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• 1071 - Bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy
• 1746 - Battle of Culloden, in Scotland, the last battle of the Jacobite Rising destroys Highland clans
• 1828 - Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter dies
• 1917 - Vladmir Lenin returns from exile

Editprotected

{Editprotected} Yom Hashoah is currently redirected to Yom HaShoa (though I have put in a request to restore it to Yom Hashoah). In the meantime, please change the link in the Holocaust Remembrance Day to Yom HaShoa so we don't have to deal with a redirect off the main page. Thanks, --Valley2city^₪‽ 00:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Done SGGH 09:52, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks SGGH, but after you fulfilled the edit request the move request (from Yom HaShoa to Yom HaShoah) was surprisingly fulfilled (the backlog on WP:RM is still a week). If you want, you can change it to Yom HaShoah, but the day is almost over in GMT and a single redirect won't screw up things like the previous double redir. Your choice. --Valley2city^₪‽ 16:21, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Meh, why not? All done. SGGH 19:10, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I thought we are not supposed to fix links to redirects that aren't broken. No ? Anyway, to request small changes on MainPage, please use WP:ERRORS next time. Response is usually quicker. --PFHLai 05:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Omitted: Rush–Bagot Treaty; Cold War (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Revolt of the Comuneros (first appearance); Indian Railways (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Vilna offensive (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); 2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Virginia Tech massacre (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:15, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Change

1853 – The first passenger line of what would become Indian Railways, the state-owned railway company of India, opened between Bombay and Thane.

: Should be changed to: The first passenger line of what would become Indian Railways, the state-owned railway company of India, opened between Bombay (now Mumbai) and Thane. Add the highlighted one if possible! -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 13:46, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

NOTE: WP:Today's articles for improvement debuts on the Main Page today, necessitating the inclusion of 6 OTD items.

• New articles (unused): District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act; Second Battle of the Aisne
• Omitted: Vilna offensive; Virginia Tech massacre
• Included: Bat Masterson (first appearance); Vladimir Lenin (6th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Cold War (3rd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Revolt of the Comuneros (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Indian Railways (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); 2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:05, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Texas City disaster
• New articles (unused): Battle of the Seelow Heights
• Omitted: Revolt of the Comuneros; Indian Railways; Bat Masterson; Cold War; 2001 Bangladeshi-Indian border skirmish
• Included: Wanganui Campaign (first appearance); District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act (first appearance); Ustaše (first appearance); Letter from Birmingham Jail (first appearance)
• Repeats: Vladimir Lenin (2nd consecutive appearance 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:48, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act; Vladimir Lenin; Ustaše; Letter from Birmingham Jail
• Included: Margrethe II of Denmark (rescued from Ineligible); Revolt of the Comuneros (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Harriet Quimby (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of the Seelow Heights (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Virginia Tech shooting (5th appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Wanganui Campaign (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:42, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Checking list

I checked the lists and did some clean ups. Some of the articles were moved to the ineligible section. Mhhossein (talk) 07:25, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Indian Railways (maintenance); Ustaše (maintenance)
• Omitted: Wanganui Campaign; Harriet Quimby; Battle of the Seelow Heights; Virginia Tech shooting
• Included: Rush–Bagot Treaty (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Vladimir Lenin (8th appearance, last in 2014); Letter from Birmingham Jail (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Sinking of MV Sewol (first appearance)
• Repeats: Revolt of the Comuneros (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:46, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of the Seelow Heights (maintenance); Texas City disaster (maintenance)
• Omitted: Rush–Bagot Treaty; Vladimir Lenin; Letter from Birmingham Jail; Sinking of MV Sewol
• Included: Wanganui Campaign (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Second Battle of the Aisne (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Cold War (6th appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); Virginia Tech shooting (6th appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Tabinshwehti (first appearance); Francisco Goya (first appearance); John Millington Synge (first appearance)
• Repeats: Revolt of the Comuneros (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 23:16, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Deleted: 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes (moved to April 15)
• Moved to Ineligible: Bat Masterson (maintenance)
• Omitted: Revolt of the Comuneros; Second Battle of the Aisne; Cold War; Virginia Tech shooting; Tabinshwehti; Francisco Goya; John Millington Synge
• Included: Rush–Bagot Treaty (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 200th anniversary); Harriet Quimby (6th appearance, last in 2015); Vladimir Lenin (9th appearance, last in 2016); Sinking of MV Sewol (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Molly Brant (first appearance); Ponnambalam Ramanathan (first appearance); Khalil al-Wazir (first appearance)
• Repeats: Wanganui Campaign (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:47, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

2019

I've added the federal observance of Education and Sharing Day. per its page, it's on April 16 this year. Hydromania (talk) 08:35, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Omitted: Rush–Bagot Treaty; Wanganui Campaign (ineligible—maintenance); Harriet Quimby; Vladimir Lenin; Molly Brant; Ponnambalam Ramanathan
• Included: Revolt of the Comuneros (6th appearance, last in 2017); District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Vilna offensive (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Cold War (7th appearance, last in 2017); John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (first appearance); Francisco Goya (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
• Repeats: Sinking of MV Sewol (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Khalil al-Wazir (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:45, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Rush–Bagot Treaty (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): R. Carlos Nakai
• Omitted: District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act; Vilna offensive; Cold War (ineligible—maintenance); John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; Francisco Goya; Khalil al-Wazir
• Included: Bernadette Soubirous (first appearance); Great Indian Peninsula Railway (first appearance; blurb previously featured Indian Railways, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 7th appearance, last in 2013); Letter from Birmingham Jail (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Fructuosus of Braga (first appearance); Harry Chauvel (first appearance); Joan Bakewell (first appearance)
• Repeats: Revolt of the Comuneros (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Sinking of MV Sewol (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:19, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (unused): 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes (moved back from April 15); Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Omitted: Bernadette Soubirous (ineligible—maintenance); Revolt of the Comuneros; Great Indian Peninsula Railway; Fructuosus of Braga; Harry Chauvel; Joan Bakewell
• Included: Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) (first appearance); Whanganui campaign (5th appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); Vladimir Lenin (10th appearance, last in 2018); Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg) (first appearance); John Millington Synge (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 150th birthday); Johnnie Lewis (first appearance; 75th birthday)
• Repeats: Letter from Birmingham Jail (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Sinking of MV Sewol (4th consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:12, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Great Indian Peninsula Railway (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): OECD (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Mount Tabor (1799); Whanganui campaign; Vladimir Lenin; Sinking of MV Sewol; Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg); John Millington Synge; Johnnie Lewis
• Included: Revolt of the Comuneros (8th appearance, last in 2020); District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Harriet Quimby (7th appearance, last in 2018); 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes (4th appearance, last in 2013); Tabinshwehti (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Farran Zerbe (first appearance); Johnny Peirson (first appearance)
• Repeats: Letter from Birmingham Jail (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:05, 17 April 2022 (UTC)