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International Fashion Weekend, 2013"><img alt="Ranaut at the Signature International Fashion Weekend, 2013" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Kangana_Ranaut_2013.jpg/100px-Kangana_Ranaut_2013.jpg" width="100" height="141" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Kangana_Ranaut_2013.jpg/150px-Kangana_Ranaut_2013.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Kangana_Ranaut_2013.jpg/200px-Kangana_Ranaut_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="445" data-file-height="626"/></a></div> <p><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangana_Ranaut" title="Kangana Ranaut">Kangana Ranaut</a></b> (born 1987) is an Indian film actress. She has established a career in <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a>, and is the recipient of a <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Awards_(India)" title="National Film Awards (India)">National Film Award</a> and three <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Awards</a>. She was born in Bhambla, a small town in <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>. Adamant to build her own career path, she relocated to Delhi at age sixteen, where she briefly became a model. After training under the theatre director <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvind_Gaur" title="Arvind Gaur">Arvind Gaur</a>, she made her film debut in the 2006 thriller <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangster_(2006_film)" title="Gangster (2006 film)">Gangster</a></i>. She received praise for portraying emotionally intense characters in the dramas <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woh_Lamhe" title="Woh Lamhe">Woh Lamhe</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_a..._Metro" title="Life in a... Metro">Life in a... Metro</a></i> (2007) and <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_(film)" title="Fashion (film)">Fashion</a></i> (2008). For the last of these, she won the <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress">National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress</a>. Ranaut featured in the successful films <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raaz:_The_Mystery_Continues" title="Raaz: The Mystery Continues">Raaz: The Mystery Continues</a></i> (2009) and <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Mumbaai" title="Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai">Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai</a></i> (2010), though she was criticised for being typecast in <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurosis" title="Neurosis">neurotic</a> roles. A comic role opposite <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Madhavan" title="R. Madhavan">R. Madhavan</a> in <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanu_Weds_Manu" title="Tanu Weds Manu">Tanu Weds Manu</a></i> (2011) was well-received, though this was followed by brief roles in unsuccessful films. She then played a <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutant" title="Mutant">mutant</a> in the science fiction film <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krrish_3" title="Krrish 3">Krrish 3</a></i> (2013), one of the <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Bollywood_films" title="List of highest-grossing Bollywood films">highest-grossing Bollywood films</a>, and won the <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actress">Filmfare Award for Best Actress</a> for the comedy-drama <i><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(film)" title="Queen (film)">Queen</a></i> (2014). 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Gooding">Henry C. Gooding</a></b> lived for over a decade with a bullet lodged near his heart?</li> <li>... that in 1985 the Fijian island of <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viti_Levu" title="Viti Levu">Viti Levu</a> was hit by two tropical cyclones—<b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Nigel" title="Cyclone Nigel">Nigel</a></b> and <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Eric" title="Cyclone Eric">Eric</a>—within 36 hours?</li> <li>... that <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> and <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a>'s collaborative jazz album <i><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheek_to_Cheek_(album)" title="Cheek to Cheek (album)">Cheek to Cheek</a></b></i> won the <a 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water supply of <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazleton,_Pennsylvania" title="Hazleton, Pennsylvania">Hazleton, Pennsylvania</a>?</li> <li>... that elected <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloviansk" title="Sloviansk">Sloviansk</a> mayor <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelya_Shtepa" title="Nelya Shtepa">Nelya Shtepa</a></b> has been jailed since 11 July 2014 for allegedly colluding with <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">pro-Russian separatists</a>?</li> <li>... that some 18th-century estates employed <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_hermit" title="Garden hermit">garden hermits</a></b> to dwell as living ornaments, sometimes dressed like <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid" title="Druid">druids</a>, in purpose-built <a 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vertical-align:top; background:#f5faff;"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px;"> <h2 id="mp-itn-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#cedff2; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="In_the_news">In the news</span></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px;"> <div id="mp-itn"> <div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;"><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Kuan_Yew.jpg" title="Lee Kuan Yew"><img alt="Lee Kuan Yew" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Lee_Kuan_Yew%2C_ITN_crop.jpg/75px-Lee_Kuan_Yew%2C_ITN_crop.jpg" width="75" height="100" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Lee_Kuan_Yew%2C_ITN_crop.jpg/112px-Lee_Kuan_Yew%2C_ITN_crop.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Lee_Kuan_Yew%2C_ITN_crop.jpg/150px-Lee_Kuan_Yew%2C_ITN_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="680"/></a></div> <ul> <li><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew" title="Lee Kuan Yew">Lee Kuan Yew</a></b> <i>(pictured)</i>, the first <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Singapore" title="Prime Minister of Singapore">Prime Minister</a> of <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, dies at the age of 91.</li> <li>President <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_Rabbuh_Mansur_Hadi" title="Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi">Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi</a> declares <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a> to be the temporary capital of <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></b>.</li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_March_20,_2015" title="Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015">A solar eclipse</a></b> is visible across much of Europe, with <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#Terminology_for_central_eclipse" title="Solar eclipse">totality</a> over the <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> and <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard" title="Svalbard">Svalbard</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Sana%27a_mosque_bombings" title="2015 Sana'a mosque bombings">Suicide bombings</a></b> at two <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosques</a> in <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sana%27a" title="Sana'a">Sana'a</a>, Yemen, kill 142 people, including 13 children.</li> <li>The ruling party <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud" title="Likud">Likud</a>, led by incumbent <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_legislative_election,_2015" title="Israeli legislative election, 2015">wins</a></b> a <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_(voting)" title="Plurality (voting)">plurality</a> in the Israeli <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a>.</li> <li>Gunmen kill 21 people during <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_National_Museum_attack" title="Bardo National Museum attack">an attack</a></b> at the <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_National_Museum" title="Bardo National Museum">Bardo National Museum</a> in <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunis" title="Tunis">Tunis</a>.</li> <li>Former <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Maldives" title="President of the Maldives">Maldivian President</a> <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed">Mohamed Nasheed</a></b> is convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to thirteen years in prison.</li> </ul> <p><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Portal:Current events">Ongoing</a></b>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_2014%E2%80%9315_Yemeni_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état">Yemeni crisis</a> –</span> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant#Timeline_of_recent_events" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a></span><br/> <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2015" title="Deaths in 2015">Recent deaths</a></b>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Fraser" title="Malcolm Fraser">Malcolm Fraser</a></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:2px;"> <h2 id="mp-otd-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#cedff2; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;"><span class="mw-headline" id="On_this_day...">On this day...</span></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;"> <div id="mp-otd"> <p><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a></b>: <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Pakistan" title="Public holidays in Pakistan">Republic Day</a></b> in Pakistan (<a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a>); <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_and_Hungarian_cousins_be" title="Pole and Hungarian cousins be">Day of Hungarian–Polish Friendship</a></b> in Hungary and Poland</p> <div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em"> <p><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad_(c._1897).jpg" class="image" title="Mirza Ghulam Ahmad"><img alt="Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad_%28c._1897%29.jpg/69px-Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad_%28c._1897%29.jpg" width="69" height="100" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad_%28c._1897%29.jpg/104px-Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad_%28c._1897%29.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad_%28c._1897%29.jpg/139px-Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad_%28c._1897%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1475" data-file-height="2127"/></a></p> </div> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a> – <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>: <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Patrick Henry</a> made his "<b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_liberty,_or_give_me_death!" title="Give me liberty, or give me death!">Give me liberty, or give me death!</a></b>" speech to the <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses_of_Virginia" title="House of Burgesses of Virginia" class="mw-redirect">House of Burgesses of Virginia</a>, urging military action against the British Empire.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889" title="1889">1889</a> – <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad" title="Mirza Ghulam Ahmad">Mirza Ghulam Ahmad</a> <i>(pictured)</i>, founded the <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmadiyya</a></b> Islamic religious movement in <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905" title="1905">1905</a> – About 1,500 <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Cretans</a>, led by <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos" title="Eleftherios Venizelos">Eleftherios Venizelos</a>, met at the village of <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theriso" title="Theriso">Theriso</a> to call for the island's unification with Greece, beginning the <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theriso_revolt" title="Theriso revolt">Theriso revolt</a></b>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Movement" title="Pakistan Movement">Pakistan Movement</a>: During its three-day general session, the <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League" title="All-India Muslim League">Muslim League</a> drafted the <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore_Resolution" title="Lahore Resolution">Lahore Resolution</a></b>, calling for greater autonomy in <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> – A <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Refinery_explosion" title="Texas City Refinery explosion">fire and explosion</a></b> at the third-largest <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refinery" title="Oil refinery">oil refinery</a> in the United States killed 15 workers and kicked off process safety programs throughout the world.</li> </ul> <p>More anniversaries: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_22" title="March 22">March 22</a> –</span> <span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a></b> –</span> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_24" title="March 24">March 24</a></span></p> <div style="text-align: right;" class="noprint"><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/March" title="Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March">Archive</a></b> –</span> <span class="nowrap"><b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150323192201/https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/daily-article-l" class="extiw" title="mail:daily-article-l">By email</a></b> –</span> <span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_anniversaries" title="List of historical anniversaries">List of historical anniversaries</a></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"><small>It is now <span class="nowrap">March 23, 2015</span> (<a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>) – <span class="plainlinks" id="purgelink"><span class="nowrap"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=purge">Reload this page</a></span></span></small></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="mp-middle" style="width:100%; margin:4px 0 0 0; background:none; border-spacing: 0px;"> <tr> <td class="MainPageBG" style="width:100%; border:1px solid #f2cedd; background:#fff5fa; vertical-align:top; color:#000;"> <table id="mp-center" style="width:100%; vertical-align:top; background:#fff5fa; color:#000;"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px;"> <h2 id="mp-tfl-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#f2cedd; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #bfa3af; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em"><span class="mw-headline" id="From_today.27s_featured_list">From today's featured list</span></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:#000;"> <div id="mp-tfl" style="padding:2px 5px;"> <div style="float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.4em 0.9em"><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2012-01-18_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_crop.jpeg" class="image" title="Tatyana Mitkova"><img alt="A woman with black hair, Tatyana Mitkova, sitting at a table" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2012-01-18_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_crop.jpeg/107px-2012-01-18_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_crop.jpeg" width="107" height="125" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2012-01-18_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_crop.jpeg/161px-2012-01-18_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_crop.jpeg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2012-01-18_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_crop.jpeg/214px-2012-01-18_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_crop.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="231" data-file-height="270"/></a></div> <p>The <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPJ_International_Press_Freedom_Awards" title="CPJ International Press Freedom Awards">CPJ International Press Freedom Awards</a></b> honor journalists or their publications around the world who show courage in defending <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_freedom" title="Press freedom" class="mw-redirect">press freedom</a> despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment. Established in 1991, the awards are administered by the <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_to_Protect_Journalists" title="Committee to Protect Journalists">Committee to Protect Journalists</a> (CPJ), an independent, non-governmental organization based in <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. In addition to recognizing individuals, the organization seeks to focus local and international media coverage on countries where violations of press freedom are particularly serious. Every November four to seven individuals or publications are honored at a banquet in New York City and given an award. The ceremony also honors the winner of the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for "lifelong work to advance press freedom". The first awards were given in 1991 to American photojournalist <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Foley" title="Bill Foley">Bill Foley</a> and his wife, journalist <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Vaughan" title="Cary Vaughan">Cary Vaughan</a>; Cameroonian reporter <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pius_Njaw%C3%A9" title="Pius Njawé">Pius Njawé</a>; Chinese dissidents <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_trial_of_Chen_Ziming_and_Wang_Juntao" title="Arrest and trial of Chen Ziming and Wang Juntao">Wang Juntao</a> and <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_trial_of_Chen_Ziming_and_Wang_Juntao" title="Arrest and trial of Chen Ziming and Wang Juntao">Chen Ziming</a>; Russian television news anchor <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatyana_Mitkova" title="Tatyana Mitkova">Tatyana Mitkova</a> <i>(pictured)</i>; and Guatemalan reporter <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Barrera" title="Byron Barrera">Byron Barrera</a>. (<b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPJ_International_Press_Freedom_Awards" title="CPJ International Press Freedom Awards">Full list...</a></b>)</p> <div style="text-align:right;" class="noprint">Recently featured: <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Novel" title="Hugo Award for Best Novel">Hugo Award for Best Novel</a> – <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry-Thomas_on_screen,_radio,_stage_and_record" title="Terry-Thomas on screen, radio, stage and record">Terry-Thomas on screen, radio, stage and record</a> – <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2011 IIHF World Championship rosters">2011 IIHF World Championship rosters</a></div> <div style="text-align:right;" class="noprint"><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_list/March_2015" title="Wikipedia:Today's featured list/March 2015">Archive</a></b> – <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_lists" title="Wikipedia:Featured lists">More featured lists...</a></b></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table id="mp-lower" style="margin:4px 0 0 0; width:100%; background:none; border-spacing: 0px;"> <tr> <td class="MainPageBG" style="width:100%; border:1px solid #ddcef2; background:#faf5ff; vertical-align:top; color:#000;"> <table id="mp-bottom" style="width:100%; vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000;"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px;"> <h2 id="mp-tfp-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#ddcef2; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em"><span class="mw-headline" id="Today.27s_featured_picture">Today's featured picture</span></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:#000; padding:2px;"> <div id="mp-tfp"> <table style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse: collapse;"> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0;"><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hawgone_-_Silver_Horn_-_Kiowa_chief.jpg" class="image" title="Silver Horn"><img alt="Silver Horn" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Hawgone_-_Silver_Horn_-_Kiowa_chief.jpg/300px-Hawgone_-_Silver_Horn_-_Kiowa_chief.jpg" width="300" height="461" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Hawgone_-_Silver_Horn_-_Kiowa_chief.jpg/450px-Hawgone_-_Silver_Horn_-_Kiowa_chief.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150323192201im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Hawgone_-_Silver_Horn_-_Kiowa_chief.jpg/600px-Hawgone_-_Silver_Horn_-_Kiowa_chief.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4161" data-file-height="6400"/></a></td> <td style="padding:0 6px 0 0"> <p><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Horn" title="Silver Horn">Silver Horn</a></b> (1860–1940) was a <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiowa" title="Kiowa">Kiowa</a> <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledger_art" title="Ledger art">ledger artist</a> and chief from <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>. The son of a <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_count" title="Winter count">calendar keeper</a> and grand-nephew of the tribe's Principal Chief <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dohasan" title="Dohasan">Dohasan</a>, Silver Horn was chosen to succeed his father as calendar keeper. Working with a variety of mediums and materials, he completed thousands of illustrations and other artworks depicting Kiowa culture, including dances, myths, and warfare.</p> <small>Painting: <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge_Ayer_Burbank" title="Elbridge Ayer Burbank">Elbridge Ayer Burbank</a></small> <div style="text-align:right;"> <p>Recently featured: <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2015-03-22" title="Template:POTD/2015-03-22">Sinusoidal projection</a> – <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2015-03-21" title="Template:POTD/2015-03-21">Red-capped plover</a> – <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2015-03-20" title="Template:POTD/2015-03-20">Red telephone box</a><br/></p> <div class="noprint"><b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/March_2015" title="Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 2015">Archive</a></b> – <b><a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">More featured pictures...</a></b></div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="mp-other" style="padding-top:4px; 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Started in 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2001</span>)</span>, it currently contains <a href="/web/20150323192201/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics" title="Special:Statistics">4,748,983</a> articles. 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