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61Wednesday — Day of Wisdom. Named after Wotan (also called Wodin, Odin and Odun), leader of the Norse gods. He was a great magician, and made great sacrifices for his people …
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62Wednesday — see Monday’s child is fair of face …
63Ash Wednesday — Wednesday Wednes day (?; 48), n. [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei, AS. W[=o]dnes d[ae]g, i. e., Woden s day (a translation of L. dies Mercurii); fr. W[=o]den the highest god of the Teutonic peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury; akin to OS …
64Black Wednesday — Wednesday, 16 September 1992, when sterling left the Exchange Rate Mechanism, which led to a 15% fall in its value against the Deutschmark (see European Monetary System). Because of the improved economic performance of the UK following this event …
65Black Wednesday — Wednesday, 16 September 1992, when sterling left the Exchange Rate Mechanism, which led to a 15% fall in its value against the Deutschmark (see European Monetary System). Because of the improved economic performance of the UK following the event …
66Black Wednesday — Wednesday 14 September 1992, when the British Chancellor of the Exchequer raised interest rates by 5% in one day in an unsuccessful attempt to improve the value of the British currency within the exchange rate mechanism. * * * …
67Sheffield Wednesday F.C. — Football club infobox clubname = Sheffield Wednesday fullname = Sheffield Wednesday Football Club nickname = The Owls The Wednesday shortname = founded = 4 September 1867 (as The Wednesday ) dissolved = ground = Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield… …
68Ash Wednesday — For other uses, see Ash Wednesday (disambiguation). Ash Wednesday A cross of ashes on a worshipper s forehead on Ash Wednesday Observed by Followers of many Christian denominations, primarily Western Christian (see below) …
69History of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. — The History of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. covers almost 150 years of both success and failure of the football club from Sheffield, England. Established in 1867 the club would see early regional success followed by a rocky transition to… …
70Ash Wednesday fires — Infobox wildfire title= Ash Wednesday Fires location= South Eastern Australia: Victoria South Australia date= 16 February 1983 time= timezone= acres= convert|513979|acre|km2|0|abbr=on in South Australia and convert|518921|acre|km2|0|abbr=on in… …
