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From today's featured article Battle of Vienna, 11 and 12 September 1683 The Battle of Vienna (German: Schlacht am Kahlen Berge or Kahlenberg; Polish: bitwa pod Wiedniem or odsiecz wiedeńska; Modern Turkish: İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, Ottoman Turkish: Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası) took place in Vienna on 11th and concluding on the 12th of September 1683 after the imperial city of Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought by the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nations in league with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Holy League) against the invading Muslim Ottoman Empire and chiefdoms of the Ottoman Empire, and took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna. The battle marked the first time Poland and the Holy Roman Empire had cooperated militarily against the Turks, and it is often seen as a turning point in history, after which "the Ottoman Turks ceased to be a menace to the Christian world". In the ensuing war that lasted until 1698, the Turks lost almost all of Hungary to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. The battle was won by the combined forces of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nations and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the latter represented only by the forces of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. (The march of the Lithuanian army was delayed, and they reached Vienna after it had been relieved.) The Viennese garrison was led by Ernst Rüdiger Graf von Starhemberg, an Austrian subject of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. The overall command was held by the senior leader, the King of Poland, John III Sobieski, who led the Polish forces. (Full article...) Did you know... ... that Donald Trump was elected the 45th US President and defeated Hillary Clinton? ... that the Battle of Hampton Roads was perhaps the most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies? ... that Buzzfeed printed fake news about President Trump? ... that some people believe that the moon landings were fake? ... that the type fossil of the damselfly Electropodagrion consists only of a thorax, leg, and wing portions? ... that Jupiter is considered a Substellar object? ... that the United States Navy has ten Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service?

In the news (from Infogalactic News) Michigan Airport Stabbing -- Possible Terror Attack? Police Officer Stabbed -- Attacker helpfully described as "blank, just totally blank." Republican Handel Wins Georgia Seat Dems Lose "National Referendum" Once Again Uber CEO Travis Kalanic Steps Down Apologies to SJWs didn't save his job. Explosion in Brussels Central Station and La Grande Place Evacuated Thousands of Migrants Flooding Into Libya On Way to Europe Libya Calls for Funding From EU to Cope With Crisis Trump Says China Tried but Failed to Help on North Korea Chinese Efforts to Persuade North Korea to Rein in Nuclear Program Have Failed Brussels Attacker Identified as Moroccan With Nail Bomb Suspect Was Not Known to Police for Terrorism Offenses On this day... June 20 1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'. 1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother. 1941 – The United States Army Air Corps is deprecated to being the American training and logistics section of what is known until 1947 as the United States Army Air Forces, just two days before Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. 1942 – The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp. 1959 – A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35. 2003 – The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. More anniversaries: June 19 June 20 June 21 June 21 217 BC – The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily. 1824 – Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea. 1864 – New Zealand land wars: The Tauranga Campaign ends. 1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain. 1940 – The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 2000 – Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote. More anniversaries: June 20 June 21 June 22 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens. 1911 – George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1922 – Herrin Massacre: Nineteen strikebreakers and three union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois. 1940 – France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany. 1941 – The June Uprising in Lithuania begins. 1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill. 2007 – An F5 tornado strikes Elie, Manitoba in Canada; part of the town is destroyed, but there are no fatalities or injuries. More anniversaries: June 21 June 22 June 23

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The Madonna with Child (Salting Madonna) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina, depicting the Madona holding the Child and wearing an ornate golden crown, held by angels over her head. It is housed in the National Gallery, London. The name Salting derives from George Salting, the collector who donated it to the gallery in 1910. (Full article...)

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