The Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial is a First World War memorial originally dedicated to members of the Lancashire Fusiliers killed in that conflict, and later rededicated to all fusiliers killed in action. It was unveiled on 25 April 1922, the seventh anniversary of the landing at Cape Helles, part of the Gallipoli Campaign in which the regiment suffered particularly heavy casualties. It is now located outside the Fusilier Museum in Gallipoli Gardens in Bury, Greater Manchester (historically in Lancashire), in north-west England. The prominent architect Edwin Lutyens, whose father and great uncle were officers in the regiment, designed a tall, slender obelisk in Portland stone, with inscriptions containing the regiment's motto and a dedication, and the regiment's cap badge carved near the top. The memorial was designated a Grade II listed building in 1992. It was upgraded to II* in 2015, and later that year was recognised as part of a national collection of Lutyens' war memorials.

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799:

Pope Leo III was attacked by partisans of his predecessor Adrian I, but was rescued and taken to Charlemagne, as described in the epic Karolus magnus et Leo papa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolus_magnus_et_Leo_papa

1846:

An open conflict between the military forces of the United States and Mexico began over the disputed border of Texas north of the Rio Grande and south of the Nueces River, later serving as a primary justification for the Mexican–American War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Affair

1915:

First World War: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign

1990:

Violeta Chamorro took office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman elected in her own right as a head of state in the Americas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Chamorro

2015:

A 7.8 MW earthquake struck Nepal, resulting in 8,964 deaths and 21,952 injuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake

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monimolimnion: The lower, dense stratum of a meromictic lake (one with permanently stratified layers) that does not mix with the waters above. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monimolimnion

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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.   --Tertullian https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tertullian