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Features Featured article Matthew Brettingham (1699–1769) was an English architect who rose from modest origins to become one of the best-known architects of his generation. Much of his principal work has since been demolished, particularly his work in London, where he revolutionised the design of the grand townhouse. As a result, he is often overlooked today, remembered principally for his Palladian remodelling of numerous country houses, many of them in East Anglia. Brettingham's practice constructing townhouses for the aristocracy was substantial. Major commissions included Norfolk House and Cumberland House. Drawing inspiration from Italian urban palazzi, and from Andrea Palladio's rural villas, he created a style and arrangements of rooms perfectly suited to the mid–18th century nobility. As Brettingham neared the pinnacle of his career, Palladianism began to fall out of fashion and neoclassicism was introduced, championed by the young Robert Adam. (Full article...) Recently featured: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Ann Arbor, Michigan Anna Filosofova Selected anniversaries March 11: Commonwealth Day in the Commonwealth of Nations (2024); National Heroes and Benefactors Day in Belize (2024) Premiere poster of Rigoletto 1851 – The first performance of Verdi's Rigoletto took place at La Fenice in Venice (poster pictured). 1864 – The Great Sheffield Flood killed at least 240 people and damaged more than 600 homes, after a crack in the dam holding the Dale Dike Reservoir caused it to fail. 1993 – The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Janet Reno as the first female United States attorney general. 2007 – Georgian authorities accused Russia of orchestrating a helicopter attack in the Kodori Valley, in the breakaway territory of Abkhazia. Mary of Woodstock (b. 1278) Stanisław Koniecpolski (d. 1646) Ralph Abernathy (b. 1926) Gladys Pearl Baker (d. 1984) More anniversaries: March 10 March 11 March 12 In the news Richard Sutton Intuitive Machines's Athena lands on the Moon at an incorrect angle and is unable to complete its mission. In computing, Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton (pictured) are awarded the Turing Award for their work on reinforcement learning. A wildfire in Japan's Iwate Prefecture is the largest in the country in at least five decades. Chinese architect Liu Jiakun is awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Ongoing: M23 campaign Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Art Schallock Doyin Okupe Edesio Alejandro Dore Gold Jozef Markuš Lincoln Díaz-Balart Did you know... Fallingwater ... that the first owners of Fallingwater (pictured), a house in Pennsylvania, were rumored to hide tables when the house's architect visited? ... that in 2008, artist Rutherford Chang collected around 4,000 ink-dot portraits from The Wall Street Journal and reorganized them alphabetically into a yearbook-style publication? ... that in 1997, several merchants of North Kent Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan, did not know who owned the mall? ... that in 1858, when 400 Black Americans experiencing discrimination in California resettled on Vancouver Island, clergyman Edward Cridge integrated Christ Church to welcome them? ... that Georgia O'Keeffe's Hawaii series began as a commercial art commission for Dole pineapple juice? ... that Mariel Molino starred in the first Amazon original film for Mexico? ... that the tower of a North Dakota TV station was the world's tallest man-made structure from 1963 to 1974 and again from 1991 to 2008? ... that Tim Johnston pledged not to become a minister if he was elected to the House of Keys, but did so anyway? ... that some drug trafficking factions in Brazil have partnered up with evangelical churches?

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