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Okay, I've been bold (Warsaw Uprising replaces US census, especially for the 60th anniversary). I wasn't so sure that this was the right deletion, but the census article doesn't make such a big thing about the first US census and there were many other earlier ones which aren't listed. Mozzerati 06:31, 2004 Jul 28 (UTC)

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I've added the outbreak of World War I (it's the 80th anniversary tomorrow), which is surely a significant anniversary. However, this pushes the number of articles over the allowed limit of four. I've removed the People's Liberation Army and Charles Whitman items, as they are clearly less significant than the remaining four. -- ChrisO 12:39, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)

WWI is already a sel anniv on Template:July 28 selected anniversaries. --mav 03:33, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Any chance we could put the Northern Hemisphere's Lammas on here alongside the Southern Hemisphere's Imbolc? - Jredmond (talk) 18:41, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Lindow Man

How about including the discovery of Lindow Man for this date? It was an Iron-Age bog body found in 1984 which caused something of a media sensation and was an important archaeological discovery. I'm not sure which article would go though if it were to be included. Obviously the discovery of oxygen should be kept as the article is a Featured Article. Lindow Man is currently at WP:FAC and has been a Good Article for nearly two years so is of a good standard. The least developed article linked from the 1 August anniversary page is that of the Nanchang Uprising, so might that be replaced by the Lindow Man article? Nev1 (talk) 23:56, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Swiss National Day

Hello,
Why do'nt you mark in the box that today is the Swiss National Day, while we mark the Caribbean's Emancipation Day , which is'nt a national holiday?
Thanks,--Anas1712 (talk) 08:18, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Swiss National Day is tagged as having no references. Per the rules at WP:OTD, we cannot include it. howcheng {chat} 08:48, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes

• New articles (unused): Lombard Street Riot
• Omitted: Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy; Action of 1 August 1801; Warsaw Uprising; Lindow Man; I-35W Mississippi River bridge
• Included: Justinian I (5th appearance, last in 2007); Oxygen (8th appearance, last in 2010); Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Charles Whitman (first appearance); 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:12, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Justinian I; Oxygen; Slavery Abolition Act 1833; Charles Whitman; 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
• Included: Battle of the Nile (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Lombard Street Riot (first appearance); Brownsea Island Scout camp (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Warsaw Uprising (9th appearance, last in 2011); Chicken Kiev speech (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:57, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Justinian I (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of the Nile; Lombard Street Riot; Brownsea Island Scout camp; Warsaw Uprising; Chicken Kiev speech
• Included: Benin (first appearance); Muslim conquest of Sicily (first appearance); Oxygen (9th appearance, last in 2012); Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (5th appearance, last in 2012); Lindow Man (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); I-35W Mississippi River bridge (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:20, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Muslim conquest of Sicily; Oxygen; Slavery Abolition Act 1833; Lindow Man; I-35W Mississippi River bridge (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Justinian I (6th appearance, last in 2012); Riot Act (first appearance; 300th anniversary); Action of 1 August 1801 (2nd appearance, last in 2011); MTV (7th appearance, last in 2010); 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 07:47, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Some changes - 2016

@Howcheng: Please note that I-35W Mississippi River bridge is a good article and can apparently be moved to the eligible list. --Mhhossein (talk) 05:03, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): I-35W Mississippi River bridge
• Omitted: Justinian I; Riot Act; Action of 1 August 1801; MTV; 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
• Included: Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of the Nile (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (6th appearance, last in 2014); Charles Whitman (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary); Chicken Kiev speech (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:00, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Riot Act (maintenance); Warsaw Uprising (maintenance); MTV (maintenance)
• Omitted: Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of the Nile; Slavery Abolition Act 1833; Charles Whitman; Chicken Kiev speech
• Included: Justinian I (7th appearance, last in 2015); Lombard Street riot (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Brownsea Island Scout camp (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Lindow Man (3rd appearance, last in 2014); I-35W Mississippi River bridge (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Sabbatai Zevi (first appearance); Elizabeth Randles (first appearance); Lolita Lebrón (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:21, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• New articles (unused): The Concert for Bangladesh
• Omitted: Benin (ineligible—maintenance); Justinian I; Lombard Street riot; Lindow Man; I-35W Mississippi River bridge (ineligible—POTD for 2018); Sabbatai Zevi (ineligible—maintenance); Elizabeth Randles; Lolita Lebrón
• Included: Muslim conquest of Sicily (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Riot Act (2nd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Video Killed the Radio Star (first appearance; blurb previously featured MTV, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 8th appearance, last in 2015); Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire (first appearance); Æthelwold of Winchester (first appearance); Maria Mitchell (first appearance); Alan Moore (war artist) (first appearance)
• Repeats: Brownsea Island Scout camp (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:57, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

Propose we include Muslim conquest of Sicily (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Lombard Street riot (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Warsaw Uprising (10th appearance, last in 2013, but 75th anniversary and appears to be eligible again); Lindow Man (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 35th anniversary); 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary) as well as Herman Melville (born 1819, 200th) and Ottavio Bottecchia (born 1894, 125th). I also propose using The Concert for Bangladesh for the first time and suggested an image for it. Please correct if I got something wrong. Jonathunder (talk) 22:30, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Found and cropped what I think will be a good image of Melville for his 200th birthday. Jonathunder (talk) 17:10, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (unused): George I of Great Britain; John Lester; Frances Farmer
• Omitted: Muslim conquest of Sicily; Riot Act; Brownsea Island Scout camp; Video Killed the Radio Star; Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire; Æthelwold of Winchester; Maria Mitchell; Alan Moore (war artist)
• Included: Justin I (first appearance; usual bold Justinian I); Lombard Street riot (3rd appearance, last in 2017); The Concert for Bangladesh (first appearance); Lindow Man (4th appearance, last in 2017); 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Adhemar of Le Puy (first appearance); Herman Melville (first appearance; 200th birthday); Kurmanbek Bakiyev (first appearance; 70th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 19:05, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Riot Act (maintenance); Brownsea Island Scout camp (TFA for 2020); Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sabbatai Zevi
• Omitted: Lombard Street riot; The Concert for Bangladesh; Tel Aviv gay centre shooting; Herman Melville; Kurmanbek Bakiyev
• Included: George I of Great Britain (first appearance); Battle of the Nile (4th appearance, last in 2016); I-35W Mississippi River bridge (4th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); John Lester (first appearance); Frances Farmer (first appearance; 50th anniversary)
• Repeats: Justin I/Justinian I (Justin: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; Justin: 8th appearance, last in 2017, was previously ineligible); Lindow Man (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Adhemar of Le Puy (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:04, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Brownsea Island Scout camp; Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire
• New articles (unused): Carillon; Doris Fleeson
• New articles (ineligible): Partisan Congress riots (TFA for 2021)
• Omitted: Justin I/Justinian I; George I of Great Britain; Battle of the Nile; Lindow Man; I-35W Mississippi River bridge; Adhemar of Le Puy; Frances Farmer
• Included: Muslim conquest of Sicily (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Oxygen (10th appearance, last in 2014); The Concert for Bangladesh (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 50th anniversary); Chicken Kiev speech (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 30th anniversary); Andrew Melville (first appearance); Lolita Lebrón (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
• Repeats: John Lester (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 150th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 16:25, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Brownsea Island Scout camp (maintenance); Charles Whitman (maintenance); Sabbatai Zevi (maintenance)
• Omitted: Muslim conquest of Sicily; Oxygen; Chicken Kiev speech; Andrew Melville; John Lester; Lolita Lebrón
• Included: Justin I (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Battle of the Nile (7th appearance, last in 2020); Lindow Man (6th appearance, last in 2020); Maria Mitchell (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Herman Melville (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Kurmanbek Bakiyev (2nd appearance, last in 2019)
• Repeats: The Concert for Bangladesh (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:15, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Quick question

@Vaticidalprophet: Still a bit new, but where has Kurmanbek Bakiyev and the 527 fact about the death of Justin I gone? They have disappeared and I'm trying to figure out why they were removed. Have they become ineligible? Heart ^(talk) 23:45, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

HeartGlow30797, OTD listings are swapped out yearly. Some editors want to change over the entire set each year, which you can see in the edit history -- I haven't always found that necessary so far, but the general list as a whole is refreshed. Vaticidalprophet 12:06, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

I understand that, but the 527 entry was just deleted, not moved to Ineligible or anything. What was wrong with the article. Or is there someplace else that it goes. Heart ^(talk) 12:09, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

2023 notes

• New articles (unused): Grand Jubilee of 1814; Colorado
• Omitted: Justin I; Battle of the Nile; The Concert for Bangladesh; Lindow Man; Herman Melville; Kurmanbek Bakiyev
• Included: Augustus (13th appearance, last in 2019); Muslim conquest of Sicily (4th appearance, last in 2021); Oxygen (11th appearance, last in 2021); Carillon (first appearance); Harriet Quimby (first appearance on August 1, 8 total); Elizabeth Randles (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Lydia Litvyak (first appearance); Abdalqadir as-Sufi (first appearance)
• Repeats: Maria Mitchell (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

Heart ^(talk) 04:52, 10 August 2023 (UTC)