February 28 Wikipedia featured article

Banksia attenuata, the candlestick banksia, is a tree in the family Proteaceae. Commonly reaching 10 m (33 ft), it can be a shrub of 0.4 to 2 m (1.3 to 6.6 ft) in dryer areas. It has long narrow serrated leaves and bright yellow inflorescences, or flower spikes. It is found across much of the southwest of Western Australia, from north of Kalbarri National Park south to Cape Leeuwin and then east to Fitzgerald River National...

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On this day: February 28

February 28: Shrove Tuesday (Western Christianity, 2017); Kalevala Day in Finland Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar 1844 – A gun on USS Princeton exploded while the warship was on a Potomac River cruise, killing six people and injuring twenty others. 1897 – Ranavalona III (pictured), the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by a French military force. 1914 – In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern...

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February 27 Wikipedia featured article

Henry Hoʻolulu Pitman (1845–1863) was one of more than one hundred Native Hawaiians and Hawaiian-born combatants who fought in the American Civil War while Hawaii was still an independent kingdom. His father was a merchant from Massachusetts and his mother, Kinoʻoleoliliha, was a Hawaiian noble. He returned to the United States with his father for his education, but ran away from school without his family's knowledge and enlisted in the Union...

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On this day: February 27

February 27: Shrove Monday (Western Christianity, 2017); Clean Monday (Eastern Christianity, 2017); Losar in Bhutan and Tibet (2017); Tsagaan Sar in Mongolia (2017) Manuel Belgrano 907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, was enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China. 1812 – Manuel Belgrano (pictured) raised the Flag of Argentina, which he designed, for the first time in the city of Rosario, during the Argentine War...

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February 26 Wikipedia featured article

1922 squad York City Football Club has a long history as a professional association football club based in York, England. Founded in 1908, they played several seasons before and after the First World War in the Northern and Midland leagues. They were elected to play in the Football League for 1929–30, in the Third Division North. They had their best FA Cup season in 1954–55, when they reached the semi-final, but lost to the First Division club...

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On this day: February 26

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February 25 Wikipedia featured article

Electrum coin depicting Theodore (left) and his patron, St. Demetrius Theodore Komnenos Doukas (died c. 1253) ruled Epirus and Thessaly from 1215 to 1230, and most of Macedonia and western Thrace as Emperor of Thessalonica from 1224 to 1230. He was also the power behind the rule of his two sons John and Demetrios over Thessalonica in 1237–46. The scion of a distinguished Byzantine aristocratic family, he was called to Epirus by his bastard half-brother...

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On this day: February 25

February 25: Soviet Occupation Day in Georgia (1921); National Day in Kuwait (1961) Edvard Beneš 628 – Khosrow II, the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, was overthrown by his son Kavadh II. 1843 – Captain Lord George Paulet of the British Royal Navy began a five-month occupation of land in the Hawaiian islands. 1901 – U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was incorporated by industrialist...

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On this day: February 24

February 24: Rio Carnival begins in Brazil (2017); Flag Day in Mexico; National Artist Day in Thailand President Juan Perón of Argentina 1607 – Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, considered the first fully developed opera, was first performed in Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (now in Italy). 1803 – The U.S. Supreme Court, in Marbury v. Madison, declared an act of Congress unconstitutional for the first time, forming the basis of judicial...

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February 24 Wikipedia featured article

The former station house Westcott railway station served the village of Westcott, Buckinghamshire, near Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild's estate at Waddesdon Manor. It was built by the Duke of Buckingham in 1871 as part of a short horse-drawn tramway that met the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway at Quainton Road. The next year, it was converted for passenger use, extended to Brill railway station, and renamed the Brill Tramway. The poor quality...

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On this day: February 23

February 23: Fat Thursday (Catholicism, 2017); National Day in Brunei (1984); Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia and several other former Soviet republics Scene of the Grayrigg derailment 1739 – The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolteacher, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's arrest. 1847 – Mexican–American War: The United States Army used heavy artillery to repulse the much larger...

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February 23 Wikipedia featured article

King's Highway 402 is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario and a vital trade link with the Midwestern United States, connecting the Blue Water Bridge international crossing near Sarnia to Highway 401 in London. The controlled access freeway is four-laned for nearly its entire length, widening at the approach to the Blue Water Bridge. It originally ended within the Sarnia city limits, merging into Highway 7 near the present...

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« J’ai pas le temps » : 10 manières d’avoir du temps pour lancer son projet

Retrouvez le contenu original de l'article « J’ai pas le temps » : 10 manières d’avoir du temps pour lancer son projet sur ABC Argent. « J’ai pas le temps » « Je peux pas, j’ai trop de choses à faire dans la journée » Combien de fois ai-je entendu ces excuses ? Je ne compte plus, maintenant. Que ce soit dans mon entourage, ou parmi les lecteurs de mon blog, avec « Je n’ai pas d’argent », c’est l’excuse numéro 1 utilisée pour ne pas prendre […] L'article « J’ai pas le temps » : 10 manières d’avoir du temps pour...

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On this day: February 22

February 22 Dolly the sheep 1371 – Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stuart. 1876 – Swedish woman Karolina Olsson went to sleep and purportedly fell into a state of hibernation for the next 32 years. 1921 – After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drove the Chinese out of Mongolia, the Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor. 1997 – Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the...

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February 22 Wikipedia featured article

James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He was the first editor of The Atlantic Monthly and was one of the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who wrote poetry suitable for families entertaining at their firesides, with conventional forms and meters. His first collection of poetry was published in 1841. He was involved in the movement to abolish slavery,...

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On this day: February 21

February 21: Language Movement Day in Bangladesh Polaroid Land Camera Model 95 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, was granted resignation by Pope Innocent IV after having confessed to torture and forgery. 1828 – The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published. 1921 – The Constituent Assembly of Georgia adopted the nation's first constitution, shortly before being...

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February 21 Wikipedia featured article

Djedkare's pyramid Djedkare Isesi was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the eighth ruler of the Fifth Dynasty in the late 25th century to mid 24th century BCE, during the Old Kingdom period. He likely enjoyed a long reign of over 40 years, which heralded a new period in the history of the Old Kingdom. Breaking with a tradition followed by his predecessors since the time of Userkaf, Djedkare did not build a temple to the sun god Ra, possibly reflecting...

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On this day: February 20

February 20: Family Day in various regions of Canada (2017) Photo of the moon taken by Ranger 8 1685 – French colonists, led by Robert de La Salle, landed at Matagorda Bay in present-day Texas, which later allowed the United States to claim the region as part of the Louisiana Purchase. 1846 – Polish insurgents led an uprising in the Free City of Kraków to incite a fight for national independence that was put down by the Austrian Empire nine...

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February 20 Wikipedia featured article

The Turboliners were a family of gas turbine trains built for Amtrak in the 1970s. They were purchased by Amtrak to update its fleet with faster, more modern trains. The first batch, known as RTGs, were built by the French firm ANF and entered service on multiple routes in the Midwestern United States in 1973. The new trains increased ridership wherever they were used, but the high cost of operating the trains led to their withdrawal from the...

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On this day: February 19

February 19 Dust storm at Manzanar 1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina exploded in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America. 1811 – Peninsular War: An outnumbered French force under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed the Spanish at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain. 1942 – Second World War: In the largest attack mounted by a foreign power against Australia, more than 240 Japanese aircraft...

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February 19 Wikipedia featured article

Brougham Castle, founded by Robert de Vieuxpont in the early 13th century, is south-east of Penrith, Cumbria, England, on the site of Brocavum, a Roman fort. The castle is scheduled as an Ancient Monument, along with the fort, as "Brougham Roman fort and Brougham Castle". The Vieuxponts were a powerful land-owning family in North West England and also owned the castles of Appleby and Brough. When the castle was built, Vieuxpont was one of a few...

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On this day: February 18

February 18: Independence Day in The Gambia (1965) Enterprise on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 1637 – Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, a Spanish fleet intercepted an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by 6 warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them. 1766 – A mutiny by captive Malagasy began at sea on the slave ship Meermin, leading to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and...

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February 18 Wikipedia featured article

Laurence Hyde Southern Cross is the sole wordless novel by Canadian artist Laurence Hyde (1914–1987). Published in 1951, its 118 wood-engraved images describe the effect of atomic testing on Polynesian islanders. Hyde (pictured) made the book to express his anger at the US military's nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll. The story tells of the American military evacuating villagers from a Polynesian island before testing nuclear weapons. A drunken...

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On this day: February 17

February 17: Independence Day in Kosovo (2008) Gomburza 1621 – Myles Standish was elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony militia, a position he would hold for the rest of his life. 1872 – Three priests collectively known as Gomburza (pictured) were executed in Manila, Philippines, by Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from the Cavite mutiny. 1913 – In the U.S. National Guard's 69th Regiment Armory in...

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February 17 Wikipedia featured article

Newton's parakeet (Psittacula exsul) is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues in the western Indian Ocean. Several of its features diverged from related species, indicating long-term isolation and adaptation on Rodrigues. Around 40 centimetres (16 in) long, Newton's parakeet was roughly the size of the rose-ringed parakeet, a close relative and probable ancestor. Its plumage was mostly greyish...

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