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From today's featured article The 1913 team The history of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team spans more than a century. Frank J. Farrell and William Stephen Devery bought the rights to an American League (AL) club in New York City after the 1902 season. The team, which became the Yankees in 1913, won their first AL title in 1921, followed by their first World Series championship in 1923. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were part of the team's Murderers' Row lineup; under Miller Huggins, they led the Yankees to a Series championship and a 110-win season, a league record in 1927. The Yankees won the World Series every year from 1936 to 1939 with a team that featured Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. New York set a major league record by winning five consecutive championships from 1949 to 1953, and appeared in the World Series nine times during the next 11 years. Despite management disputes, the team reached the World Series four times between 1976 and 1981, claiming the championship in 1977 and 1978. Their 1998–2000 teams were the last to win three straight World Series titles. In 2009, they won the title for a record 27th time. (Full article...) Recently featured: Nights into Dreams... United States Sesquicentennial coinage John Balmer Did you know... W. G. Grace playing a defensive shot ... that W. G. Grace (pictured) seriously contemplated retirement before the 1878 English cricket season after a shooting accident? ... that the 12th-century prince Fadl ibn Rabi'ah was the ancestor of the Al Fadl dynasty, which dominated the Bedouin tribes of the Syrian Desert? ... that Felix Mendelssohn encouraged The Destruction of Jerusalem in Leipzig in 1840? ... that Thomas J. Yates was the first released-time seminary teacher for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? ... that Brexit: The Movie, a documentary film advocating that the United Kingdom withdraw from the European Union, was crowdfunded by 1,800 contributors? ... that Jennifer d'Abo was once described as a "serial female entrepreneur"? ... that an actress and crew traveled 27,977 miles in 13 days to film the music video for Death Cab for Cutie's "I Will Possess Your Heart"?

In the news Juno orbiter The Chilcot Report is published, examining and criticising the actions of the UK in the Iraq War, its lead-up, and its aftermath. The Juno spacecraft (pictured) achieves orbit around Jupiter for the start of a 20-month survey of the planet. Two bombings in Baghdad kill at least 250 people. At least 20 people are killed in an armed attack on a bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ongoing events: UK EU membership referendum aftermath Recent deaths: Abbas Kiarostami Michael Cimino Caroline Aherne Elie Wiesel On this day... July 6: Eid al-Fitr (Islam, 2016); Independence Day in Comoros (1975) and Malawi (1964); Statehood Day in Lithuania (1253); the Festival of San Fermín begins in Pamplona, Spain Stairs in Nathu La from the Indian side of the border 1253 – Mindaugas, the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania, was crowned as King of Lithuania, the only person to ever hold that title. 1809 – Napoleon's French forces defeated Archduke Charles' Austrian army at the Battle of Wagram, the decisive confrontation of the War of the Fifth Coalition. 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 feet (90 m) into the River Irwell. 2006 – Nathu La (pictured), a mountain pass in the Himalayas connecting India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after more than 40 years. More anniversaries: July 5 July 6 July 7

Today's featured picture Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Here he is shown holding Cerberus, a former constellation now included within Hercules. One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, Hercules is the fifth largest of the 88 modern constellations. This illustration comes from Urania's Mirror, a set of 32 astronomical star chart cards first published in November 1824. The figure of Hercules appears upside down in the sky relative to neighbouring constellations, such as Corona Borealis. Lithograph: Sidney Hall; restoration: Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Indian chameleon Liberty Island Geisha

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