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Monday, 30 September 2019

IFF Mark II

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IFF Mark II. IFF Mark II was the first operational identification friend or foe system, developed by the Royal Air Force just before World War II. The Mark I, its predecessor, amplified the signals of the British Chain Home radar systems, triggering a radar display blip. It required manual...

Sunday, 29 September 2019

Chartwell

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Chartwell. Chartwell is an English country house near the town of Westerham, Kent. For over forty years it was the home of Winston Churchill, who lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965. In the 1930s, when Churchill was excluded from political office, Chartwell became the centre...

Saturday, 28 September 2019

Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C.

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Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C.. Stocksbridge Park Steels Football Club is an English association football club based in the Stocksbridge area of Sheffield. They currently compete in the Northern Premier League Division One South East. The club was formed in 1986 from the merger of Stocksbridge Works,...

Friday, 27 September 2019

Mount Mazama

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Mount Mazama. Mount Mazama is a complex volcano in the American part of the Cascade Range whose collapsed caldera holds Crater Lake (pictured), the nation's deepest freshwater body, at 1,943 feet (592 m). In North America, only Great Slave Lake in Canada is deeper. Mount Mazama, within Crater...

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar

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Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar. The Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar was a proposed United States commemorative coin. Intended for the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase, the coin was lobbied for by the Missouri Historical Society (MHS) and the Louisiana Purchase...

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

SOLRAD 2

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SOLRAD 2. SOLRAD 2 was a surveillance and scientific satellite developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Like the similar SOLRAD 1 satellite (model pictured), it was intended to measure solar X-rays and ultraviolet radiation while conducting a covert surveillance mission, mapping the Soviet...

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Edmontosaurus

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Edmontosaurus. The Edmontosaurus mummy in the American Museum of Natural History is an exceptionally well-preserved fossil of a dinosaur, the first found to include a skeleton encased in skin impressions; almost two-thirds of the skin is preserved. Discovered in 1908 in the United States near Lusk,...

Monday, 23 September 2019

The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption. The Shawshank Redemption is an American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, first released on September 23, 1994. Based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, it tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), who is...

Sunday, 22 September 2019

Joseph B. Foraker

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Joseph B. Foraker. Joseph B. Foraker (1846–1917) was the 37th Governor of Ohio (1886–1890) and a Republican U.S. Senator (1897–1909). Born in rural Ohio, Foraker enlisted in the Union Army at age 16 and fought in the Civil War. After the war, he was a member of Cornell's first graduating class, and...

Saturday, 21 September 2019

Herbig–Haro object

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Herbig–Haro object. Herbig–Haro objects are bright nebular patches formed when narrow jets of partially ionized gas ejected from newborn stars collide with clouds of gas and dust. Often aligned with a star's rotational axis, they are commonly found in star-forming regions. Most of them lie within a...

Friday, 20 September 2019

Sutton Hoo Helmet (sculpture)

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Sutton Hoo Helmet (sculpture). Sutton Hoo Helmet is a 2002 sculpture by the English artist Rick Kirby. A representation of the Anglo-Saxon helmet of the same name found in the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, it was commissioned by the National Trust to hang outside the Sutton Hoo visitor centre. Together with...

Thursday, 19 September 2019

Suillus bovinus

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Suillus bovinus. Suillus bovinus, the Jersey cow mushroom, is a pored mushroom in the family Suillaceae. A common fungus native to Europe and Asia, it has been introduced to North America and Australia. It was initially described as Boletus bovinus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, and given its current binomial...

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

James Park Woods

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James Park Woods. James Park Woods (1886–1963) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded to members of the Australian armed forces at the time. Woods enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in September 1916,...

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Harriet Tubman

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Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman (1822–1913) was an African-American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped in 1849, then returned 13 times to rescue approximately 70 of her enslaved family and friends. Traveling by night, she used a network of antislavery activists and...

Monday, 16 September 2019

Kevin Beattie

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Kevin Beattie. Kevin Beattie (18 December 1953 – 16 September 2018) was an English footballer. Born into poverty, he played at both professional and international levels, mostly as a centre-half. He spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswich Town, with whom he won both the FA Cup and the UEFA...

Sunday, 15 September 2019

Operation Paravane

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Operation Paravane. Operation Paravane was a British air raid of World War II on the German battleship Tirpitz. The attack on 15 September 1944 by 21 Royal Air Force heavy bombers did irreparable damage, rendering the ship unfit for combat. A series of raids conducted from April to August by Royal...

Saturday, 14 September 2019

Thomas F. Mulledy

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Thomas F. Mulledy. Thomas F. Mulledy (1794–1860) was a Catholic priest from Virginia and a prominent leader of the American Jesuits. He twice served as President of Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., where he undertook a significant building campaign. After his first presidency, he was appointed...

Friday, 13 September 2019

Tahiti rail

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Tahiti rail. The Tahiti rail (Gallirallus pacificus) is an extinct bird species from Tahiti. The rail was first recorded during James Cook's second voyage in 1772–1775, during which it was painted by Georg Forster and described by his father Johann. It may have also existed on nearby Mehetia. It appears...

Thursday, 12 September 2019

Chevauchée

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Chevauchée. Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346 was a large-scale mounted raid directed by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, in south western France during the Hundred Years' War. The main English army had defeated the larger French army at the Battle of Crécy in August, and French defences in the south west were...

Tuesday, 10 September 2019

John J. Crittenden

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John J. Crittenden. John J. Crittenden (September 10, 1787 – July 26, 1863) was an American politician. He was the 17th governor of Kentucky, and represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He also served as United States Attorney General in the administrations...

Monday, 9 September 2019

Ambondro mahabo

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Ambondro mahabo. Ambondro mahabo is a mammal from the middle Jurassic (about 167 million years ago) of Madagascar. The only species of the genus Ambondro, it is known from a fragmentary lower jaw with three teeth (pictured), interpreted as the last premolar and the first two molars. The premolar...

Sunday, 8 September 2019

Wipeout 3

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Wipeout 3. Wipeout 3 is a racing video game developed by Psygnosis and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation console, first released on 8 September 1999. In this third game in the Wipeout series, players control extremely fast anti-gravity ships in a futuristic setting and use...

Saturday, 7 September 2019

George Hirst

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George Hirst. George Hirst (7 September 1871 – 10 May 1954) was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire, mainly between 1891 and 1921. He played in 24 Test matches for England, touring Australia twice. He was a left arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed...

Friday, 6 September 2019

Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware

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Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware. The effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware were compounded by flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Henri days before and resulted in a presidential disaster declaration for the U.S. state. Hurricane Isabel formed on September 6, 2003, in the tropical...

Thursday, 5 September 2019

1950 United States Senate election in California

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1950 United States Senate election in California. In the 1950 United States Senate election in California, Republican Richard Nixon (pictured) defeated Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas in a campaign characterized by accusations and name-calling. Democratic incumbent Sheridan Downey withdrew during the...

Wednesday, 4 September 2019

Sasha (DJ)

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Sasha (DJ). Sasha (born 4 September 1969) is a Welsh DJ and record producer, best known for his live events, electronic music as a solo artist, and collaborations with British DJ John Digweed. He topped DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs poll in 2000, and is a four-time International Dance Music Awards winner,...

Tuesday, 3 September 2019

The Breeders Tour 2014

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The Breeders Tour 2014. The September 2014 tour by the alternative rock band the Breeders included thirteen concerts in the central and western United States. The tour featured the lineup from their 1993 album Last Splash: Josephine Wiggs, Jim Macpherson, Kim Deal, and Kelley Deal (pictured with Wiggs...

Monday, 2 September 2019

Lawrence Weathers

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Lawrence Weathers. Lawrence Weathers (1890–1918) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in battle that could be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces at the time. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in early 1916, and joined the 43rd...

Sunday, 1 September 2019

The Mummy Returns

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The Mummy Returns. The Mummy is a 1999 American action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser (pictured), Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Arnold Vosloo. In this film, a loose remake of a film of the same name from 1932, adventurers accidentally...
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