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<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEF2E0;">Today's Featured Article</h3>[[File:President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg|left|255x255px|style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;]]'''[[Jefferson Davis]]''' (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was the [[wikipedia:President_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America|president of the Confederate States of America (CSA)]] from 1861 to 1865. He previously represented [[wikipedia:Mississippi|Mississippi]] in the [[wikipedia:United_States_Senate|United States Senate]] and [[wikipedia:United_States_House_of_Representatives|House of Representatives]] as a [[wikipedia:Democratic_Party_(United_States)|Democrat]], and was the [[wikipedia:United_States_Secretary_of_War|U.S. secretary of war]] from 1853 to 1857. A graduate of [[wikipedia:United_States_Military_Academy|West Point]], Davis served in the [[wikipedia:United_States_Army|U.S. Army]], fighting in the [[wikipedia:Mexican–American_War|Mexican–American War]]. He was a cotton [[wikipedia:Planter_class|planter]] and owned as many as 113 slaves. During the [[wikipedia:American_Civil_War|Civil War]], Davis served as commander in chief. When the CSA was defeated in 1865, he was captured, accused of involvement in the [[wikipedia:Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln|assassination of Abraham Lincoln]] and of [[wikipedia:Treason#United_States|treason]], and imprisoned at [[wikipedia:Fort_Monroe|Fort Monroe]]. He was released without trial after two years. Immediately after the war, Davis was often blamed for the CSA's defeat but, after his release from prison, the [[wikipedia:Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy|Lost Cause]] movement deemed him a hero, and he was celebrated in the South. In the 21st century, however, he has been viewed more harshly, and many [[wikipedia:List_of_memorials_to_Jefferson_Davis|memorials to him]] have [[wikipedia:Removal_of_Confederate_monuments_and_memorials|been removed.]] ''('''[[Jefferson Davis|Full article...]]''')''
<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEF2E0;"><small>Today's Featured Article</small></h3>[[File:Fountains Abbey view02 2005-08-27.jpg|alt=style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;|left|thumb|200x200px|<small>Ruins of Fountains Abbey</small>]]<small>Around June 1447, '''[[Poisoning of Abbot Greenwell|John Greenwell was poisoned]]''' by a monk, William Downom. The abbotof Fountains Abbey ''(ruins pictured)'', Greenwell led the richest abbey in England; his office made him an important figure in Yorkshire. The first half of the century saw the abbey wracked with internal strife, including a disputed election which had violent repercussions as well as, possibly, embezzlement. Greenwell appears to have brought a degree of peace to the abbey upon his election, but he does not seem to have been popular. Downom poisoned a dish of pottage, which he attempted to feed to Greenwell while he was sick. He survived the poisoning, and the case became notorious. Although it took over a year and discussions with Fountains' motherhouse of Cîteaux Abbey, Downom was eventually expelled. Greenwell remained controversial and was both accused and accuser in local lawsuits, and incurred the distrust of King Edward IV for his political leanings. ''('''[[Poisoning of Abbot Greenwell|Full article...]]''')''</small>
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<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Wiki News</h3>[[File:Lord Fakafānua in 2024 (cropped).jpg|thumb|136x136px|<small>Fatafehi Fakafānua</small>]]'''''Lates updates:'''''
* <small>[[Fatafehi Fakafānua]] ''(pictured)'' '''is elected''' prime minister by the legislative assembly of Tonga.</small>


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* <small>Filmmaker and actor '''[[Rob Reiner]]''' ''(pictured)'' and his wife are stabbed to death in Los Angeles.</small>
* <small>Sixteen people, including a gunman, are killed in '''a mass shooting attack''' on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney.</small>
* <small>Bulgarian prime minister [[Rosen Zhelyazkov|'''Rosen Zhelyazkov''']] ''(pictured)'' and his government resign after '''days of protests'''.</small>
* <small>[[wikipedia:Clair_Obscur:_Expedition_33|'''Clair Obscur: Expedition 33''']] wins Game of the Year at '''[[wikipedia:The_Game_Awards_2025|the Game Awards]]''' (producer and host [[Geoff Keighley]] pictured).</small>


<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Wiki News</h3>[[File:Philip J. Pierre img.jpg|right|frameless|150x150px]]- In Saint Lucia, the [[wikipedia:Saint_Lucia_Labour_Party|Labour Party]], led by Prime Minister [[Philip J. Pierre]] ''(pictured)'', '''[[wikipedia:2025_Saint_Lucian_general_election|retains its majority]]''' in the [[wikipedia:House_of_Assembly_of_Saint_Lucia|House of Assembly.]]
* <small>In Australia, a ban on the use of certain social media platforms by under-16s comes into effect.</small>
* Playwright and screenwriter '''[[Tom Stoppard]]''' ''(pictured)'' dies at the age of 88.
* In motorsport, [[wikipedia:Sébastien_Ogier|Sébastien Ogier]] (pictured) and [[wikipedia:Vincent_Landais|Vincent Landais]] win the World Rally Championship.


* In motorsport, Sébastien Ogier (pictured) and Vincent Landais win the World Rally Championship.
* <small>In motorsport, [[Lando Norris|'''Lando Norris''']] ''(pictured)'' wins '''the Formula One World Drivers' Championship'''.</small>  
* Flooding and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah leave at least 469 people dead across Sri Lanka and India.
* An apartment complex fire in Hong Kong leaves at least 156 people dead.
* In Guinea-Bissau, armed forces seize power in a military coup, arresting President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and proclaiming Horta Inta-A Na Man as head of a transitional government.<p style="float:right;">More current events •</p>


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* <small>In Benin, '''a coup attempt''' by members of the armed forces is thwarted. Architect and designer '''Frank Gehry''' dies at the age of 96.</small>
* <small>In Saint Lucia, the [[wikipedia:Saint_Lucia_Labour_Party|Labour Party]], led by Prime Minister [[Philip J. Pierre]] ''(pictured)'', '''[[wikipedia:2025_Saint_Lucian_general_election|retains its majority]]''' in the [[wikipedia:House_of_Assembly_of_Saint_Lucia|House of Assembly.]]</small>


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<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Today's Featured Picture</h3>[[File:Fall Of Baghdad (Diez Albums).jpg|border|center|800x800px|style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;]]The '''[[wikipedia:Siege_of_Baghdad|siege of Baghdad]]''' took place in early 1258 when a large army under Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Hulegu had been sent by his brother, the Mongol khan Möngke, to conquer Persia. When Baghdad's ruler, Caliph al-Musta'sim, failed to reinforce the Mongol army, an angered Hulegu decided to overthrow him. The Mongol army routed a sortie led by al-Musta'sim's ''dawatdar'' (a leading minister) and besieged the city. After Mongol siege engines breached Baghdad's walls within days, al-Musta'sim surrendered and was later executed. The Mongol army pillaged the city for a week. The number of deaths was inflated by epidemics of disease, but Hulegu estimated his soldiers killed 200,000. Although the siege is often seen as the end of the Islamic Golden Age, Baghdad prospered under Hulegu's Ilkhanate. This double-page illustration, taken from a 14th-century manuscript of Rashid al-Din Hamadani's ''Jami' al-tawarikh'', depicts the attempted escape of the ''dawatdar'' down the river Tigris (centre right); the soldiers on the pontoons forced him back to Baghdad with the loss of three ships. The manuscript forms part of the Diez Albums, now in the collection of the Berlin State Library in Germany.
<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Today's Featured Picture</h3>[[File:Joseph Karl Stieler's Beethoven mit dem Manuskript der Missa solemnis.jpg|alt=style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;|border|left|frameless|436x436px|'''Leopard seal''']]'''[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]''' (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterised as heroic. During this time, Beethoven began to grow increasingly deaf. In his late period, from 1812 to 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression. This oil-on-canvas portrait, titled ''Beethoven with the Manuscript of the Missa Solemnis'', was painted by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1820, and depicts Beethoven while composing his Missa solemnis, which was first performed in 1824. The painting hangs in the Beethoven House at his birthplace in Bonn, Germany.
<small>Painting credit: Joseph Karl Stieler</small>


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