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Meurig ab Arthfael was a king in south-east Wales. In the ninth century, the Kingdom of Gwent was divided between Glywysing, which had a higher status, and a smaller Gwent, covering the area which is now Monmouthshire. Historians disagree whether Meurig was king of Glywysing, with authority across south-east Wales, or only of Gwent. The twelfth-century Book of Llandaff records charters in which Meurig granted land to bishops or guaranteed grants by others. Two charters state that he freed all churches from obligations to laymen; in the view of the historian Wendy Davies, he was one of the few kings recorded in the charters who attempted to guarantee ecclesiastical immunity from widespread lawlessness and arbitrary use of power. Historians disagree on when he died. Deaths of kings called Meurig are recorded in 849 and 874, and some historians date Meurig ab Arthfael's death definitely to 874, but others think that it is possible that he was the Meurig who died in 849. (Full article...) Recently featured: Gu Yanwu Virus Al-Altan Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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selected anniversary: Zheng He

Latest comment: 20 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

1405 - Chinese explorer Zheng He commanded a fleet of 317 ships with his first voyage.

There is no mention of this selected anniversary in the Zheng He article. The word 'July' is not found at all. Can someone confirm the date, please ? Thanks. -- 64.229.206.179 04:32, 11 July 2005 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, PFHLai, for removing it. -- 64.229.7.166 16:28, 3 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Srebrenica genocide

Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Why is this not on main page? This is very important date in European history, since it's a worst ethnic cleansing after Holocaust. Please, someone fix this. Just to note: On 15 January 2009 EU Parliament voted with overwhelming majority of 556 votes in favour, 9 against and 22 abstentions on resolution calling for recognition of 11 July as a day for EU commemoration of Srebrenica genocide. Wikipedia should also commemorate it...

HarisM (talk) 16:33, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

2012 notes

Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Deleted: Neptune (not an appropriate date)
Omitted: Zheng He; Yagan; Philippe Pétain; Massacres of Poles in Volhynia (ineligible—maintenance); Los Alfaques Disaster (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Burr–Hamilton duel (4th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Bombardment of Alexandria (first appearance); Aga Khan IV (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); To Kill a Mockingbird (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 (2nd appearance, last in 2008)

—howcheng {chat} 05:49, 10 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Irish War of Independence (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Treasure voyages (blurb previously featured Zheng He); Battle of Fort Stevens; USS Nevada (BB-36)
Omitted: Burr–Hamilton duel; Bombardment of Alexandria; Aga Khan IV; To Kill a Mockingbird; Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 (moved to July 12)
Included: Yagan (2nd appearance, last in 2011); William Howard Taft (first appearance); Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (3rd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible; 70th anniversary); Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (first appearance); Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:32, 10 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Yagan; William Howard Taft; Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (ineligible—maintenance); Nigeria Airways Flight 2120; Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion
Included: Treasure voyages (first appearance); London Waterloo station (first appearance); Battle of Fort Stevens (first appearance; 150th anniversary); USS Nevada (BB-36) (2nd appearance, last in 2012; normally appears on November 4; 100th anniversary); Aga Khan IV (5th appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 10:44, 10 July 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
Omitted: London Waterloo station; Battle of Fort Stevens; USS Nevada (BB-36); Aga Khan IV
Included: Burr–Hamilton duel (5th appearance, last in 2012); Bombardment of Alexandria (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Philippe Pétain (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Srebrenica massacre (6th appearance, last in 2010; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Treasure voyages (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:25, 9 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Treasure voyages; Burr–Hamilton duel; Bombardment of Alexandria; Philippe Pétain; Srebrenica massacre (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of the Golden Spurs (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Yagan (3rd appearance, last in 2013); William Howard Taft (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (4th appearance, last in 2013); Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:56, 10 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Bombardment of Alexandria (maintenance); Philippe Pétain (maintenance); Aga Khan IV (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of the Golden Spurs (ineligible—maintenance); Yagan; William Howard Taft; Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia; Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
Included: Treasure voyages (3rd appearance, last in 2015); London Waterloo station (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Triborough Bridge (first appearance); To Kill a Mockingbird (4th appearance, last in 2012); Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Bardaisan (first appearance); Thomas Bowdler (first appearance); Bronwyn Oliver (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 02:53, 11 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of the Golden Spurs
Omitted: Treasure voyages; Triborough Bridge; To Kill a Mockingbird; Bardaisan; Thomas Bowdler; Bronwyn Oliver
Included Burr–Hamilton duel (6th appearance, last in 2015); Yagan (4th appearance, last in 2016); Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Nicole Oresme (first appearance); Annie Armstrong (first appearance); Alessia Cara (first appearance)
Repeats: London Waterloo station (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:16, 11 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion

William Howard Taft's second important title was Chief Justice of the United States, not Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice article and Taft bio have the correct title (changed earlier under Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase), last time I looked. Thanks. User: Elendil's Heir.

@Elendil's Heir: Yes, but then we would have "President of the United States" and "Chief Justice of the United States" in short order, and since Chief Justice is also known by this name, we used this instead. —howcheng {chat} 18:05, 18 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

But it's wrong. Better just to say "Chief Justice," rather than perpetuate an incorrect usage, if you were worred about using "of the United States" twice in a row. User: Elendil's Heir

But then there are many other Chief Justices (of the various state Supreme Courts, for example). —howcheng {chat} 15:51, 22 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (ineligible): Kitty O'Brien Joyner (just appeared on DYK 2019-06-10)
Omitted: Burr–Hamilton duel; London Waterloo station; Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion; Nicole Oresme; Annie Armstrong; Alessia Cara
Included: Battle of the Golden Spurs (5th appearance, last in 2016); William Howard Taft (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (5th appearance, last in 2016); Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (first appearance); Boris Grigoriev (first appearance); Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver) (first appearance)
Repeats: Yagan (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:03, 18 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Burr–Hamilton duel (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Battle of the Boyne
Omitted: Battle of the Golden Spurs; Yagan; William Howard Taft; Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia; Nigeria Airways Flight 2120; Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine; Boris Grigoriev; Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver) (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Jean-Louis Pons (first appearance); London Waterloo station (4th appearance, last in 2018); USS Nevada (BB-36) (4th appearance, last in 2019; also appears on November 4); To Kill a Mockingbird (5th appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary); 2010 Kampala attacks (first appearance; 10th anniversary); Rudolph II of Burgundy (first appearance); H. M. Brock (first appearance); Kitty O'Brien Joyner (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 02:20, 13 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Deleted: Battle of the Boyne (moved to July 1)
New articles (unused): Boris Grigoriev
Omitted: London Waterloo station; USS Nevada (BB-36); To Kill a Mockingbird; July 2010 Kampala attacks; Rudolph II of Burgundy; H. M. Brock; Kitty O'Brien Joyner
Included: Ming treasure voyages (4th appearance, last in 2017); William Howard Taft (4th appearance, last in 2019; 100th anniversary); Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (5th appearance, last in 2019; 30th anniversary); Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion (4th appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Nicole Oresme (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Thomas Bowdler (3rd appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on February 24, his death anniversary); Alessia Cara (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 25th birthday)
Repeats: Jean-Louis Pons (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 13 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Gough Whitlam

Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Just wondering, how come Gough Whitlam's entry was not only removed but also deleted entirely from the hidden section? One of the most significant and consequential Prime Ministers in Australia's history, and from the looks of it he's never made a mention here. I think this should definitely be rectified in future. TheScrubby (talk) 07:05, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

@TheScrubby: Whitlam normally appears on December 5, the day he took office. True, he hasn't appeared since 2013, but this year will be the 50th anniversary, so he'll be in for sure, unless the article quality drastically decreases in the next few months. —howcheng {chat} 07:49, 12 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes

New articles (ineligible): Oka Crisis (maintenance)
Omitted: Ming treasure voyages; Jean-Louis Pons; William Howard Taft; Nigeria Airways Flight 2120; Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion; Nicole Oresme; Thomas Bowdler; Alessia Cara
Included: Jacques Necker (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Yagan (6th appearance, last in 2019); Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (2nd appearance, last in 2017); 2010 Kampala bombings (2nd appearance, last in 2020; Robert II, Count of Artois (first appearance); Boris Grigoriev (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Balaji Sadasivan (first appearance)

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