This day in history: Did you know...

Friday, 17 October 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that the Ermita Church (pictured) is home to what is considered to be the oldest Marian image in the Philippines?
... that Bruce Mozert took underwater photographs in Silver Springs, Florida, as early as the 1940s?
... that the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program has flown 96 student experiments into low Earth orbit since 2010?
... that Harutyun Shahrikyan was tortured and killed during the Armenian Genocide?
... that the original Five Mile Point Lighthouse (1805) was a 30-foot (9 m) octagonal wooden tower, its fixed white light from eight oil lamps with 13-inch (330 mm)parabolic reflectors?
... that the British fashion photographer John Cowan was known for his "high-octane image-making"?
... that record label PC Music has never produced a physical release?

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