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Welcome to WIKIPEDIA, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 7,031,405 articles in English Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free content encyclopedia project, written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. See more at Wikipedia:About... Overview • Editing • Questions • Help Contents • Categories • Featured content Today's featured article The Battle of Warsaw was fought on 31 July 1705 as part of a power struggle for the Polish–Lithuanian throne during the Great Northern War. Augustus II the Strong, the elector of Saxony and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, was allied with Denmark–Norway and Russia against Stanisław Leszczyński, who had seized the Polish throne in 1704 with the support of the army of Charles XII of Sweden. The Polish nobility of the Sandomierz Confederation supported Augustus and his allies, while the Warsaw Confederation supported Leszczyński and Sweden. Augustus helped to develop a grand strategy to crush the Swedish forces and restore himself to the Polish throne, sending an allied army of up to 10,000 cavalry under the command of Otto Arnold von Paykull towards Warsaw to interrupt the Polish parliament. A 2,000-strong Swedish cavalry contingent under the command of Carl Nieroth defeated Paykull's army on the plains west of Warsaw, and Leszczyński was crowned in early October. (Full article...) Recently featured: Scanners (collection) Gaetano Bresci Edward Drinker Cope Search Wikipedia   Portals General reference Culture and the arts Geography and places Health and fitness History and events Mathematics and logic Natural and physical sciences People and self Philosophy and thinking Religion and belief systems Society and social sciences Technology and applied sciences In the news Hannah Hampton An 8.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean. In association football, the UEFA Women's Euro concludes with England defeating Spain in the final (player of the match Hannah Hampton pictured). In cycling, Tadej Pogačar wins the Tour de France. American professional wrestler Hulk Hogan dies at the age of 71. Ongoing: Gaza war Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: G. Holmes Braddock Cleo Laine Tom Lehrer Willie Irvine David Rendall Kenneth Calman Did you know... Tres Marias cottontail ... that the Tres Marias cottontail (example pictured) does not fear humans? ... that Olympian Dick Mize designed multiple cross-country skiing trails in Anchorage, Alaska, over a 40-year period? ... that the Atari 2600 version of Space Invaders led to Atari rescheduling its entire release line-up? ... that Harriet Converse Moody's restaurant and catering business failed after almost 40 years in part because of her lavish spending as a patron of poets? ... that the winter of 1917–18 caused Nantucket to connect to mainland Massachusetts via an ice bridge? ... that Eduard Hermann was a race walker, boxer, and farmer? ... that Sentient is a satellite AI system of the National Reconnaissance Office, described as an artificial brain? ... that Claude-Charles Bourgonnier was barred from exhibiting his art after tearing up one of his own paintings while it was on display? ... that Astoria the turkey evaded capture by the New York City Police Department? Today's featured picture LAPD helicopter A Bell 206 Jetranger helicopter of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) showing clearly the searchlight, loudspeakers, antennas and other law enforcement modifications. Photo credit: Matthew Field Recently featured: Scene composed using Blender – American Robin – Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Featured sounds The morning song of the American robin (file info) On this day... July 31: Lā Hae Hawaiʻi (Flag Day) and Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) in Hawaii (1843) Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette 1009 – Sergius IV became the 142nd pope, succeeding John XVIII. 1777 – The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) as a major general in the American revolutionary forces. 1941 – The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring authorised SS General Reinhard Heydrich to handle preparations for "the Final Solution of the Jewish question". 1975 – The Troubles: In a botched paramilitary attack, three members of the popular Miami Showband and two Ulster Volunteer Force gunmen were killed in County Down, Northern Ireland. 2002 – Hamas detonated a bomb at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, killing nine students and injuring about 100 more. Marion Talbot (b. 1858) Charles Inglis (b. 1875) Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd (d. 1948) Bảo Đại (d. 1997) More anniversaries: July 30 July 31 August 1

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