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March 3 Wikipedia featured articleUSS Congress was a nominally rated 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate launched on...

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USS Congress was a nominally rated 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate launched on 15 August 1799. She was one of the original six frigates of the newly formed United States Navy and, along with her sister ships, was larger and more heavily armed than standard frigates of the period. Her first duties were to protect American shipping during the Quasi-War with…
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March 4 Wikipedia featured articleJames Madison (1751–1836) was a Founding Father of the United States and its fourth president, serving...

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James Madison (1751–1836) was a Founding Father of the United States and its fourth president, serving from March 4, 1809, to March 4, 1817. Dubbed the "Father of the Constitution" for his role in creating the U.S. Constitution, he had been dissatisfied with the weak government under the Articles of Confederation, and helped organize the Constitutional Convention of 1787.…
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March 5 Wikipedia featured articleLeroy Chollet (March 5, 1925 – June 10, 1998) was an American professional basketball player. Chollet...

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Leroy Chollet (March 5, 1925 – June 10, 1998) was an American professional basketball player. Chollet enrolled at Loyola University New Orleans and led the Loyola Wolf Pack to their first championship. Louisiana schools were segregated at the time; Chollet had an African-American great-grandparent and was pressured into leaving Loyola when this was revealed. He moved to N…
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March 6 Wikipedia featured articleLes Holden (6 March 1895 – 18 September 1932) was a fighter ace of World War I. He joined the...

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Les Holden (6 March 1895 – 18 September 1932) was a fighter ace of World War I. He joined the Australian Light Horse in May 1915, serving in Egypt and France. In December 1916, he volunteered for the Australian Flying Corps and qualified as a pilot. As a member of No. 2 Squadron, he gained the sobriquets "Lucky Les" and "the homing pigeon" after a series of incidents wher…
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March 7 Wikipedia featured articleIllustration of an infant classThe history of infant schools in Great Britain began in 1816, when the...

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Illustration of an infant class

The history of infant schools in Great Britain began in 1816, when the first infant school was founded in New Lanark, Scotland. It was followed by other philanthropic infant schools across Great Britain. Infant teaching came to include moral education, exercise, and an authoritative but friendly teacher. Infant schools increased the educatio…
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March 8 Wikipedia featured articleAnna Filosofova (1837–1912) was a Russian feminist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into a...

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Anna Filosofova (1837–1912) was a Russian feminist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into a noble family, she married Vladimir Filosofov at a young age and had six children. Concerned with the plight of serfs, Filosofova became a feminist in the late 1850s, educated in the salon of Maria Trubnikova. Alongside Trubnikova and Nadezhda Stasova, Filosofova was an ear…
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March 9 Wikipedia featured articleMichigan Theatre in Ann ArborAnn Arbor is a city in and the county seat of Washtenaw County in the U.S....

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Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor is a city in and the county seat of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Founded in 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey, it was named after the wives of the village's founders, both named Ann, and the stands of bur oak trees they found there. A college town, Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michigan, which significa…
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March 10 Wikipedia featured articleJonatan Söderström, co-designerHotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a 2015 top-down shooter game developed...

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Jonatan Söderström, co-designer

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a 2015 top-down shooter game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. A sequel to Hotline Miami, it focuses on the prelude and aftermath of that game's protagonist's actions against the Russian mafia in Miami. The player takes on the role of several characters throughout Hotline Miami 2…
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March 11 Wikipedia featured articleMatthew Brettingham (1699–1769) was an English architect who rose from modest origins to become one of...

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Matthew Brettingham (1699–1769) was an English architect who rose from modest origins to become one of the best-known architects of his generation. Much of his principal work has since been demolished, particularly his work in London, where he revolutionised the design of the grand townhouse. As a result, he is often overlooked today, remembered principally for his Palla…
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March 12 Wikipedia featured articleCenturyLink FieldThe 2020 season for Seattle Sounders FC was their twelfth in Major League Soccer (MLS),...

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CenturyLink Field

The 2020 season for Seattle Sounders FC was their twelfth in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight of professional club soccer in the United States. It was the 37th season played by a professional team bearing the Sounders name. Seattle was the reigning MLS Cup champions and were expected to play 34 matches during the regular season, which began on M…
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February 21 Wikipedia featured articleThe Virgo interferometer is a large-scale scientific instrument near Pisa, Italy, for detecting...

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The Virgo interferometer is a large-scale scientific instrument near Pisa, Italy, for detecting gravitational waves. The detector measures minuscule length variations in its two 3-kilometre (1.9-mile) arms induced by the passage of gravitational waves. The project, named after the Virgo galaxy cluster, was first approved in 1992 and construction was completed in 2003.…
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February 22 Wikipedia featured articleEddie Gerard (February 22, 1890 – August 7, 1937) was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and...

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Eddie Gerard (February 22, 1890 – August 7, 1937) was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he played professionally for ten seasons for the Ottawa Senators, as a left winger for three years before switching to defence. He was the first player to win the Stanley Cup four years in a row, from 1920 to 1923, three times with the Senat…
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February 23 Wikipedia featured articleDonald Forrester Brown (23 February 1890 – 1 October 1916) was a New Zealand recipient of the...

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Donald Forrester Brown (23 February 1890 – 1 October 1916) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour in the face of the enemy that could be awarded at that time to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Born in Dunedin, Brown was a farmer when the First World War began. In late 1915, he volunteered for service abroa…
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February 24 Wikipedia featured articleLinda GriffithsOverdrawn at the Memory Bank is a 1984 science-fiction television film starring Raul...

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Linda Griffiths

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is a 1984 science-fiction television film starring Raul Julia and Linda Griffiths (pictured). Based on a 1976 short story by John Varley from the Eight Worlds series, the film takes place in a dystopian future where an employee at a conglomerate, played by Julia, gets trapped inside the company's computer, where he is monito…
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February 25 Wikipedia featured articleFrontispiece and title page of The British HousewifeMartha Bradley (fl. 1740s–1755) was a British...

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Frontispiece and title page of The British Housewife

Martha Bradley (fl. 1740s–1755) was a British cookery book writer. Little is known about her life, except that she published the cookery book The British Housewife (pictured) in 1756 and worked as a cook for more than 30 years in the fashionable spa town of Bath, Somerset. The British Housewife was released as a 42-i…
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February 26 Wikipedia featured articleDebris from the Roswell balloonThe Roswell incident is a conspiracy theory that alleges that debris...

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Debris from the Roswell balloon

The Roswell incident is a conspiracy theory that alleges that debris from a United States Army Air Forces balloon (pictured) recovered in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico, was part of a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft. The debris was from the top-secret Project Mogul, which used high-altitude balloons to detect nuclear tests. Roswell Ar…
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February 27 Wikipedia featured articleKeanu ReevesJohn Wick is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written...

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Keanu Reeves

John Wick is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. The film stars Keanu Reeves (pictured) as John Wick, a retired hitman who seeks revenge against the men who killed his dog, a final gift from his deceased wife. It also stars Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winte…
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February 28 Wikipedia featured articleSappho (standing) as imagined by Lawrence Alma-Tadema in 1881Anactoria is a woman mentioned in the...

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Sappho (standing) as imagined by Lawrence Alma-Tadema in 1881

Anactoria is a woman mentioned in the work of the ancient Greek poet Sappho (pictured), who wrote in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE. Sappho names Anactoria as the object of her desire in a poem numbered as fragment 16. Another of her poems, fragment 31, is traditionally called the "Ode to Anactoria…
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March 1 Wikipedia featured articleBeverly White (1928–2021) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the Utah...

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Beverly White (1928–2021) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1971 to 1991. Born in Salt Lake City, she was raised in Tooele after the death of her mother and graduated from Tooele High School. White held multiple positions in the Democratic Party at the local, state and national levels, and attended many sta…
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March 2 Wikipedia featured articleHughie Ferguson (2 March 1895 – 8 January 1930) was a professional footballer. He was one of...

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Hughie Ferguson (2 March 1895 – 8 January 1930) was a professional footballer. He was one of Scotland's most sought-after young players before signing for Motherwell F.C. to begin his professional career. He played as a centre forward and finished as the top goalscorer in the Scottish Football League on three occasions. His 284 league goals remains a club record and, by 1…
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