Wikipedia picture of the day on October 23, 2023: Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida) female with dragonfly larva, Hungary. October 23rd marks the day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is The Kinks’ 1965 US tour. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The English rock band the Kinks staged their first concert tour of the United States in June and July 1965, following concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore and a tour of the United Kingdom. Initially one of […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Second Battle of Independence. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Second Battle of Independence was fought on October 22, 1864, near Independence, Missouri, as part of Price’s Missouri Expedition (map pictured) during the American Civil War. In late 1864, Major General Sterling Price led a Confederate force of cavalry […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 22, 2023: Demirci Rocks. Demirci Yayla Sanctuary, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 21, 2023: Tomorrow begins the annual MassKara Festival in the Philippines, one of the most important celebrations in the country since 1980. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Made You Look (Meghan Trainor song). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: “Made You Look” is a song by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor (pictured) from her fifth major-label studio album, Takin’ It Back (2022). Trainor wrote the song with Sean Douglas and its producer, Federico Vindver. Epic Records released it […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Hurricane Willa. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Hurricane Willa was a powerful tropical cyclone that brought torrential rains and destructive winds to the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Nayarit in October 2018. It was the twenty-second named storm, thirteenth hurricane, and tenth major hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season, […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 20, 2023: Issued 100 years ago: “Notgeld” banknote: 1 000 000 000 Mark (1923), Trier, design: Fritz Quant (signed: “Quant”), RV: the “Hauptmarkt” in 1849 More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Spacewar!. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Spacewar! is a space combat video game developed in 1962 by Steve Russell in collaboration with Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, and others. The first video game known to be played at multiple computer installations, it was popular in the […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 19, 2023: Pointe de Pen-Hir, a headland of the Crozon peninsula in Brittany, France. On the right is the Monument to the Bretons of Free France, or the Cross of Pen-Hir, inaugurated in 1951 by General Charles de Gaulle. More Info