Royal Maundy ceremony in 1867

Royal Maundy is a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday. At the service, the British monarch or a royal official distributes small silver coins known as "Maundy money". The name "Maundy" and the ceremony derive from the instruction of Jesus at the Last Supper that his followers should love one another. English monarchs washed the feet of beggars in imitation of Jesus, and gave to the poor; the latter custom survives through the Maundy gifts. Recipients were once chosen for their poverty, but are now chosen for service to their churches or communities. At the 2024 service at Worcester Cathedral, the distribution is being made by Queen Camilla in place of her husband, Charles III, following his diagnosis of cancer. The coins' obverse design features the reigning monarch, while the reverse design features a crowned numeral enclosed by a wreath. In most years there are fewer than 2,000 complete sets of Maundy money; they are highly sought after by collectors. (Full article...)

Anna Filosofova

• ... that after being criticized for dressing "like a doll" at an important meeting, pioneering Russian feminist Anna Filosofova (pictured) replied that "clothes do not make the woman"?
• ... that Edward Hopper's 1963 painting Intermission can be viewed as a metaphor for the world as theater?
• ... that footballer Keira Walsh first captained England in 2018, when she was the youngest player in the squad?
• ... that foam has been used to kill farm animals en masse in a process called foam depopulation?
• ... that Jaroslav Záruba tricked a Waffen-SS unit into surrendering to the Government Army of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia by falsely claiming that British troops were advancing against Prague?
• ... that the fossil fern Dickwhitea was described from a single block of chert?
• ... that Andrew Dakich received an athletic scholarship while under police escort?
• ... that the buyers of the house featured in American Horror Story: Murder House sued its sellers for not disclosing that the house was featured on the series?
• ... that Rear Admiral Richard Washbourn bought the bell of HMS Chevron for £8 and donated it to Collingwood School?

Wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge

• The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore collapses (wreckage pictured) after being hit by a container ship.
• Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected President of Senegal.
• A mass shoot­ing and ex­plo­sions kill at least 139 people at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.
• Following the Indonesian general election, Prabowo Subianto wins the presidential election, and the Democratic Party of Struggle wins the most votes in the legislative election.

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HMS Campbeltown during the St Nazaire Raid

• 1802 – German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.
• 1942 – Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).
• 1946 – The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.
• 1979 – British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
• 1999 – Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.