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Three links are individually bolded, none of the articles contain more info on the event. Maybe dot-com should be bolded instead? Or, better, the Nasdaq article updated.. — Sverdrup (talk) 10:03, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I just copied the text over. Everything will be fixed by the time this page goes live on the Main Page. --mav 15:14, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Fixed. --mav

Should this say that Bell made his first successful phone call? Gray certainly had transmitter reciever pairs, there's Meucci's claim, etc etc. The term the seems a little strong. Rick Boatright 17:55, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)

His it is. --mav

I suggest: Romans defeat Carthage in the First Punic War. Muriel 11:41, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries#Criteria_for_listing_items_on_this_set_of_pages --mav 07:25, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hitler armies invasion of the rest of Czechoslovakia

I suggest:

1939 - Hitler ordered German armies to enter Prague. Sparking of World War II.

info: By some historicians, this is the begining of World War II (it was the first invasion of German armies) I used the text "to enter Prague" because after the Munich Agreement - Czechoslovakia had to give its essential territory to surrounding countries -so it was not yet "invasion of Czechoslovakia" - but just its rest. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.24.84.55 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 2006 January 19.

I think this happened on March 15 instead. -- PFHLai 17:22, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my mistake - you´re right! Could it be added there? For example instead of test match of cricket? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Szalas (talk • contribs) 17:45, 2006 March 1 (UTC).

Thanks for the suggestion, I did that already. But it didn't bump off the cricket item. Wikipedia has many good cricket-related pages, but we rarely get the chance to feature any of them. I almost take off the Rolls Royce bit but it stayed for the 100th anniversary.... -- PFHLai 02:00, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Courrières mine disaster

This is of course a blatant plug for the page I am writing at the moment :) but this was Europe's biggest mining disaster by a long way (1099 dead), and it's the centenary this year. Big news in France this week... Physchim62 (talk) 12:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You don't want this on DYK ? (We shouldn't feature the same page on both.) -- PFHLai 19:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. Hope you won't miss the DYK medal. --PFHLai 18:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Painting

The painting of King Louis-Philippe is available in Commons as commons:Image:Louis-Philippe de Bourbon.jpg. -Samulili 15:58, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. It's now fixed. --PFHLai 03:54, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Personal rule of Charles I, 1629-1640 (maintenance; blurb previously featured Charles I of England, which is already on January 30)
New articles (unused): Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
Omitted: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Fulgencio Batista, Thomas Playford IV, Nguyen Chanh Thi
Included: Invention of the telephone (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible), Battle of Ban Me Thuot (first appearance), Rings of Uranus (3rd appearance, last in 2010), Tung Chee Hwa (first appearance)
Repeats: Susenyos of Ethiopia (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:28, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal added later for balance (first appearance)

2013 notes

Omitted: Susenyos I; Battle of Ban Me Thuot; Rings of Uranus; Tung Chee Hwa; Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
Included: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (2nd appearance, last in 2011}; 1959 Tibetan uprising (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Lima Site 85 (first appearance); Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Invention of the telephone (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:34, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Invention of the telephone; 1959 Tibetan uprising; Battle of Lima Site 85; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Included: Susenyos I (4th appearance, last in 2012); Fulgencio Batista (7th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Ban Me Thuot (first appearance); Tung Chee Hwa (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:00, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Susenyos I; Fulgencio Batista
Included: Invention of the telephone (4th appearance, last in 2013); Thomas Playford IV (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 50th anniversary)
Repeats: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Battle of Ban Me Thuot (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 40th anniversary); Tung Chee-hwa (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:51, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army; Thomas Playford IV; Battle of Ban Me Thuot; Tung Chee-hwa
Included: Susenyos I (5th appearance, last in 2014); 1959 Tibetan uprising (4th appearance, last in 2013); Nguyễn Chánh Thi (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Invention of the telephone (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:11, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Omitted: Susenyos I (ineligible—maintenance); Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (ineligible—maintenance); 1959 Tibetan uprising; Nguyễn Chánh Thi; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Included: Battle of Neuve Chapelle (first appearance); Fulgencio Batista (8th appearance, last in 2014); Rings of Uranus (4th appearance, last in 2012; 40th anniversary); Tung Chee-hwa (4th appearance, last in 2015); Agnes Blannbekin (first appearance); Lillian Wald (first appearance); Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (first appearance)
Repeats: Invention of the telephone (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:29, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1959 Tibetan uprising (maintenance)
Omitted: Invention of the telephone (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Neuve Chapelle; Rings of Uranus; Tung Chee-hwa; Agnes Blannbekin; Lillian Wald; Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy
Included: McMahon–Hussein Correspondence (first appearance); Battle of Lima Site 85 (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary); Dot-com bubble (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary); Amy Spain (first appearance); Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (first appearance); Emily Osment (first appearance)
Repeats: Fulgencio Batista (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:51, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Tung Chee-hwa (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945)
Omitted: McMahon–Hussein Correspondence; Fulgencio Batista; Battle of Lima Site 85; Dot-com bubble; Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal; Amy Spain; Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (ineligible—maintenance); Emily Osment (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Neuve Chapelle (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Mildred Gillars (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Thomas Playford IV (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Pink Floyd (first appearance); Battle of Ban Me Thuot (4th appearance, last in 2015); Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (4th appearance, last in 2016); John Benbow (first appearance); Charles Frederick Worth (first appearance); Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (2nd appearance, last in 2017)

—howcheng {chat} 16:11, 11 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945)‎ (TFA for 2020); Dot-com bubble (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
Omitted: Battle of Neuve Chapelle; Mildred Gillars; Thomas Playford IV; Battle of Ban Me Thuot; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; John Benbow; Charles Frederick Worth
Included: Battle of the Aegates (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); McMahon–Hussein Correspondence (2nd appearance, last in 2018); 1959 Tibetan uprising (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Rings of Uranus (5th appearance, last in 2017); Tvrtko I of Bosnia (first appearance); Violet Brown (first appearance)
Repeats: Pink Floyd (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 15:57, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Janet Mock (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of the Aegates (ineligible—TFA for 2021); McMahon–Hussein Correspondence; 1959 Tibetan uprising; Pink Floyd; Rings of Uranus; Violet Brown; Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy
Included: Battle of Neuve Chapelle (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945) (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Prosper Avril (first appearance); Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (5th appearance, last in 2019); Marie-Eugénie de Jésus (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Nikita Parris (first appearance)
Repeats: Tvrtko I of Bosnia (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:49, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Fulgencio Batista/1952 Cuban coup d'état (both: maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Neuve Chapelle; Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945); 1959 Tibetan uprising; Prosper Avril; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; Tvrtko I of Bosnia; Marie-Eugénie de Jésus; Nikita Parris
Included: Battle of the Aegates (9th appearance, last in 2020; rescued from Ineligible); McMahon–Hussein Correspondence (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Mildred Gillars (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Pink Floyd (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Agnes Blannbekin (2nd appearance, last in 2017); François Girardon (first appearance); Anita Brookner (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 21:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]