Wikipedia article of the day is Shoom. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Shoom was a weekly all-nighter dance music event held at nightclubs in London, England, between December 1987 and early 1990. It is widely credited with initiating the acid house movement in the UK. Shoom was founded by Danny Rampling and managed by his wife […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 7, 2021: Interior of Salepçioğlu Mosque in Izmir, Turkey More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Henry IV (11 November 1050 – 7 August 1106) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105. After his father’s death in 1056, Henry was placed under his mother’s guardianship. Archbishop Anno II of Cologne kidnapped him in 1062 and administered Germany until he came of […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 6, 2021: Motherhood by Stanisław Wyspiański. From the National Museum in Kraków collection. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is South Park: The Stick of Truth. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: South Park: The Stick of Truth is a 2014 role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment in collaboration with South Park Digital Studios, and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Based on the American adult […]
Wikipedia article of the day is York County, Maine, Tercentenary half dollar. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The York County, Maine, Tercentenary half dollar is a fifty-cent piece minted in 1936 as a commemorative coin to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of York County, the southernmost county in Maine and the first to […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 5, 2021: Door lock on bunker 26 at the area of the US army at the special ammunition depot in the Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 4, 2021: View from Mount Fyffe, Kaikōura Ranges, New Zealand More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Cai Lun. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Cai Lun (b. c. 50 – c. 62 CE; d. 121) was a Chinese eunuch court official traditionally regarded as the inventor of paper and the modern papermaking process, as he created paper in its modern form. Born in modern-day Leiyang, Cai served as chamberlain […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Moorgate tube crash. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The Moorgate tube crash occurred on 28 February 1975 on the London Underground’s Northern City Line; 43 people died and 74 were injured after a train failed to stop at the line’s southern terminus, Moorgate station, and crashed into its end wall. It […]