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A good candidate:

Xie Jinyuan

1937 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Xie Jinyuan (pictured) and his regiment of Chinese soldiers began the Defense of Sihang Warehouse, across the Suzhou River from the Shanghai International Settlement, against waves of Japanese attackers.

-- PFHLai 22:31, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1825

The text should say something like

1825 – The Erie Canal, connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and hence providing an alternative route to the Atlantic Ocean, was opened.

The great lakes were already connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the the Saint Lawrence River.

Thanks, Yaris678 (talk) 18:17, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Chicago Theatre (POTD for 2012)
Omitted: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands; Kashmir and Jammu (princely state); Uluru
Included: Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (first appearance); Battle of the Chateauguay (first appearance); North American P-51 Mustang (first appearance); State of Vietnam referendum, 1955
Repeats: Laurent Gbagbo (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:34, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Feast day of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki

26 October 2012 is more than just the feast day of the city's saint, today it celebrates 100 years since its union with Greece on 26 October 1912, during the Balkan Wars. Thought this should be on there as well, it is quite significant. --Philly boy92 (talk) 07:44, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Thessaloniki article states, "On 8 November 1912 (26 October Old Style), the feast day of the city's patron saint, Saint Demetrius, the Greek Army accepted the surrender of the Ottoman garrison at Thessaloniki." Because we list items on here based on their Gregorian calendar dates, that event wouldn't be scheduled to appear today. I wouldn't be opposed to including it on November 8's OTD, but only for this year in honor of the centennial, because relative to the other historical events in the city, it doesn't seem that major (per WP:OTDRULES, the event described in the blurb should be of major importance to the subject of the article). —howcheng {chat} 16:02, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of the Chateauguay (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible: Chicago Theatre; Patriot Act
New articles (ineligible): Ali Maow Maalin (POTD for 2013)
Omitted: Byzantine civil war of 1341–47; Battle of the Chateauguay (ineligible—maintenance); North American P-51 Mustang (ineligible—maintenance); State of Vietnam referendum, 1955; Laurent Gbagbo
Included: St Paul's Cathedral (4th appearance, last in 2010; moved from October 20); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (7th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Leyte Gulf (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Park Chung-hee (3rd appearance, last in 2005; rescued from Ineligible); Uluru (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 05:46, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 (TFA for 2014)
Omitted: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; Park Chung-hee; Uluru
Included: Chicago Theatre (first appearance); Ali Maow Maalin (first appearance); Israel–Jordan peace treaty (first appearance; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: St Paul's Cathedral (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Battle of Leyte Gulf (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:23, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Chicago Theatre; Battle of Leyte Gulf; Ali Maow Maalin; Israel–Jordan peace treaty
Included: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (8th appearance, last in 2013); State of Vietnam referendum, 1955 (6th appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); Uluru (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 30th anniversary); Laurent Gbagbo (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: St Paul's Cathedral (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:37, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Demetrius of Thessaloniki (ineligible—maintenance); St Paul's Cathedral; State of Vietnam referendum, 1955; Uluru; Laurent Gbagbo
Included: Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Myeongnyang (3rd appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Leyte Gulf (8th appearance, last in 2014); Israel–Jordan peace treaty (2nd appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:01, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: St Paul's Cathedral (maintenance); Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) (maintenance); Park Chung-hee (maintenance); Uluru (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Myeongnyang; Battle of Leyte Gulf (ineligible—maintenance); Israel–Jordan peace treaty
Included: Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (2nd appearance, last in 2012); State of Vietnam referendum, 1955 (7th appearance, last in 2015); Ali Maow Maalin (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 40th anniversary); Laurent Gbagbo (4th appearance, last in 2015); Cuthbert of Canterbury (first appearance); Elizabeth Cady Stanton (first appearance); Masaharu Iwata (first appearance)
Repeats: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (3rd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:21, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Austria (ineligible—maintenance); Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347; Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; State of Vietnam referendum, 1955; Ali Maow Maalin; Laurent Gbagbo; Cuthbert of Canterbury; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Masaharu Iwata (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Myeongnyang (4th appearance, last in 2016); Battle of the Chateauguay (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Russian polar expedition of 1900–02 (first appearance); Chicago Theatre (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Israel–Jordan peace treaty (3rd appearance, last in 2016); John Basset (1518–1541) (first appearance); William T. Anderson (first appearance); Oro (wrestler) (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:37, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Battle of Myeongnyang; Battle of the Chateauguay (ineligible—maintenance); Russian polar expedition of 1900–02; Chicago Theatre; Israel–Jordan peace treaty; John Basset (1518–1541); William T. Anderson; Oro (wrestler)
Included: Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (11th appearance, last in 2017); An Jung-geun (first appearance); Ali Maow Maalin (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Patriot Act (7th appearance, last in 2010); Michael Maestlin (first appearance); C. W. Post (first appearance); Suhailah Noah (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:28, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Myeongnyang (maintenance); William T. Anderson (TFA for 2020)
Omitted: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; An Jung-geun; Ali Maow Maalin; Patriot Act (ineligible—maintenance); Michael Maestlin; C. W. Post; Suhailah Noah
Included: Ida B. Wells (first appearance); 1955 State of Vietnam referendum (8th appearance, last in 2017); Israel–Jordan peace treaty (4th appearance, last in 2018); Laurent Gbagbo (5th appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Gómez González (first appearance); Carlo Collodi (first appearance); Masaharu Iwata (2nd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:44, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Deleted: Suhailah Noah (moved to October 24)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of the Chateauguay
Omitted: Ida B. Wells; Israel–Jordan peace treaty; Laurent Gbagbo; Gómez González; Carlo Collodi; Masaharu Iwata
Included: Russian polar expedition of 1900–1902 (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Chicago Theatre (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 100th anniversary); Patriot Act (8th appearance, last in 2019; 20th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet (first appearance); William T. Anderson (2nd appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
Repeats: Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total); 1955 State of Vietnam referendum (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:59, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]