User:Hemanshu/edmainpage

Welcome to Wikipedia, a free-content encyclopedia in many languages. In this English edition, started in January 2001, we are working on 6,881,084 articles. Learn how to edit pages, experiment in the sandbox, and visit our Community Portal to find out how you can edit any article right now.

Today's featured article Ken "Snakehips" Johnson (10 September 1914 – 8 March 1941) was a swing band leader and leading figure in black British music of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in British Guiana, he was educated in Britain and travelled to New York to immerse himself in the Harlem jazz scene. He returned to Britain and established the Aristocrats (or Emperors) of Jazz, a mainly black swing band, with Leslie Thompson. In 1937 Johnson took control of the band through a legal loophole, causing the departure of Thompson and several musicians. Johnson filled the vacancies with Caribbean musicians, the band's popularity grew, and it changed its name to the West Indian Dance Orchestra. In 1938 the band broadcast on BBC Radio, recorded their first discs and appeared in an early television broadcast. Johnson was considered a pioneer for black musical leaders in the UK. While the band was employed as the house band at the Café de Paris, a German bombing raid in 1941 hit the nightclub, killing Johnson. (Full article...) Recently featured: KNXV-TV Jersey Act Wolverton Viaduct Selected anniversaries September 10 Portland Vase 1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop HMS West Florida at the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain. 1845 – John Doubleday completed a "masterly" restoration of the Portland Vase (pictured), which had been smashed into hundreds of pieces seven months prior. 1974 – After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized as independent. 2000 – British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War. Mary Wollstonecraft (d. 1797) Mortimer Wheeler (b. 1890) Boyd K. Packer (b. 1924) Jack Ma (b. 1964) More anniversaries: September 9 September 10 September 11	In the news Typhoon Yagi over the South China Sea Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves more than 150 people dead in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Michel Barnier is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests. An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead. A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: James Earl Jones Ana Gervasi Henny Moan Rebecca Horn Radha Charan Gupta Vladimir Bure Did you know... Two people in an Electriquette ... that the Electriquette (example pictured) was an electric wicker vehicle that could be rented at the 1915 Panama–California Exposition? ... that shortly after it was completed, the Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses burned a hole through itself in a plasma disruption? ... that 19th-century Polish writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski authored hundreds of works, including more than 200 novels? ... that the legalization of abortion in Benin was supported by two members of the cabinet who had both worked as gynecologists? ... that in December 2023, former Major League Soccer referee Alex Chilowicz began officiating in the English Football League after relocating to England? ... that many producers of Marmelada de Santa Luzia, a variety of quince cheese, are descendants of quilombolas? ... that Nathaniel Coe declined nomination to the United States Senate, instead choosing to serve as an inspector for the United States Postal Service? ... that Sachi Narashima came up with the idea for the manga Cosmetic Playlover after her friend, who worked as a beauty consultant, mentioned that there were male beauty consultants? ... that Mary Jo West compared working in network TV news to learning that Santa Claus is just an ordinary man?
Wikipedia in other languages This Wikipedia is written in English. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below. 1,000,000+ articles العربية مصرى Deutsch Español فارسی‎ Français Italiano Nederlands 日本語 Polski Português Русский Svenska Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 250,000+ articles Bahasa Indonesia Bahasa Melayu 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú Български Català Čeština Dansk Esperanto Euskara עברית Հայերեն 한국어 Magyar Norsk bokmål Română Simple English Srpski Srpskohrvatski Suomi Türkçe Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча 50,000+ articles Asturianu Azərbaycanca বাংলা Bosanski کوردی Eesti Ελληνικά Frysk Gaeilge Galego Hrvatski ქართული Kurdî Latviešu Lietuvių മലയാളം Македонски မြန်မာဘာသာ Norsk nynorsk ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Shqip Slovenčina Slovenščina ไทย తెలుగు اردو
Wikipedia's sister projects Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects: Commons Free media repository MediaWiki Wiki software development Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Free knowledge base Wikinews Free-content news Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource Free-content library Wikispecies Directory of species Wikiversity Free learning tools Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus
If you find this encyclopedia or its sister projects useful, please consider making a donation.
All New: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Orphaned: 500 1001 1501