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11 January 2017

12:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Lady Henrietta Cavendish

... that Henrietta Place in Marylebone, London, was named after Lady Henrietta Cavendish (depicted)?
... that the footballer Billy James was forced to retire after playing just six league games due to the physical effects of his time in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp?
... that the Old Depot Museum has an immersive audio exhibit about the Pottawatomie massacre?
... that cancer biologist Lubna Tahtamouni earned her PhD abroad and encouraged students from underprivileged regions of her native Jordan to do the same?
... that on two occasions, aircraft carrying explosives from the Salt Wells Pilot Plant were struck by lightning?
... that Piru Singh threw a grenade at the enemy even after he was shot in the head, and was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military decoration?
... that Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini was noted by The Huffington Post as the first book by a celebrity to cover their perspective of Scientology as a former member?
... that U.S. Representative Clay Higgins has been dubbed the "Cajun John Wayne"?

00:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Jingdezhen porcelain

... that Jingdezhen ware (example pictured) has dominated Chinese porcelain for over 600 years?
... that mathematician Moon Duchin was inspired to break gender barriers in mathematics by a book on baseball player Jackie Robinson's struggles against racism?
... that 71 years after the Lyngiades massacre in Greece, President Joachim Gauck was Germany's first official representative to visit the site and express his apologies for the Wehrmacht's atrocities?
... that Seattle will begin issuing "democracy vouchers" in 2017?
... that Mexican performers Marco Pérez, Sofía Espinosa, Noé Hernández, and Adriana Paz received the Ariel Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the 2016 ceremony?
... that Bronx High School of Science graduate Naomi Amir is credited as "the founder of modern child neurology in Israel"?
... that Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's 1976 book On Watch: A Memoir was called a "terrifying tale" of the Nixon administration?

10 January 2017

12:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Ruins of the Üçayak Byzantine Church

... that the Üçayak Byzantine Church (ruins pictured) was a double church?
... that the 1967 book Filipson by Frida Alexandr is the only first-hand description of life in that early 20th-century Brazilian Jewish farming colony written by a woman who lived there?
... that with more than 14,000 airings over 60 years, Minuto de Dios is the longest-running program on Colombian television?
... that the estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, which includes 9,557 acres (3,868 ha) inherited from her aunt ʻAkahi, funds the Kamehameha Schools?
... that the video game Idol Death Game TV is about Japanese starlets who battle to the death?
... that a crude oil tanker was named after Rama Raghoba Rane, a Param Vir Chakra recipient?
... that Madonna secured the lead in Evita after writing a four-page letter to director Alan Parker stating that she would be fully committed to the role?
... that the Ethiopian music group Fendika was started by a formerly homeless refugee?

00:00, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Lee Chong Wei

... that at the 2016 Summer Olympics, badminton player Lee Chong Wei (pictured) was the Malaysian flag bearer?
... that Lucy Finch founded the only remaining hospice in Malawi, a country where about a million people are living with HIV/AIDS?
... that the mayor of Nice implored cooks to "never, never, I beg you, include boiled potato or any other boiled vegetable in your salade niçoise"?
... that Tiripone Mama Taira Putairi was the first indigenous Catholic priest ordained in Eastern Polynesia?
... that Paul von Groth edited Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie for 44 years and used it to catalog the properties of more than 9,000 crystalline substances?
... that Solicitor General Warren Allmand introduced legislation that abolished the use of capital punishment in Canada?
... that the Manhattan Project's liquid thermal diffusion plant was the only production-scale plant of its kind ever built?
... that the artist and author Marion Coutts created a dogmatic Cult of cats?

9 January 2017

00:00, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

P19 protein dimer

... that the p19 protein (dimer pictured) evolved in an arms race between plants and viruses?
... that British and Chinese officials in Beijing cooperated in trying to solve the murder of Pamela Werner, which happened 80 years ago today?
... that the directors for The Chemical Brothers' music video "The Boxer" disliked the track itself?
... that Henry Ford considered Ralph Waldo Trine an old friend and had several conversations with him concerning success in life?
... that dikes in the Huangling Complex show that Australia was adjacent to the South China Craton prior to 825 million years ago?
... that the National Composite Adversary Force conducts "simulated but realistic attacks" on U.S. nuclear power plants?
... that in July 2016, Michel Vlap became the first-ever fourth substitute in a UEFA match?
... that Star Wars: Jedi Arena is the first Star Wars video game to feature lightsaber combat?

8 January 2017

00:00, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Sutton Hoo helmet

... that the 7th-century royal Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo helmet (pictured) was excavated in more than 500 pieces?
... that the art historian Rosemary Barrow specialised in the work of the once-neglected Victorian painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema?
... that Francis Poulenc's L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant for narrator and piano was inspired by children requesting him to play from the book Histoire de Babar?
... that Jennifer Lawrence was reported to be the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016?
... that the suspect in the shooting of Detective Benjamin Marconi got married the following morning and was arrested later that day?
... that Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy can be used to find how much water and carbon dioxide are in melt inclusions in mineral grains?
... that Caleb Orozco, who successfully challenged the Belize Criminal Code for violations to his privacy and freedom of expression, won the 2016 David Kato Vision and Voice award?
... that William Lister was listed as competing in water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, despite having died before the Games began?

7 January 2017

00:00, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

The Biblical Magi visiting Jesus

... that the Epiphany anthem "The Three Kings" describes the visit of the Biblical Magi to the baby Jesus (pictured)?
... that "mend it, don't end it" was advice given by the president of the Nehemiah Corporation of America to the U.S. Congress at a hearing on down payment assistance?
... that George S. Zimbel's white dress shoot of Marilyn Monroe remained unpublished for 20 years after he took the photos?
... that rocks from the Lesser Himalayan Strata show that the northern part of the Indian plate submerged in the late Cretaceous period?
... that Raón Street in Manila was named after former Governor-General José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez?
... that the $2.3 billion Spring District in Bellevue, Washington, is the second largest construction project in the Puget Sound region?
... that Betty Campbell was the first black head teacher in Wales?
... that the stage of the Tianhou Palace in Ningbo was positioned for the gods to watch Chinese opera?

6 January 2017

00:00, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Peter Prevc

... that Slovenian ski jumper Peter Prevc (pictured) became the first athlete to land a jump of 250 metres (820 ft)?
... that in the United States, nuclear weapons are moved by trucks called Safeguards Transporters which were designed by the Sandia National Laboratories?
... that C. Washington Eves was the honorary commissioner for Jamaica at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886?
... that when the condensate of boron monofluoride monoxide is reheated, it forms a glassy, popcorn-like froth?
... that on her appointment in February 2016, 22-year-old Shamma Al Mazrui became the youngest government minister in the world?
... that the Pakistan Communist Party ceased to exist just three weeks after it had been founded?
... that Irish immigrant, anarchist, strike organiser, and New York surgeon Gertrude Kelly is commemorated by a children's park in Chelsea, Manhattan?
... that the Cafe Royal Cocktail Book contains one of the first recorded recipes for the 20th Century?

5 January 2017

00:00, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Ashurbanipal kills a lion

... that the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal reliefs (pictured) from c. 640 BC show the king killing lions with swords, spears, and arrows?
... that Zorobabela Kaʻauwai accompanied his patron Hoapili into battle in the suppression of Humehume's rebellion?
... that although only a single example of the Eriksen M/25 machine gun was built, it saw service in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign?
... that the United States Senate rejected Caleb Cushing's nomination to be Secretary of the Treasury three times in one day?
... that the 1936 Korean novel Sangnoksu has been made into two films?
... that the 10-gun sloop-of-war HMS Stork was originally designed to resemble King George II's yacht Royal Caroline?
... that rapper Liv released the song "Sorry Mrs. Carter" as an "open letter" to Beyoncé?
... that almost nothing is quite certain about the "multifaceted" and "very productive" Master of the Drapery Studies?

4 January 2017

00:00, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr

... that Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (pictured), "the composer with the hat", visited Israel to experience where Jesus lived as a Jew?
... that when Seymour Cray designed the Cray-3 supercomputer, he insisted that the processor fit into a 1-cubic-foot (0.028 m³) block?
... that in 1969, the West Bengal Sports Minister Ram Chatterjee invaded the exclusive Calcutta Swimming Club along with a group of Santhal tribals?
... that 14 Muslim female athletes won medals at the 2016 Olympic Games?
... that the philosopher Michael Fox became highly critical of animal testing following the publication of his The Case for Animal Experimentation, later writing a book in support of vegetarianism?
... that the Y Sap mine was an explosive planted under German trenches before the Battle of the Somme in World War I?
... that the first full-circle Arctic panorama created in the United States since the 19th century appeared at the Velaslavasay Panorama in Los Angeles in 2007?
... that J. W. Lonoaea died because he voted for a king instead of a queen?

3 January 2017

00:10, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

INS Vikrant

... that INS Vikrant (pictured) was India's first aircraft carrier?
... that governor Saw Shwe Khet of Prome sent a white elephant to King Thihathu of Ava but was still demoted by the new king?
... that HBO's new daily news series Vice News Tonight was intended by Vice News to have "no ads, no anchors and no censors?"
... that although Susan Reeve Lyon could not own property while a married woman, she was able to run her own apothecary shop as a widow?
... that the self-critical H. Balfour Gardiner may have destroyed his symphonies, but preserved his compline anthem Te lucis ante terminum for choir and organ?
... that Jessamyn Rodriguez founded a social enterprise teaching bread-making and job skills to low-income minority women and immigrants?
... that in order to disguise the V-2 missile launch site in Blizna, the Nazis created an artificial village with plywood cottages and barns, and plaster people and animals?
... that the Welsh singer-songwriter Charlotte Church criticised director Diane Martel's music video for the song "Lolita", calling it "an objectionable little number"?

2 January 2017

00:00, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Jōmon Venus

... that the Jōmon Venus (pictured) was the first Jōmon period artifact to be designated a National Treasure of Japan?
... that Alphonse Areola saved two penalties during a penalty shoot-out in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup final, to help France win their first title in the competition?
... that Jollees was the UK's largest cabaret venue in the 1970s and hosted the World Professional Darts Championship?
... that Nancy Sottos helped create the first polymeric self-healing material, announced in Nature in 2001?
... that when it leased the planes of a failed Venezuelan airline, a Bolivian company retained the name LaMia to avoid the cost of repainting the aircraft?
... that Protiva Mukherjee was the only female minister in the 1969 United Front government of West Bengal?
... that The Shaker Quarterly, which began publication in 1961, helped revive interest in the Shakers?
... that John Green Hoapili stated to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii that he would "rather have corruption and scandal than annexation"?

1 January 2017

00:00, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

December calendar page

... that the name Pseudo-Jacquemart was assigned to the anonymous master illuminator (work pictured) for his collaboration with Jacquemart de Hesdin?
... that Darwin introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection, but was not the first to use the term "survival of the fittest"?
... that at the age of 16 years and 308 days, Idris Kanu became the youngest ever player for Aldershot Town F.C. in a league match?
... that Joan Acker and Miriam Johnson of the Center for the Study of Women in Society found that "Do you shave your legs?" was the question most strongly correlated to identifying with feminism?
... that facing an arrest warrant in India and pressure from within his party, Indian communist politician Z.A. Ahmed sought refuge in Pakistan?
... that the diet of the dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel includes bark and fruit, including the fleshy fruits of the umbrella tree?
... that Queen Emma of Hawaii and her lady-in-waiting Kiliwehi were received by Queen Victoria and spent a night at Windsor Castle?
... that Momoiro Clover Z did not know they were making their music video for "The Golden History" until filming started?

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