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Some murder in Texas...

"1976 - An intruder breaks into Priscilla Davis's Mockingbird Lane mansion in Fort Worth, Texas. Priscilla Davis and a friend are injured while Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr are killed. T. Cullen Davis is tried and found innocent of the crime." A joke, right? Timeline of human history etc... Wetman 05:49, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Apparently, it was some big news back then, but I don't think it's significant enough to be a selected anniversary. Anyway, I've asked about this before. Please see this old response on my talk page:

As for the significance part:http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/t_cullen_davis/index.html

The significance: The suspected murderer was really rich (richer than the state of Texas), hired a really good lawyer, and ended up being proven innocent. WhisperToMe 23:31, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hope this helps. -- PFHLai 18:13, 2005 August 2 (UTC)

Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)

A candidate for future SA:

338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.

Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) needs a bit expanding, though. Maybe next year. One option would be to bold Philip II of Macedon but the date needs to be added there to qualify. -- PFHLai 16:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ilinden Uprising

I have changed the line about the 1903 Ilinden Uprising, because it was misleading, referring to "Bulgarians" who carried out the uprising. If you look at the Kruševo Manifesto, which was issued on the date of the Uprising by its leaders, it speaks about "Autonomous Macedonia", "blood-stained Macedonian land", and "good sons of Macedonia". The full text of the Manifesto, in English, is here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crnorizec (talk • contribs) 17:28, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Hudson Bay; Siege of Malakand; Calvin Coolidge/Warren G. Harding; Positron; 1989 Valvettiturai massacre
Included: Majorian (first appearance); Charles X of France (first appearance); Wild Bill Hickok (first appearance); Bologna massacre (4th appearance, last in 2010); Invasion of Kuwait (4th appearance, last in 2009)

—howcheng {chat} 09:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Majorian; Charles X of France; Wild Bill Hickok; Positron; Bologna massacre (ineligible—maintenance); Invasion of Kuwait
Included: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Tower Subway (8th appearance, last in 2010); Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 110th anniversary); Calvin Coolidge/Warren G. Harding (Coolidge: 5th appearance, last in 2011; Harding: 2nd appearance, last in 2011; 90th anniversary); BSAA Star Dust accident (first appearance); 1989 Valvettiturai massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your claim that the 1870 Tower Subway was the world's first underground railway is incorrect - see Metropolitan Railway and 1863 !! Itc editor2 (talk) 22:17, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

New articles (ineligible): Ten Days' Campaign (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC); Tower Subway; Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising; Calvin Coolidge; BSAA Star Dust accident
Included: Battle of Cannae (8th appearance, last in 2010); 1790 United States Census (first appearance; blurb previously featured United States Census and is making its 2nd appearance, last in 2010); Siege of Malakand (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Einstein–Szilárd letter (first appearance; 75th anniversary)
Repeats: 1989 Valvettiturai massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:11, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

New articles (ineligible): Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Cannae; Siege of Malakand; Einstein–Szilárd letter; 1989 Valvettiturai massacre
Included: Hudson Bay (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Tower Subway (9th appearance, last in 2013); Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Invasion of Kuwait (5th appearance, last in 2012; 25th anniversary)
Repeats: 1790 United States Census (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 225th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:57, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: 1790 United States Census; Tower Subway; Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising; Invasion of Kuwait
Included: Battle of Cannae (9th appearance, last in 2014); Charles X of France (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Hudson Bay (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:02, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ten Days' Campaign

Moved Ten Days' Campaign to eligible again as its referencing was improved in 2016. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:19, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Casliber: Had to take it out as it was still lacking. —howcheng {chat} 16:14, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Tower Subway (maintenance); Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Cannae; Hudson Bay (ineligible—maintenance); Charles X of France (ineligible—maintenance); Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci; Delta Air Lines Flight 191
Included: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Majorian (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Siege of Malakand (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Positron (3rd appearance, last in 2012); 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); Andrew Barton (privateer) (first appearance); Harriet Arbuthnot (first appearance); Marija Bursać (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:14, 2 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC); Majorian; Siege of Malakand; 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident; Andrew Barton (privateer); Harriet Arbuthnot (ineligible—maintenance); Marija Bursać
Included: Battle of Cannae (10th appearance, last in 2016); 1790 United States Census (3rd appearance, last in 2015); German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I (first appearance); Invasion of Kuwait (6th appearance, last in 2015); Bertha Lutz (first appearance); Betsy Bloomingdale (first appearance); Jean-Pierre Melville (first appearance)
Repeats: Positron (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:17, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Majorian (maintenance); Wild Bill Hickok (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Kyawswa of Pagan (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Billy Cannon; Roy Cohn
Omitted: 1790 United States Census; German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I; Positron; Invasion of Kuwait; Betsy Bloomingdale; Jean-Pierre Melville
Included: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) (4th appearance, last in 2017); Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Einstein–Szilárd letter (2nd appearance, last in 2016; 80th anniversary); 1989 Valvettiturai massacre (5th appearance, last in 2014; 30th anniversary); Andrew Barton (privateer) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Jack L. Warner (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Cannae (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total); Bertha Lutz (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 125th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 20:29, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Roma Holocaust Memorial Day

On August 2 the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine commemorates the Romani genocide, as in the night of 2 to 3 August 1944 2,897 Roma were killed in the Gypsy family camp in Auschwitz, see Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. Could this be added? --Niccolò "Jaqen" Caranti (OBC) (talk) 09:48, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Niccolò Caranti (OBC): Sorry, I missed your request for this year, but it's now listed for the future. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 03:22, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Deleted: Harriet Arbuthnot (moved to September 10)
Moved to Ineligible: Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (maintenance); Invasion of Kuwait (maintenance)
Omitted: Republic Day (North Macedonia); Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC); Battle of Cannae; Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci; Einstein–Szilárd letter; 1989 Valvettiturai massacre (ineligible—maintenance); Andrew Barton (privateer); Jack L. Warner; Bertha Lutz
Included: William II of England (4th appearance, last in 2019; moved from September 26); Tower Subway (10th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible; 150th anniversary); Positron (5th appearance, last in 2018); Raúl Iturriaga (5th appearance, last in 2018; moved from August 3); Thomas Grey (conspirator) (first appearance); Marija Bursać (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 100th birthday); Roy Cohn (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:14, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Bertha Lutz (POTD for 2021)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 1989 Valvettiturai massacre
Omitted: William II of England; Tower Subway; Positron; Raúl Iturriaga; Thomas Grey (conspirator); Marija Bursać; Roy Cohn
Included: Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (first appearance); Battle of Cannae (12th appearance, last in 2019); 1790 United States census (4th appearance, last in 2018); Siege of Malakand (4th appearance, last in 2017); Makaiko Kheti (first appearance); Ahudemmeh (first appearance); Arthur Bliss (first appearance); Jean-Pierre Melville (2nd appearance, last in 2018)

—howcheng {chat} 07:35, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I (maintenance); 1989 Valvettiturai massacre (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Alexander Graham Bell (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Cannae (ineligible—maintenance); 1790 United States census; Siege of Malakand (ineligible—maintenance); Makaiko Kheti; Ahudemmeh; Arthur Bliss; Jean-Pierre Melville
Included: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) (5th appearance, last in 2019); Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Einstein–Szilard letter (3rd appearance, last in 2019); 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary); Jack L. Warner (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Marija Bursać (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Billy Cannon (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 18:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian..."

This characterization does not appear to be supported by Majorian's article, which emphasizes the degree to which he conciliated the Senate (in contrast to his predecessor) and places the responsibility for Majorian's deposition almost exclusively on Ricimer. Mosi Nuru (talk) 13:50, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mosi Nuru, This page does not get watched often, please report this at WP:ERRORS for future reference. Heart ^(talk) 05:01, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2023 notes

New articles (unused): Hugh Hickling
Omitted: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC); Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci; Einstein–Szilard letter; 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident; Jack L. Warner; Marija Bursać; Billy Cannon
Included: Majorian (3rd appearance, last in 2017, rescued from Ineligible); William II of England (2nd appearance on August 2, last in 2020, 5 total); 1790 United States census (5th appearance, last in 2021); Makaiko Kheti (2nd appearance, last in 2021); Summerland disaster (first appearance); Pope Severinus (first appearance); Harriet Arbuthnot (2nd appearance on August 2, last in 2017, 5 total); Bertha Lutz (3rd appearance, last in 2019, rescued from Ineligible); Simone Manuel (first appearance)

Heart ^(talk) 05:26, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]