This day in history: Did you know...

Thursday, 11 September 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that Jan Matejko (self-portrait pictured), one of the most famous Polish painters, transported arms to the insurgents' camp during theJanuary Uprising of 1863?
... that the 2001 documentary Mind Meld features Star Trek's William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy discussing the effects the show had on their lives?
... that Advanced Computer Techniques, a software company begun in the 1960s, featured language compilers from its developers and showmanship from its founder and leader?
... that the chicks of Cabot's tragopan can fly within a few days of being hatched?
... that Hungarian Archbishop Jozsef Grosz was imprisoned in 1951, despite committing the Church to supporting the country's Communist government?
... that while Fredrik Vogt served as director general of Norway's Water Resources and Energy Agency, that country's total annual hydroelectric production capacity increased from about 2 to nearly 8 TWh?
... that in the 1872 U.S. presidential election, Arkansas' electoral votes were rejected by a joint session of Congress because the physical document reporting the votes carried the wrong state coat of arms?

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