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By
Mathew Townsend
and
Crisco 1492
This edition covers content promoted between 11 and 17 March 2012
A newly featured picture is a poster for
The Mummy
, a 1932
horror film
directed by
Karl Freund
and released by
Universal Studios
. The most expensive American film poster, it fetched
US$435,500
in 1997.
Electric stimulation
was used to treat nervous disorders. In this 1862 photograph,
electricity
is used to stimulate facial muscles. From the new featured article on the British doctor,
Golding Bird
.
Lienzo de Tlaxcala
image depicting
Tlaxcalan
soldiers leading a Spanish conquistador and a native porter, from the new featured article
Spanish conquest of Guatemala
.
An adult
Common Tern
brings a
sand eel
to a juvenile. From the newly featured article on this bird.
Alonzo Babers
of the United States won gold medals in the
400 meters
and the
4 × 400 meter relay
. He is seen here with the gold medals around his neck. From the new featured list
1984 Summer Olympics medal table
.
USS Ohio
, the first in its class of ballistic missile submarines when ordered in 1974, undergoing an extensive overhaul to become a cruise missile carrier. From the newly featured
list of Ohio class submarines
.
Map showing the swelling of "
the Bulge
" as the German offensive progressed creating the nose-like
salient
during 16–25 December 1944, from the newly featured picture.
A newly featured picture is perhaps the first photograph of men drinking beer, circa 1844 in Scotland, by
Hill & Adamson
.