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From today's featured article April 1941 issue of Stirring Science Stories Cosmic Stories and Stirring Science Stories were two pulp science fiction magazines that published a total of seven issues in 1941 and 1942. Both were edited by Donald A. Wollheim and launched by Albing Publications, appearing in alternate months. Wollheim had no budget at all for fiction, so he solicited stories from his friends among the Futurians, a group of young science fiction fans including James Blish and C. M. Kornbluth. Isaac Asimov contributed a story, but later insisted on payment after hearing that F. Orlin Tremaine, the editor of Comet—a competing science fiction magazine—was irate at the idea of a magazine that might "siphon readership from magazines that paid", and thought that authors who contributed should be blacklisted. Kornbluth was the most prolific contributor, under several pseudonyms; one of his stories, "Thirteen O'Clock", was very successful, and helped to make his reputation in the field. The magazines ceased publication in late 1941, but Wollheim was able to find a publisher for one further issue of Stirring Science Stories in March 1942 before war restrictions forced it to close again. (Full article...) Recently featured: Battle of Barnet William Sterndale Bennett Aliso Creek (Orange County) Did you know... An older Elizabeth playing with her blind father ... that when three and a half years old, Elizabeth Randles played piano for King George III and his family? ... that the former motte-and-bailey Barland Castle is thought to have originally been called "Bernoldune", the name changing gradually over the following centuries? ... that Drishyam became the second film to show for 100 days in the UAE, after Titanic (1997)? ... that Jennifer Lopez described the concept behind her song "Ain't Your Mama" as "very empowering"? ... that the second Horn Island Light was destroyed in the 1906 Mississippi hurricane, killing the keeper and his family? ... that Nisha Ayub has said she could be stripped naked and killed, but her transgender identity could not be taken from her? ... that Donald Knuth's analysis of the linear probing strategy for resolving collisions in hash tables has been called "a landmark in the analysis of algorithms"? ... that Welshmen are sometimes called sheep shaggers?

In the news Volodymyr Groysman Volodymyr Groysman (pictured) is appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine following the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Argentina reaches an agreement to issue bonds and pay its creditors, ending a 15-year sovereign default. The Minjoo Party of Korea wins a plurality of seats in the South Korean National Assembly. In golf, Danny Willett wins the Masters Tournament. More than 100 people are killed in a fireworks accident at a Hindu temple in Kollam, Kerala, India. Ongoing events Recent deaths: Nera White Howard Marks On this day... April 15: Rama Navami (Hinduism, 2016); Father Damien Day in Hawaii; Day of the Sun in North Korea Aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing 769 – The Lateran Council concluded proceedings intended to rectify abuses in the papal electoral process that had led to the elevation of the Antipopes Constantine II and Philip. 1638 – A rebellion by Catholic Japanese peasants in Shimabara over increased taxes was put down by the Tokugawa shogunate, resulting in greater enforcement of the policy of national seclusion. 1738 – Serse, an opera by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel loosely based on Xerxes I of Persia, premiered in London. 1922 – US Senator John B. Kendrick introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which led to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal. 2013 – Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off two pressure cooker bombs (immediate aftermath pictured) during the running of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others. More anniversaries: April 14 April 15 April 16

From today's featured list Roman Baths There are 58 scheduled monuments in Bath and North East Somerset. Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES) is a unitary authority created on 1 April 1996, following the abolition of the County of Avon, which had existed since 1974. Part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset occupies an area of 220 square miles (570 km2), two-thirds of which is green belt. A scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; English Heritage takes the leading role in identifying such sites. Some of the oldest scheduled monuments in Bath and North East Somerset are Neolithic including the Stanton Drew stone circles and several tumuli. There are also several Iron Age hillforts such as Maes Knoll, which was later incorporated into the medieval Wansdyke, a defensive earthwork. The Romano-British period is represented with several sites, most notably the Roman Baths (pictured) and city walls in Bath. (Full list...) Recently featured: Aircraft operated by Scandinavian Airlines Works by Joseph Priestley 1st Magritte Awards

Today's featured picture Girl at Sewing Machine is a 1921 painting by Edward Hopper that is currently housed in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Spain. The first of Hopper's "window paintings", it portrays a young girl sitting at a sewing machine facing a window on a beautiful sunny day. The location appears to be New York as is evident from the yellow bricks in the window. Painting: Edward Hopper Recently featured: Peirce quincuncial projection Siberian rubythroat Shearing the Rams

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