Today Today is Saturday 1 of March, 2025. Now it's 08:54, and Wikipedia is working on 6,961,224 articles. que Picture of the day The Palace of Truth is a three-act blank verse "Fairy Comedy" by the English dramatist W. S. Gilbert. First produced at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 19 November 1870, the plot was adapted in significant part from Madame de Genlis's fairy story Le Palais de Vérite. It was the first of several such plays that Gilbert wrote founded upon the idea of self-revelation by characters under the influence of some magic or supernatural interference. The play ran for approximately 140 performances, then toured the British provinces and enjoyed various revivals even well into the 20th century. There was also a New York production in 1910. This photograph shows the real-life married couple William Hunter Kendal and Madge Robertson Kendal as the lovers Prince Philamir and Princess Zeolide in the original 1870 production of The Palace of Truth.Photograph credit: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company; restored by Adam Cuerden Archive – More featured pictures... Today's Featured Article Beverly White (1928–2021) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1971 to 1991. Born in Salt Lake City, she was raised in Tooele after the death of her mother and graduated from Tooele High School. White held multiple positions in the Democratic Party at the local, state and national levels, and attended many state and national conventions. In 1971, she was appointed by Governor Cal Rampton to the state house, where she served as assistant whip and was at times the only female committee chair. She was the longest-serving consecutive female member of the Utah Legislature at the time of her death. A delegate to every Democratic National Convention from 1964 to 2004 (with the exception of 1976, when she was an alternate), White served as the secretary of the Utah Democratic Party from 1971 to 1987. White also served on a hospital board, wrote a book about female legislators, and aided in the creation of a satellite campus for Utah State University. (Full article...) Recently featured: Anactoria John Wick (film) Roswell incident Archive By email More featured articles About Anniversaries que March 1: Disability Day of Mourning; Saint David's Day; Independence Day in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Longtaitou Festival in China (2025); Yap Day in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia Dmitri Mendeleev 1562 – An attempt by François, Duke of Guise, to disperse a church service by Huguenots in Wassy, France, turned into a massacre, resulting in 50 dead, and starting the French Wars of Religion. 1869 – The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (pictured) finished his design of the first periodic table. 1921 – The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years. 1936 – Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed. 1992 – A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War. Roger North (d. 1734) Deke Slayton (b. 1924) Nick Griffin (b. 1959) Mustafa Barzani (d. 1979) More anniversaries: February 28 March 1 March 2 Archive By email List of days of the year About Did you know... Grain Belt Beer Sign ... that the annual operating cost of the Grain Belt Beer Sign (pictured) dropped from $48,000 to $7,500 after it was renovated with LED lighting? ... that Pan Shu had to write psychological theory in secret during the Cultural Revolution? ... that a 1922 Brazilian film was presumed lost for more than 90 years until a copy was rediscovered in 2023? ... that peasant Agnieszka Machówna repeatedly deceived Polish nobles into thinking that she was a noble? ... that a former professional football player stated his intention to buy the rights to a 25-year-old children's sports game in his podcast? ... that Yuika was allowed by her parents to take a music-related course after playing one of her songs to them? ... that Walnut Valley, the neighborhood most affected by the 2023 Little Rock tornado, reported theft and illegal dumping during rebuilding efforts? ... that the fictional character Moira Pollock was described as a "battleaxe"? ... that a butt of malmsey was required to make "Tyre that is excellent", as part of a mixture of "fat Bastard, two gallons of Cute [and] Parrel"? Archive Start a new article Nominate an article Current Events