Wikipedia article of the day is Yazid I. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Yazid I (c. 646 – 683) was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 until his death. His appointment, the first hereditary succession to the caliphate in Islamic history, was opposed by several Muslim grandees from Medina, including Muhammad’s grandson Husayn ibn […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 26, 2021: Inventor Nikola Tesla in December 1899, reading in his laboratory of Colorado Springs next to his giant “magnifying transmitter” high voltage generator while the machine produces huge bolts of electricity. This photo was in fact a promotional stunt by photographer Dickenson V. Alley. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Operation Rösselsprung (1944). Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Operation Rösselsprung was a combined airborne and ground assault by the German XV Mountain Corps on the Supreme Headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II. Launched on 25 May 1944, the operation was aimed at the Partisan leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito (pictured) […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 25, 2021: Five antennas of the Australia Telescope Compact Array, near Narrabri (New South Wales). This photograph was taken in the late phase of the construction process (~1984). More Info
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 24, 2021: Parboiled rice with chicken, peppers, squash, peas and tomato. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Final Fantasy IX. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Final Fantasy IX is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Squaresoft for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth game in the main Final Fantasy series. Players follow the bandit Zidane Tribal, who kidnaps Princess Garnet Til […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 23, 2021: A female African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) with her six-week-old baby in the Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe, having just crossed the border from Botswana. More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Western Chalukya literature in Kannada. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: A large body of Western Chalukya literature in the Kannada language was produced during the empire’s reign (973–1200) in present-day India (map pictured). Kannada literature from this period, usually considered Old Kannada, constituted the bulk of the Chalukya court’s […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), often considered the dawn of modern transport, took place on 15 September 1830. Eight trains set out from Liverpool to Manchester carrying dignitaries including the Duke of Wellington, then prime […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on May 22, 2021: Aveiro lighthouse, west coast of Portugal. More Info