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Today's featured article for January 19, 2025
Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh was a comedy show broadcast from 1944 to 1950 and 1951 to 1954 by BBC Radio and in 1950–1951 by Radio Luxembourg. It was written by and starred Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne as officers in a fictional RAF station coping with red tape and the inconveniences and incongruities of life in the Second World War. After the war the station became a country club and, for its last season, the show became the chronicle of a newspaper, The Weekly Bind. Among the supporting cast were Sam Costa as the officers' batman, Maurice Denham in a multitude of roles, Dora Bryan and Nicholas Parsons. Singers in the show's musical interludes included Gwen Catley, Maudie Edwards, Binnie Hale and Doris Hare. Among those appearing as guest stars were Phyllis Calvert, Richard Dimbleby, Glynis Johns, Alan Ladd and Jean Simmons. The show followed It's That Man Again as the most popular British radio comedy and was succeeded by Take It from Here and The Goon Show. After the show ended, its two stars returned to radio in several long-running series. (Full article...) Recently featured: Freston causewayed enclosure William Robinson Brown Night of January 16th Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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Robert E. Lee Bicentennial

Please add the following to the Jan. 19th page:
1807 - Birth of Robert E. Lee, a career U.S. Army officer and the most celebrated general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War.

Thanks...
--Tex 21:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Epiphany (holiday) (ineligible—maintenance), Batavian Republic, Undergarment (ineligible—maintenance), Hrant Dink
Included: John Wilkes (5th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible), Klaus Barbie (first appearance), 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash (2nd appearance, last in 2010)
Repeats: San Agustin Church, Manila (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total), Silvertown explosion (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:52, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

New articles (unused): Stirling (moved from January 8: Julian date)
Omitted: San Agustin Church, Manila; John Wilkes; Silvertown explosion; 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash
Included: Batavian Republic (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Il trovatore (first appearance); 1975 Kinnaur earthquake (first appearance); Hrant Dink/Assassination of Hrant Dink (Dink: 2nd appearance, last in 2011; Assassination: first appearance)
Repeats: Klaus Barbie (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 23:33, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Batavian Republic; Il trovatore; 1975 Kinnaur earthquake; Klaus Barbie; Hrant Dink/Assassination of Hrant Dink
Included: Tang campaign against Kucha (first appearance); Stirling (3rd appearance, last in 2012; moved from January 8); Battle of Mill Springs (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Silvertown explosion (4th appearance, last in 2012); North Cape oil spill (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:03, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Tang campaign against Kucha; Stirling; Battle of Mill Springs; North Cape oil spill
Included: San Agustin Church (Manila) (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam/Batavian Republic (Revolution: first appearance, Republic: 3rd appearance, last in 2013); 1975 Kinnaur earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Silvertown explosion (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:49, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Omitted: San Agustin Church (Manila); Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam/Batavian Republic; Silvertown explosion; 1975 Kinnaur earthquake
Included: Tang campaign against Kucha (2nd appearance, last in 2014); John Wilkes (6th appearance, last in 2012); Il trovatore (2nd appearance, last in 2013); North Cape oil spill (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 09:12, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

New articles (ineligible): Siege of Rouen (maintenance)
Moved to Ineligible: Stirling (maintenance); Battle of Mill Springs (maintenance); Silvertown explosion (maintenance); Iva Toguri D'Aquino (maintenance)
Omitted: Tang campaign against Kucha; John Wilkes; Il trovatore (ineligible—maintenance); North Cape oil spill; 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash
Included: San Agustin Church (Manila) (4th appearance, last in 2015); Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam/Batavian Republic (Revolution: 2nd appearance; Republic: 4th appearance; both last in 2015); Łódź Ghetto (first appearance); Klaus Barbie (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Assassination of Hrant Dink (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:10, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: John Wilkes (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Paul Cézanne
Omitted: San Agustin Church (Manila); Klaus Barbie; Assassination of Hrant Dink
Included: Tang campaign against Kucha (3rd appearance, last in 2016); 1975 Kinnaur earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Megaupload (first appearance); Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (first appearance); Herbert Chapman (first appearance); Choor Singh (first appearance)
Repeats: Batavian Republic/Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Republic: 5 total; Revolution: 3 total); Łódź Ghetto (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:43, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Tang campaign against Kucha; Batavian Republic/Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam; Łódź Ghetto (ineligible—maintenance); 1975 Kinnaur earthquake; Megaupload; Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; Herbert Chapman; Choor Singh
Included: Siege of Rouen (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; 600th anniversary); San Agustin Church (Manila) (5th appearance, last in 2017); Klaus Barbie (4th appearance, last in 2017); North Cape oil spill (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Pole of Inaccessibility (Antarctic research station) (first appearance; blurb previously featured Pole of inaccessibility and is making its 4th appearance, last in 2017); Paul Cézanne (first appearance); Natacha Rambova (first appearance); Sarah Burke (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:18, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Iva Toguri D'Aquino
New articles (unused): Arthur Morris
Omitted: Siege of Rouen; San Agustin Church (Manila); Klaus Barbie; North Cape oil spill; Pole of Inaccessibility (Antarctic research station); Paul Cézanne; Natacha Rambova; Sarah Burke
Included: Tang campaign against Kucha (4th appearance, last in 2018); Batavian Republic/Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam (Republic: 6th appearance; Revolution 4th; both last in 2018); American Civil Liberties Union (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Watsonville riots (first appearance; 90th anniversary); 1975 Kinnaur earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2018); Giuseppe Millico (first appearance); Edgar Allan Poe (2nd appearance, last in 2005; previously appeared on January 29); K. Sello Duiker (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 21:22, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Marcel Chaput (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Francesca Woodman
Omitted: Tang campaign against Kucha; American Civil Liberties Union; Watsonville riots; 1975 Kinnaur earthquake; Giuseppe Millico; Edgar Allan Poe; K. Sello Duiker
Included: Siege of Rouen (1418–19) (2nd appearance, last in 2019); German strategic bombing during World War I (first appearance); North Cape oil spill (4th appearance, last in 2019); Assassination of Hrant Dink (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Thomas Willing (first appearance; 200th anniversary); Herbert Chapman (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Sophie Taeuber-Arp (first appearance)
Repeats: Batavian Republic/Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Republic: 8 total; Revolution: 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:36, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Siege of Rouen (1418–19); Batavian Republic; German strategic bombing during World War I; North Cape oil spill; Assassination of Hrant Dink; Thomas Willing; Herbert Chapman; Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Included: Tang campaign against Kucha (5th appearance, last in 2020); Siege of Mirandola (1511) (first appearance); Watsonville riots (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Klaus Barbie (5th appearance, last in 2019; 50th anniversary); Megaupload (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Arthur Morris (first appearance; 100th birthday); Sarah Burke (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:55, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]