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Today's featured article Pink frock coat from the collection Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims is the first collection by British designer Alexander McQueen, produced for his master's degree in fashion at Central Saint Martins. Inspired by the victims of Jack the Ripper, and by Victorian-era fashion, erotica, and prostitution practices, the collection was presented on the runway at London Fashion Week on 16 March 1992. Editor Isabella Blow was fascinated by the runway show and insisted on purchasing the entire collection, and became McQueen's friend and muse. Jack the Ripper remains an object of critical analysis for its violent concept and styling. McQueen continued the narrative and aesthetic tendencies from Jack the Ripper, producing collections inspired by macabre aspects of history, art, and his own life. Items from Jack the Ripper, most notably a pink frock coat with a thorn print (pictured), have appeared in Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (2011 and 2015) and Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! (2013). (Full article...) Recently featured: Algebra Len Deighton Shovel Knight Showdown Selected anniversaries December 13: Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day in China (1937) The Sherman Fairchild Sciences complex at Dartmouth College 1643 – First English Civil War: Roundhead forces under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack in Hampshire on a winter garrison of Cavalier infantry and cavalry. 1769 – Dartmouth College (campus pictured) was established by royal charter in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces, capturing the Chinese city of Nanjing, began committing numerous atrocities over the next several weeks, including looting, rape and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians. 1989 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army engaged in a fierce firefight with the King's Own Scottish Borderers at a vehicle checkpoint complex in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. 2011 – A man threw grenades and fired a rifle at crowds in Liège, Belgium, causing 6 deaths and injuring more than 120 others, before killing himself. Pope Callixtus II (d. 1124) Ana Néri (b. 1814) Taylor Swift (b. 1989) Jill Craigie (d. 1999) More anniversaries: December 12 December 13 December 14	In the news Gukesh Dommaraju Gukesh Dommaraju (pictured) defeats Ding Liren to win the World Chess Championship. Syrian rebel forces capture Damascus following multiple offensives as overthrown president Bashar al-Assad flees to Russia. Notre-Dame de Paris reopens following reconstruction after the 2019 fire. The first round of the Romanian presidential election is annulled by the Constitutional Court following allegations of Russian electoral interference. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of Lebanon Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: David Bonderman Rachmadi Bambang Sumadhijo Eddie Stobart Dickie Rock Michael Ruetz Paolo Pillitteri Did you know... Anchorage White Raven ... that a raven in Anchorage, Alaska (pictured), ate tater tots and toast, fought over ice cream, and disassembled a streetlamp? ... that Wang Hanlun used proceeds from her company's only film to finalize her divorce? ... that Benjamin Britten wanted the score of his An American Overture destroyed after it was rediscovered? ... that Dr Disrespect's first videos featured a bombastic "champion" trash-talking game-play footage? ... that Cordova, Alabama, was hit by two tornadoes on the same day in 2011, the second of which was on the ground for more than two hours? ... that Arthur France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, the first Caribbean carnival in Europe, in 1967? ... that Spectrum HoloByte published Tetris without permission from the Soviet Union? ... that a future World War II aircraft carrier was used as a hotel during the 7th National Eucharistic Congress in 1935? ... that John Moore's mother, after learning that UCLA's student-body president was Black, said "this is where he's going to school"?
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