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From today's featured article James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He was the first editor of The Atlantic Monthly and was one of the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who wrote poetry suitable for families entertaining at their firesides, with conventional forms and meters. His first collection of poetry was published in 1841. He was involved in the movement to abolish slavery, using poetry to express his antislavery views. In 1848 he gained notoriety with the publication of A Fable for Critics, a booklength poem satirizing contemporary critics and poets. The same year, he published The Biglow Papers, in which he tried to emulate the true Yankee accent in the dialogue of his characters. This depiction of the dialect and his satires were an inspiration to writers like Mark Twain and H. L. Mencken. Lowell went on to publish several other poetry and essay collections, and in later years was ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and the Court of St James's. (Full article...) Recently featured: Djedkare Isesi · Turboliner · Brougham Castle
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In the news South Sudan and the United Nations declare a famine in parts of the country. A suicide bombing at a shrine in Sehwan, Pakistan, kills at least 83 people and injures more Damien Chazelle than 250 others. The Indian Space Research Organisation's PSLVC37 mission launches a record 104 satellites at once. Kim Jongnam, the halfbrother of North Korean leader Kim Jongun, is killed in Malaysia. La La Land wins in five categories, including Best Film and Best Director (Damien Chazelle, pictured), at the British Academy Film Awards. Ongoing: Battle of Mosul Recent deaths: Steve Hewlett · Vitaly Churkin · Dan Vickerman · Robert Michel
On this day... February 22 1371 – Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stuart. 1876 – Swedish Dolly the sheep woman Karolina Olsson went to sleep and purportedly fell into a state of hibernation for the next 32 years. 1921 – After Russian forces under Baron Roman von UngernSternberg drove the Chinese out of Mongolia, the Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor. 1/3
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... that only two men who participated in the Whiskey Rebellion were convicted of treason, but were later pardoned by President George Washington? ... that Canadian football defensive back Taurean Allen was considered one of the top prospects in the 2010 CFL Draft but played only six games professionally? ... that Suksdorf's monkeyflower of the genus Erythranthe was named after the mostly selftaught immigrant botanist Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf? ... that Ahmad Hashim Abd alIsawi earned the nickname the "Butcher of Fallujah" after allegedly masterminding the 2004 ambush in which four private contractors were killed, mutilated, and their bodies displayed? ... that George Washington Pilipō, a leading Hawaiian politician of the 19th century, was known as "The Lion of North Kona"? ... that children playing instruments made from scrap have recorded with Basement Jaxx and performed with Megadeth?
1997 – Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the birth of Dolly (pictured), the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. 2011 – A 6.5 ML earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 185 people and causing around NZ$40 billion damage. Frédéric Chopin (b. 1810) · Felix Frankfurter (d. 1965) More anniversaries: February 21 · February 22 · February 23
Today's featured picture A Lufthansa Airbus A320211 taking off at Stuttgart Airport, Germany. The Airbus A320 family, consisting of the A318, A319, A320, and A321, pioneered the use of digital flybywire flight control systems and sidestick controls in commercial aircraft. Since the 1980s, a total of 7,442 Airbus A320family aircraft have been delivered, of which 7,122 are in service. The largest A320 fleet is that of American Airlines, with 380 aircraft. Photograph: Julian Herzog
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