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Suggestion

Suggesting the change of the first entry to:

1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history killed 830,000 people in Shaanxi Province, China. --Tengku syariful 17:52, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: International Opium Convention (short), Flying disc (maintenance)
Omitted: Theodosius I/Honorius (emperor), Georgetown University, Second Partition of Poland, Emilio Aguinaldo, USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
Included: Kali Yuga (first appearance), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (first appearance—made a brief appearance in 2011 but was taken off because there was confusion about the actual date, which has since been confirmed), Liechtenstein (5th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible), Elizabeth Blackwell (first appearance), Challenger Deep (first appearance, blurb previously appeared 4 times with Bathyscaphe Trieste featured, which is currently ineligible)
Note: Would have liked to put Daniel Pearl in, which has not yet appeared, but with such a large pool of articles, did not want to have a second US item here. Let's try and make it happen for 2013.

—howcheng {chat} 02:53, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Ming Dynasty (appears on April 25, which has only a few eligible articles)
Omitted: Kali Yuga; James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Liechtenstein; Elizabeth Blackwell; Challenger Deep
Included: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Second Partition of Poland (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Emilio Aguinaldo (2nd appearance, last in 2011); USS Pueblo (AGER-2) (7th appearance, last in 2011); Daniel Pearl (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:55, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake; Second Partition of Poland; Emilio Aguinaldo; USS Pueblo (AGER-2); Daniel Pearl
Included: Theodosius I/Honorius (emperor) (Theodosius: 8th appearance, Honorius: 2nd, both last in 2011); James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Georgetown University (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 225th anniversary); Operation Hannibal (first appearance); Madeleine Albright (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:35, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Milton Keynes
Omitted: Theodosius I/Honorius (emperor); James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Georgetown University; Madeleine Albright
Included: Liechtenstein (6th appearance, last in 2012); Marias Massacre (first appearance); Emilio Aguinaldo (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Chilembwe uprising (first appearance)
Repeats: Operation Hannibal (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:51, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Liechtenstein; Marias Massacre; Emilio Aguinaldo; Chilembwe uprising; Operation Hannibal
Included: Mise of Amiens (first appearance); Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder (first appearance); Elizabeth Blackwell (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Milton Keynes (first appearance); Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident (4th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 10:55, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Theodosius I/Honorius (emperor) (both: maintenance); James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (maintenance); Liechtenstein (maintenance); First Philippine Republic/Emilio Aguinaldo (both: maintenance)
Omitted: Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder (ineligible—maintenance); Elizabeth Blackwell; Milton Keynes (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Second Partition of Poland (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Chilembwe uprising (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Madeleine Albright (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Mise of Amiens (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:04, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
Omitted: Mise of Amiens; Madeleine Albright; Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
Included: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Second Partition of Poland (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Rabaul (1942) (first appearance); USS Pueblo (AGER-2) (8th appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary); Muthu Coomaraswamy (first appearance); Mykola Leontovych (first appearance); Louisa Cadamuro (first appearance)
Repeats: Chilembwe uprising (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:06, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Operation Hannibal (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Tottenham outrage (TFA for 2019)
Omitted: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake; Chilembwe uprising; Battle of Rabaul (1942); USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
Included: Battle of Talikota (2nd appearance, last in 2007); Frisbee (3rd appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident (6th appearance, last in 2017)
Repeats: Second Partition of Poland (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Muthu Coomaraswamy (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Mykola Leontovych (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Louisa Cadamuro (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

Argh, two days in a row where I didn't change the births/deaths! —howcheng {chat} 17:00, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Challenger Deep (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Milton Keynes
Omitted: Battle of Talikota; Second Partition of Poland; Frisbee; Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident; Muthu Coomaraswamy; Mykola Leontovych; Louisa Cadamuro
Included: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 450th anniversary); Marias Massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 150th anniversary); Tottenham Outrage (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Rabaul (1942) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Mosaic (web browser) (4th appearance, last in 2010; previously appeared on April 22); Mary Ward (nun) (first appearance); Johann Wilhelm Ritter (first appearance); Guida Maria (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:48, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Talikota

Date is uncertain. TrangaBellam (talk) 06:37, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Talikota (maintenance)
Omitted: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Marias Massacre; Tottenham Outrage; Battle of Rabaul (1942); Mosaic (web browser); Mary Ward (nun); Johann Wilhelm Ritter; Guida Maria
Included: Mise of Amiens (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Chilembwe uprising (4th appearance, last in 2018); Milton Keynes (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident (7th appearance, last in 2019); John Croke (first appearance); Ernst Abbe (first appearance); Mykola Leontovych (3rd appearance, last in 2019; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Mise of Amiens; Chilembwe uprising; Milton Keynes; Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident; John Croke; Ernst Abbe; Mykola Leontovych
Included: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (5th appearance, last in 2018); Elizabeth Blackwell (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Tottenham Outrage (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Rabaul (1942) (3rd appearance, last in 2020; 80th anniversary); Daniel Pearl (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); Hai Rui (first appearance); Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama (first appearance); Salvador Dalí (2nd appearance, last in 2004; previously appeared on May 11)

—howcheng {chat} 07:49, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]