User:Rfl
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Rafał Pocztarski
[edit]Administrator of the English Wikipedia since 2004 (original nomination)
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[edit]- 1917 – World War I: Allied forces defeated Turkish troops in Beersheba in Southern Palestine at the Battle of Beersheba, with the battle involving one of the last successful cavalry charges.
- 1941 – 100 crew members of the USS Reuben James (pictured) perished when their vessel became the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by hostile action during World War II after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-552.
- 1963 – A gas explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis killed 81 people and injured about 400 others.
- 1973 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the prison's exercise yard.
- 2003 – After 22 years in power, Tun Mahathir Mohamad retired as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- Cosimo III de' Medici (d. 1723)
- Muriel Duckworth (b. 1908)
- William Evans-Gordon (d. 1913)
- Gordon Steege (b. 1917)
In the news
[edit]- Flooding in Spain kills more than 95 people.
- In the Japanese general election, the LDP-led ruling coalition loses its majority in the House of Representatives.
- Georgian Dream wins the parliamentary election in Georgia amidst allegations of voting irregularities.
- Daniel Chapo (pictured) is announced as the president-elect of Mozambique following protests against his party during the Mozambican general election.
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