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From today's featured article
Edward the Elder (c. 874 – 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith. When Edward succeeded to the throne, the Vikings ruled Northumbria, East Anglia and eastern Mercia, leaving only Wessex and western Mercia under Anglo-Saxon control. In 910 a Mercian and West Saxon army inflicted a decisive defeat on an invading Northumbrian army, ending the threat from the northern Vikings. In the 910s, Edward conquered Viking-ruled southern England in partnership with his sister Æthelflæd, who ruled Mercia. By 919 he ruled Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia, and only Northumbria remained under Viking rule. Edward was admired by medieval chroniclers, but he was largely ignored by modern historians until the 1990s, partly because few primary sources for his reign survive. He is now seen as destroying the power of the Vikings in southern England while laying the foundations for a south-centred united English kingdom. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that the hiking track through the Pororari River gorge has become part of New Zealand's newest Great Walk, the Paparoa Track (video featured)?
- ... that Bob Dylan poked Emmylou Harris when he wanted her to start singing during the recording of "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)"?
- ... that two Argentine commandos were awarded their nation's highest honour for the Skirmish at Top Malo House?
- ... that the 1923 book Motion Pictures in Education is among the first major works about using films to teach students?
- ... that Stanley Shaldon upset manufacturers by reusing dialysis machines?
- ... that the soundtrack for the 2016 film Arrival, composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson, was ruled ineligible for contention at the 89th Academy Awards due to the film's prominent inclusion of a Max Richter piece?
- ... that 17th-century entomologist Eleanor Glanville raised her own moths and butterflies, and wrote some of the earliest detailed descriptions of butterfly rearing?
- ... that Park Avenue Plaza is not on Park Avenue and does not have a plaza?
In the news
- The World Health Organization declares the monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
- The Chinese paddlefish (pictured), one of the world's largest freshwater fish species, is declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Amid protests over the economic crisis, Ranil Wickremesinghe is elected President of Sri Lanka by the parliament.
- Heat waves across Europe leave more than 4,500 people dead.
On this day
- 306 – Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops after the death of Constantius Chlorus.
- 1261 – Nicaean–Latin wars: Alexios Strategopoulos led Nicaean forces to recapture Constantinople, leading to the reestablishment of the Byzantine Empire and the end of the Latin Empire.
- 1898 – Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.
- 1948 – Australia (captain pictured) set a world record for the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket history during the Fourth Test of the Ashes series against England.
- 1976 – The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.
- Francis Chan (b. 1913)
- Rosalind Franklin (b. 1920)
- Nestor Makhno (d. 1934)
From today's featured list
The discography of the Wiggles, an Australian children's musical group, includes fifty-nine studio albums, three live albums, nine compilation albums, one extended play and thirty-seven singles. The band was formed in 1991 by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page and Phillip Wilcher when they recorded The Wiggles as part of a student project at Macquarie University in Sydney, New South Wales, where several members were studying early childhood education. Eighteen of the group's albums have been certified by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) as Gold, Platinum and double Platinum. Since 2018, the group's newer line-up have seen three of their albums reach the top ten on the ARIA Albums Chart. The group's cover of Tame Impala's "Elephant", which they performed on Triple J's Like a Version, became the group's first top-ten single, peaking at number 10 in January 2022 after it reached number 1 on the annual Triple J Hottest 100 poll for 2021. The group's 2022 tribute album ReWiggled debuted as their first number-one album. (Full list...)
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The lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is one of the largest known species of jellyfish, with a range confined to the cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific Oceans. These photographs depict a lion's mane jellyfish in Gullmarn, a fjord on the western coast of Sweden, with its bell alternately expanded (top) and contracted (bottom). The specimen was likely a juvenile, with a bell 10 to 12 centimetres (3.9 to 4.7 in) in diameter and tentacles 60 to 80 centimetres (24 to 31 in) in length. The largest recorded individual of the species had a bell approximately 210 centimetres (7 ft) wide and tentacles around 36.6 metres (120 ft) long. Pictures of the day are chosen from the pool of featured pictures on the English Wikipedia. Editors may vote on featured picture candidates here. Photograph credit: W.carter
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