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Today's featured article Frederick Steele Steele's Greenville expedition took place from April 2 to April 25, 1863, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces commanded by Major General Frederick Steele (pictured) occupied Greenville, Mississippi, and operated in the surrounding area, to divert Confederate attention from a more important movement made in Louisiana by Major General John A. McClernand's corps. Minor skirmishing between the two sides occurred, particularly in the early stages of the expedition. More than 1,000 slaves were freed during the operation, and large quantities of supplies and animals were destroyed or removed from the area. Along with other operations, including Grierson's Raid, Steele's Greenville expedition distracted Confederate attention from McClernand's movement. Some historians have suggested that the Greenville expedition represented the Union war policy's shifting more towards expanding the war to Confederate social and economic structures and the Confederate homefront. (Full article...) Recently featured: Edward the Martyr Geography of Ireland Flight Pattern Selected anniversaries March 19: Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity) Zhao Bing 1279 – Mongol conquest of Song China: Zhao Bing (pictured), the last Song emperor, drowned at the end of the Battle of Yamen, bringing the Song dynasty to an end after three centuries. 1824 – American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud. 1944 – The secular oratorio A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London. 1998 – An unscheduled Ariana Afghan Airlines flight crashed into a mountain on approach into Kabul, killing all 45 people aboard. 2011 – First Libyan Civil War: The French Air Force launched Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya. Lord Edmund Howard (d. 1539) Greville Wynne (b. 1919) Joe Gaetjens (b. 1924) Lise Østergaard (d. 1996) More anniversaries: March 18 March 19 March 20	In the news Nightclub fire damage Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip kill more than 400 people, ending the Gaza war ceasefire. A nightclub fire (damage pictured) in Kočani, North Macedonia, kills at least 59 people and injures more than 155 others. In Yemen, 53 people are killed after the United States launches air and naval strikes. At least 42 people are killed as a result of storms and tornadoes in the Midwestern and Southern United States. The People's United Party, led by Johnny Briceño, wins the Belizean general election. Ongoing: M23 campaign Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Peter Bichsel Mark Klein Hans Peter Korff Simon Fisher-Becker Sofia Gubaidulina Stanley R. Jaffe Did you know... Wingspread ... that when the owner of the house Wingspread (pictured) complained that his roof was leaking, the architect reportedly advised him to move his chair? ... that music manager Alan Wills learned about management from his father, who was "in charge of the UK's nuclear early warning system"? ... that according to some value theorists, nothing is good or bad? ... that the main dome of the Sadna Qasai Mosque has collapsed? ... that Gil Skeate was called up to the NFL straight from a lumber camp? ... that a Doctor Who episode took place during the partition of India, and used a unique Indian adaptation of the usual closing theme? ... that multiple deaths could have been avoided if the Peachtree 25th Building had a fire sprinkler system? ... that it took 40 years after the formation of the state of West Bengal before a member of the Rajbanshi people became a government minister? ... that anthropologist H. Russell Bernard teamed up with an oceanographer to estimate the number of people killed in an earthquake?
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