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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
Recently featured: Jane Cobden – Banksia dentata – Alexander Cameron Rutherford
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Gray dorcopsis
... that the white-striped, the gray (pictured), the black and the brown dorcopsis are endemic to New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Miroslav Klose in 2012
The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
Miroslav Klose (pictured) of Germany becomes the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a semifinal match against host Brazil.
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

On this day...


July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
More anniversaries: July 10 – July 11 – July 12
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now July 11, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




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A photograph of a marble relief under an arch in a wall between two vertical pillars with eight white candles in the foreground
Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
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In the Conservatory
In the Conservatory is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet which depicts a married couple, Manet's friends the Guillemets, in a conservatory in Paris then owned by painter Otto Rosen. Despite a hint of intimacy from the proximity of their hands, the couple appear detached from both each other and the conservatory around them. First exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon, the painting is now held at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Painting: Édouard Manet
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Welcome to Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
4,554,083 articles in English

 ##Arts
##Biography
##Geography
 ##History
##Mathematics
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From today's featured article


Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
Recently featured: Jane Cobden – Banksia dentata – Alexander Cameron Rutherford
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Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Gray dorcopsis
##... that the white-striped, the gray (pictured), the black and the brown dorcopsis are endemic to New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
##... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
##... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
##... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
##... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
##... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
##... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Miroslav Klose in 2012
##The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
##Miroslav Klose (pictured) of Germany becomes the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a semifinal match against host Brazil.
##Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
##The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
##Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
##In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
##Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

On this day...


July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
##1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
##1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
##1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
##1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
##1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
More anniversaries: July 10 – July 11 – July 12
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now July 11, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




From today's featured list


A photograph of a marble relief under an arch in a wall between two vertical pillars with eight white candles in the foreground
Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
Recently featured: Shooting thaler – First Ladies of the United States – Square Enix companion books
Archive – More featured lists...




Today's featured picture


In the Conservatory
In the Conservatory is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet which depicts a married couple, Manet's friends the Guillemets, in a conservatory in Paris then owned by painter Otto Rosen. Despite a hint of intimacy from the proximity of their hands, the couple appear detached from both each other and the conservatory around them. First exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon, the painting is now held at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Painting: Édouard Manet
Recently featured: HEALPix projection – Red-crested pochard – The Splatters

Archive – More featured pictures...




Other areas of Wikipedia
##Community portal – Bulletin board, projects, resources and activities covering a wide range of Wikipedia areas.
##Help desk – Ask questions about using Wikipedia.
##Local embassy – For Wikipedia-related communication in languages other than English.
##Reference desk – Serving as virtual librarians, Wikipedia volunteers tackle your questions on a wide range of subjects.
##Site news – Announcements, updates, articles and press releases on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation.
##Village pump – For discussions about Wikipedia itself, including areas for technical issues and policies.

Wikipedia's sister projects
Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects:
Commons Commons
 Free media repository MediaWiki MediaWiki
 Wiki software development Meta-Wiki Meta-Wiki
 Wikimedia project coordination
Wikibooks Wikibooks
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Wikiversity Wikiversity
 Free learning materials and activities Wikivoyage Wikivoyage
 Free travel guide Wiktionary Wiktionary
 Dictionary and thesaurus

Wikipedia languages

This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,554,083 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
##More than 1,000,000 articles: Deutsch ·
 español ·
 français ·
 italiano ·
 Nederlands ·
 polski ·
 русский ·
 svenska
  
##More than 400,000 articles: català ·
 日本語 ·
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 português ·
 Tiếng Việt ·
 українська ·
 中文
  
##More than 200,000 articles: العربية ·
 Bahasa Indonesia ·
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 српски / srpski ·
 فارسی ·
 한국어 ·
 magyar ·
 română ·
 suomi ·
 Türkçe
  
##More than 50,000 articles: български ·
 dansk ·
 eesti ·
 Ελληνικά ·
 English (simple) ·
 Esperanto ·
 euskara ·
 galego ·
 עברית ·
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 hrvatski ·
 latviešu ·
 lietuvių ·
 norsk nynorsk ·
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Welcome to Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
4,554,083 articles in English

 ##Arts
##Biography
##Geography
 ##History
##Mathematics
##Science
 ##Society
##Technology
##All portals



From today's featured article


Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
Recently featured: Jane Cobden – Banksia dentata – Alexander Cameron Rutherford
Archive – By email – More featured articles...

Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Gray dorcopsis
##... that the white-striped, the gray (pictured), the black and the brown dorcopsis are endemic to New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
##... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
##... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
##... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
##... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
##... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
##... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Miroslav Klose in 2012
##The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
##Miroslav Klose (pictured) of Germany becomes the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a semifinal match against host Brazil.
##Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
##The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
##Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
##In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
##Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

On this day...


July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
##1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
##1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
##1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
##1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
##1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
More anniversaries: July 10 – July 11 – July 12
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now July 11, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




From today's featured list


A photograph of a marble relief under an arch in a wall between two vertical pillars with eight white candles in the foreground
Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
Recently featured: Shooting thaler – First Ladies of the United States – Square Enix companion books
Archive – More featured lists...




Today's featured picture


In the Conservatory
In the Conservatory is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet which depicts a married couple, Manet's friends the Guillemets, in a conservatory in Paris then owned by painter Otto Rosen. Despite a hint of intimacy from the proximity of their hands, the couple appear detached from both each other and the conservatory around them. First exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon, the painting is now held at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Painting: Édouard Manet
Recently featured: HEALPix projection – Red-crested pochard – The Splatters

Archive – More featured pictures...




Other areas of Wikipedia
##Community portal – Bulletin board, projects, resources and activities covering a wide range of Wikipedia areas.
##Help desk – Ask questions about using Wikipedia.
##Local embassy – For Wikipedia-related communication in languages other than English.
##Reference desk – Serving as virtual librarians, Wikipedia volunteers tackle your questions on a wide range of subjects.
##Site news – Announcements, updates, articles and press releases on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation.
##Village pump – For discussions about Wikipedia itself, including areas for technical issues and policies.

Wikipedia's sister projects
Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects:
Commons Commons
 Free media repository MediaWiki MediaWiki
 Wiki software development Meta-Wiki Meta-Wiki
 Wikimedia project coordination
Wikibooks Wikibooks
 Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Wikidata
 Free knowledge base Wikinews Wikinews
 Free-content news
Wikiquote Wikiquote
 Collection of quotations Wikisource Wikisource
 Free-content library Wikispecies Wikispecies
 Directory of species
Wikiversity Wikiversity
 Free learning materials and activities Wikivoyage Wikivoyage
 Free travel guide Wiktionary Wiktionary
 Dictionary and thesaurus

Wikipedia languages

This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,554,083 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
##More than 1,000,000 articles: Deutsch ·
 español ·
 français ·
 italiano ·
 Nederlands ·
 polski ·
 русский ·
 svenska
  
##More than 400,000 articles: català ·
 日本語 ·
 norsk bokmål ·
 português ·
 Tiếng Việt ·
 українська ·
 中文
  
##More than 200,000 articles: العربية ·
 Bahasa Indonesia ·
 Bahasa Melayu ·
 čeština ·
 српски / srpski ·
 فارسی ·
 한국어 ·
 magyar ·
 română ·
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Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
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##... that the white-striped, the gray (pictured), the black and the brown dorcopsis are endemic to New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
##... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
##... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
##... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
##... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
##... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
##... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"?
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##The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
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##Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
##The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
##Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
##In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
##Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

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July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
##1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
##1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
##1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
##1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
##1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
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Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
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Gray dorcopsis
##... that the white-striped, the gray (pictured), the black and the brown dorcopsis are endemic to New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
##... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
##... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
##... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
##... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
##... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
##... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
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Miroslav Klose in 2012
##The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
##Miroslav Klose (pictured) of Germany becomes the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a semifinal match against host Brazil.
##Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
##The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
##Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
##In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
##Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

On this day...


July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
##1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
##1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
##1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
##1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
##1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
More anniversaries: July 10 – July 11 – July 12
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now July 11, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




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A photograph of a marble relief under an arch in a wall between two vertical pillars with eight white candles in the foreground
Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
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In the Conservatory
In the Conservatory is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet which depicts a married couple, Manet's friends the Guillemets, in a conservatory in Paris then owned by painter Otto Rosen. Despite a hint of intimacy from the proximity of their hands, the couple appear detached from both each other and the conservatory around them. First exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon, the painting is now held at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Painting: Édouard Manet
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This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,554,083 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
##More than 1,000,000 articles: Deutsch ·
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From today's featured article


Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
Recently featured: Jane Cobden – Banksia dentata – Alexander Cameron Rutherford
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Gray dorcopsis
... that the white-striped, the gray (pictured), the black and the brown dorcopsis are endemic to New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Miroslav Klose in 2012
The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
Miroslav Klose (pictured) of Germany becomes the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a semifinal match against host Brazil.
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

On this day...


July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
More anniversaries: July 10 – July 11 – July 12
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now July 11, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




From today's featured list


A photograph of a marble relief under an arch in a wall between two vertical pillars with eight white candles in the foreground
Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
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Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
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... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
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Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

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July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
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A photograph of a marble relief under an arch in a wall between two vertical pillars with eight white candles in the foreground
Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
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In the Conservatory
In the Conservatory is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet which depicts a married couple, Manet's friends the Guillemets, in a conservatory in Paris then owned by painter Otto Rosen. Despite a hint of intimacy from the proximity of their hands, the couple appear detached from both each other and the conservatory around them. First exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon, the painting is now held at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Painting: Édouard Manet
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This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,554,083 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
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Gray dorcopsis
... that the white-striped, the gray (pictured), the black and the brown dorcopsis are endemic to New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Miroslav Klose in 2012
The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
Miroslav Klose (pictured) of Germany becomes the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a semifinal match against host Brazil.
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

On this day...


July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
More anniversaries: July 10 – July 11 – July 12
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now July 11, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




From today's featured list


A photograph of a marble relief under an arch in a wall between two vertical pillars with eight white candles in the foreground
Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
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In the Conservatory
In the Conservatory is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet which depicts a married couple, Manet's friends the Guillemets, in a conservatory in Paris then owned by painter Otto Rosen. Despite a hint of intimacy from the proximity of their hands, the couple appear detached from both each other and the conservatory around them. First exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon, the painting is now held at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Painting: Édouard Manet
Recently featured: HEALPix projection – Red-crested pochard – The Splatters

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Wikiquote Wikiquote
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 Free-content library Wikispecies Wikispecies
 Directory of species
Wikiversity Wikiversity
 Free learning materials and activities Wikivoyage Wikivoyage
 Free travel guide Wiktionary Wiktionary
 Dictionary and thesaurus

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This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,554,083 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
More than 1,000,000 articles: Deutsch ·
 español ·
 français ·
 italiano ·
 Nederlands ·
 polski ·
 русский ·
 svenska
  
More than 400,000 articles: català ·
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More than 200,000 articles: العربية ·
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From today's featured article


Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
Recently featured: Jane Cobden – Banksia dentata – Alexander Cameron Rutherford
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Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Gray dorcopsis
... that the white-striped, the gray (pictured), the black and the brown dorcopsis are endemic to New Guinea and inhabit parts of the island in the north, south, east and west respectively?
... that pitcher Ed Beatin, who had "the most astonishing slow ball that was ever offered up to a batter", was twice a 20-game winner?
... that the popular children's book The Discovery of America (1781) portrayed Christopher Columbus as a hero, and Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro as antiheroes?
... that the c. 8th-century medical text Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah, attributed to Ali al-Ridha, is also known as the "Golden Treatise"?
... that Ethan Allen and Philip Skene planned to create a new British colony in the region around Lake Champlain, with Skene as its governor?
... that some employees of Moon Studios, developers of Ori and the Blind Forest, had never met face to face until the game was unveiled at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo?
... that financier James Goldsmith said he hoped that investigative journalist Barbara Conway would "choke on her own vomit"?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Miroslav Klose in 2012
The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
Miroslav Klose (pictured) of Germany becomes the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a semifinal match against host Brazil.
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

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July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
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Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
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Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees, Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture, and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. (Full article...)
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Miroslav Klose in 2012
The maiden flight of the Russian Angara rocket concludes successfully.
Miroslav Klose (pictured) of Germany becomes the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history during a semifinal match against host Brazil.
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amidst rising tensions following the killing of Israeli teenagers in June.
The prehistoric Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
Twenty-nine people are killed in two attacks in Lamu, Kenya.
In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Novak Djokovic winning the men's singles and Petra Kvitová winning the women's singles.
Ukrainian armed forces take control of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Ongoing: Ebola outbreak
Recent deaths: Alfredo Di Stéfano

On this day...


July 11: Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; Naadam begins in Mongolia

Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
1405 – Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral Zheng He's expeditionary fleet (pictured) set sail towards foreign regions on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
1848 – London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
1914 – USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought", was launched.
1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
More anniversaries: July 10 – July 11 – July 12
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now July 11, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




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A photograph of a marble relief under an arch in a wall between two vertical pillars with eight white candles in the foreground
Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing less than half of the 264 deceased popes. In the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila (pictured). The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Most extant papal tombs are located in St. Peter's Basilica, other major churches of Rome, or other churches of Italy, France, and Germany. (Full list...)
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In the Conservatory
In the Conservatory is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet which depicts a married couple, Manet's friends the Guillemets, in a conservatory in Paris then owned by painter Otto Rosen. Despite a hint of intimacy from the proximity of their hands, the couple appear detached from both each other and the conservatory around them. First exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon, the painting is now held at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Painting: Édouard Manet
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