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January 10

New Orleans

236 – Pope Fabian, said to have been chosen by the Holy Spirit when a dove landed on his head, began his papacy.
1812 – New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.
1929 – Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.
1993 – The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

Georg Forster (d. 1794)
Hrithik Roshan (b. 1974)
Yip Pin Xiu (b. 1992)
Constantine II of Greece (d. 2023)

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CalRis 13:34, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC): I removed the following entry: 1911 - Major Jimmie Erickson takes the first aerial photograph (over San Diego, California). The reason: aerial photographs have been taken well before 1911 (see this page for more information). It is not even true for aerial photography in the USA.

Toby Douglass 08:28, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC): I'd like to remove the Lorena Bobbitt entry. I feel this list should be composed of events of lasting historical interest. If there are no objections in a few days, I'll proceed.

Changed William F Cody to William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody for clarification as this is the name most people will recognize.

Why is Alex Turner listed? According to the Wikipedia entry for him, he was born on 6 January, not today. (No offense, but is he even noteworthy enough to be listed at all?)

1988 - Travis Austin McDaniel, Decedent of Maj. Stanley C. McDaniel (d.1945)

Biology article[edit]

A while back I added info for the Ring-tailed Lemur article. Since biology articles are rarely included in "On this day..." (as far as I've ever noticed), I was hoping it might be included for 2011. If needed, we can try to abbreviate the text I wrote. – VisionHolder « talk » 15:16, 28 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see how the naming of a type species qualifies as a notable event. The guidelines include scientific discoveries as notable events, but this isn't a discovery, just a publication of a decision by a committee. There are a huge number of genera out there, each with a type species. What makes Lemur any more significant than the others? They are cute tho... Winston365 (talk) 00:08, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If they had reversed (rather than formalized) the decision, the genus Lemur would be used to describe lorises and who knows what would have happened. Maybe today we wouldn't call them lemurs at all... Anyway, scientific discoveries are tough for species because publication dates are usually just given in months or years, so very few species can claimed to be formally described on a particular date. The first historical mention of this species was in 1625... which is kinda cool for such a noteworthy species, but it's impossible to pin it down to a specific date.

If it doesn't qualify, then it doesn't qualify. The IUCN decision was probably the best that I'll be able to do. – VisionHolder « talk » 00:52, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It might have had an effect on the names, but that's about it. Biologists wouldn't currently put the lorises and the lemurs in the same genus (or even the same family), regardless of what names were used. There has been a lot of splitting since Linnaeus' time. The situation with Lemur isn't unusual. This is all a bit beside the point though. (I'm a big fan of waffling on about taxonomy...)

You are right about scientific events being hard to pin down to an exact day, and that is unfortunate. I would enthusiastically support more biology related events on these pages. Not this one though. Cheers. Winston365 (talk) 01:42, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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