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Please add John Chilembwe Day in Malawi. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 04:43, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day

Surely Wikipedia Day should be mentioned on the front page! User:Mdiamante, midnight PST 1/15/007

• Agreed. Jon Ace ^{T C} 20:58, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Korean Alphabet Day

Do you think that perhaps the North Korean Korean Alphabet Day (Chosŏn'gŭllal) should be added?

It currently does not have its own article, but shares one with the South Korean Hangul Day (October 9), which is not a public holiday; I do not know whether January 15 is a holiday in North Korea.

While listing it here would provide better balance compared to including the South Korean day while omitting its North Korean equivalent, it would go against “Ideally, any particular selected article should only be listed once”. Wikipeditor 14:50, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Easter shows up once for Western Christianity, once for Eastern Christianity. So showing Hangul Day once for North Korea and once for South Korea is perfectly alright. BTW, Mother's Day shows up several times as it's celebrated on a different date in different countries. -- PFHLai 16:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Wikipeditor 20:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Coronation of Elizabeth I of England

Though Elizabeth I of England ascended the throne on November 17, 1558, she was crowned January 15, 1559. Her accession is indeed listed on the appropriate date; I think she might (still) popular enought to warrant listing her coronation, too.  — AnnaKucsma   (Talk to me!) 16:20, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Birth of Molière

January 15, 1622 was the date Molière was baptized- not the date of his birth. Should this be changed?

Source: Reisman, Rosemary M. Canfield. “Molière.” Great Lives from History: the 17th Century. 2006 ed.

random "apply"

Why does the word "apply" randomly appear in the {{SelAnnivFooter}} line? Can an admin remove it. Thanks -- AJR | Talk 00:31, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Agreed; looking at the page history, it seems to have been added in error. Should be fixed, now. Luna Santin 02:39, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Ooops. Thanks for fixing my careless typo. --PFHLai 03:17, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Holidays in 2007

Looks like a lot of holidays/observances are going to fall on this day on 2007. Not only the three that are normally on this day, but also Martin Luther King Day and Pongal will be here in 2007. Since they are all significant in one way or another around the globe, I am hesitant to follow the SA guidelines' 3 holidays/observances limit and remove one or two. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Good call, Zzyzx11. You have my support on this case of WP:IAR. --PFHLai 03:19, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I've hidden Jallikattu for now. If today in Pongal, it can't also be Jallikattu, the third day of the Pongal celebrations according to the Pongal article. --PFHLai 23:22, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

ΑΚΑ clarification

The text about ΑΚΑ’s founding implies that they were the first sorority to use Greek letters; the article makes it clearer that they were the first Greek-letter sorority founded by African-American women. The item could be clearer, perhaps, “the first African-American-founded Greek-lettered sorority…” —crism (talk) 00:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

2009 holidays

Pongal (Tamils, 2009) falls on Jan 14 and not on Jan 15. Please correct. Thanks.--Kanags (talk) 11:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Super Bowl I (maintenance), Dennis Rader (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Buffalo Bill Dam
• Omitted: USS President (1800)/Capture of USS President, Wilson Bentley, Victoria Cross for Australia, Račak massacre (ineligible—maintenance), US Airways Flight 1549
• Included: British Museum (first appearance), Boston Molasses Disaster (3rd appearance, last in 2009), Second Battle of the Corunna Road (first appearance), Alvor Agreement/Angolan War of Independence (first appearance for both), Salvatore Riina (4th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Boston Molasses Disaster; Second Battle of the Corunna Road; Alvor Agreement/Angolan War of Independence
• Included: Buffalo Bill Dam (first appearance); The Pentagon (7th appearance, last in 2010; 70th anniversary); Victoria Cross for Australia (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: British Museum (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Salvatore Riina (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:57, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Armed Forces Day (ineligible—maintenance); British Museum; Buffalo Bill Dam; The Pentagon; Victoria Cross for Australia; Salvatore Riina
• Included: Vermont Republic (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Wilson Bentley (6th appearance, last in 2011); Second Battle of the Corunna Road (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Alvor Agreement/Angolan War of Independence (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2012); Hill Street Station (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:17, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Vermont Republic; Wilson Bentley; Hill Street Station
• Included: USS President (1800)/Capture of USS President (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2011; 200th anniversary); Second Battle of Fort Fisher (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Victoria Cross for Australia (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Second Battle of the Corunna Road (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Alvor Agreement/Angolan War of Independence (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:59, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Super Bowl I; Dennis Rader
• Omitted: Second Battle of Fort Fisher; Second Battle of the Corunna Road; Alvor Agreement/Angolan War of Independence; Victoria Cross for Australia
• Included: British Museum (9th appearance, last in 2013); Our Lady of Banneux (first appearance); Ilse Koch (first appearance); US Airways Flight 1549 (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: USS President (1800)/Capture of USS President (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:32, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Wilson Bentley (maintenance); Dennis Rader (maintenance); Salvatore Riina (maintenance)
• Omitted: Capture of USS President; Our Lady of Banneux; Ilse Koch; US Airways Flight 1549
• Included: Second Battle of Fort Fisher (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Second Battle of the Corunna Road (4th appearance, last in 2015; 80th anniversary); Super Bowl I (4th appearance, last in 2007; 50th anniversary); Victoria Cross for Australia (3rd appearance, last in 2015)
• Repeats: British Museum (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:25, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: The Pentagon (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Black Dahlia; Dennis Rader
• Omitted: Hangul Day (ineligible—maintenance); British Museum (ineligible—maintenance); Second Battle of Fort Fisher; Second Battle of the Corunna Road; Super Bowl I; Victoria Cross for Australia
• Included: Wilson Bentley (7th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake (first appearance); Ilse Koch (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Derveni papyrus (first appearance); Alvor Agreement (7th appearance, last in 2015; blurb also previously featured Angolan War of Independence, which is currently ineligible); Wang Jingchong (Five Dynasties) (first appearance); Marjorie Fleming (first appearance); Millie Knight (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:25, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Omitted: Wilson Bentley; 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake; Ilse Koch; Derveni papyrus; Alvor Agreement (ineligible—maintenance); Wang Jingchong (Five Dynasties); Marjorie Fleming; Millie Knight
• Included: Great Molasses Flood (4th appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Our Lady of Banneux (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Victoria Cross for Australia (5th appearance, last in 2017); US Airways Flight 1549 (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Theophylact (son of Michael I) (first appearance); Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (first appearance); Ben Shapiro (first appearance)

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

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Vermont Republic (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Makar Sankranti (maintenance)
• Omitted: Great Molasses Flood; Our Lady of Banneux; Victoria Cross for Australia; US Airways Flight 1549; Theophylact (son of Michael I); Peter Christen Asbjørnsen; Ben Shapiro
• Included: Second Battle of Fort Fisher (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Wilson Bentley (8th appearance, last in 2018); Black Dahlia (first appearance); Alvor Agreement (5th appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); Salvatore Riina (6th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Philip Livingston (first appearance); Friedrich Parrot (first appearance); Sylvia Lawler (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:17, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Adding the Birth of MLK

Martin Luther King, Jr. is now elgible to be added as a birth anniversary, would anyone object to adding him? P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 22:12, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Afonso V of Portugal (maintenance)
• Omitted: Second Battle of Fort Fisher; Wilson Bentley; Black Dahlia; Alvor Agreement; Salvatore Riina (ineligible—maintenance); Philip Livingston; Friedrich Parrot; Sylvia Lawler
• Included: Regent's Park skating disaster (first appearance); 1934 Nepal–India earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Ilse Koch (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 70th anniversary); Hill Street Station (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 40th anniversary); Victoria Cross for Australia (5th appearance, last in 2019; 30th anniversary); Wang Jingchong (Five Dynasties) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Martin Luther King Jr. (4th appearance, last in 2007; previously appeared on April 4); Regina Margareten (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 19:28, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Omitted: Regent's Park skating disaster; 1934 Nepal–India earthquake; Ilse Koch; Hill Street Station; Victoria Cross for Australia; Wang Jingchong (Five Dynasties); Martin Luther King Jr.; Regina Margareten
• Included: USS President (1800) (4th appearance, last in 2016); Second Battle of the Corunna Road (5th appearance, last in 2017); Black Dahlia (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 75th anniversary); Derveni papyrus (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 60th anniversary); Alvor Agreement (6th appearance, last in 2020); Wilhelm Marx (first appearance); Sylvia Lawler (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 100th birthday); Bo Yibo (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 00:24, 16 January 2022 (UTC)