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Features Featured article Anonymous double portrait of Qalaherriaq Qalaherriaq (c. 1834 – 1856) was an Inughuit hunter from Cape York in northwestern Greenland. Born around 1834 and baptized Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, he was taken aboard the British barque HMS Assistance in 1850 as an interpreter during the search for Franklin's lost expedition. He guided the ship to Wolstenholme Fjord to investigate rumors of a massacre of Franklin's crew, but found the corpses of local Inughuit and crew from an unrelated British vessel. Poor sea conditions prevented the Assistance from returning to Qalaherriaq's family, and he was instead taken to England and placed in the custody of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. He was enrolled in St Augustine's College at Canterbury and studied English and Christianity. In 1855, he was tasked by Edward Feild, Bishop of Newfoundland, to join him on a mission to the Labrador Inuit. Qalaherriaq's health problems, which he had developed during his service as an interpreter, worsened after his arrival in Newfoundland, and he died at St. John's in 1856 around 22 years old. (Full article...) Recently featured: Artur Phleps Addie Viola Smith 1894–95 New Brompton F.C. season Selected anniversaries September 22 François Duvalier 1236 – Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword were soundly defeated by pagan Samogitian and Semigallian troops at the Battle of Saule. 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established. 1957 – François Duvalier (pictured), nicknamed Papa Doc, was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating power and ruling as a dictator for the rest of his life. 2003 – Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released. 2013 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people. Ibn Khallikan (b. 1211) Louise McKinney (b. 1868) Ice Box Chamberlain (d. 1929) Florence Merriam Bailey (d. 1948) More anniversaries: September 21 September 22 September 23 In the news Flooding in Kłodzko, Poland At least 37 people are killed and thousands of others are injured after electronic devices used by Hezbollah members explode in Lebanon and Syria. Severe flooding (pictured) in central Europe leaves at least 25 people dead and 11 others missing, with several towns submerged. Amid widespread protests, Mexico ratifies constitutional changes that will see the federal judiciary chosen by popular vote. Former president of Peru Alberto Fujimori dies at the age of 86. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Tyrone C. Fahner Elaine DePrince Mary McFadden Joe Schmidt Otis Davis Tito Jackson Did you know... Black Eagle Silver Certificate ... that between 1899 and 1923 the United States government issued 3,604,239,600 one-dollar Black Eagle Silver Certificates (example pictured)? ... that although J1407b eclipsed V1400 Centauri in 2007, nobody noticed for over three years? ... that in order to attend breakdancing classes as a child, future Olympian Amir Zakirov had to give up eating lunch? ... that The Book of Virtues inspired PBS's first animated primetime series? ... that one researcher found that nearly a third of the people cancelled over antisemitism allegations in Germany have been Jews? ... that plans for a statue of Dirk Nowitzki to have three basketballs were scrapped? ... that during the writing of El Eternauta: segunda parte, Héctor Germán Oesterheld became victim of an enforced disappearance? ... that arguments in favor of a Palestinian right of armed resistance are often based on Article 1(4) of Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions? ... that a magical inanimate dog may have been a taxidermy dog, an automaton, or a metaphor?

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