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MissingNo. is a Pokémon species found in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue. Standing for "Missing Number", MissingNo. Pokémon are used as error handlers by game developer Game Freak; they appear when the game attempts to access data for a nonexistent Pokémon species. Due to the programming of three in-game events, players can encounter MissingNo. via a glitch. The species was first documented by Nintendo in the May 1999 issue of Nintendo Power. Encountering MissingNo. causes graphical errors and the mass replication of the sixth item in the player's item menu; the latter effect resulted in the glitch's coverage by strategy guides and game magazines. IGN has noted MissingNo.'s appearance in Pokémon Red and Blue as one of the most famous video game glitches. Fans of the series have attempted to rationalize MissingNo. as canon, which has sparked discussion in sociological studies about the impact of video games upon society. (more...) Recently featured: Galerina marginata – History of the New York Jets – American Airlines Flight 11 Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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At the US Open tennis tournament, Novak Djokovic (pictured) wins the men's singles and Samantha Stosur wins the women's singles. A Tanzanian passenger ferry en route to Pemba Island sinks, killing at least 240 people. Russian director Alexander Sokurov wins the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for his film Faust. Thousands of demonstrators storm the Israeli embassy near Cairo, prompting Israeli diplomats to flee Egypt. Jürgen Stark resigns from the Executive Board of the European Central Bank. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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September 14: Feast of the Cross (Christianity) 1946 – Residents of the Faroe Islands narrowly approved a referendum on independence from Denmark. 1954 – In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber dropped a 40-kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village, exposing some 45,000 soldiers and 10,000 civilians to nuclear fallout. 1979 – Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki (pictured) was assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who became the new president. 1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal. 2007 – Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank received a liquidity support facility from the Bank of England, sparking a bank run—the United Kingdom's first in 150 years. More anniversaries: September 13 – September 14 – September 15 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now September 14, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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A colored lithograph showing a funeral ceremony among slaves in Suriname in the mid-19th century. Attendees wear white as two men carry a wooden coffin. A small boy is blindfolded, which was a common practice during this time and place, although the reason is unknown. Slavery was introduced with the English settlers in the 17th century and was not abolished until 200 years later.

Artist: Théodore Bray; Restoration: Lise Broer

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