#AtoZChallenge – W is for Writers Guild

May 2, 2023 – Writers Guild of America votes to strike over pay and industry changes, halting television production 

https://www.wgacontract2023.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike

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#AtoZChallenge – V is for Volcano

April 11, 2023 – Russian volcano Shiveluch erupts in eastern Kamchatka
May 21, 2023 – Popocatépetl volcano eruption in Mexico
December 3, 2023 – Indonesia's Mount Marapi erupts on island of Sumatra
December 18, 2023 – Icelandic volcano erupts 

https://www.visiticeland.com/eruption/

https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/drone-video-lava-bubbling-sundhnukur-volcano-crater-iceland

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#AtoZChallenge – U is for United Kingdom

May 6, 2023 – Coronation of UK King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/king-charles-iii-crowned-in-coronation-ceremony

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Charles_III_and_Camilla

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#AtoZChallenge – T is for Train

February 3, 2023 – Train carrying toxic chemicals derails in East Palestine, Ohio 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Palestine,_Ohio,_train_derailment

https://www.epa.gov/east-palestine-oh-train-derailment

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#AtoZChallenge – S is for Snailfish

April 2, 2023 – Deepest living fish ever recorded, the snailfish, at depth of 27,349 feet (8,336 meters) in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, near Japan

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/4/snailfish-sink-to-new-lows-to-extend-their-record-as-the-worlds-deepest-fish-743278

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deepest-fish-discovered-more-than-5-miles-below-the-sea-surface1/

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Famous birthdays week #17

Last week:
April 18, 1963 – Conan O’Brien
April 21, 1926 – Queen Elizabeth II

Last year we looked at major world events that occurred each week. For 2024 let's look at birthdays of famous people for each week of the year.

For this week, we have:

April 23, 1940

#1

April 26, 1936

#2

Your task is to guess who each person is. To avoid spoiling it for people who come after you, do NOT put the person's name in the comments! Instead, write something about that person. For example, if your guess for person #1 is “Joe Biden”, write something like “#1 - current US president” in the comments. Don't use the name.

#AtoZChallenge – R is for Radioactive

January 27, 2023 – Tiny radioactive capsule fell out of a truck somewhere in Western Australia

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-aims-bigger-fines-week-into-outback-hunt-radioactive-capsule-2023-02-01/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/australia/australia-radioactive-capsule-found-intl-hnk/index.html

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#AtoZChallenge – Q is for Quasar

February 19, 2024 – The brightest known object in the universe is identified as a quasar, 500 trillion times brighter than the sun, powered by a supermassive black hole.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-the-brightest-known-object-in-the-universe-shining-500-trillion-times-as-bright-as-the-sun-180983815/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/20/astronomers-discover-universes-brightest-object-a-quasar-powered-by-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-sun-a-day

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#AtoZChallenge – P is for Population

April 24, 2023 – India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064)

https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/publication/un-desa-policy-brief-no-153-india-overtakes-china-as-the-worlds-most-populous-country/

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#AtoZChallenge – O is for Shohei Ohtani

May 3, 2023 – LA Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani joins NY Yankee legend Babe Ruth as the only pitchers to strike out 500 batters and hit over 100 career home runs 

https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-joins-babe-ruth-in-500-strikeout-100-home-run-club

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/04/sport/shohei-ohtani-babe-ruth-mlb-record-spt-intl/index.html

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#AtoZChallenge – N is for New York City

April 12, 2023 – New York City appoints it first-ever “rat czar”, a director of rat mitigation

https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/249-23/mayor-adams-anoints-kathleen-corradi-nyc-s-first-ever-rat-czar-#/0

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#AtoZChallenge – M is for Mona Lisa

January 28, 2024 – Environmental protesters throw soup at Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", which was protected by glass and unharmed.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-activists-throw-soup-mona-lisa-leonardo-da-vinci-180983677/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68121654

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Famous birthdays week #16

Last week:
April 12, 1947 – David Letterman
April 13, 1923 – Don Adams 

Last year we looked at major world events that occurred each week. For 2024 let's look at birthdays of famous people for each week of the year.

For this week, we have:

April 18, 1963

#1

April 21, 1926

#2

Your task is to guess who each person is. To avoid spoiling it for people who come after you, do NOT put the person's name in the comments! Instead, write something about that person. For example, if your guess for person #1 is “Joe Biden”, write something like “#1 - current US president” in the comments. Don't use the name.

Good luck!

#AtoZChallenge – L is for Laura Enever

January 22, 2023 – Australian surfer Laura Enever sets a world record, riding the largest-ever wave by a woman at 43.6ft (13.3m) on Oahu's North Shore, Hawaii

https://www.lauraenever.co/

https://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/322/laura-enever

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Enever

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#AtoZChallenge – K is for Kyiv

February 20, 2023 – US President Joe Biden makes a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ukraine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_visit_by_Joe_Biden_to_Ukraine

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-travel-to-kyiv-ukraine/

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#AtoZChallenge – J is for LeBron James

March 2, 2024 – LeBron James becomes the first player in NBA history to score 40,000 regular-season points

https://www.reuters.com/sports/basketball/lebron-james-becomes-first-player-score-40000-points-2024-03-03/

https://www.nba.com/news/lebron-james-scoring-tracker-to-40000

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#AtoZChallenge – I is for Implosion

June 18, 2023 – The submersible vessel Titan, exploring the wreck of the Titanic, implodes in the North Atlantic Ocean 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion

https://www.engineering.com/story/simulation-reveals-exactly-how-titan-submersible-imploded

https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/19/simulation-reveals-titan-sub-implosion-stages-by-the-millisecond-19154155/

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#AtoZChallenge – H is for Prince Harry

January 10, 2023 – Prince Harry publishes Spare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spare_(memoir)

https://princeharrymemoir.com/

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