Wikipedia article of the day is William Lyon Mackenzie. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, represented York County in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada and aligned with Reformers. Dundee-born, Mackenzie emigrated to York, […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 28, 2021: Cracked skin of a Aesculus. More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 27, 2021: Prielbrusye National Park, Central Caucasus. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is USS Iowa (BB-61). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: USS Iowa is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class and the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships. Iowa served with the Pacific Fleet in 1944, shelling beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok and screening aircraft carriers […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 26, 2021: Microcrystals of Mineral Water “Essentuki 4” Salt Light microscopy, polarized light. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Crécy campaign. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Crécy campaign was an expedition by an English army from the north of Normandy to the County of Boulogne, devastating the French countryside on a wide front, followed by the successful siege of Calais. It began on 12 July 1346 during […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 25, 2021: Coast with Dome Hotel, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Santería. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Santería is an African diasporic religion that developed among Afro-Cuban communities during the late 19th century. It arose through the syncretism of the Yoruba religion of West Africa, the Roman Catholic form of Christianity, and Spiritism. Santería is an initiatory tradition with no […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 24, 2021: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv. Today is the Independence Day of Ukraine. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Chandler’s Ford shooting. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Chandler’s Ford shooting was an attempted robbery on 13 September 2007 in which two men were shot dead by officers of London’s Metropolitan Police while robbing a cash-in-transit van. The Met had been tracking a gang who had stolen an estimated £500,000 […]