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Thomas Mundy Peterson (October 6, 1824 – February 4, 1904) was a resident of Perth Amboy, New Jersey who has been claimed to be the first African American to vote in an election under the provisions of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. His vote was cast on March 31, 1870; the Amendment had been ratified almost two months earlier, on February 3, but was only officially certified by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish on March 30. To honor him as the first African-American voter after the passage of the 15th Amendment, in 1884, the citizens of Perth Amboy raised $70 ($2500 in 2024 dollars) to award him with a medal, consisting of a gold bar from which a medallion depicting Abraham Lincoln was hung. This photograph shows Peterson in 1884, wearing his medal. Photograph credit: William R. Tobias; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: History of the Constitution of Brazil Engaged

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Matthew Shepard in selected anniversaries

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Re: Template:October 6 selected anniversaries, today is the anniversary of the attack on Matthew Shepard. I'm worried that our write-up is needlessly wordy and sensational. It reads "1998 - Gay-bashing & Hate crimes: University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was viciously and fatally attacked for being gay." I think there is one too many adverbs and one too many categories. We should remove either "gay-bashing" or "hate crimes," and also remove the sensational word "viciously." Rhobite 02:54, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

Since it only gets a day of coverage and I'm going to bed, I'm going to go ahead and make these edits. This is just a style nitpick, please nobody accuse me of homophobia until I've had my morning coffee. Rhobite 04:52, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

I like the simplicity and the readability. Thanks. :-) -- PFHLai 05:26, 2004 Oct 6 (UTC)

Fast of Gedalia

While other Jewish holidays have been mentioned in selected anniversaries, the Fast of Gedalia which this year (2005) falls today has not. It is minor so it need not be listed, but I thought I'd suggest it because its minor nature makes it even more curious. --jnothman ^talk 02:22, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. This holy day is listed on Holidays and events in Israel, so it's not that minor. And we actually have an informative page in Wikipedia about this. I'll post it up. -- PFHLai 05:29, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineliglble: 51 Pegasi b (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Tigranocerta; German American; Cubana Flight 455; Anwar Sadat (ineligible—maintenance); Death of Keith Blakelock
• Included: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (first appearance); Eleftherios Venizelos (first appearance); The Jazz Singer (6th appearance, last in 2010); Carlos Álvarez (politician) (first appearance); Maritime Jewel (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:11, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery; Eleftherios Venizelos; The Jazz Singer; Carlos Álvarez (politician); Maritime Jewel
• Included: Aelia Eudoxia (first appearance); German American (2nd appearance , last in 2011); Bosnian crisis (first appearance); Yom Kippur War (9th appearance, last in 2010; 40th anniversary); Matthew Shepard (5th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 00:03, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 6 October 2013

Matthew Shepard

While the attack was, in the end, the source of his death, the term "murder" implies that he died today. He was attacked, and died on the 12th. This wording leads the reader to believe that his attack and death occurred at the same time. While we should avoid too morbid of a description, perhaps it could be edited to read along the lines of "was attacked, leading to his death days later" or restoring "fatal attack" Antiwesley (talk) 01:25, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

 Done. —howcheng {chat} 04:47, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Deleted: Aelia Eudoxia (moved to March 27)
• Omitted: German American (ineligible—maintenance); Yom Kippur War; Matthew Shepard
• Included: Samuel of Bulgaria (first appearance; death anniversary); Battle of Tigranocerta (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (2nd appearance, last in 2012); The Jazz Singer (7th anniversary, last in 2012); Thammasat University massacre (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Bosnian crisis (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2015 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Anwar Sadat
• Omitted: Battle of Tigranocerta; Bosnian crisis; Thammasat University massacre
• Included: Eleftherios Venizelos (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Death of Keith Blakelock (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); Carlos Álvarez (politician) (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); The Jazz Singer (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Francis Burton Harrison (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery; The Jazz Singer; Death of Keith Blakelock; Carlos Álvarez (politician)
• Included: Battle of Yanshi (first appearance); Battle of Manila (1762) (first appearance); Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary); Maritime Jewel (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Eleftherios Venizelos (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:35, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

dab link

Replace

• [[1849]] – In [[Arad, Romania|]], present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel [[Honvédség|honvéd]] generals... 

with

• [[1849]] – In [[Arad, Romania|]], present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel [[Royal Hungarian Landwehr|honvéd]] generals... 

and

• [[618]] – [[Wang Shichong]]'s army [[Battle of Yanshi|defeated]] that of [[Li Mi]], allowing Wang to consolidate his power and soon depose China's [[Sui dynasty]].

with

• [[618]] – [[Wang Shichong]]'s army [[Battle of Yanshi|defeated]] that of [[Li Mi (Sui Dynasty)|Li Mi]], allowing Wang to consolidate his power and soon depose China's [[Sui dynasty]].

Thanks. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:15, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

@Headbomb I believe you intended for this to be a fully-protected edit request, not a conflict of interest edit request. The queue for the former process is monitored much more actively than the latter. Altamel (talk) 04:52, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Done Seems like the Li Mi bit was done per WP:ERRORS, I've done the other one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Bosnian crisis (maintenance); The Jazz Singer (maintenance); Thammasat University massacre (maintenance); Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 (maintenance); Anwar Sadat (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Goh Keng Swee
• Omitted: Battle of Yanshi; Battle of Manila (1762); Eleftherios Venizelos; Cubana de Aviación Flight 455; Maritime Jewel
• Included: Battle of Tigranocerta (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (4th appearance, last in 2015); Operation Badr (1973) (first appearance; blurb previously featured Yom Kippur War, which is currently ineligible, and is making its 10th appearance, last in 2013); Death of Keith Blakelock (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Carlos Álvarez (politician) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Matteo Ricci (first appearance); Guru Har Rai (first appearance); Hattie Jacques (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:52, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Tigranocerta; Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery; Operation Badr (1973); Death of Keith Blakelock; Carlos Álvarez (politician); Matteo Ricci; Guru Har Rai; Hattie Jacques
• Included: Battle of Yanshi (2nd appearance, last in 2016; 1400th anniversary); Battle of Manila (1762) (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Events of 6 October/Catalan State (1934) (both: first appearance); Matthew Shepard (6th appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); Instagram (first appearance); Sarah Crosby (first appearance); Goh Keng Swee (first appearance); Babasaheb Bhosale (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:11, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (unused): Nicetas the Patrician
• Omitted: Battle of Yanshi; Events of 6 October/Catalan State (1934); Matthew Shepard; Instagram (ineligible—maintenance); Sarah Crosby; Goh Keng Swee; Babasaheb Bhosale
• Included: Battle of Tigranocerta (4th appearance, last in 2017); Bosnian Crisis (3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); The Jazz Singer (9th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Maritime Jewel (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (first appearance); Karol Szymanowski (first appearance); Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) (2nd appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on December 20, his birthday)
• Repeats: Battle of Manila (1762) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:11, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

2020 request

@Howcheng: - it's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Jenny Lind OTD. Mjroots (talk) 05:29, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

She normally appears on May 19, but we can temporarily move her for this year. —howcheng {chat} 06:20, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

@Mjroots: Oops, forgot about this. —howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

@Howcheng: Never mind, stuff happens. Mjroots (talk) 05:12, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (blurb previously featured Cubana de Aviación Flight 455, which remains ineligible)
• Omitted: Battle of Manila (1762); Bosnian Crisis; The Jazz Singer; Maritime Jewel; Wenceslaus III of Bohemia; Karol Szymanowski; Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)
• Included: Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (5th appearance, last in 2017); Events of 6 October/Catalan State (1934) (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2018); Carlos Álvarez (Argentine politician) (4th appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Instagram (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Nicetas the Patrician (first appearance); Meghnad Saha (first appearance); Hattie Jacques (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary)
• Repeats: Battle of Tigranocerta (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Deleted: 1973 Thai popular uprising (wrong date)
• Omitted: Battle of Tigranocerta; Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery; Events of 6 October/Catalan State (1934); Carlos Álvarez (Argentine politician); Instagram; Nicetas the Patrician; Meghnad Saha; Hattie Jacques
• Included: Battle of Yanshi (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Manila (1762) (4th appearance, last in 2019); The Jazz Singer (10th appearance, last in 2019); Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (first appearance); Death of Keith Blakelock (4th appearance, last in 2017); Samuel of Bulgaria (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Francesco Manfredini (first appearance); Sadiq al-Ahmar (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:21, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Tigranocerta (maintenance); Karol Szymanowski (maintenance); Goh Keng Swee (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Manila (1762); The Jazz Singer; Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations; Death of Keith Blakelock; Samuel of Bulgaria; Francesco Manfredini; Sadiq al-Ahmar
• Included:
• Repeats: Battle of Yanshi (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (6th appearance, last in 2020); Bosnian Crisis (4th appearance, last in 2019); Operation Badr (1973) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Castro Sweep (first appearance); Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Meghnad Saha (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Hattie Jacques (3rd appearance, last in 2020)

Heart ^(talk) 06:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

'Spanish republican regime'

The word 'regime' is nowadays, more often than not, used as a pejorative to imply a dictatorship, which is not adequate for this case. 'Government' would be a neutral replacement. I have made the corresponding edit in the article about the Events of 6 October. 62.73.72.3 (talk) 02:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Time-critical suggestion for "On this day" section

Hi, I suggest a time-sensitive addition to the October 6 "On this day" section: the death anniversary of M. E. Ravage (1884-1965), Jewish-Romanian-American writer, noted for his autobiographical work American in the Making (1917), constituting an important contribution to early 20th-century immigration discourse.

The article has been recently expanded and meets quality standards. This person's memory had unfortunately been distorted before, including at times with a wrong portrait photograph hosted on Wikipedia. Commemorating him in this way seems fitting.

If appropriate, a short entry could read:

1965 – Marcus Eli Ravage (b. 1884), Jewish-American writer and journalist, known for satirical essays and his autobiographical reflections on the immigrant experience, died.

Thanks for considering! Tartigradesinspace (talk) 10:52, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

@Tartigradesinspace: Thank you for the suggestion. The date of his death is not cited in the article, so it cannot be considered for the template this year. Once that is completed, the article can be added to the "eligible" list and considered for future years. Z1720 (talk) 13:14, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. Just to clarify: the article already includes a citation to the New York Times obituary (October 11/127, 1965), which confirms both the date and place of Ravage’s death (October 6, Grasse, France). The reference is visible in the final paragraph of the biography section.

Given that, would it be possible to reconsider the entry for today’s „On this day” section?

Appreciate your time and attention!

See also the wikidata item https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6758146

which two references for his date of death (among them https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11188407k ) Tartigradesinspace (talk) 13:34, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Correction message

The New York Times obituary for Marcus E. Ravage has a publication date of October 12, 1965, or October 11, (not October 7 as previously stated). I mixed up the publication date in my talk message above, apologies for that. The source remains strong: it confirms both the date and place of Ravage’s death (October 6, Grasse, France) and is already cited in the article at the biography section where his death is noted.

Thanks again for your attention to detail. Tartigradesinspace (talk) 13:48, 6 October 2025 (UTC)