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Featured article: February 2, 2006
Portrait of Adriaen van der Donck

Adriaen van der Donck was a lawyer and landowner in New Netherland, after whom the city of Yonkers, New York is named. In addition to being the first lawyer in the Dutch colony, he was a leader in the political life of New Amsterdam, modern New York City, and an activist for Dutch-style republican government in the Dutch West India Company-run trading post. His efforts resulted in a municipal charter for the city, which was enacted on February 2, 1653. Enchanted by his new homeland, Van der Donck left detailed accounts of the land, vegetation, animals, waterways, topography, and climate. He used this knowledge to actively promote immigration to the colony, publishing several tracts, including his influential Description of New Netherland. He is also recognized as a sympathetic early Native American ethnographer, having learned the languages and customs of the Mahicans and Mohawks. (more...)

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1930 recording of the Japanese national anthem, Kimi ga Yo. Includes both the vocal and instrumental parts. (file info)

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Cave paintings, Ajanta Caves, India

Sixth century mural from the wall of the Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra, India, painted during the Gupta Empire. These paintings, like many produced in this time period, freely depict nudity, romantic themes or sexual situations, reflecting the lack of taboos against sex in a society that also produced the Kama Sutra and the Tantric school of Indian philosophy.

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Featured list: List of Baja California Peninsula hurricanes
Paths of all hurricanes to hit the peninsula from 1949-2000

The list of Baja California hurricanes includes all of the tropical cyclones that impacted the Baja California Peninsula, which includes the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.

  • Sometime in between June and October 1884: a tropical cyclone of unknown intensity made landfall in the peninsula.1
  • July 1902: A tropical cyclone made landfall in Baja California.2
  • August 1915: A tropical cyclone impacted the northern part of Baja California.2
  • September 13, 1918: Twenty five deaths and heavy damage in La Paz and elsewhere were a result of a tropical cyclone of unknown intensity making landfall on this date.34
  • August 1921: A tropical cyclone impacted the central part of the Baja California peninsula.2
  • September 1921: A tropical cyclone's remnants tracked across the Baja California Peninsula.2
  • September 1921: The remnants of a tropical cyclone dissipated moved inland after dissipating on this date.2

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Masked Lovebird call
The flock call for the Masked Lovebird.
1912 – It's a Long Way to Tipperary
It's a Long Way to Tipperary, written by Jack Judge in 1912 and performed here by Albert Farrington in 1915.
1870 – Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
The Ride of the Valkyries from Richard Wagner's Die Walküre. Performed by the American Symphony Orchestra for Edison Records in 1921.
c. 1800 – Sor Op 11 No 2
The second piece from Fernando Sor's Twelve Minuets, Opus 11, early 19th century.
United States Army Band Reveille
Reveille performed on the bugle by a member of the United States Army Band.
1920 – Comrades of the Legion
John Philip Sousa's march "Comrades of the Legion", in a modern-day recording from "The President's Own" United States Marine Band's contemporary album "Semper Fidelis": Music of John Philip Sousa; Colonel John R. Bourgeois, Director.
16th century – El Noi de la Mare
The 16th century Catalan Christmas carol "El Noi de la Mare", performed as a classical guitar instrumental by Wikipedian Jujutacular.
c.1828 – 24 Progressive Lessons For Beginners, Op. 31 No 1.
The first piece from Fernando Sor's Opus 31, a collection of pieces for classical guitar. Recording by Wikipedian Jujutacular.
1889 – Semper Fidelis March
John Philip Sousa's Semper Fidelis March, the official march of the United States Marine Corps. Performed by the United States Marine Band in June 1909.
1911 – Ramshackle Rag
A 1911 composition by Ted Snyder perfomed by Arthur Pryor's Band in the same year, in an arrangment by William Schulz.
1911 – That Flying Rag
Arthur Pryor's "That Flying Rag" performed by Arthur Pryor's Band in 1911. Arrangement by Louis-Philippe Laurendeau.
1906 – Anchors Aweigh
A United States Department of Defence instrumental recording of "Anchors Aweigh", the song of the United States Navy. Music by Charles A. Zimmerman, with lyrics (not here used) by Alfred Hart Miles.

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