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Suggest adding note about 7 July 2005 London bombings? --77.98.23.140 07:31, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I came here wondering the same thing; it appears it was there but commented out for not having enough sources. -- RattleMan 15:54, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It has 41 references and tons of external links? I can understand if there are problems with specific facts not being referenced with inline citations, but its tagged as though it has barely any/no sources. RHB - Talk 19:29, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tanabata is not July 7

Tanabata is on the 7th day of the 7th month in the lunisolar calendar. July 7 is not that day. Tanabata should not be listed on this date.

I stand corrected. Apparently, the festival is now commonly observed on July 7 rather than in the 7th lunar month. LarryJeff (talk) 17:32, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Anti-abolitionist riots (1834); North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911; Double Seven Day scuffle; Samantha Smith
Included: Battle of Hubbardton (first appearance); Katipunan (first appearance); Sliced bread (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Summorum Pontificum (2nd appearance, last in 2008)
Repeats: 1994 civil war in Yemen (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:36, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Battle of Hubbardton; Katipunan; Sliced bread; 1994 civil war in Yemen; Summorum Pontificum
Included: Retrial of Joan of Arc (first appearance); Quasi-War (3rd appearance, last in 2009); Double Seven Day scuffle (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 50th anniversary); Samantha Smith (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); 7 July 2005 London bombings (5th appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 05:28, 6 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Sliced bread (maintenance)
Omitted: Quasi-War; Samantha Smith; 7 July 2005 London bombings
Included: Battle of Monterey (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Operation Hammer (1997) (first appearance); 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods (first appearance)
Repeats: Retrial of Joan of Arc (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Double Seven Day scuffle (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:52, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

New articles (unused): Frances Xavier Cabrini
Omitted: Battle of Monterey; Double Seven Day scuffle; Operation Hammer (1997); 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods
Included: Anti-abolitionist riots (1834); Henry Pedris (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Yemeni Civil War (1994) (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); 7 July 2005 London bombings (6th appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Retrial of Joan of Arc (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:18, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Anti-abolitionist riots (1834); Henry Pedris (ineligible—maintenance); Yemeni Civil War (1994); 7 July 2005 London bombings
Included: Battle of Monterey (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Katipunan (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Frances Xavier Cabrini (3rd appearance, last in 2005; 70th anniversary); 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods (2nd appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: Retrial of Joan of Arc (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:14, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Yemeni Civil War (1994) (maintenance); Summorum Pontificum (maintenance)
Omitted: Tanabata (ineligible—maintenance); Solomon Islands (ineligible—maintenance); Quasi-War (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Monterey; Katipunan (ineligible—maintenance); Frances Xavier Cabrini; 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods
Included: Battle of Hubbardton (2nd appearance, last in 2012); North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Carlos Castillo Armas (first appearance); Operation Hammer (1997) (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary); Guru Har Krishan (first appearance); Teresa Hsu Chih (first appearance); Arthur Conan Doyle (first appearance)
Repeats: Retrial of Joan of Arc (5th appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:56, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

New articles (unused): Brioni Agreement; 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Omitted: Retrial of Joan of Arc; Battle of Hubbardton; North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911; Carlos Castillo Armas; Operation Hammer (1997); Guru Har Krishan; Teresa Hsu Chih; Arthur Conan Doyle
Included: Raid of the Redeswire (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Anti-abolitionist riots (1834) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Peel Commission (first appearance); Double Seven Day scuffle (5th appearance, last in 2014); 7 July 2005 London bombings (7th appearance, last in 2015); Momchil (first appearance); Mary Surratt (first appearance); Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:29, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Anti-abolitionist riots (1834) (ineligible—maintenance); Peel Commission; Double Seven Day scuffle; 7 July 2005 London bombings (ineligible—maintenance); Momchil; Mary Surratt; Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin
Included: XYZ Affair/Quasi-War (XYZ: first appearance; War: 5th appearance, last in 2016); Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (2nd appearance, last in 2019; also appeared on March 21, his birthday); Carlos Castillo Armas (3rd appearance, last in 2017; also appeared on November 4, his birthday); Brioni Agreement (first appearance); Jane Elizabeth Conklin (first appearance); Rettamalai Srinivasan (first appearance); Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (first appearance)
Repeats: Raid of the Redeswire (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:50, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Monterey (maintenance); 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods (maintenance)
Omitted: Raid of the Redeswire; Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.; Carlos Castillo Armas; Brioni Agreement; Jane Elizabeth Conklin; Rettamalai Srinivasan; Germaine Thyssens-Valentin
Included: Retrial of Joan of Arc (6th appearance, last in 2017); North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Double Seven Day scuffle (6th appearance, last in 2018); The Three Tenors (first appearance; 30th anniversary); Camillo Golgi (first appearance); Gustav Mahler (6th appearance, last in 2018; moved from October 8); Arthur Conan Doyle (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 90th anniversary)
Repeats: XYZ Affair/Quasi-War (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; XYZ: 2 total; War: 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:22, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Retrial of Joan of Arc; XYZ Affair/Quasi-War; North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911; Double Seven Day scuffle; The Three Tenors; Camillo Golgi; Gustav Mahler; Arthur Conan Doyle
Included: Raid of the Redeswire (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Hubbardton (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Peel Commission (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Brioni Agreement (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 30th anniversary); 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers (first appearance); Guru Har Krishan (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Fernande Sadler (first appearance); Anne McLaren/Donald Michie (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:03, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Operation Hammer (1997) (maintenance)
Omitted: Raid of the Redeswire; Battle of Hubbardton; Peel Commission; Brioni Agreement; 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers; Guru Har Krishan; Fernande Sadler; Anne McLaren/Donald Michie
Included: Rehabilitation trial of Joan of Arc (7th appearance, last in 2020); XYZ Affair/Quasi-War (XYZ: 3rd appearance; War: 7th; both last in 2020); Carlos Castillo Armas (4th appearance, last in 2019); Double Seven Day scuffle (7th appearance, last in 2020); Samantha Smith (4th appearance, last in 2013); Gustav Mahler (7th appearance, last in 2020); Teresa Hsu (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Syd Barrett (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]