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On occasion, editors at DYK put together a themed set of hooks. These are some of them.

Frank Sinatra centenary[edit]

00:00, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Frank Sinatra in 1957

... that American music critic Robert Christgau called Frank Sinatra (pictured) "the greatest singer of the 20th century"?
... that Frank Sinatra had a number 1 hit with "Oh! What it Seemed to Be" in 1946, and then recorded it again for 1963's Sinatra's Sinatra?
... that Las Vegas casino manager Carl Cohen became a local folk hero after he knocked the caps off Frank Sinatra's front teeth?
... that Frank Sinatra Enterprises was founded in 2007 to manage the singer's recordings at Reprise Records?
... that Frank Sinatra was held at gunpoint at Caesars Palace in 1970?
... that Frank Sinatra, Jr. was first offered the part which was later developed into the Rat Pack-style character Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?
... that after Frank Sinatra was happy with his recording of the song "That's Life", producer Jimmy Bowen annoyed him by asking him to do it again?
... that Frank Sinatra was a secret courier for the Haganah?
12:00, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Frank Sinatra c. 1943

... that after gaining a job as a singing waiter in 1938, Frank Sinatra (pictured) boasted that he would "become so big that no one could ever touch him"?
... that at his solo nightclub debut at the Riobamba, Frank Sinatra sang two songs "with trembling lips" and brought the house down?
... that Hank Sanicola, a boxer turned music manager, was Frank Sinatra's "song plugger"?
... that Frank Sinatra often visited the barber shop in the basement of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel to play gin rummy with the barber?
... that at age 16, singer Julie Budd was the youngest-ever opening act for Frank Sinatra?
... that Frank Sinatra's 1966 cover of "Summer Wind" was the final top 40 hit for lyricist Johnny Mercer?
... that Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes, newly renamed the Hoboken Four, performed in blackface in a short film aired at Radio City Music Hall?
... that publicist Jim Byron once got into a fist fight with Frank Sinatra on the Sunset Strip?

Archive: 13 December 2015

Discussion: Frank Sinatra centenary

Main Page history 2015 December 12

Star Trek 50th anniversary[edit]

00:00, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Galileo prop

... that in exchange for the model kit license for Star Trek, Aluminum Model Toys built full-size props of the Galileo (pictured) shuttlecraft?
... that Victor Lundin, who portrayed the first Klingon seen in Star Trek, had auditioned for the role of Spock?
... that Scott Bakula was the only actor considered to play Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise?
... that "World Enough and Time", an episode of the fan production Star Trek: New Voyages, was nominated for both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, competing against professionally made episodes?
... that Ro Laren was intended to be a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but actress Michelle Forbes rejected the role?
... that with the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "The Infinite Vulcan", Walter Koenig became the first Star Trek actor to write for the franchise?
... that set designer Linda DeScenna was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction on five occasions, for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, The Color Purple, Rain Man, and Toys?
... that the set used to shoot the Star Trek: Voyager subplot Janeway Lambda one was nicknamed "the Jane Eyre set" by the filming crew?

16:00, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Leonard Nimoy as Spock

... that during the development of Spock, both DeForest Kelley and Martin Landau were offered the role before Leonard Nimoy (pictured)?
... that Ronald B. Moore won five Emmy Awards for his work on the Star Trek franchise?
... that the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Family" was the first episode of the franchise not to have any scene set on the bridge?
... that Michael Piller felt that the mention of Spock in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sarek" opened the doors to further references to The Original Series?
... that Star Trek: Starship Creator allowed players to import photographs of themselves into the game?
... that after Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett transported some old Star Trek footage from a film vault, it was sold as film clips by Lincoln Enterprises?
... that prior to casting Andrea Martin as the female Ferengi Ishka on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, David Livingston suggested Wallace Shawn in drag?
... that Gene Roddenberry pranked Steven W. Carabatsos on his first day on Star Trek by inflating a weather balloon in his office?

08:00, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Gene Roddenberry

... that Gene Roddenberry (pictured) was the surviving flight officer from the crash of Pan Am Flight 121 in the Syrian desert in 1947?
... that Don Ingalls first met Gene Roddenberry when they worked at the Los Angeles Police Department, and went on to be credited with writing two episodes of Star Trek?
... that in 1977, it was announced that Star Trek would return to television with the series Phase II?
... that after Bruce Mars's acting career, which included three appearances on Star Trek, he became a monk in the Self-Realization Fellowship?
... that the novel miniseries Star Trek: The Lost Era was intended to fill in a 70-year gap between the death of Captain Kirk and the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation?
... that Gary Hutzel was nominated for more than 20 Emmy Awards, winning two for Battlestar Galactica and one each for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?
... that Star Trek's Commander Riker used MainView to advertise its use for other enterprises?
... that the phrase "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it" did not originate in Star Trek, but instead in the parody song "Star Trekkin'"?

Archive: 9 September 2016

Discussion: Here and Here

Main Page history 2016 September 8

50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon[edit]

00:00, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Elliot See and Charles Bassett

... that NASA test pilots Charles Bassett and Elliot See (pictured) are among the fallen astronauts whose names are etched on a plaque on the Moon, placed by the crew of Apollo 15?

Archive: 2019 July 25

Discussion: 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon

Main Page history 2019 July 25

Yoninah tribute[edit]

00:00, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Gabi with his mother Tamar

... that the 2005 birth of Gabi (pictured with mother), the first elephant in Israel conceived through artificial insemination, was viewed live by more than 350,000 people in 108 countries?
... that future cantor David Werdyger was saved from a Nazi firing squad when he sang the Jewish prayer for the dead?
... that Kanfei Nesharim Street is long and wide and straight like a runway, because it was originally built as one?
... that in 1975 Time named Schwester Selma, head nurse at the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, one of the world's "living saints", alongside Mother Teresa and Sister Annie?
... that the Diaspora Yeshiva Band infused rock and bluegrass with Jewish lyrics, creating a music style it called "Hasidic rock" or "Country and Eastern"?
... that Topol, who won a Golden Globe for his performance as Tevye in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, played the role in shows and revivals about 3,500 times?
... that a verse from Psalm 85 has inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace?
... that Bambi delivered more than 35,000 babies?

Obituary: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2021-03-28/Obituary

Archive: 4 July 2021

Discussion: Yoninah tribute

Main Page history 2021 July 3

Feast of Saint James[edit]

00:00, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Holy Door, Santiago de Compostela

... that a year when the Feast of Saint James falls on a Sunday is designated a Jacobean Holy Year, and the Holy Door (pictured) at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is unblocked for all to enter?
... that the coat of arms of Santiago de Compostela features a chalice and host from the Galician arms, as well as a star and the tomb of Saint James?
... that the lower level of Santiago de Compostela's Plaza de la Quintana is called the Quintana de Mortos because it was once a cemetery?
... that during a Jacobean Holy Year, the Berenguela Tower's lantern is lit throughout the year to act as a lighthouse to guide pilgrims to the cathedral?
... that according to legend the tomb of James the Apostle was forgotten for eight centuries until it was found by Pelagius in the forest Libredón?
... that both the Way of the Lighthouses and the Way of Saint James end at Cape Finisterre in Galicia?
... that the Cross of Saint James is associated with the apostle's appearance at the mythical Battle of Clavijo?
... that Queen Lupa sent the disciples of James the Apostle to Mount Ilicino without telling them about a dragon?

Archive: 26 July 2023

Discussion: Feast of Saint James

Main Page history 2023 July 25

Halloween 2023[edit]

Night of the Living Dead (entire film)

... that Night of the Living Dead (film featured) was mistakenly released into the public domain?
... that a variety of the Connecticut field pumpkin is known as "the original commercial jack-o'-lantern pumpkin"?
... that there are nearly one hundred thousand .monsters on the internet?
... that The Faculty Club at UC Berkeley, built in 1902, has been reported to be a hotspot for paranormal activity?
... that British designer Alexander McQueen pressed live worms into a translucent corset to evoke vampirism and undeath for his collection The Hunger?
... that various online retailers removed hundreds of books featuring erotic horror from their stores?
... that "Thriller" is the most popular Halloween song in the United States?
... that film critics accused the MPAA ratings board of having yielded to studio pressure to rate The Exorcist R rather than X?
... that the Circleville Pumpkin Show, the oldest pumpkin show in the United States, has been selecting a Miss Pumpkin since 1933?
... that The Wiccan Web recommends drawing pentagrams on your computer screen with tinctures?

Archive: 1 November 2023

Discussion: Halloween