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Currently accepting requests fromApril 1 toMay 1.
| Date | Article | Notes | Supports† | Opposes† |
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| Nonspecific 1 | 1998–99 Gillingham F.C. season | 3 | ||
| Nonspecific 2 | Kaiser-class battleship | 1 | ||
| Nonspecific 3 | Pied butcherbird | 1 | ||
| Nonspecific 4 | Bridge | 1 | ||
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| April 5 | Easter Oratorio | the feast | 1 | |
| April 8 | Yugoslav submarine Mališan | anniversary of first display following restoration | 1 | |
| April 12 | Henry Darger | Birthday | 1 | |
| April 19 | 1986 World Snooker Championship | Anniversary | 1 | |
| April 23 | Beyoncé | Anniversary | 3 |
† Tally may not be up to date. The nominator is included in the number of supporters.
During the1998–99 English football season,Gillingham F.C. competed in theFootball League Second Division, the third tier of theEnglish football league system. It was the 67th season in which Gillingham competed inthe Football League, and the 49th since the club wasvoted back into the league in 1950. The club signed two newforwards, each for a new club recordtransfer fee, but started the season in poor form, winning only one of the first eight league games. The team then went on a much-improved run, being undefeated for 17 league games, and began challenging forpromotion to theFootball League First Division. Gillingham finished the regular season in fourth place in the Second Division, qualifying for theplay-offs for promotion to the First Division. After defeatingPreston North End in thesemi-finals, they playedManchester City atWembley Stadium in thefinal, which Manchester City won the subsequentpenalty shoot-out to gain promotion.(Full article...)
TheKaiser class was a Germanship class that were built in Germany prior toWorld War I and served in theKaiserliche Marine. They were the third class of Germandreadnoughts, and the first to feature turbine engines and superfiring turrets. The five ships wereKaiser,Friedrich der Grosse,Kaiserin,Prinzregent Luitpold, andKönig Albert. All five ships saw action in theNorth Sea during war; they served together as VI Division ofIII Battle Squadron. Four were present during theBattle of Jutland. The ships also took part inOperation Albion in the Baltic Sea; during the operation they were reorganized as IV Battle Squadron, under the command of Vice AdmiralWilhelm Souchon. At the end of the war, all five ships were interned at the British naval base inScapa Flow. On 21 June 1919, they werescuttled to prevent their seizure by theRoyal Navy. The ships were subsequently raised and broken up for scrap between 1929 and 1937.(Full article...)
Thepied butcherbird is asongbird native to Australia.Described byJohn Gould in 1837, it is a black and white bird with a long hookedbill. Its head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood; themantle and much of the tail and wings are also black. The neck, underparts and outer wingfeathers are white. The juvenile and immature birds are predominantly brown and white. As they mature their brown feathers are replaced by black feathers. Within itsrange, the pied butcherbird is generally sedentary. Common inwoodlands and in urban environments, it is carnivorous, eating insects and smallvertebrates including birds. It nests in trees, constructing a cup-shaped structure out of sticks and laying two to fiveeggs. It engages incooperative breeding, with a mated pair sometimes assisted by several helper birds. The troop isterritorial, defending the nesting site from intruders. TheIUCN has assessed the it as being ofleast concern on account of its large range and stable population.(Full article...)
Abridge is astructure designed to span an obstacle, such as a river or valley, allowing vehicles, pedestrians, and other loads to pass across. Simple bridge structures includebeam bridges made from logs, andsuspension bridges made of ropes or vines. TheRomans andancient Chinese built majorarch bridges of timber, stone, and brick. The longest spans use suspension orcable-stayed designs.Bridge design is an important discipline within the field ofcivil engineering. A bridge must be strong enough to support its own weight as well as the weight of the traffic passing over it. It must also tolerate violent, unpredictable stresses imposed by the environment, including winds, floods, and earthquakes. Many bridges are admired for their beauty, and some spectacular bridges serve as iconic landmarks that provide a sense of pride and identity for the local community. In art and literature, bridges are frequently used as metaphors to represent connection or transition.(Full article...)
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TheEaster Oratorio,BWV 249, is one of threeoratorios composed byJohann Sebastian Bach for high holiday services of theLutheran church inLeipzig. He wrote anautograph score(page pictured) in 1738, but had already composed the music in 1725 for two works: the congratulatoryShepherd Cantata and achurch cantata for Easter. The text of theShepherd Cantata was written byPicander, in his first documented collaboration with Bach. Picander may also have adapted the text for the Easter work, using unusually neither Biblical text norchorales. Both works aremusical dramas involving male and female characters, which, in the cantata, are from the Biblical Easter narratives. The music is structured in elevenmovements, and scored for a festiveBaroque instrumental ensemble of three trumpets,timpani, a variety ofwind instruments,strings andcontinuo. Bach performed theEaster Oratorio in 1749, the year before his death.(Full article...)
Mališan was aCB-classmidget submarine that served in theYugoslav Navy (JRM) from 1953 to 1957.Laid down for theItalian Navy duringWorld War Two, she was intended for harbour defence andanti-submarine warfare tasks, but was incomplete at the time of theItalian surrender in September 1943. The unfinished boat was captured by theGermans and completed by March 1944. Handed over to thenavy of theItalian Social Republic – a wartime Germanpuppet state – she was captured byYugoslav forces at the end of the war. She was repaired andcommissioned in a training role by the JRM. She was donated to theTechnical Museum inZagreb in 1959 as amuseum ship, and was on display for almost 50 years before undergoing an extensive restoration between 2008 and 2010. The restored submarine returned to public display on 8 April 2010. The decision to revert to its original Italian paint scheme and designation as part of the restoration has been criticised.(Full article...)
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Henry Darger (April 12, 1892 – April 13, 1973) was an American who became known after his death for his immense body of art and literature. Born inChicago, Darger's mother died when he was young, and he was placed in a boys' home after his father's health declined. He was taken to achildren's asylum in 1904, escaping four years later. He lived in poverty, doing menial work at various hospitals. When he was moved to a nursing home in 1972, his landlords Kiyoko andNathan Lerner discovered his artwork and writing, popularizing it themselves. His work included a 15,145-page novel entitledIn The Realms of the Unreal, centered on a rebellion of child slaves on a fantastical planet, and hundreds ofwatercolor and collage illustrations, using traced material from popular media. Often classified as anoutsider artist for his secrecy, his work containsCatholic themes, graphic depictions of war and the killing of children, and many naked girls with penises, leading to debate on his mental state.(Full article...)
The1986 World Snooker Championship was a professionalsnooker tournament that took place between 19 April and 5 May 1986 at theCrucible Theatre inSheffield, England. It was the sixth and finalranking event of the1985–86 snooker season and the 1986 edition of theWorld Snooker Championship, first held in1927. The total prize fund was £350,000 with £70,000 awarded to the winner and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturerEmbassy. The defending champion wasDennis Taylor, who had defeatedSteve Davis (pictured) 18–17 in the1985 World Snooker Championship final to win his first world title. Taylor lost in the first round of the event 6–10 toMike Hallett.Joe Johnson the world number 16 defeated Davis 18–12 in the final to win his sole ranking event. Initially, the bookmakers' odds for a Johnson victory were 150/1. There were 20century breaks compiled in total during the tournament, the highest of which was a 134 made by Davis in the opening frame of his quarter-final win.(Full article...)
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Beyoncé (born 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead vocalist ofDestiny's Child, one of thebest-selling girl groups. She then embarked on a successful solo career, releasing eight chart-toppingstudio albums—from theR&B setDangerously in Love (2003) to theAmericana-rootedCowboy Carter (2024). One of thebest-selling artists, Beyoncé has nine USBillboard Hot 100 number-one songs, including "Crazy in Love", "Irreplaceable", "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", "Break My Soul", and "Texas Hold 'Em".Her accolades includea record 35Grammy Awards, aPrimetime Emmy Award, and aPeabody Award. Asignificant cultural figure, she was named byBillboard as thegreatest pop star of the 21st century and byRolling Stone as the eighth-greatest singer ever. She owns the nonprofitBeyGood, the hair care brandCécred, the whiskeySirDavis, andParkwood Entertainment.(Full article...)