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Featured article Silhouette of Anna Blackburne Anna Blackburne (1726–1793) was an English botanist and collector. She was born at Orford Hall in Lancashire into a family of landowners and after her mother's death she remained there with her father, John Blackburne, who had hothouses for exotic plants and an extensive library. Blackburne taught herself Latin so she could read the Systema Naturae of Carl Linnaeus, and created a natural history museum where she collected insects, shells, minerals and birds. She knew the naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, who instructed her in entomology, and corresponded with other naturalists including Linnaeus. Her brother Ashton, who lived in New York, sent her specimens of North American birds, which were described by the naturalist Thomas Pennant in his Arctic Zoology. After her father's death, Blackburne and her museum moved to nearby Fairfield Hall. After her death, her nephew John Blackburne inherited her collection. Several species are named for her, including the Blackburnian warbler. (Full article...) Recently featured: The Structure of Literature Take Ichi convoy "Can I Get It" Zimmerman Telegram Zimmerman Telegram On February 24, .. 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar. 1803 - Marbury v. Madison established judicial review in the U.S. 1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram was delivered, complicating World War I. 1999 - Arizona executed German national Karl LaGrand. Recent days: February 23 - February 22 More events in history... Did you know ...? Editors Building ... that new employees of a business headquartered in the Editors Building (pictured) chose their office decorations from a 7,000-piece collection of historic memorabilia of Washington, D.C.? ... that the fossil insect Allenbya holmesae was named after its finder's mother's maiden name? ... that Eric Sievers helped the San Diego Chargers set an NFL record for receptions by tight ends on a team? ... that the literary magazine Adabijoti Soveti was the sole remaining publication in the Jewish-Bukharian language by the time of the switch to the Cyrillic script in 1939–1940? ... that Charlize Mörz became the first Austrian female gymnast to win a gold medal in the FIG World Cup series in 2024? ... that the 2023 drama film Fly Me to the Moon was Sasha Chuk's debut as a director, screenwriter and lead actress, making it her first feature film in all three categories? ... that with the appointment of Michael Martin as Bishop of Charlotte, the Conventual Franciscans are now the most represented religious order among American Catholic bishops? ... that in 1990, Simon Rimmer bought an existing vegetarian restaurant with his business partner and taught himself to cook – in that order? ... that the perpetrator of the 2017 Aztec High School shooting had previously been investigated by the FBI, but the investigation was closed after he convinced them that he was simply "trolling"?	In the news Kyren Wilson Kyren Wilson (pictured) wins the World Snooker Championship. In horse racing, Mystik Dan wins the Kentucky Derby. Following the Solomon Islands general election, Jeremiah Manele becomes the prime minister. Acting prime minister of Haiti Ariel Henry resigns, and the Transitional Presidential Council is sworn in. NASA announces that the Voyager 1 space probe is sending readable data for the first time in five months. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Myanmar civil war Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline War in Sudan timeline Recent deaths: Darius Morris Peter Demetz Bernard Hill Peter Oosterhuis Wally Dallenbach Sr. Lyle Bauer Holidays {{Holidays}} Obituaries Italian cyclist Marco Pantani died suddenly at a hotel in Rimini, Italy on February 14. Former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev was killed in an apparent car bomb explosion on February 13. Former leader of the Canadian liberal party, Claude Ryan, died from stomach cancer on February 9 at age 79. More recent deaths...
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