User:Rfl

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Penrose Tribar

Rafał Pocztarski

Administrator of the English Wikipedia since 2004 (original nomination)

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Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist. He developed important concepts and proved mathematical theorems in fields as diverse as calculus, number theory and topology. Euler introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion of a mathematical function. He is also renowned for his work in mechanics, optics and astronomy. Euler is considered to be the preeminent mathematician of the 18th century and one of the greatest of all time. According to Guinness World Records, he is also the most prolific; his collected works fill 60 to 80 quarto volumes. Euler was featured on the sixth series of the Swiss ten-franc banknote and on numerous Swiss, German and Russian stamps. The asteroid 2002 Euler was named in his honor. This portrait of Euler was created by the Swiss painter Jakob Emanuel Handmann in 1753 and is now in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel.Painting credit: Jakob Emanuel Handmann; restored by Bammesk

Selected anniversaries

October 3

Battle of the Narrow Seas

• 1392 – Muhammad VII became the twelfth sultan of the Emirate of Granada.
• 1602 – Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish ships at the Battle of the Narrow Seas (pictured).
• 1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.
• 1952 – The United Kingdom successfully conducted its first nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.
• 1991 – Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

• Ermengarde of Hesbaye (d. 818)
• Louise Lehzen (b. 1784)
• George Ripley (b. 1802)
• Fakih Usman (d. 1968)

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Iranian missiles being intercepted

• Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Israel invades Lebanon, and Iran launches missiles (pictured) against Israel.
• Flooding in Nepal leaves more than 200 people dead, including 37 in the nation's capital, Kathmandu.
• In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans to win the AFL Grand Final.
• Hurricane Helene leaves more than 100 people dead across the southeastern United States.
• British actress Maggie Smith dies at the age of 89.

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• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Roy Clay
• Fredric Jameson
• Mercury Morris
• Sayuri

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