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Men's T20 World Cup

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 …

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras is the final day of Carnival ; it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent …

Derveni papyrus

The Derveni papyrus is an Ancient Greek papyrus roll that was discovered in 1962 at the archaeological site of Derveni, …

Murder of Kitty Genovese

In the early hours of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender, was raped and stabbed to death outside …

USS Sequoia (presidential yacht)

USS Sequoia is the former presidential yacht used during the administrations of Herbert Hoover through Jimmy Carter. To set a …

Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

The Parachute Regiment, known colloquially as the Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army. The …

Learner Tien

Learner Tien is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 62, achieved …

Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a …

1963 Syrian coup d'état

The 1963 Syrian coup d'état, labelled in Ba'athist historiography as the March 8 Revolution, was the seizure of power in …

Michael Stone (loyalist)

Michael Anthony Stone is a British former militant who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary …

Culrain

Culrain (Cul Raoin) is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. In 1650, the Battle of Carbisdale took place just …

Battle of Castle Itter

The Battle of Castle Itter was fought on 5 May 1945, in the Austrian village of Itter in the North …

Binghamton, New York

Binghamton is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. …

A Quiet Place: Day One

A Quiet Place: Day One is a 2024 American apocalyptic horror film that is the third installment in the A …

Ne Win

Ne Win, born Shu Maung, was a Burmese army general, politician and Prime Minister of Burma from 1958 to 1960 …

Mary I of England

Mary I, also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain …

Battle of Toulon (1744)

The Battle of Toulon took place on 21 and 22 February 1744 NS near the French Mediterranean port of Toulon. …

DC Universe (franchise)

The DC Universe (DCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe based on characters from DC Comics publications. It …

The Goat Life

The Goat Life is a 2024 Malayalam-language biographical survival drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Blessy. The film is …

Accra Sports Stadium disaster

The Accra Sport Stadium disaster occurred at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, on 9 May 2001. It killed …

On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences

"On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences" was a report by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the …

Battle of Poison Spring

The Battle of Poison Spring, also known as the Poison Spring massacre, was fought in Ouachita County, Arkansas, on April …

Antipope Constantine II

Antipope Constantine II was a Roman prelate who claimed the papacy from 28 June 767 to 6 August 768. He …

Emergency landing

An emergency landing is a premature landing made by an aircraft in response to an emergency involving an imminent or …

Green Day

Green Day is an American rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe …

Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of …

Park Chung Hee

Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea …

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only …

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He had influence on …

Chicago Fire of 1874

The Chicago Fire of 1874 took place on July 14. Reports of the extent of the damage vary somewhat, but …