Wikipedia news from April 29th, 2015

Jump to: navigation, search



Welcome to Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
4,859,931 articles in English

 Arts
Biography
Geography
 History
Mathematics
Science
 Society
Technology
All portals



From today's featured article


Philip V on a coin
The Cretan War (205–200 BC) was fought by King Philip V of Macedon (pictured) and a coalition that included several Cretan cities against the forces of Rhodes, Attalus I of Pergamum and their allies. Wishing to eliminate Rhodes, the king formed an alliance with pirates. With the Rhodian fleet and economy suffering from their depredations, Philip believed his chance to crush Rhodes was at hand; in alliance with the Seleucid Empire, he attacked the lands of Ptolemy V of Egypt and Rhodes' allies in the Balkans. In 201 BC, Rhodes, Pergamum and their allies defeated Philip at the Battle of Chios, but shortly afterwards, his fleet defeated the Rhodians at Lade. While he was plundering Pergamese land, Attalus went to Athens and secured an alliance against Macedon. Philip assailed Athens, but Rome warned him to withdraw or face war. After being defeated again by the Rhodian and Pergamese fleets, Philip withdrew to Greece. He rejected the Roman ultimatum to stop attacking Greek states, and the Romans invaded Macedon. The Cretan coalition cities, deprived of their strongest ally, were forced to sign a treaty favourable to Rhodes, ending the Cretan War. Three years later, the Romans defeated Philip in the Battle of Cynoscephalae. (Full article...)
Recently featured: History of the National Hockey League (1967–92) – Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) – Constance Stokes
Archive – By email – More featured articles...

Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Male pedipalp with copulatory bulb of Unicorn catleyi
... that at least one species of the goblin spider Unicorn (male pedipalp pictured) practices genital mutilation?
... that Elda Emma Anderson prepared the first sample of pure uranium-235 at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory?
... that one of the passengers of the wrecked steamship SS Nile escaped its sinking because he spent too long ashore drinking with a friend?
... that the Tamil poet Vairamuthu is the most frequent winner of the Indian National Film Award for Best Lyrics, winning six times?
... that A Hill Above the Clouds documents Vesna Krmpotić's journey to a faith embracing aspects of Ancient Egyptian and Indian philosophies, during her futile efforts to save her son from leukemia?
... that György Kurtág completed Stele as composer-in-residence with the Berlin Philharmonic, dedicating it to the orchestra and conductor Claudio Abbado?
... that in a Girl Scout troop formed at the Clinton Engineer Works, girls were registered just by their first names in order to safeguard their fathers' identities?
... that David Earle choreographed a recreation of the Stations of the Cross?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Omar al-Bashir
Omar al-Bashir (pictured) is re-elected President of Sudan.
Mustafa Akıncı is elected President of Northern Cyprus.
At the London Marathon, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge wins the men's race and Ethiopian Tigist Tufa wins the women's race.
More than 6,100 people die after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal.
The Armenian Apostolic Church canonizes 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Ongoing: Yemeni Civil War – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Marcel Pronovost – Władysław Bartoszewski

On this day...


April 29: Shōwa Day in Japan

Nancy Wake
1770 – British explorer James Cook and the crew of HMS Endeavour, the first European ship to land in eastern Australia, reached the coast of Botany Bay near present-day Sydney.
1862 – American Civil War: Union forces under David Farragut captured New Orleans, securing access into the Mississippi River.
1910 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
1944 – Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake (pictured) parachuted into the Auvergne, becoming a liaison between the Special Operations Executive and the local maquis group
1968 – The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opened at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
More anniversaries: April 28 – April 29 – April 30
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now April 29, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page




Today's featured picture


The Dakota
The Dakota, a cooperative apartment building located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, in 1890. The building, constructed between 1880 and 1884, was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh in a fusion of Renaissance revival and English Victorian styles. The Dakota has been home to numerous celebrities since opening, including actress Judy Garland, football player Joe Namath, composer Leonard Bernstein, and musician John Lennon.
Photograph: Historic American Buildings Survey; restoration: Lise Broer
Recently featured: Chestnut teal – The Pig-faced Lady of Manchester Square and the Spanish Mule of Madrid – Calipers

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 4,859,931 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 ·
 فارسی ·
 日本語 ·
 norsk bokmål ·
 português ·
 Tiếng Việt ·
 українська ·
 中文
  
More than 200,000 articles: العربية ·
 Bahasa Indonesia ·
 Bahasa Melayu ·
 čeština ·
 Esperanto ·
 euskara ·
 한국어 ·
 magyar ·
 română ·
 slovenčina ·
 српски / srpski ·
 srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски ·
 suomi ·
 Türkçe
  
More than 50,000 articles: bosanski ·
 български ·
 dansk ·
 eesti ·
 Ελληνικά ·
 English (simple) ·
 galego ·
 עברית ·
 hrvatski ·
 latviešu ·
 lietuvių ·
 norsk nynorsk ·
 slovenščina ·
 ไทย
  
Complete list of Wikipedias
  




Navigation menu



Create account
Log in



Main Page

Talk









Read

View source

View history

















Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store

Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page

Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item


Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version

Languages
Simple English
العربية
Bahasa Indonesia
Bahasa Melayu
Bosanski
Български
Català
Čeština
Dansk
Deutsch
Eesti
Ελληνικά
Español
Esperanto
Euskara
فارسی
Français
Galego
한국어
עברית
Hrvatski
Italiano
ქართული
Latviešu
Lietuvių
Magyar
Nederlands
日本語
Norsk bokmål
Norsk nynorsk
Polski
Português
Română
Русский
Slovenčina
Slovenščina
Српски / srpski
Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
Suomi
Svenska
ไทย
Tiếng Việt
Türkçe
Українська
中文
Complete list

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Mobile view
Wikimedia Foundation
Powered by MediaWiki
 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page





















Jump to: navigation, search



Welcome to Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
4,859,931 articles in English

 Arts
Biography
Geography
 History
Mathematics
Science
 Society
Technology
All portals



From today's featured article


Philip V on a coin
The Cretan War (205–200 BC) was fought by King Philip V of Macedon (pictured) and a coalition that included several Cretan cities against the forces of Rhodes, Attalus I of Pergamum and their allies. Wishing to eliminate Rhodes, the king formed an alliance with pirates. With the Rhodian fleet and economy suffering from their depredations, Philip believed his chance to crush Rhodes was at hand; in alliance with the Seleucid Empire, he attacked the lands of Ptolemy V of Egypt and Rhodes' allies in the Balkans. In 201 BC, Rhodes, Pergamum and their allies defeated Philip at the Battle of Chios, but shortly afterwards, his fleet defeated the Rhodians at Lade. While he was plundering Pergamese land, Attalus went to Athens and secured an alliance against Macedon. Philip assailed Athens, but Rome warned him to withdraw or face war. After being defeated again by the Rhodian and Pergamese fleets, Philip withdrew to Greece. He rejected the Roman ultimatum to stop attacking Greek states, and the Romans invaded Macedon. The Cretan coalition cities, deprived of their strongest ally, were forced to sign a treaty favourable to Rhodes, ending the Cretan War. Three years later, the Romans defeated Philip in the Battle of Cynoscephalae. (Full article...)
Recently featured: History of the National Hockey League (1967–92) – Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) – Constance Stokes
Archive – By email – More featured articles...

Did you know...


From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Male pedipalp with copulatory bulb of Unicorn catleyi
... that at least one species of the goblin spider Unicorn (male pedipalp pictured) practices genital mutilation?
... that Elda Emma Anderson prepared the first sample of pure uranium-235 at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory?
... that one of the passengers of the wrecked steamship SS Nile escaped its sinking because he spent too long ashore drinking with a friend?
... that the Tamil poet Vairamuthu is the most frequent winner of the Indian National Film Award for Best Lyrics, winning six times?
... that A Hill Above the Clouds documents Vesna Krmpotić's journey to a faith embracing aspects of Ancient Egyptian and Indian philosophies, during her futile efforts to save her son from leukemia?
... that György Kurtág completed Stele as composer-in-residence with the Berlin Philharmonic, dedicating it to the orchestra and conductor Claudio Abbado?
... that in a Girl Scout troop formed at the Clinton Engineer Works, girls were registered just by their first names in order to safeguard their fathers' identities?
... that David Earle choreographed a recreation of the Stations of the Cross?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Omar al-Bashir
Omar al-Bashir (pictured) is re-elected President of Sudan.
Mustafa Akıncı is elected President of Northern Cyprus.
At the London Marathon, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge wins the men's race and Ethiopian Tigist Tufa wins the women's race.
More than 6,100 people die after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal.
The Armenian Apostolic Church canonizes 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Ongoing: Yemeni Civil War – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Recent deaths: Marcel Pronovost – Władysław Bartoszewski

On this day...


April 29: Shōwa Day in Japan

Nancy Wake
1770 – British explorer James Cook and the crew of HMS Endeavour, the first European ship to land in eastern Australia, reached the coast of Botany Bay near present-day Sydney.
1862 – American Civil War: Union forces under David Farragut captured New Orleans, securing access into the Mississippi River.
1910 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
1944 – Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake (pictured) parachuted into the Auvergne, becoming a liaison between the Special Operations Executive and the local maquis group
1968 – The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opened at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
More anniversaries: April 28 – April 29 – April 30
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now April 29, 2015 (UTC) – Reload this page




Today's featured picture


The Dakota
The Dakota, a cooperative apartment building located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, in 1890. The building, constructed between 1880 and 1884, was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh in a fusion of Renaissance revival and English Victorian styles. The Dakota has been home to numerous celebrities since opening, including actress Judy Garland, football player Joe Namath, composer Leonard Bernstein, and musician John Lennon.
Photograph: Historic American Buildings Survey; restoration: Lise Broer
Recently featured: Chestnut teal – The Pig-faced Lady of Manchester Square and the Spanish Mule of Madrid – Calipers

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 4,859,931 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 ·
 فارسی ·
 日本語 ·
 norsk bokmål ·
 português ·
 Tiếng Việt ·
 українська ·
 中文
  
More than 200,000 articles: العربية ·
 Bahasa Indonesia ·
 Bahasa Melayu ·
 čeština ·
 Esperanto ·
 euskara ·
 한국어 ·
 magyar ·
 română ·
 slovenčina ·
 српски / srpski ·
 srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски ·
 suomi ·
 Türkçe
  
More than 50,000 articles: bosanski ·
 български ·
 dansk ·
 eesti ·
 Ελληνικά ·
 English (simple) ·
 galego ·
 עברית ·
 hrvatski ·
 latviešu ·
 lietuvių ·
 norsk nynorsk ·
 slovenščina ·
 ไทย
  
Complete list of Wikipedias
  




Navigation menu



Create account
Log in



Main Page

Talk









Read

View source

View history

















Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store

Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page

Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item


Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version

Languages
Simple English
العربية
Bahasa Indonesia
Bahasa Melayu
Bosanski
Български
Català
Čeština
Dansk
Deutsch
Eesti
Ελληνικά
Español
Esperanto
Euskara
فارسی
Français
Galego
한국어
עברית
Hrvatski
Italiano
ქართული
Latviešu
Lietuvių
Magyar
Nederlands
日本語
Norsk bokmål
Norsk nynorsk
Polski
Português
Română
Русский
Slovenčina
Slovenščina
Српски / srpski
Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
Suomi
Svenska
ไทย
Tiếng Việt
Türkçe
Українська
中文
Complete list

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Mobile view
Wikimedia Foundation
Powered by MediaWiki
 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page