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Sami National Day

I propose adding Sami National Day. --Gerrit ^CUTEDH 17:18, 6 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Munich air disaster (maintenance)
Omitted: Treaty of Alliance (1778)/Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States – France), Battle of San Domingo, Integrated circuit, Mary Gaudron, Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)
Included: Founding of modern Singapore (4th appearance, last in 2010), Otto of Greece (first appearance), Washington Naval Treaty (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible), Elizabeth II/George VI (10th appearance for Elizabeth, 5th for George, both last in 2010), Lockheed bribery scandals (first appearance)
New observances: Sami National Day

—howcheng {chat} 04:38, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Waitangi Day

Waitangi Day in New Zealand (1840) really should be on this. It is the National day of New Zealand. Brian | (Talk) 20:17, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the article has two sections that are tagged {{refimprove}}, which makes it ineligible to appear (see Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries#Criteria for listing items on this set of pages point #8). —howcheng {chat} 02:55, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Integrated circuit (maintenance)
Omitted: Founding of modern Singapore (ineligible—maintenance); Washington Naval Treaty; Elizabeth II/George VI; Lockheed bribery scandals
Included: History of Liberia (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Fort Henry (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Munich air disaster (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Otto of Greece (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:46, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: History of Liberia no longer eligible; replaced with Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 (first appearance). —howcheng {chat} 17:21, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Battle of Fort Henry; Munich air disaster; Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)
Included: Battle of San Domingo (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Seattle General Strike (first appearance); Lockheed bribery scandals (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Mary Gaudron (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Otto, King of Greece (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Aldus Manutius

500 years since the death of Aldus Manutius. Article is in good shape, he's widely recognized as an important figure in early publishing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert.Labrie (talk • contribs) 14:41, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article is very under-referenced. Whole paragraphs lack citations. I've tagged it with {{ref improve}} which, as an orange-level tag, means that it can't appear on the main page through OTD until proper citations are added and the tag is removed. Whether his death warrants a mention in OTD is another matter, which I would leave to others to decide. Bencherlite ^Talk 15:30, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of San Domingo; Otto of Greece; Seattle General Strike; Mary Gaudron
Included: Black Thursday (1851) (first appearance); Washington Naval Treaty (4th appearance, last in 2012); Elizabeth II/George VI (Elizabeth: 11th appearance; George: 6th appearance; both last in 2012); Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Lockheed bribery scandals (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:20, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ronald Reagan Day

Should Ronald Reagan Day be listed, as it is a state holiday in California and Wisconsin?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:32, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

New articles (unused): American Colonization Society
Omitted: Black Thursday bushfires; Washington Naval Treaty; Elizabeth II/George VI; Lockheed bribery scandals
Included: Ronald Reagan Day (first appearance); Treaty of Alliance (1778)/Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–France) (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2011); Otto of Greece (4th appearance, last in 2014); Munich air disaster (5th appearance, last in 2013); Mary Gaudron (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:41, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: American Colonization Society (maintenance); Seattle General Strike (maintenance); Washington Naval Treaty (maintenance)
Omitted: Waitangi Day (ineligible—maintenance); Treaty of Alliance (1778)/Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–France); Otto of Greece; Munich air disaster; Mary Gaudron (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of San Domingo (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Black Thursday bushfires (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Fort Henry (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Elizabeth II/George VI (Elizabeth: 12th appearance; George: 7th appearance; both last in 2015)
Repeats: Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:52, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Last minute request for centenary of British womens' right to vote

I've just realised that 6 Feb is the centenary of Britsh women gaining the right to vote. I've just updated the entry on 6 Feb page to say

1918 – British women over the age of 30 who meet minumum property qualifications get the right to vote when the Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.

Any chance of getting this on tomorrow or there could be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth? :-) Richerman (talk) 20:16, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Richerman: Sorry, there are too many {{cn}} tags in there (relative to article length). —howcheng {chat} 07:42, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Otto of Greece (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Washington Naval Treaty
Omitted: Battle of San Domingo; Black Thursday bushfires (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Fort Henry; Elizabeth II/George VI; Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)
Included: Treaty of Alliance (1778)/Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–France) (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2016); Founding of modern Singapore (5th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Treaty of Waitangi (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Munich air disaster (6th appearance, last in 2016; 60th anniversary); Mary Gaudron (4th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Joseph Priestley (first appearance); Isabella Beeton (first appearance); Eva Braun (3rd appearance, last in 2006; previously appeared on April 29)

—howcheng {chat} 07:41, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Washington Naval Treaty (maintenance)
Omitted: Treaty of Alliance (1778)/Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–France); Treaty of Waitangi; Munich air disaster; Joseph Priestley; Isabella Beeton; Eva Braun
Included: Battle of Fort Henry (4th appearance, last in 2017); Elizabeth II/George VI (Elizabeth: 13th appearance; George: 8th appearance; both last in 2017); Lockheed bribery scandals (4th appearance, last in 2015); António Vieira (first appearance); Pierre André Latreille (first appearance); Barbara W. Tuchman (first appearance; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Founding of modern Singapore (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 200th anniversary); Mary Gaudron (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:54, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Omitted: Ronald Reagan Day (deleted—not notable enough); Founding of modern Singapore; Battle of Fort Henry; Elizabeth II; Lockheed bribery scandals; António Vieira (ineligible—maintenance); Pierre André Latreille; Barbara W. Tuchman
Included: Battle of San Domingo (4th appearance, last in 2017); Treaty of Waitangi (6th appearance, last in 2018); Seattle General Strike (2nd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) (6th appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Donnchad Midi (first appearance); Aldus Manutius (first appearance); Zsa Zsa Gabor (first appearance)
Repeats: Mary Gaudron (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:51, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Treaty of Waitangi; Seattle General Strike; Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) (ineligible—maintenance); Donnchad Midi; Aldus Manutius; Zsa Zsa Gabor
Included: Treaty of Alliance (1778) (4th appearance, last in 2018; blurb also previously featured Treaty of Amity and Commerce (France–United States), which is currently ineligible); Founding of modern Singapore (4th appearance, last in 2019); Woodbridge train derailment (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Joseph Priestley (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Pierre André Latreille (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Barbara W. Tuchman (2nd appearance, last in 2019)
Repeats: Battle of San Domingo (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Mary Gaudron (4th consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:08, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Treaty of Alliance (1778); Battle of San Domingo; Founding of modern Singapore; Woodbridge train derailment; Mary Gaudron; Joseph Priestley; Pierre André Latreille; Barbara W. Tuchman
Included: American Colonization Society (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Treaty of Waitangi (7th appearance, last in 2020); Elizabeth II/George VI (Elizabeth: 14th appearance; George: 9th; both last in 2019); Lockheed bribery scandals (5th appearance, last in 2019); Falcon Heavy test flight (first appearance); Thurstan (first appearance); Bernard of Corleone (first appearance); Axl Rose (first appearance; 60th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 17:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]