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The Rova of Antananarivo is a royal palace complex in the central highlands of Madagascar. It served as the residence of the sovereigns of the Kingdom of Imerina from the 17th to the 19th century. The Rova occupies the peak of Analamanga hill in the capital city of Antananarivo. Merina king Andrianjaka (ruled 1610 to 1630) is believed to have captured the hill from a Vazimba king and erected the site's first fortified royal structure. Successive Merina sovereigns continued to rule from the Rova until the fall of the monarchy in 1896. The largest palace within the complex, called Manjakamiadana, was built from 1839 to 1841 for Queen Ranavalona I. A fire on the night of 6 November 1995 destroyed or damaged all the structures within the Rova complex shortly before it was due to be inscribed on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Reconstruction of the Manjakamiadana exterior is scheduled for completion in 2011. (more...) Recently featured: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Battle of Lipantitlán – L'ange de Nisida Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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November 6: First day of Eid ul-Adha (Islam, 2011); Constitution Day in the Dominican Republic (1844) and Tajikistan (1994); Finnish Swedish Heritage Day in Finland 1856 – Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work by English author George Eliot (pictured), was submitted for publication. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican Party candidate to win the U.S. presidential election. 1917 – First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Third Battle of Ypres. 1935 – Before the Institute of Radio Engineers in New York, American electrical engineer and inventor Edwin Howard Armstrong presented his study on using frequency modulation for radio broadcasting. 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission conducted the largest underground nuclear test in U.S. history, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. More anniversaries: November 5 – November 6 – November 7 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now November 6, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Hildebrandt's Starling is a species of starling named for Johannes Hildebrandt, a German collector who obtained the first specimens. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania, where it occupies open woodland and open thornbrush country between 500 and 2,200 m (1,600 and 7,200 ft). Male and female adults appear identical, both having bright iridescent blue plumage on the upper body and upper surfaces with an orange-buff to rufous breast and belly. The juveniles are quite different, with charcoal grey upperparts and chestnut brown lowerparts.

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