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As per some discussion a while back about allowing anniversaries of births to be featured on centennial years only, I'd like to feature the Salvador Dalí for the his 100th anniversary in 2004 only, and have modified the page accordingly, to be changed back afterwards. -- Infrogmation 17:43, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Dalí had his day, and I've removed him from the page. Some wikipedian may wish to put him back for the 500th anniversary in 2404 and the millenial anniversary of Dalí's birth in 2904. :-) -- Infrogmation 16:34, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

How about honouring Bob Marley who died 24 years ago? -- CdaMVvWgS 19:47, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

2008

How about mother's day? 05:06, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Adolf Eichmann
• Omitted: Constantinople; Blue Mountains (New South Wales); Mussel Slough Tragedy; United Malays National Organisation; Deep Blue (chess computer)
• Included: Battle of Fontenoy; Spencer Perceval; Pullman Strike; Glacier National Park (U.S.); Bradford City stadium fire

—howcheng {chat} 05:57, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Fontenoy; Spencer Perceval; Pullman Strike; Glacier National Park (U.S.); Bradford City stadium fire (ineligible—maintenance); Deep Blue (chess computer)
• Included: Diamond Sutra (first appearance); Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition (3rd appearance; last in 2010); Blue Mountains (New South Wales) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Minnesota (2nd appearance, last in 2010); United Malays National Organisation (3rd appearance, last in 2011); 1996 Mount Everest disaster (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:27, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• New articles (unused): Pokhran-II
• Omitted: Diamond Sutra; Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition; 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains/Blue Mountains (New South Wales); Minnesota; 1996 Mount Everest disaster
• Included: Constantinople (5th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Fontenoy (5th appearance, last in 2012); Wham Paymaster Robbery (first appearance); David Cameron (first appearance)
• Repeats: United Malays National Organisation (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:03, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Constantinople; Battle of Fontenoy; Wham Paymaster Robbery; United Malays National Organisation; David Cameron
• Included: Diamond Sutra (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Spencer Perceval (9th appearance, last in 2012); Mussel Slough Tragedy (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Bradford City stadium fire (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible; 30th anniversary); Pokhran-II (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:19, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Spencer Perceval (ineligible—TFA for 2016); Mussel Slough Tragedy; Bradford City stadium fire; Pokhran-II
• Included: Battle of Fontenoy (6th appearance, last in 2014); 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains/Blue Mountains (New South Wales) (Crossing: first appearance; Mountains: 3rd appearance, last in 2013) United Malays National Organisation (5th appearance, last in 2014; 70th anniversary); 1996 Mount Everest disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary)
• Repeats: Diamond Sutra (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:59, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Constantinople (maintenance)
• Omitted: Diamond Sutra (ineligible—maintenance); 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains (blurb also previously featured Blue Mountains (New South Wales), which is now ineligible); United Malays National Organisation (ineligible—maintenance); 1996 Mount Everest disaster (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Assassination of Spencer Perceval (first appearance; blurb previously featured Spencer Perceval and is making its 10th appearance, last in 2015); Pullman Strike (4th appearance, last in 2012); Bradford City stadium fire (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Deep Blue (chess computer) (7th appearance, last in 2012); Leo VI the Wise (first appearance); Jane Manning James (first appearance); Natasha Richardson (first appearance)
• Repeats: Battle of Fontenoy (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:49, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Fontenoy; Assassination of Spencer Perceval; Pullman Strike; Bradford City stadium fire (ineligible—maintenance); Deep Blue (chess computer); Leo VI the Wise; Jane Manning James (moved to April 16); Natasha Richardson
• Included: Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition (4th appearance, last in 2013); 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Glacier National Park (U.S.) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Pokhran-II (2nd appearance, last in 2015); David Cameron (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Baron Munchausen (first appearance); Frederick Russell Burnham (first appearance); Douglas Adams (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 15:39, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Omitted: Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition; 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains; Glacier National Park (U.S.); Pokhran-II; David Cameron; Baron Munchausen; Frederick Russell Burnham; Douglas Adams
• Included: Diamond Sutra (4th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Fontenoy (8th appearance, last in 2017); Wham Paymaster robbery (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Deep Blue (chess computer) (8th appearance, last in 2017); Reyhanlı bombings (first appearance); Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (first appearance); Juliette Récamier (first appearance); Zenna Henderson (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 15:50, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Deleted: Leo VI the Wise (appears on September 19, his birthday)
• New articles (unused): Cats (musical); William Grant Still
• Omitted: Diamond Sutra; Battle of Fontenoy; Wham Paymaster robbery; Reyhanlı bombings; Johann Friedrich Blumenbach; Juliette Récamier; Zenna Henderson
• Included: 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Mussel Slough Tragedy (3rd appearance, last in 2015); David Cameron (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Baron Munchausen (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (first appearance); Doris Eaton Travis (first appearance; 10th anniversary)
• Repeats: Deep Blue (chess computer) (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:48, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Omitted: 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains; Mussel Slough Tragedy; Deep Blue (chess computer); David Cameron; Baron Munchausen; Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux; Doris Eaton Travis
• Included: Diamond Sutra (5th appearance, last in 2019); Treaty of London (1867) (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Pullman Strike (5th appearance, last in 2017); Cats (musical) (first appearance; 40th anniversary); Pokhran-II (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Frank Schlesinger (first appearance; 150th birthday); Lise de Baissac (first appearance); Douglas Adams (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:32, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition (maintenance)
• Omitted: Diamond Sutra; Treaty of London (1867); Pullman Strike; Cats (musical); Pokhran-II; Frank Schlesinger; Lise de Baissac; Douglas Adams
• Included: Battle of Fontenoy (9th appearance, last in 2019); Assassination of Spencer Perceval (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Birmingham riot of 1963 (first appearance); Deep Blue (chess computer) (10th appearance, last in 2020); 2011 Lorca earthquake (first appearance); Juliette Récamier (2nd appearance, last in 2019); William Grant Still (first appearance); Abel Goumba (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:29, 12 May 2022 (UTC)