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

Sigmaringen Castle, located in Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, served as the princely castle and seat of government for the princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. First mentioned in 1077, it was rebuilt around 1200 and suffered various fires through the centuries, most recently around 1893 when the eastern wing was destroyed. It then underwent a full rebuild in eclectic style (a combination of Romanesque, Gothic, and mostly Renaissance). During the closing months of World War II, Sigmaringen Castle was briefly the seat of the Vichy French government after France was liberated by the Allies. The castle is still owned by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family, and is open to visitors. This photograph was taken from the north west, across the Danube river.Photograph credit: Jörg Braukmann

Selected anniversaries

September 7

The last thylacine

• 1652 – Chinese peasants on Formosa (now Taiwan) began a rebellion against Dutch rule which was suppressed four days later.
• 1778 – Anglo-French War: Having established an alliance with the United States, France invaded the Caribbean island of Dominica and captured its British fort.
• 1936 – The last thylacine (pictured) died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.
• 1940 – Second World War: The Luftwaffe changed their strategy in the Battle of Britain and began bombing London and other cities and towns.
• 2010 – A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.

• Gregory Bicskei (d. 1303)
• John Shakespeare (d. 1601)
• Henry Sewell (b. 1807)
• Grandma Moses (b. 1860)

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• September 8

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The aircraft involved in the crash

• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter (pictured) crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, leaving twenty-two people dead.
• The Summer Paralympics open in Paris, France.
• More than four hundred people are killed in an Islamist militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.

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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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• Hvaldimir
• Linda Deutsch
• Abu Shujaa
• Bob Carr
• Rodolfo Hernández Suárez

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