Introduction[edit]

RJL Hartmans
— Wikipedian ♂ —
Name	Roger Hartmans
Born	October 30, 1961
Current location	Enschede, The Netherlands
Education and employment
Occupation	SW Tester
Userboxes
	This user is from the Netherlands.
nl	Deze gebruiker heeft het Nederlands als moedertaal.
en-3	This user can contribute with an advanced level of English.
de-1	Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.
	This user is a Scorpio.

In the first quater of 2007 i've helped setting-up a "wiki" as part part of my work as testconsultant. This is also the reason to start making some contributions to "real" Wikipedia. These will mainly be regarding my interests as mentoined below.

My hobbies consists out of:

visiting the cinema and pop-concerts
listening to music
reading novels
riding my Yamaha YZF-R6 motorcycle

following of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments

In the news / On this day...[edit]

In the news

On this day...

Saulos Chilima

A fire in a residential building in Kuwait City's suburb of Mangaf kills at least fifty people.
A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima (pictured).
In tennis, Iga Świątek wins the women's singles and Carlos Alcaraz wins the men's singles titles at the French Open.
In the Indian general election, the National Democratic Alliance, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is re-elected with a reduced majority.

June 15: Day of Arafah (Islam, 2024); King's Official Birthday in the United Kingdom (2024)

Sallie Gardner at a Gallop

1215 – King John of England and a group of rebel barons agreed on the text of Magna Carta, an influential charter of rights.
1800 – War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Austria.
1878 – Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops (animation pictured), which became the basis of motion pictures.
1944 – World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began its first air raid on the Japanese archipelago, although little damage was caused.
1996 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.

Lisa del Giocondo (b. 1479)
Adam Eckfeldt (b. 1769)
James K. Polk (d. 1849)
Oliver Kahn (b. 1969)

More anniversaries:

My contributions[edit]

Books/Magazines	Movies/Television	Music	Sports
Favorite Novels/Magazines Added "Nederlands" link to the in other languages box of the The Shelters of Stone article. Added "Nederlands" link to the in other languages box of the SFX article.	Favorite Movies/Series Added "Cold Case" link to International Broadcasters of the Cold Case article.	Favorite Music Styles	Favorite Sports Updated "2003", "2004" and "2005 IAAF World Athletics Final" table style. Updated "2006 IAAF World Athletics Final" with "Other IAAF World Athletics Finals".
Favorite Writers	Favorite Filmstars	Favorite Bands Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Updated table formating. Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Discography - Updated table formating. Added "From the Beginning (box set)" a compilation box set from Emerson, Lake & Palmer and updated "ELP" template. Added "Justine, a song by Linda Ronstadt from the album Mad Love." to the article Justine. Added a new article "Mad Love" (album by Linda Ronstadt).	Favorite Sportstars

My interests[edit]

Books/Magazines	Movies/Television	Music	Sports
Favorite Novels/Magazines Earth's Children His Dark Materials The Lord of the Rings SFX	Favorite Movies/Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Charmed Dark Angel Star Trek	Favorite Music Styles Rock music	Favorite Sports Athletics Formula One MotoGP Tennis
Favorite Writers Jean M. Auel Dan Brown Michael Crichton John Grisham Stephen King J.R.R. Tolkien	Favorite Filmstars Jessica Alba Jennifer Connelly Sean Connery Michael Douglas Jodie Foster Sarah Michelle Gellar Angelina Jolie Keira Knightley Marilyn Monroe Julia Roberts	Favorite Bands AC/DC Blackmore's Night Kate Bush The Cardigans The Cranberries Emerson, Lake & Palmer KISS Madonna Gianna Nannini Stevie Nicks Heather Nova Dolores O'Riordan Queen The Rolling Stones Roxette Rush The Sweet Vangelis Within Temptation	Favorite Sportstars Victoria Azarenka Elena Dementieva Daniela Hantuchová Justine Henin Yelena Isinbayeva Ana Ivanović Sabine Lisicki Andrea Petkovic Valentino Rossi Arantxa Rus Ayrton Senna Maria Sharapova Yanina Wickmayer Caroline Wozniacki