User:Itai

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This user is a translator from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

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This user is a translator and proofreader from Hebrew to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 26

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Drawing of an aphid by Charles De Geer

... that entomologist Charles De Geer made all the illustrations for his eight-volume work himself (example pictured)?
... that the anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 1974 speech at the United Nations has been observed as Bangladeshi Immigration Day in New York since 2019?
... that thousands of crocodiles were once farmed on Bazaruto Island?
... that the flag of North Korea has been mistakenly used by international organisations to represent South Korea?
... that Marie Breen retired from the Australian Senate to care for her husband, who had been badly injured in a car accident?
... that Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez were picked for the 2024 MLS All-Star Game but could not play?
... that Spanish bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is expected to be a future head of state of Andorra?
... that after becoming a religious leader of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Slaybebtikud united the tribes and established himself as their sole leader?
... that Wolfgang Rihm asked of the music of his 1987 opera Oedipus: "Sound is a weapon here – or a scalpel?"

Picture of the day

George Roper was a four-masted iron barque that was built for service between England and Australia, launching from Liverpool in February 1883. On its maiden voyage, it carried 3,842 tons of cargo, including railway track for the Victorian Government, liquor, chemicals, drapery, and dynamite. It reached Australia in July, but got caught on the reef at Point Lonsdale while being towed into Port Melbourne. The ship sat there for nearly two months before breaking up and sinking on 26 August 1883. The wreck remains under 4–5 metres of water and is accessible to recreational divers. This photograph by the German-born photographer Fred Kruger shows George Roper's wreck at Point Lonsdale before it sank.Photograph credit: Fred Kruger; restored by Adam Cuerden

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