Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/June 15

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Conway Hall, London Kevin Gately died on 15 June 1974 as the result of a head injury received in the Red Lion Square public disorder in London while protesting against the National Front, a far-right, British fascist party. Gately, a 20-year-old student, was not a member of any organisation. On 15 June, the National Front held a march through central London in support of the expulsion of immigrants. A counter-demonstration was planned by Liberation, an anti-colonial pressure group. When the Liberation march reached Red Lion Square, the International Marxist Group twice charged the police cordon blocking access to Conway Hall (pictured). Police reinforcements forced the demonstrators out of the square. Gately was found unconscious on the ground. He was taken to hospital and died later that day. A public inquiry into the events was conducted by Lord Scarman, who found no evidence that Gately had been killed by the police, although he found fault with some police actions. There was further violence associated with National Front marches and the counter-demonstrations they faced, including in Birmingham, Manchester, and the East End of London (all in 1977), and in Southall in 1979, which led to the death of Blair Peach. (Full article...) Recently featured: The Spider (magazine) Battle of Villers-Bocage Incapillo
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Trithemis annulata, commonly known as the violet dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in most of Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe. Males of this species are violet-red with red veins in the wings, while females are yellow and brown. Both sexes have red eyes. This female violet dropwing was photographed near Kalopanagiotis in Cyprus. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: Al-Hajj Green kingfisher

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Removed 763 BC - Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse. There's no reference to it at the Assyrians article. Ydorb 19:28, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

On this day,15 June - important event not mentioned

copied from Talk:Main Page --00:07, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe that the first crossing of the South Atlantic Ocean by air in 1922, from Lisbon, in Portugal, to Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, by Portuguese aviators Gago Coutinho and Artur de Sacadura Cabral should be mentioned. Thank you. The Ogre 06:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

The event is briefly mentioned in the Gago article but it would be better if a single, central article about the crossing is made IMHO Nil Einne 07:17, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Omitted: Solar eclipse; Blood transfusion (ineligible—maintenance); 1896 Meiji-Sanriku earthquake; PS General Slocum (ineligible—maintenance); Tommy Douglas; 1996 Manchester bombing
• Included: Battle of Lyndanisse (first appearance); Exsurge Domine (3rd appearance, last in 2009; moved from December 10); Pig War (first appearance); 1920 Duluth lynchings (first appearance); UEFA (4th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 05:48, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Lyndanisse; Exsurge Domine; Pig War; 1920 Duluth lynchings; UEFA
• Included: Magna Carta (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (first appearance); Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown (first appearance); Queen Noor of Jordan (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (5th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:30, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Added and deleted: Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols (appears on March 25)
• New articles (unused): Mount Pinatubo
• Omitted: Magna Carta; Sallie Gardner at a Gallop; Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown; Queen Noor of Jordan; Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
• Included: Blood transfusion (6th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); 1896 Sanriku earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Tommy Douglas (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); UEFA (5th appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); detonated a bomb (5th appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 07:42, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Magna Carta (POTD for 2015)
• Omitted: Blood transfusion (ineligible—maintenance); 1896 Sanriku earthquake; Tommy Douglas; UEFA; 1996 Manchester bombing
• Included: Assyrian eclipse (first appearance); Duchess of Richmond's ball (first appearance; 200th anniversary); Pig War (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Queen Noor of Jordan (6th appearance, last in 2013); Mount Pinatubo (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:42, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Edit request

@Howcheng: I think we can swap some event for the 30th anniversary of this, it also didn't appeared before: June 15, 1985 - A vandal threw a sulfuric acid on Rembrandt's painting Danaë in the Hermitage Museum, damaging the entire central part of the canvas. Brandmeister^talk 10:32, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

I saw that one, but I think the article is too short. —howcheng {chat} 17:05, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Lyndanisse (maintenance)
• Omitted: Assyrian eclipse; Duchess of Richmond's ball; Pig War; Queen Noor of Jordan; Mount Pinatubo
• Included: Magna Carta (6th appearance, last in 2013); Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown (2nd appearance, last in 2013); UEFA (6th appearance, last in 2014); 1996 Manchester bombing (6th appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:31, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Duchess of Richmond's ball (maintenance); Mount Pinatubo (maintenance)
• Omitted: Magna Carta; Sallie Gardner at a Gallop; Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown; UEFA (ineligible—maintenance); 1996 Manchester bombing
• Included: Assyrian eclipse/Solar eclipse (Assyrian: 2nd appearance; Solar: 4th appearance; both last in 2015); Fort Ricasoli (first appearance); 1896 Sanriku earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 1920 Duluth lynchings (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (6th appearance, last in 2013); Lisa del Giocondo (first appearance); John VI Kantakouzenos (first appearance); John Fenn (chemist) (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:46, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Omitted: Assyrian eclipse; Fort Ricasoli; 1896 Sanriku earthquake; 1920 Duluth lynchings; Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; Lisa del Giocondo; John VI Kantakouzenos; John Fenn (chemist)
• Included: Exsurge Domine (4th appearance, last in 2012); Duchess of Richmond's ball (2nd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Queen Noor of Jordan (7th appearance, last in 2015; 40th anniversary); Nik Wallenda (first appearance); Georg Joseph Vogler (first appearance); James K. Polk (first appearance); Choi Hong Hi (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:19, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Omitted: Exsurge Domine; Duchess of Richmond's ball; Queen Noor of Jordan; Nik Wallenda; Georg Joseph Vogler; James K. Polk; Choi Hong Hi
• Included: Fort Ricasoli (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Tommy Douglas (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 75th anniversary); 1996 Manchester bombing (7th appearance, last in 2016); Rachel Jackson (first appearance); Frederick III, German Emperor (first appearance); Oliver Kahn (first appearance; 50th birthday)
• Repeats: Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:04, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mount Pinatubo
• New articles (unused): Bessie Coleman; Gabriele Sforza
• Omitted: Fort Ricasoli (ineligible—maintenance); The Horse in Motion; Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown; Tommy Douglas; Rachel Jackson; Frederick III, German Emperor; Oliver Kahn
• Included: Magna Carta (7th appearance, last in 2016); Exsurge Domine (5th appearance, last in 2018; 500th anniversary); Duluth lynchings (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 100th anniversary); Nik Wallenda (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Lisa del Giocondo (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Marcel Pronovost (first appearance; 90th birthday); Capitola Dickerson (first appearance)
• Repeats: 1996 Manchester bombing (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 19:33, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Bessie Coleman (POTD for 2021)
• New articles (ineligible): Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) (TFA for 2021)
• Omitted: Magna Carta; Exsurge Domine; Duluth lynchings; 1996 Manchester bombing; Nik Wallenda; Lisa del Giocondo; Marcel Pronovost; Capitola Dickerson
• Included: Pig War (1859) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); 1896 Sanriku earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2017; 125th anniversary); Tommy Douglas (4th appearance, last in 2019); Mount Pinatubo (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (7th appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Thomas Randolph (poet) (first appearance); Herman Smith-Johannsen (first appearance); W. Arthur Lewis (first appearance; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 04:21, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Duchess of Richmond's ball (maintenance); Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bessie Coleman; Bombing of Yawata (June 1944)
• Omitted: Pig War (1859); Tommy Douglas; Mount Pinatubo; Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; Thomas Randolph (poet); Herman Smith-Johannsen; W. Arthur Lewis
• Included: Solar eclipse (5th appearance, last in 2017); Duluth lynchings (4th appearance, last in 2020); Queen Noor of Jordan (8th appearance, last in 2018); Nik Wallenda (3rd appearance, last in 2020; 10th anniversary); Eadburh of Winchester (first appearance); Antoine-François de Fourcroy (first appearance); Choi Hong-hi (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 20th anniversary)
• Repeats: 1896 Sanriku earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:56, 16 June 2022 (UTC)