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RZA in 2009
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the debut album of American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released in November 1993 on Loud Records and distributed through RCA Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during 1992 and 1993 at Firehouse Studio in New York City, and it was mastered at The Hit Factory. The album's title originates from the martial arts film The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978). The group's de facto leader RZA (pictured), produced the album, utilizing heavy, eerie beats and a sound largely based on martial-arts movie clips and soul music samples. The album's distinctive sound created a blueprint for hardcore hip hop during the 1990s and helped return New York City hip hop to national prominence. Its sound also became hugely influential in modern hip hop production, while the group members' explicit, humorous, and free-associative lyrics have served as a template for many subsequent hip hop records. Receiving generally positive reviews from contemporary critics, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is regarded by music writers as one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. (Full article...)
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Doug Stone at CMA Music Festival, June 2010
... that Doug Stone (pictured) was the only artist that Epic Records' Bob Montgomery signed without seeing a live performance first?
... that 703 cloud seeding missions took place in Fujian Province to increase rainfall following Tropical Storm Morakot?
... that the American colonial newspaper publisher John Holt has been labeled by a modern day historian "the most important Radical printer outside Boston" during the American Revolution?
... that Bharatiya Janata Party politician Neena Verma won the 2008 Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly election from Dhar by a margin of only one vote?
... that only two U.S. states, New Jersey and California, have laws criminalizing revenge porn?
... that the British film Stalled, about a man trapped in a woman's bathroom being attacked by zombies, has screened at Korean and Swedish film festivals?
... that the technique of darkening oak by ammonia fuming was discovered accidentally when boards stored in a stable were darkened by fumes from horse urine?
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Fiorente, ridden by Damien Oliver
Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest tropical cyclone of 2013, makes landfall in the Philippines.
A court in Bangladesh sentences 152 people to death for their part in the Bangladesh Rifles revolt.
The Congolese army declares a defeat of the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In horse racing, Fiorente (pictured), ridden by Damien Oliver, wins the Melbourne Cup.
India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
Kenyans Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Jeptoo win the New York City Marathon.
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November 8: St. Demetrius' Day (Coptic Church and Serbian Orthodox Church)

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
1644 – The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming Dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
1837 – In South Hadley, Massachusetts, US, Mary Lyon founded a seminary for women that became Mount Holyoke College, the first of the Seven Sisters group of colleges.
1895 – German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (pictured) produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known today as X-ray.
1940 – The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
1965 – The United Kingdom split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches from the Seychelles to form the British Indian Ocean Territory.
More anniversaries: November 7 – November 8 – November 9
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Democratic presidential ticket, 1864
A Democratic campaign poster from the United States presidential election of 1864, showing presidential candidate George B. McClellan (left) and his running-mate George H. Pendleton. They lost to the Republican candidate, incumbent Abraham Lincoln, who became the first American president in 32 years to be reelected.
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RZA in 2009
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the debut album of American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released in November 1993 on Loud Records and distributed through RCA Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during 1992 and 1993 at Firehouse Studio in New York City, and it was mastered at The Hit Factory. The album's title originates from the martial arts film The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978). The group's de facto leader RZA (pictured), produced the album, utilizing heavy, eerie beats and a sound largely based on martial-arts movie clips and soul music samples. The album's distinctive sound created a blueprint for hardcore hip hop during the 1990s and helped return New York City hip hop to national prominence. Its sound also became hugely influential in modern hip hop production, while the group members' explicit, humorous, and free-associative lyrics have served as a template for many subsequent hip hop records. Receiving generally positive reviews from contemporary critics, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is regarded by music writers as one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. (Full article...)
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Doug Stone at CMA Music Festival, June 2010
... that Doug Stone (pictured) was the only artist that Epic Records' Bob Montgomery signed without seeing a live performance first?
... that 703 cloud seeding missions took place in Fujian Province to increase rainfall following Tropical Storm Morakot?
... that the American colonial newspaper publisher John Holt has been labeled by a modern day historian "the most important Radical printer outside Boston" during the American Revolution?
... that Bharatiya Janata Party politician Neena Verma won the 2008 Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly election from Dhar by a margin of only one vote?
... that only two U.S. states, New Jersey and California, have laws criminalizing revenge porn?
... that the British film Stalled, about a man trapped in a woman's bathroom being attacked by zombies, has screened at Korean and Swedish film festivals?
... that the technique of darkening oak by ammonia fuming was discovered accidentally when boards stored in a stable were darkened by fumes from horse urine?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news
 

Fiorente, ridden by Damien Oliver
Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest tropical cyclone of 2013, makes landfall in the Philippines.
A court in Bangladesh sentences 152 people to death for their part in the Bangladesh Rifles revolt.
The Congolese army declares a defeat of the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In horse racing, Fiorente (pictured), ridden by Damien Oliver, wins the Melbourne Cup.
India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
Kenyans Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Jeptoo win the New York City Marathon.
Recent deaths – More current events...
 
On this day...
 

November 8: St. Demetrius' Day (Coptic Church and Serbian Orthodox Church)

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
1644 – The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming Dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
1837 – In South Hadley, Massachusetts, US, Mary Lyon founded a seminary for women that became Mount Holyoke College, the first of the Seven Sisters group of colleges.
1895 – German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (pictured) produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known today as X-ray.
1940 – The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
1965 – The United Kingdom split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches from the Seychelles to form the British Indian Ocean Territory.
More anniversaries: November 7 – November 8 – November 9
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It is now November 8, 2013 (UTC) – Reload this page

 

Today's featured picture
 

Democratic presidential ticket, 1864
A Democratic campaign poster from the United States presidential election of 1864, showing presidential candidate George B. McClellan (left) and his running-mate George H. Pendleton. They lost to the Republican candidate, incumbent Abraham Lincoln, who became the first American president in 32 years to be reelected.
Lithograph: Currier and Ives; Restoration: Lise Broer
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