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15 July 2019

00:00, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Le Nove porcelain bowl

... that the samples of Le Nove porcelain (example pictured), sent to the Venetian government in 1762 to support a licence application, may actually have been made by another factory?
... that Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut called American journalist Janet Lee Stevens "the little drummer girl" because of her staunch support for their cause?
... that Back to Black, the final studio album by Amy Winehouse, topped the European Top 100 Albums chart for 13 non-consecutive weeks?
... that Australian rules footballer Emerson Woods was a premiership player in the VFL Women's while still in secondary school?
... that the cave-nesting rockwarbler has also been called the "hanging dick" because of its nest?
... that lieutenant commander James J. Connell's Navy Cross was the highest award for valor bestowed on a Delawarean during the Vietnam War?
... that César Franck composed Psalm 150, a setting of "the musicians' psalm", for choir, orchestra, and organ, for a school for the blind in Paris?
... that Charles Stapley played 26 different roles in The Adventures of Robin Hood?

14 July 2019

00:00, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Callum by John Emms

... that as a condition of a bequest from James Cowan Smith, the Scottish National Gallery must permanently display a portrait of his dog Callum (pictured)?
... that after the crash of Paradise Airlines Flight 901A, the Federal Aviation Administration permanently grounded the airline's operations?
... that in 1953, Satyawati Suleiman became the first woman to receive a degree in archaeology from the University of Indonesia?
... that Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan believes that God intervened in the recording of his album Luys i Luso?
... that Abby Dunkin was one of three University of Texas at Arlington players selected as members of the All Star Five at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship?
... that the 2003 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans featured the first renewable-fuelled sports prototype racing car to be entered in a Le Mans event?
... that English librarian Frank Cundall created the West India Reference Library in 1894, which later became the nucleus of the National Library of Jamaica?
... that some supporters of US president Franklin Roosevelt called for him to assume dictatorial powers in 1933?

13 July 2019

00:00, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

Elizabeth L. Gardner

... that Elizabeth L. Gardner served as a WASP during World War II and was the subject of a well-known photo (pictured)?
... that the Arab Serai, a 16th-century roadside inn in Delhi, may have been built to shelter 300 Arab mullahs who accompanied the Mughal emperor's widow on her Hajj to Mecca?
... that Isao Kataoka is the only Japanese recipient of the Paul Loicq Award for contributions to international ice hockey?
... that de novo gene birth was once thought to be impossible but has now been observed in every species that has been systematically examined?
... that Maria Howard Weeden painted many portraits of African-American freedmen and freedwomen?
... that the Suvorov Monument, now on Suvorov Square, depicts its subject as the god Mars?
... that Bohumil Herlischka staged Schoenberg's Moses und Aron at the Hamburg State Opera, including a tour to Israel?
... that in two species of megabat, males have been observed to produce milk?

12 July 2019

00:00, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

A Blue Line train on the Steel Bridge

... that Portland's MAX Blue Line (train pictured) was built as a result of freeway revolts in the 1970s?
... that Pema Dhondup studied filmmaking at the University of Southern California so he could use the medium to tell the story of his "lost generation" of Tibetan youth?
... that endometriosis, a condition in which tissue from the womb occurs in unusual locations, can cause bleeding into the chest during menstrual periods?
... that Liu Housheng co-founded the Plum Blossom Award, the highest award for Chinese opera?
... that a clay tablet at the National Museum of Iraq, dated to c. 1770 BCE, shows a calculation that uses the Pythagorean theorem—twelve centuries prior to the birth of Pythagoras?
... that Gustave A. Mueller of the Homeopathic Hospital of Pittsburgh was described in his 1912 obituary as a leading specialist in the treatment of the eye, ear, nose, and throat?
... that flyways used by migrating wetland birds have traditional staging points where they can rebuild their energy reserves?
... that French-born Joe Bertony, who twice escaped from Nazi concentration camps, played a key part in the construction of the Sydney Opera House?

11 July 2019

00:00, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Rosé

... that New Zealand-born singer Rosé (pictured) initially thought her father's suggestion that she audition to become a K-pop star was a joke, as the family lived in Australia?
... that the West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts were modelled on legislation introduced after the Irish Great Famine?
... that Tatsuo Nomura's "Pokémon Challenge" for Google Maps, created as an April Fools' Day prank for mobile phone users, led to the development of Pokémon Go?
... that although living on the same mountain, the Mount Oku rat is endangered by habitat destruction, while the Mittendorf's striped grass mouse is not?
... that the Kinetest, a women's ski trail at the Grovatesten ski field in Meråker, is named after the Norwegian cross-country skier Kine Beate Bjørnås?
... that the editing style of Every Frame a Painting was formulated to avoid copyright claims from YouTube's Content ID system?
... that researcher Leslie Leve has found that parents' depression is associated with an increased likelihood of behavioral problems in their children?
... that the Brahma Temple of Khajuraho is actually dedicated to Shiva?

10 July 2019

00:00, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Hypericum olympicum flower

... that Hypericum olympicum (pictured), an Award of Garden Merit winner, is toxic to dogs, cats, and horses?
... that Isabelle Story, a member of Eleanor Roosevelt's press corps, published a weekly column called "Chatting With The First Lady"?
... that Newcastle Falcons were relegated to play in the 2019–20 RFU Championship after the RFU rejected a plan to expand Premiership Rugby?
... that Wang Xiji, chief designer of China's first space launch vehicle and recoverable satellites, advocated the construction of a solar power station 36,000 km (22,000 mi) above Earth?
... that abnormal structures inside white blood cells called critical green inclusions can indicate impending death?
... that after leaving Nauvoo, Illinois, John Lyman Smith traveled with the Mormon pioneers in 1847 to the Salt Lake Valley, where he became a Utah Territory politician?
... that the Occupation of Ma'an has been called "one of the most confused chapters" of Jordan's history?
... that pool player David Alcaide became the Spanish national eight-ball champion at age 14?

9 July 2019

00:00, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Peter Badcoe

... that Australian Army major Peter Badcoe (pictured) was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for displaying "conspicuous gallantry and leadership" on three occasions?
... that the earliest evidence of sheep herding has been found in northern Iraq, dated before 9000 BC?
... that Tang Dingyuan co-invented the "split-diamond bomb"?
... that Bolivia sued Chile in 2013 to regain land lost in 1884, claiming it had an Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean?
... that Joanne Berger-Sweeney is the first African-American and first woman to serve as president of Trinity College, Connecticut?
... that the Benedictines of Murbach Abbey built the monumental Notre-Dame de Guebwiller in order to relocate from their remote valley?
... that operatic bass Kieth Engen, who got his first role, Bluebeard, at the Bavarian State Opera because he was tall, also had a pop career under a pseudonym?
... that The California Field Atlas by Obi Kaufmann is neither a field guide nor a conventional atlas?

8 July 2019

00:00, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final

... that Germany defeated Sweden in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final (pictured) with a golden goal, the last time this method of deciding the final was approved?
... that Liu Xianjue spent three years researching the book The Architectural Heritage in Macau, which was submitted in the city's successful application for World Heritage status?
... that the Missa brevis for choir a cappella is one of about 300 choral compositions by Knut Nystedt?
... that Florrie Redford played football with other women during her lunch break at a World War I munitions factory prior to becoming a leading goal scorer for Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C.?
... that the WTC Cortlandt subway station in New York City, closed for 17 years after the September 11 attacks, cost $181 million to rebuild?
... that Im Eun-ju was the first South Korean woman to referee at the international level of association football?
... that among the wetland animals in Kainji National Park are two species of crocodile, four of turtle, the African manatee, the hippopotamus, and the clawless otter?
... that William Feiner became the president of Georgetown College in 1826 despite having never mastered English?

7 July 2019

00:00, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide

... that James H. Stark, author of six guidebooks to the British West Indies and Bermuda (pictured), was described as a "modern Hakluyt"?
... that the dome of Santa Maria di Collemaggio collapsed in the 1461 L'Aquila earthquake?
... that Tsunekazu Ishihara was nicknamed "The King of Portable Toys" by coworkers during the development of Pokémon Red and Green?
... that the repeated question "Warum?" ('Why?') from the Book of Job structures the first of Two Motets, Op. 74, by Johannes Brahms?
... that wheelchair basketball player Teisha Shadwell raised money for a custom-built chair on GoFundMe?
... that HMS Imperieuse once sailed under an American flag?
... that Aziz Abu Sarah, a peace activist from East Jerusalem and promoter of Arab–Israeli peace projects, neither understood Hebrew nor knew any Israeli Jews until after leaving high school?
... that an artificial intelligence wrote a novel in the spirit of Jack Kerouac's On the Road?

6 July 2019

00:00, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Ali Eisami

... that Ali Eisami (pictured), a Kanuri man, dictated his memoirs of his captivity to German missionary and linguist Sigismund Koelle, and helped him produce a Kanuri grammar?
... that the wildlife of Nigeria includes 940 species of bird and all eight known species of West African mangrove?
... that Stepan Pimenov's sculptures for the Admiralty building in St. Petersburg were removed and destroyed by order of [[Alexander II of Russia|Emperor AlexanderTemplate:Nbsp;II]]?
... that Werner Egk wrote the libretto for Irische Legende, his first opera after World War II, based on The Countess Cathleen by W. B. Yeats?
... that the designs on opon Ifá divination trays praise and acknowledge the work of the babalawo?
... that the Leagues Cup, an upcoming four-team soccer competition between MLS and Liga MX clubs, was panned by critics as soon as it was announced?
... that Maria Hueber founded the first school for girls in the Tyrol region?
... that a five-star Amazon review of Facebook Portal by a writer, who claimed not to be a "big" Facebook user before buying the device, was traced to a Facebook employee?

5 July 2019

00:00, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Order of Tito's Tacos

... that Tito's Tacos of Culver City, California, has sold the same hard-shell tacos (pictured) filled with shredded beef, iceberg lettuce, and grated cheddar cheese for 60 years?
... that the Tarzan of Manisa planted thousands of trees on Mount Sipylus in Turkey?
... that the creation of the Swedish Levant Company in 1738 was controversial because of a disagreement between several Swedish merchants and the Hat Party?
... that Eddie Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who had been accused of murder, was transferred to "less restrictive confinement" by direct presidential intervention, the first such transfer since William Calley's in 1971?
... that the historic French trick-taking card game of la Bête has its origins in 16th-century Spanish Ombre, and was created by introducing the concept of bidding into Triomphe?
... that Maddie Shevlin dislocated her thumb on debut in her first season of Australian rules football and missed the next ten weeks?
... that the United States embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, was bombed while Fraser Wilkins was serving as the first US ambassador to Cyprus?
... that this article is a load of old cobblers?

4 July 2019

00:00, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Cycloseris distorta

... that the free-living, solitary coral Cycloseris distorta (pictured) can subdivide its stony skeleton and form two new individuals?
... that when Joseph Wood was appointed as head master of Harrow School, he was by far the oldest to be appointed since the retirement of Thomas Thackeray in 1760?
... that composers Alexander Borodin, Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky are all buried in the Tikhvin Cemetery?
... that the Touristic Eastern Express makes two-hour-long stops between Ankara and Kars to allow passengers to visit historic and natural attractions?
... that the German soprano Melanie Diener began her stage career in Mozart roles in 1996, and appeared as Isolde with the Canadian Opera Company and the Opéra national du Rhin in 2013?
... that after discontinuing normal programming, KPPC radio signed on once a week for six months to fulfill a contract to broadcast church services?
... that Qian Ji helped design China's first satellite and was the lead designer for its first three-in-one satellite launch?
... that the Mueller probe was born in a crossfire hurricane?

3 July 2019

00:00, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

America in Meissen porcelain, 1760s

... that a new personification was developed for the Americas (example pictured) after their discovery by Europeans?
... that in 2018, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her work in 19th-century literature?

2 July 2019

00:00, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

A serving of poutine

... that poutine (example pictured) and back bacon on a bun were served while the Beaver was awarded to Made in Canada at the inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards?
... that the FM Non-Duplication Rule adopted by the FCC 55 years ago today led to the creation of the album-oriented and classic rock radio formats?
... that 11th-century scholar Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Naysaburi, an authority on the early history of Isma'ilism, composed the first official genealogy of the Fatimid dynasty?
... that the WWE 24/7 Championship, a professional wrestling championship, can be defended anytime, anywhere, as long as a WWE referee is present?
... that Women and Politics in Canada by Janine Brodie was the first book to study Canadian women in political campaigns between 1945 and 1975?
... that John Casken's opera Golem won the 1991 Gramophone Classical Music Award for Best Contemporary Recording?
... that before his accession to the Scottish Parliament in 2016, Bill Bowman lived and worked for more than a decade in Bucharest?
... that the 1458 Loveday, which was intended to unite Henry VI's nobility, only resulted in uniting his enemies?

1 July 2019

00:00, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Frank Borman on Apollo 8 launch day

... that after retirement from NASA, astronaut Frank Borman (pictured) became a special advisor to Eastern Air Lines, and helped rescue survivors of the Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crash near Florida's Everglades?
... that for his opera Stephen Climax, composer Hans Zender wrote a libretto which juxtaposes the life of Simeon Stylites with scenes from Ulysses by James Joyce?
... that Dutch pool player Nick van den Berg has competed in the Mosconi Cup eight times and lost only once, in the 2003 event?
... that according to motivation crowding theory, adding incentives for some behavior can sometimes backfire and actually result in less of that behavior?
... that Wei Shoukun, the longest-lived academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, taught at 10 universities over his 80-year career?
... that the wildlife of Senegal includes a critically endangered subspecies of the giant eland and the common Senegal one-striped grass mouse?
... that despite being parodied on World Wrestling Federation TV as "Billionaire Ted", World Championship Wrestling owner Ted Turner reportedly found the sketches funny?
... that Edward McGeachy took a butler with him when he surveyed Fort Stewart Estate in colonial Jamaica?

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+* ... that the samples of '''[[Le Nove porcelain]]''' ''(example pictured)'', sent to the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian government]] in 1762 to support a licence application, may actually have been made by another factory?
+* ... that Palestinians in the [[Shatila refugee camp|Sabra and Shatila refugee camps]] in Beirut called American journalist '''[[Janet Lee Stevens]]''' "the little drummer girl" because of her staunch support for their cause?
+* ... that '''''[[Back to Black]]''''', the final studio album by [[Amy Winehouse]], topped the [[European Top 100 Albums]] chart for 13 non-consecutive weeks?
+* ... that [[Australian rules football]]er '''[[Emerson Woods]]''' was a premiership player in the [[Victorian Football League|VFL Women's]] while still in secondary school?
+* ... that the cave-nesting '''[[rockwarbler]]''' has also been called the "hanging dick" because of its nest?
+* ... that lieutenant commander '''[[James J. Connell]]'''{{`s}} [[Navy Cross]] was the highest award for valor bestowed on a [[Delaware]]an during the Vietnam War?
+* ... that [[César Franck]] composed '''[[Psalm 150 (Franck)|Psalm&nbsp;150]]''', a setting of "[[Psalm 150|the musicians' psalm]]", for choir, orchestra, and organ, for a [[Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles|school for the blind]] in Paris?
+* ... that '''[[Charles Stapley]]''' played 26 different roles in ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''{{-?}}
+===14 July 2019===
+*'''''00:00, 14 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
+<div style="float:right; margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-dyk-img">
+{{main page image|image=Callum - John Emms - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg|caption=''Callum'' by [[John Emms (artist)|John Emms]]|width=170}}
+</div>
+* ... that as a condition of a bequest from '''[[James Cowan Smith]]''', the [[Scottish National Gallery]] must permanently display a portrait of his dog Callum ''(pictured)''?
+* ... that after the crash of '''[[Paradise Airlines Flight&nbsp;901A]]''', the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] permanently grounded the airline's operations?
+* ... that in 1953, '''[[Satyawati Suleiman]]''' became the first woman to receive a degree in archaeology from the [[University of Indonesia]]?
+* ... that Armenian pianist [[Tigran Hamasyan]] believes that God intervened in the recording of his album '''''[[Luys i Luso]]'''''?
+* ... that '''[[Abby Dunkin]]''' was one of three [[University of Texas at Arlington]] players selected as members of the All Star Five at the [[2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship]]?
+* ... that the '''[[2003 24 Hours of Le Mans|2003 edition of the 24&nbsp;Hours of Le Mans]]''' featured the first [[Renewable fuels|renewable-fuelled]] sports prototype racing car to be entered in a Le Mans event?
+* ... that English librarian '''[[Frank Cundall]]''' created the West India Reference Library in 1894, which later became the nucleus of the [[National Library of Jamaica]]?
+* ... that some supporters of US president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]] '''[[Roosevelt dictatorship|called for him to assume dictatorial powers]]''' in 1933?
+===13 July 2019===
+*'''''00:00, 13 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
+<div class="dyk-img" style="float: right; margin-left: 0.5em;">
+{{main page image|image=Elizabeth L. Remba Gardner, Women's Airforce Service Pilots, NARA-542191.jpg|caption=Elizabeth L. Gardner|width=120}}
+</div>
+* ... that '''[[Elizabeth L. Gardner]]''' served as a [[Women Airforce Service Pilots|WASP]] during World War&nbsp;II and was the subject of a well-known photo ''(pictured)''?
+* ... that the '''[[Arab Serai]]''', a 16th-century roadside inn in [[Delhi]], may have been built to shelter 300 Arab mullahs who accompanied the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor's widow on her [[Hajj]] to Mecca?
+* ... that '''[[Isao Kataoka]]''' is the only Japanese recipient of the [[Paul Loicq Award]] for contributions to international ice hockey?<!--Special occasion hook for 12 July-->
+* ... that '''[[De novo gene birth|''de novo'' gene birth]]''' was once thought to be impossible but has now been observed in every species that has been systematically examined?
+* ... that '''[[Maria Howard Weeden]]''' painted many portraits of African-American [[Freedman|freedmen and freedwomen]]?
+* ... that the '''[[Suvorov Monument (Saint Petersburg)|Suvorov Monument]]''', now on '''[[Suvorov Square (Saint Petersburg)|Suvorov Square]]''', depicts its subject as the god [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]?
+* ... that '''[[Bohumil Herlischka]]''' staged Schoenberg's ''[[Moses und Aron]]'' at the [[Hamburg State Opera]], including a tour to Israel?
+* ... that in two species of '''[[megabat]]''', males have been observed to produce milk?
+===12 July 2019===
+*'''''00:00, 12 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
+<div class="dyk-img" style="float: right; margin-left: 0.5em;">
+{{main page image|image=MAX train crossing Steel Bridge in 2009 - street view of SD660 LRVs.jpg|caption=A Blue Line train on the [[Steel Bridge]]|width=x120}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image]] for other parameters-->
+</div>
+* ... that Portland's '''[[MAX Blue Line]]''' ''(train pictured)'' was built as a result of [[Highway revolts in the United States|freeway revolt]]s in the 1970s?
+* ... that '''[[Pema Dhondup]]''' studied filmmaking at the [[University of Southern California]] so he could use the medium to tell the story of his "lost generation" of Tibetan youth?
+* ... that [[endometriosis]], a condition in which tissue from the womb occurs in unusual locations, can cause [[Hemothorax|'''bleeding into the chest''']] during menstrual periods?
+* ... that '''[[Liu Housheng]]''' co-founded the [[Plum Blossom Award]], the highest award for [[Chinese opera]]?
+* ... that [[IM 67118|'''a clay tablet''']] at the [[National Museum of Iraq]], dated to {{circa|1770&nbsp;BCE}}, shows a calculation that uses the [[Pythagorean theorem]]—twelve centuries prior to the birth of Pythagoras?
+* ... that '''[[Gustave A. Mueller]]''' of the Homeopathic Hospital of [[Pittsburgh]] was described in his 1912 obituary as a leading specialist in the treatment of the eye, ear, nose, and throat?
+* ... that [[Flyway|'''flyways''']] used by migrating wetland birds have traditional staging points where they can rebuild their energy reserves?
+* ... that French-born '''[[Joe Bertony]]''', who twice escaped from Nazi concentration camps, played a key part in the construction of the [[Sydney Opera House]]?
+===11 July 2019===
+*'''''00:00, 11 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
+<div style="float:right; margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-dyk-img">
+{{main page image|image=20190106 (NEWSEN) 블랙핑크(BLACKPINK), 수줍은 많은 소녀지만 돋보이는 아름다운 미모 (Golden Disc Awards 2019) (3).jpg|caption=Rosé|width=120}}
+</div>
+* ... that New Zealand-born singer '''[[Rosé (singer)|Rosé]]''' ''(pictured)'' initially thought her father's suggestion that she audition to become a [[Korean idol|K-pop star]] was a joke, as the family lived in Australia?
+* ... that the '''[[West Indian Incumbered Estates Acts]]''' were modelled on legislation introduced after the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Irish Great Famine]]?
+* ... that '''[[Tatsuo Nomura]]'''{{`s}} "Pokémon Challenge" for [[Google Maps]], created as an [[April Fools' Day]] prank for mobile phone users, led to the development of ''[[Pokémon Go]]''?
+* ... that although living on the same mountain, the '''[[Mount Oku rat]]''' is [[Endangered species|endangered]] by habitat destruction, while the '''[[Mittendorf's striped grass mouse]]''' is not?
+* ... that the ''Kinetest'', a women's ski trail at the Grovatesten ski field in [[Meråker]], is named after the Norwegian [[Cross-country skiing|cross-country skier]] '''[[Kine Beate Bjørnås]]'''?
+* ... that the editing style of '''''[[Every Frame a Painting]]''''' was formulated to avoid copyright claims from YouTube's [[Content ID (algorithm)|Content ID]] system?
+* ... that researcher '''[[Leslie Leve]]''' has found that parents' depression is associated with an increased likelihood of behavioral problems in their children?
+* ... that the '''[[Brahma Temple, Khajuraho|Brahma Temple]]''' of [[Khajuraho Group of Monuments|Khajuraho]] is actually dedicated to [[Shiva]]?
+===10 July 2019===
+*'''''00:00, 10 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
+<div style="float:right; margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-dyk-img">
+{{main page image|image=Hypericum olympicum Dziurawiec olimpijski 01.jpg|caption=''Hypericum olympicum'' flower|width=160}}
+</div>
+* ... that '''''[[Hypericum olympicum]]''''' ''(pictured)'', an [[Award of Garden Merit]] winner, is toxic to dogs, cats, and horses?
+* ... that '''[[Isabelle Story]]''', a member of [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]'s press corps, published a weekly column called "Chatting With The First Lady"?
+* ... that [[Newcastle Falcons]] were relegated to play in the '''[[2019–20 RFU Championship]]''' after the [[Rugby Football Union|RFU]] rejected a plan to expand [[Premiership Rugby]]?
+* ... that '''[[Wang Xiji]]''', chief designer of China's first [[Launch vehicle|space launch vehicle]] and recoverable satellites, advocated the construction of a solar power station {{Convert|36000|km|abbr=on}} above Earth?
+* ... that abnormal structures inside [[white blood cell]]s called '''[[critical green inclusion]]s''' can indicate impending death?
+* ... that after leaving [[Nauvoo, Illinois]], '''[[John Lyman Smith]]''' traveled with the [[Mormon pioneers]] in 1847 to the [[Salt Lake Valley]], where he became a [[Utah Territory]] politician?
+* ... that the '''[[Occupation of Ma'an]]''' has been called "one of the most confused chapters" of [[Jordan]]'s history?
+* ... that [[pool (cue sports)|pool]] player '''[[David Alcaide]]''' became the Spanish national [[eight-ball]] champion at age 14?
+===9 July 2019===
+*'''''00:00, 9 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
+<div class="dyk-img" style="float: right; margin-left: 0.5em;">
+{{main page image|image=Peter Badcoe c.1950's P00942.002.JPG|caption=Peter Badcoe|width=133x150}}
+</div>
+* ... that Australian Army major '''[[Peter Badcoe]]''' ''(pictured)'' was posthumously awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for displaying "conspicuous gallantry and leadership" on three occasions?
+* ... that the earliest evidence of [[shepherd|sheep herding]] has been found in northern [[Iraq]], dated '''[[10th millennium BC|before 9000 BC]]'''?
+* ... that '''[[Tang Dingyuan]]''' co-invented the "split-diamond bomb"?
+* ... that [[Bolivia]] sued [[Chile]] in 2013 to regain land lost in 1884, claiming it had an '''''[[Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean]]'''''?
+* ... that '''[[Joanne Berger-Sweeney]]''' is the first African-American and first woman to serve as president of [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]], Connecticut?
+* ... that the [[Benedictines]] of [[Murbach Abbey]] built the monumental '''[[Notre-Dame de Guebwiller]]''' in order to relocate from their remote valley?
+* ... that operatic bass '''[[Kieth Engen]]''', who got his first role, [[Bluebeard's Castle|Bluebeard]], at the [[Bavarian State Opera]] because he was tall, also had a pop career under a pseudonym?
+* ... that '''''[[The California Field Atlas]]''''' by '''[[Obi Kaufmann]]''' is neither a [[field guide]] nor a conventional [[atlas]]?
+===8 July 2019===
+*'''''00:00, 8 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
+<div class="dyk-img" style="float: right; margin-left: 0.5em;">
+{{main page image|image=FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 - Germany vs Sweden (cropped).jpg|caption=The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|title=Sideline view of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|width=x100}}<!--See [[Template:Main page image]] for other parameters-->
+</div>
+* ... that Germany defeated Sweden in the '''[[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final]]''' ''(pictured)'' with a [[golden goal]], the last time this method of deciding the final was approved?<!--Special occasion hook for 7 July-->
+* ... that '''[[Liu Xianjue]]''' spent three years researching the book ''The Architectural Heritage in Macau'', which was submitted in the city's successful application for [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] status?
+* ... that the '''[[Missa brevis (Nystedt)|Missa brevis]]''' for choir [[a cappella]] is one of about 300 choral compositions by [[Knut Nystedt]]?
+* ... that '''[[Florrie Redford]]''' played [[association football|football]] with other women during her lunch break at a World War I munitions factory prior to becoming a leading goal scorer for [[Dick, Kerr Ladies F.C.]]?
+* ... that the '''[[WTC Cortlandt station|WTC Cortlandt]]''' subway station in New York City, closed for 17&nbsp;years after the [[September&nbsp;11 attacks]], cost $181&nbsp;million to rebuild?
+* ... that '''[[Im Eun-ju]]''' was the first South Korean woman to referee at the international level of [[association football]]?<!--Special occasion hook for 7 July-->
+* ... that among the wetland animals in '''[[Kainji National Park]]''' are two species of crocodile, four of turtle, the [[African manatee]], the hippopotamus, and the [[African clawless otter|clawless otter]]?
+* ... that '''[[William Feiner]]''' became the [[President of Georgetown University|president of Georgetown College]] in 1826 despite having never mastered [[English language|English]]?
 ===7 July 2019===
 *'''''00:00, 7 July 2019 (UTC)'''''

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