User:J Hill
Welcome to my userpage. I became a Wikipedian on 22 August 2006; However, I have been contributing to Wikipedia since 18 February, 2006. Recently, I have begun "punching up" stubs in Wikiproject Chemicals.
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The 1910 London to Manchester air race took place between two aviators, Claude Grahame-White (pictured) and Louis Paulhan, who each attempted to win a £10,000 prize for flying from London to Manchester in under 24 hours. Grahame-White was the first to make the attempt, on 23 April 1910, but engine trouble forced him to land near Lichfield, where he had to give up because of inclement weather. Several days later Paulhan began his flight, with Graham-White, his aeroplane only just repaired, following several hours behind. Despite Graham-White's best efforts, Paulhan arrived in Manchester on 28 April, and won the prize. The event marked the first long-distance aeroplane race in England, the first take-off by a heavier-than-air machine at night, and the first powered flight into Manchester from outside the city. (more...)
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[edit] In the News
- Businessman Allen Stanford is convicted of running a US$7 billion Ponzi scheme.
- Avalanches in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province kill at least 50 people.
- Vladimir Putin (pictured) is elected President of Russia for a third term.
- Explosions at an arms dump in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, kill at least 250 people and injure more than 2,000 others.
- A train crash near Szczekociny, Poland, kills 16 people.
[edit] Selected anniversaries
March 9: Shushan Purim in Jerusalem and Susa (Judaism, 2012)
- 1776 – The Wealth of Nations by Scottish political economist Adam Smith (bust pictured) was first published, becoming the first modern work in the field of economics.
- 1925 – The British Royal Air Force began Pink's War, an air-to-ground bombardment against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, British Raj, without the support of the British Army.
- 1932 – Éamon de Valera, one of the dominant political figures in twentieth century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
- 1945 – World War II: A bomb raid on Tokyo by American B-29 heavy bombers started a firestorm, killing over 100,000 people.
- 1977 – Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in only two deaths.
More anniversaries: March 8 – March 9 – March 10
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The Collaroy, one of the ships that comprise the fleet of the Manly ferry services, connecting Manly, New South Wales, Australia, to Circular Quay in Sydney. The services are provided by Sydney Ferries, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. Ferry services began in Manly in 1855 and have been instrumental in promoting the development of Manly. Photo: David Iliff |
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- “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” — Isaac Asimov
- “When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.” — Isaac Asimov
- “John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war.” — Isaac Asimov
- “Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.” — Mark Twain
- “The more you know, the more you realise that you know nothing.” — Socrates
- “The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein
- “We must respect other religions even as we respect our own. Mere tolerance thereof is not enough.” — Gandhi
- “The wisest mind has something yet to learn.” — George Santayana
