (Red and Purple lines) and the Evanston branch (Purple Line). | AlphaBeta135talk |
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| 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💭 |
| 2025-03-16 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, teacher, 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) |
| 2025-04-06 19:43 | África Brasil (1976 studio album by Jorge Ben) | África Brasil is a studio album by Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist Jorge Ben. It was released in 1976 by Philips Records. The album was recorded in ten days at Phonogram Studios in Rio de Janeiro with a large ensemble of musicians, including Ben's backing band Admiral Jorge V. Musically, África Brasil represented a shift in his artistry, as he replaced his acoustic guitar in favor of the electric guitar. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-06-23 10:58 | Sarabande (collection) (2007 British fashion collection) | Sarabande is the twenty-ninth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Spring/Summer 2007 season of his eponymous fashion house. Sarabande was an exploration of fragility and decaying grandeur expressed through floral motifs. It was primarily inspired by Barry Lyndon (1975), a film set in the eighteenth century and known for its themes of fatalism and romanticism. | ♠PMC♠ (talk) |
| 2025-06-26 08:56 | Alberto Jarrín (Ecuadorian long-distance runner) | Luis Alberto Jarrín Jaramillo (20 April 1900 – 30 August 1981) was an Ecuadorian long-distance runner. Growing up, he played lawn tennis and table tennis before moving to athletics in college. He set the national record in the marathon, becoming the first Ecuadorian man to run under four hours in the distance. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-02 04:53 | Cálice (1978 song by Chico Buarque and Milton Nascimento) | "Cálice" is a song composed in 1973 by Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil, and officially released in 1978. Originally written during Brazil's military dictatorship, the song uses metaphor, and word play—most notably a pun on cálice (chalice) and cale-se (shut up)—to critique state censorship and political repression while disguised under a religious theme. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-07-03 20:36 | Pikysyry campaign (Campaign in the Paraguayan War) | The Pikysyry campaign was the Paraguayan War's fourth phase. It lasted from August 1868 to January 1869, and was a comprehensive allied victory. | Coeusin (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 20:37 | New Coimbra Fort (18th century fort in central Brazil) | The New Coimbra Fort, also known as Fort Portocarrero or simply Fort Coimbra, is a Brazilian military fortification on the Paraguay River, strategically located near the border with Bolivia and Paraguay in Corumbá, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in Brazil. The fort was founded in September 13 1775, something that had been planned by the Portuguese colonial authorities ever since the new borders with Spain had been fixed in the Treaty of Madrid in 1750. | Coeusin (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 22:01 | E A Terra Nunca Me Pareceu Tão Distante (Brazilian post-rock band) | E A Terra Nunca Me Pareceu Tão Distante is a Brazilian post-rock band formed in São Paulo, in 2013. It consists of Lucas Theodoro (guitars, synthesizers), Luden Viana (guitars, synthesizers), Luccas Villela (bass, guitars), and Rafael Jonke (drums). Their music blends post-rock, instrumental rock, and experimental rock, incorporating atmospheric, ambient textures and emotional lyricism. | Cattos💭 |
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| 2025-04-08 17:16 | Cuscatlán Battalion (Salvadoran military unit of the Iraq War) | The Cuscatlán Battalion (Spanish: Batallón Cuscatlán) was a military unit of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) that participated in the Iraq War from 2003 to 2009. The Cuscatlán Battalion served under the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South (MN–DCS) throughout its deployment. From 2003 to 2004, it was also a part of the Spanish-led Plus Ultra Brigade. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-04-22 08:08 | A New Old Play (2021 Hong Kong-French film by Qiu Jiongjiong) | A New Old Play (Chinese: 椒麻堂會) is a 2021 epic film directed and written by Qiu Jiongjiong. As Qiu's seventh film, it marks his first fictional feature. A co-production between Hong Kong's Uluka Productions and France's Hippocampe Productions, the film stars Yi Sicheng as Qiu Fu, a recently deceased Sichuan opera actor, alongside Guan Nan, Qiu Zhimin, Gu Tao, and Xue Xuchun. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-04-28 02:34 | Blink Twice (Bini song) (2025 single by Bini) | "Blink Twice" is a song by the Filipino girl group Bini. It was released on February 13, 2025, by Star Music as the second pre-single for the second extended play Biniverse. The song was produced by Mr. Franks, Glitch, Oneye, and Leather Jacket, with Amanda Ratchford credited as a songwriter. "Blink Twice" is a pop and R&B track that explores the theme of a woman taking the first move in a romantic relationship while looking for a sign that her feelings are reciprocated. | ROY is WAR Talk! |
| 2025-05-07 14:29 | Mo Tzu-yi (Taiwanese actor (born 1981)) | Morning Mo Tzu-yi (Chinese: 莫子儀; born 23 June 1981) is a Taiwanese actor. He debuted as a stage actor and began his on-screen career in 2005, starring in the films The Most Distant Course (2007) and A Place of One's Own (2009). He expanded his career internationally with the multinational film Snowfall in Taipei (2010) and the Australian-Singaporean film Canopy (2013), and also co-wrote and starred as Lu Ho-jo in the autobiographical drama {{ill| ... | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-14 14:52 | Prehistoric Chinese religions | Prehistoric Chinese religions are religious beliefs and practices of prehistoric peoples in China prior to the earliest intelligible writings in the region (c. 1250 BCE). They most prominently comprise spiritual traditions of Neolithic and early Bronze Age cultures in various regions of China, which preceded the ancient religions documented by early Chinese dynasties. | Strongman13072007 (talk) |
| 2025-05-23 02:47 | Denis Ten Memorial Challenge (International figure skating competition) | The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Denis Ten Foundation in Kazakhstan. The competition debuted in 2019 and is named in honor of Denis Ten, a former Kazakh figure skater who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-28 20:01 | Vietnam at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Sporting event delegation) | Vietnam competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It marked the nation's ninth Olympic appearance, having notably skipped the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles due to the Soviet boycott. The Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) dispatched its largest delegation to a non-boycotting Olympic Games, with 23 athletes competing in 10 sports in Rio de Janeiro. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 07:38 | Punggol LRT line (Light rail line in Singapore) | The Punggol LRT line (PGLRT) is a 10.3-kilometre (6.4 mi) elevated automated guideway transit line in Punggol, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 15 stations on two loops, with Punggol station serving as the interchange for both loops and linking the line to the North East MRT line. It is the third Light Rail Transit (LRT) line in Singapore and the second LRT line to be operated by SBS Transit. | ZKang123 (talk · contribs) |
| 2025-06-17 10:40 | Axis of Upheaval (2024 neologism of four nations with increased anti-Western cooperation) | "Axis of Upheaval" is a term coined in 2024 by Center for a New American Security foreign policy analysts Richard Fontaine and Andrea Kendall-Taylor and used by many foreign policy analysts, military officials, and international groups to describe the growing anti-Western collaboration between Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea beginning in the early 2020s. | - OpalYosutebito 『talk』 『articles I want to eat』 |
| 2025-07-21 06:08 | Tingin (2023 single by Cup of Joe featuring Janine Teñoso) | "Tingin" (lit. 'Look') is a single by Filipino band Cup of Joe from their extended play (EP) Patutunguhan (transl. Destination) (2023). Written by Raphaell Ridao, Gian Bernardino, Vixen Gareza, Redentor Ridao (brother of Raphaell) and Janine Teñoso who also featured the song. According to Teñoso, the song expresses the feeling of being captivated by someone's presence, where every moment shared is cherished and marked by the light they bring into each other's lives. | AdobongPogi (talk) |
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| 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) |
| 2025-01-25 09:45 | May You Stay Forever Young (2021 Hong Kong film by Rex Ren and Lam Sum) | 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) |
| 2025-02-07 22:50 | Taedong kongbo (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) |
| 2025-02-15 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 (talk) |
| 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. Usagi (ウサギ; "Rabbit"), which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese, 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 01:48 | Allied prisoners of war of 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 marches, and aboard transport ships known as "hell ships". | 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 and the first typhoon to made landfall in the city since Typhoon Muifa in 2022. | HurricaneEdgar |
| 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 |
| 2025-03-30 00:58 | Miraitowa and Someity (Official mascots of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo) | Miraitowa (Japanese: ミライトワ) is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Someity (Japanese: ソメイティ) is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The events were held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2021. The checkered design on both mascots was inspired by the ichimatsu moyo pattern of the Tokyo 2020 official logo, while Someity's pink design was inspired by cherry blossoms. | Mz7 (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 10:56 | Disappearance of Wang Xing (2025 kidnapping of Chinese actor) | On January 3, 2025, Wang Xing (stage name "Xingxing"), a Chinese actor, was deceived into a scam center in Myanmar by a fraud group under the pretext of "going to Thailand for filming". After Wang Xing lost contact, his girlfriend Jiajia posted a message for help through social media and actively contacted relevant authorities. | – robertsky (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 19:11 | Wei Shujun (Chinese filmmaker) | Wei Shujun (Chinese: 魏书钧; pinyin: Wèi Shūjūn, born 5 February 1991) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor based in Beijing. He is best known for his feature films Only the River Flows (2023) and Striding Into the Wind (2020). His short film On the Border (2018) won the Mention Spéciale at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. | 222emilia222 (talk) |
| 2025-04-22 08:08 | Papa (2024 film) (2024 Hong Kong film by Philip Yung) | Papa (Chinese: 爸爸) is a 2024 Hong Kong family drama film directed and written by Philip Yung. Distributed by Golden Scene, it is based on the real-life 2010 Heung Wo Street Murder, in which a mentally unstable son killed his mother and sister, leaving his father as the sole survivor. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-01 09:14 | Shikona (Ring name of a sumo wrestler) | A shikona (Japanese: 四股名 or 醜名) is a sumo wrestler's ring name. The tradition of ring names in sumo dates back to the Muromachi period and established itself during the Edo period, where they were used as a means to hide the identities of the rikishi. | OtharLuin (talk) |
| 2025-05-05 09:39 | Elegies (film) (2023 Hong Kong film by Ann Hui) | Elegies (Chinese: 詩) is a 2023 Hong Kong documentary film directed by Ann Hui. Produced by PicaPica Media and distributed by Golden Scene, the film features interviews with various Hong Kong poets, most notably Huang Canran and Liu Wai-tong, along with footage of the late Xi Xi and Leung Ping-kwan. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-13 07:10 | Cup of China (International figure skating competition) | The Cup of China is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Skating Association (simplified Chinese: 中国滑冰协会; traditional Chinese: 中國滑冰協會), and part of the ISU Grand Prix Series. The first competition was held in 2003 in Beijing as a replacement for Bofrost Cup on Ice. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-05-25 09:56 | 2024 FIA GT World Cup (Sports car race) | The 2024 FIA GT World Cup (formally the Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup) was a Grand Touring (GT) sports car race held on the Guia Circuit in Macau on 17 November 2024. It was the seventh FIA GT World Cup and the fourteenth GT3 car race held in Macau. The Automobile General Association Macau-China, the event's promoter, appointed the motorsports organiser SRO Motorsports Group to form a grid. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2025-06-04 13:28 | Tianwan (Xu Shouhui) (Rebel state in China (1351–1360)) | Tianwan was a short-lived rebel state that existed in China during the Red Turban Rebellion, in the final phase of the Yuan dynasty. It was established in 1351 by Zou Pusheng, Peng Yingyu, and Xu Shouhui, who were leaders of the southern branch of the Red Turbans. Xu Shouhui became the emperor of this new state. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 05:06 | Prince of Ning rebellion (1519 rebellion in China) | The Prince of Ning rebellion was a revolt led by Zhu Chenhao, Prince of Ning, against the reigning Zhengde Emperor. It took place in Nanchang, the capital of the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi, and lasted from 10 July to 20 August 1519. The rebellion was ultimately quelled when the government army, led by Wang Yangming, the grand coordinator of southern Jiangxi, captured the Prince of Ning. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-06-13 01:16 | Kim Woojin (South Korean singer (born 1997)) | Kim Woojin (Korean: 김우진; born April 8, 1997) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a former member of the boy group Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. After leaving the group in late 2019, Kim debuted as a soloist in 2021 with the release of his first extended play (EP) The Moment: A Minor. | RachelTensions (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 02:46 | Zhang Juzheng (Chinese official and reformer (1525–1582)) | Zhang Juzheng (26 May 1525 – 9 July 1582), courtesy name Shuda, art name Taiyue, also known as Zhang Jiangling, was a prominent grand secretary during the reigns of Ming emperors Longqing and Wanli. In 1547, he passed the highest level of official examinations and was granted the rank of jinshi. He then served at the Hanlin Academy. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 02:57 | Xu Jie (Ming dynasty) (Chinese official (1512–1583)) | Xu Jie (1512–1583), courtesy name Zisheng, art names Shaohu and Cunzai, was a Chinese scholar-official during the Ming dynasty. He held a high position in the court of the Jiajing Emperor in the mid-16th century, serving as minister of rites from 1549 to 1552, and later as grand secretary and head of the Grand Secretariat from 1562 to 1568. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 04:38 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in China (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in China is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Figure Skating Association (Chinese: 中国花样滑冰协会). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-21 03:49 | 2023 Taiwanese anti-Indian migrant worker protest (Protest in Taiwan) | On 3 December 2024, 100 individuals took part in a protest named 守護民主台灣大遊行 123別印來 (lit. 'A Great Protest of Protecting Taiwan: 123 Don't Come In') in Taiwan, which called for a halt to the importation of Indian migrant workers. The protest took place during the discussion of a memorandum of understanding between Taiwan and India, which would allow Taiwan to import Indian migrant workers to address the labour shortage in Taiwan caused by its ageing population. | Saimmx (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 17:54 | Jingtai Emperor's change of heirs apparent (Political development in Ming China (1452)) | The change of heirs apparent of 1452 was a significant political event in the Ming dynasty during the Jingtai Emperor's reign. After seizing the throne from Emperor Yingzong, who had been captured by the Mongols during the Tumu Crisis, the Jingtai Emperor, with the assistance of officials such as Yu Qian, successfully defended Beijing and brought back Emperor Yingzong, placing him under house arrest in the Southern Palace to prevent his return to power. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 00:24 | Toyohashi Station (Railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) | is an interchange, union railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). The station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shinkansen and the conventional Tōkaidō Main Line, while being the terminus of the Iida Line, and the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line. | AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) |
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| 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 |
| 2025-06-06 09:36 | Viacheslav Chornovil (Ukrainian activist and politician (1937–1999)) | Viacheslav Maksymovych Chornovil (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Максимович Чорновіл; 24 December 1937 – 25 March 1999) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, independence activist and politician who was the leader of the People's Movement of Ukraine from 1989 until his death in 1999. He spent fifteen years imprisoned by the Soviet government for his human rights activism, and was later a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1999, being among the first and most prominent anti-communists to hold public office in Ukraine. | Mupper-san (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 02:08 | Nikolay Alyokhin (Belarusian Olympic fencer (1954–2023)) | Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alyokhin (Russian: Николай Александрович Алёхин; Belarusian: Мікалай Аляксандравіч Алёхін; 26 October 1954 – 8 July 2023) was a Belarusian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union, winning the gold medal in the team sabre event. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 06:19 | 1984 Summer Olympics boycott (Sport boycott) | The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles followed four years after the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott involved nineteen countries: fifteen from the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union, which initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984, and four Non‑Aligned countries which boycotted on their own initiatives. | Spintendo |
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| 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 🍁 |
| 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 union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a steel and concrete bridge 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) |
| 2025-05-16 11:12 | Pakistani nationality law (law of nationality in Pakistan) | The primary law governing nationality of Pakistan is the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951, which came into force on 13 April 1951. | Horserice (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 23:29 | Shreen Abdul Saroor (Sri Lankan women's rights activist) | Shreen Abdul Saroor (born 1969) is a Sri Lankan peace and women's rights activist. Saroor co-founded the Mannar Women's Development Federation (MWDF) to support women affected by the Sri Lankan civil war. She also works toward a united Sri Lankan women's movement under the umbrella organization, the Women's Action Network (WAN). | IngeniousPachyderm (talk) |
| 2025-06-14 11:53 | Yogasopana Purvachatushka (First hatha yoga manual with halftone illustrations) | The Yogasopana Purvachatushka (Marathi: योगसोपान पूर्वचतुष्क (in Devanagari script)) or Stairway to Yoga is a 1905 book in Marathi on hatha yoga by Yogi Narayana Ghamande. It describes and illustrates 37 asanas including Matsyendrasana and Sarvangasana, along with mudras such as Viparita Karani. It was the first and probably the only textbook on yoga to be illustrated with halftone plates. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-06-20 03:00 | Millat Times (Indian digital news platform) | Millat Times is an Indian digital news platform that publishes news and analysis in Urdu, Hindi, and English. Founded in 2016 by journalist Shams Tabrez Qasmi, it is headquartered in New Delhi. The platform covers a wide range of topics, including politics, social issues, minority rights, and international affairs. | Khaatir (talk) 03:00, 20 June 2025 (UTC) |
| 2025-07-01 00:35 | Huey Tum Ajnabi (2023 Pakistani film by Kamran Shahid) | Huey Tum Ajnabi (lit. 'You Turned Stranger') is a 2023 Pakistani historical romantic drama film, written and directed by Kamran Shahid in his debut. Set during the events of the Fall of Dhaka, the story revolves around two lovers played by Mikaal Zulfiqar and Sadia Khan. | M. Billoo |
| 2025-07-01 18:47 | Shehbaz Sharif (Prime Minister of Pakistan (2022–2023; 2024–present)) | Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the 20th prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024, having previously been in the role between April 2022 to August 2023. He has also served as the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and chief minister of Punjab three times, making him the longest-serving person in the role. | MrGreen105 (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 23:20 | D. P. Atapattu (Sri Lankan politician (1899–1976)) | Don Peter Atapattu JP, UM (Sinhala: දොන් පීටර් අතපත්තු; Tamil: டான் பீட்டர் அட்டப்பட்டு; 17 September 1899 – 14 December 1976) was a Ceylonese politician and Member of Parliament who represented the Beliatta electorate in the Hambantota district from March 1960 to July 1960 and from 1965 to 1970. | Toffee Dude talk |
| 2025-07-06 00:07 | Bawi system (Former system of slavery in Mizoram (ab. 1927)) | The Bawi system (Lushai: Boi) was an institution of slavery established under Lushai tribes. It remained in use in precolonial systems of chieftainship before being challenged by Christian mssionaries and political institutions such as the Mizo Union. | Taitesena (talk) |
| 2025-07-07 03:16 | Trichy assault rifle (Assault rifle) | The Trichy assault rifle, sometimes known as the Tiruchi assault rifle (TAR), is an Indian-made assault rifle based on the AR-M1 manufactured by Arsenal AD. It was developed and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT), now made by Advanced Weapons and Equipment India (AWEIL). | Ominae (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 04:48 | Tanguturi Prakasam (Chief Minister of Andhra State from 1953 to 1954) | Tanguturi Prakasam (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957), popularly known as Prakasam Panthulu, was an Indian jurist, political leader, social reformer, and anti-colonial nationalist who was the premier of the Madras Presidency from 1946 to 1947, before serving as the chief minister of the erstwhile Andhra State, from 1953 to 1954. | EarthDude (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 09:42 | Mizo people (Ethnic group in Northeastern India) | The Mizo people, (historically called the Lushais) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group primarily from Mizoram. Further communities beyond Mizoram, live in neighboring northeast Indian states like Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura, with minority populations also found in Myanmar and the United States. | Taitesena (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 08:21 | Alan Macfarlane Sloan (British soldier (1925–1948)) | Alan MacFarlane Sloan (20 April 1925 – 10 July 1948) was a British officer, who fought in World War II, and for the Pakistan Army. During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, he led the Pakistani engineering brigades and is known for his contributions in the Battle of Chunj and being the only British soldier to die in service of the Pakistan army. | Rahim231 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 19:16 | Battle of Manupur (Durrani–Mughal battle in 1748) | The Battle of Manupur took place on 11 March 1748 between the forces of the rising Durrani Empire led by Afghan Emperor Ahmad Shah Durrani and the armies of the Mughal Empire led by Mughal Vizier Qamar ud-Din. It was apart of Ahmad Shah's first invasion of India. | Noorullah (talk) |
| 2025-07-24 05:48 | Mukund Varadarajan (Indian Army Ashok Chakra recipient (1983–2014)) | Mukund Varadarajan, AC (12 April 1983 – 25 April 2014) was a commissioned officer in the Indian Army's Rajput Regiment. He was killed in action during a counter terrorism operation while on deputation to the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir. He was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime decoration, for his actions. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
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| 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 👑 🥬 |
| 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) |
| 2025-02-15 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 07:37 | 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. Usagi (ウサギ; "Rabbit"), which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese, 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 (Provincial capital and third largest 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 |
| 2025-03-18 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) |
| 2025-03-31 10:56 | Disappearance of Wang Xing (2025 kidnapping of Chinese actor) | On January 3, 2025, Wang Xing (stage name "Xingxing"), a Chinese actor, was deceived into a scam center in Myanmar by a fraud group under the pretext of "going to Thailand for filming". After Wang Xing lost contact, his girlfriend Jiajia posted a message for help through social media and actively contacted relevant authorities. | – robertsky (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 16:27 | 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami (Destructive tectonic event in Indonesia) | The 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami occurred on 12 December on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), it was the largest and the deadliest earthquake in 1992 and in the Lesser Sunda Islands region, with at least 2,500 people killed. | Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) |
| 2025-04-04 17:31 | States and federal territories of Malaysia (primary administrative division of Malaysia) | Malaysia is a federation of thirteen states and three federal territories, which form the primary administrative divisions of the country. Eleven states and two territories are part of Peninsular Malaysia, while two states and one territory make up East Malaysia. Nine of the Peninsular states have monarchies, with the other four having appointed governors. | CMD (talk) |
| 2025-04-17 13:30 | Aljunied MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Aljunied MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line (EWL) in Geylang, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station serves the eponymous Aljunied subzone of Geylang. Other nearby landmarks include Geylang East Public Library and Geylang Methodist Primary and Secondary School. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-04-25 02:23 | Asiah Aman (Singaporean singer and actress (1931–2024)) | Asiah binti Aman (29 November 1931 – 30 July 2024), known professionally as Nona Asiah, was a Singaporean singer and actress. Born in Singapore under British rule, she was the oldest of six children to a Malay mother and Indonesian father. Her career began in the 1940s when she worked as a singer during the Japanese occupation, singing Japanese songs for soldiers in camps in Seletar and Tengah. | actuall7 (talk | contrib) |
| 2025-05-01 09:06 | Guillermo Eleazar (24th Chief of the Philippine National Police) | Guillermo Lorenzo Tolentino Eleazar (born November 13, 1965) is a Filipino retired police officer and general who served as Chief of the Philippine National Police from May to November 2021. He was also the Deputy Chief of Administration in PNP. | 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter")
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| 2025-05-02 11:18 | Marcelino Libanan (Filipino politician (born 1963)) | Marcelino "Nonoy" Chicano Libanan (born September 20, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer and politician, who served as the House Minority Leader in the Philippine House of Representatives from 2022 to 2025. He was formerly the Vice Governor of Eastern Samar and the Congressman for Eastern Samar, being awarded a standing ovation from the Public Attorney's Office of the Philippines. | 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter")
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| 2025-05-07 06:32 | 1933 Sumatra earthquake (Earthquake in Indonesia) | The 1933 Sumatra earthquake or Liwa earthquake affected southern Sumatra, Indonesia, on 25 June at 04:54 WIB. The earthquake had an estimated surface-wave magnitude (Ms ) of 7.5–7.7 and occurred at a shallow depth of 20 km (12 mi). It was caused by slip along a 130 km (81 mi) section of the seismically active Great Sumatran fault. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2025-05-22 13:37 | 2025 Singaporean general election (2025 parliamentary general election in Singapore) | General elections were held in Singapore on 3 May 2025 to elect all members of the Parliament of Singapore across 33 constituencies. It was the 19th general election in Singapore's history since 1948 and the first election under prime minister Lawrence Wong, who succeeded Lee Hsien Loong in May 2024 and as secretary-general of the People's Action Party (PAP) that December. | ZKang123 (talk · contribs) |
| 2025-05-26 02:43 | Old National Library Building (Demolished library building in Singapore) | The Old National Library Building was a library building at Stamford Road, located in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore. The library building was first suggested by Chinese philanthropist Lee Kong Chian in 1953, who wanted to establish a free multilingual public library; before this, most libraries were private. | actuall7 (talk | contrib) |
| 2025-06-07 08:57 | Wee Kim Wee (President of Singapore from 1985 to 1993) | Wee Kim Wee (4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean journalist and diplomat who served as the fourth president of Singapore between 1985 and 1993. | actuall7 (talk | contrib) |
| 2025-06-13 01:16 | Kim Woojin (South Korean singer (born 1997)) | Kim Woojin (Korean: 김우진; born April 8, 1997) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a former member of the boy group Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. After leaving the group in late 2019, Kim debuted as a soloist in 2021 with the release of his first extended play (EP) The Moment: A Minor. | RachelTensions (talk) |
| 2025-06-17 15:16 | Tony Tan (President of Singapore from 2011 to 2017) | Tony Tan Keng Yam (Chinese: 陈庆炎; pinyin: Chén Qìngyán; born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean banker and politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore between 2011 and 2017 after winning the 2011 presidential election. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2025-06-21 13:12 | History of education in Brunei (aspect of history) | In the period leaading up to its independence in 1984, Brunei developed four successive education policies from 1954 to 1984. The 1962 and 1972 policies faced challenges due to deteriorating relations with Malaysia, which impacted Brunei's efforts to implement Malay as the primary language of teaching. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2025-06-24 02:50 | Queenstown MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Queenstown MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East–West line (EWL) in Queenstown, Singapore. Located on Commonwealth Avenue, it serves nearby landmarks such as Queenstown Primary School and the Princess House as well as a few nearby churches. Like other elevated stations in the Tiong Bahru-Clementi stretch, it features grilles and a blue colour scheme. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-06-30 03:31 | Bukit Batok MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Bukit Batok MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line (NSL) in Bukit Batok, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station serves nearby landmarks including Bukit Batok Bus Interchange, West Mall, and Bukit Batok Public Library. Like other stations in the former Branch Line stretch, it has an inverted V-shaped roof and has a yellow colour scheme. | Icepinner |
| 2025-06-30 03:32 | Bukit Gombak MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Bukit Gombak MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line in Bukit Gombak, Singapore. Operated by SMRT, the station serves various landmarks such as Bukit Batok Town, Bukit Gombak Stadium, and Bukit Gombak Sports Hall. It has an inverted V-shaped roof and a blue colour scheme, similar to other stations in the former Branch Line stretch. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-07-06 00:11 | Omar Ali Saifuddien III (Sultan of Brunei from 1950 to 1967) | Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien (Jawi: عمر علي سيف الدين سعد الخير والدين; 23 September 1914 – 7 September 1986) was the 28th Sultan of Brunei, reigning from 1950 until his abdication in 1967 to his oldest son, Hassanal Bolkiah. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 04:07 | 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. To facilitate its construction, several buildings in its vicinity had to be shut down and vacated. Despite this, residents alongside Tessensohn Road and Starlight Terrace asked for more time to move. | brachy08 (chat here lol) |
| 2025-07-18 03:03 | Isoup Ganthy (Cambodian equestrian and diplomat (1929–1976)) | Isoup Ganthy (Khmer: អ៊ុ សូបគន្ធី; 12 November 1929 – 6 December 1976) was a Cambodian equestrian and diplomat. Born to an Indian-Cambodian family, he later joined the Cambodian National Police and began horseback riding. He then studied in France, and further practiced the sport. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he competed as part of the first Cambodian team at a games, doing so in the individual show jumping event. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 04:56 | Lam Sơn uprising (Rebellion against Ming rule in Vietnam (1418–27)) | The Lam Sơn uprising (simplified Chinese: 蓝山起义; traditional Chinese: 藍山起義; Vietnamese: Khởi nghĩa Lam Sơn; chữ Hán: 起義藍山, also known as simplified Chinese: 蓝山蜂起; traditional Chinese: 藍山蜂起; Vietnamese: Lam Sơn phong khởi; chữ Hán: 藍山蜂起) was a significant rebellion in Vietnamese history, led by Lê Lợi against Ming China's rule. It began in early 1418 and ended in late 1427 with the victory of the Lam Sơn rebels and the retreat of the Ming army after the Đông Quan oath. | Min968 (talk) |
| 2025-07-24 03:00 | Muara Besar Island (Island in Brunei Bay) | Muara Besar Island (Malay: Pulau Muara Besar, Abbrev: PMB) is an island in Mukim Serasa, Brunei–Muara District, Brunei. The island is essential for the Brunei–China relations due to its part in the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. It can be noted that the island may be referred to Muara Island (Pulau Muara) in older works. | Pangalau (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/West Asia
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| 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 each red stripe. Centered on the white stripe is a green cedar of Lebanon tree (Cedrus libani), touching both red stripes. | Nehme1499 |
| 2025-04-04 16:26 | Emirate of Erzincan (Emirate in Anatolia by 1348 until 1410) | The Emirate of Erzincan was a state centered around the city of Erzincan that controlled parts of eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Its first known ruler, Ahi Ayna (r. 1348–62), rose to power as a vassal of the Eretnids through a purchase from his unknown predecessor sometime before 1348. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 16:36 | La Turquie Kemaliste (Kemalist propaganda magazine) | The La Turquie Kemaliste (French for "Kemalist Turkey", Turkish: Kemalist Türkiye) was a propaganda magazine published by the Turkish government between 1933 and 1949. It is regarded as one of the first public diplomacy campaigns since the foundation of the republic. | AscendencyXXIV (talk) |
| 2025-04-28 22:27 | Germiyan dynasty (Emirate in western Anatolia from c. 1300 to 1429) | Germiyan, or the Germiyanids (Old Anatolian Turkish: كرميان; Turkish: Germiyanoğulları Beyliği or Germiyan Beyliği), were a dynasty that controlled parts of western Anatolia from c. 1300 to 1429. Germiyan first appeared in 1239 near Malatya tasked with suppressing the Babai revolt. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2025-04-29 09:08 | Sanahin Bridge (Bridge in Lori Province, Armenia) | The Sanahin Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge spanning the Debed River in Alaverdi in the northern Armenian province of Lori. Built in the late 12th century, it is considered one of the most remarkable bridges of medieval Armenia. Though largely intact, it has undergone multiple restorations since the late 19th century. | --Երևանցի talk |
| 2025-06-25 09:20 | 1992 Erzincan earthquake (Earthquake in Erzincan province, Turkey) | On 13 March 1992, a moment magnitude 6.6–6.7 earthquake struck eastern Turkey near Erzincan causing devastation near the epicenter. It had a maximum MSK-64 intensity of IX (Destructive) and occurred along the North Anatolian Fault inside of a complex pull-apart basin. The recorded peak ground acceleration of 0.5 g approached the 1 in 475 year maximum for the area. | SamBroGaming (talk) |
| 2025-07-08 23:34 | Terraplana (Brazilian shoegaze band) | Terraplana (stylized in lowercase) is a Brazilian shoegaze band formed in 2017 in Curitiba, Paraná. It consists of Stephani Heuczuk (bass, vocals), Vinícius Lourenço (guitars, vocals), Cassiano Kruchelski (guitars, vocals), and Wendeu Silverio (drums). Their music blends shoegaze, post-rock, and alternative rock, incorporating ambient textures, ethereal vocals, and distorted guitar work. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-07-12 23:54 | Baldwin I of Jerusalem (King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118) | Baldwin I (1060s – 2 April 1118) was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny. He received the County of Verdun in 1096, but he soon joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the First Crusade. | 🌷Reverosie🌷★talk★ |
| [Failed to parse] | Kandovan Tunnel (1938 road tunnel from Tehran, Iran) | Kandovan Tunnel (officially 11th Tunnel) is a major road tunnel on Chalus Road, Iran. The 1,883 meter tunnel crosses Alborz, connecting Alborz province to Mazandaran province. It was built in 1938 as one of the first tunnels in Iran, in order to make the nearest road from Tehran to Caspian Sea passable in harsh winter times. | [Failed to parse] |
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| 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 at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion in Dublin, Ireland, and presented by Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), who staged the event after winning the 1987 contest for Ireland with the song "Hold Me Now" by Johnny Logan. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 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? |
| 2025-01-21 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) |
| 2025-01-24 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 at the Sala di Concerto della RAI in Naples, Italy, and presented by Renata Mauro. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), who staged the event after winning the 1964 contest for Italy 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 film by Rex Ren and Lam Sum) | 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) |
| 2025-02-04 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) |
| 2025-02-24 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) |
| 2025-03-15 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 recognized 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 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) |
| 2025-04-04 17:30 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner (born 2000)) | Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track mile, 2000 metres, 3000 metres, and two miles.[note 5] He won gold medals in the 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. | KnowledgeIsPower9281 (talk) |
| 2025-04-22 08:08 | A New Old Play (2021 Hong Kong-French film by Qiu Jiongjiong) | A New Old Play (Chinese: 椒麻堂會) is a 2021 epic film directed and written by Qiu Jiongjiong. As Qiu's seventh film, it marks his first fictional feature. A co-production between Hong Kong's Uluka Productions and France's Hippocampe Productions, the film stars Yi Sicheng as Qiu Fu, a recently deceased Sichuan opera actor, alongside Guan Nan, Qiu Zhimin, Gu Tao, and Xue Xuchun. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-04-22 08:08 | Papa (2024 film) (2024 Hong Kong film by Philip Yung) | Papa (Chinese: 爸爸) is a 2024 Hong Kong family drama film directed and written by Philip Yung. Distributed by Golden Scene, it is based on the real-life 2010 Heung Wo Street Murder, in which a mentally unstable son killed his mother and sister, leaving his father as the sole survivor. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-05 09:39 | Elegies (film) (2023 Hong Kong film by Ann Hui) | Elegies (Chinese: 詩) is a 2023 Hong Kong documentary film directed by Ann Hui. Produced by PicaPica Media and distributed by Golden Scene, the film features interviews with various Hong Kong poets, most notably Huang Canran and Liu Wai-tong, along with footage of the late Xi Xi and Leung Ping-kwan. | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-07 14:29 | Mo Tzu-yi (Taiwanese actor (born 1981)) | Morning Mo Tzu-yi (Chinese: 莫子儀; born 23 June 1981) is a Taiwanese actor. He debuted as a stage actor and began his on-screen career in 2005, starring in the films The Most Distant Course (2007) and A Place of One's Own (2009). He expanded his career internationally with the multinational film Snowfall in Taipei (2010) and the Australian-Singaporean film Canopy (2013), and also co-wrote and starred as Lu Ho-jo in the autobiographical drama {{ill| ... | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-10 08:54 | Glossa ordinaria (Accursius) (Collection of annotations to the Corpus Iuris Civilis by Accursius) | The Glossa ordinaria (also known as Glossa magna, Glossa magistralis and Glossa accursiana) is a collection of 96,940 marginal annotations (glossa marginalis) in Latin by the Italian jurist Accursius (c. 1181/1185–1259/1263) on the Corpus Iuris Civilis, a collection of Roman law by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). | WatkynBassett (talk) |
| 2025-05-15 06:52 | Joseph Conrad (Polish-British writer (1857–1924)) | Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.[note 6] He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties (always with a strong foreign accent) – became a master prose stylist who broug ... | Nihil novi (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 09:56 | 2024 FIA GT World Cup (Sports car race) | The 2024 FIA GT World Cup (formally the Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup) was a Grand Touring (GT) sports car race held on the Guia Circuit in Macau on 17 November 2024. It was the seventh FIA GT World Cup and the fourteenth GT3 car race held in Macau. The Automobile General Association Macau-China, the event's promoter, appointed the motorsports organiser SRO Motorsports Group to form a grid. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 22:18 | Juventus FC (women) (Women's association football club from Italy) | Juventus Football Club (from Latin: iuventūs, 'youth'; ), known for commercial purposes as Juventus Women or simply Juve Women, is a women's football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It was established in 2017 as the women's section of the homonymous club, following an acquisition of Cuneo's sporting licence. | Wikipediæ philosophia (talk), Nehme1499 (talk) |
| 2025-06-03 08:35 | Yundi (Chinese pianist (born 1982)) | Yundi Li (simplified Chinese: 李云迪; traditional Chinese: 李雲迪; pinyin: Lǐ Yúndí; born 7 October 1982), also known simply as Yundi (stylized as YUNDI), is a Chinese classical concert pianist. Yundi is considered one of the greatest contemporary interpreters of Chopin and is also especially known for his interpretations of Liszt and Prokofiev. | EleniXDD※Talk |
| 2025-06-03 20:22 | René Ressejac-Duparc (French association footballer (1880–1941)) | René Ressejac-Duparc (28 September 1880 – 19 April 1941) was a French footballer who played as a midfielder and who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal as a member of the USFSA team, which was primarily Club Français players. With Club Français, he won back-to-back Coupe Manier titles in 1899 and 1900, and he also reached the finals of the 1900 Challenge International du Nord, and of the 1899 and 1900 USFSA Football Championship. | Luis7M (talk) |
| 2025-06-05 22:46 | New Day Will Rise (2025 single by Yuval Raphael) | "New Day Will Rise" is the debut single by Israeli singer Yuval Raphael. It was written by Keren Peles and produced by Tomer Biran. It was released on 9 March 2025 through Tedy Productions. The song represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, where it finished second with 357 points. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-06-10 08:44 | Edwin Boxshall (British intelligence officer and SOE adviser (1897–1984)) | Edwin "Eddie" George Boxshall (4 February 1897 – 26 January 1984) MBE was a British intelligence officer, commercial representative and adviser to the Foreign Office. He served in both the First and Second World Wars and played a prominent role in intelligence and commercial affairs related to Romania. | Aeengath (talk) |
| 2025-06-15 16:56 | Denkova-Staviski Cup (International figure skating competition) | The Denkova-Staviski Cup is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Bulgarian Skating Federation (Bulgarian: Българска федерация по фигурно пързаляне) and the Denkova-Staviski Skating Club (Bulgarian: Кънки клуб Денкова - Стависки) at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-06-17 15:16 | Tony Tan (President of Singapore from 2011 to 2017) | Tony Tan Keng Yam (Chinese: 陈庆炎; pinyin: Chén Qìngyán; born 7 February 1940) is a Singaporean banker and politician who served as the seventh president of Singapore between 2011 and 2017 after winning the 2011 presidential election. | Pangalau (talk) |
| 2025-06-21 13:50 | Frej Liewendahl (Finnish middle-distance runner) | Frey Fritiof "Frej" Liewendahl (22 October 1902 – 31 January 1966) was a Finnish track and field athlete. Born in Åland with Swedish roots, he had first competed for IFK Mariehamn. He represented Finland at the 1924 Summer Olympics placing eighth in the men's 1500 metres, though was part of the gold medal-winning team in the men's 3000 metres team race. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 14:57 | Oskar Ospelt (Liechtensteiner sprinter (1908–1988)) | Oskar Ospelt (27 July 1908 – 15 June 1988) was a Liechtensteiner sprinter and thrower. Domestically, Ospelt would compete for the sports club Leichtathletik Club Vaduz. He would compete at the 1936 Summer Olympics representing Liechtenstein in athletics, becoming one of the first athletes for Liechtenstein at an Olympic Games. | Arconning (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 11:46 | Elinor Barker (Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)) | Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Uno-X Mobility. As a track cyclist, she is an Olympic champion in the team pursuit and a world champion in the team pursuit, madison, points race, and scratch race disciplines. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-13 21:49 | Eurovision Song Contest 1972 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 25 March 1972 at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and presented by Moira Shearer. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who staged the event after Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC), which had won the 1971 contest for Monaco, declined hosting responsibilities, citing the lack of a suitable venu ... | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 04:43 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia – also known as Skate Slovakia – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Slovak Figure Skating Association (Slovak: Slovensky Krasokorčuliarsky Zväz). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-19 15:45 | ISU Junior Grand Prix in Bulgaria (International figure skating competition) | The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Bulgaria – also known as the Sofia Cup – is an international figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Bulgarian Skating Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация по кънки). It is held periodically as an event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP), a series of international competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
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| 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 |
| 2025-03-20 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) |
| 2025-06-06 09:36 | Viacheslav Chornovil (Ukrainian activist and politician (1937–1999)) | Viacheslav Maksymovych Chornovil (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Максимович Чорновіл; 24 December 1937 – 25 March 1999) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, independence activist and politician who was the leader of the People's Movement of Ukraine from 1989 until his death in 1999. He spent fifteen years imprisoned by the Soviet government for his human rights activism, and was later a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1999, being among the first and most prominent anti-communists to hold public office in Ukraine. | Mupper-san (talk) |
| 2025-06-06 10:52 | Pavel Mareš (Czech footballer) | Pavel Mareš (born 18 January 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender at either centre-back or left-back. He played top-league football in the Czech Republic for Bohemians Prague and Sparta Prague, and played for Zenit Saint Petersburg in the Russian Football Premier League. | C679 |
| 2025-06-18 02:08 | Nikolay Alyokhin (Belarusian Olympic fencer (1954–2023)) | Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alyokhin (Russian: Николай Александрович Алёхин; Belarusian: Мікалай Аляксандравіч Алёхін; 26 October 1954 – 8 July 2023) was a Belarusian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union, winning the gold medal in the team sabre event. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 18:46 | Lubricating tram 5572 (Czech work tram) | Lubricating tram 5572 (Czech: mazací tramvaj 5572), also called mazačka, is a working tram from the Czech Republic based on the Tatra T3. It has been used to lubricate the rails in the Prague tram network since 2015. The car was manufactured in 1965 as a Tatra T3. The tram subsequently operated with passengers until 1990. | Cos (X + Z) |
| 2025-07-19 21:27 | Hans Otto Roth (Transylvanian-Saxon politician (1890–1953)) | Hans Otto Roth (29 April 1890 – 1 April 1953) was a Transylvanian Saxon politician and lawyer. Roth was best known for his unsuccessful attempts to counter the rise of the radical Nazism favored within the German Party and within the German ethnic group in Transylvania. | • Apollo468• |
| 2025-07-23 06:19 | 1984 Summer Olympics boycott (Sport boycott) | The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles followed four years after the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott involved nineteen countries: fifteen from the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union, which initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984, and four Non‑Aligned countries which boycotted on their own initiatives. | Spintendo |
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| 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, England. 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! |
| 2025-01-11 11:37 | John Parrott (English snooker player (born 1964)) | John Stephen Parrott (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player who won the 1991 World Snooker Championship. He came to prominence in the mid to late 1980s, and remained within the top 16 of the world rankings for 14 consecutive seasons. Following his playing career, he became a snooker commentator and pundit. | 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 (Irish: Aodh Ó Néill; c. 1585 – c. 23 September 1609) was an Irish nobleman. The eldest son of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Siobhán O'Donnell, he was considered the heir to the O'Neill clan, though he predeceased his father. | SkywalkerEccleston (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) |
| 2025-02-06 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) |
| 2025-02-09 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) |
| 2025-03-01 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) |
| 2025-03-16 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) |
| 2025-03-28 09:44 | Mark Williams (snooker player) (Welsh snooker player (born 1975)) | Mark James Williams MBE (born 21 March 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion, winning the title in 2000, 2003 and 2018. He has been ranked the world number one player three times (May 2000 – May 2002, May 2003 – May 2004 and May 2011 – September 2011). | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-03-30 20:23 | Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (English cricketer) | Alexander Colin David Ingleby-Mackenzie OBE (15 September 1933 – 9 March 2006) was an English cricketer, cricket administrator, and businessman. Ingleby-Mackenzie played first-class cricket for Hampshire between 1951 and 1966, serving as Hampshire's last amateur captain. Through bold captaincy, he led Hampshire to their first County Championship title in 1961. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 15:08 | Neil Robertson (Australian snooker player (born 1982)) | Neil Alexander Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player, who is a former world champion and former world number one. He is the most successful player from outside the United Kingdom and the only non-UK born player to have completed snooker's Triple Crown, having won the World Championship in 2010, the Masters in 2012 and 2022, and the UK Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2020. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-04-19 11:38 | Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle (Englishman (1851–1937) of various occupations) | Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle MVO PC (6 September 1851 — 1 July 1937) was an English agriculturalist, author, barrister, cricketer, cricket administrator, journalist, and Conservative politician. Following a brief career as a barrister after his graduation from the University of Oxford, Prothero became an author who published several works on agriculture, amongst other publication genres. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-04-22 04:06 | Believe in Magic (British defunct charity) | Believe in Magic was a British charity founded in 2012 that aimed to relieve the needs of children in the United Kingdom suffering from severe or terminal illnesses. It was founded by 16-year-old Megan Bhari, who claimed to have been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years previously. The charity gained prominence after it was supported by several celebrities, most notably British-Irish boy band One Direction. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-04-22 11:15 | Shane O'Neill (Irish exile) (Irish-born nobleman and soldier (1599–1641)) | Colonel Shane O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone (Irish: Seán Ó Néill; Spanish: Juan O'Neill; also anglicised John O'Neill; 18 October 1599 – 29 January 1641) was an Irish-born nobleman, soldier and member of the Spanish nobility who primarily lived and served in Continental Europe. He fought in the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) and the Reapers' War. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-05-07 13:45 | Zhao Xintong (Chinese snooker player (born 1997)) | Zhao Xintong (Chinese: 赵心童; born 3 April 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player and the reigning World Snooker Champion. He first turned professional in the 2016–17 season, aged 19, having previously recorded wins against a number of top professionals while competing as an amateur wildcard. | Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-05-15 07:38 | Icelandic nationality law (history and regulations of Icelandic citizenship) | The primary law governing nationality of Iceland is the Icelandic Nationality Act (Icelandic: Lög um íslenskan ríkisborgararétt), which came into force on 1 January 1953. Iceland is a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). All Icelandic nationals are entitled to free movement rights in European Union (EU) and EFTA countries. | Horserice (talk) |
| 2025-05-16 12:36 | 2022 UK Championship (Professional ranking snooker tournament) | The 2022 UK Championship (officially the 2022 Cazoo UK Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 12 to 20 November 2022 at the York Barbican in York, England. The fifth ranking event and first Triple Crown event of the 2022–23 snooker season, the tournament was the 46th edition of the UK Championship, which was first held in 1977. | Alavense (talk) |
| 2025-05-19 06:00 | 2004 World Snooker Championship (Professional snooker tournament) | The 2004 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2004 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 17 April to 3 May 2004 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 28th consecutive year the World Snooker Championship was held at the Crucible. | Alavense (talk) |
| 2025-05-20 17:14 | Battle of Edington (Battle between Wessex and Vikings in 878) | The Battle of Edington or Battle of Ethandun was fought in May 878 between the West Saxon army of King Alfred the Great and the Great Heathen Army led by the Danish warlord Guthrum. The battle took place near Edington in Wiltshire, where Alfred secured a decisive victory that halted the Viking advance into Wessex. | Thelifeofan413 (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 09:44 | James "Spanish" Blake (Irish merchant and spy) | James "Spanish" Blake (c. 1561 – 20 February 1635), known by the aliases Caddell, Blackcaddell, Blague, and Diego de Blacadell, was an Irish merchant, soldier and double agent. On various occasions, Blake seemingly worked as a spy for English, Irish and Spanish officials during the Nine Years' War. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 09:55 | Jimmy White (English professional snooker player) | James Warren White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won ten ranking events. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his swift and attacking style of play, White has reached six World Snooker Championship finals during his career but finished runner-up on each occasion. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 10:31 | Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch (Theatre in Hornchurch, Havering, London, England) | The Queen's Theatre is a 507-seat mid-scale producing theatre located in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, east London. | MRSC (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 14:32 | Jane Madders (British physiotherapist and author) | Jane Madders (née Solkhon; c. 1909–1990) was a British physiotherapist, health educator and author known for her expertise in relaxation techniques. After receiving training in physical relaxation during the late 1920s, Madders developed an interest in using her skills to assist pregnant women; she taught relaxation skills at antenatal classes and midwife courses, and published a book of exercises for women in 1955. | Alanna the Brave (talk) |
| 2025-06-09 13:52 | Alex Higgins (Northern Irish snooker player (1949–2010)) | Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. Nicknamed "Hurricane Higgins" for his rapid play, and known as the "People's Champion" for his popularity and charisma, he is often credited as a key figure in snooker's success as a mainstream televised sport in the 1980s. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2025-06-10 06:45 | Upney tube station (London Underground station) | Upney is a London Underground station on Upney Lane in Barking in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, east London. It is on the District line between Barking to the west and Becontree to the east. It is 11.0 kilometres (6.8 mi) along the line from the eastern terminus at Upminster and 13.7 kilometres (8.5 mi) to Tower Hill in central London. | MRSC (talk) |
| 2025-06-10 12:33 | Tony Felloni (Irish career criminal (1943–2024)) | Anthony Felloni (born Anthony Carroll, 1943 – 22 April 2024) was an Irish heroin dealer, pimp, and career criminal. Dubbed "King Scum" by media sources, Felloni became a hated figure in the 1980s and 1990s, blamed for "flooding" Dublin with heroin and creating the city's first generation of heroin addicts. | ser! (chat to me - see my edits) |
| 2025-06-14 12:31 | Malvern College (Public school in Worcestershire, England) | Malvern College is a fee-charging coeducational boarding and day school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school in the British sense of the term and is a member of the Rugby Group and of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Founded in 1865 the college has remained on the same campus since its establishment, near the town centre of Great Malvern covering some 250 acres (101 ha) on the lower slopes of the Malvern Hills. | Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 23:19 | Hyvinkää shooting (2012 mass shooting in Finland) | The Hyvinkää shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on 26 May 2012 in the centre of Hyvinkää, Finland, when an 18-year-old man named Eero Hiltunen, opened fire onto the Uudenmaankatu street from atop a nearby building using two rifles. Two people were killed and seven others were wounded, including a police officer. | 7kk (talk) |
| 2025-06-23 13:55 | Digswell Viaduct (Railway viaduct in the East of England) | The Digswell Viaduct, also known as the Welwyn Viaduct and officially the Welwyn Railway Viaduct, is a railway viaduct that carries the two tracks of the East Coast Main Line over the Mimram Valley in the East of England. A prominent local landmark, it is located between Welwyn Garden City and Welwyn North railway stations, and is located above the village of Digswell and the River Mimram. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-06-30 09:57 | Gasworks Tunnel (Railway tunnel in London, United Kingdom) | The Gasworks Tunnel, also historically known as the Maiden Lane Tunnel, is a railway tunnel immediately to the north of King's Cross railway station in London, United Kingdom. It consists of three parallel bores that carry the six tracks of the East Coast Main Line under the Regent's Canal, as well as roads and housing. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-07-03 19:27 | James Justin (English footballer (born 1998)) | James Michael Justin (born 23 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for EFL Championship club Leicester City. | Lucfev (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 14:31 | Upminster station (London Underground and railway station) | Upminster is an interchange station in the town of Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, East London. It is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, 15 miles 20 chains (24.5 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street; it is the eastern terminus of the District line on the London Underground; and it is the eastern terminus of the Liberty line on the London Overground. | MRSC (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 13:30 | 1990 World Snooker Championship (Professional snooker tournament) | The 1990 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1990 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 29 April 1990 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. There was a total prize fund of £620,800, the winner receiving £120,000. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 21:33 | 1998 Dublin North by-election | A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin North constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the resignation of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Ray Burke on 7 October 1997. The by-election was won by Senator Seán Ryan of the Labour Party. | ser! (chat to me - see my edits) |
| 2025-07-18 22:13 | Elizabeth Gunning (writer) (English novelist and translator of French (1769–1823)) | Elizabeth Gunning (1769–1823) was a novelist and translator of French into English. In the 1790s, she was the subject of a pamphlet war related to a rumoured relationship with Lord Blandford. Gunning and her mother were accused of creating a series of forged letters, purportedly by Blandford and his father, the duke of Marlborough, which were published as evidence that Blandford had proposed marriage to Gunning. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 10:45 | Kensington Treaty (2025 treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany) | The Kensington Treaty, officially the Treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation, is an agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Germany. The agreement was officially signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on 17 July 2025. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-07-19 21:45 | Tallinn Trophy (International figure skating competition) | The Tallinn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted in Tallinn, Estonia, by the Estonian Skating Union (Estonian: Eesti Uisuliit). It debuted in 2002 as a regional competition before expanding as an international event in 2011 and joining the ISU Challenger Series in 2015. | Bgsu98 (Talk) |
| 2025-07-20 15:53 | 2023 EFL League Two play-off final (Association football match) | The 2023 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match, which took place on 28 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Stockport County and Carlisle United, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, to EFL League One. | — Amakuru (talk) |
| 2025-07-24 08:33 | Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen (1401 battle in Wales) | The Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen took place between the Welsh and English in June 1401. It was the first major victory by Owain Glyndŵr of the Welsh Revolt of 1400-1409. Its location was on the western slopes of Plynlimon, near the Ceredigion/Powys boundary. Glyndŵr, defending with a much smaller force, routed an attack of English and Flemish settlers and soldiers at a site on or close to Mynydd Hyddgen, a peak in the Ceredigion uplands. | Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 11:34 | 2025 World Snooker Championship (Professional snooker tournament) | The 2025 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2025 Halo World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 19 April to 5 May 2025 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 49th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was staged at the venue. | HurricaneHiggins (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Southern Europe
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| 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 academic and economist who founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and served three terms as prime minister of Greece. | A.Cython (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) |
| 2025-03-11 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 09:35 | 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) |
| 2025-03-15 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) |
| 2025-03-28 08:41 | Organization of Yugoslav Nationalists (Political organisation in Yugoslavia, 1921–1929) | The Organisation of Yugoslav Nationalists (Croatian: Organizacija jugoslavenskih nacionalista, Serbian: Организација југословенских националиста), acronymised as ORJUNA or Orjuna, was a proto-fascist, anti-communist, terrorist, and Yugoslavist nationalist organisation established in 1921 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2025-03-28 09:44 | Mark Williams (snooker player) (Welsh snooker player (born 1975)) | Mark James Williams MBE (born 21 March 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion, winning the title in 2000, 2003 and 2018. He has been ranked the world number one player three times (May 2000 – May 2002, May 2003 – May 2004 and May 2011 – September 2011). | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-03-31 15:18 | Miloš Vučević (Serbian politician (born 1974)) | Miloš Vučević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Вучевић, ; born 10 December 1974) is a Serbian politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2024 to 2025. He has been the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2023. He was previously the Mayor of Novi Sad from 2012 to 2022 and the Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia from 2022 to 2024. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-04-06 15:08 | Neil Robertson (Australian snooker player (born 1982)) | Neil Alexander Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player, who is a former world champion and former world number one. He is the most successful player from outside the United Kingdom and the only non-UK born player to have completed snooker's Triple Crown, having won the World Championship in 2010, the Masters in 2012 and 2022, and the UK Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2020. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 15:54 | Émilienne Morin (French anarcho-syndicalist (1901–1991)) | Émilienne Léontine Morin (29 October 1901 – 14 February 1991) was a French anarchist activist, journalist and stenographer. Born into an anarcho-syndicalist family, she joined the French anarchist movement at an early age, going on to write for its newspapers and contribute to anarchist legal defence campaigns. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 09:55 | Jimmy White (English professional snooker player) | James Warren White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won ten ranking events. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his swift and attacking style of play, White has reached six World Snooker Championship finals during his career but finished runner-up on each occasion. | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 21:49 | Bias of Priene (6th-century BC Greek sage) | Bias (Ancient Greek: Βίας fl. 6th century BC) of Priene was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and spent his life working as a legal advocate free of charge for those who had been wronged. He also served as an envoy for Priene during mediation in a conflict with Samos, but he was unsuccessful. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-06-10 18:36 | President of Serbia (Head of state of Serbia) | The president of Serbia (Serbian: Председник Србије, romanized: Predsednik Srbije), officially styled as President of the Republic (Serbian: Председник Републике, romanized: Predsednik Republike), is the head of state of Serbia. The current officeholder is Aleksandar Vučić, who was elected in 2017 and has held the role since 31 May 2017. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2025-06-25 19:25 | Trump Tower Belgrade (Luxury hotel and condominiums in Belgrade, Serbia) | Trump Tower Belgrade, also known as Belgrade Centrum, is a proposed mixed-use luxury hotel and condominium apartment building on the site of the Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building in Savski Venac, Belgrade, Serbia. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-29 07:02 | Jimena Fernández de la Vega (Spanish physician and researcher) | Jimena Fernández de la Vega y Lombán (June 3 1895 – May 20 1984) was a Spanish doctor, geneticist, professor, and one of the first women to obtain a doctorate in medicine from a university in Galicia. She specialized in medical genetics and worked closely with the prominent Spanish scientists such as Roberto Nóvoa Santos, Gustavo Pittaluga, and Gregorio Marañón. | WeWake (talk) |
| 2025-07-12 08:36 | Jade Jones (taekwondo) (Welsh taekwondo athlete (born 1993)) | Jade Louise Jones OBE (born 21 March 1993) is a Welsh former taekwondo athlete, who is now training as a boxer. As a Taekwondo competitor in the –57kg category, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist (2012, 2016), a one-time world champion (2019), and a three-time European champion (2016, 2018, 2021). | Canary757 (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 18:11 | Nikola Rušinović (Croatian diplomat (1908–1993)) | Nikola Rušinović (13 November 1908 – 28 August 1993) was a Croatian-American physician and diplomat who served as the first unofficial representative of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) to the Holy See from 1941 to 1942, during World War II. | Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) |
| [Failed to parse] | Marko Matijević Sekul (Croatian musician) | Marko Matijević Sekul (born 20 February 1987) is a Croatian musician, songwriter, and music producer. Though he is best known as the vocalist for the Croatian folk metal band Manntra, Sekul has been involved in a number of music projects both on stage and behind the scenes, winning several awards in the process. | [Failed to parse] |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Western Europe
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| 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 adjudicated by the Prussian courts. | WatkynBassett (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, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision 1961 de la Chanson Européenne (English: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1961), was the 6th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1961 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France, and presented by Jacqueline Joubert. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-01-13 17:06 | Eurovision Song Contest 1962 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1962, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1962 (English: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1962), was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 March 1962 at the Grand Auditorium of Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, and presented by Mireille Delannoy. | Sims2aholic8 (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) |
| 2025-01-22 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) |
| 2025-02-16 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 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) |
| 2025-04-24 19:45 | Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42 (Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach composed for the 1st Sunday after Easter) | Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats (On the evening, however, of the same Sabbath), BWV 42, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the first Sunday after Easter and first performed it on 8 April 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-04-28 05:08 | Liechtensteiner nationality law (history and regulations of Liechtensteiner citizenship) | The primary law governing nationality of Liechtenstein is the Law on the Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship, which came into force on 4 January 1934. Liechtenstein is a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). All Liechtensteiner nationals have automatic and permanent permission to live and work in any European Union (EU) or EFTA country. | Horserice (talk) |
| 2025-05-04 07:04 | Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85 (Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Ich bin ein guter Hirt (I am a Good Shepherd), BWV 85, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the second Sunday after Easter and first performed it on 15 April 1725. He wrote the cantata in his second year of his tenure as Thomaskantor that began in 1723, but it is not a chorale cantata, and he later assigned it to his third cantata cycle. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-05-24 15:39 | Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87 (Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen (Until now you have asked for nothing in My name), BWV 87, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Rogate, the fifth Sunday after Easter, and first performed it on 6 May 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 12:54 | Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 (Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein (On Christ's ascension into heaven alone), BWV 128, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed it in Leipzig for the Feast of the Ascension and first performed it on 10 May 1725. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 18:19 | Johannes Kaiser (Liechtenstein politician) (Liechtenstein politician (born 1958)) | Johannes Kaiser (born 29 June 1958) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2001. He previously served as mayor of Mauren from 1991 to 2003. | TheBritinator (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 22:59 | Bruno Kiesler (German politician (1925–2011)) | Bruno Kiesler (22 December 1925 – 10 June 2011) was a German farmer, politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:00 | Eberhard Aurich (German politician (born 1946)) | Eberhard Aurich (born 10 December 1946) is a former German politician and high-ranking functionary of the Free German Youth (FDJ). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:00 | Julius Cebulla (German politician (1917–1999)) | Julius Johannes "Jonny": 69, 91, 96 Cebulla (30 June 1917 – 24 March 1999) was an East German policeman and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:00 | Central Auditing Commission of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Disciplinary body within the Socialist Unity Party of Germany) | The Central Auditing Commission (German: Zentrale Revisionskommission) (ZRK) was a body of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) mainly tasked with ensuring orderly party finances and work of the party organs. | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:01 | Franz Rydz (German politician (1927–2007)) | Franz Rydz (27 May 1927 – 20 November 1989) was a high-ranking East German sports official and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:02 | Hans-Joachim Böhme (East German politician (1929–2012)) | Hans-Joachim "Achim" Böhme (29 December 1929 – 4 September 2012) was an East German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-10 22:55 | Hans-Dieter Fritschler (East German politician (1941–2021)) | Hans-Dieter Fritschler (18 May 1941 – 19 September 2021), more commonly known by his initials HDF, was an East German politician and party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-11 10:35 | University of Koblenz and Landau (Defunct German university) | The University of Koblenz and Landau (German: Universität Koblenz-Landau) was a German public university located in Koblenz and Landau, Rhineland-Palatinate, which primarily focused on teacher education. | DasallmächtigeJ (talk) |
| 2025-07-04 12:00 | SMS Habicht (1860) (Prussian gunboat) | SMS Habicht was a steam gunboat of the Jäger class built for the Prussian Navy in the late 1850s and early 1860s. The ship was ordered as part of a program to strengthen Prussia's coastal defense forces, then oriented against neighboring Denmark. She was armed with a battery of three guns. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 20:23 | SMS Scorpion (1877) (German ironclad gunboat) | SMS Scorpion was an ironclad gunboat of the Wespe class built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ships, which were armed with a single 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun, were intended to serve as part of a coastal defense fleet. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 19:28 | Eurovision Song Contest 1973 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 7 April 1973 at the Nouveau Théâtre in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, and presented by Helga Guitton. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT), who staged the event after winning the 1972 contest for Luxembourg with the song "Après toi" by Vicky Leandros. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 15:45 | Edmond Weiskopf (French footballer (1911–1996)) | Edmond Weiskopf (22 October 1911 – 16 March 1996), later known as Edmond Virage, was a Hungarian-born French footballer who played as a forward for Metz, Olympique de Marseille, and the French national team in the 1930s. | Luis7M (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 10:45 | Kensington Treaty (2025 treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany) | The Kensington Treaty, officially the Treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation, is an agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Germany. The agreement was officially signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on 17 July 2025. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-07-19 21:27 | Hans Otto Roth (Transylvanian-Saxon politician (1890–1953)) | Hans Otto Roth (29 April 1890 – 1 April 1953) was a Transylvanian Saxon politician and lawyer. Roth was best known for his unsuccessful attempts to counter the rise of the radical Nazism favored within the German Party and within the German ethnic group in Transylvania. | • Apollo468• |
| 2025-07-21 15:37 | French ship Suffren (1803) (Ship of the line of the French Navy) | Suffren was a 4th rank, 74-gun short Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1803, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars, including Missiessy's expedition, the French invasion of Dominica, and the Trafalgar campaign. | Sturmvogel 66 (talk) |
| 2025-07-26 08:56 | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (French mezzo-soprano (1963–2025)) | Béatrice Uria-Monzon (28 December 1963 – 19 July 2025) was a French mezzo-soprano. Her signature role was Bizet's Carmen, performed first in 1993 at the Opéra Bastille and then at leading opera houses especially in France, but also at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and La Scala in Milan. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Oceania
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| 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 Canning Highway bridge over the freeway. | 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 |
| 2025-02-16 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) |
| 2025-03-29 12:35 | Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme (Australian guest worker program) | The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme is a guest worker program that allows Australian businesses to hire temporary workers from nine Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste. The scheme allows participating workers to work in seasonal agricultural jobs for up to 9 months, or in longer-term jobs for between 1 and 4 years. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-05-13 18:37 | Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station | The Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station (JGGRS) is a seismic monitoring and nuclear detonation detection system operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) in cooperation with Australia. Located at the foot of ANZAC Hill in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, it was established in 1955 as part of a global network to identify clandestine underground nuclear explosions. | -- Very Polite Person (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 01:57 | Nick McKenzie (Australian investigative journalist) | Nick McKenzie is an Australian investigative journalist. He has won twenty Walkley Awards, been named twice as Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, and received the Kennedy Award for Journalist of the Year in 2020 and 2022.. He is the president of the Melbourne Press Club. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2025-06-27 11:10 | Hilda Bull (Australian public health physician (1886–1953)) | Hilda Bull (1886–1953), also known by her married names Hilda Esson and Hilda Dale, was an Australian public health physician and amateur actress and theatre director. She studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and worked as a doctor in London examining new army recruits during the First World War, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel in the British medical service and eventually being appointed medical superintendent for the London district. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-07-17 08:01 | Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (Christian sect formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren) | The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) is an evangelical Christian movement and the most well-known branch of the Exclusive Brethren, a group that emerged from the Plymouth Brethren in the 19th century. | HollowGannet (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 15:56 | Battle of 42nd Street (World War II battle on the island of Crete, Greece) | The Battle of 42nd Street (27 May 1941) was fought during World War II on the Greek island of Crete between an attacking Anzac force and fleeing German troops. On 20 May, Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete. A week later, after the British and Commonwealth forces defending the island had been forced to withdraw towards Chania, a force of several understrength Australian and New Zealand infantry battalions established a defensive line along 42nd Street south-east of Chania, forming a rearguard for the withdrawing troops. | History6042😊 (Contact me) |
History and Society/Business and economics
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| 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? |
| 2025-02-22 06:34 | Howard Lutnick (American businessman and Commerce Secretary (born 1961)) | Howard William Lutnick (born July 14, 1961) is an American businessman and government official who is serving as the 41st United States secretary of commerce since February 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) |
| 2025-04-10 20:44 | Choquei (Brazilian Instagram and Twitter account) | Choquei is a social media account on Instagram and Twitter operated by Brazilian Raphael Sousa Oliveira since 2014. Initially focused on entertainment news and gossip, the account became notorious for covering real-world news starting in 2022. In February of that year, it began reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but faced criticism for sharing unverified information and fake news. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-04-22 04:06 | Believe in Magic (British defunct charity) | Believe in Magic was a British charity founded in 2012 that aimed to relieve the needs of children in the United Kingdom suffering from severe or terminal illnesses. It was founded by 16-year-old Megan Bhari, who claimed to have been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years previously. The charity gained prominence after it was supported by several celebrities, most notably British-Irish boy band One Direction. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-07-16 01:34 | Muscatine Mall (Shopping mall in Muscatine, Iowa, US) | Muscatine Mall, originally Muscatine Plaza, is a shopping mall in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. Its anchor stores are The Lab, Slumberland Furniture, and Warehouse Bargains. Built in 1971 by General Management, the mall originally featured Woolworth and Montgomery Ward as its anchor stores, with JCPenney joining in 1975. | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
History and Society/Education
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| 2025-04-22 04:06 | Believe in Magic (British defunct charity) | Believe in Magic was a British charity founded in 2012 that aimed to relieve the needs of children in the United Kingdom suffering from severe or terminal illnesses. It was founded by 16-year-old Megan Bhari, who claimed to have been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years previously. The charity gained prominence after it was supported by several celebrities, most notably British-Irish boy band One Direction. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-06-14 12:31 | Malvern College (Public school in Worcestershire, England) | Malvern College is a fee-charging coeducational boarding and day school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school in the British sense of the term and is a member of the Rugby Group and of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Founded in 1865 the college has remained on the same campus since its establishment, near the town centre of Great Malvern covering some 250 acres (101 ha) on the lower slopes of the Malvern Hills. | Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) |
History and Society/History
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| 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) |
| 2025-03-06 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) |
| 2025-04-04 16:26 | Emirate of Erzincan (Emirate in Anatolia by 1348 until 1410) | The Emirate of Erzincan was a state centered around the city of Erzincan that controlled parts of eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus in the 14th and early 15th centuries. Its first known ruler, Ahi Ayna (r. 1348–62), rose to power as a vassal of the Eretnids through a purchase from his unknown predecessor sometime before 1348. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2025-04-28 22:27 | Germiyan dynasty (Emirate in western Anatolia from c. 1300 to 1429) | Germiyan, or the Germiyanids (Old Anatolian Turkish: كرميان; Turkish: Germiyanoğulları Beyliği or Germiyan Beyliği), were a dynasty that controlled parts of western Anatolia from c. 1300 to 1429. Germiyan first appeared in 1239 near Malatya tasked with suppressing the Babai revolt. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2025-05-11 13:50 | Elvia Carrillo Puerto (Mexican politician and feminist (1881–1965)) | Elvia Carrillo Puerto (30 January 1881 – 18 April 1965) was a Mexican socialist politician and feminist activist. She is known for founding the Liga Feminista Rita Cetina Gutiérrez and for helping to organize the Frente Único pro Derechos de la Mujer, both significant feminist organizations. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 13:30 | Emerald Tablet (Hermetic text) | The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table or the Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic text traditionally attributed to the legendary Hellenistic figure Hermes Trismegistus. The earliest known versions are four Arabic recensions preserved in mystical and alchemical treatises between the 8th and 10th centuries CE—chiefly the Secret of Creation (Arabic: سر الخليقة, romanized: Sirr al-Khalīqa) and the Secret of Secrets (سرّ الأسرار, Sirr al-Asrār). | Bari' bin Farangi (talk) |
| 2025-05-14 14:52 | Prehistoric Chinese religions | Prehistoric Chinese religions are religious beliefs and practices of prehistoric peoples in China prior to the earliest intelligible writings in the region (c. 1250 BCE). They most prominently comprise spiritual traditions of Neolithic and early Bronze Age cultures in various regions of China, which preceded the ancient religions documented by early Chinese dynasties. | Strongman13072007 (talk) |
| 2025-05-17 07:19 | Fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales (Overview of the fashion and style of Catherine, Princess of Wales) | The fashion of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has had a substantial impact on the clothing industry ever since the public revelation of her relationship with Prince William in 2002. Often praised for her elegant and accessible style, she has become a prominent fashion icon, frequently featured in best-dressed lists of magazines such as Vanity Fair and Tatler. | MSincccc (talk) |
| 2025-05-20 17:14 | Battle of Edington (Battle between Wessex and Vikings in 878) | The Battle of Edington or Battle of Ethandun was fought in May 878 between the West Saxon army of King Alfred the Great and the Great Heathen Army led by the Danish warlord Guthrum. The battle took place near Edington in Wiltshire, where Alfred secured a decisive victory that halted the Viking advance into Wessex. | Thelifeofan413 (talk) |
| 2025-05-25 15:54 | Émilienne Morin (French anarcho-syndicalist (1901–1991)) | Émilienne Léontine Morin (29 October 1901 – 14 February 1991) was a French anarchist activist, journalist and stenographer. Born into an anarcho-syndicalist family, she joined the French anarchist movement at an early age, going on to write for its newspapers and contribute to anarchist legal defence campaigns. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2025-05-26 11:52 | First Feminist Congress of Yucatán (1916 conference in Mérida, Mexico) | The First Feminist Congress of Yucatán (Spanish: Primer Congreso Feminista de Yucatán) was a conference that took place from 13 to 16 January 1916 at the Peón Contreras Theater in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The congress brought together 620 delegates, primarily teachers, to discuss and propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 21:49 | Bias of Priene (6th-century BC Greek sage) | Bias (Ancient Greek: Βίας fl. 6th century BC) of Priene was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and spent his life working as a legal advocate free of charge for those who had been wronged. He also served as an envoy for Priene during mediation in a conflict with Samos, but he was unsuccessful. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-05-29 14:32 | Jane Madders (British physiotherapist and author) | Jane Madders (née Solkhon; c. 1909–1990) was a British physiotherapist, health educator and author known for her expertise in relaxation techniques. After receiving training in physical relaxation during the late 1920s, Madders developed an interest in using her skills to assist pregnant women; she taught relaxation skills at antenatal classes and midwife courses, and published a book of exercises for women in 1955. | Alanna the Brave (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 21:00 | Walter White (Tennessee politician) (American politician (1881–1951)) | Walter White (December 24, 1881 – February 14, 1951) was an American educator and politician from the state of Tennessee. White served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 10th floterial district non-consecutively from 1909 to 1949, and in the Tennessee Senate from 1911 to 1913, as a member of the Republican Party. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-06-02 17:45 | Robert C. Pringle (tug) (Wooden-hulled American tugboat lost on Lake Michigan) | Robert C. Pringle, originally named Chequamegon, was a wooden-hulled American tugboat that sank without loss of life on Lake Michigan, near Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on June 19, 1922, after striking an obstruction, possibly floating driftwood. | ✠Saltymagnolia✠ |
| 2025-06-18 19:19 | Susie Wiles (American political consultant and lobbyist (born 1957)) | Susan L. Wiles (née Summerall; born May 14, 1957) is an American political consultant and lobbyist who has served as the 32nd White House chief of staff since 2025. She is the first woman to hold the position. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-07-12 23:54 | Baldwin I of Jerusalem (King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118) | Baldwin I (1060s – 2 April 1118) was the first count of Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of Jerusalem from 1100 to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny. He received the County of Verdun in 1096, but he soon joined the crusader army of his brother Godfrey of Bouillon and became one of the most successful commanders of the First Crusade. | 🌷Reverosie🌷★talk★ |
| 2025-07-18 09:54 | SS William C. Moreland (Great Lakes freighter wrecked on Lake Superior in 1910) | SS William C. Moreland was a steel–hulled American lake freighter in service for less than two months in late–1910. She was built between May and July 1910, by the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio, for the Interstate Steamship Company, a subsidiary of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, entering service early in September 1910. | ✠Saltymagnolia✠ |
| 2025-07-18 22:13 | Elizabeth Gunning (writer) (English novelist and translator of French (1769–1823)) | Elizabeth Gunning (1769–1823) was a novelist and translator of French into English. In the 1790s, she was the subject of a pamphlet war related to a rumoured relationship with Lord Blandford. Gunning and her mother were accused of creating a series of forged letters, purportedly by Blandford and his father, the duke of Marlborough, which were published as evidence that Blandford had proposed marriage to Gunning. | ~ L 🌸 (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 18:11 | Nikola Rušinović (Croatian diplomat (1908–1993)) | Nikola Rušinović (13 November 1908 – 28 August 1993) was a Croatian-American physician and diplomat who served as the first unofficial representative of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) to the Holy See from 1941 to 1942, during World War II. | Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) |
History and Society/Military and warfare
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| 2025-02-22 01:48 | Allied prisoners of war of 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 marches, and aboard transport ships known as "hell ships". | 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 |
| 2025-03-17 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) |
| 2025-04-08 17:16 | Cuscatlán Battalion (Salvadoran military unit of the Iraq War) | The Cuscatlán Battalion (Spanish: Batallón Cuscatlán) was a military unit of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) that participated in the Iraq War from 2003 to 2009. The Cuscatlán Battalion served under the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South (MN–DCS) throughout its deployment. From 2003 to 2004, it was also a part of the Spanish-led Plus Ultra Brigade. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-04-28 01:57 | Donavon F. Smith (United States Air Force lieutenant general and flying ace (1922–1974)) | Donavon Francis Smith (October 2, 1922 – September 10, 1974) was a United States Army Air Forces flying ace during the World War II. He accrued 5.5 victories in the war. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1973 at the rank of lieutenant general. | Toadboy123 (talk) |
| 2025-05-20 17:14 | Battle of Edington (Battle between Wessex and Vikings in 878) | The Battle of Edington or Battle of Ethandun was fought in May 878 between the West Saxon army of King Alfred the Great and the Great Heathen Army led by the Danish warlord Guthrum. The battle took place near Edington in Wiltshire, where Alfred secured a decisive victory that halted the Viking advance into Wessex. | Thelifeofan413 (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 19:32 | Raid on Tybee Island (1776 American Revolutionary War raid) | On March 25, 1776, Archibald Bulloch, a Patriot military leader in the Province of Georgia, led a force of several dozen militiamen, alongside about 30 Creek soldiers, conducted a raid on the British-controlled Tybee Island during the American Revolutionary War. The primary goal of the raid was to capture runaway slaves who had fled to the island seeking refuge with the British. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-06-06 09:36 | Viacheslav Chornovil (Ukrainian activist and politician (1937–1999)) | Viacheslav Maksymovych Chornovil (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Максимович Чорновіл; 24 December 1937 – 25 March 1999) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, independence activist and politician who was the leader of the People's Movement of Ukraine from 1989 until his death in 1999. He spent fifteen years imprisoned by the Soviet government for his human rights activism, and was later a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1999, being among the first and most prominent anti-communists to hold public office in Ukraine. | Mupper-san (talk) |
| 2025-06-10 08:44 | Edwin Boxshall (British intelligence officer and SOE adviser (1897–1984)) | Edwin "Eddie" George Boxshall (4 February 1897 – 26 January 1984) MBE was a British intelligence officer, commercial representative and adviser to the Foreign Office. He served in both the First and Second World Wars and played a prominent role in intelligence and commercial affairs related to Romania. | Aeengath (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 02:08 | Nikolay Alyokhin (Belarusian Olympic fencer (1954–2023)) | Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alyokhin (Russian: Николай Александрович Алёхин; Belarusian: Мікалай Аляксандравіч Алёхін; 26 October 1954 – 8 July 2023) was a Belarusian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union, winning the gold medal in the team sabre event. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-06-20 02:59 | M1844 32-pounder howitzer (Howitzer) | The M1844 32-pounder howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery piece adopted by the United States Army in 1844 and employed during the American Civil War. It fired a 25.6 lb (11.6 kg) common shell to a distance of 1,504 yd (1,375.3 m) at 5° elevation. It also fired canister shot and spherical case shot. | Djmaschek (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 20:37 | New Coimbra Fort (18th century fort in central Brazil) | The New Coimbra Fort, also known as Fort Portocarrero or simply Fort Coimbra, is a Brazilian military fortification on the Paraguay River, strategically located near the border with Bolivia and Paraguay in Corumbá, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in Brazil. The fort was founded in September 13 1775, something that had been planned by the Portuguese colonial authorities ever since the new borders with Spain had been fixed in the Treaty of Madrid in 1750. | Coeusin (talk) |
| 2025-07-04 12:00 | SMS Habicht (1860) (Prussian gunboat) | SMS Habicht was a steam gunboat of the Jäger class built for the Prussian Navy in the late 1850s and early 1860s. The ship was ordered as part of a program to strengthen Prussia's coastal defense forces, then oriented against neighboring Denmark. She was armed with a battery of three guns. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 20:16 | SMS Jaguar (1898 Iltis-class gunboat) | SMS Jaguar was the second member of the Iltis class of gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1890s and early 1900s, for overseas service. The ships were built to modernize the German gunboat force that was used to patrol the German colonial empire. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 20:23 | SMS Scorpion (1877) (German ironclad gunboat) | SMS Scorpion was an ironclad gunboat of the Wespe class built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ships, which were armed with a single 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun, were intended to serve as part of a coastal defense fleet. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 20:26 | SMS Hay (1881) (German gunboat of the 1880s) | SMS Hay was a small gunboat built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the early 1880s. She was intended to serve as a tender for the German fleet's artillery school. This saw the ship primarily used to tow targets for gunners aboard the training ship Mars to engage. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-07 03:16 | Trichy assault rifle (Assault rifle) | The Trichy assault rifle, sometimes known as the Tiruchi assault rifle (TAR), is an Indian-made assault rifle based on the AR-M1 manufactured by Arsenal AD. It was developed and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT), now made by Advanced Weapons and Equipment India (AWEIL). | Ominae (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 18:47 | William J. Fox (American military officer and civil engineer (1897–1993)) | Brigadier General William Joseph Fox (December 23, 1897 – April 11, 1993) was a United States Marine Corps officer and engineer. Fox oversaw the construction various military airfields, including Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Irvine, California and Henderson Field in Guadalcanal, both of which he commanded. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-07-12 14:29 | Proclamation 4483 (Jimmy Carter's pardon of draft evaders) | Proclamation 4483, also known as the Granting Pardon for Violations of the Selective Service Act, was a presidential proclamation issued by Jimmy Carter on January 21, 1977. It granted unconditional pardons to all Americans who evaded the draft in the Vietnam War by violating the Military Selective Service Act. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-07-15 09:42 | John S. Westcott (American surveyor (1807–1888)) | John S. Westcott (June 16, 1807 – December 31, 1888) was an American surveyor, physician, politician, and Confederate States Army officer. He played key roles in the early development of Florida, and served as the surveyor general of Florida from 1853 until 1858. During the American Civil War, Westcott commanded Confederate forces at the Battle of Fort Brooke in 1863. | Curbon7 (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 08:21 | Alan Macfarlane Sloan (British soldier (1925–1948)) | Alan MacFarlane Sloan (20 April 1925 – 10 July 1948) was a British officer, who fought in World War II, and for the Pakistan Army. During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948, he led the Pakistani engineering brigades and is known for his contributions in the Battle of Chunj and being the only British soldier to die in service of the Pakistan army. | Rahim231 (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 15:37 | French ship Suffren (1803) (Ship of the line of the French Navy) | Suffren was a 4th rank, 74-gun short Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1803, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars, including Missiessy's expedition, the French invasion of Dominica, and the Trafalgar campaign. | Sturmvogel 66 (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 17:02 | United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (U.S. Navy youth development program) | The United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC or NSCC) is a congressionally chartered organization sponsored by both the United States Navy and the US Coast Guard. It serves as the official youth program of the Navy and the Coast Guard. Sea Cadets wear US Navy uniforms adorned with the organizations official insignia, attend monthly drills and recruit training, and can earn advanced enlistment pay grades (E‑3) in the US Navy; however participation, does not obligate any individual to enlist in the military. | Tokeamour (talk) |
| 2025-07-23 06:19 | 1984 Summer Olympics boycott (Sport boycott) | The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles followed four years after the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott involved nineteen countries: fifteen from the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union, which initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984, and four Non‑Aligned countries which boycotted on their own initiatives. | Spintendo |
| 2025-07-23 15:56 | Battle of 42nd Street (World War II battle on the island of Crete, Greece) | The Battle of 42nd Street (27 May 1941) was fought during World War II on the Greek island of Crete between an attacking Anzac force and fleeing German troops. On 20 May, Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete. A week later, after the British and Commonwealth forces defending the island had been forced to withdraw towards Chania, a force of several understrength Australian and New Zealand infantry battalions established a defensive line along 42nd Street south-east of Chania, forming a rearguard for the withdrawing troops. | History6042😊 (Contact me) |
| 2025-07-24 08:33 | Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen (1401 battle in Wales) | The Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen took place between the Welsh and English in June 1401. It was the first major victory by Owain Glyndŵr of the Welsh Revolt of 1400-1409. Its location was on the western slopes of Plynlimon, near the Ceredigion/Powys boundary. Glyndŵr, defending with a much smaller force, routed an attack of English and Flemish settlers and soldiers at a site on or close to Mynydd Hyddgen, a peak in the Ceredigion uplands. | Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) |
History and Society/Politics and government
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| 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 Canning Highway bridge over the freeway. | 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 |
| 2025-01-12 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) |
| 2025-01-30 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 academic and economist who founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and served three terms as prime minister of Greece. | A.Cython (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) |
| 2025-02-23 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) |
| 2025-03-09 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) |
| 2025-03-14 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) |
| 2025-03-18 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) |
| 2025-03-25 23:31 | Daniel A. Gilbert (American police official and politician (1889–1970)) | Daniel A. Gilbert (August 31, 1889 – July 31, 1970) was an American police officer and politician who was active in Cook County, Illinois's law enforcement from 1917 to 1950, and referred to as the world's richest police officer due to his net worth of $360,000. He unsuccessfully ran for Cook County Sheriff with the Democratic nomination in 1950. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:33 | Ruben A. Valdez (American politician (1937–2019)) | Ruben Adolfo Valdez (January 27, 1937 – October 1, 2019) was an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1971 to 1979, and as its Speaker from 1975 to 1976. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-25 23:34 | Kurt Wright (American politician (born 1956)) | Kurt Wright (born February 7, 1956) is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, and on Burlington, Vermont's city council intermittently between 1995 and 2020. He was president of the city council from 2007 to 2009, and 2018 to 2020. He is the last Republican to serve on Burlington's city council and to represent it in the state house. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-03-29 12:35 | Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme (Australian guest worker program) | The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme is a guest worker program that allows Australian businesses to hire temporary workers from nine Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste. The scheme allows participating workers to work in seasonal agricultural jobs for up to 9 months, or in longer-term jobs for between 1 and 4 years. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-04-02 06:54 | T. Elliot Gaiser (American attorney (born 1989)) | Thomas Elliot Gaiser (born September 6, 1989) is an American attorney who has served as the solicitor general of Ohio since 2023. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-03 04:35 | George R. Dale (American mayor and newspaper editor (1867–1936)) | George Reynolds Dale, Sr. (February 5, 1867 – March 27, 1936) was an American newspaper editor and politician. He was the editor of the Muncie Post-Democrat from 1920 to 1936 and the mayor of Muncie, Indiana, from 1930 to 1935, a member of the Democratic Party. He started several newspapers and battled bootleggers and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-04-10 18:31 | Young Lords (Civil and human rights organization) | The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO), were a left-wing political organization that originally developed from a Chicago street gang. With major branches in Chicago and New York City, they were known for their direct action campaigns, including building occupations, sit-ins, and garbage-dumping protests. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-04-13 04:54 | The Alaska Socialist (American socialist newspaper) | The Alaska Socialist was an American semi-monthly newspaper published in Fairbanks, Alaska. Founded by Lena Morrow Lewis in 1913, the paper was first published on September 29, associated with the Socialist Party of America. In April 1914, following elections in Fairbanks, Andrew Knowles seized editorship over the paper and cut ties with the Socialist Party and began heavily criticizing Lewis. | RONIN TALK |
| 2025-04-18 20:42 | Gary Shapley (American government official (born 1977)) | Gary Allen Shapley Jr. (born December 1977) is an American government official who has served as the deputy chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation since 2025. Shapley also served as the acting commissioner of internal revenue from April 16 to April 18, 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-19 11:38 | Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle (Englishman (1851–1937) of various occupations) | Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle MVO PC (6 September 1851 — 1 July 1937) was an English agriculturalist, author, barrister, cricketer, cricket administrator, journalist, and Conservative politician. Following a brief career as a barrister after his graduation from the University of Oxford, Prothero became an author who published several works on agriculture, amongst other publication genres. | AA (talk) |
| 2025-04-20 00:44 | Karoline Leavitt (White House press secretary (born 1997)) | Karoline Claire Leavitt (born August 24, 1997) is an American political spokesperson who has served since 2025 as the 36th White House press secretary under the second Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, she was a candidate for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the 2022 election. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-04-28 05:08 | Liechtensteiner nationality law (history and regulations of Liechtensteiner citizenship) | The primary law governing nationality of Liechtenstein is the Law on the Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship, which came into force on 4 January 1934. Liechtenstein is a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). All Liechtensteiner nationals have automatic and permanent permission to live and work in any European Union (EU) or EFTA country. | Horserice (talk) |
| 2025-05-06 23:51 | Gordon Klingenschmitt (American military officer, politician, and religious figure (born 1968)) | Gordon James Klingenschmitt (born 1968) is an American religious figure, former US Navy chaplain, and former politician. | — Fourthords | =Λ= | |
| 2025-05-12 21:39 | Mike Enzi (American politician (1944–2021)) | Michael Bradley Enzi (February 1, 1944 – July 26, 2021) was an American politician and Air Force who served in the United States Senate from Wyoming as a member of the Republican Party from 1997 to 2021. Prior to his tenure in the United States Senate he served as mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, in the Wyoming House of Representatives from Campbell County, and the Wyoming Senate from the 24th district. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-05-13 18:37 | Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station | The Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station (JGGRS) is a seismic monitoring and nuclear detonation detection system operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) in cooperation with Australia. Located at the foot of ANZAC Hill in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, it was established in 1955 as part of a global network to identify clandestine underground nuclear explosions. | -- Very Polite Person (talk) |
| 2025-05-15 07:38 | Icelandic nationality law (history and regulations of Icelandic citizenship) | The primary law governing nationality of Iceland is the Icelandic Nationality Act (Icelandic: Lög um íslenskan ríkisborgararétt), which came into force on 1 January 1953. Iceland is a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). All Icelandic nationals are entitled to free movement rights in European Union (EU) and EFTA countries. | Horserice (talk) |
| 2025-05-16 11:12 | Pakistani nationality law (law of nationality in Pakistan) | The primary law governing nationality of Pakistan is the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951, which came into force on 13 April 1951. | Horserice (talk) |
| 2025-05-20 22:20 | Bradley Smalley (American politician (1835–1909)) | Bradley Barlow Smalley (November 26, 1835 – November 6, 1909) was an American politician who served as the Collector of the Port of Burlington from 1885 to 1889, and 1893 to 1897, and was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1875 to 1908. He represented Burlington, Vermont, in the Vermont House of Representatives for two terms and served on the Burlington Board of Aldermen. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-05-22 13:37 | 2025 Singaporean general election (2025 parliamentary general election in Singapore) | General elections were held in Singapore on 3 May 2025 to elect all members of the Parliament of Singapore across 33 constituencies. It was the 19th general election in Singapore's history since 1948 and the first election under prime minister Lawrence Wong, who succeeded Lee Hsien Loong in May 2024 and as secretary-general of the People's Action Party (PAP) that December. | ZKang123 (talk · contribs) |
| 2025-05-22 16:41 | Joe Kent (American politician (born 1980)) | Joseph Clay Kent (born April 11, 1980) is an American politician, former United States Army officer, and former Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican candidate in the United States House of Representatives election for Washington's third congressional district in 2022 and 2024. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-26 01:57 | Nick McKenzie (Australian investigative journalist) | Nick McKenzie is an Australian investigative journalist. He has won twenty Walkley Awards, been named twice as Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, and received the Kennedy Award for Journalist of the Year in 2020 and 2022.. He is the president of the Melbourne Press Club. | TarnishedPathtalk |
| 2025-05-30 03:24 | Ross Worthington (American speechwriter (born 1988)) | Ross Philip Worthington (born August 1988) is an American speechwriter who has served as the White House director of speechwriting since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-30 04:04 | Paul Ingrassia (lawyer) (American attorney (born 1995)) | Paul J. Ingrassia (born May 13, 1995) is an American attorney and political commentator who has served as the White House liaison to the United States Department of Homeland Security since 2025. Ingrassia served as the White House liaison to the Department of Justice from January to February 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-05-31 13:21 | Elections in El Salvador (political elections for public offices in El Salvador, Central America) | In El Salvador, elections are held for government offices at the national, municipal, and supranational levels. Salvadoran citizens elect the president, vice president, and deputies of the Legislative Assembly at the national level; mayors and municipal council members at the municipal level; and El Salvador's deputies to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) at the supranational level. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-05-31 21:00 | Walter White (Tennessee politician) (American politician (1881–1951)) | Walter White (December 24, 1881 – February 14, 1951) was an American educator and politician from the state of Tennessee. White served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 10th floterial district non-consecutively from 1909 to 1949, and in the Tennessee Senate from 1911 to 1913, as a member of the Republican Party. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-05-31 21:01 | Peter Brownell (American politician (born 1948)) | Peter C. Brownell (born 1948) is an American politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Prior to his tenure as mayor he was active in local politics with him serving on the school board and the city council. After his tenure as mayor he served in the Vermont Senate. He is the most recent Republican elected as mayor of Burlington. | Jon698 (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:00 | Central Auditing Commission of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Disciplinary body within the Socialist Unity Party of Germany) | The Central Auditing Commission (German: Zentrale Revisionskommission) (ZRK) was a body of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) mainly tasked with ensuring orderly party finances and work of the party organs. | Maxwhollymoralground (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 19:19 | Susie Wiles (American political consultant and lobbyist (born 1957)) | Susan L. Wiles (née Summerall; born May 14, 1957) is an American political consultant and lobbyist who has served as the 32nd White House chief of staff since 2025. She is the first woman to hold the position. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-21 06:48 | James Blair (political advisor) (American political consultant (born 1989)) | Michael James Blair (born May 21, 1989) is an American political consultant who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-27 11:10 | Hilda Bull (Australian public health physician (1886–1953)) | Hilda Bull (1886–1953), also known by her married names Hilda Esson and Hilda Dale, was an Australian public health physician and amateur actress and theatre director. She studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and worked as a doctor in London examining new army recruits during the First World War, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel in the British medical service and eventually being appointed medical superintendent for the London district. | MCE89 (talk) |
| 2025-06-28 04:16 | Taylor Budowich (American political consultant (born 1990)) | Taylor Anthony Budowich (born November 3, 1990) is an American political consultant who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel since 2025. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-06-30 17:42 | Dan Scavino (American political advisor (born 1976)) | Daniel Joseph Scavino Jr. (born January 14, 1976) is an American political advisor and former golf club manager who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff since 2025. Scavino served as the deputy chief of staff for communications from 2020 to 2021, as the senior advisor for digital strategy from 2019 to 2021, and as the White House director of social media from 2017 to 2019. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-07-06 00:10 | Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization (American communist organization) | The Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization was a communist political organization that evolved from the Young Lords Party (YLP), a Puerto Rican civil rights organization, in 1972. Ideologically, the PRRWO adopted Marxist–Leninist and Maoist principles. It also took an anti-revisionist stance and advocated for Puerto Rican independence pending a communist revolution. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 21:33 | 1998 Dublin North by-election | A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Dublin North constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the resignation of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Ray Burke on 7 October 1997. The by-election was won by Senator Seán Ryan of the Labour Party. | ser! (chat to me - see my edits) |
| 2025-07-13 19:56 | Sean Duffy (American politician (born 1971)) | Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, former television presenter, lobbyist, prosecutor, and lumberjack who has served as the United States secretary of transportation since 2025. Duffy has additionally served as the interim administrator of NASA since July 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's seventh congressional district from 2011 to 2019. | elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) |
| 2025-07-17 08:01 | Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (Christian sect formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren) | The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) is an evangelical Christian movement and the most well-known branch of the Exclusive Brethren, a group that emerged from the Plymouth Brethren in the 19th century. | HollowGannet (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 10:45 | Kensington Treaty (2025 treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany) | The Kensington Treaty, officially the Treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation, is an agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Germany. The agreement was officially signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on 17 July 2025. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-07-19 21:27 | Hans Otto Roth (Transylvanian-Saxon politician (1890–1953)) | Hans Otto Roth (29 April 1890 – 1 April 1953) was a Transylvanian Saxon politician and lawyer. Roth was best known for his unsuccessful attempts to counter the rise of the radical Nazism favored within the German Party and within the German ethnic group in Transylvania. | • Apollo468• |
| 2025-07-21 21:33 | Federalist No. 30 (Federalist Paper by Alexander Hamilton on taxation) | Federalist No. 30, titled "Concerning the General Power of Taxation", is a political essay by Alexander Hamilton and the thirtieth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in the New-York Packet on December 28, 1787, as the twenty-ninth entry in the series under the pseudonym used for all Federalist Papers, Publius. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
History and Society/Society
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| 2025-02-26 08:04 | Bonnie Blue (actress) (English pornographic actress (born 1999)) | Tia Billinger (born 1998 or 1999), known professionally as Bonnie Blue, is an English pornographic film actress. In 2025, she claimed to have had sex with 1,057 men in a single day in an attempt to set a world record. Blue has attracted controversy for filming sexual content with university students and making comments about sex with married men. | Launchballer |
| 2025-03-27 10:58 | William Morris's influence on Tolkien (Literary influence) | William Morris's influence on J. R. R. Tolkien was substantial. From an early age, Tolkien bought many of Morris's books, including his fantasies, poetry, and translations. Both men liked the Norse sagas, disliked mechanisation, and wrote fantasy books which they illustrated themselves. On the other hand, Morris was a socialist and atheist, while Tolkien was a Catholic. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-05-07 14:29 | Mo Tzu-yi (Taiwanese actor (born 1981)) | Morning Mo Tzu-yi (Chinese: 莫子儀; born 23 June 1981) is a Taiwanese actor. He debuted as a stage actor and began his on-screen career in 2005, starring in the films The Most Distant Course (2007) and A Place of One's Own (2009). He expanded his career internationally with the multinational film Snowfall in Taipei (2010) and the Australian-Singaporean film Canopy (2013), and also co-wrote and starred as Lu Ho-jo in the autobiographical drama {{ill| ... | —👑PRINCE of EREBOR📜 |
| 2025-05-29 18:01 | Colton Ford (American singer and actor (1962–2025)) | Glenn Soukesian (October 12, 1962 – May 19, 2025), known professionally as Colton Ford, was an American singer and pornographic film actor. Ford began his adult film career at age 40, making twelve pornographic videos in 10 months before leaving the industry in 2002 to refocus on his musical persuits. | Damian Vo (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 19:39 | Killing of Fernando Rios (1958 killing of a gay man in New Orleans) | On September 28, 1958, Fernando Rios, a 26-year-old tour guide from Mexico City who was working in New Orleans, died due to injuries sustained during an assault he experienced the previous night. That night, Rios had been at the Cafe Lafitte in Exile, a gay bar in the city's French Quarter neighborhood, when he began talking to John Farrell, a 20-year-old student at Tulane University. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 19:56 | Mattachine Midwest (Gay rights group in Chicago (1965–1986)) | Mattachine Midwest was a gay rights organization active in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was established in 1965 during the homophile movement and for several years operated as Chicago's major gay rights group. However, it lost this status during the gay liberation movement in the early 1970s and shifted its aims away from political activism and towards offering social services. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2025-06-01 21:21 | Weinstein Hall occupation (Building occupation in New York City) | The Weinstein Hall occupation was a building occupation organized by gay liberation activists to protest the cancellation of gay dances at the Weinstein Hall residence building at New York University. The occupation, which occurred in the wake of the Stonewall riots, saw the takeover of the Weinstein Hall sub-basement. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-06-05 13:48 | Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (American LGBTQ activist organization) | Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was an organization founded by Stonewall veterans Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson in the wake of the Weinstein Hall occupation to advocate for LGBTQ rights. Taking influence from contemporary gay advocacy groups such as the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) and the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), as well as from revolutionary nationalist groups like the Black Panther Party, STAR advocated for bodily autonomy, in addition to free clothing, education, food, healthcare, housing, and transportation. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-06-06 09:36 | Viacheslav Chornovil (Ukrainian activist and politician (1937–1999)) | Viacheslav Maksymovych Chornovil (Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Максимович Чорновіл; 24 December 1937 – 25 March 1999) was a Ukrainian Soviet dissident, independence activist and politician who was the leader of the People's Movement of Ukraine from 1989 until his death in 1999. He spent fifteen years imprisoned by the Soviet government for his human rights activism, and was later a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1999, being among the first and most prominent anti-communists to hold public office in Ukraine. | Mupper-san (talk) |
| 2025-06-07 23:01 | Gay Youth (LGBTQ activist organization) | Gay Youth (GY), later known as Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Youth of New York (BiGLTYNY), was an organization founded by Stonewall veteran Mark Segal in 1970 to advocate for LGBTQ youth. Originally a cell of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), GY's primary goal was to meet the needs of youth that were not adequately served by other LGBTQ advocacy organizations. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 02:08 | Nikolay Alyokhin (Belarusian Olympic fencer (1954–2023)) | Nikolay Aleksandrovich Alyokhin (Russian: Николай Александрович Алёхин; Belarusian: Мікалай Аляксандравіч Алёхін; 26 October 1954 – 8 July 2023) was a Belarusian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union, winning the gold medal in the team sabre event. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2025-07-21 03:49 | 2023 Taiwanese anti-Indian migrant worker protest (Protest in Taiwan) | On 3 December 2024, 100 individuals took part in a protest named 守護民主台灣大遊行 123別印來 (lit. 'A Great Protest of Protecting Taiwan: 123 Don't Come In') in Taiwan, which called for a halt to the importation of Indian migrant workers. The protest took place during the discussion of a memorandum of understanding between Taiwan and India, which would allow Taiwan to import Indian migrant workers to address the labour shortage in Taiwan caused by its ageing population. | Saimmx (talk) |
History and Society/Transportation
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| 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 |
| 2025-03-22 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 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) |
| 2025-04-17 13:30 | Aljunied MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Aljunied MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line (EWL) in Geylang, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Trains, the station serves the eponymous Aljunied subzone of Geylang. Other nearby landmarks include Geylang East Public Library and Geylang Methodist Primary and Secondary School. | Icepinner (formerly Imbluey2). Please ping me so that I get notified of your response |
| 2025-05-16 19:10 | SE Bybee Blvd station (MAX Orange Line station in Portland, Oregon, U.S.) | SE Bybee Blvd is a light rail station in Portland, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of MAX Light Rail. It is the 14th station southbound on the Orange Line, which operates between Portland City Center, Southeast Portland, Milwaukie, and Oak Grove. The island platform station adjoins Union Pacific (UP) railroad tracks to the east and Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard (Oregon Route 99E) to the west. | truflip99 (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 16:02 | Braniff Airways Flight 542 (1959 aviation accident) | Braniff Airways Flight 542 was a scheduled flight between Houston International Airport and Idlewild Airport in New York City. On September 29, 1959, while flying to a scheduled stop at Dallas Love Field, the Lockheed L-188 Electra performing the flight broke apart in mid-air, approximately 3.8 miles (6.1 km) southeast of Buffalo, Texas, killing everyone on board. | RecycledPixels (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 16:03 | Northwest Airlines Flight 710 (1960 aviation accident) | Northwest Airlines Flight 710 was a scheduled flight between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Miami, Florida, with a scheduled stop in Chicago. On March 17, 1960, the six-month-old Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft serving the flight broke up in the air in southern Indiana, near Cannelton, Indiana, killing the 63 occupants of the plane. | RecycledPixels (talk) |
| 2025-05-30 07:38 | Punggol LRT line (Light rail line in Singapore) | The Punggol LRT line (PGLRT) is a 10.3-kilometre (6.4 mi) elevated automated guideway transit line in Punggol, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 15 stations on two loops, with Punggol station serving as the interchange for both loops and linking the line to the North East MRT line. It is the third Light Rail Transit (LRT) line in Singapore and the second LRT line to be operated by SBS Transit. | ZKang123 (talk · contribs) |
| 2025-06-02 17:45 | Robert C. Pringle (tug) (Wooden-hulled American tugboat lost on Lake Michigan) | Robert C. Pringle, originally named Chequamegon, was a wooden-hulled American tugboat that sank without loss of life on Lake Michigan, near Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on June 19, 1922, after striking an obstruction, possibly floating driftwood. | ✠Saltymagnolia✠ |
| 2025-06-10 06:45 | Upney tube station (London Underground station) | Upney is a London Underground station on Upney Lane in Barking in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, east London. It is on the District line between Barking to the west and Becontree to the east. It is 11.0 kilometres (6.8 mi) along the line from the eastern terminus at Upminster and 13.7 kilometres (8.5 mi) to Tower Hill in central London. | MRSC (talk) |
| 2025-06-19 05:14 | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 (2020 aviation accident in Pakistan) | On 22 May 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lahore to Karachi, crashed while on approach to Jinnah International Airport, killing 97 out of the 99 people on board as well as an additional person on the ground. The aircraft, an Airbus A320-214 with 91 passengers and 8 crew members on board, was on an unstable approach to Jinnah International Airport at an unsafely high airspeed and altitude. | RandomInfinity17 (talk - contributions) |
| 2025-06-23 13:55 | Digswell Viaduct (Railway viaduct in the East of England) | The Digswell Viaduct, also known as the Welwyn Viaduct and officially the Welwyn Railway Viaduct, is a railway viaduct that carries the two tracks of the East Coast Main Line over the Mimram Valley in the East of England. A prominent local landmark, it is located between Welwyn Garden City and Welwyn North railway stations, and is located above the village of Digswell and the River Mimram. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-06-30 09:57 | Gasworks Tunnel (Railway tunnel in London, United Kingdom) | The Gasworks Tunnel, also historically known as the Maiden Lane Tunnel, is a railway tunnel immediately to the north of King's Cross railway station in London, United Kingdom. It consists of three parallel bores that carry the six tracks of the East Coast Main Line under the Regent's Canal, as well as roads and housing. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
| 2025-07-04 12:00 | SMS Habicht (1860) (Prussian gunboat) | SMS Habicht was a steam gunboat of the Jäger class built for the Prussian Navy in the late 1850s and early 1860s. The ship was ordered as part of a program to strengthen Prussia's coastal defense forces, then oriented against neighboring Denmark. She was armed with a battery of three guns. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-05 14:31 | Upminster station (London Underground and railway station) | Upminster is an interchange station in the town of Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, East London. It is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, 15 miles 20 chains (24.5 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street; it is the eastern terminus of the District line on the London Underground; and it is the eastern terminus of the Liberty line on the London Overground. | MRSC (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 20:16 | SMS Jaguar (1898 Iltis-class gunboat) | SMS Jaguar was the second member of the Iltis class of gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the late 1890s and early 1900s, for overseas service. The ships were built to modernize the German gunboat force that was used to patrol the German colonial empire. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 20:23 | SMS Scorpion (1877) (German ironclad gunboat) | SMS Scorpion was an ironclad gunboat of the Wespe class built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ships, which were armed with a single 30.5 cm (12 in) MRK L/22 gun, were intended to serve as part of a coastal defense fleet. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-06 20:26 | SMS Hay (1881) (German gunboat of the 1880s) | SMS Hay was a small gunboat built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the early 1880s. She was intended to serve as a tender for the German fleet's artillery school. This saw the ship primarily used to tow targets for gunners aboard the training ship Mars to engage. | Parsecboy (talk) |
| 2025-07-07 05:05 | North Wilmington station (Train station in Wilmington, Massachusetts, US) | North Wilmington station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in the North Wilmington village of Wilmington, Massachusetts. The station has a single accessible high-level side platform north of Middlesex Avenue (Route 62). It is served by all Boston–Haverhill trains on the Haverhill Line except for a small number that use the Wildcat Branch. | Pi.1415926535 (talk) |
| 2025-07-10 18:46 | Lubricating tram 5572 (Czech work tram) | Lubricating tram 5572 (Czech: mazací tramvaj 5572), also called mazačka, is a working tram from the Czech Republic based on the Tatra T3. It has been used to lubricate the rails in the Prague tram network since 2015. The car was manufactured in 1965 as a Tatra T3. The tram subsequently operated with passengers until 1990. | Cos (X + Z) |
| 2025-07-17 21:30 | Škoda 26 T (Tram model produced by Škoda) | The Škoda 26T (trade name ForCity Classic, originally designated 25T) is a five carbody section low-floor bi-directional tram, developed by Škoda Transportation for Miskolc, Hungary. The low-floor area of the fully airconditioned tram represents 100% of the entire vehicle floor. Miskolc transport authority ordered 31 units, the deliveries of which were done between 2013 and 2015. | Cos (X + Z) |
| 2025-07-18 09:54 | SS William C. Moreland (Great Lakes freighter wrecked on Lake Superior in 1910) | SS William C. Moreland was a steel–hulled American lake freighter in service for less than two months in late–1910. She was built between May and July 1910, by the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio, for the Interstate Steamship Company, a subsidiary of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, entering service early in September 1910. | ✠Saltymagnolia✠ |
| 2025-07-21 15:37 | French ship Suffren (1803) (Ship of the line of the French Navy) | Suffren was a 4th rank, 74-gun short Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1803, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars, including Missiessy's expedition, the French invasion of Dominica, and the Trafalgar campaign. | Sturmvogel 66 (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 00:24 | Toyohashi Station (Railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) | is an interchange, union railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). The station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shinkansen and the conventional Tōkaidō Main Line, while being the terminus of the Iida Line, and the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line. | AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) |
| 2025-07-27 20:02 | Red and Purple Modernization Project (Rapid transit project in Illinois) | The Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Project is a multi-phased reconstruction project coordinated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in the North Side of Chicago and Evanston, Illinois. As part of the broader Red Ahead program, the RPM project plans to replace aging infrastructure on two rapid transit branches of the Chicago "L": the North Side main line north of Belmont station (Red and Purple lines) and the Evanston branch (Purple Line). | AlphaBeta135talk |
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| 2025-01-26 01:23 | 2024 United States drone sightings (Reports of unidentified UAVs) | The 2024 United States drone sightings, also referred to as the New Jersey drone sightings, were a series of reports involving large, unidentified drones observed at night across multiple regions of the United States between November and December 2024. The phenomenon originated in New Jersey before spreading to neighboring states like New York and Pennsylvania, and eventually across the Northeastern United States and other parts of the country. | – Anne drew (talk · contribs) |
| 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) |
| 2025-02-15 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. Usagi (ウサギ; "Rabbit"), which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese, 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 |
| 2025-02-20 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 EF4 tornado in Mississippi, U.S) | 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 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 and the first typhoon to made landfall in the city since Typhoon Muifa in 2022. | 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) |
| 2025-03-14 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 (American mass murderer (1991–2014)) | Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger (July 24, 1991 – May 23, 2014) was a British-American mass murderer who is known for killing six people and injuring fourteen others during the 2014 Isla Vista killings. The murders he committed, his suicide and his manifesto have been cited as an early influence on the incel and manosphere subculture. | Shoot for the Stars (talk) |
| 2025-04-06 07:13 | Parallelohedron (Polyhedron that tiles space by translation) | In geometry, a parallelohedron or Fedorov polyhedron is a convex polyhedron that can be translated without rotations to fill Euclidean space, producing a honeycomb in which all copies of the polyhedron meet face-to-face. Evgraf Fedorov identified the five types of parallelohedron in 1885 in his studies of crystallographic systems. | —David Eppstein (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 15:47 | Inner space (science fiction) (Antonym to "outer space") | Inner space in the context of science fiction refers to works of psychological science fiction emphasizes internal, mental, and emotional experiences over external adventure or technological speculation, which contrasts it with traditional science fiction's fascination with outer space. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2025-04-13 04:24 | Dianna Cowern (American science educator and YouTuber) | Dianna Cowern (born May 4, 1989) is an American science communicator and physicist, who has run the YouTube channel Physics Girl since its 2011 inception. Her videos explain physical phenomena in everyday life, using an informal, fast-paced style. The series was produced in partnership with the PBS Digital Studios from 2015 until 2020. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-05-13 18:37 | Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station | The Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station (JGGRS) is a seismic monitoring and nuclear detonation detection system operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) in cooperation with Australia. Located at the foot of ANZAC Hill in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, it was established in 1955 as part of a global network to identify clandestine underground nuclear explosions. | -- Very Polite Person (talk) |
| 2025-05-27 08:27 | Kızılırmak Delta (Wetland in northern Turkey) | The delta of the Kızılırmak River in Turkey's Black Sea region is the third largest in the country. Formed where the river flows into the Black Sea the delta has the biggest wetland in the region, with many lagoons. The wetland is a key biodiversity area and one of several internationally important Ramsar sites in Turkey because of its rich bird and plant life. | Chidgk1 (talk) |
| 2025-05-29 00:24 | 1955 Yuba–Sutter floods (1955 flood in California, U.S.) | From December 16 to 25, 1955, a devastating flood event struck portions of California, located in the United States. The floods, which were triggered by heavy rainfall and a levee break on the Feather River, resulted in the direct deaths of 74 people and left damages that totaled an estimated $150 million (1955 USD); they were one of the costliest flooding event ever recorded in the state of California. | EF5 |
| 2025-05-30 07:38 | Punggol LRT line (Light rail line in Singapore) | The Punggol LRT line (PGLRT) is a 10.3-kilometre (6.4 mi) elevated automated guideway transit line in Punggol, Singapore. The driverless system consists of 15 stations on two loops, with Punggol station serving as the interchange for both loops and linking the line to the North East MRT line. It is the third Light Rail Transit (LRT) line in Singapore and the second LRT line to be operated by SBS Transit. | ZKang123 (talk · contribs) |
| 2025-05-31 13:23 | Airport of the Pacific (Airport under construction in El Salvador) | The Airport of the Pacific (Spanish: Aeropuerto del Pacífico), also known as the International Airport of the Pacific (Aeropuerto Internacional del Pacífico) or the Airport of the East (Aeropuerto de Oriente), is an under construction joint-use civilian international airport and military base located in Conchagua, El Salvador. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2025-06-08 22:32 | The Center Cannot Hold (book) (2007 book by Elyn Saks) | The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness is a 2007 memoir by USC Gould School of Law professor Elyn Saks. Originally published by Hyperion Books, the book recounts Saks's experiences with schizophrenia, beginning in childhood and continuing through her academic and professional career. While attending Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship, Saks was admitted to Warneford Hospital, where she burnt herself and wandered underground tunnels. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-06-18 23:19 | Hyvinkää shooting (2012 mass shooting in Finland) | The Hyvinkää shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on 26 May 2012 in the centre of Hyvinkää, Finland, when an 18-year-old man named Eero Hiltunen, opened fire onto the Uudenmaankatu street from atop a nearby building using two rifles. Two people were killed and seven others were wounded, including a police officer. | 7kk (talk) |
| 2025-06-20 21:47 | Gary England (American meteorologist (1939–2025)) | Gary Alan England (October 3, 1939 – June 10, 2025) was an American meteorologist based in Oklahoma. He became the chief meteorologist for KWTV-DT (channel 9), the CBS-affiliated television station in Oklahoma City, after he began working there in 1972. England was the first on-air meteorologist to alert his viewers of a possible tornado using a commercial Doppler weather radar. | ~ Tails Wx |
| 2025-06-21 19:08 | Saturation diving (Diving mode and decompression technique) | Saturation diving is an ambient pressure diving technique which allows a diver to remain at working depth for extended periods during which the body tissues become saturated with metabolically inert gas from the breathing gas mixture. Once saturated, the time required for decompression to surface pressure will not increase with longer exposure. | · · · Peter Southwood (talk): |
| 2025-06-23 07:10 | Effects of the July 2023 Northeastern United States floods in Vermont | The July 2023 Northeastern United States floods caused historic, devastating floods across the U.S. state of Vermont, primarily on July 9 and 10. In preparation for the floods, the Weather Prediction Center had issued its first-ever high risk for excessive rainfall for areas in the National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont's coverage zone, while state governor Phil Scott declared a state of emergency. | ~ Tails Wx |
| 2025-06-29 07:02 | Jimena Fernández de la Vega (Spanish physician and researcher) | Jimena Fernández de la Vega y Lombán (June 3 1895 – May 20 1984) was a Spanish doctor, geneticist, professor, and one of the first women to obtain a doctorate in medicine from a university in Galicia. She specialized in medical genetics and worked closely with the prominent Spanish scientists such as Roberto Nóvoa Santos, Gustavo Pittaluga, and Gregorio Marañón. | WeWake (talk) |
| 2025-07-02 01:47 | 2014 Isla Vista killings (Terrorist attack in California, U.S.) | Two misogynistic terrorist attacks occurred in Isla Vista, California, United States on the evening of May 23, 2014. 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle-ramming near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) before fatally shooting himself. | Shoot for the Stars (talk) |
| 2025-07-03 02:22 | My Schizophrenic Life (2010 book by Sandra Yuen MacKay) | My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental Illness is a 2010 memoir by Canadian artist Sandra Yuen MacKay. Published by Bridgeross Communications, the book is a first-person retelling of MacKay's life, especially after her early diagnosis with paranoid schizophrenia. Later diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, MacKay recounts her childhood, going to university, occupational history, marriage, her art, and hallucinations and hospitalizations as a result of her mental illness. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-07-11 00:13 | Eagle Tree (Historic tree in California) | The Eagle Tree was a historic California sycamore (Platanus racemosa) tree near the crossing of Long Beach Boulevard and the I-105 in Compton, California. It was known for its status as the marker for the start of the territory of Rancho San Pedro and was named for the eagles that were found nesting in the tree. | - dwarfroe (talk / contr) |
| 2025-07-12 20:59 | The Day the Voices Stopped (2001 book by Ken Steele and Claire Berman) | The Day the Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey From Madness To Hope is a 2001 posthumous memoir by Ken Steele and Claire Berman about Steele's life with schizophrenia and his recovery after the invention of risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic. Published by Basic Books, The Day the Voices Stopped follows Steele as he moves from his hometown to New York City and eventually becomes a gay prostitute. | Therapyisgood (talk) |
| 2025-07-13 20:27 | Boston Central Library (Library building in Boston, Massachusetts) | The Central Library (also the Copley Square Library) is the main branch of the Boston Public Library (BPL), occupying a full city block on Copley Square in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It consists of the McKim Building, designed by Charles Follen McKim, and the Johnson Building, designed by Philip Johnson. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 00:35 | Ford River Rouge complex (Historic automobile factory in Michigan, US) | The Ford River Rouge complex (commonly known as the Rouge complex, River Rouge, or The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island. Construction began in 1917, and when it was completed in 1928, it was the largest integrated factory in the world, surpassing Buick City, built in 1904. | Roast (talk) |
| 2025-07-15 19:07 | 2003 (Calendar year) | The year 2003 was marked by the invasion of Iraq and the subsequent period of occupation and insurgency. The Kashmir conflict also saw a period of escalation, and the Second Intifada continued in Israel and Palestine. The global economy recovered from the early 2000s recession, especially in China, Japan, and the United States, and Argentina recovered from its years-long economic crisis. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 |
| 2025-07-16 00:12 | Abortion in Togo | In Togo, abortion is only legal in the cases of pregnancy from rape or incest, risk to the mother's health or life, or risk of birth defects. The law requires abortion to be performed by a doctor. Unsafe abortion is a major cause of maternal mortality in the country. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-07-18 23:54 | Abortion in Lesotho | In Lesotho, abortion is illegal unless the pregnancy poses a risk to life or health, or it from rape or incest. Legal abortions must be provided by a "medical practitioner" and approved by another. People who provide or assist abortions may be punished. Unsafe abortions cause about one-fifth of maternal deaths in the country. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-07-19 01:48 | Abortion in Eswatini | In Eswatini, abortion is a criminal offence except on the grounds of pregnancy from rape or incest, risk to life or health, or fetal defects. Providing or receiving an illegal abortion is punishable by life imprisonment. This abortion law is from the 2005 Constitution of Eswatini, before which abortion was permitted only if the pregnancy was life-threatening. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2025-07-23 10:10 | Livingstone Luboobi (Ugandan Academic) | Livingstone Sserwadda Luboobi (1944–2025) was a Ugandan mathematician and academic administrator. He served as Vice Chancellor of Makerere University from 2004 to 2009 and was a professor of Biomathematics at the same institution, where he began his academic career in the 1970s. He also held an adjunct professorship at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology between 2013 and 2017. | Ibjaja055 (talk) |
| 2025-07-25 12:08 | Herbert Morrison (journalist) (American journalist (1905–1989)) | Herbert "Herb" Morrison (May 14, 1905 – January 10, 1989) was an American journalist who reported on the Hindenburg disaster. His dramatic reaction to the airship's fiery collapse, later broadcast by NBC, has since become a lasting symbol of the tragedy and is regarded as one of the most famous radio broadcasts in history. | DannyRogers800 (talk) |
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) |
| 2025-02-07 00:31 | Amphimerycidae (Extinct family of artiodactyls) | Amphimerycidae is an extinct family of diminutive artiodactyls that was endemic to western Europe and 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) |
| 2025-04-23 01:54 | Plagiolophus (mammal) (Extinct genus of mammals) | Plagiolophus (Ancient Greek: πλαγιοϛ (oblique) + λοφος (crest) meaning "oblique crest") is an extinct genus of equoids belonging to the family Palaeotheriidae. It lived in Europe from the middle Oligocene to the early Oligocene. The type species P. minor was initially described by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1804 based on postcranial material including a now-lost skeleton originally from the Paris Basin. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2025-07-09 12:23 | Euryale ferox (Species of flowering plant) | Euryale ferox, commonly known as prickly waterlily, makhana, or Gorgon plant, is a species of water lily found in southern and eastern Asia, and the only extant member of the genus Euryale. The edible seeds, called fox nuts or makhana, are dried, and eaten predominantly in Asia. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2025-07-17 07:42 | Pachyballus caelestis (Species of jumping spider) | Pachyballus caelestis is a species of jumping spider that lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A member of the genus Pachyballus, it is a small spider with a forward section, or cephalothorax, that ranges from 1.1 to 1.4 mm long and, behind that section, an abdomen that is between 1.8 and 2.2 mm long. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-07-20 00:14 | Thiratoscirtus mastigophorus (Species of jumping spider) | Thiratoscirtus mastigophorus is a species of jumping spider, a member of the family Salticidae, that lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A member of the genus Thiratoscirtus, it is a small spider, with a cephalothorax that is typically between 1.8 and 1.9 mm long and an abdomen that is 1.7 and 2.2 mm in length. | simongraham (talk) |
| 2025-07-20 03:17 | Eocarcharia (Extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs) | Eocarcharia (meaning "dawn shark") is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs found in what is now the western Ténéré Desert of Niger. It is known from several skull bones collected in 2000 by an expedition to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian ages) Elrhaz Formation (Gadoufaoua locality) led by American paleontologist Paul Sereno. | AFH (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 03:36 | History of penicillin (Aspect of medical history) | The history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of penicillins that became the first widely used antibiotics. Following the production of a relatively pure compound in 1942, penicillin was the first naturally-derived antibiotic. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-07-24 09:19 | American pika (Species of mammal) | The American pika (Ochotona princeps) is a small, herbivorous mammal of the family Ochotonidae, closely related to rabbits and hares (order Lagomorpha). It is native to the mountainous regions of western North America, typically inhabiting rocky slopes and talus fields at or above the tree line. Unlike most mammals of similar size, the American pika is diurnal, being active primarily during the day. | 👑 KingBegger · 💬 · ⚔️ |
| 2025-07-24 18:21 | Lichen systematics (Study of lichen taxonomy and evolution) | Lichen systematics is the study of how lichens are classified and related to each other, combining the naming of lichen taxa, the reconstruction of their evolutionary history, and the organization of this diversity into a coherent framework. In contrast to an individual fungus or plant, a lichen is not a single organism but a miniature ecosystem—a symbiotic partnership between a fungus (the mycobiont) and a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont, typically an alga or cyanobacterium). | Esculenta (talk) |
| 2025-07-24 20:59 | Helan Shan pika (Species of mammal) | The Helan Shan pika (Chinese: 贺兰山鼠兔; pinyin: Hèlánshān shǔtù) or silver pika (Ochotona argentata) is a rock-dwelling species of pika that is endemic to a small region of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, China. It is a large species relative to other pikas, and has an orange-red fur coat that changes to silver in winter. | -- Reconrabbit |
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) |
| 2025-03-29 19:54 | Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (Uranium fuel factory in the United States) | The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to simply as Fernald) is a Superfund site located within Crosby Township in Hamilton County, Ohio, and Ross Township in Butler County, Ohio, in the United States. The plant was located near the rural town of Fernald, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, and occupied 1,050 acres (420 ha) | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-07-22 03:36 | History of penicillin (Aspect of medical history) | The history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of penicillins that became the first widely used antibiotics. Following the production of a relatively pure compound in 1942, penicillin was the first naturally-derived antibiotic. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
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) |
| 2025-05-23 03:38 | Kernel (algebra) (Elements taken to zero by a homomorphism) | In algebra, the kernel of a homomorphism is the relation describing how elements in the domain of the homomorphism become related in the image. A homomorphism is a function that preserves the underlying algebraic structure in the domain to its image. | Gramix13 (talk) |
STEM/Earth and environment
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| 2025-01-04 01:21 | 2021 Bowling Green tornadoes (2021 tornadoes in Kentucky) | In the early hours of Saturday, December 11, 2021, two large and strong tornadoes struck the city of Bowling Green, at 1:20 a.m., 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 fatalities. | EF5 |
| 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 20:26 | 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 |
| 2025-02-07 00:31 | Amphimerycidae (Extinct family of artiodactyls) | Amphimerycidae is an extinct family of diminutive artiodactyls that was endemic to western Europe and 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) |
| 2025-02-14 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) |
| 2025-02-26 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 |
| 2025-03-09 16:27 | Agate (Banded variety of chalcedony) | Agate is a banded 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 |
| 2025-03-17 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) |
| 2025-04-02 16:27 | 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami (Destructive tectonic event in Indonesia) | The 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami occurred on 12 December on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), it was the largest and the deadliest earthquake in 1992 and in the Lesser Sunda Islands region, with at least 2,500 people killed. | Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) |
| 2025-04-10 01:06 | Ice Peak Formation (Geological formation in British Columbia, Canada) | The Ice Peak Formation (IPF) is a stratigraphic unit of Pleistocene age in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the seventh youngest and fifth most voluminous of the 13 recognized geological formations comprising the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (MEVC), which consists of late Cenozoic volcanic rocks. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-04-23 01:54 | Plagiolophus (mammal) (Extinct genus of mammals) | Plagiolophus (Ancient Greek: πλαγιοϛ (oblique) + λοφος (crest) meaning "oblique crest") is an extinct genus of equoids belonging to the family Palaeotheriidae. It lived in Europe from the middle Oligocene to the early Oligocene. The type species P. minor was initially described by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1804 based on postcranial material including a now-lost skeleton originally from the Paris Basin. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2025-04-23 18:34 | Desolation Lava Field (Lava field in British Columbia, Canada) | The Desolation Lava Field (DLF) is a volcanic field at Mount Edziza in British Columbia, Canada. It reaches an elevation of 2,165 metres (7,103 feet) on the Big Raven Plateau, but decreases to 820 m (2,690 ft) at Buckley Lake and 670 m (2,200 ft) in the Klastline River valley. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-04-27 07:13 | 1979 Saint Elias earthquake (Earthquake in Alaska) | The 1979 Saint Elias earthquake affected southeastern Alaska at 12:27 AKST on 28 February. The thrust-faulting Mw 7.5 earthquake had an epicenter in the east of the Chugach Mountains. The earthquake occurred along an uncertain plate boundary where previous large earthquakes have occurred. Though the maximum recorded Modified Mercalli intensity was VII (Very strong), damage was minimal and there were no casualties due to the remoteness of the faulting. | SamBroGaming (talk) |
| 2025-05-06 19:24 | 1967 Belvidere tornado (1967 tornado in Belvidere, Illinois, US) | On the afternoon of April 21, 1967, a violent tornado tracked through Belvidere, Illinois, United States. The tornado struck just after students at the city's high school had been dismissed, as they were loading onto school buses. Buses, some of which were loaded with staff and students, were flipped over and lofted, and the school itself sustained major damage. | Departure– (talk) |
| 2025-05-07 06:32 | 1933 Sumatra earthquake (Earthquake in Indonesia) | The 1933 Sumatra earthquake or Liwa earthquake affected southern Sumatra, Indonesia, on 25 June at 04:54 WIB. The earthquake had an estimated surface-wave magnitude (Ms ) of 7.5–7.7 and occurred at a shallow depth of 20 km (12 mi). It was caused by slip along a 130 km (81 mi) section of the seismically active Great Sumatran fault. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2025-05-14 15:50 | 2021 Fultondale tornado (2021 tornado in Alabama, U.S.) | In the late evening hours of January 25, 2021, a large and intense tornado hit the cities of Fultondale and Center Point, both located north of Birmingham, Alabama. The tornado, which was on the ground for 10 miles (16 km), inflicted extensive damage to homes and businesses, reaching a maximum intensity of EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. | EF5 |
| 2025-05-15 00:39 | Snowshoe Lava Field (Lava field in British Columbia, Canada) | The Snowshoe Lava Field (SLF) is a largely buried volcanic field at Mount Edziza in British Columbia, Canada. It reaches an elevation of 2,390 metres (7,840 feet) and engulfs more than 40 square kilometres (15 square miles) of the Big Raven Plateau and adjacent valleys with blocky lava flows. The Snowshoe Lava Field is the southernmost of two lava fields on the Big Raven Plateau, the other being the smaller Desolation Lava Field at the northern end of the plateau. | Volcanoguy |
| 2025-05-21 14:44 | 2022 Andover tornado (2022 EF3 tornado in Kansas, US) | In the evening hours of April 29, 2022, a strong and well-documented "drill-bit" tornado moved through the city of Andover, located in the U.S. state of Kansas. The tornado tracked 12.8 miles (20.6 km) through the area, injuring three people and inflicting severe EF3 damage to structures located on the eastern side of Andover. | EF5 |
| 2025-05-26 16:31 | 2023 Virginia Beach tornado (2023 tornado in Virginia, U.S.) | In the evening hours of April 30, 2023, a rare and intense tornado struck portions of Virginia Beach, the largest city in the state of Virginia. The tornado inflicted heavy damage to dozens of homes, with wind speeds in the vortex reaching as high as 145 miles per hour (233 km/h). Despite heavy damage no casualties were recorded. | EF5 |
| 2025-05-31 22:18 | Minasgeraisite-(Y) (Discredited gadolinite mineral) | Minasgeraisite-(Y) is a discredited mineral species that was originally described as a rare member of the gadolinite supergroup with the chemical formula Y2CaBe2Si2O10. Typically appearing as minute, purplish-lavender rosettes in late-stage cavities of zoned granitic pegmatites, it was first identified at the José Pinto quarry in 1986 in Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. | Cattos💭 |
| 2025-06-24 06:50 | 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake (1995 devastating earthquake in Sakhalin, Russia) | The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake occurred on 28 May at 01:03 local time in northern Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. It was the most destructive earthquake known within the modern borders of Russia, with a magnitude of Mw7.1 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) that devastated the town of Neftegorsk. | SamBroGaming (talk) |
| 2025-06-25 09:20 | 1992 Erzincan earthquake (Earthquake in Erzincan province, Turkey) | On 13 March 1992, a moment magnitude 6.6–6.7 earthquake struck eastern Turkey near Erzincan causing devastation near the epicenter. It had a maximum MSK-64 intensity of IX (Destructive) and occurred along the North Anatolian Fault inside of a complex pull-apart basin. The recorded peak ground acceleration of 0.5 g approached the 1 in 475 year maximum for the area. | SamBroGaming (talk) |
| 2025-07-19 02:48 | Edwardsville Amazon warehouse collapse (2021 tornado strike at an Amazon warehouse) | On the evening of December 10, 2021, a tornado struck the DLI4 delivery facility in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States, an Amazon warehouse that oversees delivery logistics for the Greater St. Louis region. A majority of workers that evening were temporary contractors brought in to assist with the additional volume of goods moved due to the Christmas holiday, with only seven of the 45 on site being employed full-time at the warehouse. | Departure– (talk) |
| 2025-07-20 03:17 | Eocarcharia (Extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs) | Eocarcharia (meaning "dawn shark") is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaurs found in what is now the western Ténéré Desert of Niger. It is known from several skull bones collected in 2000 by an expedition to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian ages) Elrhaz Formation (Gadoufaoua locality) led by American paleontologist Paul Sereno. | AFH (talk) |
| 2025-07-22 09:05 | 1925 Miami tornado | On Sunday, April 5, 1925, an intense tornado hit the northern edge of Miami in South Florida, killing five people and injuring 35. The deadliest tornado to affect Dade County, it was rated F3 on the Fujita scale—one of only two such twisters recorded there. Up to 100 yd (91 m) wide, it formed over the Everglades near Hialeah and moved northeast, toward the Atlantic Ocean, destroying or damaging about 50 homes, with losses of $250,000. | CapeVerdeWave (talk) |
STEM/Engineering
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| 2025-04-28 01:57 | Donavon F. Smith (United States Air Force lieutenant general and flying ace (1922–1974)) | Donavon Francis Smith (October 2, 1922 – September 10, 1974) was a United States Army Air Forces flying ace during the World War II. He accrued 5.5 victories in the war. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1973 at the rank of lieutenant general. | Toadboy123 (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 16:02 | Braniff Airways Flight 542 (1959 aviation accident) | Braniff Airways Flight 542 was a scheduled flight between Houston International Airport and Idlewild Airport in New York City. On September 29, 1959, while flying to a scheduled stop at Dallas Love Field, the Lockheed L-188 Electra performing the flight broke apart in mid-air, approximately 3.8 miles (6.1 km) southeast of Buffalo, Texas, killing everyone on board. | RecycledPixels (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 16:03 | Northwest Airlines Flight 710 (1960 aviation accident) | Northwest Airlines Flight 710 was a scheduled flight between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Miami, Florida, with a scheduled stop in Chicago. On March 17, 1960, the six-month-old Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft serving the flight broke up in the air in southern Indiana, near Cannelton, Indiana, killing the 63 occupants of the plane. | RecycledPixels (talk) |
| 2025-06-19 05:14 | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 (2020 aviation accident in Pakistan) | On 22 May 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lahore to Karachi, crashed while on approach to Jinnah International Airport, killing 97 out of the 99 people on board as well as an additional person on the ground. The aircraft, an Airbus A320-214 with 91 passengers and 8 crew members on board, was on an unstable approach to Jinnah International Airport at an unsafely high airspeed and altitude. | RandomInfinity17 (talk - contributions) |
| 2025-07-09 18:47 | William J. Fox (American military officer and civil engineer (1897–1993)) | Brigadier General William Joseph Fox (December 23, 1897 – April 11, 1993) was a United States Marine Corps officer and engineer. Fox oversaw the construction various military airfields, including Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Irvine, California and Henderson Field in Guadalcanal, both of which he commanded. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
STEM/Libraries & Information
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| 2025-05-26 02:43 | Old National Library Building (Demolished library building in Singapore) | The Old National Library Building was a library building at Stamford Road, located in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore. The library building was first suggested by Chinese philanthropist Lee Kong Chian in 1953, who wanted to establish a free multilingual public library; before this, most libraries were private. | actuall7 (talk | contrib) |
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) |
| 2025-03-11 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) |
| 2025-05-23 03:38 | Kernel (algebra) (Elements taken to zero by a homomorphism) | In algebra, the kernel of a homomorphism is the relation describing how elements in the domain of the homomorphism become related in the image. A homomorphism is a function that preserves the underlying algebraic structure in the domain to its image. | Gramix13 (talk) |
| 2025-05-28 16:02 | Braniff Airways Flight 542 (1959 aviation accident) | Braniff Airways Flight 542 was a scheduled flight between Houston International Airport and Idlewild Airport in New York City. On September 29, 1959, while flying to a scheduled stop at Dallas Love Field, the Lockheed L-188 Electra performing the flight broke apart in mid-air, approximately 3.8 miles (6.1 km) southeast of Buffalo, Texas, killing everyone on board. | RecycledPixels (talk) |
| 2025-06-19 05:14 | Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 (2020 aviation accident in Pakistan) | On 22 May 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lahore to Karachi, crashed while on approach to Jinnah International Airport, killing 97 out of the 99 people on board as well as an additional person on the ground. The aircraft, an Airbus A320-214 with 91 passengers and 8 crew members on board, was on an unstable approach to Jinnah International Airport at an unsafely high airspeed and altitude. | RandomInfinity17 (talk - contributions) |
| 2025-07-19 10:45 | Kensington Treaty (2025 treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany) | The Kensington Treaty, officially the Treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation, is an agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Germany. The agreement was officially signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on 17 July 2025. | JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) |
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) |
| 2025-01-18 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. | Chiswick Chap (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) |
| 2025-04-22 04:06 | Believe in Magic (British defunct charity) | Believe in Magic was a British charity founded in 2012 that aimed to relieve the needs of children in the United Kingdom suffering from severe or terminal illnesses. It was founded by 16-year-old Megan Bhari, who claimed to have been diagnosed with a brain tumour three years previously. The charity gained prominence after it was supported by several celebrities, most notably British-Irish boy band One Direction. | jolielover♥talk |
| 2025-07-22 03:36 | History of penicillin (Aspect of medical history) | The history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of penicillins that became the first widely used antibiotics. Following the production of a relatively pure compound in 1942, penicillin was the first naturally-derived antibiotic. | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
STEM/Technology
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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 \\ |
| 2025-03-19 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) |
| 2025-03-29 19:54 | Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (Uranium fuel factory in the United States) | The Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (commonly referred to simply as Fernald) is a Superfund site located within Crosby Township in Hamilton County, Ohio, and Ross Township in Butler County, Ohio, in the United States. The plant was located near the rural town of Fernald, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, and occupied 1,050 acres (420 ha) | Hawkeye7 (discuss) |
| 2025-07-07 03:16 | Trichy assault rifle (Assault rifle) | The Trichy assault rifle, sometimes known as the Tiruchi assault rifle (TAR), is an Indian-made assault rifle based on the AR-M1 manufactured by Arsenal AD. It was developed and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT), now made by Advanced Weapons and Equipment India (AWEIL). | Ominae (talk) |
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| 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) |
| 2025-03-17 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 |
| 2025-03-29 01:45 | Dover Motor Speedway (Motorsport track in the United States) | Dover Motor Speedway (formerly known as the Dover International Speedway from 2002 to 2021 and as the Dover Downs International Speedway from 1969 to 2001) is a 1.000 mi (1.609 km) oval track in Dover, Delaware. The venue has hosted major events since its inaugural season in 1969, including NASCAR and IndyCar races. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-03-29 02:11 | Pocono Raceway (Motorsport track in the United States) | Pocono Raceway (formerly known as the Pocono International Raceway in early years) is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) tri-oval track in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania. The track has held a variety of events since its opening in 1969, including NASCAR, IndyCar Series, and IMSA GT Championship races. The facility is owned by Mattco, Inc. and led by track chief executive officer Nick Igdalsky. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-05-31 15:28 | Okipa (Native American religious ceremony) | The Okipa, sometimes rendered as Okeepa or O-kee-pa, was the most important religious ceremony among the Mandan people in what is now modern-day North Dakota. The ceremony was a partial retelling and reenactment of Mandan mythology, and was done to provide good fortune and ensure the tribe had plentiful buffalo to hunt. | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2025-06-20 05:48 | Bauro Tokatake (I-Kiribati politician (1932–2003)) | Bauro Tokatake (Bauro II; 1932–2003) was an I-Kiribati politician and landowner. In the 1960s, Bauro succeeded his father, Tekinaiti, as the seventh king of Abemama. While this title was only customary, Bauro also served as President of the Island Council from 1968 to 1977 and on the Legislative Council, as the member for Abemama, from 1971 to 1978. | — VORTEX3427 (Talk!) |
| 2025-06-29 22:47 | Pōwhiri (Māori welcoming ceremony) | A pōwhiri (also called a pōhiri or pōwiri in some dialects) is a formal Māori welcoming ceremony onto a marae, involving speeches, cultural performance, singing and finally the hongi. | David Palmer//cloventt (talk) |
| 2025-07-01 00:17 | Nicolinas (Festival 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 29 November and 7 December, they celebrate the old traditions and camaraderie of the inhabitants of Guimarães, predominantly among its students. | V.B.Speranza (talk) |
| 2025-07-13 04:53 | Bowman Gray Stadium (Multi-use sports facility) | Bowman Gray Stadium is a multi-use sports facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The complex consists of a 0.25 mi (0.40 km) paved oval short track and a gridiron football field. The complex has held various events since its opening in 1938, including NASCAR-sanctioned events and college football games for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Winston-Salem State Rams. | Cheers! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2025-07-22 02:06 | Inline skates (Boots with wheels arranged in a single line) | Inline skates are boots with wheels arranged in a single line from front to back, allowing one to move in an ice skate-like fashion. Inline skates are technically a type of roller skate, but most people associate the term roller skates with quad skates, another type of roller skate with a two-by-two wheel arrangement similar to a car. | Fred Hsu (talk) |
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