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Well, the 1990 entry is as wrong as it can be (the change of basic law abolishing Article 23 came into force September 29, 1990). On November 14 the Treaty confirming the border was signed ... See e.g. pl: or de: (and I DO hope the collegues at th: got it right and not from en: ... Interpretix TALK 06:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Coventry bombing

I've also posted the following in "Errors in Selected anniversaries/On this day", my apologies if such multiple posting goes against wikipedia etiquette

"1940 - Coventry Cathedral and much of the city centre of Coventry, England was destroyed in heavy Luftwaffe bombing"

Not so much an error, but "luftwaffe bombing", currently linking to Battle of Britain, should perhaps link to The Blitz (or even Coventry Blitz). The former is the battle for air superiority over Britain, the latter the partly concurrent bombing of civilian and infrastructure targets of which the bombing of coventry was a part. The Battle of Britain is generally considered to have finished by October, though the Blitz was only just beginning. --Mongreilf 10:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. The line is now re-written to feature Coventry Blitz. --PFHLai 13:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Confusing Colombia with Columbia

It's "Colombia" and "Colombian", not "Columbia" and "Columbian"! Please fix both mistakes. Chanheigeorge 00:10, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

WDD

I'd like to see World Diabetes Day listed on this page. --Ali'i 13:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Unnecessary "One of"

Going by the main article, it seems Mariner 9 indeed was the first spcecraft to orbit another planet. In that case the "one of" in the below sentence need to be removed. (If it was among the first, then "spacecraft" to be changed to "spacecrafts")

1971 – NASA's Mariner 9 reached Mars, becoming one of the first spacecraft to orbit another planet —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.243.253.254 (talk) 11:36, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Deleted: Nellie Bly (moved to January 25)
• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Ia Drang (maintenance)
• Omitted: Eugene Burton Ely; Coventry Blitz; Mariner 9; Cesar Climaco; Oder–Neisse line
• Included: HMS Ark Royal (91) (first appearance); UK Singles Chart (first appearance; 60th anniversary); Southern Airways Flight 932 (first appearance); United States federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996 (first appearance); 90377 Sedna (4th appearance, last in 2009)

—howcheng {chat} 07:16, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Mariner 9 (maintenance)
• Omitted: HMS Ark Royal (91); UK Singles Chart; Southern Airways Flight 932; United States federal government shutdowns of 1995 and 1995-96
• Included: Eugene Burton Ely (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Coventry Blitz (7th appearance, last in 2011); Cesar Climaco (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Sebastian Vettel (first appearance)
• Repeats: 90377 Sedna (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:58, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Sebastian Vettel

There's a word missing fron his blurb, apparently "youngest". Awien (talk) 23:31, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Coventry Blitz; 90377 Sedna
• Included: HMS Ark Royal (91) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Southern Airways Flight 932 (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Eugene Burton Ely (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Cesar Climaco (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 30th anniversary); Sebastian Vettel (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 10:27, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 14 November 2014

• 1941 – Second World War: After suffering torpedo damage the previous day, the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91) sank as it was being towed to Gibraltar for repairs.

should be

• 1941 – Second World War: After suffering torpedo damage the previous day, the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91) sank as she was being towed to Gibraltar for repairs.

ships are always a "she" not an "it"; see the HMS Ark Royal (91) page Palaeozoic99 (talk) 03:51, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Not done: That's not true - see WP:SHE4SHIPS. Also, fixes for items currently on the Main Page are usually better placed on WP:ERRORS. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 04:58, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

Done Actually, on second thoughts, I'll make the change. There isn't a reason to prefer "she" over "it" for ships in general, but I admit that we should probably be consistent between articles and their Main Page summaries. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 05:02, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: UK Singles Chart (maintenance)
• Omitted: HMS Ark Royal (91); Southern Airways Flight 932; Cesar Climaco; Sebastian Vettel
• Included: Coventry Blitz (8th appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Madrid Accords (first appearance; 40th anniversary); United States federal government shutdowns of 1995–1996 (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 20th anniversary); 90377 Sedna (6th appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Eugene Burton Ely (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:32, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Suggestion to add Ruby Bridges' first day at school (first black child to attend an all-white school in the US), 1960

Hi, I'd like to suggest that this day also feature the historic first day of school for a black child at an all-white elementary school in the US - the child was Ruby Bridges, in the year 1960. Thanks! MurielMary (talk) 02:41, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

She was the first in the entire country? The article says she was the first in Louisiana (or at least, it's ambiguous). If it's the latter, I'm reluctant to add it in. —howcheng {chat} 17:14, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Howcheng it's taken me a whole year to get back to this! Yes you are right Bridges was first to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the southern states of the US (not in all of the US obviously because other states didn't have segregated education systems). I still think this is notable enough to include - Bridges is considered the first black child to break the colour barrier of white schools in the south - and there is also a great picture in the article of the US State Marshals accompanying Bridges to school which could go on the main page too. MurielMary (talk) 10:12, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Error to fix in 2016 staging area

Howcheng I can't see how to edit this myself, but FYI the text in the 2016 version of this needs to be fixed as it still reads "pictured" next to the line about the guy and the ship although the image is now of something else. MurielMary (talk) 09:52, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Coventry Blitz; Madrid Accords; United States federal government shutdowns of 1995–1996
• Included: HMS Ark Royal (91) (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 75th anniversary); Ruby Bridges/New Orleans school desegregation crisis (both: first appearance); Cesar Climaco (5th appearance, last in 2014)
• Repeats: Eugene Burton Ely (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total); 90377 Sedna (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 21:01, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Sebastian Vettel (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Communist Party of Spain (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Great Comet of 1680; The Chocolate Soldier; Maggie Roswell
• Omitted: Ruby Bridges/New Orleans school desegregation crisis; Cesar Climaco (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Southern Airways Flight 932 (3rd appearance, last in 2014); United States federal government shutdowns of 1995–1996 (3rd appearance, last in 2015); William Ames (first appearance); Leopold Mozart (first appearance); Claude Monet (first appearance)
• Repeats: Eugene Burton Ely (5th consecutive appearance, 7 total); HMS Ark Royal (91) (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); 90377 Sedna (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:16, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: The Chocolate Soldier (maintenance)
• Omitted: Eugene Burton Ely; HMS Ark Royal (91); Southern Airways Flight 932; United States federal government shutdowns of 1995–1996; 90377 Sedna; William Ames; Leopold Mozart; Claude Monet
• Included: Great Comet of 1680 (first appearance); Coventry Blitz (9th appearance, last in 2015); Ruby Bridges/McDonogh Three/New Orleans school desegregation crisis (McDonough: first appearance; Bridges/Crisis: 2nd appearance, last in 2016); Madrid Accords (2nd appearance, last in 2015); German–Polish Border Treaty (first appearance; blurb previously featured Oder–Neisse line, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 9th appearance, last in 2011); Marie François Xavier Bichat (first appearance); John Lumsden (first appearance); Andrew Inglis Clark (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:14, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Bernard Hinault (TFA for 2019)
• New articles (unused): Milli Vanilli
• Omitted: Coventry Blitz; Ruby Bridges/McDonogh Three/New Orleans school desegregation crisis; Madrid Accords; German–Polish Border Treaty; Marie François Xavier Bichat; Andrew Inglis Clark
• Included: Eugene Burton Ely (8th appearance, last in 2017); UK Singles Chart (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); 90377 Sedna (9th appearance, last in 2017); Leopold Mozart (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 300th birthday); Valerie Jarrett (first appearance)
• Repeats: Great Comet of 1680 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); John Lumsden (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 150th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 17:12, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bernard Hinault
• Omitted: Eugene Burton Ely; UK Singles Chart; 90377 Sedna; Leopold Mozart; John Lumsden; Valerie Jarrett
• Included: Southern Airways Flight 932 (4th appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary); Milli Vanilli (first appearance; 20th anniversary); Sebastian Vettel (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Hugh Faringdon (first appearance); Franz Müller (first appearance); Ahmed Jabari (first appearance)
• Repeats: Great Comet of 1680 (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Battle of Smoliani (fact not cited)
• Omitted: Southern Airways Flight 932; Milli Vanilli; Sebastian Vettel; Hugh Faringdon; Franz Müller; Ahmed Jabari
• Included: Eugene Burton Ely (9th appearance, last in 2019); HMS Ark Royal (91) (5th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Ia Drang (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Madrid Accords (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Xavier Bichat (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 250th birthday); John Abercrombie (physician) (first appearance); Neil Heywood (first appearance; 10th anniversary)
• Repeats: Great Comet of 1680 (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:43, 15 November 2021 (UTC)