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From today's featured articleEdmonds station in Edmonds, Washington, is an Amtrak and Sound Transit passenger train station, with service extending to Oregon, British Columbia, and the American Midwest. A brick building with modernist elements, the station is adjacent to the Edmonds–Kingston ferry terminal and a Community Transit bus station, west of the downtown area. A single platform and a model railroad exhibit are south of the waiting area. The building was opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1957, replacing a 1910 depot. Great Northern merged into Burlington Northern (later BNSF Railway) in 1970, and service to the station ceased when Amtrak took over Burlington Northern's passenger trains in May 1971. Service returned in July 1972 on what are now Amtrak's Cascades and Empire Builder routes. Sound Transit began operating the Sounder North Line to Edmonds station, between Everett and Seattle, on December 21, 2003, and rebuilt the station and transit center in 2011. (Full article...)
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On this dayDecember 21: December solstice (22:23 UTC, 2018); Yule (Modern Paganism and Wicca); Yaldā Night in Iran
Maud Gonne (b. 1866) · Iris Cummings (b. 1920) · Louis Washkansky (d. 1967)
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The Segrave Trophy is awarded to the British national who demonstrates "Outstanding Skill, Courage and Initiative on Land, Water and in the Air". The trophy is named in honour of Sir Henry Segrave, the first person to hold both the land and water speed records simultaneously. The trophy, designed by sculptor Gilbert Bayes, is awarded by the Royal Automobile Club. It has been awarded in most years since 1930; it is not presented if, in the opinion of the committee, no achievement has been sufficient to deserve the award. The inaugural recipient of the Segrave Trophy was Australian-born Charles Kingsford Smith (pictured) who flew solo from Ireland to Newfoundland, across the Atlantic, in just over 31 hours. He also won the 1930 England to Australia air race, covering the distance solo in 13 days. A subsidiary award, the Segrave Medal, may also be given to those individuals who have "played a fundamental role in helping the Segrave Trophy winner to achieve their goal". (Full list...)
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The Wilton Diptych is a small portable diptych of two Baltic oak panels, painted on both sides, set in frames of the same material and joined by two hinges. Dating from around 1395–1399, it is an extremely rare survival of a late Medieval religious panel painting from England. The diptych was painted for King Richard II, who is depicted kneeling before the Virgin and Child in what is known as a donor portrait. He is presented to them by his patron saint, John the Baptist, and by the English royal saints Edward the Confessor and Edmund the Martyr. The inner faces of the panels are in excellent condition for their age, though some glazes have been lost, but the outer faces have paint losses from handling. This picture shows the lefthand panel of the inside of the diptych, with Richard II and the saints. See also: the righthand inside panel, showing the Virgin and Child. Painting: Unknown English or French painter from the 1390s
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