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Galina Vishnevskaya turns 80 today, if anybody cares. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 06:29, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Agincourt, anyone? mkehrt 19:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Battle of Agincourt article did not qualify under the selected anniversaries criteria in 2007 because it was tagged as missing citations or needs footnotes. Maybe next year. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:50, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why no October Revolution? Dieselspeed (talk) 04:12, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

25 October is the date according to the Julian calendar. Events listed on On this day/Selected anniversaries revolve around the Gregorian calendar. And since the October Revolution article has a Gregorian calendar date of 7 November, that is when it has appeared since 2004.[1] Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh, I failed to notice that. Fair enough, thanks! Dieselspeed (talk) 22:12, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Eendracht (1615 ship) (maintenance); Charge of the Light Brigade (Battle of Balaclava is POTD for 2012)
New articles (unused) USS Tang (SS-306)
Omitted: Toronto Stock Exchange; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky); Terence MacSwiney; Invasion of Grenada; Denis Sassou Nguesso (deleted; also appears on February 8)
Included: Siege of Lisbon (6th appearance, last in 2010); USS United States vs HMS Macedonian (first appearance; 200th anniversary); Edelweiss Pirates (first appearance); Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (first appearance); Mount Merapi/2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi (both: first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:57, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very familiar with this section of Wikipedia, but can someone add the Day of Arafa (Islamic holiday) to the list. It will fall only this year on 25 October, because they are using the Lunar calendar. And on October 26, the holiday of Eid al Adha will be observed by Muslims for three days. Thanks in advance. Runehelmet (talk) 16:56, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, Day of Arafa is ineligible, as it has almost no references. I will get Eid al-Adha on, though. Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 20:05, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Siege of Lisbon; USS United States vs HMS Macedonian; Edelweiss Pirates; Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; Mount Merapi/2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi
Included: George III of the United Kingdom (first appearance); Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) (3rd appearance, last in 2011); USS Tang (SS-306) (first appearance); China and the United Nations (15th appearance, last in 2010; was doubled up on November 23); Invasion of Grenada (4th appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:40, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Toronto Stock Exchange
Omitted: George III of the United Kingdom; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky); Terence MacSwiney; USS Tang (SS-306); China and the United Nations; Invasion of Grenada
Included: Hartog Plate (first appearance; blurb previously featured Eendracht (1615 ship), which is currently ineligible, and last appeared in 2010); Battle of Balaclava (first appearance; blurb previously featured Charge of the Light Brigade, which is currently ineligible, and last appeared in 2010); Zinoviev letter (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 90th anniversary); Edelweiss Pirates (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary); Windows XP (2nd appearance, last in 2004; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 08:50, 24 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Hartog Plate; Battle of Balaclava; Zinoviev letter; Edelweiss Pirates; Windows XP
Included: Siege of Lisbon (7th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Agincourt (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible; 600th anniversary); Toronto Stock Exchange (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Mount Merapi/2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 10:47, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Invasion of Grenada (maintenance)
Omitted: Siege of Lisbon; Battle of Agincourt (ineligible—maintenance); Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; Mount Merapi
Included: Hartog Plate (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 400th anniversary); USS United States vs HMS Macedonian (2nd appearance, last in 2012); China and the United Nations (16th appearance, last in 2013); Windows XP (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Toronto Stock Exchange (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:53, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Terence MacSwiney (maintenance); Edelweiss Pirates (maintenance); Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Million Woman March (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Agincourt
Omitted: Retrocession Day (ineligible—maintenance); Hartog Plate; USS United States vs HMS Macedonian; Toronto Stock Exchange (ineligible—maintenance); China and the United Nations (ineligible—maintenance); Windows XP
Included: Siege of Lisbon (8th appearance, last in 2015); George III of the United Kingdom (2nd appearance, last in 2013); SS Principessa Mafalda (first appearance); Battle of Onjong (first appearance); 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi (3rd appearance, last in 2015; blurb previously also featured Mount Merapi, which is currently ineligible); Magnus the Good (first appearance); Thomas Babington Macaulay (first appearance); Bernard Hogan-Howe (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 15:44, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: USS Tang (SS-306) (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Terence MacSwiney (appeared this year on March 28, his birthday)
New articles (unused): Nancy Cartwright
Omitted: Siege of Lisbon; George III of the United Kingdom; SS Principessa Mafalda; 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi; Magnus the Good; Thomas Babington Macaulay; Bernard Hogan-Howe (ineligible—date not cited)
Included: Battle of Agincourt (5th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Balaclava (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Zinoviev letter (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Windows XP (4th appearance, last in 2016); Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (2nd appearance, last in 2017; previously appeared on June 5, his birthday); Grace Banker (first appearance); Katy Perry (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Onjong/Battle of Unsan (Onjong: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; Unsan: first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 15:58, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Million Woman March
Omitted: Battle of Agincourt; Battle of Balaclava; Zinoviev letter; Battle of Onjong; Windows XP; Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar; Grace Banker; Katy Perry
Included: Siege of Lisbon (9th appearance, last in 2017); Hartog Plate (3rd appearance, last in 2016); USS Tang (SS-306) (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (3rd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Beatrice of Castile (1293–1359) (2nd appearance, last in 2017; normally appears on March 8, her birth date); Richard Parkes Bonington (first appearance); Larry Itliong (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:02, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Deleted: Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (moved to June 5)
Moved to Ineligible: USS United States vs HMS Macedonian (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible: Edelweiss Pirates; Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe
New articles (ineligible): Fritz Haarmann (maintenance)
Omitted: Siege of Lisbon; Hartog Plate; USS Tang (SS-306); Beatrice of Castile (1293–1359); Richard Parkes Bonington; Larry Itliong
Included: George III (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Terence MacSwiney (4th appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on March 28, his birthday); Battle of Onjong/Battle of Unsan (Onjong: 3rd appearance; Unsan: 2nd; both last in 2018; 70th anniversary); 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi (4th appearance, last in 2017; 10th anniversary); Catherine of Bosnia (first appearance); Thomas Babington Macaulay (3rd appearance, last in 2017; also appeared on December 28, his death anniversary); Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (first appearance)
Repeats: Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 02:45, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Battle of Marais des Cygnes/Battle of Mine Creek/Battle of Marmiton River (Marais des Cygnes is TFA for 2021); Toktogul Satylganov (maintenance)
Omitted: George III; Terence MacSwiney; Battle of Onjong/Battle of Unsan; Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi; Catherine of Bosnia; Thomas Babington Macaulay; Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Included: Siege of Lisbon (10th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Balaclava (3rd appearance, last in 2018); SS Principessa Mafalda (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Edelweiss Pirates (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Windows XP (5th appearance, last in 2018; 20th anniversary); Évariste Galois (first appearance); Larry Itliong (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Kara Hultgreen (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:41, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]