Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Springer

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:01, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Richard Springer

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... that 25 years ago today, anti-nuclear activist Richard Springer was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service after he approached Ronald Reagan and smashed a crystal statue?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Humphrey Brooke (art historian)
Comment: please hold for April 15, 2017

Created by DarjeelingTea (talk). Self-nominated at 09:26, 13 February 2017 (UTC).

- Length, Date, Cite, QPQ, and Earwigs all check out. Mifter (talk) 19:16, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

The dates are not confirmed by the source, which is a press statement dated April 15 referring to the incident as being on the previous Monday. This should not run until the dates have been cleared up. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:18, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Restoring tick after date confirmed as April 13th and article amended. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:02, 10 April 2017 (UTC)