Wikipedia article of the day is Battle of Settepozzi. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Battle of Settepozzi was fought in 1263 off the Greek island of Spetses between a Genoese–Byzantine fleet and a Venetian fleet (Venetian galley pictured). Genoa had been engaged in the War of Saint Sabas against Venice since 1256, and had […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 30, 2023: Twilight over Mykonos, Greece More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is 2022 Tour Championship. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The 2022 Tour Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 28 March to 3 April at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it comprised the top eight players on the money list for ranking events […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 29, 2023: Historical plenary chamber in Museum of the Republic in Ankara. Originally it served as the plenary hall of the 2nd Parliament of Turkey, which started with the proclamation of the Turkish Republic on 29 October 1923. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Howard Florey. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Howard Florey (1898–1968) was an Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Chain and Alexander Fleming for his role in the development of the antibiotic penicillin. While Fleming received most of the […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 28, 2023: Reflection of the sky in the glass facade of a building in Parque Cultural Paulista located on Paulista Avenue, São Paulo, Brazil More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is South Asian river dolphin. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: South Asian river dolphins are toothed whales in the genus Platanista. They inhabit fresh water habitats in the northern Indian subcontinent. They were historically considered to be one species, but the Ganges river dolphin (pictured) and the Indus river dolphin […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 27, 2023: Tübingen, Germany: the river Neckar between the island with its famous Plane trees avenue (at the left) and the old city (at the right) in autumn 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 picture of the day on October 26, 2023: A panoramic view of Srinagar, the summer capital and largest city of Jammu and Kashmir, India, as seen from the Shankaracharya Hill More Info