Wikipedia:Main Page history/2014 September 19

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

• ... that the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department's engines (one pictured) are and have always been white for increased visibility?
• ... that the Barry Docks were once the largest coal port in the world?
• ... that Mosaic by Jeri Taylor is one of two novels to have been considered canon in the Star Trek universe?
• ... that
  Taiyuan Massacre
   – execution of Western missionaries in 1900 – but he probably only witnessed it and did not order it?
• ... that Kelaart's toad is considered endangered because its range totals less than 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi)?
• ... that Victor Hartman was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal in 1882?
• ... that
  The Raid: Redemption's "Mad Dog", Yayan Ruhian, is scheduled to act in a Yakuza–vampire film
  ?

• votes against
  secession from the United Kingdom.
• The
  Swedish general election
  .
• The
  the final
  .
• South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is found guilty of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
• Scientists report the first synthesis of germanene, a single-atom-thick nanomaterial that is the germanium equivalent of graphene.

Ongoing:

September 19: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

• Nathaniel Bacon burned the colonial capital of Jamestown
  to the ground.
• La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette
  (statue pictured).
• 1893 – New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage, following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard.
• 1944 – Finland and the Soviet Union signed the Moscow Armistice to end the Continuation War.
• Greek military junta of Georgios Papadopoulos
  .

More anniversaries: September 18 – September 19 – September 20

The inductees of Canada's Walk of Fame are displayed on sidewalks in Toronto, Ontario. The Walk of Fame acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians. The Walk of Fame was first conceived in 1996 and the first group was inducted two years later. Canadians are allowed to nominate potential inductees, who are then evaluated by a committee based on several criteria, including their national or international impact on Canada’s cultural heritage. New inductees are inducted annually at an unveiling ceremony where their star, a stylized maple leaf, is revealed. Since 2008, the Walk of Fame also hands out the Cineplex Legends Award, which is a posthumous award. There are the 151 stars on the walk of fame for individuals from a variety of different fields, including athletes, actors, directors, musicians, authors, artists and models. (Full list...)