Wikipedia article of the day is Henry Conwell. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3arg9GU Summary: Henry Conwell (c. 1748 – 1842) was an Irish-born Catholic bishop in the United States. After serving as a priest in Ireland for more than four decades, he was installed as the second bishop of Philadelphia in 1819. He took up the post at […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Djaoeh Dimata. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3eGSK7Y Summary: Djaoeh Dimata (Out of Sight) is a 1948 film from what is now Indonesia, written and directed by Andjar Asmara for the South Pacific Film Corporation (SPFC). Starring Ratna Asmara (pictured) and Ali Joego, it follows a woman who goes to Jakarta […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Userkaf. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3box5Px Summary: Userkaf was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Fifth Dynasty. Before ascending the throne, he may have been a high priest of Ra. He reigned for seven to eight years in the early 25th century BC, during the Old […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 19, 2020: Mausoleum dedicated to the drivers “Ecuador” del Carchi in the cemetery of Tulcán, located in the city of Tulcán, capital of the Carchi Province, north of Ecuador. The cemetery, of a surface of 8 hectares (20 acres), was founded in 1932 to replace the former on […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Giant mouse lemur. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2RRRPHY Summary: The giant mouse lemurs (genus Mirza) are primates native to Madagascar, like all other lemurs. The two described species, the northern (pictured) and Coquerel’s giant mouse lemurs, are found in the western dry deciduous forests, Sambirano valley and Sahamalaza Peninsula. In […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 18, 2020: Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in November 2019. https://ift.tt/3cwFVuZ
Wikipedia article of the day is William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2QMRuUA Summary: William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1392–1461), was a powerful landowner in southwest England. Undertaking royal service, he fought in France in the later years of the Hundred Years’ War. In 1415, he joined the English invasion of France in […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 17, 2020: Aerial photo of clouds gliding in Makhtesh Ramon, Negev desert, Israel https://ift.tt/2VDw8fN
Wikipedia article of the day is Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (806). Check it out: https://ift.tt/3ab2vrf Summary: The Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor in 806 CE was an attack by the Abbasid Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire in southeastern and central Asia Minor. Soon after his accession in 802, the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I ceased […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 16, 2020: A female llama (Lama glama) with her cria at Laguna Colorada, Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa, Bolivia. https://ift.tt/3bex7JM