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<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEF2E0;">Today's Featured Article</h3>[[File:Edmund, son of Edmund Ironside.jpg|left|202x202px|style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;]]'''[[Edmund Ætheling]]''' (born 1016 or 1017, died before 1057) was a son of [[Edmund Ironside]] and his wife [[Ealdgyth]]. Edmund Ironside briefly ruled as king of England following the death of his father Æthelred the Unready in April 1016. Edmund Ironside died in late 1016 after a hard-fought war with Danish invader Cnut who became king of all England shortly after. The following year, Cnut sent Edmund Ironside's two infant sons, Edmund Ætheling and Edward the Exile, to Continental Europe, probably to the King of Sweden, to be murdered. Instead, the princes were spared and sent to Hungary, possibly after a sojourn at the court of Yaroslav I, prince of Kiev, in Russia. As Ironside's marriage lasted no more than 15 months, Edmund and Edward were either twins or one was born after their father's death. Edmund may have married a daughter of the Hungarian king, and he died in Hungary on 10 January in an unknown year before 1057. ''('''[[Edmund Ætheling|Full article...]]''')''   
<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEF2E0;">Today's Featured Article</h3>[[File:Coin of Theodosius III.png|alt=style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;|left|thumb|150x150px|Coin of Theodosius III]]'''[[Theodosius III]]''' was the [[wikipedia:List_of_Byzantine_emperors|Byzantine]] emperor from around May 715 to 717. Before rising to the throne of the [[wikipedia:Byzantine_Empire|Byzantine Empire,]] he was a tax collector in [[wikipedia:Adramyttium|Adramyttium]]. In 715, the [[wikipedia:Byzantine_navy|Byzantine navy]] and the troops of the [[wikipedia:Opsikion|Opsician Theme]], one of the Byzantine provinces, revolted against [[wikipedia:Anastasius_II_(emperor)|Anastasius II]], acclaiming the reluctant Theodosius as emperor. He led his troops to [[wikipedia:Üsküdar#Chrysopolis|Chrysopolis]] and then [[wikipedia:Constantinople|Constantinople]], seizing the city in November 715. Anastasius did not surrender until several months later, accepting exile in a monastery in return for safety. Many [[wikipedia:Theme_(Byzantine_district)|themes]] viewed Theodosius to be a puppet of the troops of the Opsician Theme, and his legitimacy was denied by the [[wikipedia:Anatolic_Theme|Anatolics]] and the [[wikipedia:Armeniac_Theme|Armeniacs]] under their respective ''strategoi'' (generals) [[wikipedia:Leo_III_the_Isaurian|Leo the Isaurian]] and [[wikipedia:Artabasdos|Artabasdos]]. Leo entered Constantinople and definitively seized power in 717, allowing Theodosius and his son to retire to a monastery. When Theodosius died is uncertain, but it may have been in 754. ''('''[[Theodosius III|Full article...]]''')''   


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<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Today's Featured Picture</h3>[[File:McCULLOCH, Hugh-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg|border|left|513x513px|style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;]]<big>[[Hugh McCulloch]] (December 7, 1808 – May 24, 1895) was an American financier who played a central role in financing the [[wikipedia:American_Civil_War|American Civil War]]. He served two non-consecutive terms as [[wikipedia:United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury|United States Secretary of the Treasury]] under three presidents. He was originally opposed to the creation of a system of national banks, but his reputation as head of the [[wikipedia:Bank_of_Indiana|Bank of Indiana]] from 1857 to 1863 persuaded the Treasury to bring him in to supervise the new system as Comptroller of the Currency from 1863 to 1865. As Secretary of the Treasury from 1865 to 1869 under [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[wikipedia:Andrew_Johnson|Andrew Johnson]], McCulloch reduced and funded the gigantic Civil War debt of the Union, and reestablished the federal taxation system across the former [[wikipedia:Confederate_States_of_America|Confederate States of America]]. He served another six months as Secretary of the Treasury from 1884 to 1885, at the close of [[wikipedia:Chester_A._Arthur|Chester A. Arthur's]] term as president. This [[wikipedia:Line_engraving|line-engraved]] portrait of McCulloch was created by the [[wikipedia:Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing|Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)]] as part of a [[wikipedia:US_Treasury_specimen_book|BEP presentation book]] of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury; McCulloch's portrait was used on the 1902 [[wikipedia:United_States_twenty-dollar_bill|United States twenty-dollar bill.]]</big>
<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Today's Featured Picture</h3>[[File:Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) Leona Amarga 2.jpg|alt=style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;|border|left|400x400px|Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) Leona Amarga 2]]The '''guanaco''' (''Lama guanicoe'') is a species of mammal in the family Camelidae, the camelids. Closely related to the llama, the guanaco is native to the steppes, scrublands and mountainous regions of South America, including Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Argentina. It is a diurnal animal, living in small herds consisting of either one male and several females with their young, or separate bachelor herds. It can run at speeds of up to 64 km/h (40 mph), important for avoiding predation. A herbivore, the guanaco grazes on grasses, shrubs, herbs, lichens, fungi, cacti, and flowers, while its natural predators include the puma and the culpeo (Andean fox). Some guanacos are found domesticated in zoos and private herds around the world, and its fiber is also harvested for use in luxury fabrics, being noted for its soft, warm feel. This guanaco was photographed in Torres del Paine, Chile.
<small>Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp</small>


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