Wikipedia:Main Page history/2016 July 9

Deinocheirus arms and shoulder girdles

The genus

The Wignacourt Aqueduct

• ... that during the construction of the Wignacourt Aqueduct (pictured), Bontadino de Bontadini introduced Baroque architecture in Malta?
• ... that Margaret Gowing became the University of Oxford's first professor of the history of science, despite not having a degree in history or science?
• ... that though once thought to be sterile, the uterine microbiome contains at least 14 commensal microorganisms in healthy women?
• ... that Tandra Paparayudu, who had rushed to the demolished Bobbili Fort to help his sister's family, killed the Raja of Vizianagaram and then committed suicide along with his accomplices?
• ... that
  f(x) since member Sulli
  left the group?
• ... that Jane Little was short in stature, played a large instrument, and was longest in tenure, setting a Guinness World Record at the Atlanta Symphony?
• ... that Brock Lesnar was used as a model for the appearance of the Armored Titan in Attack on Titan?

Juno orbiter

• Flooding along the
  Yangtze River causes more than 180 deaths
  in central and eastern China.
• Five police officers are
  Philando Castile
  .
• The
  its aftermath
  .
• The Juno spacecraft (pictured) achieves orbit around Jupiter for the start of a 20-month survey of the planet.

July 9: Independence Day in Argentina (1816)

Donkey Kong arcade game

• 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: The French victory in the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent.
• 1811 – British explorer David Thompson posted a notice at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern Washington state, US), claiming the area for Great Britain.
• 1943 – World War II: The Allies began their invasion of Sicily, a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat.
• 1981 – Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong (pictured), which featured the debut of Mario, one of the most famous characters in video game history.
• 2008 – Under the belief that Israel and the United States were planning to attack its nuclear programme, Iran conducted the Great Prophet III missile test and war games exercise.