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From today's featured article The May Revolution was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. The May Revolution was a direct reaction to Spain's Peninsular War. In 1808, King Ferdinand VII of Spain abdicated in favor of Napoleon, who granted the throne to his brother, Joseph Bonaparte. Viceroy Cisneros tried to maintain the political status quo, but a group of criollo lawyers and military officials organized an open cabildo on May 22 to decide the future of the Viceroyalty. Delegates denied recognition to the Council of Regency in Spain and established a junta to govern in place of Cisneros, since the government that had appointed him Viceroy no longer existed. To maintain a sense of continuity, Cisneros was initially appointed president of the Junta. This caused popular unrest, so he resigned under pressure on May 25. The newly formed government, the Primera Junta, included only representatives from Buenos Aires and invited other cities of the Viceroyalty to send delegates. This resulted in the outbreak of war between the regions that accepted the outcome of the events at Buenos Aires and those that did not. (Full article...) Recently featured: Thescelosaurus – Zong massacre – Richard Wagner Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that after Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (pictured) died at Leicester Abbey in 1530, his body was put on display so it could be viewed by the people of Leicester? ... that Harry Kizirian was awarded the Navy Cross for killing 12 Japanese soldiers while being unable to walk? ... that the author Zadie Smith declined to adapt her own novel, White Teeth, into the television miniseries to complete her next novel, The Autograph Man? ... that the lime for Midhurst Whites came from Cocking? ... that Erhard Egidi conducted at the Neustädter Kirche both the first performance after more than 300 years of a funeral music by the church's first organist and Bach's Mass in B minor? ... that the Soft and Hard Adult Film and Television Awards are the only pornographic film awards in the UK to have winners determined by public votes?

In the news The fatal shooting of an armed man by police sparks several days of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden. American writer Lydia Davis wins the Man Booker International Prize. An off-duty British soldier is attacked and killed by two men on a street in London. At the World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Jike wins the men's singles and Li Xiaoxia (pictured) wins the women's singles. An EF5 tornado strikes Moore, Oklahoma, in the United States, killing at least 24 people. Recent deaths: Henri Dutilleux – Ray Manzarek On this day... May 25: First Patriotic Government in Argentina (1810); Independence Day in Jordan (1946); Towel Day 1895 – The Republic of Formosa was inaugurated in Taiwan, proclaiming independence from Qing China. 1914 – The British parliament passed the Third Home Rule Act, establishing a devolved government in Ireland. 1936 – Employees of the Remington Rand company began an 11-month strike action, during which time the company executives developed the notorious "Mohawk Valley formula" to intimidate the strikers. 1955 – Englishmen Joe Brown and George Band became the first to climb Kangchenjunga, the third-highest mountain in the world, but stopped short of the summit as per a promise given to the Maharaja of Sikkim that the top would remain inviolate. 1961 – During a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced his support for the Apollo space program (insignia pictured), with "the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth". More anniversaries: May 24 – May 25 – May 26 It is now May 25, 2013 (UTC) – Reload this page

Today's featured picture The Mountain Bulbul (Ixos mcclellandii) is a songbird species in the bulbul family which ranges across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Photo: JJ Harrison Recently featured: Sukhoi Su-25 diagram – Girls' Generation – USS Arizona (BB-39)

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