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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest and most massive of the four rocky planets. About 29% of Earth's surface is land, with the remaining 71% covered with water and much of Earth's polar regions covered in ice. Earth's interior is active with a solid iron inner core, a liquid outer core that generates Earth's magnetic field, and a convective mantle that drives plate tectonics. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Within the first billion years of Earth's history, life appeared in the oceans and began to affect Earth's atmosphere and surface. Since then, the combination of Earth's distance from the Sun, physical properties and geological history have allowed life to evolve and thrive, including more than 8 billion humans. Earth is orbited by one permanent natural satellite, the Moon, which orbits Earth at 384,400 km (1.28 light seconds) and is roughly a quarter as wide as Earth. This view of Earth was taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2015, from above the Compton crater on the Moon. Photograph credit: NASA Recently featured:

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eu interwiki

Please, add the next interwiki if it is possible: eu:Txantiloi:Urtarrila 1. And, I have to make the request in all the Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/... pages? These pages are protected I can't make any change. Berria · (talk) 10:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. Just zis Guy you know? 11:33, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Please put it between <noinclude></noinclude>. —MK (talk) 16:55, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

As requested by Mohammed Khalil, the interwiki template should be put in <noinclude></noinclude> so it doesn't transclude. timrem 18:45, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Looks like Zzyzx11 has done this. --CBD 19:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Poor wording on Tournament of Roses Parade

The wording for the Tournament of Roses Parade uses the word "first" twice, which is superfluous. It should either say that "The first ..." or it should say "The Tournament ... was first ..."Doug (talk) 00:31, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Federation of Australia (maintenance), World Trade Organization (maintenance)
• Omitted: Julian calendar, Bouvet Island, Ceres (dwarf planet), Ellis Island, Zapatista Army of National Liberation
• Included: Acts of Union 1800 (7th appearance, last in 2010), Slavery in the United States (first appearance), Lachlan Macquarie (2nd appearance, last in 2010), Cuban Revolution (5th appearance, last in 2010), History of the Internet (first appearance)

--howcheng {chat} 11:29, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 31 December 2012

Abolitionist Movement -- there's no justification for using upper case -- better to use just "abolitionist movement" Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 03:41, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Not done: All the entries have been removed anyway with the update for this year. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 09:33, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• New articles (unused): Action of 1 January 1800; Operation Bodenplatte; British Rail; Adam Air Flight 574
• Omitted: Acts of Union 1800 (ineligible—maintenance); Slavery in the United States (ineligible—maintenance; blurb ideally should feature Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves); Lachlan Macquarie; Cuban Revolution (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Romanos IV Diogenes (first appearance); Burning of Norfolk (first appearance); The Times (first appearance); Boris Bazhanov (first appearance)
• Repeats: History of the Internet (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:54, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Samoa (maintenance); Sudan (maintenance); Julian calendar (maintenance); British Rail (maintenance); Zapatista Army of National Liberation (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Slavery in the United States
• New articles (unused): Santika Club fire; 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing; 2011 Alexandria bombing
• Omitted: Romanos IV Diogenes; Burning of Norfolk; The Times; Boris Bazhanov
• Included: Amazing Grace (first appearance); Action of 1 January 1800 (first appearance); Operation Bodenplatte (first appearance); Cuban Revolution (6th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: History of the Internet (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:57, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Amazing Grace; Action of 1 January 1800; Operation Bodenplatte; History of the Internet
• Included: Samoa (rescued from Ineligible); Bouvet Island (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 275th anniversary); Frankenstein (5th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Ellis Island (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2011 Alexandria bombing (first appearance)
• Repeats: Cuban Revolution (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 10:30, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Slavery in the United States (maintenance); History of the Internet (maintenance)
• Omitted: Haiti (ineligible—maintenance); Bouvet Island; Frankenstein; Ellis Island; Cuban Revolution; 2011 Alexandria bombing
• Included: Romanos IV Diogenes (2nd appearance, last in 2013); The Times (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Lachlan Macquarie (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Operation Bodenplatte (2nd appearancem last in 2014); Santika Club fire (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 09:05, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Deleted: Frankenstein (moved to March 11)
• Omitted: Romanos IV Diogenes; The Times; Lachlan Macquarie; Operation Bodenplatte; Santika Club fire
• Included: Amazing Grace (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Ceres (dwarf planet) (6th appearance, last in 2011); Boris Bazhanov (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Cuban Revolution (8th appearance, last in 2015); 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 22:28, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: The Times (maintenance); Lachlan Macquarie (maintenance); Ellis Island (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Chenogne massacre
• Omitted: New Year's Day (ineligible—maintenance); Brunei/Samoa (both: ineligible—maintenance); Amazing Grace; Ceres (dwarf planet); Boris Bazhanov (ineligible—maintenance); Cuban Revolution (ineligible—maintenance); 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing
• Included: Bouvet Island (3rd appearance, last in 2015); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (first appearance; blurb previously featured Acts of Union 1800, which is currently ineligible); St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line (first appearance); People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (first appearance); Adam Air Flight 574 (first appearance); Henry of Marcy (first appearance); Betsy Ross (first appearance); Vidya Balan (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 02:18, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Omitted: Bouvet Island; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line; People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan; Adam Air Flight 574; Henry of Marcy; Betsy Ross; Vidya Balan
• Included: Galla Placidia (first appearance); Amazing Grace (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Ceres (dwarf planet) (7th appearance, last in 2017); Chenogne massacre (first appearance); 2011 Alexandria bombing (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Lorenzo de' Medici (3rd appearance, last in 2008; previously appeared on April 26); Marie-Louise Lachapelle (first appearance; 250th birthday); Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:18, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Rescued from ineligible: The Times, Boris Bazhanov
• New articles: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves (replacing Slavery in the United States which had been ineligible), J. D. Salinger, Lhasa de Sela, Gary Johnson

--valereee (talk) 12:06, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Ellis Island
• New articles (ineligible): Unix time (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Gary Johnson; Shirley Chisholm
• Omitted: Galla Placidia; Amazing Grace; Ceres (dwarf planet) (ineligible—maintenance); Chenogne massacre; 2011 Alexandria bombing; Lorenzo de' Medici; Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
• Included: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (first appearance); The Times (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves (first appearance; blurb previously featured Slavery in the United States, which remains ineligible, and is making its 2nd appearance, last in 2012); Boris Bazhanov (3rd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Santika Club fire (2nd appearance, last in 2014); J. D. Salinger (first appearance); Lhasa de Sela (first appearance; 10th anniversary)
• Repeats: Marie-Louise Lachapelle (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:43, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Ceres (dwarf planet)
• New articles (unused): 486958 Arrokoth
• Omitted: The Times; Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves; Boris Bazhanov; People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan; Santika Club fire; Marie-Louise Lachapelle; J. D. Salinger; Lhasa de Sela
• Included: Romanos IV Diogenes (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Frankenstein (7th appearance, last in 2017; moved back from March 11); Ellis Island (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Lèse-majesté in Thailand (first appearance); 2011 Alexandria bombing (3rd appearance, last in 2019; 10th anniversary); Eugène-Anatole Demarçay (first appearance); Wilhelm Canaris (first appearance); Betty Archdale (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:54, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Omitted: Romanos IV Diogenes; Frankenstein; Ellis Island; Lèse-majesté in Thailand; 2011 Alexandria bombing; Eugène-Anatole Demarçay; Wilhelm Canaris; Betty Archdale
• Included: Galla Placidia (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Burning of Norfolk (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Operation Bodenplatte (3rd appearance, last in 2016); People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (3rd appearance, last in 2020); 486958 Arrokoth (first appearance); Maria Edgeworth (first appearance); Alfred Ely Beach (first appearance); Nay Win Maung (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:20, 2 January 2022 (UTC)