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Today's featured article Coat of arms of Malta Maltese nationality law is primarily governed by the Maltese Citizenship Act, which came into force on 21 September 1964. All persons born in Malta between 21 September 1964 and 1 August 1989 automatically received citizenship at birth regardless of the nationalities of their parents. Individuals born in the country since that date receive Maltese citizenship at birth if at least one of their parents was a Maltese citizen or was born in Malta. Foreign nationals may become Maltese citizens by naturalisation after meeting a minimum residence requirement (usually five years). Malta is a member state of the European Union, and all Maltese nationals are European Union citizens. Maltese citizens are also Commonwealth citizens under British law. (Full article...) Recently featured: Battle of Preston (1648) Kitty Marion Rani of Jhansi Archive By email More featured articles About Did you know Stuttgart small kitchen ... that the Munich kitchen was developed because the Stuttgart kitchen (example pictured) did not allow a housewife to look after her children? ... that football manager Juan Álvarez was nicknamed the "king without a crown" after his team lost a championship due to the away goals rule? ... that an estimated three-quarters of New Zealand's population saw Elizabeth II during her 1953–1954 tour of the country? ... that Thomas Lincoln Tally, considered the pioneer movie-theater exhibitor of Los Angeles in 1916, is credited with coining the term "moving picture"? ... that a line delivered by Pelé in the 1980 movie Os Trombadinhas went viral as a meme in Brazil? ... that a Roman historian reported that Perdiccas, Alexander the Great's regent after his death, was nominated as king with great support, but hesitated to accept the role? ... that Magical Girl Witch Trials received full voice acting after crowdfunding raised more than 30 times the original goal? ... that when Edgewood was built in Stanleytown, Virginia, its Greek Revival style was unknown to most people in the area? ... that toy designer Shunsaku Tamiya was placed under government surveillance for speaking to Soviets about their tanks? Archive Start a new article Nominate an article

In the news Miguel Uribe Turbay Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay (pictured), a pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election, dies two months after being shot. Azerbaijan and Armenia sign a declaration to formalize a future peace treaty to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. American astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13, dies at the age of 97. A helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, kills eight people on board including ministers Edward Omane Boamah and Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed. Ongoing: Gaza war Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Elie Martel Dale Webster Jackie Bezos Geoff Foulds David Stratton Sheila Jordan Nominate an article This day in history August 18 Royal Australian Air Force helicopter in Vietnam 1783 – A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain. 1891 – A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage. 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country. 1966 – Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived. 2008 – Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him. Iso Rae (b. 1860) Ruth Norman (b. 1900) Kofi Annan (d. 2018) Phil Donahue (d. 2024) More anniversaries: August 17 August 18 August 19 Archive By email List of days of the year About

Today's featured media The Colonel is a farce in three acts by F. C. Burnand, premiered in 1881, based on Jean François Bayard's 1844 play Le mari à la campagne. The story concerns the efforts of two aesthetic impostors to gain control of a family fortune by converting a man's wife and mother-in-law to follow aestheticism. The man is so unhappy that he seeks the company of a widow in town. His friend, an American colonel, intervenes to persuade the wife to return to conventional behavior and obey her husband to restore domestic harmony, and the colonel marries the widow himself. The Colonel's initial run was at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, for 550 performances, while simultaneously a second company was touring the British provinces with the play. In October 1881, it received a command performance before Queen Victoria, the first play to do so since the death of Prince Albert in 1861. It transferred to the Imperial Theatre in 1883 and then to the new Prince of Wales Theatre in 1884. In July 1887, there was a revival at the Comedy Theatre. This cabinet card depicts Rowland Buckstone as Basil Giorgione (left) and Cissy Grahame as Nellie Forrester (right) reprising their roles in the 1887 revival of The Colonel. The sepia photographic print measures 14.6 cm × 9.9 cm (5.7 in × 3.9 in) and is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Photograph credit: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: Little corella Charles Roscoe Savage Charlotte Perkins Gilman Archive More featured pictures

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