Wikipedia Featured Weekly — August 23, 2026
7 stories · August 23, 2026
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Hurricane Camille
en.wikipedia.org · Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1969 · Featured Aug 17
Hurricane Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to make landfall in the United States when it hit southern Mississippi in August 1969. A devastating tropical cyclone, Camille was one of four…
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Siege of Brest (1342)
en.wikipedia.org · Breton Civil War siege · Featured Aug 18
The siege of Brest took place in 1342 during the Breton Civil War. When John III, the duke of Brittany, died childless in 1341 the title was contested by Charles of Blois and John of Montfort. Charles…
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SMS Schwaben
en.wikipedia.org · German Imperial Navy battleship · Featured Aug 19
SMS Schwaben ("His Majesty's Ship Swabia ") was the fourth ship of the Wittelsbach class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Schwaben was built at the Imperial Dockyard in…
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Pat O'Keeffe
en.wikipedia.org · British professional boxer (1883–1960) · Featured Aug 20
Pat O'Keeffe (17 March 1883   – 16 August 1960) was a British professional boxer who held the British middleweight title twice. His professional career spanned sixteen years, from 1902 to 1918,…
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Stanley Goble
en.wikipedia.org · Royal Australian Air Force chief (1891–1948) · Featured Aug 21
Air Vice-Marshal Stanley James Goble (21 August 1891   – 24 July 1948) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served three terms as Chief of the Air Staff,…
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Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036
en.wikipedia.org · Dinosaur fossil · Featured Aug 22
The mummy as exhibited in the Senckenberg Museum, showing the top and left side of the body The Edmontosaurus mummy SMF R 4036, nicknamed the Senckenberg mummy or Edmond, is a well-preserved dinosaur…
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Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Pair skating
en.wikipedia.org · Featured Aug 23
Belarusian stamp commemorating the 2002 Winter Olympics The pairs' figure skating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on February 9 and 11 at the Salt Lake Ice Center in Salt Lake City,…