Wikipedia picture of the day on August 17, 2020: Muskox on Bolshoy Begichev Island in Laptev Sea, Sakha, Russia https://ift.tt/2FoPfWk

Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of Lagos. Check it out: https://ift.tt/29FoKfx Summary: The naval Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Sir Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over 18–19 August 1759 during the Seven Years’ War. The French Mediterranean Fleet successfully passed through the Strait […]

Wikipedia article of the day is Illustrated Daily News. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2PYnMNk Summary: The Daily News was a newspaper published in Los Angeles from 1923 to 1954, founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt IV as the first of several papers he wanted to manage. After quickly going into receivership, it was sold to Manchester Boddy, a local […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 16, 2020: Federico Neri, nurse anesthetist of the San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy, at the end of his shift during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 March 2020. https://ift.tt/2CziMvA

Wikipedia article of the day is 2019 World Snooker Championship. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2GUoGs7 Summary: The 2019 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 April to 6 May at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 43rd consecutive year the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible, […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 15, 2020: High altar of Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Hans Baldung, 1512–16. https://ift.tt/3art51l

Wikipedia article of the day is Surrender of Japan. Check it out: https://ift.tt/140RX9x Summary: The surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, brought the hostilities of World War II to a close. Together with the British Empire and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 14, 2020: Interior of the church of St Felix, Torralba de Ribota, province of Zaragoza, Spain. The church, of mudéjar and late gothic style was built between 1367 and 1420. The church is a national heritage monument in Spain (known as Bien de Interés Cultural) since 2006. https://ift.tt/2DTbpj3

Wikipedia picture of the day on August 13, 2020: 50 Pfennig “Notgeld” banknote issued 100 years ago, on Aug. 13, 1920 by the city of Berchtesgaden, Germany. https://ift.tt/3fSu6R9https://ift.tt/3fSu6R9

Wikipedia article of the day is Almost There (album). Check it out: https://ift.tt/2PPI7nX Summary: Almost There is the first studio album by the American Christian rock band MercyMe (singer and drummer pictured), released on August 14, 2001, by INO Records. Characterizing it as contemporary worship and pop rock, music critics praised the album’s songwriting, especially on […]