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Wikipedia article of the day for February 4, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for February 4, 2019 is Gwen Stefani . Gwen Stefani (born 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, and the lead vocalist of the band No Doubt. Their album Tragic Kingdom (1995) was a critical and commercial success, spawning the singles "Just a Girl", "Don't Speak", "Hey Baby", and "It's My Life". Stefani's three solo albums have also been successful: Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004) includes "What You Waiting For?", "Rich Girl", and "Hollaback Girl"; The Sweet Escape (2006) produced the singles "Wind It Up" and "The Sweet Escape"; and her third solo album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like (2016), reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Billboard magazine ranked her as the 54th most successful artist and 37th most successful Hot 100 artist of the 2000–09 decade, and VH1 ranked her 13th on their "100 Greatest Women in Music&quo

Partly Cloudy today!

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With a high of F and a low of 45

Partly Cloudy today!

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With a high of F and a low of 45F.

Wikipedia article of the day for February 3, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for February 3, 2019 is Felix Mendelssohn . Felix Mendelssohn (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period, who wrote symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music, and chamber music. His best-known works include his Overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, his mature Violin Concerto, his String Octet, and his Songs Without Words for solo piano. He was born into a prominent Jewish family in Berlin, baptised as a Reformed Christian at age seven, and recognised early as a musical prodigy. Mendelssohn revived interest in Bach's music, notably with a performance of the St Matthew Passion in 1829. He enjoyed success in Germany and in his travels throughout Europe as a composer, conductor and soloist. Many of his major works premiered during his ten visits to Britain. He founded the Leipzig Conservatory, which became a bastion of his r

Partly Cloudy today!

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With a high of F and a low of 41

Partly Cloudy today!

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With a high of F and a low of 41F.

Wikipedia article of the day for February 2, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for February 2, 2019 is Coenwulf of Mercia . Coenwulf was King of Mercia, in Anglo-Saxon England, from December 796 until his death in 821. He ascended the throne five months after the death of Offa, one of the most powerful kings of early medieval England, when Offa's son, Ecgfrith, died after a brief reign. In the early years of Coenwulf's reign he had to deal with a revolt in Kent, which had been under Offa's control. After Eadberht Præn returned from exile in Francia to claim the Kentish throne, Coenwulf invaded and retook the kingdom. He probably lost control of the kingdom of East Anglia during the early part of his reign, as evidenced by an independent coinage appearing under King Eadwald, but Coenwulf's coinage reappeared in 805. Coenwulf was the last king of Mercia to exercise substantial dominance over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms; within a decade of his death, the rise of Wessex had begun under King Ecgberht, and Mercia never r