Wikipedia:Today's featured list/September 2020
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September 4
The 39 chapters of the manga series Marmalade Boy were written by Wataru Yoshizumi. The first chapter premiered in the May 1992 issue of Ribon, where it was serialized monthly until its conclusion in the October 1995 issue. Marmalade Boy follows the rocky romance between step-siblings Miki Koishikawa and Yuu Matsuura, who meet after their parents swap partners. The unnamed chapters were collected and published in eight tankōbon volumes by Shueisha starting on December 12, 1992; the last volume was released on February 20, 1996. Shueisha later republished the series in six special-edition volumes. The first special-edition volume was released on March 15, 2004, and new volumes were published monthly until the final volume was released on August 11, 2004. Marmalade Boy was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Tokyopop. The individual chapters were serialized by the company's manga anthology, Smile, from December 2001 through April 2002. (Full list...)
September 7
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As of June 2020, the largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas (pictured), has a gross tonnage (GT) of 228,081, is 361 metres (1,184 ft) long, 65.7 metres (216 ft) wide, and holds up to 6,680 passengers. Cruise ships can carry thousands of passengers in a single trip, and are some of the largest ships in the world by GT, bigger than many cargo ships. Cruise ships started to exceed ocean liners in size and capacity in the mid-1990s; before then, few were more than 50,000 GT. In the decades since, the size of the largest vessels has more than doubled. There have been nine or more new cruise ships added every year since 2001, most of which are 100,000 GT or greater. In the two decades between 1988 and 2009, the largest cruise ships grew a third longer (268 to 360 m [879 to 1,181 ft]), almost doubled their widths (32.2 to 60.5 m [106 to 198 ft]), doubled the total passengers (2,744 to 5,400), and tripled in volume (73,000 GT to 225,000 GT). (Full list...)
September 11
The territorial evolution of the United States began with the Declaration of Independence of thirteen British colonies in North America on July 4, 1776. In the Lee Resolution of July 2, 1776, the colonies resolved that they were free and independent states. Their independence was recognized by Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which concluded the American Revolutionary War. This effectively doubled the size of the colonies, now able to stretch west past the Proclamation Line to the Mississippi River. The first great expansion of the country came with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, which doubled the country's territory. The country's expansion beyond North America began in 1856 with the passage of the Guano Islands Act, causing many small and uninhabited, but economically important, islands in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea to be claimed. Through the Spanish–American War in 1898, the United States gained Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Following World War II, many islands were entrusted to the U.S. by the United Nations. (Full list...)
September 14
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for quality contemporary jazz performances. The honor was first presented to the Manhattan Transfer at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards (1992) for the song "Sassy". Pat Metheny (pictured) held the record for the most wins, with six, including five with the Pat Metheny Group. Randy Brecker received the award four times, including once with his brother Michael as the duo Brecker Brothers. The group Yellowjackets held the record for the most nominations without a win, with seven. In 2012, the award was discontinued in a major overhaul of Grammy categories, with contemporary jazz recordings shifted to the newly formed Best Jazz Instrumental Album category. (Full list...)
September 18
The American comedy television series Community was nominated for and won a variety of awards during its run. The series, created by Dan Harmon (pictured), ran on NBC and Yahoo! Screen from September 17, 2009, to June 2, 2015, and centers around the members of a diverse study group attending Greendale Community College. It was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards during its run, including a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the episode "Remedial Chaos Theory", and won one for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas". It was also nominated for ten Critics' Choice Television Awards, winning for Best Comedy Series in 2012. In addition, the series received six Satellite Award nominations (winning one), three TCA Award nominations, two People's Choice Award nominations, and one Hugo Award nomination, among others. (Full list...)
September 21
Old Wykehamists are former pupils of Winchester College, an independent boarding school in Winchester, Hampshire. They are named in memory of the school's founder, William of Wykeham (pictured), who was Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England. He used the wealth these positions gave him to establish both the school and a university college, New College, Oxford, in 1382; both were set up to provide an education for 70 scholars. Winchester College opened in 1394. The school's traditions include a 600-year-old ceremony in which the warden, wearing the Founder's Ring, admits each new scholar; "Illumina", an autumn celebration, in which candles are placed into niches all over the medieval walls around the playing fields; and "Morning Hills", held once a year, when all the school's pupils and teachers climb St Catherine's Hill for a roll call and prayers. Among the Old Wykehamists are four archbishops, including one of the school's earliest pupils, Henry Chichele; four field marshals; commanders of both Fighter Command and Bomber Command during the Second World War; two viceroys of India; and six chancellors of the Exchequer, including Rishi Sunak. (Full list...)
September 25
Irish rugby-union player Brian O'Driscoll had 47 tries during his international career. He is a former captain of Ireland and also captained the British and Irish Lions. O'Driscoll, who spent the majority of his career playing at centre, made 133 appearances for Ireland, and his 46 tries set an Irish record. In addition to this, he made eight appearances for the Lions and scored one try, which occurred during the Lions' victory over Australia on the 2001 tour. O'Driscoll sits eighth on the all-time try-scorers record list, and is also top of the all-time try-scoring list for the Six Nations, with 26. He scored his first try for Ireland during his fourth match, against the United States in the 1999 Rugby World Cup at Lansdowne Road. O'Driscoll scored multiple tries in a single international on six occasions; included in these were two hat-tricks. (Full list...)
September 28
The Bishop of Hong Kong is the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, and responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative needs. The Diocese of Hong Kong is nominally part of the ecclesiastical province of Canton and thus is a suffragan of that archdiocese. However, it has been exempt in practice since 1951, when the People's Republic of China severed diplomatic relations with the Holy See. As a crown colony of the United Kingdom at the time, Hong Kong was unaffected by this and relations with the Vatican continued unabated. Consequently, the bishop of Hong Kong answers "directly to the Holy See". The current bishop is John Tong Hon (pictured), who served as the diocese's thirteenth ordinary from 2009 until 2017, and is presently its apostolic administrator following the death of his successor, Michael Yeung, in 2019. Eight men have been Bishop of Hong Kong; another six were heads of its antecedent jurisdictions. Three bishops – John Baptist Wu, Joseph Zen, and John Tong Hon – were elevated to the College of Cardinals. (Full list...)