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Today's featured article Kate Moss in 2019 The illusion of Kate Moss is an art piece first shown at the conclusion of the Alexander McQueen runway show The Widows of Culloden (Autumn/Winter 2006). It consists of a short film of English model Kate Moss dancing slowly while wearing a long, billowing gown of white chiffon, projected life-size within a glass pyramid in the centre of the show's catwalk. Although sometimes referred to as a hologram, the illusion was made using a 19th-century theatre technique called Pepper's ghost. McQueen conceived the illusion as a gesture of support for Moss; she was a close friend of his and was embroiled in a drug-related scandal at the time of the Widows show. It is regarded by many critics as the highlight of the Widows runway show, and it has been the subject of a great deal of academic analysis, particularly as a wedding dress and as a memento mori. The illusion appeared in both versions of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a retrospective exhibition of McQueen's designs. (Full article...) Recently featured: Barbara Bush 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) American logistics in the Northern France campaign Selected anniversaries June 9 Abraham Whipple 1549 – The first Book of Common Prayer was legally mandated by Parliament, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to the Church of England. 1772 – In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American colonists led by Abraham Whipple (pictured) attacked and burned the British schooner Gaspee. 1928 – Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight. 1954 – During hearings investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army lawyer Joseph N. Welch asked McCarthy: "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" 1999 – Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Kosovo War the next day. Sarah Rapelje (b. 1625) Doveton Sturdee (b. 1859) Charles Wuorinen (b. 1938) Brian Williamson (d. 2004) More anniversaries: June 8 June 9 June 10	In the news Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene Prime Minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (pictured) resigns after weeks of protests. In the Netherlands, an early election is called after the Schoof cabinet collapses as the PVV abandons the governing coalition. Lee Jae-myung is elected as president of South Korea. In cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeating Punjab Kings. Karol Nawrocki is elected as president of Poland. Ongoing: Gaza war Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: David Cordier Jonathan Joss John Brenkus John Thrasher Étienne-Émile Baulieu Marc Garneau Did you know... Helen Kendall ... that Helen Kendall (pictured) was one of 446 Canadians to receive the Royal Red Cross for her service in World War I? ... that suggested responses to nihilism include detachment, resignation, defiance, disruption, and the creation of new values? ... that Sumahadi, a future Indonesian minister of forestry, was the only person in his cohort to graduate without a thesis? ... that Joe Pantoliano thought that he would star in This Is Us, not an episode of The Last of Us? ... that the first UK private toll road in a century operated for 14 weeks in 2014? ... that Brazilian medium Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar said that Lula da Silva is the reincarnation of Pedro II of Brazil? ... that The Dark Domain was said by one critic to have placed its author "within the canon of supernatural greats"? ... that Remedios Varo's only sculpture, Homo rodans, is accompanied by a satirical anthropological manuscript? ... that it was feared that Earl Ohlgren had broken his neck during an NFL exhibition game, but he was actually just in shock?
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