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The First Serbian Uprising in 1804 may be a good candidate. -- PFHLai 20:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

What about the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929? Redsox00002 (talk) 01:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

The Saint Valentine's Day massacre article currently does not qualify under guideline #7 of the selected anniversaries guidelines since a user has tagged it with {{unreferenced}}, most likely feeling that the page needs to have more cited sources to be a compete and well-formatted article. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Lots of non-Gregorian based observations in 2010

Looks like a bunch of non-Gregorian calendar based holidays and observations that are normally on these Selected anniversaries pages will fall on the same day in 2010. Of course, the WP:OTD currently says "a maximum of ... 3 holidays/observances per day", but it would feel POV to pick one or more of these observations to omit this year just to strictly observe the Wikipedia guideline, right? Zzyzx11 (talk) 19:44, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Suggestion

• 2011 – As a part of Arab spring, the still ongoing 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising (protests pictured), began.

I would appreciate if someone can put this in the right place. Bahraini Activist ^{Talk to me} 15:41, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

2012 notes

• New articles (unused): Battle of Kettle Creek
• Omitted: Arizona, Polish–Soviet War, The Satanic Verses controversy, 2007 Zahedan bombings, Northern Illinois University shooting
• Included: James Cook (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible), Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell telephone controversy (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible), Jeanne Calment (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible), 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising (first appearance)
• Repeats: Knesset (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:31, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Notes for tomorrow

Could you change 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising to Bahraini uprising (2011–present)? It's the current name. And could you add "with a "Day of Rage"" at the end of last line? It's a good article. Mohamed CJ (talk) 05:07, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: The Satanic Verses controversy (maintenance)
• Omitted: James Cook; Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell telephone controversy; Knesset; Jeanne Calment
• Included: Quorum of the Twelve (first appearance); Polish–Soviet War (4th appearance, last in 2011); IBM (3rd appearance, last in 2004); Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (first appearance; 70th anniversary)
• Repeats: Day of Rage (Bahrain) (first appearance; blurb previously featured Bahraini uprising (2011–present), which is now ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 22:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• New articles (unused): Adolph Dubs; YouTube (moved from February 15)
• Omitted: Quorum of the Twelve; Polish–Soviet War; Battle of Sidi Bou Zid; Day of Rage (Bahrain)
• Included: Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell telephone controversy (4th appearance, last in 2012); Lawrencium (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); The Satanic Verses controversy (4th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible; 25th anniversary); Cedar Revolution (first appearance; blurb previously featured Rafic Hariri, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 5th appearance, last in 2010)
• Repeats: IBM (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 90th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:19, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

25^th anniversary of Pale Blue Dot

To add a further reason in favour of including Pale Blue Dot in OTD this coming February 14, this anniversary is even more significant now that another space probe, New Horizons is about to repeat Voyager 1's feat by exiting the Solar System: another photo opportunity for this beautiful speck of dust that is our planet? --Deeday-UK (talk) 01:33, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Added and deleted: Budapest Open Access Initiative (wrong date)
• Omitted: Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell telephone controversy (ineligible—maintenance); IBM; Lawrencium; The Satanic Verses controversy
• Included: James Cook (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Quorum of the Twelve (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Knesset (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Pale Blue Dot (first appearance; 25th anniversary)
• Repeats: Cedar Revolution (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 10:38, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Quorum of the Twelve; Knesset; Pale Blue Dot; Cedar Revolution
• Included: Polish–Soviet War (5th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Jeanne Calment (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 25th anniversary); Day of Rage (Bahrain)/Bahraini uprising of 2011 (both: first appearance)
• Repeats: James Cook/Kidnapping of Kalaniʻōpuʻu by Captain James Cook (Cook: 2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; Kidnapping: first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:46, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Knesset (maintenance); Cedar Revolution (maintenance); 2007 Zahedan bombings (maintenance)
• Omitted: Brigid of Kildare (ineligible—maintenance); Quorum of the Twelve; Polish–Soviet War; Jeanne Calment; Day of Rage (Bahrain)
• Included: Lawrencium (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Adolph Dubs (first appearance); The Satanic Verses controversy (5th appearance, last in 2014)
• Repeats: James Cook/Kidnapping of Kalaniʻōpuʻu by Captain James Cook (Cook: 3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total; Kidnapping: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:55, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Quorum of the Twelve (maintenance); Arizona (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Live at Leeds
• Omitted: James Cook/Kidnapping of Kalaniʻōpuʻu by Captain James Cook; Lawrencium; Adolph Dubs; The Satanic Verses controversy
• Included: Battle of Kettle Creek (first appearance); Great Ormond Street Hospital (first appearance); Pale Blue Dot (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Northern Illinois University shooting (2nd appearance, last in 2011); John Wilkins (first appearance); Margaret E. Knight (first appearance); Adnan Saidi (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:22, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Jeanne Calment (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Live at Leeds (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Kettle Creek; Battle of Sidi Bou Zid; Pale Blue Dot; Northern Illinois University shooting; John Wilkins; Margaret E. Knight; Adnan Saidi
• Included: James Cook/Kidnapping of Kalaniʻōpuʻu by Captain James Cook (Cook: 6th appearance; Kidnapping: 3rd appearance; both last in 2017); IBM (5th appearance, last in 2014); Adolph Dubs (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary); The Satanic Verses controversy (6th appearance, last in 2017; 30th anniversary); Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson (first appearance); Anna Howard Shaw (first appearance); Pam McConnell (first appearance)
• Repeats: Great Ormond Street Hospital (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:14, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Deleted: Brigid of Kildare (date not in article)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Bereza Kartuska (blurb previously featured Polish–Soviet War, which remains ineligible); Jeanne Calment
• New articles (unused): Mapuche uprising of 1655; James Bond (ornithologist)
• Omitted: James Cook/Kidnapping of Kalaniʻōpuʻu by James Cook; IBM; Adolph Dubs; The Satanic Verses controversy; Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson; Anna Howard Shaw; Pam McConnell
• Included: Battle of Kettle Creek (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Gertie the Dinosaur (first appearance); Pale Blue Dot (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 30th anniversary); Day of Rage (Bahrain)/Bahraini uprising of 2011 (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2016); Valentin Friedland (first appearance); Eleanora Atherton (first appearance); Franjo Mihalić (first appearance)
• Repeats: Great Ormond Street Hospital (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 19:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Salman Rushdie

There's a blurb on Salman Rushdie's novel and the records of the page TP show it had not been on the main page since 2008. --Mhhossein ^talk 08:04, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

@Mhhossein: The Satanic Verses controversy last appeared in 2019. —howcheng {chat} 08:25, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Kettle Creek; Great Ormond Street Hospital; Gertie the Dinosaur; Pale Blue Dot; Valentin Friedland; Eleanora Atherton; Franjo Mihalić
• Included: Mapuche uprising of 1655 (first appearance); Death of James Cook/James Cook (Death: 4th appearance; Cook: 7th; both last in 2019); Battle of Bereza Kartuska (first appearance); Lawrencium (4th appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary); Singu Min (first appearance); George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (first appearance); Hazel McCallion (first appearance)
• Repeats: Bahraini uprising of 2011/Day of Rage (Bahrain) (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 04:23, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• New articles (unused): Val James
• Omitted: Mapuche uprising of 1655; Death of James Cook/James Cook; Battle of Bereza Kartuska; Lawrencium; 2011 Bahraini uprising/Day of Rage (Bahrain); Singu Min; George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.; Hazel McCallion
• Included: First Serbian Uprising (3rd appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Great Ormond Street Hospital (4th appearance, last in 2020); IBM (6th appearance, last in 2019); The Satanic Verses controversy (7th appearance, last in 2019); Domenico Ferrabosco (first appearance); William Blackstone (first appearance); Adnan Saidi (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:01, 15 February 2022 (UTC)