Wikipedia:Today's featured list/July 2025
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July 4
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The United States Navy began building a series of battlecruisers in the 1920s, more than a decade after their slower and less heavily armed armored cruisers had been rendered obsolete by the Royal Navy's Invincible-class battlecruisers. At first unconvinced of the importance of the superior speed of the British battlecruisers, the US Navy changed its position after evaluating the new type of ship in fleet exercises and Naval War College wargames, and after the Japanese acquisition of four Kongō-class battlecruisers in the early 1910s. When Congress authorized a large naval building program in 1916, six Lexington-class battlecruisers were included. None were completed before the arms-limiting Washington Naval Treaty was ratified in 1922. Two ships in the Alaska class were commissioned in time to serve during the last year of World War II but were decommissioned two years after the war. (Full list...)
July 7
Prince Edward Island's 63 municipalities cover 34.7 per cent of the province's land mass and were home to 73 per cent of its population in 2021. Prince Edward Island is the least populous province in Canada, with 154,331 residents as of the 2021 census, and is the country's smallest in land area, at 5,681.18 km2 (2,193.52 sq mi). Municipal statuses in Prince Edward Island are cities, towns, rural municipalities, and resort municipalities. Prince Edward Island has two cities, ten towns, fifty rural municipalities, and one resort municipality (map pictured), distributed across three counties: Kings, Prince and Queens. Charlottetown is Prince Edward Island's capital and largest municipality by population, while Belfast is the largest municipality by land area. (Full list...)
July 11
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Athletes representing 38 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) received at least one medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and 25 NOCs won at least one gold medal. The 1956 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held from 22 November to 8 December in Melbourne, Australia, with the equestrian events being held from 10 to 17 June 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden. A total of 3,314 athletes representing 72 NOCs participated, which was a record for the most NOCs at a single Olympics at the time. The Soviet Union won the most gold medals and the most overall medals, with 37 and 98 respectively. Gymnast Ágnes Keleti (pictured) of Hungary was the most successful competitor of the games, winning four gold medals and two silver medals for a total of six medals. (Full list...)
July 14
Inception, a 2010 science fiction action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan (pictured), received numerous accolades in several categories. The film garnered particular recognition for its cinematography, score, visual and sound effects, and editing as well as Nolan's screenplay and direction. At the 83rd Academy Awards, the film received eight nominations, winning Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects; it tied with The King's Speech for most wins at the ceremony. The film was nominated in nine categories at the 64th British Academy Film Awards, where it won Best Production Design, Best Sound and Best Special Visual Effects. It received a further nine nominations at the 37th Saturn Awards, winning five awards, and ten nominations at the 16th Critics' Choice Awards, winning six awards. Inception was also named one of the Top 10 Films of 2010 by both the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. (Full list...)
July 18
There are 30 extant kerivouline species, which are members of Kerivoulinae, one of the four subfamilies of Vespertilionidae, itself one of twenty families of bats in the mammalian order Chiroptera, and part of the microbat suborder. Kerivoulines, or woolly bats, are found in Africa and Asia, primarily in forests and caves, though some species can also be found in grasslands, savannas, or wetlands. They range in size from the least woolly bat, at 2 cm (1 in) plus a 2 cm (1 in) tail, to the Kachin woolly bat, at 6 cm (2 in) plus a 7 cm (3 in) tail. The 30 extant species of Kerivoulinae are divided between two genera, with 26 species in Kerivoula and the remaining four in Phoniscus. (Full list...)
July 21
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The English–Irish boy band One Direction released five studio albums, seventeen singles, and numerous music videos between 2011 and 2015, becoming one of the most commercially successful groups of the 2010s. Formed during the seventh series of The X Factor in 2010 and signed to Simon Cowell's Syco Records, One Direction quickly rose to international fame. Their debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful", was a global hit, followed by chart-topping albums Up All Night, Take Me Home, and Midnight Memories. The latter made them the first band ever to have their first three albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200. They extended this streak with their fourth album, Four, and capped their discography with Made in the A.M. in 2015 before going on an indefinite hiatus. (Full list...)
July 25
Amusement rides on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) are located throughout the United States. These individual ride listings consist mainly of carousels, but also include roller coasters, trains, and other ride types. Many NRHP-listed rides operate within amusement parks, with more than one present in Cedar Point, Lagoon, and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. There are also high concentrations in New York City, the Greater Binghamton area in New York state, and Portland, Oregon. The first NRHP amusement ride listing was added in 1975 for the Idora Park Merry-Go-Round (delisted in 1985). The listing for the Crescent Park Looff Carousel was added in 1976 and is the ride that has existed on the NRHP the longest. The listing for the Portland Zoo Railway Historic District was created in 2020 and is the newest ride entry on the NRHP. Several NRHP-listed rides, including the Leap-the-Dips roller coaster, have a higher National Historic Landmark status. Of the nearly 100,000 NRHP listings, fewer than 100 are for amusement rides. (Full list...)
July 28
Mid-credits and post-credits scenes have been used in various Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media, since the beginning of the franchise with the 2008 film Iron Man. The use of such scenes as a whole has changed movie-goer expectations, and has received both praise and criticism. In some cases, MCU films have multiple mid-credits and post-credits scenes, while some excluded them entirely. In addition to such scenes attached to films, the MCU has had post-credit scenes in some television series, generally after the final episode of the series. As of Ironheart (2025), the MCU has featured 87 post-credits scenes across 50 properties. (Full list...)