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A immunity to the host for that virus. (more... ) Recently featured: Andjar Asmara – United States v. Wong Kim Ark – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that Rheingau Musikpreis, in Bach's St John Passion in Eberbach Abbey ? ... that the Battle of Trafalgar is commemorated today in Gibraltar's Trafalgar Cemetery, where some of the casualties are buried? ... that Lieutenant Governor "? ... that the pharmocological products derived from the Spanish foxglove are up to three times more potent than those obtained from the common foxglove? ... that the Irish horror film Stitches marks the movie debut of English stand-up comedian Ross Noble as a homicidal undead clown? ... that the 2013 Manila mayoral election includes police officer Dirty Harry, gang leader Asiong Salonga , a fortune teller, a driver, and an engineer? Start a new article – Nominate an article

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Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, marries Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy. Lebanese intelligence chief is assassinated in a car bomb attack in Beirut that kills four people and injures 110 others. The discovery of an Earth-sized planet (artist's impression pictured) in Alpha Centauri, the star system closest to Earth, is announced. Man Booker Prize for the second time in four years for her novel Bring Up the Bodies . Pakistani child activist Taliban gunman last week, is sent to the United Kingdom for treatment. Recent deaths – More current events...
On this day...
October 21: Trafalgar Day in various Commonwealth countries 1520 – The islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (modern city of Saint-Pierre pictured) were discovered by Portuguese explorer João Álvares Fagundes near Canada, who named them "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins". 1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses were sent to Turkey to help treat wounded British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War. 1867 – The first of the Medicine Lodge Treaties was signed between the United States and several Native American tribes in the Great Plains, requiring them to relocate to areas in present-day western Oklahoma. Battle of Yongju . 1987 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Indian Army soldiers, belonging to the Indian Peace Keeping Force, entered the Jaffna Teaching Hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and began killing about 68–70 patients, nurses, doctors and other staff members. More anniversaries: October 20 – October 21 – October 22 List of historical anniversaries It is now October 21, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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The red rock crab (Grapsus grapsus) is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. Adults are quite variable in color, including brownish-red, mottled or spotted brown, pink, yellow, bright orange and red. It feeds on algae primarily, sometimes sampling other plant matter and dead animals.

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