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Today's featured article Yuan-era stele in the ruins of the Cross Temple The Cross Temple is a former place of worship in Fangshan, Beijing. Built as a Buddhist temple, it may have seen Christian use during the Tang dynasty (618–907). The temple was used by Buddhists during the Liao dynasty (916–1125) and by Christians during the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), returned to Buddhist use during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), and was sold in 1911. Its first modern mention was in 1919. The Cross Temple was damaged during the Cultural Revolution but recognised as a national-level protected site in 2006. Some scholars consider it to be the only place of worship of the Church of the East (also known as Nestorian Christianity) discovered in China. In the early 20th century, two stone blocks carved with crosses were discovered, one of which had an inscription in Syriac; they are presently on display at Nanjing Museum. Today, the site features two ancient steles (one pictured) dating to the Liao and Yuan dynasties, some groundwork and the bases of several pillars. (Full article...) Recently featured: Bäckadräkten Nadezhda Stasova Black-throated loon Selected anniversaries August 29: Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist (Catholicism, Anglicanism) Michael Faraday 1350 – Hundred Years' War: Led by King Edward III, a fleet of 50 English ships captured at least 14 Castilian vessels and sank several more at the Battle of Winchelsea. 1786 – Angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement, farmers in western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays began an armed uprising against the U.S. federal government. 1831 – Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him. 1960 – Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants. 2016 – Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps. Abu Taghlib (d. 979) Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville (b. 1785) Orval Grove (b. 1919) Kazi Nazrul Islam (d. 1976) More anniversaries: August 28 August 29 August 30	In the news Kasia Niewiadoma In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pictured) wins the Tour de France Femmes. Doctors strike and protests occur across India after the rape and murder of a female physician in Kolkata. Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Prime Minister of Thailand after Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court. The World Health Organization declares the mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: David Anfam Salim Al-Huss Maryvonne Le Dizès Betty Halbreich Sven-Göran Eriksson Atsuko Tanaka Did you know... Blinking Sam ... that Samuel Johnson did not want to be depicted as "Blinking Sam" (pictured)? ... that Olympic breakdancer Sun Chen is nicknamed "Quake" as he was born on the day of a deadly earthquake? ... that The Eternaut 1969 is a reboot of the original comic, with an anti-imperialist tone? ... that storm chaser Reed Timmer feared thunder and lightning at a young age? ... that the Durrës Expedition in 1376 saw Louis of Évreux successfully recapture Durrës from Karl Thopia, only for Thopia to reclaim the city in 1383? ... that Robert Turner remained in post for around 30 years after being described as "the oldest soldier in the Royal Artillery"? ... that you can search Wikipedia or a database of more than 37 billion compounds by substructure? ... that Luxembourgian myrmecologist Robert Stumper also played as a goalkeeper for his nation's football team? ... that mamas sang on "Mama"?
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