User:Starom
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Today's featured article[edit]
The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train, but became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains in November 1846. Running out of food, some resorted to cannibalism to survive. The journey west usually took between four and six months, but the Donner Party had been slowed by following a new route called the Hastings Cutoff, which crossed the Rocky Mountains' Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake Desert in present-day Utah. They lost many cattle and wagons in the rugged terrain, and divisions formed within the group. Their food supplies ran low after they became trapped by an early, heavy snowfall high in the mountains. In mid-December some of the group set out on foot and were able to obtain help. Of the 87 members of the party, 48 survived to reach California. Historians have described the episode as one of the most spectacular tragedies in California history. (Full article...)
In The News...[edit]
- In association football, the UEFA Champions League concludes with Barcelona defeating Lyon in the women's final (player of the match Aitana Bonmatí pictured) and Real Madrid defeating Borussia Dortmund in the men's final.
- Former U.S. president Donald Trump is found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
- In Indy car racing, Josef Newgarden wins the Indianapolis 500.
- In cricket, the Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the Indian Premier League.
About Me[edit]
Not much to say really other than my favourite music genre is rock (more specifically Post-Hardcore Rock or Metal), my favourite pet is the Mongolian gerbil, my favourite colour is red and my favourite food is fish.
My favourite bands are Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, Nightwish, Panic! at the Disco, Trivium, Enter Shikari and Sepultura.