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Welcome to Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.2,349,300 articles in EnglishArtsBiographyGeographyHistoryMathematicsScienceSocietyTechnologyAll portalsOverview · Editing · Questions · HelpContents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z indexToday’s featured articlePeter Jennings was a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of television’s most prominent journalists. Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at the age of nine. In 1965, ABC News tapped him to anchor its flagship evening news program. His inexperience marred his first short stint in the anchor chair, and Jennings became a foreign correspondent in 1968, honing his reporting skills in the Middle East. He returned as one of World News Tonight’s three anchors in 1978, and was promoted to the role of sole anchor in 1983. Jennings formed part of the “Big Three” news anchors who dominated American evening news in the 1980s and 1990s. Having always been fascinated with the United States, Jennings became a dual citizen of Canada and the United States in 2003. His death, which closely followed the retirements of Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather, marked the end of the “Big Three” era. (more…)Recently featured: Manzanar – Ocean sunfish – VasaArchive – By email – More featured articles…Did you know…From Wikipedia’s newest articles:…that the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House (pictured) was renovated in different styles to depict the evolution of the oldest house in Newport, Rhode Island?…that Kettle Falls, known to native peoples as Shonitkwu (”roaring or noisy waters”), lies silenced beneath the waters of Lake Roosevelt trapped behind the Grand Coulee Dam?…that when the RAF’s High Speed Flight won the Schneider Trophy in perpetuity in 1931, there were no other teams competing against them?…that Josef Smrkovský boasted he had kept American units away from Prague in 1945, allowing the liberation of the city by the Red Army, and then in 1968 he and Dubček became the most popular politicians of the Prague Spring?…that Igor Stravinsky agreed to compose the musical score for the ballet Circus Polka only under the condition that the elephants performing it be very young?…that Cardinal Mahony petitioned Rome to name Padre Serra Church after Junipero Serra despite controversy over his treatment of California Indians?…that William Glanville calculated the size of explosives required for Operation Chastise and was portrayed by Colin Tapley in the 1955 film The Dam Busters?Archive – Start a new article…In the newsMaoists win a plurality of seats in the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, the first elections in Nepal in nine years.Researchers discover what is believed to be the first use of oil painting at Bamyan in Afghanistan, predating European oil painting by some six centuries.Fernando 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.Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events…On this day…April 27: Easter in Eastern Christianity (2008); Independence Day in Togo and Sierra Leone; Freedom Day in South Africa1296 – In the first battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, the English defeated the Scots near Dunbar, Scotland.1565 – Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi and 500 armed soldiers arrived at Cebu and established the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.1865 – An explosion destroyed the steamboat Sultana (pictured) on the Mississippi River, killing 1,700 passengers.1909 – Abdul Hamid II, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to rule with absolute power, was overthrown by Mehmed V.1967 – The Expo 67 World’s Fair opened in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with over 50 million visitors and 62 nations participating.1992 – Betty Boothroyd became the first female Speaker of the British House of Commons.1993 – Members of the Zambia national football team were killed in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against the Senegal national team.More events: April 26 – April 27 – April 28Archive – By email – More anniversaries…Today’s featured pictureThe Flatirons, rock formations located near Boulder, Colorado, as seen on a winter morning. The most iconic of the formations are the five numbered Flatirons (seen here right to left, north to south), located along the east slope of Green Mountain (numerous smaller named Flatirons can be found on the southern slopes of the mountain and among the surrounding foothills).Photo credit: Jesse VarnerRecently featured: Frankfurt – Horehound bug – Eddie RickenbackerArchive – More featured pictures…