User:Rfl
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Rafał Pocztarski[edit]
Administrator of the English Wikipedia since 2004 (original nomination)
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Abuse response: WP:ABUSE WP:AbRep · Cleaning up vandalism: WP:CUV · WikiProject Vandalism studies: WP:WPVS
Requests for page protection: WP:RFPP WP:RFP WP:RPP WP:PADLOCK · Protection policy: WP:PP WP:PROTECT
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Selected anniversaries[edit]
- 1802 – German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.
- 1942 – Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).
- 1946 – The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.
- 1979 – British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.
- 1999 – Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.
- Ernst Lindemann (b. 1894)
- Nasser Hussain (b. 1968)
- Lady Gaga (b. 1986)
- Charles Schepens (d. 2006)
In the news[edit]
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the U.S. city of Baltimore collapses (wreckage pictured) after being hit by a container ship.
- Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected President of Senegal.
- A mass shooting and explosions kill 143 people at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.
- Following the Indonesian general election, Prabowo Subianto wins the presidential election, and the Democratic Party of Struggle wins the most votes in the legislative election.
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