This day in history: Did you know...

Friday, 10 October 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that, in their depictions of the capture of Diponegoro, Nicolaas Pieneman portrayed him as submissive (pictured), while Raden Salehrepresented him as defiant?
... that the National Council of Women of Australia made Margaret Windeyer an honorary life president in 1918, though she had never been a member of the council's executive board?
... that Sanath Jayasuriya's six centuries at the Asia Cup are the most by any player in the tournament's history?
... that Lia Olguța Vasilescu is the first female mayor of a county capital inRomanian history?
... that the Zaisan mole vole uses its incisors and upward movements of its head to burrow through the soil?
... that the Chinese immunologist Shu Hongbing went to school barefoot because he could not afford shoes?
... that in the 2014 National League Wild Card Game, Brandon Crawford hit the first Major League Baseball postseason grand slam by a shortstop?

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