User:Rfl
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Rafał Pocztarski
[edit]Administrator of the English Wikipedia since 2004 (original nomination)
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[edit]February 4: World Cancer Day (2000)
- 1488 – Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias landed in Mossel Bay, becoming the first known European to have sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and the southern tip of Africa.
- 1555 – Marian Restoration: Because he opposed Catholicism, John Rogers was burned at the stake (pictured) as the first English Protestant executed for heresy under the reign of Mary I.
- 1945 – World War II: American forces liberated the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, the largest enemy-civilian internment camp run by the Empire of Japan in the Philippines.
- 1999 – The Panamanian-flagged freighter New Carissa ran aground near Coos Bay, Oregon, causing one of the worst oil spills in the state's history.
- Joan of France (d. 1505)
- Constance Markievicz (b. 1868)
- Betty Friedan (b. 1921)
- Louis Jordan (d. 1975)
In the news
[edit]- A Learjet 55 crashes (explosion pictured) into multiple buildings and houses in Philadelphia, United States, killing at least 7 people and injuring 22 others.
- A plane crash in Unity State, South Sudan, kills 20 of the 21 people onboard.
- Ahmed al-Sharaa is appointed president of the Syrian transitional government.
- American Eagle Flight 5342 collides with an army helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., United States, killing all 67 people on board both aircraft.
- Miloš Vučević announces his resignation as prime minister of Serbia following anti-corruption protests over the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse.
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