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• 1478 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
• 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
• 1942 - The worst ever mining accident occurs when 1,549 miners are killed by an explosion at the Honkeiko Colliery, Manchuria.
• 1986 - In the Ukraine, one of the reactors at the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear plant explodes creating the worlds worst nuclear disaster. 31 are killed directly by the incident and many thousands more were exposed to significant amounts of radioactive material.

World Intellectual Property Day

This article has no sources other than WIPO websites and press releases and thus no indication that this is a bonafide holiday. What differentiates this from a corporation declaring April 26 to be "Buy-more-stuff-from-Walmart day" or "Spend-the-night-at-a-Westin day." I'm removing it until someone can produce non-trivial mentions in independent media that confirm that this is observed by anyone other than the one NGO than established it. Savidan 20:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Sacred Cod

I would like to suggest a mention of the "Cod-napping" of the Sacred Cod of Massachusetts taking place on this day in 1933, or possibly two days later, when it was returned.--Found5dollar (talk) 21:14, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Congo

On April 26, 1966, a new government is formed in the Republic of Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye (see Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy. Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique. Paris: Karthala, 1997. pp. 113-114). Formations of gov't are perhaps not the most notable events, but on other hand Francophone Africa is generally grossly underrepresented in Wikipedia. --Soman (talk) 12:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

SS Ideal X

The 'On This Day' article says the SS Ideal X was the World's first container ship. Query container ship and it notes the SS Ideal X is the United States first container ship, and notes purpose built container ships were operating in Europe several years prior. Query SS Ideal X, and that article does not mention it 'First' at all. Driftwood87 (talk) 01:49, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

This source says "Ideal X and three other converted T-2 tankers that entered Pan Atlantic service in 1956 are often called the world’s first successful container ships" (emphasis mine). —howcheng {chat} 18:36, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Chernobyl??

Surprisingly, the most serious nuclear accident in history is not mentioned on the front page.. --ddima.talk 22:05, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Ah, okay, according to wikistandards the articles are ineligible. --ddima.talk 22:07, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Samantha Smith (appears on July 7)
• Omitted: John Wilkes Booth; Take Ichi convoy; Containerization (ineligible—maintenance; blurb previously featured container ship but was factually incorrect); April 26 Editorial; Erfurt massacre
• Included: Royal Blue (train) (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Fetal surgery (first appearance); Woo Bum-kon (first appearance); Chernobyl disaster (6th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Bronze Night (3rd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 09:22, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Royal Blue (train); Fetal surgery (ineligible—maintenance); Woo Bum-kon; Bronze Night
• Included: Battle of Bautzen (1945) (first appearance); Tanzania (4th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); April 26 Editorial (2nd appearance, last in 2011); China Airlines Flight 140 (first appearance); Erfurt massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Chernobyl disaster (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:38, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• New articles (unused): Naperville train disaster; World Intellectual Property Organization
• Omitted: Battle of Bautzen (1945); Chernobyl disaster; April 26 Editorial; Erfurt massacre
• Included: World Intellectual Property Day (3rd appearance, last in 2007); John Wilkes Booth (7th appearance, last in 2011); Bombing of Guernica/Guernica (painting) (Painting: first appearance; Bombing: 7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Daulatpur–Saturia tornado (first appearance; 25th anniversary)
• Repeats: Tanzania (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 50th anniversary); China Airlines Flight 140 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 09:11, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Bombing of Guernica/Guernica (painting); Tanzania (ineligible—maintenance); Daulatpur–Saturia tornado; China Airlines Flight 140
• Included: Gestapo (3rd appearance, last in 2005; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Bautzen (1945) (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); World Intellectual Property Organization (first appearance); Bronze Night (4th appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: John Wilkes Booth (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total; 150th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:39, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Suggest adding Sibyl Ludington's ride

Hi, I'd like to suggest the addition of Sibyl Ludington's night ride of 1777 to the list of possible events to feature "on this day" on the main page. Ludington was aged 16 when she rode 40 miles to alert American soldiers to the imminent arrival of British forces. (Please advise what else I need to do to make this nomination, this is the first time I've done this here!) Thanks! MurielMary (talk) 10:47, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

@MurielMary: I should have thought of that article, especially since we already have Laura Secord featured. My daughter portrayed Sybil in her school play! Will get it in there. —howcheng {chat} 00:42, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Fetal surgery
• Omitted: John Wilkes Booth; Gestapo; Battle of Bautzen (1945); World Intellectual Property Organization; mass protests and riots
• Included: Pazzi family (3rd appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); Sybil Ludington (first appearance); Naperville train disaster (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Chernobyl disaster (8th appearance, last in 2013; 30th anniversary); Erfurt massacre (4th appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 11:11, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Gestapo (maintenance); Bombing of Guernica/Guernica (Picasso) (both: maintenance); Woo Bum-kon (maintenance); Fetal surgery (maintenance)
• Omitted: Pazzi family; Naperville train disaster; Chernobyl disaster (ineligible—maintenance); Erfurt massacre (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: John Wilkes Booth (9th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Bautzen (1945) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); April 26 Editorial (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Bronze Night (5th appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary)
• Repeats: Sybil Ludington (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:51, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Omitted: Sybil Ludington; Battle of Bautzen (1945); April 26 Editorial; Bronze Night; Alice Ayres; I. M. Pei; Morihei Ueshiba
• Included: Pazzi (4th appearance, last in 2016); Royal Blue (train) (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); World Intellectual Property Organization (2nd appearance, last in 2015); China Airlines Flight 140 (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Chen Jingxuan (first appearance); Ludwig Wittgenstein (2nd appearance, last in 2017; appeared on death date of April 29); Srinivasa Ramanujan (first appearance)
• Repeats: John Wilkes Booth (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:43, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Omitted: John Wilkes Booth; Royal Blue (train); World Intellectual Property Organization; China Airlines Flight 140 (ineligible—maintenance); Chen Jingxuan; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Srinivasa Ramanujan
• Included: Sybil Ludington (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Take Ichi convoy (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Daulatpur–Saturia tornado (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 30th anniversary); Erfurt school massacre (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Jean Fernel (first appearance); Margaret Gowing (first appearance); Morihei Ueshiba (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary)
• Repeats: Pazzi (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:49, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Bautzen (1945) (fact not in article)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Gestapo
• New articles (unused): Hack Wilson
• Omitted: Sybil Ludington (ineligible—may not be true); Daulatpur–Saturia tornado; Erfurt school massacre (ineligible—maintenance); Jean Fernel; Margaret Gowing; Morihei Ueshiba
• Included: World Intellectual Property Organization (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 50th anniversary); Bronze Night (6th appearance, last in 2017); Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (first appearance); Srinivasa Ramanujan (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th birthday); Giorgio Moroder (first appearance; 80th birthday)
• Repeats: Pazzi conspiracy/Pazzi (Conspiracy: first appearance, was previously ineligible; Pazzi: 3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Take Ichi convoy (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:52, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Deleted: Naperville train disaster (moved to April 25)
• New articles (unused): Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation (moved from April 27); Samuel Bellamy; Anne McLaren
• Omitted: Take Ichi convoy; World Intellectual Property Organization; Bronze Night; Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily; Srinivasa Ramanujan; Giorgio Moroder
• Included: John Wilkes Booth (11th appearance, last in 2018); Gestapo (4th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); April 26 Editorial (4th appearance, last in 2017); China Airlines Flight 140 (4th appearance, last in 2018); Marcus Aurelius (9th appearance, last in 2014; normally appears on March 7 with another article which is currently ineligible, so he can stay here until the other one is usable again; 1900th birthday); Nano Nagle (first appearance); Margaret Gowing (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 100th birthday)
• Repeats: Pazzi conspiracy (4th consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:16, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Omitted: Gestapo; April 26 Editorial; China Airlines Flight 140; Marcus Aurelius; Nano Nagle; Margaret Gowing
• Included: Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Royal Blue (train) (4th appearance, last in 2018); World Intellectual Property Organization (4th appearance, last in 2020); Samuel Bellamy (first appearance); Hack Wilson (first appearance); Margaret Scott (dancer) (first appearance; 100th birthday)
• Repeats: Pazzi conspiracy (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total); John Wilkes Booth (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:27, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

2024 request

Howcheng - 2024 is the 500th anniversay of the baptism of William Shakespeare. Can he be listed please? Mjroots (talk) 06:58, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

@Bumbubookworm: —holly {chat} 18:52, 24 April 2023 (UTC)