WikiMili - The Best Wikipedia Reader

Excavated remains of Richard III

The remains of Richard III , the last English king killed in battle and last king of the House of York, were discovered within the site of the former Greyfriars Friary in Leicester, England, in September 2012. Richard III, the final ruler of the Plantagenet dynasty, was killed on 22 August 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth Field. His body was taken to Greyfriars, where it was buried in a crude grave in the friary church. Following the friary's dissolution in 1538 and subsequent demolition, Richard's tomb was lost. A search for Richard's body began in August 2012 and that September an archaeological excavation took place at the site of the friary. A skeleton (pictured) was discovered of a man with a spinal deformity and severe head injuries. Following extensive anthropological and genetic testing, the remains were identified as those of Richard. Leicester Cathedral was chosen as the site of Richard's reburial. His reinterment took place on 26 March 2015, during a televised memorial service. ( Full article... )

Zoninus collar

• ... that the Zoninus collar (pictured) is the only known Roman slave collar that offers a reward for returning its wearer?
• ... that Nuala O'Faolain 's first book was so popular that shops sold copies straight from the box, because they did not have the time to shelve them?
• ... that the West Gold Hill dinosaur made a full turn and crossed its own path?
• ... that the earliest surviving silk-scroll painting from Gangwon Province was found in an attic in Hopkinton, New Hampshire?
• ... that Armand Avril travelled in 1960 for a year in Africa, where he was inspired to assemble "bottle caps, clothespins, glue, nails and empty tin cans"?
• ... that hundreds of refugees at a UN humanitarian center in Niger have been protesting conditions there for more than a year?
• ... that Thihapate III of Taungdwin pledged his allegiance to King Thado, only to renounce it upon returning to his fief?
• ... that Roti ran 42 restaurants before the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the midday lunch demand?
• ... that Lola Young won a house in a bet over the chart position of a single from I'm Only F**king Myself ?

Nicolás Maduro

• The United States strikes targets in Venezuela and captures President Nicolás Maduro (pictured).
• A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills at least 40 people.
• Bulgaria adopts the euro , becoming the 21st member of the eurozone.
• Former prime minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia dies at a hospital in Dhaka.
• In Iran, a series of mass demonstrations occur in response to worsening economic conditions.

January 4 : Colonial Repression Martyrs' Day in Angola (1961)

Rose Heilbron

• 1798 – After his appointment as Prince of Wallachia, Constantine Hangerli arrived in Bucharest to assume the throne.
• 1909 – British explorer Aeneas Mackintosh , a member of the Nimrod Expedition, escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
• 1951 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul from United Nations forces.
• 1972 – Rose Heilbron (pictured) became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
• 2019 – A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, killed five teenagers.