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... that 170 trips on Sounder commuter rail (pictured) were cancelled in a single winter due to mudslides?
... that John C. Raaen Jr., at age 103, is the last surviving US Army Ranger from the first D-Day assault wave on Omaha Beach?
... that the Donnie Creek fire in 2023 was the largest wildfire in British Columbia's history?
... that Teuku Karimoeddin was arrested by the Imperial Japanese military police for resisting mandatory head shaving and other regulations?
... that a dinner between Bill Maher and Donald Trump was satirized in "My Dinner with Adolf"?
... that Guyanese trade unionist Philomena Sahoye-Shury was nicknamed "Fireball" due to her "outspoken and forthright stance on the workers' behalf"?
... that some Byzantine churches in Philadelphia, modern-day Amman, were repurposed from earlier Roman temples?
... that upon being drafted by the NFL's Chicago Bears, Ralph Jarvis wanted to thank the judge who sent him to the reform school where he first played American football?
... that some bodies at Chalandriani were buried with "frying pans"?

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...that the town of Moronvilliers was totally destroyed in WWI, & has also been the subject of dry-nuclear testing? Spawn Man 05:08, 30 September 2005 (UTC) (self-nom).[reply]
A sailor from the SS Thames owed his life to a cask of porter after the ship wrecked on the Isles of Scilly. Severecci 10:07, 30 September 2005 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]

September 29

...that Reverend Dr. James Blair of Scotland was a clergyman and missionary to the Virginia Colony, and is best known as the founder in 1693 of the College of William and Mary, where he served as President for 50 years? Vaoverland 22:23, 29 September 2005 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]

...in the Second Battle of the Aisne, the French suffered over 187,000 casualties? Spawn Man 04:50, 29 September 2005 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]

...that the Bombay Quadrangular cricket tournament originated in an 1877 game to foster interracial harmony, but was abandoned in 1946 over fears that its racial basis threatened Indian independence? -dmmaus 00:03, 30 September 2005 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]

September 28

...the 18th century Governor's Palace, originally completed in 1722 and last occupied by Thomas Jefferson in 1780, was carefully reconstructed, opening in 1934 as one of the two larger buildings at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia? Vaoverland 23:35, 28 September 2005 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]

... that Walter Wolfgang, who was forcibly removed from the Labour Party conference for heckling Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, was a veteran peace activist who once marched on the Soviet embassy in London to protest against an atomic bomb test? David | Talk 00:22, 30 September 2005 (UTC) (I didn't start the article but I did some work on it - it's got some press coverage in the UK already!)[reply]

...that Alan Matheney was the fifth person executed in the U.S. state of Indiana this year? Evil Monkey∴Hello 04:39, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

September 27

...that Lott Cary was an African American slave in Virginia who became educated, bought his freedom, became a minister and physician, and helped found the Colony of Liberia in Africa in 1822? Vaoverland 23:57, 27 September 2005 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]
...First Landing State Park at Cape Henry, Virginia is near the site of the first landing of Christopher Newport and the Jamestown colonists on April 26, 1607? created by User:Eoghanacht
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...that Batman's Treaty was a treaty made between settler John Batman and local Wurundjeri elders in 1835 for the sale of land around Port Phillip and that it was one of the few attempts made by white settlers to negotiate with Australian Aborigines? (Image:Ac.johnbatman.jpg)
...that the 1970 Ancash earthquake and the landslide that followed killed at least 47,194 people and was the worst natural disaster ever recorded in the history of Peru?
...that Herman Ashworth was the fourth person to drop his appeals since the U.S. state of Ohio resumed the death penalty in 1999?
...that Indonesian women's rights organisation Gerwani was banned when General Suharto became President in *...that A. R. R. A. P. W. R. R. K. B. Amunugama has more initials than any other first-class cricketer?

...the the Torre del Oro, a watchtower constructed in the 13th century by the Almohad dynasty, protected the entrance to Seville's port with a large chain that stretched underwater from the tower's base across the river to stop unwanted ships? (Image:Sewilla-TorreDelOro.jpg)
...that W. G. Collingwood, John Ruskin's secretary and assistant was a noted scholar of Norse history and art?
...that during the 1976 Pacific hurricane season three consecutive storms made landfall?
...that Vicente Leñero, a prominent Mexican novelist, journalist and playwright, was a screenwriter for El Crimen del Padre Amaro, one of Mexico's all-time highest grossing films?
...that the U.S. Navy has been training Bottlenose Dolphins to subdue terrorists as part of the Cetacean Intelligence Mission?

...that the extinct Australian dromornithids, which included the largest birds known, are related to ducks and geese? (Image:GenyornisSmall.jpg)
...Sir Conrad Hunte was a West Indian cricketer who in 1965 set the record (550 runs) for the highest Test series aggregate score without scoring a century?
...that when the eight-mile Texas and Northern Railway began operations in 1948, it was designated a Class I railroad, in the same class as giants like the Pennsylvania Railroad?
...that Carmen Boullosa is a leading Mexican novelist, poet, and playwright whose award-winning play Teatro herético satirically addresses the issue of gender roles?

...that in 1915, Hollywood actress Anita King became the first female to ever drive an automobile across the continental United States alone and whose only companions, according to the Los Angeles Times, were "a rifle and a six shooter"? (Image:AnitaKingNYC.gif)
...that Valrhona, a company based in the small town of Tain l'Hermitage in the Rhône Valley in France, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality chocolate?
...that the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, which was passed by the Nazi regime on April 7, 1933, prohibited Jews and political opponents of the Nazis from working
...that it is estimated that more than 85 percent of all business information exists as unstructured data, commonly appearing in e-mails, memos, reports, letters, presentations and Web pages?

...that Elizabeth Taylor made her London stage debut in 1982 at the Victoria Palace Theatre in a revival of Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes?
...that Adolf Hitler was a self-proclaimed vegetarian and had a large greenhouse built to keep him supplied with fresh fruits and vegetables throughout World War II?
...that John W. Peoples, Jr. tried to have his execution carried out by electric chair instead of lethal injection?
...that Science Service used to broadcast information from its Science News magazine on the radio?
... that Igor Spassky, the head of the Russian Rubin Design Bureau, was the chief designer of 187 submarines (91 diesel-electric and 96 nuclear) as well as Halliburton oil platforms and the marine part of the Sea Launch complex?

...that the Casino Goa in Goa is the only legal casino in India?
...that Lancelot Blackburne was thought to have spent time in the Caribbean as a buccaneer as a young man, and lived openly with his mistress whilst Archbishop of York?
...that Nağaybäk Tatars of Russia constructed their own Paris, with Eiffel Tower?
...that the current German Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Renate Schmidt was forced to quit school at the age of seventeen because of a pregnancy?
...that virtual plagues can infect and kill the characters in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game and are usually caused by unexpected problems with the programming code?

...that the 1994 Rwandan genocide led to a Great Lakes refugee crisis, which ended when nearly two million refugees returned to Rwanda at the start of the First Congo War? (Image:Rwandan refugee camp in east Zaire.jpg)
...that the Shell Lake murders were committed by Victor E. Hoffman three weeks after his release from a mental hospital and that he claimed to have had fought the Devil just before committing the murders?
...that the Battle of Garibpur fought between India and Pakistan preceded the official start of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and was the first battle where dog fighting occurred over East Pakistan?
...that Maurice Tillet was disfigured by acromegaly from a young age, but cashed in on his appearance by becoming an early wrestler?
...that despite its federal mandate to provide only intercity rail service, Amtrak operated the Calumet commuter train between Chicago, Illinois and the Indiana suburb of Valparaiso from 1979 to 1991?

...that the obscure T-44 Soviet medium tank, designed and first built in Kharkiv, Ukraine, was the missing link between the T-34 of WWII and the T-54/55 series of the Cold War? (Image:T44 2.jpg)
...that passengers aboard JetBlue Airways Flight 292 were able to watch their own malfunctioning aircraft circle Los Angeles International Airport on the satellite television screens at each seat until the flight crew disabled the system in preparation for the aircraft's successful emergency landing?
...that more than one thousand people are caned in Singapore each year using a bamboo cane that has been soaked in water overnight to prevent splitting?
...that Egyptian actor Farid Shawki starred in 361 films?
...that Harry Thomas Thompson, a former yeoman of the United States Navy, was the first American to be convicted of espionage since World War I?

...that Patience Cooper, an Anglo-Indian actress, was the first to play a double role in an Indian film? (Image:Patience Cooper.jpg)
...the original Norfolk Southern Railway was a small regional railroad in Virginia and North Carolina for 98 years before it became the namesake of the current Norfolk Southern Railway in 1982?
...that, as a tribute to Arthur Stace, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was lit up with the word "Eternity" as the new millennium began?
...that the first ever golden goal was scored in the Cromwell Cup final at Bramall Lane, Sheffield in 1868, giving Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 victory?
...that Charles Butler McVay III, commander of the USS Indianapolis, was blamed when it was lost at sea in 1945 and only finally exonerated by the United States Congress posthumously in 2000?

...that the 1985 Nairobi Agreement called for a ceasefire between the Ugandan government and rebels, the demilitarization of the capital (Kampala) and the absorption of the rebel leadership into the government? (Image:Uganda flag large.png)
...that the newly-discovered trans-Neptunian object 2003 UB313 is native to a distant region of our solar system known as the scattered disc?
...that in 2004, the world spent US$896,235 million on military expenditures and the U.S. military budget constituted 41 percent of this, placing the nation at the top of the list of countries by military expenditures?
...that Ithaa iin Maldives is the world's first and only underwater restaurant?
...that Subramanian Swamy worked towards normalizing Sino-Indian relations and persuaded Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to open the Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet to Hindu pilgrims from India?

...that actor Mona Darkfeather, promoted as the first Native American movie star, was actually of English and Mestizo ancestry and a member of the prominent Southern California Workman family? (Image:MonaDarkfeather.jpg)
...that Baqa'a is the largest refugee camp for Palestinians in Jordan?
...that Henry Perky invented a machine to produce shredded wheat breakfast cereal and that he made his fortune selling the cereal rather than the machine?
...that in 1855 the Howard Association of Norfolk, Virginia received contributions during the yellow fever epidemic from the U.S. Gulf Coast areas and that 150 years later, they sent $50,000 of leftover funds to Louisiana to help with Hurricane Katrina relief?

...that the Buckingham Branch Railroad in Central Virginia was formed in 1989 and has expanded from a 16-mile railroad to operate over 200 miles of track? (Image:Charlottesville-2-20-2005---1.jpg)
...that the Flying Dragon is a lizard that has skin membranes which it uses to glide distances over 7 metres?
...that American photographer George W. Ackerman took over 50,000 photographs during a nearly 40-year career with the United States Department of Agriculture?
...that Serbia and Montenegro and Italy were co-hosts of the 2005 European Volleyball Championship?

...that the Emancipation Oak located on the campus of Hampton University is where the Virginia Peninsula's black community gathered in 1863 to hear the first Southern reading of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? (Image:Emanicipation oak hampton-cropped.jpg)
...that the modern Arms of the Principality of Wales are based on those borne by the 13th century Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great?
...that Dravidar Kazhagam formed in 1944 was the first fully Dravidian party in India?
...that conifer Torreya taxifolia was one of the first plant species listed as endangered in the United States?

...that Hendrick ter Brugghen was the artist primarily responsible for introducing the style of Caravaggio into Dutch painting? (Image:Hendrick ter Brugghen Flute Player.jpg)
... that the Old Well at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a neoclassical rotunda modelled after the Temple of Love at the Palace of Versailles?
...that the incisors of blesmols are visible even when their mouths are closed?
...that Australian swimmer Fanny Durack was considered to be the world's greatest female swimmer from 1910 until 1918?

...that the endangered American Burying Beetle is one of the only beetle species that exhibits parental care? (Image:American burying beetle.jpg)
...that the University of Dhaka is the oldest and largest public University in Bangladesh?
...that at 23.8 hours, The Hazards of Helen is believed to be the longest motion picture serial ever made?
...that Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, who helped found the Royal Academy of Music in 1822, was only in London because he had fled France five years earlier to avoid prosecution for multiple counts of forgery and fraud?
...that Fort Story at Cape Henry in Virginia Beach, Virginia was the site of the first landing of the Jamestown settlers in 1607, and the Cape Henry Lighthouse, first in the U.S., in 1792?

...that the Stavelot Triptych is a 12th century masterpiece of Mosan art created to display pieces of the True Cross? (Image:Stavelot.Triptych.jpg)
...that there have been six Indian Ocean Island Games, the latest being held on the isle of Mauritius in 2003?
...that Duke University anthropologist Anne Allison worked as a hostess girl for four months while researching Nightwork, her study of white-collar entertainment clubs in Japan?
...that Neuromarketing is a new field of marketing that uses functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan consumers' brains in order to determine which products they subconsciously like?
...that change of venue is the legal term for moving a jury trial away from a location where a fair and impartial jury may not be possible due to widespread publicity about a crime and/or the defendant?

...that Raj Ghat and other memorials are sometimes considered India's modern day equivalent of Westminster Abbey? (Image:Gandhi's Tomb.jpg)
...that the remains of Mungo Man are the oldest anatomically modern human remains found in Australia?
...that the anti-smuggling activities of the British frigate HMS Rose in 1775, provoked the Rhode Island government to commission the first warship, the Sloop of War Providence in what became the United States Navy?
...that "Blue Tail Fly" or "Jimmy Crack Corn" is a blackface minstrel song dating from the 1840s, and that on the surface, it is a black slave's lament over his master's death; the subtext is that he is glad his master is dead, and may have killed him by deliberate negligence?

...that the Perth Mint is the oldest operating mint in Australia and that it has produced over 4,500 tonnes of refined gold which represents about 3.25 percent of the total tonnage of gold ever produced? (Image:Perth Mint.jpg)
...that in 1910 the Kalem Company became the first American film studio to ever make a motion picture outside the United States when a film crew went on location in Ireland?
...that there were three more cancelled Apollo missions planned to land on the Moon after Apollo 17?
...that Indra Lal Roy of the Royal Air Force became India's first flying ace after he achieved 10 victories in thirteen days during World War I?

...that during the 1878 flood in Miskolc, Hungary, the water level rose 50 cm per minute and in some parts of the city water was 4 to 5 m high? (Image:Memorial of the Flood 1878.jpg)
...that the first U.S. state agricultural experiment station was established at Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1875?
...that the Judean date palm, which was thought to have died out around 1 CE, was resurrected using a single seed found in the palace of Herod the Great on Mount Masada in southern Israel?
...that the naval victory of Travancore State over Dutch East India Company in the Battle of Colachel in 1741 is considered the first example of an Asian power defeating a European navy?

...that in the next five years, 40,000 African soldiers will be trained to conduct peace support operations and humanitarian relief under the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program? (Image:ACRI.jpg)
..that in 1982, 68 kg of gold bars were stolen in a robbery that became known as the Perth Mint Swindle, and that seven years later 55 kg of the gold was found dumped outside a Perth television station?
...that the Isles of Scilly and the Netherlands fought the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War from 1651 to 1986, and that not a single shot was fired during this war?
...that Caesar Augustus, his wife Livia and numerous other members of Julio-Claudian dynasty were entombed in the Mausoleum of Augustus?

...that Ernst Litfaß was the inventor of the free-standing advertising column which bears his name?(Image:Litfaß column Feb05.JPG)
...that Rosa Montero is a leading author of contemporary feminist literature and a senior journalist for Spain's largest newspaper, El País?
...that Hazelwood power station is the single largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in Australia, although it is only the sixth-largest power station?
...that the name of the Congolese writer Tchicaya U Tam'si means small paper, which speaks for a country in Zulu?
...that silent film actor Harrison Ford and present-day star Harrison Ford each have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

...that the famous Wallace fountains in Paris were provided by English philanthropist Richard Wallace as a source of free water for the poor? (Image:Fontaine paris.JPG
...that the University Students' African Revolutionary Front was a political student group formed in 1967 at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania?
...that the only remaining instance of active use of the death penalty in Europe is in capital punishment in Belarus?
...that Fort Atkinson was the first U.S. Army post established west of the Missouri River?