This day in history: Did you know...

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that Anton Bruckner's Ave Maria for seven voices, the firstmotet composed after his studies, was sung by his choir in theLinz Cathedral (pictured)?
... that the Sardinian long-eared bat is the only remaining mammal endemic to Sardinia after others, such as Hensel's field mouse, became extinct after the arrival of humans on the island?
... that Phuti Mahanyele was chosen as ForbesWoman Africa Business Woman of the Year in 2014?
... that Argentine thrash metal band Hermética was part of the 1994 edition of theMonsters of Rock festival in Argentina, alongside Black Sabbath, Slayer, and Kiss?
... that a factory established by Ole Gabriel Kverneland in 1879 became the largest manufacturer of ploughs in Norway in the 1920s?
... that the Tijuana Cross-border Terminal will let passengers check in while in the U.S., walk across a bridge over the border, and catch a flight at Tijuana Airport in Mexico?
... that Grace Boelke, a physician, was employed by the lingerie manufacturerBerlei to ensure their garments were anatomically correct?

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