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Record 16022026 · captured 2026-08-25

Monday, 16 February 2026

The world looked up Jeffrey Epstein. 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. 290,203views

    Jeffrey Epstein

    Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City, before entering the banking and finance sector. Over several decades, he made much of his fortune providing ta

  2. 287,558views

    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two extensive upland estates and their landowning families on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons

  3. 229,819views

    Wuthering Heights (2026 film)

    Wuthering Heights is a 2026 romantic period drama film produced, written and directed by Emerald Fennell. Loosely based on the 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, the film is a reinterpretation intended by Fennell to "recreate the feeling of a teenage girl reading thi

  4. 215,669views

    2026 Winter Olympics

    The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Milano Cortina 2026, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 22 February 2026, at multiple sites across Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südti

  5. 197,152views

    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

  6. 195,686views

    Lucas Pinheiro Braathen

    Lucas Pinheiro Braathen is a Norwegian and Brazilian alpine ski racer who specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He is the men's giant slalom champion at the 2026 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Brazilian and South American in hist

  7. 189,592views

    Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

    The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics took place in Milan, Italy, between 11 and 22 February 2026. Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight via ranking by the IIHF, three via qualification tournaments, and Italy as hosts. R

  8. 179,259views

    Anthony Kim

    Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an American professional golfer who plays on the LIV Golf League. He previously played on the PGA Tour, where he won three events, and appeared in the 2008 Ryder Cup and the 2009 Presidents Cup. He suffered an Achilles injury in 2012 and

  9. 169,796views

    Epstein files

    The Epstein files are a partially released collection of millions of documents, images, videos, and emails related to the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including his social circle of public figures, politici

  10. 158,181views

    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.

  11. 139,728views

    James Van Der Beek

    James David Van Der Beek was an American actor. Known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery on The WB's Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), he also played a fictionalized version of himself on the cult ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012–2013), starred

  12. 139,079views

    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

  13. 133,073views

    Ilia Malinin

    Ilia Malinin is an American figure skater. He is a 2026 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, three-time World champion, three-time Grand Prix Final champion, seven-time Grand Prix gold medalist, four-time Challenger Series gold medalist, and four-time U.S.

  14. 120,161views

    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

  15. 117,445views

    List of people named in the Epstein files

    The Epstein files comprise over six million pages of documents detailing the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. So far about three and a half million files have been made public with redactions, among them 180,00

  16. 115,241views

    Maha Shivaratri

    Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually to worship the deity Shiva, between February and March. According to the Hindu calendar, The festival is observed on the caturdaśī of kṛṣṇapakṣa of the month of Māgha or Phālguṇa. The discrepancy is only

  17. 112,147views

    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

    Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. She redefined the previously mostly ceremonial role into a platform for arts and culture by hosti

  18. 110,808views

    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

  19. 109,594views

    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

  20. 109,517views

    Pam Bondi

    Pamela Jo Bondi is an American attorney and politician who served as the 87th United States attorney general from 2025 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 37th attorney general of Florida from 2011 to 2019.

  21. 109,169views

    A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)

    A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an American fantasy drama television series created by Ira Parker and George R. R. Martin. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011–2019), it is the third television series in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and is an adap

  22. 105,027views

    India–Pakistan cricket rivalry

    The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world. Matches between the teams are considered some of the biggest in the world and are among the most-viewed in all of sports.

  23. 104,887views

    O'Romeo

    O'Romeo is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala for Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, the film is based on the non-fiction book Mafia Queens of Mumbai by Hussain Zaidi

  24. 103,622views

    Ghislaine Maxwell

    Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell is a British convicted child sex trafficker and former socialite. In 2021, she was convicted of child sex trafficking, and in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

  25. 103,000views

    Eileen Gu

    Eileen Feng Gu, also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (谷爱凌), is a Chinese-American freestyle skier and model. She has represented China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since the 2018–19 season. With three gold and three silver medals, Gu is the

  26. 102,347views

    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

  27. 97,774views

    Jacob Elordi

    Jacob Nathaniel Elordi is an Australian actor. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and three AACTA Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, three British Academy Film Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

  28. 97,308views

    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

  29. 94,986views

    Curling

    Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished gra

  30. 89,498views

    The Housemaid (2025 film)

    The Housemaid is a 2025 American erotic psychological thriller film directed by Paul Feig and written by Rebecca Sonnenshine. It is based on the 2022 novel by Freida McFadden, and stars Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried. In the film, Millie Calloway, a young

Frontier 25

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

  1. 1,516points

    I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?

    949 comments

  2. 928points

    14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight

    202 comments

  3. 540points

    What your Bluetooth devices reveal

    195 comments

  4. 523points

    Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest court reporting database

    346 comments

  5. 488points

    Show HN: Jemini – Gemini for the Epstein Files

    103 comments

  6. 447points

    Rise of the Triforce

    81 comments

  7. 434points

    Qwen3.5: Towards Native Multimodal Agents

    214 comments

  8. 398points

    Anthropic tries to hide Claude's AI actions. Devs hate it

    233 comments

  9. 379points

    UK Discord users were part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection experiment

    129 comments

  10. 377points

    Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are sold out for the year, says WD

    317 comments

  11. 364points

    SkillsBench: Benchmarking how well agent skills work across diverse tasks

    171 comments

  12. 337points

    Privilege is bad grammar

    279 comments

  13. 314points

    Use protocols, not services

    128 comments

  14. 288points

    The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed itself

    336 comments

  15. 277points

    Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue

    132 comments

  16. 265points

    "Token anxiety", a slot machine by any other name

    230 comments

  17. 263points

    A beginner's guide to split keyboards

    254 comments

  18. 263points

    Defer available in gcc and clang

    251 comments

  19. 236points

    Running My Own XMPP Server

    144 comments

  20. 232points

    Evaluating AGENTS.md: are they helpful for coding agents?

    161 comments

  21. 225points

    Don't Trust the Salt: AI Summarization, Multilingual Safety, and LLM Guardrails

    88 comments

  22. 184points

    H-1B Exposed: Banking sector visa sponsorship investigation

    100 comments

  23. 178points

    JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals

    234 comments

  24. 173points

    Show HN: Glitchy camera – a circuit-bent camera simulator in the browser

    22 comments

  25. 164points

    I guess I kinda get why people hate AI

    259 comments

Research 25

Papers submitted to arXiv cs.AI that day.

  1. arXiv2011.07687

    DART: aDaptive Accept RejecT for non-linear top-K subset identification

    We consider the bandit problem of selecting $K$ out of $N$ arms at each time step. The reward can be a non-linear function of the rewards of the selected individual arms. The direct use of a multi-armed bandit algorithm requires choosing among $\binom{N}{K}$ options, making the action space large. To simplify the problem, existing works on combinatorial bandits {typically} assume feedback as a linear function of indi

    Agarwal, Mridul, Aggarwal, Vaneet, Quinn, Christopher J., Umrawal, Abhishek

  2. arXiv2108.02431

    AutoLL: Automatic Linear Layout of Graphs based on Deep Neural Network

    Linear layouts are a graph visualization method that can be used to capture an entry pattern in an adjacency matrix of a given graph. By reordering the node indices of the original adjacency matrix, linear layouts provide knowledge of latent graph structures. Conventional linear layout methods commonly aim to find an optimal reordering solution based on predefined features of a given matrix and loss function. However

    Watanabe, Chihiro, Suzuki, Taiji

  3. arXiv2211.01315

    Addressing Data Distribution Shifts in Online Machine Learning Powered Smart City Applications Using Augmented Test-Time Adaptation

    Data distribution shift is a common problem in machine learning-powered smart city applications where the test data differs from the training data. Augmenting smart city applications with online machine learning models can handle this issue at test time, albeit with high cost and unreliable performance. To overcome this limitation, we propose to endow test-time adaptation with a systematic active fine-tuning (SAF) la

    Al-Maliki, Shawqi, Bouanani, Faissal El, Abdallah, Mohamed, Qadir, Junaid et al.

  4. arXiv2303.14322

    Spatio-Temporal driven Attention Graph Neural Network with Block Adjacency matrix (STAG-NN-BA) for Remote Land-use Change Detection

    Land-use monitoring is fundamental for spatial planning, particularly in view of compound impacts of growing global populations and climate change. Despite existing applications of deep learning in land use monitoring, standard convolutional kernels in deep neural networks limit the applications of these networks to the Euclidean domain only. Considering the geodesic nature of the measurement of the earth's surfa

    Nazir, Usman, Islam, Wadood, Khalid, Sara, Taj, Murtaza

  5. arXiv2308.06709

    The Hard-Constraint PINNs for Interface Optimal Control Problems

    We show that the physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), in combination with some recently developed discontinuity capturing neural networks, can be applied to solve optimal control problems subject to partial differential equations (PDEs) with interfaces and some control constraints. The resulting algorithm is mesh-free and scalable to different PDEs, and it ensures the control constraints rigorously. Since the bo

    Lai, Ming-Chih, Song, Yongcun, Yuan, Xiaoming, Yue, Hangrui et al.

  6. arXiv2312.17111

    Online Tensor Inference

    Contemporary applications, such as recommendation systems and mobile health monitoring, require real-time processing and analysis of sequentially arriving high-dimensional tensor data. Traditional offline learning, involving the storage and utilization of all data in each computational iteration, becomes impractical for these tasks. Furthermore, existing low-rank tensor methods lack the capability for online statisti

    Wen, Xin, Sun, Will Wei, Zhang, Yichen

  7. arXiv2402.02196

    Sample-Efficient "Clustering and Conquer" Procedures for Parallel Large-Scale Ranking and Selection

    This work aims to improve the sample efficiency of parallel large-scale ranking and selection (R&S) problems by leveraging correlation information. We modify the commonly used "divide and conquer" framework in parallel computing by adding a correlation-based clustering step, transforming it into "clustering and conquer". Analytical results under a symmetric benchmark scenario show that this seemin

    Zhang, Zishi, Peng, Yijie

  8. arXiv2403.16640

    Multi-Scale Texture Loss for CT denoising with GANs

    Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have proved as a powerful framework for denoising applications in medical imaging. However, GAN-based denoising algorithms still suffer from limitations in capturing complex relationships within the images. In this regard, the loss function plays a crucial role in guiding the image generation process, encompassing how much a synthetic image differs from a real image. To grasp hi

    Di Feola, Francesco, Tronchin, Lorenzo, Guarrasi, Valerio, Soda, Paolo

  9. arXiv2404.08567

    CATP: Cross-Attention Token Pruning for Accuracy Preserved Multimodal Model Inference

    In response to the rising interest in large multimodal models, we introduce Cross-Attention Token Pruning (CATP), a precision-focused token pruning method. Our approach leverages cross-attention layers in multimodal models, exemplified by BLIP-2, to extract valuable information for token importance determination. CATP employs a refined voting strategy across model heads and layers. In evaluations, CATP achieves up to

    Liao, Ruqi, Zhao, Chuqing, Li, Jin, Feng, Weiqi et al.

  10. arXiv2404.17592

    Low-Rank Online Dynamic Assortment with Dual Contextual Information

    As e-commerce expands, delivering real-time personalized recommendations from vast catalogs poses a critical challenge for retail platforms. Maximizing revenue requires careful consideration of both individual customer characteristics and available item features to continuously optimize assortments over time. In this paper, we consider the dynamic assortment problem with dual contexts -- user and item features. In hi

    Lee, Seong Jin, Sun, Will Wei, Liu, Yufeng

  11. arXiv2405.13771

    Multi-Dataset Multi-Task Learning for COVID-19 Prognosis

    In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, leveraging artificial intelligence to predict disease outcomes from chest radiographic images represents a significant scientific aim. The challenge, however, lies in the scarcity of large, labeled datasets with compatible tasks for training deep learning models without leading to overfitting. Addressing this issue, we introduce a novel multi-dataset multi-task training fra

    Ruffini, Filippo, Tronchin, Lorenzo, Wu, Zhuoru, Chen, Wenting et al.

  12. arXiv2406.04112

    Compressible Dynamics in Deep Overparameterized Low-Rank Learning & Adaptation

    While overparameterization in machine learning models offers great benefits in terms of optimization and generalization, it also leads to increased computational requirements as model sizes grow. In this work, we show that by leveraging the inherent low-dimensional structures of data and compressible dynamics within the model parameters, we can reap the benefits of overparameterization without the computational burde

    Yaras, Can, Wang, Peng, Balzano, Laura, Qu, Qing

  13. arXiv2406.14045

    LTSM-Bundle: A Toolbox and Benchmark on Large Language Models for Time Series Forecasting

    Time Series Forecasting (TSF) has long been a challenge in time series analysis. Inspired by the success of Large Language Models (LLMs), researchers are now developing Large Time Series Models (LTSMs)-universal transformer-based models that use autoregressive prediction-to improve TSF. However, training LTSMs on heterogeneous time series data poses unique challenges, including diverse frequencies, dimensions, and pa

    Chuang, Yu-Neng, Li, Songchen, Yuan, Jiayi, Wang, Guanchu et al.

  14. arXiv2406.19391

    Fibottention: Inceptive Visual Representation Learning with Diverse Attention Across Heads

    Vision Transformers and their variants have achieved remarkable success in diverse visual perception tasks. Despite their effectiveness, they suffer from two significant limitations. First, the quadratic computational complexity of multi-head self-attention (MHSA), which restricts scalability to large token counts, and second, a high dependency on large-scale training data to attain competitive performance. In this p

    Rahimian, Ali K., Govind, Manish K., Maity, Subhajit, Reilly, Dominick et al.

  15. arXiv2407.03888

    Continuous-time q-Learning for Jump-Diffusion Models under Tsallis Entropy

    This paper studies the continuous-time reinforcement learning in jump-diffusion models by featuring the q-learning (the continuous-time counterpart of Q-learning) under Tsallis entropy regularization. Contrary to the Shannon entropy, the general form of Tsallis entropy renders the optimal policy not necessarily a Gibbs measure. Herein, the Lagrange multiplier and KKT condition are needed to ensure that the learned po

    Bo, Lijun, Huang, Yijie, Yu, Xiang, Zhang, Tingting

  16. arXiv2407.20034

    MaskInversion: Localized Embeddings via Optimization of Explainability Maps

    Vision-language foundation models such as CLIP have achieved tremendous results in global vision-language alignment, but still show some limitations in creating representations for specific image regions. % To address this problem, we propose MaskInversion, a method that leverages the feature representations of pre-trained foundation models, such as CLIP, to generate a context-aware embedding for a query image region

    Bousselham, Walid, Chaybouti, Sofian, Rupprecht, Christian, Ferrari, Vittorio et al.

  17. arXiv2407.20836

    Vulnerabilities in AI-generated Image Detection: The Challenge of Adversarial Attacks

    Recent advancements in image synthesis, particularly with the advent of GAN and Diffusion models, have amplified public concerns regarding the dissemination of disinformation. To address such concerns, numerous AI-generated Image (AIGI) Detectors have been proposed and achieved promising performance in identifying fake images. However, there still lacks a systematic understanding of the adversarial robustness of AIGI

    Diao, Yunfeng, Zhai, Naixin, Miao, Changtao, Yu, Zitong et al.

  18. arXiv2409.00730

    Generating Physical Dynamics under Priors

    Generating physically feasible dynamics in a data-driven context is challenging, especially when adhering to physical priors expressed in specific equations or formulas. Existing methodologies often overlook the integration of physical priors, resulting in violation of basic physical laws and suboptimal performance. In this paper, we introduce a novel framework that seamlessly incorporates physical priors into diffus

    Zhou, Zihan, Wang, Xiaoxue, Yu, Tianshu

  19. arXiv2409.16407

    Towards Representation Learning for Weighting Problems in Design-Based Causal Inference

    Reweighting a distribution to minimize a distance to a target distribution is a powerful and flexible strategy for estimating a wide range of causal effects, but can be challenging in practice because optimal weights typically depend on knowledge of the underlying data generating process. In this paper, we focus on design-based weights, which do not incorporate outcome information; prominent examples include prospect

    Clivio, Oscar, Feller, Avi, Holmes, Chris

  20. arXiv2410.03041

    Minmax Trend Filtering: Generalizations of Total Variation Denoising via a Local Minmax/Maxmin Formula

    Total Variation Denoising (TVD) is a fundamental denoising and smoothing method. In this article, we identify a new local minmax/maxmin formula producing two estimators which sandwich the univariate TVD estimator at every point. Operationally, this formula gives a local definition of TVD as a minmax/maxmin of a simple function of local averages. Moreover we find that this minmax/maxmin formula is generalizeable and c

    Chatterjee, Sabyasachi

  21. arXiv2410.03952

    Pixel-Based Similarities as an Alternative to Neural Data for Improving Convolutional Neural Network Adversarial Robustness

    Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) excel in many visual tasks but remain susceptible to adversarial attacks-imperceptible perturbations that degrade performance. Prior research reveals that brain-inspired regularizers, derived from neural recordings, can bolster CNN robustness; however, reliance on specialized data limits practical adoption. We revisit a regularizer proposed by Li et al. (2019) that aligns CNN repr

    Attias, Elie, Pehlevan, Cengiz, Obeid, Dina

  22. arXiv2410.10374

    Class Balancing Diversity Multimodal Ensemble for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis and Early Detection

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) poses significant global health challenges due to its increasing prevalence and associated societal costs. Early detection and diagnosis of AD are critical for delaying progression and improving patient outcomes. Traditional diagnostic methods and single-modality data often fall short in identifying early-stage AD and distinguishing it from Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). This study addr

    Francesconi, Arianna, di Biase, Lazzaro, Cappetta, Donato, Rebecchi, Fabio et al.

  23. arXiv2410.16882

    SaVe-TAG: LLM-based Interpolation for Long-Tailed Text-Attributed Graphs

    Real-world graph data often follows long-tailed distributions, making it difficult for Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to generalize well across both head and tail classes. Recent advances in Vicinal Risk Minimization (VRM) have shown promise in mitigating class imbalance with numeric interpolation; however, existing approaches largely rely on embedding-space arithmetic, which fails to capture the rich semantics inheren

    Wang, Leyao, Wang, Yu, Ni, Bo, Zhao, Yuying et al.

  24. arXiv2411.02747

    Efficient Feature Aggregation and Scale-Aware Regression for Monocular 3D Object Detection

    Monocular 3D object detection has attracted great attention due to simplicity and low cost. Existing methods typically follow conventional 2D detection paradigms, first locating object centers and then predicting 3D attributes via neighboring features. However, these methods predominantly rely on progressive cross-scale feature aggregation and focus solely on local information, which may result in a lack of global aw

    Wang, Yifan, Yang, Xiaochen, Pu, Fanqi, Liao, Qingmin et al.

  25. arXiv2411.16445

    Plastic Arbor: a modern simulation framework for synaptic plasticity -- from single synapses to networks of morphological neurons

    Arbor is a software library designed for efficient simulation of large-scale networks of biological neurons with detailed morphological structures. It combines customizable neuronal and synaptic mechanisms with high-performance computing, supporting multi-core CPU and GPU systems. In humans and other animals, synaptic plasticity processes play a vital role in cognitive functions, including learning and memory. Recent

    Luboeinski, Jannik, Schmitt, Sebastian, Shafiee, Shirin, Hater, Thorsten et al.

On this calendar day 16

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

  1. 2013year

    At least 91 people were killed and 190 others injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town, Pakistan.

  2. 1998year

    While on approach to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, China Airlines Flight 676 crashed due to an over-reliance of the autopilot, which resulted in the deaths of 202 people.

  3. 1996year

    Eleven people died in a train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, leading to the creation of comprehensive U.S. federal rules for the design of passenger cars.

  4. 1985year

    The Lebanese Shia political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah released a manifesto describing its ideology and goals.

  5. 1983year

    The Ash Wednesday bushfires burned over half a million acres (over 2,000 km2) each in both South Australia and Victoria, killing 75 people and injuring 2,676 others.

  6. 1961year

    The DuSable Museum, the first museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art, was chartered.

  7. 1959year

    Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, beginning his decades-long rule over the country.

  8. 1936year

    The Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties, came to power in the Spanish general election, a factor in the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War five months later.

  9. 1922year

    A landslide in Byblos revealed a sarcophagus in an underground tomb that was later discovered to be part of a large Bronze Age necropolis.

  10. 1918year

    The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence (pictured), proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania.

  11. 1900year

    The Southern Cross Expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink (pictured) achieved a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.

  12. 1862year

    American Civil War: A Union victory at the Battle of Fort Donelson gave General Ulysses S. Grant the nickname "Unconditional Surrender".

  13. 1859year

    The French government passed a law setting the musical note A4 to a frequency of 435 hertz, in the first attempt to standardize concert pitch.

  14. 1804year

    First Barbary War: Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a U.S. Navy raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli (depicted), denying her use to the Barbary States.

  15. 1270year

    Livonian Crusade: In the Battle of Karuse, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved a decisive victory over the Livonian Order on the frozen surface of the Baltic Sea.

  16. 1249year

    King Louis IX dispatched André de Longjumeau as the French ambassador to the Mongol Empire.