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Today's featured article for June 21, 2025
Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) was a German pastor and naturalist. After studying theology at the University of Halle, Forster was hired in 1765 by Russia to inspect its colonies on the Volga; his report was critical and he left for England unpaid. Forster succeeded Joseph Priestley at Warrington Academy, and published a mineralogy textbook and translations of foreign works. After Joseph Banks withdrew from James Cook's second voyage, Forster became the naturalist on Cook's ship. On the journey, they made the first recorded crossing of the Antarctic Circle and observations and discoveries in New Zealand and Polynesia. Amid disputes with Cook over who should publish accounts of the journey, Forster published his scientific Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World. Having alienated many powerful men in England, Forster returned to Germany, becoming a professor at Halle; he died in 1798. He is commemorated in the names of species, including the genera Forstera and Forsterygion. (Full article...) Recently featured: Jaws (film) History Ian Carmichael Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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The Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) is a species of goose endemic to southern Australia. It was first formally described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801. Adult Cape Barren geese are large birds, typically measuring 75 to 100 centimetres (30 to 39 inches) long and weighing between 3.7 to 5.2 kilograms (8.2 to 11.5 pounds), with males generally being larger than females. The plumage is mostly pale grey with a slight brown tint. The head is somewhat small in proportion to the body and mostly grey in colour, save for a pale whitish patch on the forehead and crown. Cape Barren geese are largely terrestrial, only occasionally swimming. They predominantly graze on grasses, sedges, legumes, herbs, and succulents. This group of Cape Barren geese in flight was photographed near Hanson Bay, on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: Jaws Dred Scott Garni Temple Archive More featured pictures view talk edit history watch file page protected version edit history

• Omitted: Ottoman–Egyptian Invasion of Mani; Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine; SpaceShipOne
• Included: Capture of Guam (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Pope Paul VI (first appearance); Mississippi civil rights workers murders (2nd appearance, last in 2009; moved from August 4)
• Repeats: Battle of Lake Trasimene (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:08, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Moved to Ineligible: New Hampshire (maintenance)
• Omitted: Solstice (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Lake Trasimene; Capture of Guam; Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow; Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine; Mississippi civil rights workers murders
• Included: Battle of Landriano (first appearance); Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani (4th appearance, last in 2011); Wallachian Revolution of 1848 (first appearance); SpaceShipOne (3rd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: Pope Paul VI (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:31, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Omitted: Midsummer (ineligible—maintenance); Winter solstice (seems unfair to include it without Midsummer); Battle of Landriano; Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani; Wallachian Revolution of 1848; Pope Paul VI
• Included: June solstice (first appearance); Marie-Joseph Angélique (6th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Tauranga Campaign (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible; 150th anniversary); Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Mississippi civil rights workers' murders (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary)
• Repeats: SpaceShipOne (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:35, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Omitted: Marie-Josèph Angélique; Tauranga Campaign; Mississippi civil rights workers' murders; SpaceShipOne
• Included: Midsummer (rescued from Ineligible); Winter solstice; Battle of Lake Trasimene (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani (5th appearance, last in 2013); Capture of Guam (4th appearance, last in 2012); Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (6th appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

• Omitted: Battle of Lake Trasimene; Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani; Capture of Guam; Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow; Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine
• Included: Battle of Landriano (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Wallachian Revolution of 1848 (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Winnipeg general strike (first appearance); Pope Paul VI (3rd appearance, last in 2013); SpaceShipOne (5th appearance, last in 2014)

—howcheng {chat} 06:29, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Howcheng None of them were "lynched". Please don't misuse the term. They were abducted and murdered. Mitchumch (talk) 09:44, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the International Yoga Day overlooked, even though it is an international observance recognized by the UN? Maybe you can help @Howcheng:? --85.6.151.80 (talk) 17:10, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done. —howcheng {chat} 22:45, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :) --85.6.151.80 (talk) 10:36, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Lake Trasimene (maintenance); Winnipeg general strike (maintenance); Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Battle of Bomarsund (maintenance)
• Omitted: Fête de la Musique (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Landriano; Wallachian Revolution of 1848; SpaceShipOne (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: International Yoga Day (first appearance); Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani (6th appearance, last in 2015); Tauranga Campaign (5th appearance, last in 2014); Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (7th appearance, last in 2015); Increase Mather (first appearance); Clara Immerwahr (first appearance); Gideon Sundback (first appearance)
• Repeats: Marie-Joseph Angélique (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Pope Paul VI (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:35, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• New articles (unused): Italian invasion of France
• Omitted: International Day of Yoga (ineligible—maintenance); Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani; Tauranga Campaign; Increase Mather; Clara Immerwahr; Gideon Sundback
• Included: Fête de la Musique (rescued from Ineligible); Charles Davis Lucas (first appearance; blurb previously featured Battle of Bomarsund, which is still ineligible); Capture of Guam (5th appearance, last in 2015); Salomon Schweigger (first appearance); Claude Auchinleck (first appearance); Maureen Connolly (first appearance)
• Repeats: Marie-Joseph Angélique (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total); Manchester Baby (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Pope Paul VI (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:36, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• New articles (unused): Battle of Gazala
• Omitted: Marie-Joseph Angélique; Charles Davis Lucas; Capture of Guam; Manchester Baby; Pope Paul VI; Salomon Schweigger; Claude Auchinleck
• Included: Battle of Landriano (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Wallachian Revolution of 1848 (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow (5th appearance, last in 2015; 100th anniversary); Ellen Fairclough (first appearance); Miller v. California/Miller test (MvC: 5th appearance, last in 2010; Test: first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges) (first appearance); Max Wolf (first appearance)
• Repeats: Maureen Connolly (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:21, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Deleted: Pope Paul VI (moved to May 29)
• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Gazala (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Landriano; Wallachian Revolution of 1848; Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow; Ellen Fairclough; Miller v. California/Miller test; Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges); Max Wolf; Maureen Connolly
• Included: International Day of Yoga (rescued from Ineligible); Marie-Joseph Angélique (10th appearance, last in 2018); Tauranga campaign (6th appearance, last in 2017); Winnipeg general strike (2nd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Italian invasion of France (first appearance; 80th anniversary); List of Asian Pacific American Medal of Honor recipients (first appearance); Charles Edward Horn (first appearance); Clara Immerwahr (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 150th birthday); Soad Hosny (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 00:37, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Moved to Ineligible: Flag of Greenland (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Knockcroghery (date not certain)
• Omitted: Marie-Joseph Angélique; Tauranga campaign; Winnipeg general strike; Italian invasion of France; List of Asian Pacific American Medal of Honor recipients; Charles Edward Horn; Clara Immerwahr
• Included: Battle of Lake Trasimene (4th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani (7th appearance, last in 2017); Ellen Fairclough (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Miller v. California/Miller test (MvC: 6th appearance; Test: 3rd; both last in 2019); Niccolò Machiavelli (first appearance); Joko Widodo (first appearance; 60th birthday)
• Repeats: Soad Hosny (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:57, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Moved to Ineligible: Marie-Joseph Angélique (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Knockcroghery
• Omitted: Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani; Ellen Fairclough; Miller v. California/Miller test; Niccolò Machiavelli; Joko Widodo; Soad Hosny
• Included: Wallachian Revolution of 1848 (4th appearance, last in 2019); Manchester Baby (9th appearance, last in 2018); List of Asian Pacific American Medal of Honor recipients (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges) (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Claude Auchinleck (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Lana Del Rey (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Lake Trasimene (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)