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Roxann Dawson

"Faces" is an episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. First broadcast by UPN in May 1995, it was developed from a story by Jonathan Glassner and Kenneth Biller. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they are stranded in the Delta Quadrant, far from the rest of the Federation. In this episode, a Vidiian scientist named Sulan (Brian Markinson) captures and performs medical experiments on the half-Klingon, half-human B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson). He creates two clones, human Torres and Klingon Torres, to serve as test subjects; these were treated as two separate characters during the development and filming of the episode. The episode was developed as a character study to further explore Torres' internal struggle with her identity. Dawson (pictured) said that it deepened her understanding of the character and strengthened her acting. (Full article...)

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Mamie Eisenhower in "First Lady Pink"

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... that Ukrainian journalist Mykola Semena was found guilty of separatism by Russian courts for his coverage of the annexation of Crimea for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty?
... that Michael Osterholm and Mark Olshaker's book Deadliest Enemy provides a nine-point plan to defeat "killer germs"?
... that collegiate soccer coach Pete Fewing has also officiated at the weddings of two of his former players?
... that naval officer Mikhail Zakharov is one of several admirals buried in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery in Saint Petersburg?
... that the Khan of Manavadar Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji played in the Indian hockey team at the Western Asiatic Games?
... that the ASV Mark III radar was able to hunt down German U-boats with deadly efficiency in part because of a little white lie?

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Judd Trump

Judd Trump (pictured) wins the World Snooker Championship, defeating John Higgins in the final.
The United Nations reports that, due to human activity, the Earth's biodiversity has suffered a catastrophic decline that is unprecedented in human history.
At least 29 people are killed in clashes at the Gaza–Israel border.
Aeroflot Flight 1492 crash lands and bursts into flames at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, killing 41 of the 78 people on board.

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May 10

Launch of the James Caird lifeboat

1824 – The National Gallery in London opened to the public, in the former townhouse of the collector John Julius Angerstein.
1837 – Banks in New York City suspended specie payments, triggering a seven-year recession in the United States.
1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five companions completed one of history's greatest small-boat journeys (launch pictured) when they arrived at South Georgia after sailing 800 miles (1,300 km) in a lifeboat.
1941 – World War II: Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with the British government.
2005 – Armenian Vladimir Arutyunian attempted to assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi using a hand grenade, which failed to detonate.

Theingapati (d. 1299) · Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (b. 1760) · Joan Crawford (d. 1977)

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Portland skyline

Portland, Oregon, is the site of twenty-nine completed high-rises over 250 feet (76 m), four of which stand taller than 492 feet (150 m). The tallest building in the city is the Wells Fargo Center, which rises 546 feet (166 m) in Downtown Portland and was completed in 1973. The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is the U.S. Bancorp Tower, which rises 536 feet (163 m) and was completed in 1983. Although The Oregonian Building, rising 194 feet (59 m) if its clock tower is included, was Portland's tallest building from 1892 until 1913, the history of skyscrapers in the city is thought to have begun with the construction of the Wells Fargo Building in 1907. This building, standing 182 feet (55 m) and 12 floors tall, is often regarded as the first skyscraper in Portland. The Wells Fargo Center was the city's first building standing more than 492 feet (150 m) tall. (Full list...)

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A ceremony marking the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad was held at Promontory Summit in the Utah Territory on May 10, 1869. The route, formed by the joining of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad, enabled passenger and freight trains to travel between the east and west coasts of North America and was immensely beneficial to the development of the western United States. To commemorate the occasion, a 17.6-karat gold final spike was driven in by Leland Stanford to connect the rails of both lines.

This picture, titled East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail, was taken by American photographer Andrew J. Russell. It shows the teams from both railroads after the ceremony, with Samuel S. Montague (center left) of the Central Pacific Railroad shaking hands with Grenville M. Dodge (center right) of the Union Pacific Railroad, both chief engineers of their respective railroads. The photograph is in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.

Photograph credit: Andrew J. Russell; restored by Adam Cuerden

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