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Today's featured article Patch observing the landing of troops and supplies The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse took place from 15 December 1942 to 23 January 1943 and was primarily an engagement between United States and Imperial Japanese forces in the hills near the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign. The U.S. forces were under the overall command of Major General Alexander Patch (pictured), and the Japanese under the overall command of Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake. U.S. soldiers and Marines, assisted by native Solomon Islanders, attacked Imperial Japanese Army forces defending well-entrenched positions on several hills and ridges. With difficulty the U.S. succeeded in taking Mount Austen, in the process reducing a strongly defended position called the Gifu, as well as the Galloping Horse and the Sea Horse. In the meantime, the Japanese decided to abandon Guadalcanal and withdrew; most of the surviving Japanese troops were successfully evacuated. (This article is part of a featured topic: Guadalcanal Campaign.) Recently featured: John Silva Meehan 2009–10 Notts County F.C. season Prostate cancer Selected anniversaries February 7: Independence Day in Grenada (1974) Painting by Louis-Philippe Crépin 1365 – Albert, King of Sweden, granted a town charter to Ulvila, the third-oldest city in Finland. 1813 – Napoleonic Wars: Two evenly matched frigates, the French Aréthuse and the British Amelia, battled to a stalemate (depicted) at the Îles de Los off the Guinean coast. 1865 – The trustees of Seattle enacted an ordinance that expelled Native Americans from the newly incorporated town. 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops made a third unsuccessful attempt to lift the siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Vaal Krantz. 2014 – Researchers announced the discovery of the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa, at more than 800,000 years old. Alfonsina Orsini (d. 1520) Margaret Fownes-Luttrell (b. 1726) Louisa Jane Hall (b. 1802) Anne Morrow Lindbergh (d. 2001) More anniversaries: February 6 February 7 February 8	In the news Kendrick Lamar Eleven people are killed in a mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden. At the Grammy Awards, "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar (pictured) wins Record of the Year and Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter wins Album of the Year. A Learjet 55 crashes into multiple buildings in Philadelphia, United States, killing at least 7 people and injuring 24 others. Following the approval of a constitutional reform, Rosario Murillo becomes co-president of Nicaragua alongside her husband Daniel Ortega. Ongoing: Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: İlhan Usmanbaş Francis Boyle Mavai Senathirajah Marion Wiesel Rich Dauer Horst Janson Did you know... Aeropetes tulbaghia, a species in Dirini ... that the relationship between the Dirini (example pictured) and its closest relative has been described by researchers as "odd"? ... that Zhang Zhiyun, crowned "movie queen" in a newspaper poll in 1926, is reported to have died homeless in Hong Kong? ... that a summons to the Council of Tripoli was issued in the name of the Church to bypass the issue of whether a king could summon a prince? ... that a Swim School song described by one reviewer as "a heavy dystopian doom rocker" was originally performed by Taylor Swift? ... that the Japanese manga series Mink featured futuristic technology even though its creator was unfamiliar with computers? ... that the Airbnb homestay where a song was recorded by Glaive and Ericdoa was dubbed by fans as the "Hyperpop Hype House"? ... that the fourth president of Austria's post-secondary instructors included all three of his predecessors? ... that The Catch II game had "one of the most amazing finishes in NFL postseason history", according to the NFL? ... that the Bank of Korea asked the makers of a cheese-filled waffle to change its design?
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