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Tuesday, 16 December 2025

The world looked up Rob Reiner. 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. 7,784,573views

    Rob Reiner

    Robert Reiner was an American filmmaker, actor, and political activist. He directed a series of acclaimed studio films in a career that spanned comedy, drama, romance, and documentary. Reiner received numerous accolades, including winning two Primetime Emmy Aw

  2. 1,073,375views

    Tracy Reiner

    Tracy Reiner is an American former actress. She is known for her roles in When Harry Met Sally..., Masque of the Red Death, A League of Their Own, and Apollo 13.

  3. 735,029views

    Penny Marshall

    Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, film director, and producer. She starred as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley from 1976 to 1983, and received three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Ser

  4. 670,186views

    Carl Reiner

    Carl Reiner was an American actor, author, comedian, director, and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. His awards and honors include 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Te

  5. 586,727views

    Bondi Beach shooting

    On 14 December 2025, an antisemitic and Islamic State (IS)-inspired terrorist attack occurred at the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah attended by around 1,000 people.

  6. 547,032views

    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

  7. 344,774views

    Being Charlie

    Being Charlie is a 2015 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner and written by his son, Nick Reiner, alongside Matt Elisofon. The film stars Nick Robinson, Common, Cary Elwes, Devon Bostick, Morgan Saylor, Susan Misner, and Ricardo Chavira.

  8. 294,024views

    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

  9. 285,040views

    Anthony Geary

    Anthony Geary was an American actor. His career spanned more than four decades, and began in episodic television. He appeared as a guest on several primetime series and transitioned into a career predominantly in the soap opera genre. His first soap role was D

  10. 278,478views

    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

  11. 249,993views

    Wake Up Dead Man

    Wake Up Dead Man is a 2025 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the third film in the Knives Out series. The film stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc as he investigates the death of a Catholic

  12. 215,502views

    Estelle Reiner

    Estelle Reiner was an American actress and singer, described by The New York Times as "matriarch of one of the leading families in American comedy". She was the wife of Carl Reiner and the mother of Rob Reiner, Lucas Reiner, and Annie Reiner.

  13. 211,660views

    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

  14. 210,861views

    Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

    Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is a 2025 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. The sequel to This Is Spinal Tap (1984), it stars Guest, McKean, Shearer, and Reiner

  15. 179,439views

    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.

  16. 177,647views

    Port Arthur massacre

    The Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 28 April 1996 at Port Arthur, a tourist town in the Australian state of Tasmania. The perpetrator, Martin Bryant, murdered 35 people and wounded 23 others, in the deadliest massacre in modern Austra

  17. 161,131views

    The Princess Bride

    The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy

  18. 159,308views

    Stand by Me (film)

    Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the film is set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon, in 1959. Stand by Me stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, a

  19. 158,584views

    Rachael Carpani

    Rachael Anna-Maie Carpani was an Australian actress best known for her role as Jodi Fountain-McLeod in McLeod's Daughters.

  20. 156,991views

    2025 Brown University shooting

    On December 13, 2025, a mass shooting occurred at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, during the second day of final examination week for the fall semester. The shooter, Cláudio Manuel Neves Valente, entered the Barus and Holley Buildi

  21. 151,765views

    This Is Spinal Tap

    This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Rob Reiner in his feature directorial debut. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer play members of the parody heavy metal band Spinal Tap, while Reiner plays Martin "Mart

  22. 150,681views

    Josh O'Connor

    Joshua Mathias O'Connor is an English actor. From 2016 to 2019, he had a major role portraying Larry Durrell in ITV's The Durrells. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a gay sheep farmer in Francis Lee's romantic drama God's Own Country (2017), fo

  23. 148,727views

    José Antonio Kast

    José Antonio Kast Rist is a Chilean lawyer and politician who has served as the 38th president of Chile since 2026. Kast previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2002 to 2018, representing districts in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

  24. 148,700views

    Hanukkah

    Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE, when the Maccabees successfully recovered Jerusalem and the Second Temple.

  25. 143,823views

    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

  26. 138,490views

    Lucas Reiner

    Lucas Joseph Reiner is an American painter, printmaker, photographer and filmmaker. He is most known for painting series that mix elements of representation, narrative, symbolism and abstraction. The work explores subjects such as the collision between organic

  27. 135,292views

    A Few Good Men

    A Few Good Men is a 1992 American legal drama film, produced and directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin, who adapted his 1989 play. It stars an ensemble cast including Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, J. T. Walsh,

  28. 135,145views

    When Harry Met Sally...

    When Harry Met Sally... is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Nora Ephron. Starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, and Bruno Kirby, it follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago and share a

  29. 128,498views

    John Cena

    John Felix Anthony Cena is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, and former rapper. He is signed to WWE as a brand ambassador. Cena wrestled for WWE for 24 years, becoming a record-setting 17-time world champion, before transitioning fully into his

  30. 125,448views

    Dick Van Dyke

    Richard Wayne Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. His work spans screen and stage, and his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, and then the T

Frontier 25

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

  1. 1,268points

    Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch

    642 comments

  2. 915points

    alpr.watch

    443 comments

  3. 855points

    Thin desires are eating life

    270 comments

  4. 854points

    Announcing the Beta release of ty

    179 comments

  5. 845points

    No Graphics API

    183 comments

  6. 832points

    8M users' AI conversations sold for profit by "privacy" extensions

    246 comments

  7. 827points

    AI will make formal verification go mainstream

    434 comments

  8. 802points

    Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions

    819 comments

  9. 714points

    This is not the future

    409 comments

  10. 593points

    Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo

    932 comments

  11. 564points

    No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter

    329 comments

  12. 533points

    Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment

    455 comments

  13. 531points

    SHARP, an approach to photorealistic view synthesis from a single image

    108 comments

  14. 522points

    GPT Image 1.5

    256 comments

  15. 503points

    40 percent of fMRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity

    206 comments

  16. 484points

    I'm just having fun

    241 comments

  17. 467points

    Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders

    152 comments

  18. 455points

    Show HN: Picknplace.js, an alternative to drag-and-drop

    152 comments

  19. 454points

    Coming soon: Simpler pricing and a better experience for GitHub Actions

    2 comments

  20. 373points

    Show HN: Stop AI scrapers from hammering your self-hosted blog (using porn)

    277 comments

  21. 315points

    Gemini 3 Pro vs. 2.5 Pro in Pokemon Crystal

    92 comments

  22. 306points

    Prompt caching for cheaper LLM tokens

    72 comments

  23. 286points

    Sega Channel: VGHF Recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and More)

    45 comments

  24. 278points

    I ported JustHTML from Python to JavaScript with Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in hours

    145 comments

  25. 273points

    Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years

    230 comments

Research 25

Papers submitted to arXiv cs.AI that day.

  1. arXiv1902.05876

    The Optimal Approximation Factor in Density Estimation

    Consider the following problem: given two arbitrary densities $q_1,q_2$ and a sample-access to an unknown target density $p$, find which of the $q_i$'s is closer to $p$ in total variation. A remarkable result due to Yatracos shows that this problem is tractable in the following sense: there exists an algorithm that uses $O(ε^{-2})$ samples from $p$ and outputs~$q_i$ such that with high probability, $TV(q_i,p) \le

    Bousquet, Olivier, Kane, Daniel, Moran, Shay

  2. arXiv2011.10690

    Adaptive Risk Mitigation in Demand Learning

    We study dynamic pricing of a product with an unknown demand distribution over a finite horizon. Departing from the standard no-regret learning environment in which prices can be adjusted at any time, we restrict price changes to predetermined points in time to reflect common retail practice. This constraint, coupled with demand model ambiguity and an unknown customer arrival pattern, imposes a high risk of revenue l

    Pakiman, Parshan, Chen, Boxiao, Nadarajah, Selvaprabu, Jasin, Stefanus

  3. arXiv2106.05261

    We Can Always Catch You: Detecting Adversarial Patched Objects WITH or WITHOUT Signature

    Recently, object detection has proven vulnerable to adversarial patch attacks. The attackers holding a specially crafted patch can hide themselves from state-of-the-art detectors, e.g., YOLO, even in the physical world. This attack can bring serious security threats, such as escaping from surveillance cameras. How to effectively detect this kind of adversarial examples to catch potential attacks has become an importa

    Li, Jiachun, Feng, Jianan, Huang, Jianjun, Liang, Bin

  4. arXiv2108.08875

    Comparing concepts of quantum and classical neural network models for image classification task

    While quantum architectures are still under development, when available, they will only be able to process quantum data when machine learning algorithms can only process numerical data. Therefore, in the issues of classification or regression, it is necessary to simulate and study quantum systems that will transfer the numerical input data to a quantum form and enable quantum computers to use the available methods of

    Potempa, Rafal, Porebski, Sebastian

  5. arXiv2112.01330

    CSAW-M: An Ordinal Classification Dataset for Benchmarking Mammographic Masking of Cancer

    Interval and large invasive breast cancers, which are associated with worse prognosis than other cancers, are usually detected at a late stage due to false negative assessments of screening mammograms. The missed screening-time detection is commonly caused by the tumor being obscured by its surrounding breast tissues, a phenomenon called masking. To study and benchmark mammographic masking of cancer, in this work we

    Sorkhei, Moein, Liu, Yue, Azizpour, Hossein, Azavedo, Edward et al.

  6. arXiv2206.04140

    TreeFlow: Going beyond Tree-based Gaussian Probabilistic Regression

    The tree-based ensembles are known for their outstanding performance in classification and regression problems characterized by feature vectors represented by mixed-type variables from various ranges and domains. However, considering regression problems, they are primarily designed to provide deterministic responses or model the uncertainty of the output with Gaussian or parametric distribution. In this work, we intr

    Wielopolski, Patryk, Zięba, Maciej

  7. arXiv2207.11437

    The prediction of the quality of results in Logic Synthesis using Transformer and Graph Neural Networks

    In the logic synthesis stage, structure transformations in the synthesis tool need to be combined into optimization sequences and act on the circuit to meet the specified circuit area and delay. However, logic synthesis optimization sequences are time-consuming to run, and predicting the quality of the results (QoR) against the synthesis optimization sequence for a circuit can help engineers find a better optimizatio

    Yang, Chenghao, Wang, Zhongda, Xia, Yinshui, Chu, Zhufei

  8. arXiv2210.00858

    Enhancing Interpretability and Interactivity in Robot Manipulation: A Neurosymbolic Approach

    In this paper we present a neurosymbolic architecture for coupling language-guided visual reasoning with robot manipulation. A non-expert human user can prompt the robot using unconstrained natural language, providing a referring expression (REF), a question (VQA), or a grasp action instruction. The system tackles all cases in a task-agnostic fashion through the utilization of a shared library of primitive skills. Ea

    Tziafas, Georgios, Kasaei, Hamidreza

  9. arXiv2212.14801

    ExReg: Wide-range Photo Exposure Correction via a Multi-dimensional Regressor with Attention

    Photo exposure correction is widely investigated, but fewer studies focus on correcting under- and over-exposed images simultaneously. Three issues remain open to handle and correct both under- and over-exposed images in a unified way. First, a locally-adaptive exposure adjustment may be more flexible instead of learning a global mapping. Second, it is an ill-posed problem to determine the suitable exposure values lo

    Do, Huu-Phu, Hsueh, Hao-Chien, Chiang, Tzu-Hao, Chen, Chi-Han et al.

  10. arXiv2302.13425

    A Survey on Uncertainty Quantification Methods for Deep Learning

    Deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved tremendous success in computer vision, natural language processing, and scientific and engineering domains. However, DNNs can make unexpected, incorrect, yet overconfident predictions, leading to serious consequences in high-stakes applications such as autonomous driving, medical diagnosis, and disaster response. Uncertainty quantification (UQ) estimates the confidence of DNN

    He, Wenchong, Jiang, Zhe, Xiao, Tingsong, Xu, Zelin et al.

  11. arXiv2308.01042

    WCCNet: Wavelet-context Cooperative Network for Efficient Multispectral Pedestrian Detection

    Multispectral pedestrian detection is essential to various tasks especially autonomous driving, for which both the accuracy and computational cost are of paramount importance. Most existing approaches treat RGB and infrared modalities equally. They typically adopt two symmetrical backbones for multimodal feature extraction, which ignore the substantial differences between modalities and bring great difficulty for the

    Wang, Xingjian, Chai, Li, Chen, Jiming, Shi, Zhiguo

  12. arXiv2309.14663

    Learning NEAT Emergent Behaviors in Robot Swarms

    When researching robot swarms, many studies observe complex group behavior emerging from the individual agents' simple local actions. However, the task of learning an individual policy to produce a desired group behavior remains a challenging problem. We present a method of training distributed robotic swarm algorithms to produce emergent behavior. Inspired by the biological evolution of emergent behavior in anim

    Rajbhandari, Pranav, Sofge, Donald

  13. arXiv2310.00177

    A Neural-preconditioned Poisson Solver for Mixed Dirichlet and Neumann Boundary Conditions

    We introduce a neural-preconditioned iterative solver for Poisson equations with mixed boundary conditions. Typical Poisson discretizations yield large, ill-conditioned linear systems. Iterative solvers can be effective for these problems, but only when equipped with powerful preconditioners. Unfortunately, effective preconditioners like multigrid require costly setup phases that must be re-executed every time domain

    Lan, Kai Weixian, Gueidon, Elias, Kaneda, Ayano, Panetta, Julian et al.

  14. arXiv2312.15175

    Physics-informed neural network for modeling dynamic linear elasticity

    In this work, we present the physics-informed neural network (PINN) model applied particularly to dynamic problems in solid mechanics. We focus on forward and inverse problems. Particularly, we show how a PINN model can be used efficiently for material identification in a dynamic setting. In this work, we assume linear continuum elasticity. We show results for two-dimensional (2D) plane strain problem and then we pro

    Kag, Vijay, Gopinath, Venkatesh

  15. arXiv2312.15187

    IRG: Modular Synthetic Relational Database Generation with Complex Relational Schemas

    Relational databases (RDBs) are widely used by corporations and governments to store multiple related tables. Their relational schemas pose unique challenges to synthetic data generation for privacy-preserving data sharing, e.g., for collaborative analytical and data mining tasks, as well as software testing at various scales. Relational schemas typically include a set of primary and foreign key constraints to specif

    Li, Jiayu, Zhao, Zilong, Abdollahzadeh, Milad, Sikdar, Biplab et al.

  16. arXiv2401.08930

    PADS: Plug-and-Play 3D Human Pose Analysis via Diffusion Generative Modeling

    Diffusion models have demonstrated impressive capabilities in modeling complex data distributions and are increasingly applied in various generative tasks. In this work, we propose Pose Analysis by Diffusion Synthesis PADS, a unified generative modeling framework for 3D human pose analysis. PADS first learns a task-agnostic 3D pose prior via unconditional diffusion synthesis and then performs training-free adaptation

    Ji, Haorui, Li, Hongdong

  17. arXiv2401.14296

    "All of Me": Mining Users' Attributes from their Public Spotify Playlists

    In the age of digital music streaming, playlists on platforms like Spotify have become an integral part of individuals' musical experiences. People create and publicly share their own playlists to express their musical tastes, promote the discovery of their favorite artists, and foster social connections. In this work, we aim to address the question: can we infer users' private attributes from their public Sp

    Tricomi, Pier Paolo, Pajola, Luca, Pasa, Luca, Conti, Mauro

  18. arXiv2402.15480

    Foveated Retinotopy Improves Classification and Localization in Convolutional Neural Networks

    From falcons spotting preys to humans recognizing faces, rapid visual abilities depend on a foveated retinal organization which delivers high-acuity central vision while preserving low-resolution periphery. This organization is conserved along early visual pathways but remains underexplored in machine learning. Here we examine how embedding a foveated retinotopic transformation as a preprocessing layer impacts convol

    Jérémie, Jean-Nicolas, Daucé, Emmanuel, Perrinet, Laurent U

  19. arXiv2403.18461

    An Efficient and Harmonized Framework for Balanced Cross-Domain Feature Integration

    Despite significant advancements in image generation using advanced generative frameworks, cross-image integration of content and style remains a key challenge. Current generative models, while powerful, frequently depend on vague textual prompts to define styles--creating difficulties in balancing content semantics and style preservation. We propose a novel framework that utilizes customized models to learn style re

    Li, Shaoxu, Pan, Ye

  20. arXiv2404.03354

    A Comprehensive Survey on Self-Supervised Learning for Recommendation

    Recommender systems play a crucial role in tackling the challenge of information overload by delivering personalized recommendations based on individual user preferences. Deep learning techniques, such as RNNs, GNNs, and Transformer architectures, have significantly propelled the advancement of recommender systems by enhancing their comprehension of user behaviors and preferences. However, supervised learning methods

    Ren, Xubin, Wei, Wei, Xia, Lianghao, Huang, Chao

  21. arXiv2405.00456

    Counterfactual Explanations for Deep Learning-Based Traffic Forecasting

    Deep learning models are widely used in traffic forecasting and have achieved state-of-the-art prediction accuracy. However, the black-box nature of those models makes the results difficult to interpret by users. This study aims to leverage an Explainable AI approach, counterfactual explanations, to enhance the explainability and usability of deep learning-based traffic forecasting models. Specifically, the goal is t

    Wang, Rushan, Xin, Yanan, Zhang, Yatao, Perez-Cruz, Fernando et al.

  22. arXiv2405.07293

    Fast Wrong-way Cycling Detection in CCTV Videos: Sparse Sampling is All You Need

    Effective monitoring of unusual transportation behaviors, such as wrong-way cycling (i.e., riding a bicycle or e-bike against designated traffic flow), is crucial for optimizing law enforcement deployment and traffic planning. However, accurately recording all wrong-way cycling events is both unnecessary and infeasible in resource-constrained environments, as it requires high-resolution cameras for evidence collectio

    Xu, Jing, Shi, Wentao, Ren, Sheng, Zhang, Lijuan et al.

  23. arXiv2405.08645

    Certifying Robustness of Graph Convolutional Networks for Node Perturbation with Polyhedra Abstract Interpretation

    Graph convolutional neural networks (GCNs) are powerful tools for learning graph-based knowledge representations from training data. However, they are vulnerable to small perturbations in the input graph, which makes them susceptible to input faults or adversarial attacks. This poses a significant problem for GCNs intended to be used in critical applications, which need to provide certifiably robust services even in

    Chen, Boqi, Marussy, Kristóf, Semeráth, Oszkár, Mussbacher, Gunter et al.

  24. arXiv2405.13199

    Tau Anomaly Detection in PET Imaging via Bilateral-Guided Deterministic Diffusion Model

    The emergence of tau PET imaging over the last decade has enabled Alzheimer's disease (AD) researchers to examine tau pathology in vivo and more effectively characterize the disease trajectories of AD. Current tau PET analysis methods, however, typically perform inferences on large cortical ROIs and are limited in the detection of localized tau pathology that varies across subjects. In this work, we propose a nov

    Zhong, Lujia, Huang, Shuo, Yue, Jiaxin, Zhang, Jianwei et al.

  25. arXiv2405.17640

    Probabilistically Plausible Counterfactual Explanations with Normalizing Flows

    We present PPCEF, a novel method for generating probabilistically plausible counterfactual explanations (CFs). PPCEF advances beyond existing methods by combining a probabilistic formulation that leverages the data distribution with the optimization of plausibility within a unified framework. Compared to reference approaches, our method enforces plausibility by directly optimizing the explicit density function withou

    Wielopolski, Patryk, Furman, Oleksii, Stefanowski, Jerzy, Zięba, Maciej

On this calendar day 18

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

  1. 2014year

    A hostage crisis in a Lindt chocolate café in Sydney, Australia, ended with police storming the building, killing the perpetrator and one of the hostages.

  2. 2012year

    A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.

  3. 1997year

    Amid an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the British government banned the sale of beef on the bone for human consumption.

  4. 1997year

    "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children.

  5. 1971year

    The surrender of Pakistani forces in Dacca, East Pakistan, concluded the Bangladesh Liberation War and the India-Pakistan War.

  6. 1938year

    Adolf Hitler instituted the Cross of Honour of the German Mother, an order of merit for German mothers with at least four children.

  7. 1930year

    German-American gangster Herman Lamm killed himself during a botched robbery attempt in Clinton, Indiana, to avoid being captured by police.

  8. 1922year

    Gabriel Narutowicz (pictured), the first president of Poland, was assassinated only five days after having taken office.

  9. 1920year

    A magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck Haiyuan County, China, killing more than 250,000 people.

  10. 1918year

    Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declared the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, a puppet state created by Soviet Russia to justify the Lithuanian–Soviet War.

  11. 1914year

    First World War: The Imperial German Navy attacked ports in northern England, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties.

  12. 1901year

    English writer Beatrix Potter privately published 250 copies of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (illustration shown) after several publishers' rejections.

  13. 1899year

    Thousand Days' War: Columbian Liberal rebels repelled a Conservative government attack at the Battle of Peralonso.

  14. 1893year

    Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony (audio featured) premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

  15. 1850year

    Settlers of the Canterbury Association aboard Randolph and Charlotte Jane arrived to establish a colony at Christchurch, New Zealand.

  16. 1811year

    The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes struck the Midwestern United States and made the Mississippi River appear to run backward.

  17. 1773year

    American Revolution: A group of colonists threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor (pictured) to protest British taxation without representation.

  18. 1761year

    Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, Russian forces captured Kolberg, the last major Prussian port on the Baltic Sea.