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The 2009 Orange Bowl game was the 75th edition of the annual college football bowl game known as the Orange Bowl. It pitted the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion Virginia Tech Hokies against the Big East Conference champion Cincinnati Bearcats on January 1, 2009 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Cincinnati scored first, converting the game's opening possession into a touchdown and a 7–0 lead in the first quarter. Virginia Tech responded in the second quarter, tying the game at seven before taking a 10–7 lead with a field goal as time expired in the first half. In the third quarter, the two teams battled defensively, with only the Hokies able to score any points as Tech extended its lead to 13–7. During the final quarter, Virginia Tech scored its second touchdown of the game, giving the Hokies a 20–7 lead that lasted until time expired. In recognition of his performance during the game, Virginia Tech running back Darren Evans was named the game's most valuable player. Three months after the game, players from each team entered the National Football League (NFL) via the 2009 NFL Draft. Cincinnati had six players selected in the draft, while Virginia Tech had one. (more...) Recently featured: Convention of 1832 – General relativity – Nigel Kneale Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that Welsh boxer Fred Dyer (pictured) would entertain spectators by singing and playing the ukulele after a boxing match? ... that North Carolina policy allows community colleges to admit students who cannot prove legal U.S. residency if they graduated from a U.S. high school? ... that apartments in Jerusalem's Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood, near the street of the same name, have triple-thick concrete walls, roofs with gunner positions, and courtyards for mass troop call-ups? ... that test pilot Hanna Reitsch described the Raab Doppelraab as "a dream of an aircraft"? ... that the idea for the Steven Curtis Chapman song "Miracle of the Moment" came from a song, "Find Me", that Chapman did not release? ... that the start of the 2009–10 Logan Cup was delayed because not all the cricket teams involved had finished signing players? ... that the flowers of the bumpy satinash often grow on its trunk? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

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Bhoja Air Flight 213 crashes on its final approach in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 127 people on board. India successfully test launches the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile. American broadcaster, television producer and music promoter Dick Clark (pictured in 1990) dies at the age of 82. Jim Yong Kim is elected President of the World Bank. Amid a dispute with Repsol and the government of Spain, Argentina announces re-nationalisation of the oil company YPF. Taur Matan Ruak is elected President of East Timor. In Afghanistan, Taliban insurgents launch coordinated attacks on NATO's headquarters, foreign embassies, military bases and the country's parliament. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
On this day...
April 21: Grounation Day in the Rastafari movement 900 – A debt was pardoned by the Datu of Tondo on the island of Luzon, as inscribed on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. 1918 – Manfred von Richthofen (pictured), known as the "Red Baron", was shot down and killed near Vaux-sur-Somme in France, after a career as the most successful fighter pilot of World War I with 80 confirmed air combat victories. 1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", purportedly showing the Loch Ness Monster (later revealed to be a hoax), was published in the Daily Mail. 1962 – The Century 21 Exposition, the first world's fair in the United States since World War II, opened in Seattle. 1992 – Radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12, the first definitive detection of extrasolar planets. More anniversaries: April 20 – April 21 – April 22 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now April 21, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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A Nembrotha lineolata nudibranch (right) lays eggs in spiral pattern on a Polycarpa aurata species of sea squirt. Sea squirts are sessile filter feeding marine animals found in shallow waters throughout the world's oceans. They are the natural prey of many animals and are consumed by humans as well.

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