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Today's featured article Ada Wong is a fictional character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Ada was first mentioned in the original Resident Evil (1996), before being introduced as a supporting character and antiheroine in Resident Evil 2 (1998). The character was initially conceived as a researcher named Linda for the prototype of the second game, but her name was changed to Ada and she was rewritten as a spy and mercenary for the final build to connect its story to that of the original. Over the course of the series, Ada is often hired to steal biological weapons for various organizations, although she betrays her employers on numerous occasions to save protagonist Leon S. Kennedy from dire situations. Ada is featured in several Resident Evil games, novelizations, and films, and has also appeared in other game franchises such as Project X Zone, Teppen, and Dead by Daylight. (Full article...) Recently featured: Andrew Jackson Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh Freston causewayed enclosure Selected anniversaries January 21: National Hugging Day (United States) Eruption of Mount Lamington 1793 – French Revolution: After being found guilty of high treason by the National Convention, Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris. 1919 – The First Dáil convened at the Mansion House in Dublin and adopted a declaration of independence calling for the establishment of the Irish Republic. 1951 – Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted (pictured) and killed more than 2,900 people. 1972 – Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India. 2017 – Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues. Eusapia Palladino (b. 1854) Trương Tấn Sang (b. 1949) Jeff Koons (b. 1955) Frances Gertrude McGill (d. 1959) More anniversaries: January 20 January 21 January 22	In the news Ali Razini A series of attacks by the National Liberation Army in the Catatumbo region of Colombia leave more than a hundred people dead. A ceasefire agreement suspends the Israel–Hamas war, involving the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. Two Sharia judges (Ali Razini pictured) are assassinated in a shooting at the Supreme Court of Iran in Tehran. American filmmaker David Lynch dies at the age of 78. Ongoing: Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Joan Plowright Jeff Torborg Tony Slattery Niel Barnard Jack Hoffman Jafar Masood Hasani Nadwi Did you know... William Plumer Jacobs ... that William Plumer Jacobs (pictured) founded Presbyterian College and Thornwell Orphanage? ... that the illustrated manuscript Tarif-i Husain Shahi contains a rare depiction of a queen in Islamic art? ... that a bulldog from New Zealand was trained to locate wounded soldiers on the battlefields of the Western Front in World War I and guide them back to safety? ... that the first biography of the first Japanese woman to earn a college degree was written by her great-granddaughter, who also studied abroad in the U.S.? ... that the serial killer Raul Meza Jr., when asked if he was apologetic, replied: "What's the use if a person will not accept it?" ... that after a retabulation showed an overtime was needed, Ateneo put its 1930 NCAA basketball championship round game against UST under protest as one of the two referees already left? ... that Robert Yelverton Tyrrell became a professor of classics despite spending only six weeks at secondary school? ... that the limited study of the Afghani plants Aquilegia gracillima, A. maimanica, and A. microcentra has been blamed on political circumstances? ... that the Price Tower was sold for $10 in 2023?
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