User:Rfl

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Penrose Tribar

Rafał Pocztarski

Administrator of the English Wikipedia since 2004 (original nomination)

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Picture of the day

Celestine is a mineral consisting of strontium sulfate (SrSO₄). It is named for its occasional delicate blue color. Celestine and the carbonate mineral strontianite are the principal sources of the element strontium, commonly used in fireworks and in various metal alloys. The mineral occurs as crystals, and also in compact massive, and fibrous forms. It is found worldwide, mostly found in sedimentary rocks, usually in small quantities. Pale blue crystal specimens, as shown in this photograph, are found in Madagascar.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

Selected anniversaries

July 8: Islamic New Year (2024, 1446 AH)

John Clarke

• 1663 – Baptist minister John Clarke (pictured) was granted the Rhode Island Royal Charter, described as the "grandest instrument of human liberty ever constructed".
• 1874 – Members of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Dufferin began their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.
• 1947 – Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.
• 1966 – King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi was deposed in a coup d'état by his son, Prince Charles Ndizi.
• 2014 – German citizen Lars Mittank disappeared from Varna Airport, Bulgaria; his last known movements were widely watched on YouTube.

• Ælfwynn (d. 983)
• Giorgio Pullicino (b. 1779)
• Yarden Gerbi (b. 1989)
• Tom Veryzer (d. 2014)

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Keir Starmer

• The New Popular Front wins the most seats in the National Assembly in the French legislative election but does not achieve a majority.
• The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election and Keir Starmer (pictured) becomes prime minister.
• Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-recorded Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in a calendar year, leaves at least 15 people dead in the Caribbean, Venezuela, and the United States.
• In the Netherlands, a new cabinet is sworn in, with Dick Schoof serving as the prime minister.

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• Israel–Hamas war
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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

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• Martti Wallén
• Audrey Flack
• Ismail Kadare
• Hugh Aldons
• R. Sampanthan

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