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Grand Hotel Brighton on the morning after the bombing On 12 October 1984 an assassination attempt was made by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Five people were killed and more than thirty injured; Thatcher was unharmed. The bombing was a key moment in the Troubles, the conflict in Northern Ireland between unionists and republicans, which took place in the late 20th century. The IRA decided to assassinate Thatcher during the 1981 hunger strike. Three weeks before the conference, the IRA member Patrick Magee planted a long-delay time bomb in the Grand Brighton Hotel, which the IRA knew would be occupied by Thatcher. The explosion dislodged a hotel chimney stack, which crashed through several floors (damage pictured). Thatcher decided to continue the conference as normal, which reopened six and a half hours after the explosion. A partial palm print was found on Magee's room registration card and after an eight-month investigation he was sent to prison for eight life sentences. (Full article...) Recently featured: Tomorrow Speculative Fiction To Kill a Mockingbird The Birds
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Europa Clipper is a space probe developed by NASA and scheduled for launch in October 2024. The largest spacecraft NASA has built for a planetary mission, Europa Clipper is designed to study Jupiter's moon Europa through a series of flybys while in orbit around Jupiter, with the goals of exploring Europa, investigating its habitability, and aiding in the selection of a landing site for the future Europa Lander. It is expected to reach its destination in 2030. This photograph shows a commemorative plate, 7 by 11 inches (18 by 28 centimeters) in size and made of tantalum, that is attached to the outside of the space probe to seal an entrance to a vault designed to protect the electronics from Jupiter's radiation. The outer face of the plate, pictured here, is etched with waveforms of audio recordings of the word water translated into 103 languages, radiating outwards from a representation of the American Sign Language sign for the same word. The inner face of the plate features a work by the American poet Ada Limón. Photograph credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech; photographed by Ryan Lannom Recently featured: Goniobranchus kuniei Silver certificates Li Fu Lee

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If you took the time to check your facts you would know that there was not a "racial brawl" on the Kitty Hawk on October 12. The fact of the matter is that the precipitating factor is that one sailor stole another sailors wallet which is what truly led to the disturbance. It is disingenuous at best to blame this event on race - it was a crime perpetrated by one individual that led to a large fight.

Columbus discovery of America

Shouldn't this event be inserted in selected anniversaries?--Panairjdde 11:46, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

I am in agreement with Pana!

Matthew Shepard

Matthew Shepard died 10 years ago, October 12, 1998, as a result of being beaten and left tied to a fence in Wyoming. His death made international headlines as a particularly egregious example of gay bashing. It surprised me that it wasn't included in the list of selected anniversaries, and it doubly surprised me that, despite text inviting me to edit the list, I couldn't, since it was fully protected. This is the danger of prophylactic protection of pages; Good-faith editors with a long history of contributions are prohibited from improving the encyclopedia without cause. So, why not Matthew Shepard? --SSBohio 14:12, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Most likely it was omitted because of an unintended oversight (although, isn't the day that Shepard was actually attacked, October 7, more significant?). As for you trying to edit this page at the moment you did, it was probably because it was appearing on the main page, or about to appear there (see Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page#Why am I not able to edit the Main Page?). Cheers. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:38, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Correctin to Colombus entry

Colombus actually made first landfall on Samana Cay. San Salvador Island was formerly thought to be the correct location, but this was formally corrected in 1986, when the National Geographic Society affirmed that he first visited Samana Cay. -109.150.145.19 (talk) 18:29, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

The Christopher Columbus article still says it's unknown exactly where he landed, and even the Samana Cay article only claims that some historians believe that was the place. howcheng {chat} 07:42, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Criminal Tribes Act; Negative pressure ventilator
• New articles (unused): First Battle of Passchendaele
• Omitted: Christopher Columbus; Edith Cavell; Voskhod 1; Jaffna University Helidrop; 1999 Pakistani coup d'état; 2002 Bali bombings
• Included: Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse (first appearance); Pledge of Allegiance (first appearance); Inejiro Asanuma (first appearance); Brighton hotel bombing (6th appearance, last in 2008); 1992 Cairo earthquake (first appearance; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 10:41, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 October 2012

The summary for Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse describing her parachute "jump" is misleading, since she didn't get out of the gondola; the whole gondola descended by parachute. The first actual parachute jump may not have taken place until 1887 in San Francisco (see http://www.cliffhouseproject.com/history/baldwin/baldwin.htm). I suggest something like:

Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse became the first woman to make a parachute descent from a hot-air balloon (artwork pictured), falling 900 m (3,000 ft) in the balloon's gondola.

WolfmanSF (talk) 03:31, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 07:58, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Voskhod 1 (maintenance); Equatorial Guinea (maintenance)
• Omitted: Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse; Pledge of Allegiance; Inejiro Asanuma; Brighton hotel bombing; 1992 Cairo earthquake
• Included: Treaty of Salynas (4th appearance, last in 2010); Christopher Columbus (9th appearance, last in 2011); Criminal Tribes Act (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Negative pressure ventilator (5th appearance, last in 2010); Jaffna University Helidrop (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 05:59, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Columbus Day (ineligible—maintenance); Treaty of Salynas; Christopher Columbus; Criminal Tribes Act; Negative pressure ventilator; Jaffna University Helidrop
• Included: Equatorial Guinea (rescued from Ineligible); Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Pledge of Allegiance (2nd appearance, last in 2012); First Battle of Passchendaele (first appearance); Brighton hotel bombing (7th appearance, last in 2012; 30th anniversary); 1999 Pakistani coup d'état (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 07:27, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

2015 request

@Howcheng:, this is the 100th anniversary of the execution of Edith Cavell. Please can we make sure this features. Mjroots (talk) 08:45, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Got it. —howcheng {chat} 15:57, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Christopher Columbus (maintenance)
• Omitted: Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse; Pledge of Allegiance; First Battle of Passchendaele; Brighton hotel bombing; 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
• Included: Treaty of Salynas (5th appearance, last in 2013); Siemens AG (first appearance); Edith Cavell (5th appearance, last in 2010; 100th anniversary); Inejiro Asanuma (2nd appearance, last in 2012); USS Cole bombing (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 08:16, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Day of Tasu'a

Dear Howcheng! Day of Tasu'a falls one day before Day of Ashura. Tasu's means ninth and Ashura means tenth in Arabic, AFAIK. So, Day of Tasu'a should go to October 10. Thanks. --Mhhossein ^talk 12:16, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Oh sorry, I went to WikiConference North America this weekend and did not see your post. Sorry the article did not make it in this year. Next time, please try WP:ERRORS if you don't get a response from me. —howcheng {chat} 07:48, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Iron lung (maintenance); 2002 Bali bombings (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Shoe-banging incident; Voskhod 1
• Omitted: Treaty of Salynas; Edith Cavell; Inejiro Asanuma; USS Cole bombing (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Criminal Tribes Act (4th appearance, last in 2013); First Battle of Passchendaele (2nd appearance, last in 2014); 1992 Cairo earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Siemens (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:46, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Voskhod 1 (maintenance); Jaffna University Helidrop (maintenance)
• Omitted: Our Lady of Aparecida (ineligible—maintenance); Equatorial Guinea (ineligible—maintenance); Siemens; Criminal Tribes Act
• Included: Our Lady of the Pillar (first appearance); Treaty of Salynas (6th appearance, last in 2015); Peasants' War (1798) (first appearance); Shoe-banging incident (first appearance); Demosthenes (first appearance); Ramsay MacDonald (2nd appearance, last in 2014; normally appears on January 22); Ricky Wilson (American musician) (first appearance)
• Repeats: First Battle of Passchendaele (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 100th anniversary); 1992 Cairo earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:34, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Caption of illustration that accompanies 1799: First woman to parachute

As was discussed on Main Page/Errors, Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin had not yet married M. Garnerin OTD, so her maiden name is used; however, the illustration depicts a different event that apparently occurred after they married. The last paragraph of MOS:MULTINAMES suggests the caption should show her name as Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin, and I suggest the addition of (née Labrosse), for clarity. --184.207.175.225 (talk) 06:08, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

@Howcheng: Thanks for cropping a different image (I assume you're the one who cropped it) and swapping it in, but this one also depicts her after she was married. Her married surname is even written under her likeness. --173.129.64.184 (talk) 18:24, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Edith Cavell (maintenance)
• Omitted: Our Lady of the Pillar (ineligible—maintenance); Peasants' War (1798); First Battle of Passchendaele; Shoe-banging incident; 1992 Cairo earthquake; Demosthenes; Ramsay MacDonald (deleted—moved to January 22); Ricky Wilson (American musician) (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Pledge of Allegiance (United States) (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Inejiro Asanuma (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Brighton hotel bombing (8th appearance, last in 2014); Thomas Dudley (first appearance); Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth (first appearance); Sheila Florance (first appearance)
• Repeats: Treaty of Salynas (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:54, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Ineos 1:59 Challenge (just happened + maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Gilbert Parkhouse
• Omitted: Treaty of Salynas; Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse; Pledge of Allegiance; Inejiro Asanuma; Brighton hotel bombing; Thomas Dudley; Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth; Sheila Florance
• Included: Criminal Tribes Act (5th appearance, last in 2016); Uddevalla Suffrage Association (first appearance); First Battle of Passchendaele (4th appearance, last in 2017); Typhoon Tip (first appearance; 40th anniversary); 1999 Pakistani coup d'état (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary); Nicholas Brend (first appearance); Kamini Roy (first appearance); Wilt Chamberlain (3rd appearance, last in 2006; previously appeared on March 2; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:30, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Indigenous Peoples' Day

I think Indigenous Peoples' Day would make a fantastic addition to OTD this year or in future years - Its date changes from year to year, but I'm putting this suggestion here as it falls on October 12 in 2020. Pinging @Howcheng:. AviationFreak💬 02:36, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

@AviationFreak: I don't think it's fair to include Indigenous Peoples' Day without Columbus Day, which is currently ineligible due to maintenance tags. —howcheng {chat} 16:01, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Werner von Siemens/Siemens (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Ineos 1:59 Challenge (maintenance)
• Omitted: Criminal Tribes Act; Uddevalla Suffrage Association; First Battle of Passchendaele; Typhoon Tip; 1999 Pakistani coup d'état (ineligible—maintenance); Nicholas Brend; Kamini Roy; Wilt Chamberlain
• Included: Chen Yanxiang (first appearance); Peasants' War (1798) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Holland Tunnel (5th appearance, last in 2017; 100th anniversary; normally appears on November 13); Inejirō Asanuma (4th appearance, last in 2018; 60th anniversary); 1992 Cairo earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2017); Juan José Castelli (5th appearance, last in 2017; moved from August 26); Gilbert Parkhouse (2nd appearance, last in 2017; moved from August 10); Anna Escobedo Cabral (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 18:55, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Christopher Columbus (related picture is POTD for 2021)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Ricky Wilson (American musician)
• New articles (unused): Pope Honorius I; Mary Pinchot Meyer
• Omitted: Chen Yanxiang; Peasants' War (1798); Holland Tunnel (deleted—moved back to original date); Inejirō Asanuma; 1992 Cairo earthquake; Juan José Castelli; Gilbert Parkhouse; Anna Escobedo Cabral
• Included: Treaty of Salynas (8th appearance, last in 2018); Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin (4th appearance, last in 2018); Criminal Tribes Act (6th appearance, last in 2019; 150th anniversary); Brighton hotel bombing (9th appearance, last in 2018); Thomas Dudley (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Arthur Harden (first appearance); Sheila Florance (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:26, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Deleted: Holland Tunnel (special anniversary only)
• Moved to Ineligible: Criminal Tribes Act (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Aleister Crowley
• Omitted: Treaty of Salynas; Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin; Brighton hotel bombing; Thomas Dudley; Arthur Harden
• Included: Chen Yanxiang (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Christopher Columbus (5th appearance on October 12, last in 2013, 10 total, rescued from Ineligible); Pledge of Allegiance (4th appearance, last in 2018); First Battle of Passchendaele (5th appearance, last in 2019); Typhoon Tip (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Demosthenes (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Wilt Chamberlain (2nd appearance on October 12, last in 2019, 4 total)
• Repeats: Sheila Florance (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

Heart ^(talk) 23:36, 16 August 2023 (UTC)