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Featured article: August 16, 2008 The Peterloo Massacre occurred at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, on 16 August 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60–80,000 gathered at a meeting to demand the reform of parliamentary representation. The Manchester Patriotic Union, a group agitating for parliamentary reform, organised a demonstration to be addressed by the well-known radical orator Henry Hunt. Shortly after the meeting began, local magistrates called on the military to arrest Hunt and several others on the hustings with him, and to disperse the crowd. Cavalry charged into the crowd with sabres drawn, and in the ensuing confusion, 15 people were killed and 400–700 were injured, among them many women and children. The massacre was given the name Peterloo in ironic comparison to the Battle of Waterloo, which had taken place four years earlier. Historian Robert Poole has called the Peterloo Massacre one of the defining moments of its age. In its own time, the London and national papers shared the horror felt in the Manchester region, but Peterloo's immediate effect was to cause the government to crack down on reform, with the passing of what became known as the Six Acts. It also led directly to the foundation of The Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian), but had little other effect on the pace of reform. (more...) Recently featured: Pygmy Hippopotamus – Princess Alice of Battenberg – Hurricane Gloria

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Featured sound The Lost Chord, recorded by George Gouraud. It was played at the August 14, 1888 press conference that introduced the phonograph to London. (file info)

Featured picture: August 18, 2008 Caligo eurilochus is an owl butterfly ranging from Mexico, through Central America, to the Amazon River basin in South America. Photo credit: Richard Bartz Recently featured: 1955 Goa protests – Dougong – Brolga

Featured list: List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. There are 127 sites designated in this Area of Search, of which 83 have been designated due to their biological interest, 35 due to their geological interest, and 9 for both. Sites A–B Site name Reason for Designation Area Grid reference Year in which notified Map Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres Aller and Beer Woods Y   56.9 140.6 ST404305 1952 [1] Aller Hill Y   18.4 45.4 ST408291 1988 [2] Asham Wood Y   141.6 347.5 ST705460 1963 [3] Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill Y   67.1 160.1 ST433555 1990 [4] Babcary Meadows Y   13.6 31.6 ST567293 1988 [5] River Barle Y   104.2 257.5 SS723423 1997 [6] See full list...

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