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"Nothing to My Name" is the English title of a 1986 Mandarin-language rock song by Cui Jian (pictured). It is widely considered Cui's most famous and most important work, and one of the most influential songs in the history of the People's Republic of China. The song is recognized as the first rock song in China and was an unofficial anthem for Chinese youth and activists during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Both in its lyrics and instruments, the song mixes traditional Chinese styles with modern rock elements. In the lyrics, the singer addresses a girl who is scorning him because he has nothing. The song has also been interpreted as being about the dispossessed youth of the time, because it evokes a sense of disillusionment and lack of individual freedom that was common among the young generation during the 1980s. (more...) Recently featured: Robert Peake the elder – Canadian heraldry – Californium Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that Calvary Baptist Church (pictured), the oldest religious building in Ossining, New York, was built with marble quarried by inmates at nearby Sing Sing Prison? ... that the First Battle of Guinegate was the first use of the Old Swiss Confederacy pike square formation by non-Swiss powers? ... that the De Bruijn–Erdős theorem may be used to extend the four-color theorem from finite planar graphs to planar graphs with infinitely many vertices? ... that both the Pole Creek Wilderness and North Fork Owyhee Wilderness have some of the largest concentrations of sheer-walled volcanic rhyolite and basalt canyons in the western United States? ... that at the end of World War II, the British 133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance were responsible for the medical care of 4,500 Russian prisoners of war? ... that American NFL quarterback Robert Halperin was awarded the Navy Cross, won an Olympic bronze medal and a Pan American Games gold medal in sailing, and co-founded the Lands' End clothing retailer? ... that Italian Vincenzo Sarno was 11 years old when he signed to play professional football with Torino F.C.? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

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Singer Amy Winehouse (pictured in 2007) is found dead at her London home. Two attacks in Norway—a bombing in Oslo and a shooting on Utøya—result in at least 93 deaths. Space Shuttle Atlantis concludes its final mission, ending the thirty-year Space Shuttle program. Goran Hadžić is detained in Serbia, becoming the last of 161 people indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to be arrested. The United Nations declares a famine in southern Somalia. News Int'l phone-hacking scandal – Arab Spring Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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July 24: Pioneer Day in Utah (1847) 1411 – Forces of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles, fought an army commanded by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, at the Battle of Harlaw (monument pictured) near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 1701 – French explorer Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac established Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, a settlement in New France which later grew and became the city of Detroit. 1847 – After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young led the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley of Utah, at the time a part of Mexico. 1923 – The Treaty of Lausanne was signed to settle the Anatolian part of the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, establishing the boundaries of modern Turkey. 2007 – The Libyan government extradited six foreign medical workers who were charged with conspiring to deliberately infect over 400 children with HIV in 1998. More anniversaries: July 23 – July 24 – July 25 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now July 24, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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The Mitchell Map is the most comprehensive map of eastern North America made during the colonial era. Measuring about 6.5 ft (2.0 m) wide by 4.5 ft (1.4 m) high, it was produced by John Mitchell in 1757 in eight separate sheets. The map was used during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the United States, and remains important today for resolving border disputes.

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