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Anna Lee Fisher (born August 24, 1949) is an American chemist, emergency physician and former NASA astronaut who was the first mother to fly in space. Fisher became an astronaut candidate with NASA Astronaut Group 8 and joined the Astronaut Office for the development of the Canadarm and the testing of payload bay door contingency spacewalk procedures. She was assigned to the search and rescue helicopters for four Space Shuttle missions, then involved in the verification of flight software at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and supported vehicle integration and payload testing at Kennedy Space Center. She flew into space on Space Shuttle Discovery for the STS-51-A mission and used the Canadarm to retrieve two satellites in incorrect orbits. Fisher then worked on procedures and training issues for the International Space Station (ISS), was a capsule communicator (CAPCOM) and the lead CAPCOM for ISS Expedition 33, and was involved in developing the display for the Orion spacecraft. (Full article...)

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• ... that a commentator said the McLaren MCL60 underwent "one of the most impressive in-season development steps ever seen" in Formula One?
• ... that Kanaria's song "King" has been characterized as an allegory for the house arrest, trial, and execution of Louis XVI?
• ... that a schoolteacher tried to make left-footed footballer Norman Hunter play right-footed?
• ... that the Santos Passos Church in Guimarães, Portugal, was declared a royal chapel by King Luís I in 1878?
• ... that the United States' largest planned solar project, Mammoth Solar, is named after mastodon fossils rather than its size?
• ... that a lyric in the song "Hands on Me" is about Meghan Trainor being unable to have sex due to pelvic floor damage?
• ... that William Hewett was the last-surviving British Army officer to have fought at the Battle of Waterloo?
• ... that a 1938 Catholic procession featured 80,000 marchers and one blimp?

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August 24: Feast day of Saint Bartholomew (Western Christianity); Independence Day in Ukraine (1991)

Burning of Washington

• 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: An Anglo-Dutch fleet engaged a French naval force at the Battle of Málaga in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1814 – War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House (pictured).
• 1889 – The New Zealand Native football team, predominantly comprising Māori players, concluded their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history.
• 1914 – The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of World War I.
• 1954 – In the midst of a political crisis, Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas fatally shot himself in the Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro.

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Baryte is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO4). Generally white or colorless, it is the main source of the element barium, an alkaline earth metal. It is found across the world and can be deposited through biogenic and hydrothermal processes or evaporation. Early records of baryte date to the 16th century, when a radiating form gained notoriety among alchemists for specimens found near Bologna, Italy. Carl Wilhelm Scheele determined that baryte contained a new element in 1774, but elemental barium was not isolated until 1808 by Humphry Davy, using electrolysis of molten barium salts. Modern uses of baryte include oil and gas drilling, oxygen and sulfur isotopic analysis, and radiometric dating. These crystals of baryte on a dolomite crystal matrix was found at Cerro Warihuyn in Miraflores District, Peru. This photograph was focus-stacked from 24 separate images. Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus Recently featured: Portrait of Ambroise Vollard Sailfin snapper Marie Curie Archive More featured pictures

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Symbol of the 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS

The 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the Nazi Party that served alongside, but was never formally part of, the German armed forces during World War II. Formed on 18 July 1944 from a battalion, it was understrength and was soon reduced to a brigade. Its main task was fighting partisans on the rugged frontiers of Yugoslavia, Italy, and Austria, and it consisted mainly of ethnic Germans from Yugoslavia and Italy. It also disarmed Italian troops and protected ethnic German communities in Italy in the wake of the Italian surrender. Members of the division were implicated in the 25 August 1944 murder of 33 people in the village of Torlano near Nimis in Italy, and 22 other major crimes. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS was declared to be a criminal organisation due to its major involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Full article...)

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• ... that women seeking abortions in Eswatini or in Lesotho may travel to neighbouring South Africa, where it is legal?
• ... that New Zealand mayor Georgina Beyer was the world's first openly transgender mayor?
• ... that during World War II an armed resistance group was based at the Norwegian Soy Flour Plant in Larvik?
• ... that Moain Sadeq led excavations at Tell es-Sakan in the Gaza Strip, the oldest-known ancient Egyptian fortification to be excavated?
• ... that Richard Swanson died while trying to dribble a soccer ball from Seattle to São Paulo?
• ... that Winston Churchill was often portrayed as a bulldog, but his personal pet dog during the Second World War was a poodle?
• ... that when Didier Berthod failed to make the first free ascent of Cobra Crack in 2005, he quit climbing and became a Franciscan monk?
• ... that voice actress Aoi Koga has an interest in manhole covers?

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August 25

Rings of Neptune

• 1258 – George Mouzalon, the regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by nobles under the future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
• 1758 – Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.
• 1914 – World War I: During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German troops burned the town's Catholic university, destroying several medieval manuscripts.
• 1989 – The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured).
• 2011 – Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.

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The splendid fairywren (Malurus splendens) is a passerine bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found across much of the Australian continent from central-western New South Wales and southwestern Queensland over to coastal Western Australia. It inhabits predominantly arid and semi-arid regions. Exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism, the male in breeding plumage is a small, long-tailed bird of bright blue and black colouration. Non-breeding males, females and juveniles are grey-brown in colour; this gave the early impression that males were polygamous as all dull-coloured birds were taken for females. The species comprises several similar all-blue and black subspecies that were originally considered to be separate species. Like other fairywrens, the splendid fairywren is notable for several peculiar behavioural characteristics; birds are socially monogamous and sexually promiscuous, meaning that although they form pairs between one male and one female, each partner will mate with other individuals and even assist in raising the young from such pairings. Male wrens pluck pink or purple petals and display them to females as part of a courtship display. This male splendid fairywren was photographed in Cargelligo State Forest in New South Wales, Australia. Photograph credit: John Harrison Recently featured: Baryte Portrait of Ambroise Vollard Sailfin snapper Archive More featured pictures

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The black-throated loon (Gavia arctica) is a migratory aquatic bird that primarily breeds in freshwater lakes in northern Europe and Asia. It winters along sheltered, ice-free coasts of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. First formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, it is about 70 centimetres (28 in) long and can weigh from 1.3 to 3.4 kilograms (2.9 to 7.5 lb). In breeding plumage, it has mostly black upperparts, a grey head and hindneck, white and black sides, mostly white underparts and flanks, and a mostly black throat. The loon builds an oval-shaped nest about 23 centimetres (9.1 in) across, in vegetation on or near the breeding lake. It usually lays two eggs, brown-green with dark splotches. Chicks are fed a diet of small fish and invertebrates, contrasting with the mostly fish diet of the adult. Overall, the population of this loon is declining, but the species is not threatened. It is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement. (Full article...)

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Drawing of an aphid by Charles De Geer

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• ... that Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez were picked for the 2024 MLS All-Star Game but could not play?
• ... that Spanish bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is expected to be a future head of state of Andorra?
• ... that after becoming a religious leader of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Slaybebtikud united the tribes and established himself as their sole leader?
• ... that Wolfgang Rihm said of the music of his 1987 opera Oedipus: "Sound is a weapon here – or a scalpel"?

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August 26: Heroes' Day in Namibia; Women's Equality Day in the United States

Clashes between police and protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention

• 683 – Second Fitna: The Battle of al-Harra was fought between Umayyad forces and the rebel defenders of Medina at a lava field northeast of the city.
• 1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, was founded in Philadelphia.
• 1914 – First World War: The German colony of Togoland surrendered to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• 1959 – The Coatzacoalcos earthquake struck near the Mexican state of Veracruz, killing 25 people.
• 1968 – The U.S. Democratic Party's National Convention opened in Chicago, sparking four days of clashes (pictured) between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police.

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The discography of Basshunter, a Swedish singer, comprises five studio albums, two compilation albums, 30 singles, five promotional singles and seven remixes. The Bassmachine, Basshunter's debut studio album, was released by Alex Music on 25 August 2004. In April 2006, he signed his first contract with Extensive Music and Warner Music Sweden. His single "Boten Anna" charted at number one on the Danish singles chart, where it stayed for fourteen weeks; it was certified triple platinum by IFPI Danmark. "Boten Anna" also reached number one in the Swedish singles chart and was certified platinum by IFPI Sverige. His second studio album LOL, released on 28 August 2006, charted in the top five in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The album was certified platinum by IFPI Finland and double platinum by IFPI Danmark. (Full list...)

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George Roper was a four-masted iron barque that was built for service between England and Australia, launching from Liverpool in February 1883. On its maiden voyage, it carried 3,842 tons of cargo, including railway track for the Victorian Government, liquor, chemicals, drapery, and dynamite. It reached Australia in July, but got caught on the reef at Point Lonsdale while being towed into Port Melbourne. The ship sat there for nearly two months before breaking up and sinking on 26 August 1883. The wreck remains under 4–5 metres of water and is accessible to recreational divers. This photograph by the German-born photographer Fred Kruger shows George Roper's wreck at Point Lonsdale before it sank. Photograph credit: Fred Kruger; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Splendid fairywren Baryte Portrait of Ambroise Vollard Archive More featured pictures

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Nadezhda Stasova (1822–1895) was an educator and one of the earliest leaders of the Russian women's movement. She was born into a noble and wealthy family; Tsar Alexander I of Russia was her godfather, and she received extensive private tutoring as a child. In adulthood, she dedicated herself to women's empowerment. Along with Anna Filosofova and Maria Trubnikova, she founded and led several organizations designed to promote women's cultural and economic independence, including a publishing cooperative. In a decades-long effort, they successfully pushed government officials to allow higher education for women, although continual opposition sometimes limited or even reversed their successes. Stasova eventually became the lead organizer of the Bestuzhev Courses for women in 1878, but a decade later was forced to resign under political pressure. She continued her work on women's issues right up until her death in 1895, mentoring and inspiring younger feminists. (Full article...)

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• ... that Aleister Crowley's 1941 manifesto controversially asserts a human right to commit tyrannicide?
• ... that Begüm Pusat, a 15-year-old Turkish wheelchair basketballer, was one of the youngest players at the 2019 Women's U25 World Championship?
• ... that by losing her constituency of South West Norfolk in 2024, Liz Truss became the first former UK prime minister since 1935 to lose their seat?
• ... that Carey Wright implemented literacy reforms that led to the "Mississippi Miracle"?
• ... that Upper Ivory Coast was created from the former French Upper Volta to facilitate the provision of forced plantation labour?
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August 27: Independence Day in Moldova (1991)

Destroyed buildings after the attack in the Anglo-Zanzibar War

• 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.
• 1896 – In the shortest recorded war in history (pictured), the Sultanate of Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.
• 1955 – The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.
• 1964 – South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh entered into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, both of whom had been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
• 2003 – The planet Mars made its closest approach to Earth in almost 60,000 years.

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Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland, located on the Vistula in the east-central part of the country. It has an estimated population of 1.86 million, within a larger metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, and it is a major cultural, political and economic hub. Warsaw originated as a small fishing town in Masovia, rising to prominence in the late 16th century when Sigismund III moved the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. It was the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795 and then the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. The 19th century and its Industrial Revolution brought a demographic boom. Warsaw was bombed and besieged at the start of World War II in 1939, and its infrastructure and population suffered during the systematic razing which followed the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The modern city features many historic monuments, including the reconstructed Old Town, designated a World Heritage Site. This 2022 photograph shows an elevated view of Warsaw's Constitution Square, looking northwards down Marszałkowska Street. Photograph credit: Emptywords Recently featured: George Roper Splendid fairywren Baryte Archive More featured pictures

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Bäckadräkten worn by Clue

Bäckadräkten is Sweden's first unisex folk costume, designed in 2022 by musician Fredy Clue (pictured) and textile designer Ida Björs. Their mission was to encourage wider participation in folk traditions by providing an outfit that is not restricted to any gender or geographic region. The design merges elements traditionally considered either male or female and borrows heavily from older folk costumes. The release generated international press attention and discussions on social media, much of the latter about the relationship between folk arts and gender. Many welcomed the design, saying it provides an opportunity for non-binary Swedes to be more involved in folk culture. Others reacted negatively, resisting the social change they see as associated with it. Clue released a sewing pattern in 2023 and started taking custom orders by 2024, encouraging users to modify as they see fit, saying: "The real work continues with us learning to listen to oneself and others." (Full article...)

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August 28

Ryugyong Hotel

• 1619 – Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1789 – William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.
• 1909 – The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.
• 1963 – American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
• 1987 – Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

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Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland, located on the Vistula in the east-central part of the country. It has an estimated population of 1.86 million, within a larger metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, and it is a major cultural, political and economic hub. Warsaw originated as a small fishing town in Masovia, rising to prominence in the late 16th century when Sigismund III moved the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. It was the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795 and then the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. The 19th century and its Industrial Revolution brought a demographic boom. Warsaw was bombed and besieged at the start of World War II in 1939, and its infrastructure and population suffered during the systematic razing which followed the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The modern city features many historic monuments, including the reconstructed Old Town, designated a World Heritage Site. This 2022 photograph shows an elevated view of Warsaw's Constitution Square, looking northwards down Marszałkowska Street. Photograph credit: Emptywords Recently featured: George Roper Splendid fairywren Baryte Archive More featured pictures

Nadezhda Stasova (1822–1895) was an educator and one of the earliest leaders of the Russian women's movement. She was born into a noble and wealthy family; Tsar Alexander I of Russia was her godfather, and she received extensive private tutoring as a child. In adulthood, she dedicated herself to women's empowerment. Along with Anna Filosofova and Maria Trubnikova, she founded and led several organizations designed to promote women's cultural and economic independence, including a publishing cooperative. In a decades-long effort, they successfully pushed government officials to allow higher education for women, although continual opposition sometimes limited or even reversed their successes. Stasova eventually became the lead organizer of the Bestuzhev Courses for women in 1878, but a decade later was forced to resign under political pressure. She continued her work on women's issues right up until her death in 1895, mentoring and inspiring younger feminists. (Full article...)

Bäckadräkten worn by Clue

Bäckadräkten is Sweden's first unisex folk costume, designed in 2022 by musician Fredy Clue (pictured) and textile designer Ida Björs. Their mission was to encourage wider participation in folk traditions by providing an outfit that is not restricted to any gender or geographic region. The design merges elements traditionally considered either male or female and borrows heavily from older folk costumes. The release generated international press attention and discussions on social media, much of the latter about the relationship between folk arts and gender. Many welcomed the design, saying it provides an opportunity for non-binary Swedes to be more involved in folk culture. Others reacted negatively, resisting the social change they see as associated with it. Clue released a sewing pattern in 2023 and started taking custom orders by 2024, encouraging users to modify as they see fit, saying: "The real work continues with us learning to listen to oneself and others." (Full article...)

Yuan-era stele in the ruins of the Cross Temple

The Cross Temple is a former place of worship in Fangshan, Beijing. Built as a Buddhist temple, it may have seen Christian use during the Tang dynasty (618–907). The temple was used by Buddhists during the Liao dynasty (916–1125) and by Christians during the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), returned to Buddhist use during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), and was sold in 1911. Its first modern mention was in 1919. The Cross Temple was damaged during the Cultural Revolution but recognised as a national-level protected site in 2006. Some scholars consider it to be the only place of worship of the Church of the East (also known as Nestorian Christianity) discovered in China. In the early 20th century, two stone blocks carved with crosses were discovered, one of which had an inscription in Syriac; they are presently on display at Nanjing Museum. Today, the site features two ancient steles (one pictured) dating to the Liao and Yuan dynasties, some groundwork and the bases of several pillars. (Full article...)

Luis Miguel in 2008

Segundo Romance (Second Romance) is the tenth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel (pictured), released on 30 August 1994 through WEA Latina. Like Miguel's 1991 album Romance, Segundo Romance comprises cover versions of boleros (Latin ballads). It was produced by Miguel with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kiko Cibrian and Armando Manzanero, and recorded in early 1994 at the Record Plant in Los Angeles. Miguel promoted the album with tours in the United States and Latin America from August to December 1994. Four singles were released: "El Día Que Me Quieras", "La Media Vuelta", "Todo y Nada", and "Delirio". The former two reached the top of the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. Segundo Romance received positive reviews from music critics and it won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance. By 1995, Segundo Romance had sold more than 4.5 million copies, achieved multi-platinum status in many Latin American countries and Spain, and was certified platinum in the United States. (Full article...)

Rachelle Ann Go (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipino singer and actress. Known primarily for her work in theater, she has starred in musicals on Broadway and in the West End. She began her career as a pop artist in her native country, winning the television talent show Search for a Star in 2003. She has since released six albums. Go started her theater career in the Philippines, playing the lead roles of Ariel in The Little Mermaid (2011) and Jane Porter in Tarzan (2013). Her international breakthrough came when she was cast as Gigi Van Tranh in the West End revival of Miss Saigon in 2014. She gained further recognition for her portrayal of Eliza Schuyler in the original 2017 West End production of Hamilton. Go has also played Fantine in various stagings and tours of Les Misérables. Outside of music, she has had roles in the television series Diva (2010), Nita Negrita (2011), Biritera (2012), and Indio (2013). (This article is part of a featured topic: Overview of Rachelle Ann Go.)

Gothic boxwood miniatures are very small Christian-themed wood sculptures produced during the 15th and 16th centuries in the Low Countries, at the end of the Gothic period and during the emerging Northern Renaissance. They consist of highly intricate layers of reliefs made from fine-grained boxwood, often rendered to a nearly microscopic level. Of the approximately 150 surviving examples, the majority are statuettes, skulls, coffins, or spherical beads known as prayer nuts; some 20 are in the form of polyptychs, including triptych and diptych altarpieces, tabernacles, and monstrances. They typically contain imagery from the life of Mary, the Crucifixion of Jesus, or vistas of Heaven and Hell. Each miniature required exceptional craftsmanship and may have taken decades to complete. Important collections are in the Art Gallery of Ontario, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (Full article...)

Falcon's Fury is a freestanding Sky Jump drop tower attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay amusement park in Tampa, Florida. Manufactured by Intaride, a subsidiary of Intamin, the ride is North America's tallest freestanding drop tower, at a maximum height of 335 feet (102 m). It is also the first drop tower to use 90-degree tilting seats, facing riders straight down through five seconds of free fall. They reach a speed of 60 miles per hour (100 km/h) before rotating back into a vertical position and decelerating at about 3.5 Gs. The ride's name is meant to suggest a falcon's ability to dive steeply at high speed to capture prey. Due to the height of the attraction, approval from the Federal Aviation Administration was required. Construction was delayed until 2013, and the opening date was also delayed by mechanical and technical issues. Falcon's Fury opened to park employees in August before a soft opening on August 16, 2014, and an official opening on September 2, 2014. (Full article...)

August 27: Independence Day in Moldova (1991)

Destroyed buildings after the attack in the Anglo-Zanzibar War

• 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.
• 1896 – In the shortest recorded war in history (pictured), the Sultanate of Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.
• 1955 – The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.
• 1964 – South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh entered into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, both of whom had been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
• 2003 – The planet Mars made its closest approach to Earth in almost 60,000 years.

August 28

Ryugyong Hotel

• 1619 – Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1789 – William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.
• 1909 – The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.
• 1963 – American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
• 1987 – Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 29: Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist (Catholicism, Anglicanism)

Michael Faraday

• 1350 – Hundred Years' War: Led by King Edward III, a fleet of 50 English ships captured at least 14 Castilian vessels and sank several more at the Battle of Winchelsea.
• 1786 – Farmers in western Massachusetts angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement began an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays against the U.S. federal government.
• 1831 – Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.
• 1960 – Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.
• 2016 – Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, later overseeing the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

August 30: Victory Day in Turkey (1922)

Guru Ram Das

• AD 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Roman forces led by Titus set fire to the Second Temple during the Siege of Jerusalem.
• 1574 – Guru Ram Das (pictured) became the fourth of the Sikh gurus, the spiritual masters of Sikhism.
• 1594 – James VI of Scotland held a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry, his first child.
• 1959 – South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed in to vote multiple times for President Ngô Đình Diệm's candidate.
• 2007 – A heavy bomber plane that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles transported them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.

August 31: Independence Day in Malaysia (1957); Romanian Language Day in Moldova and Romania

Cartoon depicting Jack the Ripper as a phantom stalking Whitechapel

• 1218 – Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.
• 1888 – The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depicted), was found in Buck's Row, London.
• 1942 – The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.
• 1969 – On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, an event attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.
• 2019 – A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

September 1

Illuminated Guru Granth Sahib folio

• 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, then the Catholic cathedral of all the Nordic countries, was dedicated to Saint Lawrence and the Virgin Mary.
• 1604 – The Guru Granth Sahib (folio depicted), the religious text of Sikhism, was installed in the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
• 1859 – A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded and causing bright aurorae visible in the middle latitudes.
• 1911 – Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.
• 1972 – In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky.

September 2: National Day in Vietnam (1945)

Principality of Sealand

• 1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury was founded following financial concerns in the new nation.
• 1792 – French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, revolutionaries began the summary execution of more than a thousand prisoners.
• 1946 – The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
• 1957 – South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.
• 1967 – Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland, located on the Vistula in the east-central part of the country. It has an estimated population of 1.86 million, within a larger metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, and it is a major cultural, political and economic hub. Warsaw originated as a small fishing town in Masovia, rising to prominence in the late 16th century when Sigismund III moved the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. It was the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795 and then the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. The 19th century and its Industrial Revolution brought a demographic boom. Warsaw was bombed and besieged at the start of World War II in 1939, and its infrastructure and population suffered during the systematic razing which followed the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The modern city features many historic monuments, including the reconstructed Old Town, designated a World Heritage Site. This 2022 photograph shows an elevated view of Warsaw's Constitution Square, looking northwards down Marszałkowska Street. Photograph credit: Emptywords Recently featured: George Roper Splendid fairywren Baryte Archive More featured pictures

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Titiou Lecoq

• ... that Titiou Lecoq (pictured) only realized that "women did not rule the universe" after she left home?
• ... that Brandiose's design work for the Rocket City Trash Pandas helped the team sell $4 million in merchandise before it played its first game?
• ... that Tupou VI was crowned by an Australian minister, in order to respect the tradition of native Tongans not touching the king's head?
• ... that Aleister Crowley's 1941 manifesto controversially asserts a human right to commit tyrannicide?
• ... that Begüm Pusat, a 15-year-old Turkish wheelchair basketballer, was one of the youngest players at the 2019 Women's U25 World Championship?
• ... that by losing her constituency of South West Norfolk in 2024, Liz Truss became the first former UK prime minister since 1935 to lose their seat?
• ... that Carey Wright implemented literacy reforms that led to the "Mississippi Miracle"?
• ... that Upper Ivory Coast was created from the former French Upper Volta to facilitate the provision of forced plantation labour?
• ... that Quintus Quincy Quigley preferred Angles to a ring?

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Interior of Liebfrauenkirche

• ... that Liebfrauenkirche (pictured), a Catholic church in Zurich, was designed with Italian influences to distinguish it from churches of other denominations?
• ... that a Stegosaurus fossil sold for $44.6 million?
• ... that the poet Hatefi implied that Timur was a second Alexander the Great by making him the subject of the fourth poem of a quintet?
• ... that photographs of Donald Trump taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been acclaimed as "immediately legendary"?
• ... that Jerzy Artysz was given a gala concert on his 70th birthday by the Chopin University of Music?
• ... that Ernest Hemingway broke a cane over John O'Hara's head in Costello's, an Irish bar in New York City?
• ... that after her 2019 death in rural China, Huang Wenxiu was elevated into a national model by the Chinese Communist Party?
• ... that traditional folk dances are an essential part of Pontic Greek culture?
• ... that police were called several times in 2014 about a fictitious post on r/nosleep?

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Blinking Sam by Joshua Reynolds

• ... that Samuel Johnson did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam" (pictured)?
• ... that Olympic breakdancer Sun Chen is nicknamed "Quake" as he was born on the day of a deadly earthquake?
• ... that The Eternaut 1969 is a reboot of the original comic, with an anti-imperialist tone?
• ... that storm chaser Reed Timmer feared thunder and lightning at a young age?
• ... that the Durrës Expedition in 1376 saw Louis of Évreux successfully recapture Durrës from Karl Thopia, only for Thopia to reclaim the city in 1383?
• ... that Robert Turner remained in post for around 30 years after being described as "the oldest soldier in the Royal Artillery"?
• ... that you can search Wikipedia or a database of more than 37 billion compounds by substructure?
• ... that Luxembourgian myrmecologist Robert Stumper also played as a goalkeeper for his nation's football team?
• ... that mamas sang on "Mama"?

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Perugia's limia

• ... that dominant males of Perugia's limia (species pictured) may be so preoccupied with fighting each other that the females end up mating with the subordinate males?
• ... that Sophie Kropotkin and her husband returned to France despite the risk of being arrested, as they thought that detention in a French prison would be preferable to living in England?
• ... that following the filming of the music video for "Guess", Charli XCX and Billie Eilish donated 10,000 pairs of underwear to charity?
• ... that Winzar Kakiouea was the sole athlete from his nation at the 2024 Olympics?
• ... that resources to fight the 1988 White Mountain Fire were slow to arrive because of fires at Yellowstone?
• ... that journalist Jules Loh reported that Malcolm X told him that "his own people would kill him" before his assassination?
• ... that Bangué, the smallest island of the Bazaruto Archipelago, was formed by ocean waves shaped by the surrounding archipelago?
• ... that The Game led to a boom in all-channel TV sales so viewers could see the game on Ohio State University's TV station?
• ... that Aphex Twin never intended to release Drukqs and only did so because he accidentally left an MP3 player on a plane?

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Andrew Gillison

• ... that Australian military chaplain Andrew Gillison (pictured) took up arms to snipe at Turkish soldiers in Gallipoli?
• ... that even though abortion is legal in Zambia, most are performed unsafely?
• ... that Olympic rugby sevens player Joseva Talacolo only started playing the sport as a way to support his family?
• ... that the 1853 Valley Falls train collision led to the creation of a time zone?
• ... that Gabriel Navarrete tried to prevent the Battle of Rapido River, which led to 2,128 American casualties during World War II?
• ... that a casino, a bar, and formerly a restaurant occupy what was once one of Brighton's most important cinemas?
• ... that Belgian hardcore DJ Liza 'N' Eliaz was named a "spiritual leader" in France's free party movement?
• ... that a knife attack in Suzhou, China, led to the deletion of hundreds of anti-Japan posts from social media platforms?
• ... that soprano Grace Panvini stood 4 ft 11.75 in (151.8 cm) tall – a height described by one reviewer as an asset for appearing youthful on stage?

Josef Hoop

• ... that under the premiership of Josef Hoop (pictured), the Progressive Citizens' Party was the first party to hold an absolute majority in the Landtag of Liechtenstein?
• ... that the S1/S2 rolling stock of the Amsterdam Metro was also a tram?
• ... that when refugee Iman Mahdavi boarded a plane in Turkey, he did not know its destination?
• ... that an AI-generated cover of Shaan and Kailash Kher's "Chand Sifarish" received nearly five million views on Instagram in two days?
• ... that Keke Palmer did an impression of "We did it, Joe!" onstage with Kamala Harris?
• ... that Nam Su-hyeon and Jeon Hun-young winning the gold medal in the women's team archery event at the Olympics marked the 10th-straight time it was won by South Korea?
• ... that a warrant was issued to pay a force to relieve the siege of Perth in October 1339, after the garrison had already surrendered?
• ... that Robert Aiello's first novel was published after literary agents turned it down roughly 60 times?
• ... that a clip of a soft pretzel being cut perfectly in half made the short-lived German game show Schlag den Henssler briefly popular to an international audience?

Satellite image of Tropical Storm Chris

• ... that Tropical Storm Chris (pictured) in July 2024 overflowed bodies of water in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, resulting in a crocodile sighting at a beach?
• ... that when New York City's Metropolitan Club was established, there was another Metropolitan Club two city blocks away?
• ... that William Pope, an Anglican deacon, was a follower of John Henry Newman and like him became a Roman Catholic priest?
• ... that a bootleg album of Jai Paul's unreleased music was named as one of the best of 2013 by several music publications?
• ... that the CEO of a pizza chain has multiple honorary doctorates?
• ... that shortly after it was completed, the Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses burned a hole through itself in the first example of a "disruption"?
• ... that Rachel Scott reported live during the January 6 United States Capitol attack in her first week as ABC News' White House correspondent?
• ... that the Nan Oo Pagoda is classified as a double encased stupa as it envelopes a smaller stupa?
• ... that a parrot reportedly screamed profanities at the funeral of U.S. president Andrew Jackson?

The Hooded Man

• ... that The Hooded Man (pictured) is an iconic photograph of the Iraq War, known as a symbol of torture at Abu Ghraib prison?
• ... that Alfred Biliotti excavated the first known examples of Mycenaean painted pottery in 1868?
• ... that the colours of the flag of Madagascar originally had no meaning?
• ... that Indian film editor A. Sreekar Prasad holds a record for editing films in 17 different languages?
• ... that in Mannion v. Coors Brewing Co., Judge Lewis A. Kaplan cited Thomas Mangelsen's Catch of the Day as a photograph so original in its timing that it could be copyrightable for that alone?
• ... that the Dublin Castle scandal in 1884 led to resignations, the loss of positions, and criminal convictions for a number of British administrators in Dublin, and celebrations amongst Irish nationalists?
• ... that the rulers of the Yuan dynasty styled themselves as both Mongol khans and Chinese emperors?
• ... that Asiatyrannus is thought to have grown to less than half the size of other tyrannosaurs?
• ... that English DJ Sammy Virji pranked Salute after making "Peach" with them?

Precursor to challah adapted from a recipe in the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ

• ... that the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ, a medieval Andalusian cookbook, contains an early version of Jewish challah bread (pictured), which traveled with Jews expelled from Spain and likely influenced Ashkenazi cuisine?
• ... that actress Lisa Coleman attended artist Euan Uglow's studio one to three times a week from 1993 to 1996 to model for Articulation?
• ... that rivers form up to 23 percent of international borders?
• ... that after composer Maxim Berezovsky's death, Catherine the Great secretly ordered that the papers in his rooms be burned?
• ... that brothers Mike McCartney and Paul McCartney, and sisters Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, use their middle names as their first names?
• ... that in the Gambia, there is a belief that people can summon evil spirits to cause abortions?
• ... that Abdul Ali Deobandi stipulated that women were prohibited from learning to read and write, even at home?
• ... that the creators of Poetry for Neanderthals faced difficulties during its release because they needed a way to manufacture inflatable clubs?
• ... that a Los Angeles summer camp teaches children how to become YouTubers by making toy unboxing videos?

Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe

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BAE Systems has offices in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre business park.

BAE Systems is a British multinational aerospace, defence and information security company, based in London, England. It is the largest defence contractor in Europe and the seventh-largest in the world. Its largest operations are in the United Kingdom and in the United States, where it is one of the six largest suppliers to the US Department of Defense. Other major markets include Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, Japan, India and Turkey. The company was formed in 1999 by the merger of Marconi Electronic Systems with the defence arm of the General Electric Company and British Aerospace. BAE has made a number of acquisitions, most notably of United Defense and Armor Holdings and has sold its shares in Airbus. It is involved in several major defence projects, including the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the Eurofighter Typhoon, and the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s):
• Main editors: Fnlayson
• Promoted: 14 October 2007
• Reasons for nomination: Last featured 29 April 2008. Accuracy may be compromised as a result of having to be pared down.

• Coordinator comment: Paring may have been slightly excessive. Blurbs need to be between 925 and 1,025 characters, including spaces. This is 907. Perhaps you could add a little content back? Gog the Mild (talk) 15:57, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

• Support as nominator. Great Mercian (talk) 12:27, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
• Weak support looks ok 750h+ 07:04, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Balfour castle on Shapinsay

Shapinsay is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. At 29.5 square kilometres (11.4 sq mi), it is the eighth largest island in the Orkney archipelago. The land is low-lying and fertile, with a bedrock formed from Old Red Sandstone overlain by boulder clay. Shapinsay has two nature reserves and is notable for its bird life. Balfour Castle (pictured) is one of the island's prominent features and a reminder of the Balfour family's domination of Shapinsay during the 18th and 19th centuries. Other landmarks include a standing stone, an Iron Age broch, a souterrain and a salt-water shower. There is one village on the island, Balfour, from which car ferries sail to the Orkney Mainland. At the 2011 census, Shapinsay had a population of 307. The island's economy is based on agriculture, with a few small businesses that are tourism-related. A community-owned wind turbine was constructed in 2011. Shapinsay's long history has given rise to various folk tales. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): George Town, Penang was TFA May 24, and the last time a population centre was TFA.
• Main editors: Lurker was the original nominator, Ben MacDui has done a lot of work to fix up the article, including at the FAR.
• Promoted: December 17, 2007, FAR kept August 3, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: It has been a while since a population centre was TFA. This would be a TFA re-run. Does not have to run on a specific day/month.
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 01:30, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
• Support. 750h+ 07:03, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Logo of Blue Note Records

The album covers of Blue Note Records, an American jazz record label, have been recognized for their distinctive designs, which often feature bold colors, experimental typography, and candid photographs of the album's musicians, and are described as belonging to the Bauhaus and Swiss Style movements. In the early 1950s, artists like Gil Mellé, Paul Bacon, and John Hermansader designed Blue Note's earliest album covers. In 1956, Reid Miles was hired as Blue Note's art director, creating 400 to 500 covers with a unique style incorporating diverse typefaces and design principles such as asymmetry and tinting. After Miles left in 1967, artists like Mati Klarwein and Bob Venosa took over. Designers such as Norman Seeff and Bob Cato contributed in the 1970s, while Japanese artists created new covers for reissues in the late 1970s and 1980s. From the mid-1980s onward, artists like Paula Scher and Adam Pendleton have designed covers, with Miles' work in particular remaining highly influential. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): I don't think anything like this has been at TFA before. This is apparently the first and only FA-class graphic design article.
• Main editors: Joeyquism
• Promoted: August 7, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: Recently promoted article; highly underrepresented topic at FA (see above). Also, the first FA that I've authored that I've been able to take to TFA so far.
• Support as nominator. joeyquism (talk) 00:13, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
• Support 750h+ 12:34, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
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Ljubljana's sister ship Beograd (right)

Ljubljana was the third and last Beograd-class destroyer built for the Royal Yugoslav Navy in the late 1930s. She was designed to operate as part of a division led by the flotilla leader Dubrovnik. Ljubljana entered service in November 1939, was armed with a main battery of four Škoda 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in single mounts, and had a top speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). In 1940, Ljubljana ran aground on a reef off the Yugoslav port of Šibenik, where, badly damaged, she was taken for repairs. Yugoslavia entered World War II when the German-led Axis powers invaded in April 1941, and Ljubljana—still under repair—was captured by the Royal Italian Navy. After repairs were completed, she saw active service in the Royal Italian Navy under the name Lubiana, mainly as a convoy escort on routes between Italy and North Africa. She was lost on 1 April 1943, when she ran aground and was abandoned off the Tunisian coast after a navigational error. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): the most recent Yugoslav ship was Yugoslav torpedo boat T2 which will run on August 11
• Main editors: Peacemaker67
• Promoted: November 30, 2020
• Reasons for nomination: This ship is one of the few remaining FAs that is part of the 36-article Ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy featured topic not yet to have run as TFA. Article exists across eight non-English Wikipedias, and is also a featured article on the Portuguese WP. November marks the 85th anniversary of her commissioning.
• Support as nominator. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:22, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
• Support joeyquism (talk) 16:37, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

A section of the trail in Shawangunk, New York.

The Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail, also known as the Jesse McHugh Rail Trail, is a 3.22-mile (5.18 km) rail trail between the village of Walden, New York and the hamlet of Wallkill. The two communities are located in Orange and Ulster counties, respectively, in upstate New York. The trail is part of the former Wallkill Valley Railroad's rail corridor. The railway was the first to operate in Ulster County. Passenger service ended in 1937; the opening of the New York State Thruway and decreased freight traffic caused the line to close in 1957. The land was purchased by the towns of Montgomery and Shawangunk in 1985 and converted to a public trail. The portion of the trail in Shawangunk was formally opened in 1993 and named after former town supervisor Jesse McHugh. After seven years of discussion, the route was paved between 2008 and 2009. The trail includes an unofficial, unimproved section to the north of Wallkill, and is bounded by NY 52 and NY 208. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): The last "National and state parks, nature reserves, conservation areas, and countryside routes" article at TFA was Black Moshannon State Park June 26, 2020
• Main editors: Gyrobo
• Promoted: January 31, 2011, FAR May 25, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: Uncommon topic at TFA. TFA re-run from 2015.
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 19:43, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
• Support joeyquism (talk) 16:37, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Jackson c. 1903

Benjamin Jackson (January 2, 1835 – August 20, 1915) was a Canadian sailor and farmer. Raised in a small community of Black Nova Scotians, Jackson served for one year in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Deployed in the Union blockade of the Confederate coastline, he also participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay as a gun captain. He disarmed multiple naval mines and once picked up a live grenade and threw it from the deck of his ship, an act that earned him a medal. After the war, Jackson lived the rest of his life in Lockhartville, Nova Scotia, sailing commercially until 1875 and farming for many years longer. His funeral in 1915 was described as "the largest seen in Lockhartville for many years", though his grave remained unmarked until 2010. One of the eight history markers on the Mathieu Da Costa African Heritage Trail is dedicated to his story and Ben Jackson Road in Hantsport, Nova Scotia, is named in his honour. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): The most recent biography of a Black figure was a contemporary American journalist on July 5; the most recent Canadian topic was the Canadian flag on July 1; and the most recent Civil War topic was a battle on April 29.
• Main editors: Dugan Murphy
• Promoted: August 13, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: Brand new FA; Canadians and pre-20th-century Black figures not often featured in TFA.
• Support as nominator. Dugan Murphy (talk) 00:25, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Joyce, c. 1918

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic, who contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. He is best known for his short story collection Dubliners, and for his novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Together with Virginia Woolf and Dorothy Richardson, he is credited with the development of the stream of consciousness technique in which the same weight is given to both the internal world of the mind and the external world of events and circumstances as factors shaping the actions and views of fictional characters. His fictional universe is firmly rooted in Dublin and reflects his family life and the events and friends (and enemies) from his school and college days. In this, he became both one of the most cosmopolitan and one of the most local of all the prominent English language modernists. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Hadji Ali (historical biography)
• Main editors: Wtfiv
• Promoted: September 13, 2004; saved at FAR in 2006 and in 2021
• Reasons for nomination: Re-run (hasn't appeared on the main page in 20 years)
• Support as nominator. 750h+ 14:43, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

• Most recent similar article(s): none
• Main editors: Therapyisgood
• Promoted: July 1, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: cannot run on a variety of dates due to the understandable confusion with the other Geroge Floyd
• Support as nominator. Therapyisgood (talk) 01:05, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

West front of Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, dedicated to Andrew the Apostle. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, whose cathedra it holds as mother church of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral from around 1175 to replace an earlier church on the site since 705, it became an Anglican cathedral when Henry VIII split from Rome. Its Gothic architecture is mostly inspired from Early English style of the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The stonework of its pointed arcades and fluted piers bears pronounced mouldings and carved capitals in a foliate, "stiff-leaf" style. The east end retains much ancient stained glass. Unlike many cathedrals of monastic foundation, Wells has many surviving secular buildings linked to its chapter of secular canons, including the Bishop's Palace and the 15th-century residential Vicars' Close. It is a Grade I listed building. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Cross Temple, Fangshan will be TFA on August 29
• Main editors: Rodw and Amandajm
• Promoted: February 23, 2014
• Reasons for nomination: 785th anniversary of consecration. This will be a TFA re-run from 2014
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
• Weak oppose i'm questioning the reliability of some of the sources; there's also a date missing and citation needed tag 750h+ 07:02, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Ironically, the ((cn)) tags were added by Z1720 personally  ;) SerialNumber54129 15:21, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

I add cn tags when doing copyedits of articles to show where they are needed, as some editors get upset when information (even if uncited) is removed. I post requests like this to showcase articles that could be selected for specific dates and give editors enough time to fix them up if they are interested. I did a copyedit of the article to remove promotional language and replaced some cn tags with citations. If others think this article isn't ready, I'm fine with that. Z1720 (talk) 16:24, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

No worries, Z1, was only kidding you :) I'm sure they'll be sorted out. SerialNumber54129 17:18, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

I did a copyedit of the article, removed the galleries under each section, and tried to resolve the cn tags. While it is not perfect, I think it's in good enough to be TFA. Additional comments welcome. Z1720 (talk) 17:43, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

de Ros's coat of arms

William de Ros, 6th Baron Ros (c. 1370 – 1 November 1414) was an English nobleman, politician and soldier. He inherited his father's barony and estates (with extensive lands centred on Lincolnshire) in 1394 and married Margaret, daughter of Baron Fitzalan, shortly afterwards. Her family, like that of de Ros, was well-connected, and they were implacably opposed to King Richard II. In 1399 Richard confiscated the estates of his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, and exiled him. When Henry invaded England several months later, de Ros took his side almost immediately. After Henry declared himself King Henry IV, de Ros voted in the House of Lords for the former king's imprisonment. He became an important aide and counsellor to King Henry, and regularly spoke for him in parliament. He also supported Henry in his military campaigns, participating in the invasion of Scotland in 1400 and assisting in the suppression of Richard le Scrope's rebellion five years later. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Jeremy Thorpe, a British politician, will be TFA Sep 16
• Main editors: Serial Number 54129
• Promoted: January 10, 2019
• Reasons for nomination: 610th deathday anniversary. Blurb taken from the TFA's talk page
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 15:04, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
• Support this article is excellent. 750h+ 15:22, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman. In 1775, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, despite resistance from Native Americans; by the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 people entered Kentucky by following the route marked by Boone. He was adopted into the Shawnee tribe in 1778 but resigned after they killed his son. In April 1781 Boone was elected to the Virginia General Assembly. An account of his adventures was published in 1784, making him famous in America and Europe. After the Revolutionary War, he worked as a surveyor and merchant but went into debt as a Kentucky land speculator. He resettled in Missouri in 1799, where he spent most of his remaining life. After his death, he was the subject of works of fiction; his adventures helped create the archetypal frontier hero of American folklore. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Donner Party, about an American pioneer party, was TFA June 3
• Main editors: Kevin1776
• Promoted: September 25, 2006
• Reasons for nomination: 290th birthday. TFA rerun from 2008.
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 16:10, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Exit 2 of Marina Bay station

Marina Bay MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South (NSL), Circle (CCL) and Thomson–East Coast (TEL) lines in Singapore. Located in the Downtown Core district near Marina Bay, it serves the Marina One Residences, Marina Bay Suites and the Marina Bay Financial Centre. It was one of the last stations to be completed in the early phases of the MRT network, opening on 4 November 1989. The station was the terminus of the NSL until the line's extension in 2014. It became an interchange station with the CCL when the two-station branch extension from Promenade station was completed in January 2012. The TEL station platforms were completed in November 2022, becoming a triple-line interchange on the MRT network. The station features art as part of the MRT network's Art-in-Transit programme. The sculpture Flowers in Blossom II is over the CCL mezzanine. The CCL platforms feature photographs by Nah Yong En and the TEL station features murals by Tang Ling Nah. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Changi Airport MRT station will be TFA Oct 17
• Main editors: ZKang123
• Promoted: January 5, 2023
• Reasons for nomination: 35th anniversary of opening. I'm not thrilled with the image and am open to suggestions on other images.
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 16:39, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
• I might recommend using the Reflecting pool image. Btw, truthfully I'm not thrilled at all with this article, despite it being one of my best recent works. It is a triple interchange but isn't a major station and didn't saw much use presently, but I decided to work on this ever since TEL 3 opening (it was previously a GA). I'm usually more proud of articles I work on that have more prominent content.--ZKang123 (talk) 01:37, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

• I saw that the date request moved to Nov 3, probably because of time zones. WP:TFAP does list another article nomination for that date, so this might have to be bumped back to Nov. 4. While maybe not the most prominent, TFA does have a shortage of transit articles, which makes stations such as these more likely to get scheduled, and I'd rather that this ran on a date of significance to the article. I don't mind switching the image to the reflecting pool. Z1720 (talk) 19:31, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Thomas Percy

Thomas Percy was a member of the failed Gunpowder Plot. Following King James's accession to the English throne in 1603, Percy became disenchanted with the new king, who he supposed had reneged on his promises of toleration for English Catholics. He joined Robert Catesby's conspiracy to kill the king and his ministers by blowing up the House of Lords with gunpowder. Percy helped fund the group and secured the leases to properties in London, including the undercroft beneath the House of Lords where the gunpowder was placed. When the plot was exposed on 5 November 1605, Percy fled to the Midlands, catching up with other conspirators travelling to Dunchurch. At the border of Staffordshire they were besieged by the Sheriff of Worcester and his men. Percy was reportedly killed by the same musketball as Catesby and was buried nearby. His body was later exhumed, and his head exhibited outside Parliament. (This article is part of a featured topic: Gunpowder Plot.)

• Most recent similar article(s): The boy Jones on April 7 was another British figure notable for crimes
• Main editors: Parrot of Doom
• Promoted: November 26, 2010
• Reasons for nomination: Nov. 5 is Guy Fawkes Night. TFA re-run from 2012
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 17:27, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Mario Party DS is a 2007 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the second handheld game in the Mario Party series, as well as the last game in the series to be developed by Hudson Soft, as all subsequent titles have been developed by NDcube. Like most installments in the Mario Party series, Mario Party DS features characters of the Mario franchise competing in a board game with a variety of minigames, many of which utilize the console's unique features, including its built-in microphone, dual screen and touch screen mechanics, and motion sensitivity. Up to four human players can compete at a time, though characters can also be computer-controlled. Although Mario Party DS received mixed reviews, with general praise for its minigame variety and criticism for its absence of an online multiplayer mode, the game has sold more than nine million units worldwide, making it the 11th best-selling game for the Nintendo DS. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): From February to June 2024, there were multiple featured articles for video games displayed on the main page, including OneShot on June 30. However, none of them appear to be a party video game or a game in the Mario franchise like Mario Party DS. Additionally, to my knowledge, this is the first Mario Party game to have a featured article on Wikipedia, meaning that it would also be the first to appear on the main page.
• Main editors: The Green Star Collector
• Promoted: July 31, 2024
• Reasons for nomination: 17th anniversary of the game's release in Japan
• Support as nominator. ★ The Green Star Collector ★ (talk) 17:49, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Comment: The Green Star Collector, the rationale for the run date seems rather unusual to me, and considering the fact goes unmentioned in the article I don't think it would be obvious to any readers either. What do you think about moving it back to November 8, the anniversary of the game's release in Japan? —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 20:41, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

That would be understandable to me, and I would support moving it to November 8. ★ The Green Star Collector ★ (talk) 20:47, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Cool, you may then want to un-translculde this nomination from the requests page and save a spot for the new date at the pending sidebar. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 20:54, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Now happy to support. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 15:19, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Comment - You're going to have to change the main image. Fair use images are not allowed on the main page. joeyquism (talk) 15:30, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

I've replaced the main image with a logo for the game, which I uploaded on the grounds that it was a simple logo made up of a few words and simple geometric shapes, and therefore ineligible for copyright. ★ The Green Star Collector ★ (talk) 20:07, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Good call. Throwing in my support! joeyquism (talk) 06:38, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

• This would be running very close to the Donkey Kong game round number anniveraries this month. I suggest running in 2027 on its 20th anniversary instead. czar 16:48, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, the 20th anniversary sounds like a better idea. Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:12, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Gravestone of Justus

Justus, sometimes referred to as Iustus, was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Gregory the Great sent Justus to England on a mission to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons, probably arriving with the second group of missionaries despatched in 601. Justus became the first Bishop of Rochester in 604 and signed a letter to the Irish bishops urging them to adopt the Roman method of calculating the date of Easter. He also attended a church council in Paris in 614. Following King Æthelberht of Kent's death in 616, Justus was forced to flee to Gaul but was reinstated in his diocese the following year. In 624, Justus became Archbishop of Canterbury, overseeing the despatch of missionaries to Northumbria. He died on 10 November, probably sometime between 627 and 631. After his death, he was revered as a saint and had a shrine in St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, where his remains were translated to in the 1090s (gravestone pictured). (This article is part of a featured topic: Members of the Gregorian mission.)

• Most recent similar article(s): Last biography on a religious figure was John D. Whitney, although he is in the education realm.
• Main editors: Ealdgyth
• Promoted: January 10, 2010
• Reasons for nomination: Nov 10 is Justus's deathday and feast day. TFA re-run from 2012. Image can probably be zoomed in.
• Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 19:22, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Donkey Kong Country is a 1994 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It follows the gorilla Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong as they set out to recover their stolen banana hoard from the crocodile King K. Rool and his army, the Kremlings. Nintendo commissioned Rare to revive the dormant Donkey Kong franchise as it sought a game to compete with Sega's Aladdin (1993). Donkey Kong Country was one of the first home console games to feature pre-rendered graphics, achieved through a compression technique that converted 3D models into sprites with little loss of detail. It was released on 18 November 1994 to acclaim. Critics hailed its visuals as groundbreaking and praised its gameplay and music; it is frequently listed as one of the greatest games of all time. Donkey Kong Country re-established Donkey Kong as a popular Nintendo franchise and was followed by sequels and ports for subsequent Nintendo consoles. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Tony Hawk's Underground (Oct. 8) and The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (Oct. 22)
• Main editors: TheJoebro64, Jaguar
• Promoted: August 19, 2022
• Reasons for nomination: 30th anniversary of release; this article hasn't been run before and it's one of the most important games of all time. Ran this blurb by Dank at Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Donkey Kong Country/archive1.
• Support as nominator. JOEBRO⁶⁴ 15:05, 10 August 2024 (UTC)
• Support - perhaps the logo used could benefit from having the background removed? Just a suggestion. joeyquism (talk) 00:59, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
  • I actually don't know why there's a white background—it shows up as transparent when I open the full image! JOEBRO⁶⁴ 13:50, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

• That's strange. Must just be a thing on my end 😅 joeyquism (talk) 22:39, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

• Support Nice round anniversary number. QuicoleJR (talk) 14:59, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
• Support There's three nintendo games with anniversaries this month, and this seems to be the most worthy to run since it's the 30th. Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:13, 19 August 2024 (UTC)