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Eric Clapton (right) in the band Cream
Eric Clapton (right) in the band Cream

"Cross Road Blues" is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson. He sang it as a solo piece with acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues style. The lyrics describe Johnson's grief at being unable to catch a ride at an intersection before the sun sets. Some have attached a supernatural significance to the song. One of Johnson's two recorded performances was released in 1937 as a single, heard mainly in the Mississippi Delta area. The second, which reached a wider audience, was included on King of the Delta Blues Singers, a compilation album of some of Johnson's songs released in 1961 during the American folk music revival. Elmore James recorded a version of the song in 1954, and another in either 1960 or 1961. In the late 1960s, guitarist Eric Clapton and his bandmates in the British rock group Cream (pictured) popularized it as "Crossroads". Their blues rock interpretation became one of their best-known songs, inspiring many cover versions. (Full article...)

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Libellula depressa

Libellula depressa, commonly known as the broad-bodied chaser broad-bodied darter, is a dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. One of the most common dragonflies in Europe and central Asia, its range extends to England, central Asia and the Middle East, with a few limited populations in Scotland. It is not found in Ireland or North Africa, however. This insect is around 39–48 mm in length, with both the male and the female having a broad, flattened abdomen which is brown with yellow patches down the sides. In the male, the abdomen develops a blue pruinescence that covers the brown colour. Both fore and hind wings have a dark patch at the base. This male L. depressa was photographed at Wolvercote Lakes in Oxfordshire, England.

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Do we really want an article with a red link on this page? RickK | Talk 05:55, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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Could this be re-phrased "When the Treaty of San Francisco entered into force, Japan became an independant state"? That makes more grammatical sense. Lee S. Svoboda tɑk 16:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Since the University of Santo Tomas article is the first blurb. –Howard the Duck 08:55, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Original entrance of the University of Santo Tomas.

The anniversary of Bligh?[edit]

Why is William Bligh the bolded item in the anniversary of the mutiny on the Bounty, instead of the mutiny itself? — crism (talk) 01:31, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mutiny on the Bounty#References is currently tagged with {{More footnotes}}. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:21, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

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2013 notes[edit]

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2014 notes[edit]

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2015 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 12:15, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Error in HMS Bounty reference[edit]

Why does the 1789 reference rename the HMS Bounty article? Petecarney (talk) 22:12, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently there's some controversy as to whether the ship should be referred to as HMS Bounty, HMAV Bounty, or just Bounty. I guess we should go sans prefix here. —howcheng {chat} 18:35, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment[edit]

I checked the lists and made some changes. Mhhossein (talk) 04:44, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

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2017 notes[edit]

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2018 notes[edit]

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2019 notes[edit]

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2020 notes[edit]

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2021 notes[edit]

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2022 notes[edit]

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