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From today's featured article CenturyLink Field seen from the outside The 2020 season for Seattle Sounders FC was their twelfth in Major League Soccer (MLS). It was the 37th season under the Sounders name. Seattle, the reigning MLS Cup champions, started their regular season on March 1, but it was suspended on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Matches resumed in July in a special tournament. The Sounders played behind closed doors at CenturyLink Field (pictured). They finished second in the Western Conference, winning the conference championship but losing the 2020 MLS Cup final 3–0 to the Columbus Crew SC. (Full article...) Did you know? Saraswati enthroned ... that Saraswati enthroned (pictured) is considered "a pinnacle of Indian art"? ... that O-Zone planned legal action against Haiducii's cover of "Dragostea din tei"? ... that historian Gu Jiegang continued secret research on children's copybooks during the Cultural Revolution? ... that a 1968 protest at Bucks County Community College was among the earliest gay-rights campus protests? ... that Marion Wiesel translated 14 of her husband's books from French? ... that the first mass message to the U.S. government's employees was an enticement for resignation? ... that a Celtic god described by Caesar is linked to various deities,

In the news Richard Sutton Intuitive Machines's Athena lands on the Moon at an incorrect angle and is unable to complete its mission. In computing, Andrew Barto and Richard S. Sutton|Richard Sutton (pictured) are awarded the Turing Award for their work on reinforcement learning. A wildfire in Japan's Iwate Prefecture is the largest in the country in at least five decades. Chinese architect Liu Jiakun is awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. On this day Andrew Watson 1537 – Croatian–Ottoman wars: After the execution of feudal lord Petar Kružić, Croatian forces at Klis surrendered to the Ottoman forces in exchange for their safe passage to northern locations. 1881 – Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer. 1947 – Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism. 1952 – British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.

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Mauritius kestrel The Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae endemic to the forests of Mauritius, where it is restricted to the southwestern plateau's forests, cliffs, and ravines. It colonized the island and evolved into a distinct species from other Indian Ocean kestrels, probably during the Gelasian or Early Pleistocene periods. The Mauritius kestrel can reach a size between 26 and 30.5 centimetres (10.2 and 12.0 inches), with a mass of up to 250 grams (8.8 ounces) and rounded wings with a span of approximately 45 centimetres (18 inches). Males are slightly smaller than the females. It is a carnivorous bird, eating geckos, dragonflies, cicadas, cockroaches, crickets, and small birds. It hunts by means of short, swift flights through the forests.

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