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Great Trigonometrical Survey

1922 index to the Great Trigonometrical Survey, a project that aimed to survey the entire Indian subcontinent with scientific precision. It was begun in 1802 by the British infantry officer William Lambton, under the auspices of the East India Company. Under the leadership of his successor, George Everest, the project was made the responsibility of the Survey of India. Everest was succeeded by Andrew Scott Waugh, and after 1861, the project was led by James Walker, who oversaw its completion in 1871. Among the many accomplishments of the Survey were the demarcation of the British territories in India and the measurement of the heights of Mount Everest, K2, and Kanchenjunga. The Survey had an enormous scientific impact as well, being responsible for one of the first accurate measurements of a section of an arc of longitude, and for measurements of the geodesic anomaly, which led to the development of the theories of isostasy. The native surveyors employed in the Himalayas, especially in Tibet (where Europeans were not allowed), were called pundits, and included cousins Nain Singh Rawat and Krishna Singh Rawat.

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Aug 15, also the day of Napoleons birth. Dont know the year though.

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Immediate attention if its not too late: plz chage India to India linked to its independence day page... --hydkat 20:33, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks for the suggestion. -- PFHLai 21:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tenth Anniversary of Omagh bombing

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I added the link to the article today - hope it's not too late to do this as the anniversary is on Friday. Autarch (talk) 19:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Holidays

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Only 3 holidays are allowed per day; could an admin take one off, please? Mouse is back 14:59, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Today is also The Feast of the Assumption. See Holidays in France especially for the significance of this holiday. This is an important holiday in the Roman Catholic tradition. Many shops, etc. are even closed in many European countries throughout the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nalco (talk • contribs) 11:23, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Should we maybe add that National Acadian Day happens on this day every year celebrating the Acadians? --Yvesnimmo (talk) 12:05, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Ok, since 3 holidays are allowed per day, which ones should I add and which ones should I remove? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 14:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Assumption, the Independence Days and the Ghost Festival. The flooding of the Nile and the Victory over Japan are not nearly as important. The Assumption, particularly, is a national holiday in many European countries. —Nalco (talk) 15:27, 15 August 2008 (UTC) [reply]
Remember that the selected articles (bolded items) on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much their subjects are important or significant. I am willing to remove Flooding of the Nile because it is still marked as a stub. But don't tell me that Japan's surrender ending World War II "is less significant" than the Assumption of Mary.
Also, as I noted here, I do not count non-Gregorian calendar based holidays like Ghost Festival as part of the 3 holiday limit. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 20:29, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But the Allied Forces' victory over Japan is already in this day's template as an event. --Yvesnimmo (talk) 21:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1963 uprising in Congo-Brazzaville

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I suggest replacing the Omagh bombing with "President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital." The Trois Glorieuses would mark Congolese politics until the early 1990s, and was a highly significant historical event. Events in Francophone Africa are generally given far less attention in Wikipedia than events in Western Europe. --Soman (talk) 13:20, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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All articles making their OTD debuts! —howcheng {chat} 06:11, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What about Bahrain Independence Day? Mohamed CJ (talk) 17:58, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
That article needs more references and is a stub, both of which make it ineligible to appear. —howcheng {chat} 20:07, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 08:12, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 14 August 2013

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  • Re the queue for OTD, Aug. 15

As it stands, the wording of the item about the founding of the Jesuits, "Ignatius of Loyola and six others at Montmartre near Paris took the vows that led to the establishment of the Society of Jesus", is rather awkward because the phrase "at Montmartre" is misplaced.

I think it would read much better as: "In Montmartre, near Paris, Ignatius of Loyola and six others took the vows that led to the establishment of the Society of Jesus."

But at least "at Montmartre" (a gallicism stemming from à Montmartre) needs to be changed to "in Montmartre".

Awien (talk) 16:36, 14 August 2013 (UTC) Awien (talk) 16:36, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 16:59, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Awien (talk) 18:49, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 10:42, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

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2016 notes

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2017 notes

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2018 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 06:14, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Assumption of Mary

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Can Assumption of Mary be added? - Wiki-uk (talk) 08:06, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-uk, it currently does not meet the article quality standards for this project. There is too much of the article that is unsourced. If you improve it, we can add it for next year. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 08:46, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 23:32, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 01:16, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 15 1080

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Under the August 15 (2021) on this day section, under "1080", it says "Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles captured and blinded Ibatzes of Bulgaria by means of a ruse, ending the last resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.", why does it say "Ibatzes" and not "Ivats" "of Bulgaria", shouldn't it say that as the page links there, and there is no one mention of this nickname on the article about him. Omniscientmoose42 (talk) 23:48, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Omniscientmoose42: The blurbs in OTD defer to the article being highlighted. He is called "Ibatzes" there, so that's how he is listed here. Please change this in the article or bring this up on the article talk page, and once it's changed there we'll be happy to change it here as well. —howcheng {chat} 07:41, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: When I made that comment, the name "Ibatzes" was not in the article (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivats&oldid=1038846957), hence why I brought it up, now that the article has changed, I see no reason to change it. Also, is there any proof that this guy is named Ibatzes and that somebody didn't just change it because it was brought up? Omniscientmoose42 (talk) 14:07, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:39, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 18:13, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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