From today's featured article
Did you know ...
- ... that the letters of Rachel Henning (pictured) were "deleted, distorted, and defaced" by their editor, according to one scholar?
- ... that one of the few jazz proponents of the euphonium was 20th-century musician Rich Matteson?
- ... that Jalal Baleedi played for a professional football club before becoming an Islamist militant?
- ... that a reviewer described the delivery game Easy Delivery Co. as " Silent Hill meets Animal Crossing meets DoorDash"?
- ... that Japanese photographer Ken Domon praised the Standing Statue of Kichijōten as the "most perfect depiction of feminine beauty among all the Buddhist images in Japan"?
- ... that Edith Maryon's relief In Memory of Theo Faiss commemorates a seven-year-old boy who, according to Rudolf Steiner, was sacrificed to protect a building?
- ... that the Unterrified Democrat was owned by a Republican?
- ... that English psychiatrist Ann Dally was twice disciplined by the General Medical Council for her approach to prescribing controlled drugs to heroin addicts?
- ... that a 17th-century Mughal painting includes a saint who is depicted as transparent since he is said to occupy a different plane of reality?
In the news
- Faustin-Archange Touadéra (pictured) is re-elected President of the Central African Republic.
- Luke Littler wins the PDC World Darts Championship .
- The United States strikes targets in Venezuela and captures President Nicolás Maduro.
- A fire at a bar during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, kills 40 people.
- Bulgaria adopts the euro , becoming the 21st member of the eurozone.
On this day
January 7 : Victory over Genocide Day in Cambodia (1979); Tricolour Day in Italy (1797)
- 1327 – The Parliament of 1327 , which was instrumental in the transfer of the English Crown from King Edward II to his son, Edward III, began at the Palace of Westminster.
- 1931 – Australian aviator Guy Menzies (pictured) flew from Sydney to New Zealand's West Coast, making the first solo trans-Tasman flight.
- 1948 – Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell, flying in pursuit of an alleged UFO, was killed when his P-51 Mustang crashed near Fort Knox, Kentucky.
- 1978 – An article entitled " Iran and Red and Black Colonization " was published in the newspaper Ettela'at attacking Ruhollah Khomeini, then in exile in Iraq.
- 1989 – In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City.
- Nicholas Hilliard (d. 1619)
- Helena Válková (b. 1951)
- Johnny Owen (b. 1956)
- Eden Hazard (b. 1991)
Today's featured picture
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The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. The species is native to North America, ranging from the northern United States to southern Canada and all the way up to Alaska and Yukon, living in deciduous and mixed forests. It has a distinct black cap on its head, a black bib underneath, and white cheeks. The black-capped chickadee has a white belly, buff sides, and grey wings, back, and tail. It is well known for its vocalizations, including its fee-bee song and its chick-a-dee-dee-dee call, from which it derives its name. The black-capped chickadee feeds primarily on insects and seeds, and is known for its ability to cache food for use during the winter. Its hippocampus grows during the caching season, and is believed to help it better remember its cache locations. It builds nests in tree cavities, with the nesting season starting in late April and lasting until late June. This foraging black-capped chickadee was photographed in Central Park, New York City. Photograph credit: Rhododendrites Recently featured: |