July 31 Wikipedia featured article

The smooth toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) is a species in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. It is native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia, where it is widespread and abundant. French naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species in 1813, though early records confused it with what is now the only other member of its genus, the common toadfish (T. hamiltonii). Up to 16 cm (6 1⁄4 in)...

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On this day: July 31

July 31: Feast day of Saint Ignatius of Loyola; Ka Hae Hawai'i Day (Flag Day) in Hawaii The Marquis de Lafayette 1423 – Hundred Years' War: The English and their Burgundian allies were victorious over the French at the Battle of Cravant near Auxerre, France. 1777 – The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution allowing French nobleman the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) to enter the American revolutionary forces as a Major General. 1941...

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July 30 Wikipedia featured article

In 1988, Orel Hershiser set the record in Major League Baseball for consecutive scoreless innings pitched. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher's streak of 59 innings spanned from the sixth inning of an August 30 game against the Montreal Expos to the tenth inning of a September 28 game against the San Diego Padres, not counting eight scoreless innings he pitched to start Game 1 of the 1988 National League Championship Series on October 4. The previous...

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On this day: July 30

July 30: Independence Day in Vanuatu (1980) NASA orbital photo of Malden Island 1811 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, an early leader of the Mexican War of Independence, was executed by Spanish authorities. 1825 – Malden Island (pictured), now one of Kiribati's Line Islands, was discovered by Captain The 7th Lord Byron. 1916 – German agents caused a major explosion when they sabotaged American ammunition supplies in New Jersey to prevent the materiel...

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Où et comment placer son argent? Y a-t-il un meilleur placement financier?

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July 29 Wikipedia featured article

Bockscar on August 9, 1945, the day of its atomic bombing mission Silverplate was the codename for the United States Army Air Forces' participation in the Manhattan Project during World War II. Originally the name for the aircraft modification project for the B-29 Superfortress bomber to enable it to drop an atomic weapon, Silverplate eventually came to identify the training and operational aspects of the program as well. Modifications began...

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On this day: July 29

July 29 Battle of Kleidion 1014 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Forces of the Byzantine Empire defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion (pictured) in the Belasica Mountains near present-day Klyuch, Bulgaria. 1858 – Japan reluctantly signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, an unequal treaty giving the United States various commercial and diplomatic privileges. 1899 – The first Hague Convention, among the first formal statements...

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On this day: July 28

July 28: World Hepatitis Day Ian Thorpe 1821 – Peruvian War of Independence: Argentine general José de San Martín declared the independence of Peru from Spain. 1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream became the youngest artist and first woman to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue—that of Abraham Lincoln in the US Capitol rotunda. 1915 – US Marines landed at Port-au-Prince to begin a 20-year occupation of Haiti. 1932...

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July 28 Wikipedia featured article

Horace Greeley (1811–1872) was editor of the New-York Tribune, as well as the Democratic and Liberal Republican candidate in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. Born to a poor family in New Hampshire, Greeley in 1831 went to New York City to seek his fortune. He lived there the rest of his life, but also spent much time at his farm in Chappaqua. In 1841, he founded the Tribune, which became the highest-circulating newspaper in the country. He...

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July 27 Wikipedia featured article

SS Washingtonian was a cargo ship launched in 1913 by the Maryland Steel Company, one of eight sister ships for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company and the largest cargo ship under American registry at the time. During the American occupation of Veracruz in April 1914, the ship was chartered by the Department of the Navy for service as a refrigerated supply ship for the U.S. fleet stationed off the Mexican coast. In January 1915, after a little more than one year of service, Washingtonian collided with the schooner Elizabeth Palmer off the...

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On this day: July 27

July 27: José Celso Barbosa Day in Puerto Rico Charles Fryatt 1302 – Byzantine–Ottoman Wars: The Ottoman sultanate gained its first major victory against the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Bapheus in Bithynia. 1778 – Anglo-French War: French and British fleets fought to a standoff west of Ushant, which led to political disputes in both countries. 1916 – British mariner Charles Fryatt (pictured) was executed at Bruges, Belgium, after a court-martial...

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July 26 Wikipedia featured article

Johan Doppelmayr's celestial chart of Pavo, c. 1742 Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky with the Latin name for peacock. It is one of twelve constellations conceived by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. First appearing on a 35 cm (14 in) diameter celestial globe published in 1598 in Amsterdam by Plancius and Jodocus Hondius, it was depicted in Johann Bayer's star atlas...

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On this day: July 26

July 26: Independence Day in Liberia (1847) Canadian National Vimy Memorial 1581 – Representatives of the States General of the Netherlands signed the Act of Abjuration, declaring the independence of the Dutch Low Countries from King Philip II of Spain. 1882 – Boer mercenaries declared their independence from the Transvaal Republic and established the Republic of Stellaland. 1936 – The Canadian National Vimy Memorial (pictured), dedicated to...

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July 25 Wikipedia featured article

Music Hall, the site of the convention The 1880 US Democratic National Convention met June 22–24, 1880, at the Music Hall (pictured) in Cincinnati, Ohio, nominating Winfield S. Hancock of Pennsylvania for president and William H. English of Indiana for vice president. Six men were officially candidates for nomination at the convention, and several more received votes. The two leading candidates were Hancock and Thomas F. Bayard, a conservative...

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On this day: July 25

July 25: World Youth Day 2016 begins; Commonwealth Constitution Day in Puerto Rico (1952) Corinth Canal 306 – Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops after the death of Constantius Chlorus. 1814 – War of 1812: In present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario, the United States and Great Britain engaged in Battle of Lundy's Lane, one of the deadliest ever fought on Canadian soil. 1893 – The Corinth Canal (pictured) was formally...

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July 24 Wikipedia featured article

The fungus Chalciporus piperatus, commonly known as the peppery bolete, is a small mushroom of the family Boletaceae found in mixed woodland in Europe and North America, and occasionally in Brazil. It has also become naturalised in Tasmania, under native myrtle beech trees. A small bolete, it has a 1.6–9 cm (0.6–3.5 in) orange-fawn cap with cinnamon or brown pores underneath, and a 4–9.5 cm (1.6–3.7 in) stalk. The rare variety...

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On this day: July 24

July 24: Seventeenth of Tammuz (Judaism, 2016); Pioneer Day in Utah (1847); Parents' Day in the United States (2016) Machu Picchu 1783 – The Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti and the Russian Empire signed the Treaty of Georgievsk, establishing Georgia as a protectorate of Russia. 1847 – Brigham Young led the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley of Utah, at the time a part of Mexico. 1911 – In the Peruvian Andes, American explorer...

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July 23 Wikipedia featured article

Ian Dougald McLachlan (23 July 1911 – 14 July 1991) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A Duntroon cadet before he joined the Air Force, McLachlan took command of No. 3 Squadron in December 1939, leading it into action in the Middle East less than a year later. He was posted to the South West Pacific in 1943, commanding successively Nos. 71 and 73 Wings. He took over Southern Area Command in 1944, and...

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On this day: July 23

July 23: Revolution Day in Egypt (1952) Sarah, Duchess of York 1829 – William Austin Burt was awarded a patent for the typographer, the first practical typewriting machine. 1914 – Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum to allow them to investigate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, that Serbia would ultimately reject, leading to World War I. 1942 – The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp began...

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July 22 Wikipedia featured article

Mischief Makers is a 1997 side-scrolling platform video game, the first for the Nintendo 64, developed by Treasure and published by Enix and Nintendo. The player assumes the role of Marina, a robotic maid who grabs, shakes and throws objects in her journey to rescue her creator from the emperor of Planet Clancer. The game is presented in 2½D, with pre-rendered 3D backgrounds behind 2D gameplay. A 12-person team developed the game over two years as Treasure's first title for a Nintendo console. It was first shown at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment...

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On this day: July 22

July 22: Feast day of Mary Magdalene; Pi Approximation Day Leopold III of Belgium 838 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine Empire troops, led by Emperor Theophilos himself, at the Battle of Anzen near present-day Dazman, Turkey. 1894 – Despite finishing in first place in the world's first auto race, Jules-Albert de Dion did not win, as his steam-powered car was against the rules. 1950 – Following an indecisive...

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July 21 Wikipedia featured article

Statue of Bill Shankly The history of Liverpool Football Club from 1959 to 1985 opens with the appointment of Bill Shankly as manager of Liverpool, then a Second Division club. Shankly overhauled the team and created the "Boot Room", a meeting place to discuss strategy. The club quickly won promotion to the First Division, and within four years won their first League championship since 1946–47 and their first FA Cup. They won further League championships...

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On this day: July 21

July 21: Belgian National Day (1831) Buzz Aldrin on the Moon 365 – A large earthquake that occurred near Crete and its subsequent tsunami caused widespread destruction throughout the eastern Mediterranean region. 1831 – In Brussels, Leopold I was inaugurated as the first King of the Belgians. 1861 – In the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle in the American Civil War, the Confederate Army under Joseph E. Johnston and P. G....

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July 20 Wikipedia featured article

Sesame Street's format includes skits featuring Jim Henson's Muppets as well as animation and short films to help its preschool audience prepare for school. An American children's television program, it uses music, humor, and sustained action to capture young viewers' attention. Premiering in 1969, it was the first television show to base its contents and production values on laboratory and scientific research, and the first to base its curriculum...

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