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The first point on the list is currently:

1765 - The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, adding fuel to the growing separatist movement in colonial America.

But it should rather be:

1765 - The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, adding fuel to the growing separatist movement in colonial America.

-- Domino theory 20:29, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know Parliament of Great Britain is no longer a redirect. Re-wikified as suggested. Thanks, Domino theory. -- PFHLai 16:12, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Deleted: Nader Shah (moved to March 8—more relevant date)
Omitted: Anne Hutchinson; Phan Xich Long; McMartin preschool trial; Valeri Polyakov
Included: Stamp Act 1765 (6th appearance, last in 2010); Shusha pogrom (first appearance); Dachau concentration camp (2nd consecutive appearance, last on April 29, 2011—that blurb now features Dachau massacre—6 total); Please Please Me (7th appearance, last in 2008); Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:06, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Anne Hutchinson (TFA for 2013)
Omitted: Gordian I/Gordian II; Stamp Act 1765; Shusha pogrom; Dachau concentration camp (ineligible—maintenance); Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis
Included: William Woods Holden (first appearance); Phan Xich Long (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 100th anniversary); Khatyn massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 70th anniversary); Arab League (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Please Please Me (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:14, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Anne Hutchinson; Dachau concentration camp
Moved to Ineligible: Shusha massacre (maintenance)
Omitted: William Woods Holden; Phan Xich Long; Khatyn massacre; Arab League; Please Please Me
Included: Gordian I/Gordian II (both: 7th appearance, last in 2012); Amerigo Vespucci (3rd appearance, but 1st since 2004 as blurb); Stamp Act 1765 (7th appearance, last in 2012); McMartin preschool trial (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); Valeri Polyakov (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 05:21, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: World Water Day (ineligible—maintenance); Gordian II/Gordian I; Amerigo Vespucci; McMartin preschool trial
Included: William Woods Holden (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Dachau concentration camp (7th appearance, last in 2012); Arab League
Repeats: Stamp Act 1765 (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total; 250th anniversary); Valeri Polyakov (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:46, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Emerald Buddha
Omitted: Stamp Act 1765; William Woods Holden; Dachau concentration camp; Arab League (ineligible—maintenance); Valeri Polyakov
Included: Amerigo Vespucci (4th appearance, last in 2014); Anne Hutchinson (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Phan Xích Long (4th appearance, last in 2013); Please Please Me (8th appearance, last in 2013); Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:13, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

World Water Day

Not sure if I am doing this right but I would like to nominate the article on World Water Day to be mentioned under "on this day..." on 22 March 2017. It was mentioned 10 times already; the last time was in 2014. We are running a virtual edit-a-thon in the 2 days just before then and I am hoping that the edit-a-thon will result in further improvements to this article. Details about the edit-a-thon here. EMsmile (talk) 11:08, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@EMsmile: The article is not yet eligible. The 2013, 2014, and 2015 sections have no references, so I added a {{refimprove}} tag. —howcheng {chat} 07:07, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for getting back to me User:Howcheng. If I worked on the article today, would it still be in time to have it considered? EMsmile (talk) 10:21, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@ User:Howcheng: Myself and a few others have made a load of improvements to the article on World Water Day. Could you please check it again and if it's good enough put it in the system so that it appears on 22 March for "on this day"? Thanks! EMsmile (talk) 14:46, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@EMsmile: The prior to 2007 section could also use more references (several paragraphs have none). Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 16:24, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: I was hoping you would let us off the hook for those. They are more than 10 years ago and sadly, a lot of the links which went to the UN Water website are broken for those ones from prior to 2007. I can scour the internet to see if I find any pdf files that are still available. Will also contact someone at UN Water. So apart from that, is the article OK now to be in the "on this day" section? How much time do we still have to improve it further before a final decision on inclusion or not inclusion is made? EMsmile (talk) 17:24, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK, found a reference for this, I will add this link to the older ones: http://www.unwater.org/campaigns/world-water-day/en/ EMsmile (talk) 17:51, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

https://archive.org// can help you fix old links that no longer work. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:52, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Doc James, I think I have fixed them all now (manually). @Howcheng: could you take another look? A lot better now. EMsmile (talk) 21:37, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

OK, we're good, but don't be surprised if someone come by and tags it with {{primary sources}}, which would take it out of contention again. —howcheng {chat} 23:59, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Omitted: Amerigo Vespucci (ineligible—maintenance); Anne Hutchinson; Phan Xích Long; Please Please Me; Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis
Included: World Water Day (11th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Gordian I/Gordian II (both: 8th appearance, last in 2014); Emerald Buddha (4th appearance, last in 2008); Dachau concentration camp (8th appearance, last in 2015); Second Battle of Sirte (first appearance, 75th anniversary); USAir Flight 405 (first appearance); Reese Witherspoon (first appearance); Juan Uribe (first appearance); Kenzō Tange (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:39, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Deleted: Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis (moved to March 23)
Moved to Ineligible: William Woods Holden (maintenance); Please Please Me (maintenance)
Omitted: Emerald Buddha; Dachau concentration camp (ineligible—maintenance); Second Battle of Sirte; USAir Flight 405; Reese Witherspoon; Juan Uribe; Kenzō Tange
Included: Stamp Act 1765 (9th appearance, last in 2015); Khatyn massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Valeri Polyakov (4th appearance, last in 2015); Ahmed Yassin (first appearance); Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh (first appearance); Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (first appearance); James Black (pharmacologist) (first appearance)
Repeats: Gordian I/Gordian II (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Gordian II/Gordian I; Stamp Act 1765; Khatyn massacre; Valeri Polyakov; Ahmed Yassin; Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh; Ahmed Cevdet Pasha; James Black (pharmacologist)
Included: Amerigo Vespucci (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Anne Hutchinson (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Phan Xích Long (5th appearance, last in 2016); Second Battle of Sirte (2nd appearance, last in 2017); 2014 Oso mudslide (first appearance); Caroline Norton (first appearance); Juan Uribe (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th birthday); Bebo Valdés (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:38, 22 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Omitted: Amerigo Vespucci; Anne Hutchinson; Phan Xích Long; 2014 Oso mudslide; Caroline Norton; Juan Uribe; Bebo Valdés
Included: Gordian I/Gordian II (both: 10th appearance, last in 2018); Emerald Buddha (5th appearance, last in 2017); William Woods Holden (3rd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Valeri Polyakov (5th appearance, last in 2018; 25th anniversary); Anton Raphael Mengs; Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (2nd appearance, last in 2018); James Black (pharmacologist) (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Second Battle of Sirte (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:11, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Abolhassan Banisadr (POTD for 2021); U. G. Krishnamurti (maintenance)
Omitted: Gordian I/Gordian II; Emerald Buddha; Second Battle of Sirte; Valeri Polyakov; Anton Raphael Mengs; Ahmed Cevdet Pasha; James Black (pharmacologist)
Included: Bostran era; Anne Hutchinson (4th appearance, last in 2019); Stamp Act 1765 (10th appearance, last in 2018); Ahmed Yassin (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Anthony van Dyck; Caroline Norton (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Kenzō Tange (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
Repeats: William Woods Holden (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:36, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

New articles (unused): Rob Ford
Omitted: Bostran era; Anne Hutchinson; Stamp Act 1765; William Woods Holden; Ahmed Yassin; Anthony van Dyck; Caroline Norton; Kenzō Tange
Included: Amerigo Vespucci (6th appearance, last in 2019); Emerald Buddha (6th appearance, last in 2020); Phan Xích Long (6th appearance, last in 2019); Second Battle of Sirte (4th appearance, last in 2020; 80th anniversary); John Kemp (first appearance); Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (3rd appearance, last in 2020; 200th birthday); Odysseas Angelis (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:21, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]