Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/February 11

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Northern Bank headquarters at Donegall Square On 20 December 2004, £26.5 million was stolen from the Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Having taken family members of two bank officials hostage, an armed gang forced the workers to help them steal banknotes. It was one of the largest bank robberies in the United Kingdom. The police and British and Irish governments claimed the Provisional Irish Republican Army was responsible, which was denied. Police forces made inquiries and arrests in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A sum of £2.3 million was impounded from a financial adviser, Ted Cunningham, in County Cork; he was convicted in 2009. Chris Ward, one of the bank officials, was arrested in November 2005 and charged with robbery. The prosecution offered no evidence at trial and he was released. Northern Bank replaced its own bank notes. The robbery adversely affected the Northern Ireland peace process and hardened the relationship between the Taoiseach and Sinn Féin. Nobody has ever been held directly responsible for the robbery. (Full article...) Recently featured: Siege of Baghdad Japanese battleship Tosa Lise Meitner
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Nelson Mandela

As a nobel peace prize winner for his movement against apartheid, and as the first black President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela should be mentioned here. After spending 27 years in prison for his spearheading against the apartheid system, he was released from Victor Verster Prison in Paarl on Feburary 11, 1990. I believe this should be a selected anniversary. 99.249.177.21 (talk) 21:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Omitted: Emperor Jimmu, Swaminarayan, R.U.R., Iranian Revolution (this is still listed in the observances), 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts
• Included: Battle of Al Mansurah (first appearance), University College London (first appearance), Lourdes apparitions (first appearance; blurb previously featured Bernadette Soubirous, which is ineligible), Friedrich Ebert (first appearance)
• Repeats: Nelson Mandela (10th consecutive appearance, 10 total; article also used to appear on June 12)

—howcheng {chat} 07:51, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Addendum: R.U.R. added later for balance. —howcheng {chat} 08:55, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Al Mansurah (ineligible—maintenance); University College London; Friedrich Ebert; Nelson Mandela
• Included: Swaminarayan (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Lateran Treaty (2nd appearance, last in 2012; moved from June 7); 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: Lourdes apparitions (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); R.U.R. (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:54, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Swaminarayan; Lourdes apparitions; R.U.R.; 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts
• Included: Emperor Jimmu (4th appearance, last in 2011); University College London (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Memphis Sanitation Strike (first appearance); Nelson Mandela (11th appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Lateran Treaty (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:27, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Emperor Jimmu; University College London (ineligible—maintenance); Lateran Treaty; Memphis Sanitation Strike;
• Included: Swaminarayan (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Lourdes apparitions (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Friedrich Ebert (5th appearance, last in 2012); 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Nelson Mandela (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:03, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Iranian Revolution

@Howcheng: On 11 February 1979, Iranian Revolution succeed against Shah dynasty. This day is a turning point in history of Iran. Thanks Saff V. (talk) 12:05, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Swaminarayan; Friedrich Ebert; 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts
• Included: Emperor Jimmu (5th appearance, last in 2014); Lateran Treaty (4th appearance, last in 2014); Iranian Revolution (8th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Lourdes apparitions (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Nelson Mandela (3rd consecutive appearance, 13 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:21, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): University College London
• Omitted: National Foundation Day (ineligible—stub); Swaminarayan; Lourdes apparitions; Lateran Treaty; Iranian Revolution (still included as observance); Nelson Mandela
• Included: Carnival tragedy of 1823 (first appearance); Friedrich Ebert (6th appearance, last in 2015); R.U.R. (4th appearance, last in 2013); Memphis sanitation strike (2nd appearance, last in 2014)
• Repeats: Emperor Jimmu (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:45, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Lourdes apparitions (maintenance); Lateran Treaty (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851 (TFA for 2018)
• New articles (unused): Anna Kournikova (computer virus); Murder of Özgecan Aslan; Jennifer Aniston
• Omitted: Emperor Jimmu; Carnival tragedy of 1823; Friedrich Ebert
• Included: Britannicus (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); University College London (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts (4th appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Heraclius (4th appearance, last in 2017; normally appears on October 5); Ellen Broe (first appearance); Kelly Rowland (first appearance)
• Repeats: R.U.R. (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 80th anniversary); Memphis sanitation strike (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 18:33, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

@Howcheng: As you mentioned, it is allowed to nominate frothy university of Iranian Revolution. Am I right?Saff V. (talk) 08:34, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.: Yes, and it is included in the list for this year, so that is why I took it out from the holiday list. —howcheng {chat} 16:51, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Swaminarayan (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
• New articles (unused): Sylvia Plath; Whitney Houston
• Omitted: Britannicus; University College London; R.U.R.; Memphis sanitation strike; 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts; Heraclius (deleted—moved back to normal date); Ellen Broe; Kelly Rowland
• Included: La fille du régiment (first appearance); Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851 (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Friedrich Ebert (7th appearance, last in 2017; 100th anniversary); Iranian Revolution (10th appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary); Murder of Özgecan Aslan (first appearance); René Descartes (first appearance); Keith Holyoake (first appearance); Jennifer Aniston (first appearance; 50th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 17:18, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Omitted: La fille du régiment; Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851; Friedrich Ebert; Iranian Revolution; Murder of Özgecan Aslan; René Descartes; Keith Holyoake; Jennifer Aniston
• Included: Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (first appearance); National Foundation Day (rescued from Ineligible); Carnival tragedy of 1823 (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Memphis sanitation strike (4th appearance, last in 2018); Nelson Mandela (15th appearance, last in 2019; also appeared on July 18, his birthday); Anna Kournikova (computer virus) (first appearance); Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah (first appearance); Helene Kröller-Müller (first appearance); Sylvia Plath (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 19:38, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Emperor Jimmu (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Bernard A. Maguire (TFA for 2021)
• Omitted: Carnival tragedy of 1823; Memphis sanitation strike (deleted—moved to February 12); Nelson Mandela; Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah; Helene Kröller-Müller; Sylvia Plath
• Included: University College London (4th appearance, last in 2018); Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851 (2nd appearance, last in 2019); R.U.R. (6th appearance, last in 2018); Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 30th anniversary); William Shenstone (first appearance); Louis Bouveault (first appearance); Kelly Rowland (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 40th birthday)
• Repeats: Anna Kournikova (computer virus) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:10, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Britannicus (date not certain)
• New articles (unused): Bernard A. Maguire; Ellen Day Hale; Thomas Edison
• Omitted: University College London; Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851; R.U.R.; Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization; Anna Kournikova (computer virus); William Shenstone; Louis Bouveault; Kelly Rowland
• Included: Spanish colonization attempt of the Strait of Magellan (first appearance); Carnival tragedy of 1823 (3rd appearance, last in 2020); La fille du régiment (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Friedrich Ebert (8th appearance, last in 2019); 2008 East Timorese assassination attempts (5th appearance, last in 2018); René Descartes (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Elizabeth Siddal (first appearance); Whitney Houston (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:10, 12 February 2022 (UTC)