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Because it occurred approximately 42,000 years ago, the period has been termed the Adams Event or Adams Transitional Geomagnetic Event, a tribute to science fiction writer Douglas Adams, who wrote in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that "42" was the answer to life, the universe and everything. [10] [11]
In April 2008, the 10-millionth Wikipedia article was created, and by the end of the year the English Wikipedia exceeded 2.5 million articles. 2009 On 25 June 2009 at 22:15 UTC, following the death of Michael Jackson , the website temporarily crashed.
American Writers is an 1824–25 work of literary criticism by American writer and critic John Neal (pictured).Published by Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, it is the first history of American literature and the first substantial work of criticism concerning US authors.
[W 10] Wales then announced that Wikipedia would not display advertisements, and changed Wikipedia's domain from wikipedia.com to wikipedia.org. [27] [W 11] After an early period of exponential growth, [28] the growth rate of the English Wikipedia in terms of the numbers of new articles and of editors, appears to have peaked around early 2007. [29]
10 Years (Armin van Buuren album) 10 Years (Banco de Gaia album) Ten Years, by Aly & AJ "10 Years" (song), a song by Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið, 2021, representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021; Ten Years, an album by Petra Haden and Woody Jackson "Ten Years", a song by Jack Clement, 1958 "Ten Years", a song by Buddy Williams, 1960
See calendar and list of calendars for other groupings of years. See history , history by period , and periodization for different organizations of historical events. For earlier time periods, see Timeline of the Big Bang , Geologic time scale , Timeline of evolution , and Logarithmic timeline .
"Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" came about in the period after Yardbirds' founding bassist Paul Samwell-Smith left the group to pursue record production full-time. [2] In June 1966, he was replaced by studio guitarist Jimmy Page, who agreed to serve as bassist until rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja gained some proficiency on the instrument. [3]
The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia is a 2009 popular history book by new media researcher and writer Andrew Lih. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At the time of its publication it was "the only narrative account" of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia (in English). [ 4 ]