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Today is Thursday, September 12, 2024, 17:27 (UTC/GMT). This is day 256 of 2024. There are 110 days remaining. There are 6,881,819 articles on the English Wikipedia. Picture of the day The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, northern Argentina and southern Chile. The smooth-billed ani is a mid-sized species, larger on average than the groove-billed ani but smaller than the greater ani. It measures approximately 35 centimetres (14 inches) in overall length. Males weigh around 115 grams (4.1 ounces), while females are lighter at around 95 grams (3.4 ounces). Adults are mainly glossy black, with a long tail, deep ridged black bill and a brown iris. This smooth-billed ani was photographed in George Town, on the island of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp About Me Hello, be nice, I'm New. In the news, On this day-------------------------------> In the news Typhoon Yagi over the South China Sea Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves more than 200 people dead across six Asian countries. Michel Barnier is appointed prime minister of France by President Emmanuel Macron, leading to nationwide anti-government protests. An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead. A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Noel Parmentel Hans-Ulrich Schmincke James Earl Jones Ana Gervasi Henny Moan Rebecca Horn On this day... September 12 Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning 379 – Yax Nuun Ahiin I took the throne as the ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city of Tikal. 1846 – The English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (both pictured) married in secret to avoid their disapproving families before moving to Italy. 1933 – Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilard conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while waiting for a traffic light in Bloomsbury, London. 1948 – The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War. 1995 – Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country. Parsley Peel (d. 1795) Alice Ayres (b. 1859) Ion Agârbiceanu (b. 1882) Steve Biko (d. 1977) More anniversaries: September 11 September 12 September 13