1600 CE - Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, marking the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which will rule the country until the mid-nineteenth century.
Photo of the Day
The shortest man in the world, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, with awards from Guinness World Records.
In the News
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Fossils Rewrite History of Penetrative Sex
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Fossils Rewrite History of Penetrative Sex
Quote of the Day
"I have come to think that both sex and politics are a mistake and that any attempt to establish a connection between the two is the greatest error of all". --Quentin Crisp
Song of the Day
Artist - Hoyt Axton
Album - Greenback Dollar
Film of the Day
Director - Menahem Golan
Starring - Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin
Wiki of the Day
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde /ˈkɒŋkɔrd/ is a retired turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner or supersonic transport (SST). It is one of only two SSTs to have entered commercial service; the other was the Tupolev Tu-144. Concorde was jointly developed and produced by Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) under an Anglo-French treaty. First flown in 1969, Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued commercial flights for 27 years.
Among other destinations, Concorde flew regular transatlantic flights from London Heathrow and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport to New York JFK, Washington Dulles and Barbados; it flew these routes in less than half the time of other airliners. With only 20 aircraft built, the development of Concorde was a substantial economic loss; Air France and British Airways also received considerable government subsidies to purchase them. Concorde was retired in 2003 due to a general downturn in the aviation industry after the type's only crash in 2000, the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, and a decision by Airbus, the successor firm of Aérospatiale and BAC, to discontinue maintenance support.[5]
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