GlyphSignal — 2016-02-20 Top Wikipedia Reads

2016-02-20

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 6 min read

Web scraping

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Web scraping, web harvesting, or web data extraction is data scraping used for extracting data from websites. Web scraping software may directly access the World Wide Web using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol or a web browser. While web scraping can be done manually by a software user, the term typically refers to auto…

Talk:List of QI episodes

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Deadpool (film)

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Deadpool is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Wade Wilson / Deadpool. Directed by Tim …

Estonian identity card

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On This Day

10 events

2010

2010_Madeira_floods_and_mudslides

Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

2009

Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam

The Tamil Tigers attempted to crash two aircraft laden with C-4 in suicide attacks on Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the planes were shot down before they reached their targets.

1998

Figure_skating

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the then-youngest winner of an Olympic gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.

1992

Larry_King_Live

Appearing on the talk show Larry King Live, U.S. industrialist Ross Perot announced that he would begin a presidential campaign if "ordinary people" wanted him to run for office.

1988

Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

1970

Wat_Phra_Dhammakaya

Wat Phra Dhammakaya, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded in Pathum Thani.

1965

Ranger_8

The NASA spacecraft Ranger 8 spacecraft transmitted 7,137 photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission before crashing as planned into Mare Tranquillitatis.

1962

Project_Mercury

The Project Mercury stamp, designed by Charles R. Chickering, was released to commemorate the successful space flight of Colonel John Glenn.

1959

John_Diefenbaker

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.

1943

Fissure_vent

A fissure opened in a cornfield in the Mexican state of Michoacán and continued to erupt for nine years, forming the cinder cone Parícutin .