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... that the Phobjika Valley welcomes the Black-necked Cranes as winter visitors from Tibet, in Bhutan, and in the process the cranes circle the Gangteng Monastery (pictured) thrice on arrival and again on departure?
... that lacrosse goaltender Trevor Tierney has won an NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship, a Major League Lacrosse Steinfeld Cup Championship and a World Lacrosse Championship gold medal?
... that astronomers have detected as many as seven planets orbiting the star HD 10180, making it the exoplanetary system with the most known planets to date?
... that Bob Latshaw managed minor league baseball for eight seasons, though he only managed three seasons completely?
... that the number-one song "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" performed by Juan Gabriel was featured as the theme song of a telenovela of the same title?
... that Miss Russia 2010 Irina Antonenko presented a set of matryoshka dolls hand-painted with the pictures of the five most recent Miss Universe winners as her gift to the 2010 competition?
... that the Metamora sank near Pointe au Baril in 1907 and that part of the wreck is still visible above the water?
... that in 1929, a crowd of 11,000 people attended an exhibition game between the Waco Cubs and the New York Yankees at Katy Park, which only held 4,000?
... that Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush and Goats Do Roam are examples of wine humour? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

Этот день в истории ...

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand, causing widespread damage in Christchurch.
Typhoon Kompasu (pictured) makes landfall in South Korea, becoming the strongest typhoon to affect Seoul in fifteen years.
Thirty thousand people in North Carolina, United States, are evacuated ahead of Hurricane Earl, which has impacted the Leeward Islands.
Three bombings kill at least 30 people and injure more than 200 others in Lahore, Pakistan.
In the Iraq War, Operation Iraqi Freedom concludes and Operation New Dawn begins, marking the end of foreign combat operations in Iraq.
The discovery of Balaur, a new genus of dinosaurs closely related to Velociraptor, is announced.
Argentine footballer Francisco Varallo, the last surviving player from the inaugural FIFA World Cup, dies at the age of 100. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...