Wikipedia:Today's featured list/March 2014

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March 3

Whoopi Goldberg hosted the 66th Academy Awards.
Whoopi Goldberg hosted the 66th Academy Awards.

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black and white film since 1960's The Apartment to win that award, and Best Director for Steven Spielberg. Other winners were Jurassic Park and The Piano with three awards each, and Philadelphia with two awards. The telecast garnered more than 46 million viewers in the United States. (Full list...
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Administrative and municipal divisions of the Republic of Adygea

March 7

Curzon Hall, University of Dhaka
Curzon Hall, University of Dhaka

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healthcare science, one on veterinary medicine, and one on women's studies. Bangladeshi universities are affiliated with the University Grants Commission, a commission created according to presidential order. (Full list...
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Voice actors in the Grand Theft Auto series

March 10

Emeli Sandé at the 2013 NRJ Music Awards
Emeli Sandé at the 2013 NRJ Music Awards

Half of Me" for Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012), and "Trouble" for Leona Lewis' third studio album, Glassheart (2012). In August 2011, record executive Simon Cowell named Sandé his "favourite songwriter" of the moment. (Full list...
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March 14

Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell

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Henry VIII. The present Master of the Rolls is Lord Dyson, who succeeded Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury on 1 October 2012. (Full list...
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March 17

Bowl of culinary nuts
Bowl of culinary nuts

Culinary nuts are dry, edible fruits or seeds that usually, but not always, have a high fat content. Nuts are used in a wide variety of edible roles, including in baking, as snacks, and as flavoring. In addition to botanical nuts, fruits and seeds that have a similar appearance and culinary role are considered to be culinary nuts. Non-botanical culinary nuts are divided into three categories: drupes, gymnosperm seeds, and angiosperm seeds. Nuts have a rich history as food. For many indigenous peoples of the Americas, a wide variety of nuts, including acorns, American beech, and others, served as a major source of starch and fat over thousands of years. Similarly, a wide variety of nuts have served as food for Indigenous Australians for many centuries. Other culinary nuts, though known from ancient times, have seen dramatic increases in use in modern times. The most striking such example is the peanut. Its usage was popularized by the work of George Washington Carver, who discovered and popularized many applications of the peanut after employing peanut plants for soil amelioration in fields used to grow cotton. (Full list...)


March 21

Ontario Highway 35 shield
Ontario Highway 35 shield

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King's Highways that are signed and maintained by the province, as well as the city roads under the jurisdiction of the city. The 49 numbered highways provide year-round access to the mostly rural single-tier municipality of Kawartha Lakes. The longest of these roads is Highway 35, which stretches 86.7 kilometres (53.9 mi) across the municipality from the south to the north. The shortest numbered road is Kawartha Lakes Road 3, Hartley Road, a causeway just less than a kilometre long crossing Mitchell Lake. As in the rest of Ontario, the provincially maintained highways in Kawartha Lakes are designated with a shield-shaped sign topped with a crown (example pictured). These signs are known as shields, but may be referred to as reassurance markers. Highway 7, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway, is also marked with a green maple leaf shield. (Full list...
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March 24

Front page of Asia Raja, 23 July 1942
Front page of Asia Raja, 23 July 1942

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March 28

Nagorno-Karabakh dram
Nagorno-Karabakh dram

There are currently

Nagorno-Karabakh dram (pictured), are not used in day-to-day commerce, but are legal tender. (Full list...
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March 31

United States military captain John Gregory Bourke (1843-1896)
United States military captain John Gregory Bourke (1843-1896)

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military decoration awarded by the United States government, was John Cleveland Robinson, a non-graduating member of the class of 1839. The first alumnus of the Academy to perform actions to be recognized with the Medal of Honor was Charles Henry Tompkins, a non-graduating member of the class of 1851, while the last alumnus of the Academy to perform actions so recognized was Andre Lucas, a graduating member of the class of 1954. Two graduates, John Gregory Bourke (pictured) and Calvin Pearl Titus, received the Medal of Honor before being appointed to the Academy. Other notable Academy alumni who received the Medal of Honor include William Harding Carter, Douglas MacArthur, and Humbert Roque Versace. (Full list...
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