Wikipedia article of the day is Vespro della Beata Vergine. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2lsTyX1 Summary: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin) by Claudio Monteverdi is an extended composition for the evening vespers on Marian feasts, printed in 1610. The composer set the usual Latin psalms and Magnificat, but also solo concertos in […]
Wikipedia article of the day is New York State Route 175. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3hJhjSG Summary: New York State Route 175 is a west–east state highway located in Onondaga County, New York, in the United States. The 15.46-mile (24.88 km) route begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 20 east of the village of Skaneateles. It heads towards […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 30, 2020: “Everything is Going to be Alright” artwork by Martin Creed, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand https://ift.tt/3b86Spf
Wikipedia article of the day is House of Music. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3hJKxAI Summary: House of Music is the fourth and final album by American R&B band Tony! Toni! Toné!, released in 1996 by Mercury Records. Bassist-vocalist Raphael Saadiq (pictured), guitarist-vocalist D’wayne Wiggins, and percussionist-keyboardist Timothy Christian Riley worked on its songs independently before recording […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 29, 2020: Oderbruch, near Siekierki in Poland https://ift.tt/3b7f49p
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 28, 2020: View of Warsaw from the terrace of the Royal Castle (1773). Painting (oil on canvas) by Bernardo Bellotto (1722–1780). https://ift.tt/3hOlOvr
Wikipedia article of the day is Commissioner Government. Check it out: https://ift.tt/31I2s5z Summary: The Commissioner Government was a short-lived Serbian collaborationist puppet government established in the German-occupied territory of Serbia during World War II from 30 April to 29 August 1941. It was headed by Milan Aćimović (pictured) and was pro-German, anti-Semitic and anti-communist. The Aćimović government was […]
Wikipedia article of the day is Réunion ibis. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1xThdtm Summary: The Réunion ibis (Threskiornis solitarius) is an extinct bird formerly endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. Subfossil remains were found in 1974, and it was formally described in 1987. Early travellers described a white bird on Réunion that flew with […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 27, 2020: Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae scopulinus portrait, New Brighton, New Zealand https://ift.tt/3llGZab
Wikipedia article of the day is Operation PBFortune. Check it out: https://ift.tt/3jl8rTQ Summary: Operation PBFortune was a covert United States operation to overthrow the democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz (pictured) in 1952. The operation was planned by the Central Intelligence Agency and authorized by President Harry Truman. It was motivated by US fears that […]