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St James' Church
St James' Church is an Anglican parish church in Sydney, Australia. Named in honour of St James the Great, it is the oldest extant church building in the city's inner region and has been in continuous service since it was consecrated in February 1824. Its original ministry was to the early convict population of Sydney as well as to the administrative élite. In succeeding centuries, the church has maintained a special role in the city's religious, civic and musical life as well as close associations with the legal and medical professions. The church building was designed in the style of a Georgian town church by the transported convict architect Francis Greenway. Worship is in a style commonly found in the High Church and moderate Anglo-Catholic traditions of Anglicanism, in contrast to the majority of churches in its diocese where services are generally in the style associated with Low Church. The teaching at St James' has a more liberal perspective than most churches in the diocese on issues of gender and the ordination of women. Part of a historical precinct, it is listed on the Register of the National Estate and has been described as one of the world's 80 greatest man-made treasures. (Full article...)
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Nea Agora in Rhodes
... that Florestano Di Fausto was described as the "Architect of the Mediterra­nean" for his works in Italy, Albania, the Dodecanese (building in Rhodes pictured) and Libya?
... that the play Golgota Picnic has been the target of protests by conservative Christian groups in France and Poland?
... that National Rifle Association leader Harlon Carter's conviction for murder as a teenager was overturned on appeal?
... that typographers at the Fann Street Foundry created the first lower-case sans serif typeface, and the first patented one?
... that Janey Ironside was a "style icon" who taught fashion to Antony Price, Ossie Clark and Zandra Rhodes?
... that the wealthy couple who built the Episcopal church in Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee, had shocked Nashville society with their 1864 marriage?
... that Robban Andersson ate thirteen sausages in two minutes for Talang 2010?
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Man swinging golf club
Air Algérie Flight 5017, en route from Ouagadougou to Algiers, crashes in Mali with 116 people on board.
TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Taiwan, killing at least 48 people.
Joko Widodo is elected President of Indonesia.
In golf, Rory McIlroy (pictured) wins the Open Championship.
Militants attack a checkpoint in Egypt's western desert region, killing 22 soldiers.
The Cook Islands Party retains its majority in the Cook Islands general election.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, is shot down in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
Israel launches a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Ongoing: Commonwealth Games – Ukrainian unrest
Recent deaths: James Garner – Elaine Stritch

On this day...


July 25: International Quds Day; Commonwealth Constitution Day in Puerto Rico (1952)

Louis Blériot
1261 – Alexios Strategopoulos led the Nicaean forces of Michael VIII Palaiologos to recapture Constantinople, re-establish the Byzantine Empire, and end the Latin Empire.
1814 – War of 1812: In present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario, the United States and Great Britain engaged in Battle of Lundy's Lane, one of the deadliest ever fought on Canadian soil.
1909 – French aviator Louis Blériot (pictured) crossed the English Channel in a heavier-than-air flying machine, flying from near Calais, France, to Dover, England.
1978 – Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation, was born in Oldham, England.
2010 – WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
More anniversaries: July 24 – July 25 – July 26
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It is now July 25, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




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Black and white line drawing of A. J. Raffles
E. W. Hornung's writing career lasted from 1887 until his death in 1921. Born in England, Hornung spent two years in Australia for health reasons, and used his Australian experiences as background to a number of novels once he had returned to Britain to begin writing professionally. Hornung had his first work published in 1887—the short story "Stroke of Five" in Belgravia magazine. His first novel, A Bride from the Bush, was published in 1890. In 1899 he published The Amateur Cracksman, a series of short stories about A. J. Raffles (drawing pictured), a gentleman thief in late-Victorian Britain, and his friend Bunny Manders: the two were the criminal counterparts to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Hornung dedicated the book to his brother-in-law, the writer Arthur Conan Doyle. Hornung was a prolific writer, completing 21 novels, three editions of poetry and two works of non-fiction, but it is for the character of Raffles that he is best remembered. Hornung's son Oscar was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres in July 1915, which marked the end of Hornung's work in fiction. (Full list...)
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Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum is a lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1811, the school produced 286 graduates, including the poet Anton Delvig and statesman Dmitry Tolstoy, before it was moved to Saint Petersburg in 1844.
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St James' Church
St James' Church is an Anglican parish church in Sydney, Australia. Named in honour of St James the Great, it is the oldest extant church building in the city's inner region and has been in continuous service since it was consecrated in February 1824. Its original ministry was to the early convict population of Sydney as well as to the administrative élite. In succeeding centuries, the church has maintained a special role in the city's religious, civic and musical life as well as close associations with the legal and medical professions. The church building was designed in the style of a Georgian town church by the transported convict architect Francis Greenway. Worship is in a style commonly found in the High Church and moderate Anglo-Catholic traditions of Anglicanism, in contrast to the majority of churches in its diocese where services are generally in the style associated with Low Church. The teaching at St James' has a more liberal perspective than most churches in the diocese on issues of gender and the ordination of women. Part of a historical precinct, it is listed on the Register of the National Estate and has been described as one of the world's 80 greatest man-made treasures. (Full article...)
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Nea Agora in Rhodes
... that Florestano Di Fausto was described as the "Architect of the Mediterra­nean" for his works in Italy, Albania, the Dodecanese (building in Rhodes pictured) and Libya?
... that the play Golgota Picnic has been the target of protests by conservative Christian groups in France and Poland?
... that National Rifle Association leader Harlon Carter's conviction for murder as a teenager was overturned on appeal?
... that typographers at the Fann Street Foundry created the first lower-case sans serif typeface, and the first patented one?
... that Janey Ironside was a "style icon" who taught fashion to Antony Price, Ossie Clark and Zandra Rhodes?
... that the wealthy couple who built the Episcopal church in Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee, had shocked Nashville society with their 1864 marriage?
... that Robban Andersson ate thirteen sausages in two minutes for Talang 2010?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Man swinging golf club
Air Algérie Flight 5017, en route from Ouagadougou to Algiers, crashes in Mali with 116 people on board.
TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Taiwan, killing at least 48 people.
Joko Widodo is elected President of Indonesia.
In golf, Rory McIlroy (pictured) wins the Open Championship.
Militants attack a checkpoint in Egypt's western desert region, killing 22 soldiers.
The Cook Islands Party retains its majority in the Cook Islands general election.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, is shot down in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
Israel launches a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Ongoing: Commonwealth Games – Ukrainian unrest
Recent deaths: James Garner – Elaine Stritch

On this day...


July 25: International Quds Day; Commonwealth Constitution Day in Puerto Rico (1952)

Louis Blériot
1261 – Alexios Strategopoulos led the Nicaean forces of Michael VIII Palaiologos to recapture Constantinople, re-establish the Byzantine Empire, and end the Latin Empire.
1814 – War of 1812: In present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario, the United States and Great Britain engaged in Battle of Lundy's Lane, one of the deadliest ever fought on Canadian soil.
1909 – French aviator Louis Blériot (pictured) crossed the English Channel in a heavier-than-air flying machine, flying from near Calais, France, to Dover, England.
1978 – Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation, was born in Oldham, England.
2010 – WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
More anniversaries: July 24 – July 25 – July 26
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now July 25, 2014 (UTC) – Reload this page




From today's featured list


Black and white line drawing of A. J. Raffles
E. W. Hornung's writing career lasted from 1887 until his death in 1921. Born in England, Hornung spent two years in Australia for health reasons, and used his Australian experiences as background to a number of novels once he had returned to Britain to begin writing professionally. Hornung had his first work published in 1887—the short story "Stroke of Five" in Belgravia magazine. His first novel, A Bride from the Bush, was published in 1890. In 1899 he published The Amateur Cracksman, a series of short stories about A. J. Raffles (drawing pictured), a gentleman thief in late-Victorian Britain, and his friend Bunny Manders: the two were the criminal counterparts to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Hornung dedicated the book to his brother-in-law, the writer Arthur Conan Doyle. Hornung was a prolific writer, completing 21 novels, three editions of poetry and two works of non-fiction, but it is for the character of Raffles that he is best remembered. Hornung's son Oscar was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres in July 1915, which marked the end of Hornung's work in fiction. (Full list...)
Recently featured: Australian George Cross recipients – Polish flags – FIFA World Cup finals
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Today's featured picture


Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum is a lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1811, the school produced 286 graduates, including the poet Anton Delvig and statesman Dmitry Tolstoy, before it was moved to Saint Petersburg in 1844.
Photo: Florstein
Recently featured: Map of the Battle of Tinian – Lauren Mitchell – Orange-bellied parrot

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 español ·
 français ·
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