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From today's featured article Eardwulf was king of Northumbria from 796 until at least 806. Northumbria in the last years of the eighth century was the scene of dynastic strife between several noble families, and in 790, Æthelred I attempted to have Eardwulf assassinated. Æthelred himself was assassinated in 796. The reign of his successor Osbald lasted only twenty-seven days before he was deposed, and Eardwulf became king on 14 May 796. In 798 Eardwulf fought a battle at Billington Moor against a nobleman named Wada, who had been one of those responsible for King Æthelred's death; Wada was defeated and driven into exile. In 801 Eardwulf led an army against Coenwulf of Mercia, perhaps because of Coenwulf's support for other claimants to the Northumbrian throne. Eardwulf was deposed in 806. According to a Frankish source, he returned to his kingdom in 808, but no record has survived of his death or the end of his reign. He was possibly buried at the Mercian royal monastery of Breedon on the Hill, which carries a dedication to Saint Mary and Saint Hardulph, identified as Eardwulf by several historians. (Full article...) Recently featured: Carolina Panthers British contribution to the Manhattan Project Assassination of Spencer Perceval Did you know... Jeremy Lin in 2010 ... that Jeremy Lin (pictured) and Jordan Clarkson were the first Asian Americans in NBA history to start together at guard? ... that Syrian hamsters are used in research to model various human medical conditions? ... that the 16th-century K'iche' language document Título C'oyoi contains an account of the death of the K'iche Maya hero Tecun Uman during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala? ... that actress Han Hyo-joo accepted a lead role in Love, Lies because it is female-dominated, unlike most recent successful Korean films? ... that a cyclist was caught mechanical doping after an electric motor was found in her bike, 6 years after the first allegations emerged? ... that a Natural Ice Cream store appeared in the Limca Book of Records for the largest ice cream slab, which weighed 3,000 kilograms? ... that Yoko Kawahara was the voice of the forest bird in the Jahrhundertring, and was the first to perform the soprano solo in Reger's fragment of the Dies irae? ... that for the show horse Dark Spirit's Rebel, 13 was a lucky number?

In the news Dilma Rousseff Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (pictured) is suspended after both houses of the National Congress vote to impeach her. A series of bombings in Baghdad kills at least 93 people and injures more than 165. Werner Faymann resigns as Chancellor of Austria and leader of the Social Democratic Party. In horse racing, Nyquist, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, wins the Kentucky Derby. Enda Kenny of Fine Gael is re-elected Taoiseach of Ireland and forms a minority coalition government. A wildfire in Canada displaces 88,000 people and destroys more than 2,400 buildings in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Ongoing events Recent deaths: Tony Cozier Mustafa Badreddine Mark Lane Kang Young-hoon On this day... May 14: Feast day of Saint Matthias and Saint Mo Chutu (Roman Catholicism) Skylab 1509 – War of the League of Cambrai: French forces defeated the Venetians at the Battle of Agnadello in present-day Northern Italy. 1796 – English physician Edward Jenner began testing cowpox as a vaccine against smallpox. 1868 – Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu. 1943 – Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard. 1973 – The NASA space station Skylab (pictured) was launched from Cape Canaveral. More anniversaries: May 13 May 14 May 15

Today's featured picture A view (directly overhead) of the Christ Pantocrator in the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City of Jerusalem. In Christian iconography, Christ Pantocrator is a translation of both YHWH Sabaoth ("Lord of Hosts") and for El Shaddai ("God Almighty"). This was one of the earliest icons of the Early Christian Church, and in Byzantine church art and architecture, a mosaic or fresco of Christ Pantokrator occupies the space in the central dome. Today Christ Pantocrator remains a central icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Photograph: Andrew Shiva Recently featured: Wakatobi flowerpecker The Art of Painting Alaskan parchment scrip

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