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1994 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding.

Ms. Harding was not convicted of any such crime and there was never any proof that she did. The information as to what Ms. Harding was convicted of doing is readily available. This appears to be an irresponsible statement linked to press reports at the time that were not supported by the later court records.

2012 notes

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--howcheng {chat} 20:05, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Um, 1812 was 200 years ago now, not 100 years ago. I've changed it to "bicentennial of the birth of Melchora Aquino". Angr (talk) 14:10, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
D'oh! Bad math. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 17:03, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Theophany (Eastern Christianity)

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Should it be "Eastern Christianity that uses Gregorian Calendar"? Because for example Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Theophany on January, 6 Julian(!) that is January 19 Gregorian in this century. --Jonah.ru (talk) 14:16, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That's a little unwieldy. If most of Eastern Christianity uses the Julian calendar, I'm happy to move it to the 19th. howcheng {chat} 17:06, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Should it also be noted that it's Epiphany in Western Christianity?Rockhopper10r (talk) 20:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Epiphany (holiday) is ineligible because of maintenance issues. howcheng {chat} 22:31, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

But the "Epiphany" article to which this directs is not about the holiday. As that page itself says, "For the Christian holiday, see Epiphany (holiday)" 72.94.110.73 (talk) 22:43, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:46, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar

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Shouldn't the very top entry read: "Having defeated..."??? — WylieCoyote 18:16, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 19:09, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 08:27, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Epiphany (holiday) has over 110 refs and is now clear of mainenance tags.--Kathovo talk 13:09, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work! I'll put it back in. —howcheng {chat} 19:36, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:48, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:12, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For future refernce - wording of the Harold Godwinson hook was discussed here. Consensus was no change. Optimist on the run (talk) 22:46, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:46, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 21:54, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a reason for omitting the Maria Montessori anniversary, as none seems to be listed above? At present, the only anniversary covering something by a woman is the Tonya Harding fact, which has already appeared multiple times. Moira Paul (talk) 22:32, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Moira Paul: No particular reason; articles just get rotated in and out every year so that we can feature a wider variety of topics. Note that there were two women listed in the births/deaths for 2018. And if you're counting number of appearances, Montessori has been included 10 times, but Harding/Kerrigan have only appeared 5 times. —howcheng {chat} 00:28, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: Thanks for clarifying - and that will teach me to scroll up a bit and see the earlier reference! It would be great if we could aim to have an event highlighting a woman's achievement on every day each year to support Countering systemic bias. Births/deaths are things that happen to someone, events are things they achieved. Moira Paul (talk) 20:56, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Moira Paul: There are a few problems with that plan. First is article quality: if an article is not in good shape, it doesn't get selected. There are no exceptions for that. Second is the rules of scheduling which are intended to provide a variety of topics, locations, and dates, coupled with a preference for round-number anniversaries. So for example, this year being 2019, if on a certain date there is a 1920 item about women and a 1919 event that's not, the 1919 one gets priority due to the 100th anniversary, and the 1920 would be left out because we prefer not to have two items that close to each other chronologically, even if that meant that no items about women were included at all. Please see WP:OTDRULES and the "Guidelines" section a little further down the page. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 22:25, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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2020 notes

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2021 notes

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2022 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 05:27, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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