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Today's featured article Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities, these two cities form the core of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the sixteenth-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.2 million residents. The city is abundantly rich in water with twenty lakes and wetlands, the Mississippi riverfront, creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway. Minneapolis was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber, and today is the primary business center between Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington. America's most literate city, Minneapolis has cultural organizations that draw creative people and audiences to the city for theater, visual art, writing and music. The community's diverse population has a long tradition of charitable support through progressive public social programs and through private and corporate philanthropy. (more...) Recently featured: Thomas Playford IV – The Quatermass Experiment – Puerto Ricans in World War II Archive – By email – More featured articles... Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest articles: ... that Neafie & Levy built the U.S. Navy's first submarine (pictured) in 1862 and its first destroyer in 1902? ... that Han Chinese Emperor Jing had Imperial Secretary Chao Cuo executed to appease various subordinate kingdoms? ... that the Irish Greyhound racing regulator Bord na gCon includes Viagra on its list of banned substances? ... that Josiah and William Forster, early members of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, visited U.S. President Franklin Pierce to promote their cause? ... that archaeological evidence suggest that the history of French wine began with the Celts, long before the Greeks and Romans settled the area? ... that while working on Lipstick and Dynamite, a 2005 documentary about women's professional wrestling, Neko Case found out Ella Waldek in the film was her great-aunt? ... that Arnaud de Pellegrue, a cardinal-nephew of Pope Clement V, led the papal army in a 1309 war against Venice? Archive – Start a new article...

In the news Over a thousand soldiers from Cambodia and Thailand mass near Preah Vihear Temple, the focus of a military standoff over a disputed border. Typhoon Kalmaegi (pictured) strikes the Philippines, Taiwan, and China, killing at least fifteen. The Sri Lankan military captures a coastal town in Sri Lanka's Mannar District from rebel Tamil Tigers. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is arrested over allegations that he sodomised a male aide. The Taliban attack an outpost in Afghanistan, killing nine ISAF soldiers. The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, requests a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in connection to the conflict in Darfur. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events... On this day... July 20: Seventeenth of Tammuz (Judaism, 2008); Friends' Day in Argentina and other Latin American countries; Independence Day in Colombia 1656 – Led by King Charles X Gustav, the armies of Sweden and Brandenburg defeated the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth near Warsaw. 1866 – Third Italian War of Independence: The Austrian Navy led by Wilhelm von Tegetthoff defeated a much larger Italian fleet at the Battle of Lissa on the Adriatic Sea near present-day Vis, Croatia. 1927 – Five-year-old Michael I became King of Romania upon the death of his grandfather Ferdinand I. 1951 – Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated by a Palestinian from the Husseini clan while visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. 1969 – The Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (pictured) would become the first men to walk on the moon six-and-a-half hours later. More events: July 19 – July 20 – July 21 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 20:27, July 20, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

Today's featured picture A film of the 1940 collapse of the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The bridge opened on July 1, 1940 and from the start became notorious for its movement during windy days, earning the nickname "Galloping Gertie". The wind-induced collapse occurred on November 7, 1940, due partially to a physical phenomenon known as mechanical resonance. Film credit: Barney Elliott Need help viewing this video? Recently featured: Postman Butterfly – Hurricane Felix – Japanese Squirrel Archive – More featured pictures...

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