From today's featured article
The UEFA Euro 2016 final was the concluding match of UEFA Euro 2016, the fifteenth edition of the European Championship, UEFA's quadrennial competition for men's national football teams. The match was played before 75,868 spectators at the Stade de France (pictured) in Paris on 10 July 2016 between Portugal and hosts France. Following a goalless 90 minutes, which saw Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo depart the match through injury, Portugal then took the lead in the 108th minute through substitute Eder after his low shot beat France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. This proved to be the contest's only goal, as Portugal won 1–0 to claim their first major tournament title. In winning the final, Portugal became the tenth different nation to win the European Championship, twelve years after losing their first final at home in UEFA Euro 2004. As the winners, Portugal gained entry into their first FIFA Confederations Cup, which was played in Russia in 2017. ( Full article... )
Did you know ...
- ... that a Buddhist temple is nestled amid Paris on the Hudson (pictured)?
- ... that the stairs of the Bottleworks District hotel were designed to resemble a soda fountain?
- ... that an Izumi Kobayashi song was said to "[bridge] the gap between Prince-inspired funk and vintage synth-heavy Thomas Dolby"?
- ... that Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary allows visitors to meet axolotls, bearded dragons, and a domesticated rat?
- ... that T. J. Watt and his brother J. J. were the first brothers to appear together on a Wheaties box?
- ... that the spoil from digging the Copenhagen Tunnel was used to make its bricks, a method new to London at the time?
- ... that Patrick Leung won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director in 2026 with a 2019 film ?
- ... that Americans ate election cakes at weddings and high teas?
- ... that Zac Alcorn went from the lowest level of college football straight to the NFL?
In the news
- A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes the southern coast of Mindanao in the Philippines, leaving at least 45 people dead (landslide pictured).
- Protests erupt against a proposed tourism development project on the environmentally protected island of Sazan, Albania.
- An explosion at a Ta'ang National Liberation Army base in Myanmar leaves 43 people dead.
- In Twenty20 cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeating Gujarat Titans in the final .
On this day
- 806 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Abbasid army departed Raqqa in northern Syria to begin an invasion of Byzantine-controlled Asia Minor.
- 1775 – The Battle of Machias , the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, commenced in and around the port of Machias in what is now eastern Maine.
- 1920 – During their national convention in Chicago, Republican Party leaders gathered in negotiations at The Blackstone Hotel (pictured) to select their presidential candidate, leading to the phrase "smoke-filled room".
- 2001 – Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month-long letter-bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.
- 2008 – Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimilation .
- James Francis Edward Keith (b. 1696)
- Claudia Lauper Bushman (b. 1934)
- Ben Waine (b. 2001)
- Taha Karaan (d. 2021)
Today's featured picture
 | The moor frog (Rana arvalis) is a reddish-brown, yellow, grey or olive frog in the family Ranidae, found in Europe and Asia. Usually 5.5 to 6.0 centimetres (2.2 to 2.4 in) long, it has horizontal pupils, partly webbed feet and, in males, nuptial pads and paired vocal sacs. The species inhabits varied wetlands, meadows, forests, steppes, bogs and farmland, from lowlands to high elevations, and tolerates acidic breeding pools. It feeds opportunistically on small invertebrates, with prey size broadly matching frog size. Breeding follows hibernation; males form choruses and may turn bright blue for a few days during mating. Although listed as a least-concern species, it is threatened in some areas by habitat loss, drainage, pollution, acidification and fragmentation. This moor frog was photographed in Uckermark Lakes Nature Park, Germany. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: |