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Feb.8 in 1445 was a Monday ! :-( That means the first Pancake Day should be February 9, 1445.-- PFHLai 20:10, 2004 Aug 31 (UTC)
Why is the destruction of Dresden (1945) not included? The Allies killed 200 000 people on this day, according to Soviet authorities.
- Why ? The simple reason is that the anniversary of the bombing of Dresden is Feb.14th, not Feb.8th ! I'm getting there, just not there yet .... Fine. I'll do it now if someone is so anxious .... :-> -- PFHLai 06:21, 2005 Feb 9 (UTC)
- Please see Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 14. -- PFHLai 06:38, 2005 Feb 9 (UTC)
John von Neumann
Feb 8 2007 specifically is a very interesting anniversary. It's the 50th anniversary of John von Neumann's death, and he left a secret box [1] with unknown contents to be opened today. His daughter Marina has the box. However, there is a recent sketchy report that the box, mentioned by various sources, was somehow not his. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JonathanHF (talk • contribs).
- Basically under the Selected anniversaries editing guidelines, births and deaths can only be used on centennials. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 10:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
2012 notes
- No longer Ineligible (unused): Orangeburg massacre
- Omitted: Richard Mentor Johnson, William D. Boyce, Operation Lam Son 719, Denis Sassou Nguesso
- Included: Dawes Act (first appearance), The Birth of a Nation (2nd appearance, last in 2010), Stasi (first appearance), Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 (first appearance)
- Repeats: 2010 Salang avalanches (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)
—howcheng {chat} 08:16, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
2013 notes
- Moved to Ineligible: Japanese in Hawaii (maintenance)
- Omitted: Dawes Act; The Birth of a Nation; Stasi (ineligible—maintenance); Eastern Air Lines Flight 663; 2010 Salang avalanches
- Included: Prešeren Day (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Mary, Queen of Scots (9th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Devil's Footprints (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Sydney Riot of 1879 (first appearance); Orangeburg massacre (first appearance); Denis Sassou Nguesso (7th appearance, last in 2011)
—howcheng {chat} 19:36, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
2014 notes
- Omitted: Mary, Queen of Scots; Devil's Footprints; Sydney Riot of 1879; Orangeburg massacre
- Included: Leiden University (first appearance); Standard time (first appearance; blurb previously featured Sandford Fleming, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 3rd appearance, last in 2010); William D. Boyce/Boy Scouts of America (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2011); Hollywood Walk of Fame (3rd appearance, last in 2011)
- Repeats: Denis Sassou Nguesso (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)
—howcheng {chat} 07:01, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
2015 notes
- Moved to Ineligible: Dawes Act
- Omitted: Leiden University (ineligible—maintenance); William D. Boyce/Boy Scouts of America; Hollywood Walk of Fame; Denis Sassou Nguesso
- Included: Mary, Queen of Scots (10th appearance, last in 2013); The Birth of a Nation (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary); 2010 Salang avalanches (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
- Repeats: Standard time (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)
—howcheng {chat} 08:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
- February 8, 2016, is the 20th anniversary of the publication of John Perry Barlow's A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. This could be a suitable item to feature. (Disclosure: Barlow is a founder and member of the board of directors of my employer, the Electronic Frontier Foundation).
- Sample text: 1996 – American political activist John Perry Barlow publishes A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace in Davos, Switzerland. Schoen (talk) 05:22, 5 February 2016 (UTC)