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Today's featured article for December 28, 2024
George E. Mylonas (1898 – 1988) was a Greek archaeologist of ancient Greece and of Aegean prehistory. He excavated widely, particularly at Olynthus, Eleusis and Mycenae, where he made the first archaeological study and publication of Grave Circle B, the earliest known monumentalized burials at the site. Mylonas was born in Smyrna, then part of the Ottoman Empire, and received an elite education. In 1924, he began working for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. He took part in excavations at Corinth, Nemea and Olynthus under its auspices. He studied and taught at universities in Greece and the United States. He was prominent in the Archaeological Society of Athens and in efforts to conserve the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens. He had co-responsibility for the excavation of Mycenae's Grave Circle B in the early 1950s, and from 1957 until 1985 he excavated on the citadel of the site. His excavations at Mycenae have been credited with bringing coherence to the site. (Full article...) Recently featured: Palo (religion) 1984–85 Gillingham F.C. season A Very Trainor Christmas Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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2011 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Westminster Abbey (maintenance), NC16002 disappearance (maintenance), Proclamation Day#South Australia (maintenance)
Restored articles (unused): John C. Calhoun (previously removed for not having the date in the article)
Swapped out: Taksin, South Australia, 1908 Messina earthquake, Constance Markievicz, Battle of Ortona
Swapped in: 893 Dvin earthquake (first appearance), Huia (first appearance), San Francisco Municipal Railway (first appearance), 1989 Newcastle earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2009), Fall of Mogadishu (first appearance)

--howcheng {chat} 21:36, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Constance Markievicz put back in to balance the columns. howcheng {chat} 00:42, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Westminster Abbey
Omitted: 893 Dvin earthquake; Huia; Constance Markievicz; 1989 Newcastle earthquake; Fall of Mogadishu (2006)
Included: Alaric II (first appearance); Neptune (5th appearance, last in 2007; moved from September 23, where it was replaced by Discovery of Neptune; 400th anniversary); Tay Bridge disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Pavel Postyshev (first appearance)
Repeats: San Francisco Municipal Railway (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:18, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Constance Markievicz (maintenance)
New articles (unused): United Airlines Flight 173
Omitted: Alaric II; Neptune; Tay Bridge disaster; San Francisco Municipal Railway; Pavel Postyshev
Included: Westminster Abbey (7th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Taksin (4th appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Ortona (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 70th anniversary); Endangered Species Act (2nd appearance, last in 2009; 40th anniversary); Roboski Massacre (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:55, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Westminster Abbey; Taksin; Battle of Ortona; Endangered Species Act
Included: South Australia (8th appearance, last in 2010); Tay Bridge disaster (3rd appearance, last in 2012); San Francisco Municipal Railway (3rd appearance, last in 2012); 1989 Newcastle earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 25th anniversary); Roboski airstrike (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 08:11, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: South Australia; Tay Bridge disaster; San Francisco Municipal Railway; 1989 Newcastle earthquake; Roboski airstrike
Included: Westminster Abbey (8th appearance, last in 2013; 950th anniversary); Neptune (6th appearance, last in 2012); John C. Calhoun (first appearance); 1908 Messina earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Pavel Postyshev (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:46, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: South Australia (maintenance); United Airlines Flight 173 (maintenance)
Omitted: Westminster Abbey; Neptune; John C. Calhoun; 1908 Messina earthquake; Pavel Postyshev
Included: 893 Dvin earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Taksin (5th appearance, last in 2013); Huia (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Endangered Species Act of 1973 (3rd appearance, last in 2013); 2009 Karachi bombing (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 08:46, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Westminster Abbey (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Constance Markievicz
Omitted: Massacre of the Innocents (ineligible—maintenance); 893 Dvin earthquake; Taksin; Huia; Endangered Species Act of 1973; 2009 Karachi bombing
Included: Proclamation Day (rescued from Ineligible); Alaric II (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Neptune (7th appearance, last in 2015); Auguste and Louis Lumière (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Ortona (3rd appearance, last in 2013); MS Norman Atlantic (first appearance); Arthur Hunter Palmer (first appearance); Thomas Babington Macaulay (first appearance); Maurice Ravel (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:21, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Alaric II; Neptune; Auguste and Louis Lumière; MS Norman Atlantic; Arthur Hunter Palmer; Thomas Babington Macaulay; Maurice Ravel
Included: Westminster Abbey (9th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Taksin (6th appearance, last in 2016; 250th anniversary); Constance Markievicz (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 100th anniversary); Fall of Mogadishu (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 10th anniversary); William Carstares (first appearance); Carl-Gustaf Rossby (first appearance); Ratan Tata (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Ortona (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:57, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: San Francisco Municipal Railway (maintenance); Endangered Species Act of 1973 (maintenance); Roboski airstrike (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Muriel Siebert; Albert Christoph Dies
Omitted: Westminster Abbey; Taksin; Constance Markievicz; Battle of Ortona; Fall of Mogadishu; William Carstares; Carl-Gustaf Rossby; Ratan Tata
Included: 893 Dvin earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Tay Bridge disaster (4th appearance, last in 2014); Huia (3rd appearance, last in 2016); 1989 Newcastle earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2014; 30th anniversary); 2009 Karachi bombing (2nd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Wang Zongbi (first appearance); Arthur Hunter Palmer (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 100th birthday); Barbara Judge (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:59, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Auguste and Louis Lumière (maintenance); Pavel Postyshev (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Massacre of the Innocents (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Roboski airstrike
Omitted: Proclamation Day (ineligible—maintenance); 893 Dvin earthquake; Tay Bridge disaster; Huia; 1989 Newcastle earthquake; 2009 Karachi bombing; Arthur Hunter Palmer; Barbara Judge
Included: Alaric II (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Westminster Abbey (10th appearance, last in 2018); Neptune (8th appearance, last in 2017); 1908 Messina earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Muriel Siebert (first appearance); Antoine Furetière (first appearance); Albert Christoph Dies (first appearance); Susan Sontag (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:30, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Alaric II; Westminster Abbey; Neptune; 1908 Messina earthquake; Antoine Furetière; Albert Christoph Dies; Susan Sontag
Included: Proclamation Day (rescued from Ineligible); Taksin (7th appearance, last in 2018); John C. Calhoun (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Constance Markievicz (4th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Ortona (5th appearance, last in 2018); Roboski massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary); Andrea Gritti (first appearance); Shen Congwen (first appearance); Barbara Judge (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 75th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 05:04, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]