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Record 09032026 · captured 2026-08-25

Monday, 9 March 2026

The world looked up Men's T20 World Cup. 30 tracked subjects, 25 discussions, 25 papers. This record is frozen and will not change.

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Attention 30

What the most people looked up, ranked by Wikipedia pageviews for that day.

  1. 408,146views

    Men's T20 World Cup

    The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has

  2. 364,629views

    2026 Iran war

    Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The strikes were launched amid o

  3. 310,034views

    Soham murders

    On 4 August 2002, two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Amiee Chapman, were lured into the home of a local resident and school caretaker, Ian Huntley, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. Both children were murdered – most likely by asphyxiation –

  4. 281,685views

    International Women's Day

    International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence

  5. 233,124views

    Mojtaba Khamenei

    Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian Shia cleric and politician who has served as the third supreme leader of Iran since 2026. A member of the Khamenei family and the second son of second supreme leader Ali Khamenei, he previously served as Vakil of the Sup

  6. 203,474views

    War Machine (2026 film)

    War Machine is a 2026 military science fiction action film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Patrick Hughes. It stars Alan Ritchson, Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, Esai Morales, Keiynan Lonsdale, and Daniel Webber, and follows a staff sergea

  7. 190,301views

    Ali Khamenei

    Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. A member of the Khamenei family who held the title Grand Ayatollah, he previously served as the third pre

  8. 182,916views

    UFC 326

    UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 7, 2026, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.

  9. 168,780views

    Sanju Samson

    Sanju Viswanath Samson is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national cricket team in the T20I format. He was part of the 2024 and 2026 T20 world cup winning teams, including a Player of the Tournament performance in 2026. He plays for Chennai Super K

  10. 137,610views

    Jasprit Bumrah

    Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah is an Indian International cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of this game and has captained India in Tests and T20Is. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of his generation.

  11. 135,085views

    Arvid Lindblad

    Arvid Anand Olof Lindblad is a British and Swedish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Racing Bulls under a British flag.

  12. 130,311views

    Iran

    Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan

  13. 128,425views

    Deaths in 2026

    The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality, what subject was

  14. 123,580views

    John F. Kennedy Jr.

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., also referred to as JFK Jr., was an American businessman, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was the son of the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

  15. 121,922views

    Daylight saving time

    Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time, or summer time, is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer by having darkness fall at a later clock time. The typic

  16. 121,171views

    Carolyn Bessette Kennedy

    Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy was an American fashion publicist. Raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, she graduated from Boston University and joined Calvin Klein, where she rose from a sales position in Boston to publicity and show-production roles in New York

  17. 117,292views

    Kristi Noem

    Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem is an American politician serving as the United States special envoy for the Shield of the Americas since 2026. From 2025 to 2026, she served as the eighth United States secretary of homeland security. A member of the Republican Party,

  18. 115,262views

    Gorillaz

    Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by the musician Damon Albarn and the artist Jamie Hewlett. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs (drums). Their universe is presented in media suc

  19. 114,065views

    Akshay Bhatia

    Akshay Bhatia is an American professional golfer. He made his first PGA Tour start in 2019 at the age of 17 after receiving a sponsor exemption into Valspar Championship. He turned pro later that year and made his professional debut at Sanderson Farms Champion

  20. 111,973views

    Neatsville, Kentucky

    Neatsville is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 206 and Kentucky Route 76. Its elevation is 705 feet (215 m). For unknown reasons, the town's name was spelled as Neetsvil

  21. 111,642views

    Cricket World Cup

    The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is a quadrennial world cup for cricket in One Day International (ODI) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events and considered the flagship eve

  22. 110,271views

    2026 Men's T20 World Cup

    The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the tenth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Board of Control for Cricket in India and Sri Lanka Cricket from 7 February to 8 March 2026. Sri Lanka had previously hosted the competition in 2012 and India i

  23. 107,622views

    The Bride!

    The Bride! is a 2026 American gothic romance film directed and written by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penélope Cruz. The film draws inspiration from the 1935 film Bride of

  24. 107,537views

    2026 World Baseball Classic

    The 2026 World Baseball Classic was an international professional baseball tournament between 20 national baseball teams, and the sixth iteration of the World Baseball Classic (WBC). It ran from March 5 to 17, 2026. The pool-play rounds were played in LoanDepo

  25. 101,633views

    Charles Oliveira

    Charles Oliveira da Silva is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and fourth degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. Oliveira currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former

  26. 100,577views

    Corey Parker (actor)

    Corey Parker was an American actor and acting coach.

  27. 95,263views

    Max Holloway

    Jerome Max Keliʻi Holloway is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Featherweight Champion and former symbolic UFC "BMF" titleholde

  28. 93,347views

    Jessie Buckley

    Jessie Buckley is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include an Academy Award, two BAFTAs, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.

  29. 93,325views

    World Baseball Classic

    The World Baseball Classic (WBC), also referred to as The Classic, is a quadrennial international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the sport's global governing body, and organized by World Baseball Classic Inc

  30. 93,242views

    Hoppers (film)

    Hoppers is a 2026 American animated science fiction comedy film directed by Daniel Chong from a screenplay by Jesse Andrews and a story by Chong and Andrews. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars the voices of Piper Curda

Frontier 25

What the people building things argued about, from Hacker News.

  1. 1,022points

    Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)

    666 comments

  2. 764points

    Willingness to look stupid

    255 comments

  3. 580points

    Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse

    86 comments

  4. 569points

    Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft

    598 comments

  5. 551points

    US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]

    444 comments

  6. 508points

    Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional

    671 comments

  7. 482points

    FontCrafter: Turn your handwriting into a real font

    157 comments

  8. 480points

    No, it doesn't cost Anthropic $5k per Claude Code user

    351 comments

  9. 424points

    OpenAI is walking away from expanding its Stargate data center with Oracle

    247 comments

  10. 419points

    How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier

    245 comments

  11. 403points

    Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down

    372 comments

  12. 380points

    JSLinux Now Supports x86_64

    137 comments

  13. 290points

    Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

    1,131 comments

  14. 281points

    FFmpeg at Meta: Media Processing at Scale

    100 comments

  15. 268points

    Tony Hoare has died

    34 comments

  16. 253points

    Okmain: How to pick an OK main colour of an image

    47 comments

  17. 248points

    The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future

    337 comments

  18. 241points

    The death of social media is the renaissance of RSS (2025)

    170 comments

  19. 229points

    DARPA’s new X-76

    221 comments

  20. 226points

    Jolla on track to ship new phone with Sailfish OS, user-replaceable battery

    150 comments

  21. 223points

    Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom

    82 comments

  22. 207points

    New farm bill would condemn pigs to a lifetime in gestation crates

    229 comments

  23. 199points

    IMG_0416 (2024)

    46 comments

  24. 182points

    Fixfest is a global gathering of repairers, tinkerers, and activists

    20 comments

  25. 175points

    Reverse-engineering the UniFi inform protocol

    76 comments

Research 25

Papers submitted to arXiv cs.AI that day.

  1. arXiv2106.00283

    A mixed-frequency approach for exchange rates predictions

    Selecting an appropriate statistical model to forecast exchange rates is still today a relevant issue for policymakers and central bankers. The so-called Meese and Rogoff puzzle assesses that exchange rate fluctuations are unpredictable. In the literature, a lot of studies tried to solve the puzzle finding alternative predictors and statistical models based on temporal aggregation. In this paper, we propose an approa

    Mattera, Raffaele, Misuraca, Michelangelo, Scepi, Germana, Spano, Maria

  2. arXiv2201.07798

    A Cognitive Explainer for Fetal ultrasound images classifier Based on Medical Concepts

    Fetal standard scan plane detection during 2-D mid-pregnancy examinations is a highly complex task, which requires extensive medical knowledge and years of training. Although deep neural networks (DNN) can assist inexperienced operators in these tasks, their lack of transparency and interpretability limit their application. Despite some researchers have been committed to visualizing the decision process of DNN, most

    Wanga, Yingni, Liua, Yunxiao, Dongc, Licong, Wua, Xuzhou et al.

  3. arXiv2207.10783

    Mean-based incomplete pairwise comparisons method with the reference values

    In this article, we propose two quantitative methods for calculating weight vectors for incomplete pairwise comparison matrices using reference values. Both procedures are extensions of arithmetic and geometric heuristic estimation (HRE) methods. The proposed solutions allow flexible selection of the number of reference alternatives and the range of comparisons, from the acceptable minimum to a complete set. In this

    Kułakowski, Konrad, Kędzior, Anna, Szybowski, Jacek, Mazurek, Jiri

  4. arXiv2207.13561

    Correlations Between COVID-19 and Dengue

    A dramatic increase in the number of outbreaks of Dengue has recently been reported, and climate change is likely to extend the geographical spread of the disease. In this context, this paper shows how a neural network approach can incorporate Dengue and COVID-19 data as well as external factors (such as social behaviour or climate variables), to develop predictive models that could improve our knowledge and provide

    Bergero, Paula, Schaposnik, Laura P., Wang, Grace

  5. arXiv2304.14680

    Graph Neural Networks on Factor Graphs for Robust, Fast, and Scalable Linear State Estimation with PMUs

    As phasor measurement units (PMUs) become more widely used in transmission power systems, a fast state estimation (SE) algorithm that can take advantage of their high sample rates is needed. To accomplish this, we present a method that uses graph neural networks (GNNs) to learn complex bus voltage estimates from PMU voltage and current measurements. We propose an original implementation of GNNs over the power system&

    Kundacina, Ognjen, Cosovic, Mirsad, Miskovic, Dragisa, Vukobratovic, Dejan

  6. arXiv2307.02518

    Analyzing the Performance of ChatGPT in Cardiology and Vascular Pathologies

    The article aims to analyze the performance of ChatGPT, a large language model developed by OpenAI, in the context of cardiology and vascular pathologies. The study evaluated the accuracy of ChatGPT in answering challenging multiple-choice questions (QCM) using a dataset of 190 questions from the Siamois-QCM platform. The goal was to assess ChatGPT potential as a valuable tool in medical education compared to two wel

    Hariri, Walid

  7. arXiv2309.12032

    Expert-Aided Causal Discovery of Ancestral Graphs

    Causal discovery (CD) is an important component of many scientific applications, yet most techniques produce unreliable point estimates that often contradict expert knowledge. To mitigate this, recent research has focused on ex-ante incorporation of background knowledge into the CD process, typically under an unrealistic causal sufficiency assumption. When probing experts is costly (e.g., hidden behind expensive LLM

    da Silva, Tiago, Bazaluk, Bruna, da Silva, Eliezer de Souza, Góis, António et al.

  8. arXiv2310.00342

    RBF Weighted Hyper-Involution for RGB-D Object Detection

    A vast majority of augmented reality devices come equipped with depth and color cameras. Despite their advantages, extracting both photometric and depth features simultaneously in real-time remains challenging due to inherent differences between depth and color images. Furthermore, standard convolution operations are insufficient for extracting information directly from raw depth images, leading to inefficient interm

    Rahman, Mehfuz A, Das, Khushal, Poovvancheri, Jiju, London, Neil et al.

  9. arXiv2311.14886

    A unified framework for learning with nonlinear model classes from arbitrary linear samples

    We study the fundamental problem of learning an unknown object from data using a prescribed model class. We introduce a unified framework that accommodates objects in arbitrary Hilbert spaces, general (possibly vector-valued) random linear measurements and general types of nonlinear models. We establish novel learning guarantees for this framework that explicitly relate the required amount of data to structural prope

    Adcock, Ben, Cardenas, Juan M., Dexter, Nick

  10. arXiv2401.08001

    TT-SNN: Tensor Train Decomposition for Efficient Spiking Neural Network Training

    Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have gained significant attention as a potentially energy-efficient alternative for standard neural networks with their sparse binary activation. However, SNNs suffer from memory and computation overhead due to spatio-temporal dynamics and multiple backpropagation computations across timesteps during training. To address this issue, we introduce Tensor Train Decomposition for Spiking Ne

    Lee, Donghyun, Yin, Ruokai, Kim, Youngeun, Moitra, Abhishek et al.

  11. arXiv2402.06204

    The Generative AI Paradox on Evaluation: What It Can Solve, It May Not Evaluate

    This paper explores the assumption that Large Language Models (LLMs) skilled in generation tasks are equally adept as evaluators. We assess the performance of three LLMs and one open-source LM in Question-Answering (QA) and evaluation tasks using the TriviaQA (Joshi et al., 2017) dataset. Results indicate a significant disparity, with LLMs exhibiting lower performance in evaluation tasks compared to generation tasks.

    Oh, Juhyun, Kim, Eunsu, Cha, Inha, Oh, Alice

  12. arXiv2402.10828

    RAG-Driver: Generalisable Driving Explanations with Retrieval-Augmented In-Context Learning in Multi-Modal Large Language Model

    We need to trust robots that use often opaque AI methods. They need to explain themselves to us, and we need to trust their explanation. In this regard, explainability plays a critical role in trustworthy autonomous decision-making to foster transparency and acceptance among end users, especially in complex autonomous driving. Recent advancements in Multi-Modal Large Language models (MLLMs) have shown promising poten

    Yuan, Jianhao, Sun, Shuyang, Omeiza, Daniel, Zhao, Bo et al.

  13. arXiv2403.15048

    Make VLM Recognize Visual Hallucination on Cartoon Character Image with Pose Information

    Leveraging large-scale Text-to-Image (TTI) models have become a common technique for generating exemplar or training dataset in the fields of image synthesis, video editing, 3D reconstruction. However, semantic structural visual hallucinations involving perceptually severe defects remain a concern, especially in the domain of non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) such as cartoons and pixelization-style character. To det

    Kim, Bumsoo, Shin, Wonseop, Lee, Kyuchul, Jung, Yonghoon et al.

  14. arXiv2404.00806

    Algorithmic Collusion by Large Language Models

    We conduct experiments with algorithmic pricing agents based on Large Language Models (LLMs). In oligopoly settings, LLM-based pricing agents quickly and autonomously reach supracompetitive prices and profits. Variation in seemingly innocuous phrases in LLM instructions ("prompts") substantially influence the degree of supracompetitive pricing. We develop novel techniques for behavioral analysis of LLMs and u

    Fish, Sara, Gonczarowski, Yannai A., Shorrer, Ran I.

  15. arXiv2404.01800

    Sentiment Analysis of Citations in Scientific Articles Using ChatGPT: Identifying Potential Biases and Conflicts of Interest

    Scientific articles play a crucial role in advancing knowledge and informing research directions. One key aspect of evaluating scientific articles is the analysis of citations, which provides insights into the impact and reception of the cited works. This article introduces the innovative use of large language models, particularly ChatGPT, for comprehensive sentiment analysis of citations within scientific articles.

    Hariri, Walid

  16. arXiv2405.16861

    BInD: Bond and Interaction-generating Diffusion Model for Multi-objective Structure-based Drug Design

    Recent remarkable advancements in geometric deep generative models, coupled with accumulated structural data, enable structure-based drug design (SBDD) using only target protein information. However, existing models often struggle to balance multiple objectives, excelling only in specific tasks. BInD, a diffusion model with knowledge-based guidance, is introduced to address this limitation by co-generating molecules

    Lee, Joongwon, Zhung, Wonho, Seo, Jisu, Kim, Woo Youn

  17. arXiv2406.02566

    Combining X-Vectors and Bayesian Batch Active Learning: Two-Stage Active Learning Pipeline for Speech Recognition

    This paper introduces a novel two-stage active learning (AL) pipeline for automatic speech recognition (ASR), combining unsupervised and supervised AL methods. The first stage utilizes unsupervised AL by using x-vectors clustering for diverse sample selection from unlabeled speech data, thus establishing a robust initial dataset for the subsequent supervised AL. The second stage incorporates a supervised AL strategy,

    Kundacina, Ognjen, Vincan, Vladimir, Miskovic, Dragisa

  18. arXiv2407.01843

    My part is bigger than yours -- assessment within a group of peers

    A project (e.g., writing a collaborative research paper) is often a group effort. At the end, each contributor identifies their contribution, often verbally. The reward, however, is very frequently financial. It leads to the question of what (percentage) share in the creation of the paper is due to individual authors. Different authors may have various opinions on the matter; even worse, their opinions may have diffe

    Kułakowski, Konrad, Szybowski, Jacek

  19. arXiv2407.04117

    Predictive Coding Networks and Inference Learning: Tutorial and Survey

    Recent years have witnessed a growing call for renewed emphasis on neuroscience-inspired approaches in artificial intelligence research, under the banner of NeuroAI. A prime example of this is predictive coding networks (PCNs), based on the neuroscientific framework of predictive coding. This framework views the brain as a hierarchical Bayesian inference model that minimizes prediction errors through feedback connect

    van Zwol, Björn, Jefferson, Ro, Broek, Egon L. van den

  20. arXiv2407.10735

    Transforming Agency. On the mode of existence of Large Language Models

    This paper investigates the ontological characterization of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Between inflationary and deflationary accounts, we pay special attention to their status as agents. This requires explaining in detail the architecture, processing, and training procedures that enable LLMs to display their capacities, and the extensions used to turn LLMs into agent-like systems. After a systematic a

    Barandiaran, Xabier E., Almendros, Lola S.

  21. arXiv2408.01285

    Do Prevalent Bias Metrics Capture Allocational Harms from LLMs?

    Allocational harms occur when resources or opportunities are unfairly withheld from specific groups. Many proposed bias measures ignore the discrepancy between predictions, which are what the proposed methods consider, and decisions that are made as a result of those predictions. Our work examines the reliability of current bias metrics in assessing allocational harms arising from predictions of large language models

    Cyberey, Hannah, Ji, Yangfeng, Evans, David

  22. arXiv2409.10328

    Fuse4Seg: Image Fusion for Multi-Modal Medical Segmentation via Bi-level Optimization

    Multi-modal medical image fusion is traditionally optimized for human visual perception, aiming to maximize generic contrast and structural fidelity. However, when these visually pleasing fused images are deployed in automated clinical workflows, this visual-semantic discrepancy causes task-agnostic feature degradation, inadvertently smoothing out critical, high-frequency tumor boundaries. To bridge this semantic gap

    Guo, Yuchen, Gong, Junli, Cai, Hongmin, Cheung, Yiu-ming et al.

  23. arXiv2409.17137

    PACE: Marrying generalization in PArameter-efficient fine-tuning with Consistency rEgularization

    Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) effectively adapts pre-trained transformers to downstream tasks. However, the optimization of tasks performance often comes at the cost of generalizability in fine-tuned models. To address this issue, we theoretically connect smaller weight gradient norms during training and larger datasets to the improvements in model generalization. Motivated by this connection, we propose red

    Ni, Yao, Zhang, Shan, Koniusz, Piotr

  24. arXiv2409.18300

    FALCON: Future-Aware Learning with Contextual Object-Centric Pretraining for UAV Action Recognition

    We introduce FALCON, a unified self-supervised video pretraining approach for UAV action recognition from raw RGB aerial footage, requiring no additional preprocessing at inference. UAV videos exhibit severe spatial imbalance: large, cluttered backgrounds dominate the field of view, causing reconstruction-based pretraining to waste capacity on uninformative regions and under-learn action-relevant human/object cues. F

    Xian, Ruiqi, Wu, Xiyang, Guan, Tianrui, Wang, Xijun et al.

  25. arXiv2410.09864

    AuthFace: Towards Authentic Blind Face Restoration with Face-oriented Generative Diffusion Prior

    Blind face restoration (BFR) is a fundamental and challenging problem in computer vision. To faithfully restore high-quality (HQ) photos from poor-quality ones, recent research endeavors predominantly rely on facial image priors from the powerful pretrained text-to-image (T2I) diffusion models. However, such priors often lead to the incorrect generation of non-facial features and insufficient facial details, thus ren

    Liang, Guoqiang, Fan, Qingnan, Fu, Bingtao, Chen, Jinwei et al.

On this calendar day 18

Notable events recorded on this day and month across all years.

  1. 1977year

    Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.

  2. 1967year

    Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.

  3. 1959year

    The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

  4. 1957year

    The Andreanof Islands earthquake struck Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands, causing more than $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.

  5. 1956year

    In Tbilisi, Georgia, soldiers suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's policy of de-Stalinization.

  6. 1946year

    Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.

  7. 1944year

    World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.

  8. 1933year

    U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

  9. 1932year

    Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

  10. 1927year

    Former Royal Air Force officer Vivian Stranders (pictured) was convicted of industrial espionage by a French court.

  11. 1925year

    The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, present-day Pakistan.

  12. 1910year

    A seventeen-month-long strike, which at its peak involved 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers across 65 mines, began in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.

  13. 1891year

    Kaʻiulani (pictured) was appointed the heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

  14. 1862year

    American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

  15. 1847year

    Mexican–American War: The Siege of Veracruz began, the first large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States military forces.

  16. 1842year

    Awaking from a nap under a tree at Rancho San Francisco, Francisco López made the first popularly documented discovery of gold in California.

  17. 1842year

    Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan.

  18. 1776year

    Scottish philosopher Adam Smith published his book The Wealth of Nations, the first classical treatise on political economy.