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Anning, depicted with her dog Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector and palaeontologist. She made discoveries of Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis, which changed the scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth. Her discoveries included the first correctly identified ichthyosaur skeleton, the first two nearly complete plesiosaur skeletons, and the first pterosaur skeleton outside Germany. Her observations helped prove that coprolites were fossilised faeces and that belemnite fossils contained ink sacs. As a woman, Anning could not join the Geological Society of London and struggled to receive credit for her contributions. Henry De la Beche painted Duria Antiquior based on fossils Anning had found and sold its prints for her benefit. After her death, an article about her life was published in Charles Dickens's literary magazine. A statue of Anning was erected in 2022, and she has been depicted in film and in manga. (Full article...) Recently featured: City of Champaign v. Madigan "Gento" (song) Tropical Storm Hernan (2020)
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2012 notes

• New articles (unused): Seventh-day Adventist Church (be sure to feature this next year—150th anniversary); IKAROS
• Omitted: Branimir of Croatia (ineligible—maintenance); John III Sobieski; Clara Barton; Treaty of Ciudad Juárez; Louis Slotin; Suharto
• Included: Sacking of Lawrence (first appearance); FIFA (3rd appearance, last in 2009); Charles Lindbergh (6th appearance, last in 2008; blurb previously featured Spirit of St. Louis, which is ineligible); Propaganda Due (first appearance); Assassination of the monks of Tibhirine (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:09, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Clara Barton (maintenance); IKAROS (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Leopold and Loeb (should be used in 2014 for the 90th anniversary)
• Omitted: John III Sobieski; Sacking of Lawrence; FIFA; Charles Lindbergh; Propaganda Due; Assassination of the monks of Tibhirine
• Included: Timurid relations with Europe (first appearance); Seventh-day Adventist Church (3rd appearance, last in 2005; moved from October 22; 150th anniversary); Manchester Ship Canal (7th appearance, last in 2010); White Night riots (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 05:46, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• New article (unused): Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (although 150th anniversary, appeared as POTD recently)
• Omitted: Timurid relations with Europe; Seventh-day Adventist Church; Manchester Ship Canal; White Night riots; Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
• Included: Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (2nd appearance, last in 2004; had been deleted from page in the intervening decade); Clara Barton (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Treaty of Ciudad Juárez (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Leopold and Loeb (first appearance; 90th anniversary); Suharto (5th appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 08:55, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• New articles (unused): Commonwealth War Graves Commission; National War Memorial (Canada)
• Omitted: Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor; Clara Barton; Treaty of Ciudad Juárez; Leopold and Loeb; Suharto (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Branimir of Croatia (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (first appearance); FIFA (4th appearance, last in 2012); Charles Lindbergh (7th appearance, last in 2012); Propaganda Due (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 11:29, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Branimir of Croatia; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; FIFA (inelilgible—maintenance); Charles Lindbergh; Propaganda Due
• Included: Timurid relations with Europe (2nd appearance, last in 2013); John III Sobieski (6th appearance, last in 2012); Manchester Ship Canal (8th appearance, last in 2013); Louis Slotin (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:09, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (maintenance); Seventh-day Adventist Church (maintenance); Assassination of the monks of Tibhirine (maintenance)
• Omitted: Timurid relations with Europe; John III Sobieski (ineligible—maintenance); Manchester Ship Canal; Louis Slotin; Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Siege of Syracuse (877–878) (first appearance); Clara Barton (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Commonwealth War Graves Commission (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Charles Lindbergh (8th appearance, last in 2015); Propaganda Due (3rd appearance, last in 2015)

—howcheng {chat} 06:04, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Omitted: Siege of Syracuse (877–878); Clara Barton (ineligible—maintenance); Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Charles Lindbergh; Propaganda Due; Feng Dao; Armand Hammer; Al Franken
• Included: Timurid relations with Europe (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Sacking of Lawrence (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Manchester Ship Canal (9th appearance, last in 2016); Treaty of Ciudad Juárez (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Suharto (6th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (first appearance); Tudor Arghezi (first appearance); Linda Laubenstein (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 15:38, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: White Night riots (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Rajiv Gandhi (blurb previously featured Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, which is still ineligible)
• New articles (unused): The Shortest Way with the Dissenters
• Omitted: Timurid relations with Europe; Sacking of Lawrence; Suharto; Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk; Tudor Arghezi; Linda Laubenstein
• Included: Siege of Syracuse (877–878) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); National War Memorial (Canada) (first appearance; 80th anniversary); Kingda Ka (first appearance); Olaf the Black (first appearance); Rudolf Koller (first appearance); Nadine Dorries (first appearance)
• Repeats: Manchester Ship Canal (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total); Treaty of Ciudad Juárez (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:54, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Propaganda Due (maintenance)
• Omitted: Siege of Syracuse (877–878); Manchester Ship Canal; Treaty of Ciudad Juárez; National War Memorial (Canada); Kingda Ka; Olaf the Black; Rudolf Koller; Nadine Dorries
• Included: Timurid relations with Europe (4th appearance, last in 2018); The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (first appearance); Slavery in Colombia (first appearance); Leopold and Loeb (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Suharto (7th appearance, last in 2018); Tommaso Campanella (first appearance); Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (first appearance); Leonidas Vasilikopoulos (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 15:58, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (unused): Anne Walter Fearn
• Omitted: Timurid relations with Europe; The Shortest Way with the Dissenters; Leopold and Loeb; Suharto; Tommaso Campanella; Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland; Leonidas Vasilikopoulos
• Included: Siege of Syracuse (877–878) (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Demon core/Louis Slotin (Core: first appearance; Slotin: 3rd appearance, last in 2019; 75th anniversary); Rajiv Gandhi (5th appearance, last in 2007; 30th anniversary); Olaf the Black (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Tudor Arghezi (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Al Franken (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 70th birthday)
• Repeats: Slavery in Colombia (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 21:46, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Seventh-day Adventist Church (maintenance); National War Memorial (Canada) (maintenance)
• Omitted: Slavery in Colombia; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Rajiv Gandhi; Olaf the Black; Tudor Arghezi; Al Franken
• Included: Timurid relations with Europe (5th appearance, last in 2020); Treaty of Ciudad Juárez (5th appearance, last in 2019); Charles Lindbergh (9th appearance, last in 2017); 2014 Taipei Metro attack (first appearance); Luis Fajardo (Spanish Navy officer) (first appearance); Anne Walter Fearn (first appearance); Leonidas Vasilikopoulos (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 90th birthday)
• Repeats: Demon core/Louis Slotin (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Core: 2 total; Slotin: 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:50, 22 May 2022 (UTC)