Wikipedia Goes Live: The Encyclopedia Anyone Can Edit
A radical experiment in collective knowledge burst onto the internet: Wikipedia. Two guys—Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger—believed anyone could write an encyclopedia. And they meant anyone. No credentials required. Just curiosity, research skills, and an internet connection. Imagine: A global community building human understanding, one edit at a time. Volunteers from Tokyo to Toronto collaborating on everything from quantum physics to pop culture trivia. Radical democratization of information. No gatekeepers. Just shared human curiosity.
January 15, 2001
25 years ago
Key Figures & Places
What Else Happened on January 15
Thirteen thousand starving people. A city under total blockade. Nebuchadrezzar's Babylonian armies didn't just want Jerusalem—they wanted to crush the spirit of…
Nabucodonosor II de Babilonia sitia Jerusalén bajo el reinado de Sedequías. El sitio durará dos años, hasta el 18 de julio del 586 a. C.
He lasted 95 days. A former playboy and Nero's wingman, Otho seized the imperial throne through pure audacity—murdering his predecessor Galba in broad daylight …
Während des Nika-Aufstandes der Zirkusparteien gegen den byzantinischen Kaiser Justinian I. zünden Aufständische mehrere Gebäude an, unter anderem den Großen Pa…
إعلان قيام الدولة الفاطمية في المغرب بعد نجاح أبي عبد الله الشيعي في دعوته وجذب الأعوان والأنصار لها وقيامه بمبايعة عبيد الله المهدي بالخلافة.
à Paris, Philippe II Auguste crée juridiquement l'université de Paris en octroyant une charte royale accordant le for ecclésiastique à ses membres.
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