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In 2006, this day is the 400th birthday of the Dutch painter Rembrandt. --PFHLai 19:31, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

new recommendation for 1959

1959 – Five hundred thousand American steelworkers went on strike, closing nearly every steel mill in the country, prompting the decline of American steel.

Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (be free) 17:07, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1815 event

I'd like to suggest:

1815 – Napoleon surrenders to Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland aboard HMS Bellerophon, ending the Napoleonic Wars.

There are several images here that could illustrate it if desired. Benea (talk) 04:07, 12 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Battle of Grunwald; Rosetta Stone; Alzheimer's disease; Steel strike of 1959; Operation Hastings; Orly Airport attack
Included: Pike expedition (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); HMS Bellerophon (1786) (first appearance); Manitoba/Northwest Territories (Manitoba: 4th appearance; NW Territories: 2nd appearance, both last in 2010); Boeing (2nd appearance, last in 2004); Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 20:58, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Pike expedition (ineligible—maintenance); Manitoba/Northwest Territories; Alzheimer's disease; Boeing; Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
Included: Battle of the Neva (4th appearance, last in 2010); Steel strike of 1959 (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Orly Airport attack (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Rosetta Stone (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total); HMS Bellerophon (1786) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Battle of the Neva; HMS Bellerophon (1786); Steel strike of 1959; Orly Airport attack
Included: Battle of Grunwald (6th appearance, last in 2011); Alzheimer's disease (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Operation Hastings (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Gianni Versace (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Rosetta Stone (4th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:28, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of Grunwald; Rosetta Stone; Operation Hastings; Gianni Versace
Included: HMS Bellerophon (1786) (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 200th anniversary); Manitoba/Northwest Territories (Manitoba: 5th appearance; NWT: 3rd appearance; both last in 2012); Orly Airport attack (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Alzheimer's disease (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:52, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: HMS Bellerophon (1786); Alzheimer's disease; Orly Airport attack; Caspian Airlines Flight 7908
Included: Battle of Grunwald (7th appearance, last in 2014); Rosetta Stone (9th appearance, last in 2014); Boeing (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Operation Hastings (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 50th anniversary)
Repeats: Manitoba/Northwest Territories (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Manitoba: 6 total; Territories: 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:03, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

New articles (unused): 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
Omitted: Battle of Grunwald; Manitoba/Northwest Territories (NW Territories: maintenance); Boeing; Operation Hastings
Included: HMS Bellerophon (1786) (4th appearance, last in 2015); Alzheimer's disease (5th appearance, last in 2015); Steel strike of 1959 (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Gianni Versace (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary); Rembrandt (first appearance); Anton Chekhov (first appearance); Cherry (wrestler) (first appearance)
Repeats: Rosetta Stone (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:30, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Rosetta Stone; Alzheimer's disease (ineligible—maintenance); Steel strike of 1959; Gianni Versace (ineligible—maintenance); Rembrandt; Anton Chekhov; Cherry (wrestler)
Included: Battle of Grunwald (8th appearance, last in 2016); Boeing (4th appearance, last in 2016); 1983 Orly Airport attack (4th appearance, last in 2015); Twitter (first appearance); Jean-Antoine Houdon (first appearance); Betty Wagoner (first appearance); Donald Mackay (anti-drugs campaigner) (first appearance)
Repeats: HMS Bellerophon (1786) (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:21, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (ineligible): Democracy and National Unity Day (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Manuel Torres (diplomat)
Omitted: HMS Bellerophon (1786); Boeing (ineligible—maintenance); Twitter
Included: Rosetta Stone (11th appearance, last in 2017); Steel strike of 1959 (4th appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary); Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Grunwald (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total); 1983 Orly Airport attack (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Jean-Antoine Houdon (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Betty Wagoner (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Donald Mackay (anti-drugs campaigner) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

Oops, I forgot to update the births/deaths this year. —howcheng {chat} 15:45, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Twitter (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
Omitted: Battle of Grunwald; Steel strike of 1959 (ineligible—maintenance); Caspian Airlines Flight 7908; Jean-Antoine Houdon; Donald Mackay (anti-drugs campaigner)
Included: HMS Bellerophon (1786) (6th appearance, last in 2018); Operation Hastings (4th appearance, last in 2016); 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt (first appearance); Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (first appearance); Vilfredo Pareto (first appearance)
Repeats: Rosetta Stone (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total); 1983 Orly Airport attack (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Betty Wagoner (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 90th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 17:46, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Rosetta Stone; 1983 Orly Airport attack; 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots; Vilfredo Pareto; Betty Wagoner
Included: Alzheimer's disease (6th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); 2014 Moscow Metro derailment (first appearance); Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (first appearance); Manuel Torres (diplomat) (first appearance); Nina Bari (first appearance; 60th anniversary)
Repeats: HMS Bellerophon (1786) (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Operation Hastings (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 23:09, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: HMS Bellerophon (1786); Alzheimer's disease (ineligible—maintenance); Operation Hastings (ineligible—maintenance); 2014 Moscow Metro derailment; Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps; Nina Bari
Included: Battle of Grunwald (10th appearance, last in 2019); Rosetta Stone (13th appearance, last in 2020); Manitoba (7th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible; blurb also previously featured Northwest Territories, which remains ineligible); 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Anton Chekhov (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Betty Wagoner (4th appearance, last in 2020)
Repeats: Manuel Torres (diplomat) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 200th anniversary)

NOTE: Manitoba should not have been included, as NWT remains ineligible and both articles should share equal billing in this blurb. —howcheng {chat} 20:15, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2024 note: Statehood Day in Ukraine is celebrated today (15 July) and not on 28 July anymore

Can someone move please Statehood Day (Ukraine) to this template (Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 15) and remove it from Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 28. Statehood Day is a public holiday and day off in Ukraine. It used to be celebrated on 28 July, but since this year it is celebrated on 15 July. This is due to Ukrainian churches now using the Gregorian calendar (the "western calendar") while they previously used the Julian calendar as it was and is still used by the Russian orthodox church. This move of calendar was a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the derusification of Ukraine since 2022. — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 18:03, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done

— Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 15:22, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]