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My talk • My contributions • Sandbox • My email • India • My autograph book • India-related topics notice board • Spoken articles • Quiz • Portals • India • UN • Chess • Dogs • Contents • Keyboard shortcuts • MCB • WP:SHORT • My userboxes • CHU • 3O • RfC • FAC • RfA • DYK • RC • New pages (skip) • Help • Village Pump • Welcoming Committee • Recent Changes Patrol • VandalProof • Be bold • Don't bite the newcomers • Five pillars • Beware of the tigers • Amnesia test • Signatures Welcome to Nirajrm's (Niraj) userpage Today is Sunday, January 12, 2025, 07:08 (UTC/GMT). Picture of the day John Henry Turpin (1876–1962) was a sailor in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the first African-American chief petty officers in the U.S. Navy, becoming a chief gunner's mate on the cruiser Marblehead in 1917. He was transferred to the Fleet Reserve in 1919 and retired in 1925. He is also notable for surviving the catastrophic explosions of two U.S. Navy ships: USS Maine in 1898, and USS Bennington in 1905.Photograph credit: unknown photographer; restored by Adam Cuerden Tip of the day... Avoiding common mistakes The easiest way to avoid making common mistakes is to know what they are. A collection of the most common recurring editing errors helps newcomers steer clear of them. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Lists of common misspellings/Grammar and Misc   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}} "The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of chess." — American philosopher, scientist, and author Benjamin Franklin