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A fact from William G. King Jr. appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 June 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that William G. King Jr. explored and surveyed islands where downrange stations were subsequently established as part of the Eastern Test Range?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 18:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Brigadier General William G. King Jr.

... that William G. King Jr. explored and surveyed islands where downrange stations were subsequently established as part of the Eastern Test Range? Source: "In 1950, he was assigned to the newly established Joint Long Range Proving Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Here, he participated in a variety of activities including the initial exploration and surveying of the adjoining islands, which facilitated the planning and design of the downrange stationsof the Air Force Eastern Test Range. " ([1]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/It's a Crime (play-by-mail game)
Comment: IMage is there if you want it

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:30, 5 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited inline and the article is neutral. Earwig produced a 55% likelihood of copyvio but this was mostly unit titles and stock phrases, and I didn't see anything significant. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:09, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]