Talk:December 23

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December 23: Night of the Radishes in Oaxaca City, Mexico; Festivus Vincent van Gogh 1776 – American Revolutionary War: American troops, overwhelmed by British reinforcements, retreated from the Battle of Iron Works Hill. 1888 – During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (pictured) severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in Arles, France. 1916 – First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory at the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula. 1957 – Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time. 2008 – The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election. Carl Gustaf Wrangel (b. 1613) Dost Mohammad Khan (b. 1793) Carla Bruni (b. 1967) Chryssa (d. 2013) More anniversaries: December 22 December 23 December 24

Leap years

9 days remaining, 10 in leap years?

Does this make sense to someone who can explain it, or is it just wrong?
GTBacchus 10:00 Jan 8, 2003 (UTC)

Lucci

Susan Lucci was born in 1947 and not 1946. [1] Mike H 00:27, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

Tip's/Tibb's Eve

I'm from newfoundland and I was told as a child that the day before Christmas Eve was called Tip's Eve (or possibly Tibb's Eve, I was never able to fully acquire and decode the Newfie accent). Is this known of or was it just a thing in my small community? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Offput (talk • contribs) 03:18, 24 December 2006 (UTC).

Festivus

Is there any reason to remove "fictional" from this "holiday" and using the silly tagline that is associated with it? It is as notable as "Steak & BJ Day". -- Borameer ^TM 15:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Holidays and observations is not for parodic or fictional events. I removed Festivus and it was restored. Please explain here how Festivus meets the criteria for inclusion. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 15:37, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Festivus meets the criteria for inclusion. Per WP:DOY, "Holidays and observances, if notable enough for inclusion, should be the subject of a Wikipedia article (or in the case of religious feasts, mentioned in a linked article). These entries should also be limited to those events that occur on the same date annually and to observances that are currently celebrated (not the date it was once celebrated or will be celebrated)." Festivus is the subject of a very well-written and sourced Wikipedia article and is always observed on December 23. Frank Anchor^Talk 16:46, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

If it is a parody, as the Wiki article says, how is it "observed"? It's a joke. That's sort of what parody means. Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:39, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Byzantine-Arab wars

I'm adding this one in because theres too much modern day stuff. Tourskin (talk) 17:20, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Slovenia election values

In [the article|https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/1990_Slovenian_independence_referendum] about Slovenian independence election the result says 95.71% votes "yes", in the list says 88.5% Barrabas11 (talk) 18:25, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

You should probably ask this on the article's talk page, but as I understand it, 88.5% refers to the proportion of eligible voters, whereas 95.71% refers to the proportion of actual voters. Kiwipete (talk) 01:47, 24 December 2022 (UTC)