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Featured article Rivers Cuomo, frontman of Weezer Pinkerton is the second studio album by the American rock band Weezer, released on September 24, 1996, by DGC Records. To better capture their live sound, the band self-produced Pinkerton, creating a darker, more abrasive album than their 1994 debut Weezer. The lyrics express loneliness and disillusionment with the rock lifestyle, and reference Japanese culture. Pinkerton produced the singles "El Scorcho" and "The Good Life". It debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200, failing to match sales of Weezer's debut, and received mixed reviews; Rolling Stone readers voted it the third-worst album of 1996. For subsequent albums, Weezer returned to more traditional pop songwriting and less personal lyrics. In subsequent years, Pinkerton was reassessed; several publications named it one of the best albums of the 1990s, and it was certified platinum in 2016. (Full article...) Recently featured: Arthur O. Austin Qalaherriaq Artur Phleps Zimmerman Telegram Zimmerman Telegram On February 24, .. 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar. 1803 - Marbury v. Madison established judicial review in the U.S. 1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram was delivered, complicating World War I. 1999 - Arizona executed German national Karl LaGrand. Recent days: February 23 - February 22 More events in history... Did you know ...? Damage from Storm Ulysses to West End Pier, Morecambe ... that Storm Ulysses (damage pictured) in 1903 was so named because its effects were described in James Joyce's novel Ulysses? ... that Tamurbek Dawletschin wrote one of the only memoirs by a Soviet prisoner of war, 3 million of whom died in German captivity? ... that a class-action lawsuit was filed against Spotify following the discontinuation of the Car Thing? ... that Singaporean former lawyer David Yong learned Korean and moved to South Korea to become a K-pop singer? ... that during the Tunisian campaign in World War II, crews carried an AMES Type 6 radar set across a swamp to allow them to spy on Luftwaffe aircraft running supplies into Tunis? ... that Gwent Broadcasting, at the time the smallest Independent Local Radio station in Britain, lasted less than two years? ... that Valentin Bontus won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in Formula Kite, while Toni Vodišek won the first silver medal? ... that during the Khalji Revolution, Sultan Qaiqabad was wrapped in a carpet and thrown into the Yamuna river? ... that the small fish species Poecilia vandepolli existed, then it did not, and now it does again?	In the news Gukesh Dommaraju The Chess Olympiad (best individual player Gukesh Dommaraju pictured) concludes with India winning both the open and women's events. Explosions of electronic devices used by Hezbollah members kill at least 42 people and injure thousands of others in Lebanon and Syria. Severe flooding in central Europe leaves at least 25 people dead and 11 others missing, with several towns submerged. Amid widespread protests, Mexico ratifies constitutional changes that will see the federal judiciary chosen by popular vote. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Koos van der Merwe Daniel J. Evans Song Binbin Bimal Kar Jim Cullivan Beppe Menegatti Holidays {{Holidays}} Obituaries Italian cyclist Marco Pantani died suddenly at a hotel in Rimini, Italy on February 14. Former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev was killed in an apparent car bomb explosion on February 13. Former leader of the Canadian liberal party, Claude Ryan, died from stomach cancer on February 9 at age 79. More recent deaths...
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