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Welcome to Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.2,390,933 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 original images of Lord Swaminarayan (pictured) at the Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Karachi, Pakistan were removed and taken to India during the turbulent times of its partition?… that QUIET, an astronomy experiment due to start observing in 2008 at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory, will make measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation?… that prehistoric people used the same 89 °F (32 °C) warm springs that Franklin Delano Roosevelt would use in the 20th century?… that Kaunas University Hospital, the largest medical institution in Lithuania, was named as a cultural monument in 2008?… that Nielluccio, Sciacarello and Vermentino are the three leading grape varieties for making Corsica wine?… that the Web Site Administration Tool simplifies the creation of an authentication and authorization system in an ASP.NET website?… that in 1968, The Detroit Wheels recorded “Linda Sue Dixon”, a thinly-veiled paean to the illicit hallucinogenic drug LSD?… that the Wawelberg Group was a Polish special-forces unit which began the 1921 Third Silesian Uprising by blowing up seven rail bridges linking Upper Silesia with the rest of Germany?… that Richard Neutra’s Jardinette Apartments in Hollywood is considered one of the first Modernist buildings in America?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.The Lebanese Parliament elects General Michel Sleiman, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, to the six-month-vacant post of president.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…