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Jaws is an American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Released on June 20, 1975, it stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw), hunts a man-eating great white shark that attacks beachgoers at a summer resort town. Regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history, Jaws was the prototypical summer blockbuster and won several awards for its music and editing. It was the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Star Wars two years later; both films were pivotal in establishing the modern Hollywood business model, which pursues high box-office returns from action and adventure films with simple high-concept premises, released during the summer in thousands of theaters and advertised heavily.

Illustration credit: Roger Kastel; courtesy of the Everett Collection; retouched by Crisco 1492

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Third Estate ? National Assembly ?

Re: 1789 - 577 Deputies of the French Third Estate (commoners) took the Tennis Court Oath, starting the French Revolution.

The Third Estate ? I thought the Third Estate ceased to exist three days earlier and was replaced by the National Assembly. No ? -- 64.229.229.120 14:11, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bugsy Siegel Death Location

Bugsy was murdered at the home he shared with Virginia Hill in Beverly Hills, California, not in Las Vegas. see here, or several other biographys can be found with a google search. - Satori 23:25, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Or his death certificate. Sounds good to me. –Hajor 23:32, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Fathers Day

Could someone change the text saying Father's day in bulgaria to say something like Father's day in several countries, or something similair? If you look at the fathers day article, there are many other countries celebrating fathers day on the same day.

Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 02:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:21, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Victoria

The entry reads "staring a reign"—"staring" should be "starting"; it would be appreciated if someone could correct that. Thanks. Janggeom (talk) 02:46, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ezeiza

I have hidden the caption of the article about the Ezeiza massacre because, as I detailed in the talk page, the accuracy may be under dispute. I could also have erased that, but this would help is the problem is fixed and the caption restored. The article in Spanish is of no help (there is no neutral point of view at all), we should fix it ourselves. If I fix it before June, I will say so here. MBelgrano (talk) 14:54, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

New articles (unused): Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus; Moscow–Washington hotline
Omitted: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains; SS Savannah; Lizzie Borden; Siege of the International Legations; Ezeiza massacre
Included: Tennis Court Oath (7th appearance, last in 2010); Kiel Canal (first appearance); 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills Strike (first appearance); Death of Neda Agha-Soltan (first appearance)
Repeats: Barbu Catargiu (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 150th anniversary)

Note: International Surfing Day is normally on June 21, but this year is a leap year. —howcheng {chat} 09:31, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Ezeiza massacre (maintenance)
Omitted: Tennis Court Oath; Barbu Catargiu; Kiel Canal; 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills Strike; Death of Neda Agha-Soltan
Included: World Refugee Day (rescued from Ineligible); James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (7th appearance, last in 2010); Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station (first appearance); Siege of the International Legations; Bugsy Siegel (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); Moscow–Washington hotline (first appearance; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth; Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (ineligible—maintenance); Siege of the International Legations; Bugsy Siegel; Moscow–Washington hotline (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Great Seal of the United States (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Tennis Court Oath (8th appearance, last in 2012); Queen Victoria (9th appearance, last in 2010); Kiel Canal (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills Strike (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 08:59, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Barbu Catargiu (maintenance)
Omitted: Great Seal of the United States; Queen Victoria; Kiel Canal; 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills Strike
Included: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (9th appearance, last in 2011); SS Savannah (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Detroit race riot of 1943 (first appearance); Mali Federation (first appearance)
Repeats: Tennis Court Oath (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:40, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains; Tennis Court Oath; SS Savannah; Detroit race riot of 1943
Included: Black Hole of Calcutta (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Queen Victoria (10th appearance, last in 2014); Siege of the International Legations (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Death of Neda Agha-Soltan (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 06:48, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Great Seal of the United States (maintenance); Lizzie Borden (maintenance); Kiel Canal (maintenance); Bugsy Siegel (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion (short)
Omitted: Black Hole of Calcutta (ineligible—maintenance); Queen Victoria; Siege of the International Legations; Death of Neda Agha-Soltan
Included: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (8th appearance, last in 2013); Tennis Court Oath (10th appearance, last in 2015); 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Mali Federation (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Sammy Sosa (first appearance); Anna Laetitia Barbauld (first appearance); Voltairine de Cleyre (first appearance); Frank Lampard (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:04, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

New articles (unused): Operation Bellicose; 1959 Escuminac disaster; Bill Stewart (journalist)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bugsy Siegel
Omitted: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth; Tennis Court Oath; Mali Federation; Sammy Sosa (ineligible—maintenance); Voltairine de Cleyre
Included: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (10th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Queen Victoria (11th appearance, last in 2016); 1943 Detroit race riot (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 75th anniversary); Jaws (film) (first appearance); Juan Larrea (politician) (first appearance)
Repeats: 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Anna Laetitia Barbauld (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 175th birthday); Frank Lampard (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal

@Howcheng: I see today Death of Neda Agha-Soltan's article nominated for OTD has Tg and POV issue. I Wonder if you replace it with 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion which never be nominated for OTD as well as I expanded the article, now is not short. Regards!Saff V. (talk) 10:47, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I had to rewrite a lot of it (not your fault as you are obviously not a native English speaker), but there is one issue in the "Aftermath" section. It's not enough to keep the article out, but you may want to look at it. —howcheng {chat} 16:49, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Death of Neda Agha-Soltan (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Lizzie Borden
Omitted: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains; Queen Victoria (ineligible—appeared on May 24 for her 200th birthday); 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike; 1943 Detroit race riot; Jaws (film); Anna Laetitia Barbauld; Juan Larrea (politician); Frank Lampard
Included: Tennis Court Oath (11th appearance, last in 2017); SS Savannah (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 200th anniversary); 1959 Escuminac disaster (first appearance; 60th anniversary); Bill Stewart (journalist) (first appearance; 40th anniversary); 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion (first appearance; 25th anniversary; rescued dfrom Ineligible); Margareta Ebner (first appearance); Jacques Offenbach (2nd appearance, last in 2017; normally appears on October 5 (death date); 200th birthday); Edith Windsor (first appearance; 90th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 17:16, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Queen Victoria
New articles (unused): Gina Krog
Omitted: Tennis Court Oath; SS Savannah; 1959 Escuminac disaster; Bill Stewart (journalist); Imam Reza shrine bombing; Margareta Ebner; Jacques Offenbach (moved back to birth date); Edith Windsor
Included: Great Seal of the United States (4th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Siege of the International Legations (4th appearance, last in 2016); Mali Federation (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary); Death of Neda Agha-Soltan (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Adalbert of Magdeburg (first appearance); Mary R. Calvert (first appearance); Enn Vetemaa (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 23:06, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Olympia Dukakis (ITN on 2021-05-06)
Omitted: Great Seal of the United States; Siege of the International Legations; Mali Federation; Death of Neda Agha-Soltan; Adalbert of Magdeburg; Mary R. Calvert; Enn Vetemaa
Included: World Refugee Day (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (11th appearance, last in 2018); Tennis Court Oath (12th appearance, last in 2018); 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike (5th appearance, last in 2018; 100th anniversary); Operation Bellicose (first appearance); Jaws (film) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Anna Laetitia Barbauld (4th appearance, last in 2018); Gina Krog (first appearance); André Watts (first appearance; 75th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 18:30, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: SS Savannah (maintenance)
Omitted: Flag Day (Argentina) (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of the Catalaunian Plains; Tennis Court Oath (ineligible—maintenance); 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike; Operation Bellicose; Jaws (film); Gina Krog; André Watts
Included: Queen Victoria (13th appearance, last in 2019); 28th International Eucharistic Congress (first appearance); 1959 Escuminac disaster (first appearance); Mali Federation (4th appearance, last in 2020); International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide (first appearance); Juan Larrea (politician) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Olympia Dukakis (first appearance)
Repeats: Anna Laetitia Barbauld (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:18, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]