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Did you know ...
- ... that according to legend, the invention of Chinese characters (examples pictured) caused grain to rain from the sky and ghosts and demons to wail in frustration?
- ... that Alexandru Talex was "the gentlest" member of a Romanian far-right organization?
- ... that "Human Sacrifice", a track on the 2024 album Atavista, could be heard in a 2019 Google Pixel advertisement?
- ... that a mob in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, detained Jean Pettrequin and searched for Sebastian Zouberbuhler because of a letter?
- ... that if the Devizes Plot had been successful, 7,000 German prisoners of war would have escaped and attacked RAF Yatesbury?
- ... that lacrosse player Caitlyn Wurzburger committed to a college program at the age of 14?
- ... that when actress Joanna Lumley spent nine days on an uninhabited island for the 1994 TV show Girl Friday, she made a pair of shoes out of her bra?
- ... that Mike Gorman spent 43 consecutive years as the television play-by-play commentator for the Boston Celtics?
- ... that the Armenian Radio jokes are neither about radio nor are they Armenian?
In the news
- The Boeing Starliner spacecraft conducts its first crewed flight (launch pictured), carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station.
- The CNSA Chang'e 6 completes sampling and takeoff from the far side of the Moon.
- Claudia Sheinbaum is elected as the president of Mexico.
- In South Africa's general election, the African National Congress wins the most seats but loses its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid.
On this day
- 1549 – The first Book of Common Prayer was legally mandated by Parliament, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to the Church of England.
- 1772 – In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American colonists led by Abraham Whipple (pictured) attacked and burned the British schooner Gaspee.
- 1944 – World War II: In reprisal for successful French Resistance attacks, German SS and SD troops hanged 99 men in the town of Tulle.
- 1954 – During hearings investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army lawyer Joseph N. Welch asked McCarthy: "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
- 1999 – Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Kosovo War the next day.
- William Feiner (d. 1829)
- Doveton Sturdee (b. 1859)
- Wolfdietrich Schnurre (d. 1989)
- Brian Williamson (d. 2004)
Today's featured picture
Euchloe penia, commonly known as the eastern greenish black-tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, and northern Iraq. The habitat consists of dry and warm rocky areas. Adults are a bright greenish off-yellow, with a wingspan of 32 to 36 millimetres (1.3 to 1.4 inches). There are two generations per year, with adults on the wing in April and from June to July. The larvae feed on plants of the genus Matthiola. This E. penia butterfly perching on a flower was photographed in Pletvar, North Macedonia. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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