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Philip I Philadelphus (between 124 and 109 – 83 or 75 BC) reigned as King of Syria, a ruler of the Seleucid Empire, in the early years of the 1st century BC when the country was torn apart by civil wars amongst Seleucid claimants. Seleucus VI, Philip's oldest brother, was killed during the war with their cousin Antiochus X in 94 BC. Philip declared himself king jointly with his twin Antiochus XI, and took the capital Antioch, where Antiochus XI took residence as the senior king, while Philip remained in a base in Cilicia. Antiochus X returned and killed Antiochus XI in 93 BC. Philip allied with another brother, Demetrius III, who ended up taking Antioch after Antiochus X's death, and besieged Philip, who allied himself with the Parthians and took the capital, becoming the senior king of Syria. Philip's death year is unknown, but probably before 75 BC. He was apparently considered the last legitimate king of Syria by the Romans, who continued to issue coins with Philip's portrait until 13 BC. (Full article...)
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- ... that Silvia Hauer, a singer of Rossini's Rosina and Bizet's Carmen at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, performed the mezzo-soprano solo of Verdi's Requiem in 2022?
- ... that Mike Judge's three-month tenure at the video-card manufacturer Parallax Graphics was an inspiration for Office Space?
- ... that it was rumoured that "R.I.P." was initially intended for Rihanna, but it became a song for Rita Ora instead?
- ... that Bruce Timm created most of the character designs for Batman: The Animated Series?
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- More than 100 people are killed and 300 others are injured by two car bombs in Mogadishu, Somalia.
- At least 154 people are killed and more than 130 others are injured in a crowd crush during Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea.
- A mass shooting leaves at least 13 people dead at the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, Iran.
- Rishi Sunak (pictured) succeeds Liz Truss as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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- 1863 – Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece (pictured).
- 1888 – King Lobengula of Matabeleland granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.
- 1960 – At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.
- 1965 – English model Jean Shrimpton wore a controversially short minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the miniskirt to women's fashion.
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Trimeresurus albolabris, the white-lipped pit viper or white-lipped tree viper, is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Southeast Asia. Its meals consist of birds, small frogs, and small mammals. This snake does not strike and release its prey; like many arboreal snakes, it strikes and holds on to the prey item until the prey dies. This photograph was taken in Thailand's Kaeng Krachan National Park. Photograph credit: Rushen
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