Wikipedia article of the day for July 18, 2021 Temporary gentlemen Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for July 18, 2021 is Temporary gentlemen . "Temporary gentlemen" is a colloquial term referring to male officers of the British Army who held temporary (or war-duration) commissions, particularly when such men came from outside the traditional officer class. Historically the officers of the British Army were drawn from the gentry and upper middle classes. The First World War required a rapid expansion of the officer corps and more than 200,000 additional officers were recruited, many on temporary com…
Wikipedia article of the day for July 14, 2021 Squirm Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for July 14, 2021 is Squirm . Squirm is a 1976 American horror film written and directed by Jeff Lieberman, starring Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R. A. Dow, Jean Sullivan, Peter MacLean, Fran Higgins and William Newman. The film takes place in the fictional town of Fly Creek, Georgia, which becomes infested with carnivorous worms due to a downed power line. Lieberman's script is based on a childhood incident in which his brother fed electricity into a patch of earth, causing earthworms to rise to the sur…
Wikipedia article of the day for June 27, 2021 CM Punk Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for June 27, 2021 is CM Punk . CM Punk (born 1978) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), in which his 434-day reign as WWE Champion stands as the sixth-longest in history. His professional career on the independent circuit, primarily with Ring of Honor (ROH), began in 1999, and he won the ROH World Championship once. He signed with WWE in 2005, won several championships, and became WWE's 19th Triple Crown Champion in 203 days, the fast…
Wikipedia article of the day for June 2, 2021 Warner Bros. Movie World Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for June 2, 2021 is Warner Bros. Movie World . Warner Bros. Movie World is a theme park on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Owned and operated by Village Roadshow's Theme Parks division, the park opened on 3 June 1991 after a star-studded opening ceremony the previous day. Many park attractions are based on Warner Bros. and related DC Comics properties, including thrill rides such as Batwing Spaceshot and Superman Escape, family attractions such as Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D and Wild West Fa…
Wikipedia article of the day for June 1, 2021 Treaty of Lutatius Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for June 1, 2021 is Treaty of Lutatius . The Treaty of Lutatius was the agreement of 241 BC between Carthage and Rome which ended the First Punic War after 23 years. The Romans had defeated a Carthaginian fleet attempting to lift the blockade of its last strongholds on Sicily. Accepting defeat, the Carthaginian Senate ordered the local commander to negotiate a peace treaty. One was rapidly agreed, but when referred to Rome for ratification, it was rejected. Rome then sent a commission which agreed that Carthag…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 31, 2021 Scorpion Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 31, 2021 is Scorpion . Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger. There are over 2,500 described species. They mainly live in deserts but have adapted to a wide range of environments. Most species give birth to live young, and the female cares for the juveniles while their exoskeletons harden, transporting them on …
Wikipedia article of the day for May 30, 2021 MAUD Committee Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 30, 2021 is MAUD Committee . The MAUD Committee was a British scientific working group formed during the Second World War to determine if an atomic bomb was feasible. The name came from a reference by Danish physicist Niels Bohr to his housekeeper, Maud Ray. The committee was founded in response to the Frisch–Peierls memorandum, which argued that a small sphere of pure uranium-235 could have the explosive power of thousands of tons of TNT. Its chairman was George Thomson and it met at Burlington House …
Wikipedia article of the day for May 29, 2021 Mysteries of Isis Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 29, 2021 is Mysteries of Isis . The mysteries of Isis were religious initiation rites performed in the cult of the goddess Isis in the Greco-Roman world. Alluding to the worship of Isis from ancient Egyptian religion, they were modeled on other mystery rites, particularly the Eleusinian mysteries, which honored the Greek goddess Demeter. By undergoing the mystery rites, initiates signaled their dedication to Isis. Many texts from the Roman Empire refer to the Isis mysteries, but the only source to desc…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 28, 2021 Menstrual cycle Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 28, 2021 is Menstrual cycle . The menstrual cycle is a series of natural changes in hormone production and the structures of the uterus and ovaries of the female reproductive system that make pregnancy possible. Naturally occurring hormones drive two concurrent and coordinated cycles that last about 28 days. The ovarian cycle controls the production and release of eggs and the release of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. The uterine cycle governs the preparation and maintenance of the lining of t…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 27, 2021 2007 Coca-Cola 600 Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 27, 2021 is 2007 Coca-Cola 600 . The 2007 Coca-Cola 600 was the twelfth stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the 48th iteration of the event in the U.S. It was held on May 27, 2007, before a crowd of 175,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Lowe's Motor Speedway (pictured), now called Charlotte Motor Speedway, one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races. The 400-lap race on the speedway's standard 1.5-mile (2.4 km) track covers the longest distance of any event on the N…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 26, 2021 Yazid I Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 26, 2021 is Yazid I . Yazid I (c. 646 – 683) was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 until his death. His appointment, the first hereditary succession to the caliphate in Islamic history, was opposed by several Muslim grandees from Medina, including Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali. Husayn refused to recognize Yazid following his accession and left for Kufa in Iraq to lead a revolt, but was killed in the Battle of Karbala. To suppress the subsequent rebellion in Arab…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 25, 2021 Operation Rösselsprung (1944) Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 25, 2021 is Operation Rösselsprung (1944) . Operation Rösselsprung was a combined airborne and ground assault by the German XV Mountain Corps on the Supreme Headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II. Launched on 25 May 1944, the operation was aimed at the Partisan leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito (pictured) and his headquarters. It is associated with the Seventh Enemy Offensive. The operation involved direct action via an airborne assault by the 500th SS Parachute Battalion and a planned…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 24, 2021 Final Fantasy IX Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 24, 2021 is Final Fantasy IX . Final Fantasy IX is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Squaresoft for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth game in the main Final Fantasy series. Players follow the bandit Zidane Tribal, who kidnaps Princess Garnet Til Alexandros XVII of Alexandria as part of a gambit by the neighboring nation of Lindblum. The game was developed alongside Final Fantasy VIII. Envisioned by developers as a retrospective for the series, it departed from …
Wikipedia article of the day for May 23, 2021 Western Chalukya literature in Kannada Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 23, 2021 is Western Chalukya literature in Kannada . A large body of Western Chalukya literature in the Kannada language was produced during the empire's reign (973–1200) in present-day India (map pictured). Kannada literature from this period, usually considered Old Kannada, constituted the bulk of the Chalukya court's textual production and pertained mostly to the socio-religious development of the Jain faith, with some of that of the Shaiva faith. Important literary contributions in the Kann…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 22, 2021 Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 22, 2021 is Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), often considered the dawn of modern transport, took place on 15 September 1830. Eight trains set out from Liverpool to Manchester carrying dignitaries including the Duke of Wellington, then prime minister. At Parkside the trains stopped to take on water, and former cabinet minister William Huskisson alighted and was struck by a locomotive, suffering fatal injuries. As a large cro…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 21, 2021 George Vincent (painter) Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 21, 2021 is George Vincent (painter) . George Vincent (1796 – c. 1832) was an English landscape artist who produced watercolours, etchings and oil paintings. He is considered to be one of the most talented of the Norwich School of painters, a group of artists inspired by the Norfolk countryside. Vincent's work was founded on the Dutch school of landscape painting and the style of John Crome, also of the Norwich School. The son of a weaver, Vincent was apprenticed to Crome. Vincent exhibited at the …
Wikipedia article of the day for May 20, 2021 Battle of Rethymno Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 20, 2021 is Battle of Rethymno . The Battle of Rethymno was part of the Battle of Crete, fought during World War II on the Greek island of Crete between 20 and 29 May 1941. Two Australian battalions, supported by Greek forces, defended an airstrip and the nearby town of Rethymno against a German paratrooper attack (pictured). Due to confusion and delays at the airfields in Greece, the German assault was launched without direct air support, and drops occurred over an extended period rather than simultan…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 19, 2021 Angkor Wat Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 19, 2021 is Angkor Wat . Angkor Wat is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the capital city for King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as the state temple. The largest and best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center—first Hindu, then Buddhist—since its foundation. The temple is the epitome of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and is the country's prim…
Wikipedia article of the day for May 18, 2021 Burnley F.C. Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 18, 2021 is Burnley F.C. . Burnley Football Club is an English association football club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Founded in 1882, it was one of the first to become professional – in 1883. The club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86 and was one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888–89. The team currently compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Burnley have been champions of England twice, have won the FA Cup once, and the FA Charity Shield …
Wikipedia article of the day for May 17, 2021 Thomas Erpingham Online tailoring services
The Wikipedia article of the day for May 17, 2021 is Thomas Erpingham . Thomas Erpingham (c. 1355 – 27 June 1428) was an English soldier and administrator who served three generations of the House of Lancaster including two English kings. Through his access to royal patronage he acquired great wealth and influence. During the reign of Richard II he served under the King's uncle John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in Spain and Scotland, and with his son Henry Bolingbroke on crusades in Lithuania, Prussia and the Holy Land. On becoming king, …
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