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Welcome to Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.2,390,295 articles in EnglishArtsBiographyGeographyHistoryMathematicsScienceSocietyTechnologyAll portalsOverview · Editing · Questions · HelpContents · Categories · Featured content · A–Z indexToday’s featured articleTroy McClure is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He was voiced by Phil Hartman, and first appeared in the episode “Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment”. McClure was based on B-movie actors Troy Donahue and Doug McClure, as well as Hartman himself. After Phil Hartman’s murder in 1998, the character was retired, making his final appearance in the tenth-season episode “Bart the Mother”. He is one of the show’s most popular recurring characters and, had Hartman not died, might have been the subject of a live-action film. McClure is a washed-up actor, frequently shown presenting infomercials and educational videos. He is vain and self-centered, marrying Selma Bouvier to aid his failing career and quash rumors about his personal life. McClure appears as the central character only in the episode “A Fish Called Selma”, but he hosts the episodes “The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular” and “The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase”. (more…)Recently featured: F-4 Phantom II – Nguyen Ngoc Tho – Stanley CupArchive – By email – More featured articles…Did you know…From Wikipedia’s newest articles:… that the 120-cell 4-dimensional puzzle (pictured) is one of several n-dimensional sequential move puzzles that have been implemented as virtual puzzles but have never been solved?… that Rachel Wall was the first American-born female pirate, and the last woman to be hanged in Massachusetts?… that in a major improvement in bilateral relations in 2008, Pakistan proposed sharing nuclear technology with Bangladesh?… that the Captain Andrew Offutt Monument barely mentioning Sherman’s March to the Sea makes it only one of two Civil War related monuments in Kentucky to stress strong Union sentiment?… that Étienne-Théodore Pâquet defeated a man twice his age to become one of the youngest ever members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec?… that Jeb Bush became the first Republican Governor of Florida to be re-elected to a second term after winning the 2002 Florida gubernatorial election?… that the Philadelphia Phillies were the last of the original 16 Major League Baseball franchises to win the World Series?… that aviation historian Randy Acord was awarded the Alaska–Siberian Lend Lease Award for his role in improving Russian–North American relations during World War II?Archive – Start a new article…In the newsIn the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, the People’s Republic of China evacuates 100,000 people from Mianyang as engineers prepare to drain the landslide dam-created Tangjiashan Lake.Ethiopia’s Supreme Court upholds former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam’s conviction and sentences him to death in absentia for his role in the Red Terror.NASA’s Phoenix (artist’s impression pictured) lands on Mars, the first successful powered descent on the planet in over 30 years.In auto racing, Scott Dixon wins the Indianapolis 500 and Lewis Hamilton wins the Monaco Grand Prix.In rugby union, Munster defeat Toulouse to win the Heineken Cup.Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events…On this day…May 28: Republic Day in Armenia and Azerbaijan (both 1918)1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: The Spanish Armada (a galleass pictured), with 130 ships and over 30,000 men, set sail from Lisbon for the English Channel to engage English naval forces.1644 – English Civil War: Royalist troops allegedly slaughtered up to 1,600 people during their storm and capture of the Town of Bolton.1918 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, one of the first democratic republics in the Muslim world, was proclaimed in Ganja by the Azerbaijani National Council following the breakup of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.1961 – The British newspaper The Observer published English lawyer Peter Benenson’s article The Forgotten Prisoners, starting a letter-writing campaign that grew and became the human rights organization Amnesty International.1998 – Under its nuclear development programme, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests in the Chagai Hills in the Chagai District of the Balochistan province.More events: May 27 – May 28 – May 29Archive – By email – More anniversaries…Today’s featured pictureU.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (left) and nature preservationist John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, stand together on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. In the background can be seen Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls. During this trip in 1903, Muir convinced Roosevelt to add Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove to the park, which had been established in 1890.Photo credit: Underwood and UnderwoodRecently featured: Lawn mower racing – Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana – Kinhyōshi yōrinArchive – More featured pictures…