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1932 - A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
1997 - The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, signed in Paris in January 1993, goes into effect. Russia, Iraq and North Korea were notable nations who had not ratified the treaty.
2003 - Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store released, sells 1,000,000 songs in first week.

Do we really want an article with a red link on this page? RickK | Talk 05:55, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

From Talk:Main Page

Could this be re-phrased "When the Treaty of San Francisco entered into force, Japan became an independant state"? That makes more grammatical sense. Lee S. Svoboda tɑk 16:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thumbnail suggestion

Since the University of Santo Tomas article is the first blurb. –Howard the Duck 08:55, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ust old entrance.jpg

Original entrance of the University of Santo Tomas.

The anniversary of Bligh?

Why is William Bligh the bolded item in the anniversary of the mutiny on the Bounty, instead of the mutiny itself? — crism (talk) 01:31, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mutiny on the Bounty#References is currently tagged with {{More footnotes}}. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:21, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Treaty of San Francisco (maintenance); Charles de Gaulle (appears on January 20)
Omitted: Guillaume Schnaebelé; Aurora Quezon; Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (ineligible—maintenance); Cao Van Vien; Aldrich Ames
Included: University of Santo Tomas (3rd appearance, last in 2009); Fletcher Christian (first appearance; blurb featured William Bligh in 2010, but that article is now ineligible); 1910 London to Manchester air race (first appearance); Exercise Tiger (first appearance); Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:24, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: University of Santo Tomas; Mutiny on the Bounty (blurb previously featured Fletcher Christian, which is now ineligible); 1910 London to Manchester air race; Exercise Tiger; Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)
Included: Guillaume Schnaebelé (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Aurora Quezon(2nd appearance, last in 2011); Treaty of Taipei (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Cao Van Vien (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Aldrich Ames (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Dennis Tito (2nd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:19, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Guillaume Schnaebelé; Aurora Quezon; Treaty of Taipei; Cao Văn Viên; Dennis Tito
Included: Nichiren Buddhism (first appearance); University of Santo Tomas (4th appearance, last in 2012); 1923 FA Cup Final (first appearance); Exercise Tiger (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary)
Repeats: Aldrich Ames (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:50, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

New articles (ineligible): United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66) (maintenance)
Omitted: University of Santo Tomas; 1923 FA Cup Final; Exercise Tiger; Aldrich Ames
Included: Mutiny on the Bounty (6th appearance, last in 2009; blurb last appeared in 2012); 1910 London to Manchester air race (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Cao Văn Viên (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); W. R. Myers High School shooting (first appearance)
Repeats: Nichiren Buddhism (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 12:15, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Error in HMS Bounty reference

Why does the 1789 reference rename the HMS Bounty article? Petecarney (talk) 22:12, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently there's some controversy as to whether the ship should be referred to as HMS Bounty, HMAV Bounty, or just Bounty. I guess we should go sans prefix here. —howcheng {chat} 18:35, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment

I checked the lists and made some changes. Mhhossein (talk) 04:44, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: University of Santo Tomas (maintenance);
Omitted: Mutiny on the Bounty (ineligible—TFA for 2016); 1910 London to Manchester air race; Cao Văn Viên; W. R. Myers High School shooting
Included: Guillaume Schnaebelé (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Aurora Quezon (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Dominican Civil War (first appearance); Dennis Tito (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Nichiren Buddhism (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:21, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Exercise Tiger (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Gudovac massacre (TFA for 2017)
Omitted: Nichiren Buddhism; Aurora Quezon; Dominican Civil War; Dennis Tito
Included: Mutiny on the Bounty (7th appearance, last in 2015); 1910 London to Manchester air race (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Treaty of Taipei (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Shajar al-Durr (first appearance); Jane Cobden (first appearance); Bradley Wiggins (first appearance)
Repeats: Guillaume Schnaebelé (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:33, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1923 FA Cup Final (TFA for 2018)
New articles (unused): The Dark Side of the Moon
Omitted: Guillaume Schnaebelé; 1910 London to Manchester air race; Treaty of Taipei; Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago); Shajar al-Durr; Jane Cobden; Bradley Wiggins
Included: Nichiren Buddhism (4th appearance, last in 2016); Gudovac massacre (first appearance); Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (first appearance); Hertha Ayrton (first appearance); Penélope Cruz (first appearance); Regina Martínez Pérez (2nd appearance, last in 2017; also appears on September 7, her birthday)
Repeats: Mutiny on the Bounty (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:40, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 1923 FA Cup Final; Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
New articles (unused): Josiah Willard Gibbs
Omitted: Nichiren Buddhism; Mutiny on the Bounty; Gudovac massacre; Aloha Airlines Flight 243; Hertha Ayrton; Penélope Cruz; Regina Martínez Pérez
Included: Parthian Empire/Battle of Hormozdgan (both: first appearance); Guillaume Schnaebelé (5th appearance, last in 2017); Aurora Quezon (4th appearance, last in 2016; 70th anniversary); The Dark Side of the Moon (first appearance); W. R. Myers High School shooting (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 20th anniversary); James Monroe (first appearance); Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon (first appearance); Alf Ramsey (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:38, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (unused): Tristan Tzara; Oskar Schindler; Hermann Fegelein; David Freese
Omitted: Guillaume Schnaebelé; Aurora Quezon; The Dark Side of the Moon; W. R. Myers High School shooting; James Monroe; Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon; Alf Ramsey (ineligible—TFA for 2020)
Included: Mutiny on the Bounty (9th appearance, last in 2018); 1923 FA Cup Final (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Rhys ap Gruffydd (first appearance); Elena Kagan (first appearance; 60th birthday); Bradley Wiggins (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th birthday)
Repeats: Parthian Empire/Battle of Hormozdgan (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:03, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Alf Ramsey
Omitted: Parthian Empire; 1923 FA Cup Final; Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago); Rhys ap Gruffydd; Elena Kagan; Bradley Wiggins
Included: Nichiren/Nichiren Buddhism (Nichiren: first appearance; Buddhism: 5th; last in 2018); 1910 London to Manchester air race (4th appearance, last in 2017); Gudovac massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary); Dennis Tito (4th appearance, last in 2016; 20th anniversary); Shajar al-Durr (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Edward IV of England (9th appearance, last in 2020; normally appears on March 4); Hermann Fegelein (first appearance)
Repeats: Mutiny on the Bounty (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:09, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Port Arthur massacre (Australia) (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Terry Pratchett (maintenance)
Omitted: Nichiren/Nichiren Buddhism; Mutiny on the Bounty; Gudovac massacre; Dennis Tito; Shajar al-Durr; Edward IV of England (deleted per above); Hermann Fegelein
Included: Sa die de sa Sardigna (first appearance); University of Santo Tomas (5th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Guillaume Schnaebelé (6th appearance, last in 2019); Treaty of Taipei (4th appearance, last in 2017; 70th anniversary); Rhys ap Gruffydd (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 825th anniversary); Tobias Asser (first appearance); Regina Martínez Pérez (4th appearance, last in 2018; also appears on September 7, her birthday, which I apparently failed to notice THREE TIMES; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: 1910 London to Manchester air race (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:35, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]