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Welcome to Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.2,348,089 articles in EnglishArtsBiographyGeographyHistoryMathematicsScienceSocietyTechnologyAll portalsOverview · Editing · Questions · HelpContents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z indexToday’s featured articleManzanar is most widely known as the site of one of ten camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II. Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California’s Owens Valley between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, it is approximately 230 miles (370.1 km) northeast of Los Angeles. Manzanar was identified by the United States National Park Service as the best-preserved of the former camp sites, and was designated the Manzanar National Historic Site. Long before the first prisoners arrived in March 1942, Manzanar was home to Native Americans, who mostly lived in villages near several creeks in the area. Ranchers and miners formally established the town of Manzanar in 1910, but abandoned the town by 1929. Since the last prisoners left in 1945, former prisoners and others have worked to protect Manzanar and to establish it as a National Historic Site that preserves and interprets the site for current and future generations. The primary focus is the Japanese American Internment era, as specified in the legislation that created the Manzanar National Historic Site. (more…)Recently featured: Ocean sunfish – Vasa – Thierry HenryArchive – By email – More featured articles…Did you know…From Wikipedia’s newest articles:…that Theodor von Holst was the first illustrator of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein (illustration pictured)?…that photographer Burt Glinn was at a New Year’s Party when Fidel Castro took over Cuba, and he arrived at the scene before dawn?…that mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton helped cricketers Gary Kirsten and Jacques Kallis overcome personal crises and helped Virender Sehwag stay focused as he scored 319 in the 2008 Chennai Test?…that the Healthcare system in France was ranked number one in the world by the World Health Organization in 1997 and 2000?…that the San Ardo Oil Field is the 13th-largest oil field in California, and of the top twenty California oil fields in size, it is the most recent to be discovered?…that Lower Mill, Woodchurch, a smock mill in Kent, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument?…that Kaash, was the last Hindi film in which Kishore Kumar did playback singing?…that David Goodstein’s book Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil rejected the notion that after peak oil alternative energy will be able to keep industry supplied?Archive – Start a new article…In the newsFernando Lugo (pictured) wins the presidential election in Paraguay, ending the Colorado Party’s 61-year rule.In auto racing, Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first female driver to win an IndyCar race.An airliner operated by Hewa Bora Airways crashes upon takeoff in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 47 people.An alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi of the People of Freedom party wins the general election in Italy.Trevor Immelman of South Africa wins the 2008 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club.Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events…On this day…April 26: Holy and Great Saturday (Eastern Christianity, 2008)1478 – In a conspiracy to replace the Medici family as rulers of the Florentine Republic, the Pazzi family attacked Lorenzo de’ Medici (pictured) and killed his brother Giuliano during High Mass at the Florence Duomo.1865 – American Army soldier Boston Corbett cornered and fatally shot John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Bombing of Guernica by the Condor Legion of the German Luftwaffe resulted in a devastating firestorm.1964 – Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania.1986 – The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Chernobyl, Ukrainian SSR suffered a steam explosion, resulting in a fire and a nuclear meltdown.2002 – Expelled student Robert Steinhäuser murdered 16 people and wounded 7 others before committing suicide in the Erfurt school shooting in Erfurt, Germany.More events: April 25 – April 26 – April 27Archive – By email – More anniversaries…Today’s featured pictureThe night skyline of Frankfurt, showing the Commerzbank Tower (centre) and the Maintower (right of centre). Frankfurt is the fifth-largest city in Germany, and the surrounding Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region is Germany’s second-largest metropolitan area.Image credit: Nicolas17Recently featured: Horehound bug – Eddie Rickenbacker – Sun dogsArchive – More featured pictures…