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Record 12122025 · captured 2026-08-25

Friday, 12 December 2025

The world looked up Dhurandhar. 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. 552,465views

    Dhurandhar

    Dhurandhar is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film written and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced by Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar and Jyoti Deshpande under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Ranveer

  2. 443,032views

    Sherrone Moore

    Sherrone Banfield Moore is an American former college football head coach and player. He most recently served as the head football coach for the University of Michigan. Moore served as Michigan's acting head coach in four games during the national championship

  3. 307,808views

    1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

    Protests led by students and workers, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the Chinese government to find a

  4. 304,613views

    Google Chrome

    Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was launched in September 2008 for Microsoft Windows and was built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Android we

  5. 202,276views

    Philip Rivers

    Philip Michael Rivers is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Chargers franchise. He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, winning ACC Player of th

  6. 192,777views

    Rehman Dakait

    Sardar Abdul Rehman Baloch, known by the alias Rehman Dakait, was a Pakistani gangster based in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood who formed the Peoples' Aman Committee which was affiliated with the Pakistan People's Party. The Government of Sindh had set a reward

  7. 182,751views

    Andy Dick

    Andrew Roane Dick is an American actor and comedian. Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and joined The Second City and studied improvisational theater. Dick has had a long career as a stand-up comedian; he has appeared throughout the United States, h

  8. 140,256views

    Lists of deaths by year

    This is a list of lists of deaths of significant people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month and then linked below.

  9. 124,191views

    Sophie Kinsella

    Madeleine Sophie Wickham, known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, was an English author. She is especially known for her best-selling Shopaholic series of novels. By the time of her death, her books had sold over 50 million copies in more than 60 countries and

  10. 119,890views

    Sean Combs

    Sean John Combs, also known professionally as Diddy, is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher, among

  11. 118,855views

    Bruce Lee

    Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and

  12. 117,414views

    Akshaye Khanna

    Akshaye Vinod Khanna is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi films. Known for his acting versatility and strong portrayals, he has appeared in over 40 films. Khanna is often regarded as one of the finest actors in Hindi cinema. He is a recipient of

  13. 90,885views

    It – Welcome to Derry

    It: Welcome to Derry is an American supernatural horror television series based on Stephen King's 1986 novel It. Serving as a prequel to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), the series was developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fu

  14. 90,791views

    Aditya Dhar

    Aditya Dhar is an Indian filmmaker who works in Hindi cinema. Having previously worked as a lyricist, Dhar made his directorial debut with the 2019 war film Uri: The Surgical Strike, a commercially successful venture which earned him the National Film Award fo

  15. 90,301views

    Mohit Sharma (soldier)

    Major Mohit Sharma was an Indian Army Officer who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peace-time military decoration. Sharma was from the elite 1st Para SF.

  16. 90,221views

    Sara Arjun

    Sara Arjun is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil and Hindi films. The daughter of actor Raj Arjun, she appeared in several television commercials, including advertisements for Clinic Plus, and a short Hindi film before the age of six. She gained

  17. 89,486views

    Supergirl (2026 film)

    Supergirl is a 2026 American superhero film based on the DC Comics superheroine Kara Zor-El / Supergirl. Directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, it is the second film in the DC Universe (DCU). Milly Alcock stars in the title role, alongside Ma

  18. 88,111views

    Jeff Garcia (comedian)

    Jeffrey Garcia was an American stand-up comedian and actor. In animation, he voiced Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as well as its two Nickelodeon spin-off television show series—The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and Planet Sheen—along wit

  19. 84,558views

    2025 SEA Games

    The 2025 SEA Games, officially called the 33rd SEA Games was an international multi-sport event sanctioned by the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF). The event took place in December 2025 from 9 to 20 December and was held across the Bangkok Metropolitan

  20. 83,790views

    María Corina Machado

    María Corina Machado Parisca is a Venezuelan politician, activist, and prominent leader of the opposition to the administrations of Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro, and Delcy Rodríguez. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014

  21. 82,853views

    Cassie Ventura

    Casandra Elizabeth Ventura is an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. Born in New London, Connecticut, she began her musical career in 2004 after meeting producer Ryan Leslie, who signed her to his record label, NextSelection Lifestyle Group. She was t

  22. 81,741views

    6-7

    6-7 was an Internet meme, slang term, and gesture that became popular in 2025 on TikTok and Instagram Reels. It has no fixed meaning.

  23. 81,520views

    Stuart Scott

    Stuart Orlando Scott was an American sportscaster and anchor on ESPN, including on SportsCenter. Known for his hip-hop style and use of catchphrases, Scott was also a regular for the network in its National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football Le

  24. 79,856views

    Aslam Khan (police officer)

    Aslam Khan, better known as Chaudhary Aslam, was a Pakistani police officer in the Sindh Police. He was known for his involvement in several encounter killings of criminals and militants. On 9 January 2014, he was killed in a suicide car bombing carried out by

  25. 77,555views

    Pluribus (TV series)

    Pluribus is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series created by Vince Gilligan for Apple TV. Set and filmed primarily in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows novelist Carol Sturka, who finds herself isolated after an alien virus tr

  26. 77,528views

    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

  27. 76,293views

    Jim Ward (voice actor)

    James Kevin Ward was an American voice actor and radio personality. He was best known for his roles as Doug Dimmadome and Chet Ubetcha in The Fairly OddParents (2001–2017), Captain Qwark in the Ratchet & Clank franchise (2002–2021), and XLR8, Diamondhead, and

  28. 75,979views

    Jordi Cruyff

    Johan Jordi Cruijff is a Dutch-Spanish professional football director, coach and former player. Following an appointment in December 2025, he is the Technical Director at Ajax.

  29. 71,649views

    Limonene

    Limonene is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon").

  30. 68,205views

    Uzair Baloch

    Uzair Jan Baloch is a Pakistani gangster and former crime lord. He was also the head of the outlawed Peoples' Aman Committee based in Lyari, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Frontier 25

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

  1. 636points

    Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options

    532 comments

  2. 587points

    OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI

    324 comments

  3. 540points

    macOS 26.2 enables fast AI clusters with RDMA over Thunderbolt

    291 comments

  4. 481points

    “Are you the one?” is free money

    115 comments

  5. 480points

    Nokia N900 Necromancy

    190 comments

  6. 433points

    Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case

    346 comments

  7. 433points

    Google de-indexed Bear Blog and I don't know why

    189 comments

  8. 428points

    Rats Play DOOM

    159 comments

  9. 381points

    SQLite JSON at full index speed using generated columns

    114 comments

  10. 372points

    Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles

    613 comments

  11. 348points

    The Tor Project is switching to Rust

    267 comments

  12. 347points

    GNU Unifont

    79 comments

  13. 339points

    Id Software devs form "wall-to-wall" union

    368 comments

  14. 317points

    Koralm Railway

    197 comments

  15. 314points

    CRISPR fungus: Protein-packed, sustainable, and tastes like meat

    236 comments

  16. 276points

    Home Depot GitHub token exposed for a year, granted access to internal systems

    162 comments

  17. 272points

    The tiniest yet real telescope I've built

    72 comments

  18. 243points

    Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source

    110 comments

  19. 242points

    Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices by 50% for DIY Laptops

    221 comments

  20. 211points

    CM0 – A new Raspberry Pi you can't buy

    64 comments

  21. 196points

    Show HN: Tiny VM sandbox in C with apps in Rust, C and Zig

    12 comments

  22. 185points

    String theory inspires a brilliant, baffling new math proof

    169 comments

  23. 185points

    Japan law opening phone app stores to go into effect

    34 comments

  24. 182points

    Benn Jordan’s flock camera jammer will send you to jail in Florida now [video]

    178 comments

  25. 182points

    Guarding My Git Forge Against AI Scrapers

    131 comments

Research 25

Papers submitted to arXiv cs.AI that day.

  1. arXiv2112.04662

    Dual Cluster Contrastive learning for Object Re-Identification

    Recently, cluster contrastive learning has been proven effective for object ReID by computing the contrastive loss between the individual features and the cluster memory. However, existing methods that use the individual features to momentum update the cluster memory will fluctuate over the training examples, especially for the outlier samples. Unlike the individual-based updating mechanism, the centroid-based updati

    Yao, Hantao, Xu, Changsheng

  2. arXiv2305.17884

    Combining Monte Carlo and Tensor-network Methods for Partial Differential Equations via Sketching

    In this paper, we propose a general framework for solving high-dimensional partial differential equations with tensor networks. Our approach uses Monte-Carlo simulations to update the solution and re-estimates the new solution from samples as a tensor-network using a recently proposed tensor train sketching technique. We showcase the versatility and flexibility of our approach by applying it to two specific scenarios

    Chen, Yian, Khoo, Yuehaw, Yu, Ziang

  3. arXiv2306.01270

    Multi-Robot Path Planning Combining Heuristics and Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

    Multi-robot path finding in dynamic environments is a highly challenging classic problem. In the movement process, robots need to avoid collisions with other moving robots while minimizing their travel distance. Previous methods for this problem either continuously replan paths using heuristic search methods to avoid conflicts or choose appropriate collision avoidance strategies based on learning approaches. The form

    Peng, Shaoming

  4. arXiv2312.08591

    Joint2Human: High-quality 3D Human Generation via Compact Spherical Embedding of 3D Joints

    3D human generation is increasingly significant in various applications. However, the direct use of 2D generative methods in 3D generation often results in losing local details, while methods that reconstruct geometry from generated images struggle with global view consistency. In this work, we introduce Joint2Human, a novel method that leverages 2D diffusion models to generate detailed 3D human geometry directly, en

    Zhang, Muxin, Feng, Qiao, Su, Zhuo, Wen, Chao et al.

  5. arXiv2403.04162

    Noisy Spiking Actor Network for Exploration

    As a general method for exploration in deep reinforcement learning (RL), NoisyNet can produce problem-specific exploration strategies. Spiking neural networks (SNNs), due to their binary firing mechanism, have strong robustness to noise, making it difficult to realize efficient exploration with local disturbances. To solve this exploration problem, we propose a noisy spiking actor network (NoisySAN) that introduces t

    Chen, Ding, Peng, Peixi, Huang, Tiejun, Tian, Yonghong

  6. arXiv2403.20145

    Leveraging language models for summarizing mental state examinations: A comprehensive evaluation and dataset release

    Mental health disorders affect a significant portion of the global population, with diagnoses primarily conducted through Mental State Examinations (MSEs). MSEs serve as structured assessments to evaluate behavioral and cognitive functioning across various domains, aiding mental health professionals in diagnosis and treatment monitoring. However, in developing countries, access to mental health support is limited, le

    Sahu, Nilesh Kumar, Yadav, Manjeet, Chaturvedi, Mudita, Gupta, Snehil et al.

  7. arXiv2404.15225

    PHLP: Sole Persistent Homology for Link Prediction - Interpretable Feature Extraction

    Link prediction (LP), inferring the connectivity between nodes, is a significant research area in graph data, where a link represents essential information on relationships between nodes. Although graph neural network (GNN)-based models have achieved high performance in LP, understanding why they perform well is challenging because most comprise complex neural networks. We employ persistent homology (PH), a topologic

    You, Junwon, Heo, Eunwoo, Jung, Jae-Hun

  8. arXiv2404.17230

    ObjectAdd: Adding Objects into Image via a Training-Free Diffusion Modification Fashion

    We introduce ObjectAdd, a training-free diffusion modification method to add user-expected objects into user-specified area. The motive of ObjectAdd stems from: first, describing everything in one prompt can be difficult, and second, users often need to add objects into the generated image. To accommodate with real world, our ObjectAdd maintains accurate image consistency after adding objects with technical innovatio

    Zhang, Ziyue, Lin, Mingbao, Song, Quanjian, Zhang, Yuxin et al.

  9. arXiv2404.18708

    The Spatial Semantics of Iconic Gesture

    The current multimodal turn in linguistic theory leaves a crucial question unanswered: what is the meaning of iconic gestures, and how does it compose with speech meaning? We argue for a separation of linguistic and visual levels of meaning and introduce a spatial gesture semantics that closes this gap. Iconicity is differentiated into three aspects: Firstly, an interpretation of the form of a gesture in terms of a t

    Lücking, Andy, Henlein, Alexander, Mehler, Alexander

  10. arXiv2406.19999

    The SIFo Benchmark: Investigating the Sequential Instruction Following Ability of Large Language Models

    Following multiple instructions is a crucial ability for large language models (LLMs). Evaluating this ability comes with significant challenges: (i) limited coherence between multiple instructions, (ii) positional bias where the order of instructions affects model performance, and (iii) a lack of objectively verifiable tasks. To address these issues, we introduce a benchmark designed to evaluate models' abilitie

    Chen, Xinyi, Liao, Baohao, Qi, Jirui, Eustratiadis, Panagiotis et al.

  11. arXiv2407.03859

    Anthropocentric bias in language model evaluation

    Evaluating the cognitive capacities of large language models (LLMs) requires overcoming not only anthropomorphic but also anthropocentric biases. This article identifies two types of anthropocentric bias that have been neglected: overlooking how auxiliary factors can impede LLM performance despite competence ("auxiliary oversight"), and dismissing LLM mechanistic strategies that differ from those of humans as

    Millière, Raphaël, Rathkopf, Charles

  12. arXiv2408.14338

    Machine Learning for Quantifier Selection in cvc5

    In this work we considerably improve the state-of-the-art SMT solving on first-order quantified problems by efficient machine learning guidance of quantifier selection. Quantifiers represent a significant challenge for SMT and are technically a source of undecidability. In our approach, we train an efficient machine learning model that informs the solver which quantifiers should be instantiated and which not. Each qu

    Jakubův, Jan, Janota, Mikoláš, Piepenbrock, Jelle, Urban, Josef

  13. arXiv2409.13732

    Enhancing Large Language Models with Domain-Specific Knowledge: The Case in Topological Materials

    Large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, have demonstrated impressive performance in the text generation task, showing the ability to understand and respond to complex instructions. However, the performance of naive LLMs in speciffc domains is limited due to the scarcity of domain-speciffc corpora and specialized training. Moreover, training a specialized large-scale model necessitates signiffcant hardware reso

    Xu, HuangChao, Zhang, Baohua, Jin, Zhong, Zhu, Tiannian et al.

  14. arXiv2410.21306

    Natural Language Processing for the Legal Domain: A Survey of Tasks, Datasets, Models, and Challenges

    Natural Language Processing (NLP) is revolutionising the way both professionals and laypersons operate in the legal field. The considerable potential for NLP in the legal sector, especially in developing computational assistance tools for various legal processes, has captured the interest of researchers for years. This survey follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses framework, re

    Ariai, Farid, Mackenzie, Joel, Demartini, Gianluca

  15. arXiv2411.00612

    How to Bridge Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity in Link Prediction? A Contrastive Method

    Temporal Heterogeneous Networks play a crucial role in capturing the dynamics and heterogeneity inherent in various real-world complex systems, rendering them a noteworthy research avenue for link prediction. However, existing methods fail to capture the fine-grained differential distribution patterns and temporal dynamic characteristics, which we refer to as spatial heterogeneity and temporal heterogeneity. To overc

    Tai, Yu, Wu, Xinglong, Yang, Hongwei, He, Hui et al.

  16. arXiv2411.03752

    Deferred Poisoning: Making the Model More Vulnerable via Hessian Singularization

    Recent studies have shown that deep learning models are very vulnerable to poisoning attacks. Many defense methods have been proposed to address this issue. However, traditional poisoning attacks are not as threatening as commonly believed. This is because they often cause differences in how the model performs on the training set compared to the validation set. Such inconsistency can alert defenders that their data h

    He, Yuhao, Tian, Jinyu, Zheng, Xianwei, Dong, Li et al.

  17. arXiv2411.04519

    l0-Regularized Sparse Coding-based Interpretable Network for Multi-Modal Image Fusion

    Multi-modal image fusion (MMIF) enhances the information content of the fused image by combining the unique as well as common features obtained from different modality sensor images, improving visualization, object detection, and many more tasks. In this work, we introduce an interpretable network for the MMIF task, named FNet, based on an $\ell_0$-regularized multi-modal convolutional sparse coding (MCSC) model. Spe

    Panda, Gargi, Kundu, Soumitra, Bhattacharya, Saumik, Routray, Aurobinda

  18. arXiv2411.05771

    Equivariant Test-Time Training with Operator Sketching for Imaging Inverse Problems

    Equivariant Imaging (EI) regularization has become the de-facto technique for unsupervised training of deep imaging networks, without any need of ground-truth data. Observing that the EI-based unsupervised training paradigm currently has significant computational redundancy leading to inefficiency in high-dimensional applications, we propose a sketched EI regularization which leverages the randomized sketching techni

    Xu, Guixian, Li, Jinglai, Tang, Junqi

  19. arXiv2411.07773

    Pointwise Mutual Information as a Performance Gauge for Retrieval-Augmented Generation

    Recent work suggests that large language models enhanced with retrieval-augmented generation are easily influenced by the order, in which the retrieved documents are presented to the model when solving tasks such as question answering (QA). However, there is no method to date that exploits this phenomenon to improve generation. We fill this gap. In this study, we show that the pointwise mutual information between a c

    Liu, Tianyu, Qi, Jirui, He, Paul, Bisazza, Arianna et al.

  20. arXiv2411.08464

    A Generation Framework with Strict Constraints for Crystal Materials Design

    The design of crystal materials plays a critical role in areas such as new energy development, biomedical engineering, and semiconductors. Recent advances in data-driven methods have enabled the generation of diverse crystal structures. However, most existing approaches still rely on random sampling without strict constraints, requiring multiple post-processing steps to identify stable candidates with the desired phy

    Huang, Chao, Chen, Jiahui, Chen, Chen, Chen, Chen et al.

  21. arXiv2411.10036

    Rethinking Normalization Strategies and Convolutional Kernels for Multimodal Image Fusion

    Multimodal image fusion (MMIF) integrates information from different modalities to obtain a comprehensive image, aiding downstream tasks. However, existing research focuses on complementary information fusion and training strategies, overlooking the critical role of underlying architectural components like normalization and convolution kernels. We reevaluate the UNet architecture for end-to-end MMIF, identifying that

    He, Dan, Wang, Guofen, Li, Weisheng, Shu, Yucheng et al.

  22. arXiv2411.13901

    Dressing the Imagination: A Dataset for AI-Powered Translation of Text into Fashion Outfits and A Novel NeRA Adapter for Enhanced Feature Adaptation

    Specialized datasets that capture the fashion industry's rich language and styling elements can boost progress in AI-driven fashion design. We present FLORA, (Fashion Language Outfit Representation for Apparel Generation), the first comprehensive dataset containing 4,330 curated pairs of fashion outfits and corresponding textual descriptions. Each description utilizes industry-specific terminology and jargon comm

    Deshmukh, Gayatri, De, Somsubhra, Sehgal, Chirag, Gupta, Jishu Sen et al.

  23. arXiv2411.14013

    Lightweight Model Attribution and Detection of Synthetic Speech via Audio Residual Fingerprints

    As speech generation technologies advance, so do risks of impersonation, misinformation, and spoofing. We present a lightweight, training-free approach for detecting synthetic speech and attributing it to its source model. Our method addresses three tasks: (1) single-model attribution in an open-world setting, (2) multi-model attribution in a closed-world setting, and (3) real vs. synthetic speech classification. The

    Pizarro, Matías, Laszkiewicz, Mike, Kolossa, Dorothea, Fischer, Asja

  24. arXiv2411.16326

    Brain-like emergent properties in deep networks: impact of network architecture, datasets and training

    Despite the rapid pace at which deep networks are improving on standardized vision benchmarks, they are still outperformed by humans on real-world vision tasks. One solution to this problem is to make deep networks more brain-like. Although there are several benchmarks that compare the ability of deep networks to predict brain responses on natural images, they do not capture subtle but important emergent properties p

    Rajesh, Niranjan, Jacob, Georgin, Arun, SP

  25. arXiv2411.17438

    Object-centric proto-symbolic behavioural reasoning from pixels

    Autonomous intelligent agents must bridge computational challenges at disparate levels of abstraction, from the low-level spaces of sensory input and motor commands to the high-level domain of abstract reasoning and planning. A key question in designing such agents is how best to instantiate the representational space that will interface between these two levels -- ideally without requiring supervision in the form of

    van Bergen, Ruben, Hübotter, Justus, Lago, Alma, Lanillos, Pablo

On this calendar day 14

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

  1. 2021year

    At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become World Drivers' Champion.

  2. 2012year

    North Korea made its first successful satellite launch, as Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 reached orbit.

  3. 2000year

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore that the recount of ballots cast in Florida for the presidential election be stopped, effectively making George W. Bush (pictured) the winner.

  4. 1988year

    Three trains collided near Clapham Junction railway station in London, killing 35 people and injuring 484 others.

  5. 1979year

    A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck just off the shore of Tumaco, Colombia, causing at least 300 deaths, mostly by the resulting tsunami.

  6. 1969year

    The Greek junta announced its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the junta was found guilty of torture and other human-rights violations by the European Commission of Human Rights.

  7. 1964year

    Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the Republic of Kenya.

  8. 1942year

    World War II: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.

  9. 1941year

    The Holocaust: At a Nazi Party meeting in the Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler declared the imminent destruction of the Jewish people.

  10. 1939year

    The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess (pictured) collided with HMS Barham, the battleship she was escorting, and Duchess sank with heavy loss of life.

  11. 1936year

    Republic of China leader Chiang Kai-shek was kidnapped by Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, a former warlord of Manchuria.

  12. 1866year

    England's worst mining disaster occurred when a series of explosions (depicted) caused by flammable gases ripped through the Oaks Colliery, killing 361 people.

  13. 1388year

    Unable to defend her possessions, Maria of Enghien sold the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice.

  14. 627year

    At the Battle of Nineveh, the Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeated the forces of Sasanian emperor Khosrow II, commanded by Rhahzadh, near present-day Mosul, Iraq.