Wikipedia article of the day is French battleship Bouvet. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, built in the 1890s, and armed with a main battery of two 305 mm (12 in) guns and two 274 mm (10.8 in) guns in individual turrets. A top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) made […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 28, 2023: A depiction of the Massacre of the Innocents from a triptych in St. Lorenz Church (Nuremberg, Germany). Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents in much of Western Christianity More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is October 1 (film). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: October 1 is a 2014 Nigerian psychological thriller film written by Tunde Babalola, produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan (pictured), and starring Sadiq Daba, Kayode Olaiya, and Demola Adedoyin. In the film, Inspector Danladi Waziri (Daba) investigates the killings of young women […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 27, 2023: Eiffel Tower, seen from the Champ de Mars, Paris, France. The tower’s designer, Gustave Eiffel, died on this day 100 years ago. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Niels Bohr. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Niels Bohr (1885–1962) was a Danish physicist who created the first widely accepted model of atomic structure. In three articles published in 1913, he proposed the Bohr model of the atom. Faced with the opposing particle and wave interpretations of atomic phenomena […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 26, 2023: Three protestors at the 2020–2021 Indian farmers’ protest, photographed 26 December 2020. The farmers began protesting three controversial farm laws in August 2020 and continued for more than a year until the December 2021 repeal of the laws. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Coventry City 2–2 Bristol City (1977). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: A 2–2 draw was played on 19 May 1977 between the English association football clubs Coventry City and Bristol City. The teams were playing their final match of the 1976–77 season in the Football League First Division, at Highfield […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 25, 2023: “When We All Believe”, a chromolithograph by Rose O’Neill (1903). More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Pope Sisinnius. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Pope Sisinnius was the bishop of Rome from 15 January 708 to his death on 4 February, succeeding Pope John VII. He was Syrian and his father was named John, but little else is known of his early life. At the time of his election […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on December 24, 2023: A composition of four photos of a halogen floodlight far away as seen through heavy rain hammering on and pouring down a double-glazed window. Gåseberg, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden More Info