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Berlin Wall - 50 years anniversary not included .... WTF

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It's 50 years today since the GDR started to build the Berlin wall ... and that's not included in OTD ...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Zimmermann (talkcontribs) 08:51, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Berlin Wall article contains several sections that have no references and per the rules at WP:OTD is therefore ineligible. howcheng {chat} 17:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

International Left Handers' Day

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Why no mention of this on OTD??? Kiwibeca (talk) 16:16, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The International Lefthanders Day article is a stub and per the rules at WP:OTD is therefore ineligible. howcheng {chat} 17:28, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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howcheng {chat} 11:36, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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howcheng {chat} 06:03, 12 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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howcheng {chat} 05:36, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Penobscot Expedition removed for Main Page balance. howcheng {chat} 17:11, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

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howcheng {chat} 02:08, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

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howcheng {chat} 11:45, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: IMO this a better crop of Philippe de Champaigne's portrait of Richelieu: File:Cardinal de Richelieu (detail).jpg. Would you consider changing it? Ham II (talk) 07:02, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ham II: I think current picture has better colors. The one you suggest is fairly muted. Of course, I have no idea which is a more accurate representation of the real painting. howcheng {chat} 07:24, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: The alternative crop is taken from this featured picture and is closer to the colours of the real painting; cf. the National Gallery's website. Ham II (talk) 07:30, 13 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

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howcheng {chat} 07:48, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

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howcheng {chat} 15:50, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

1650 – Coldstream Guards

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I see in the history of the main page errors page that the Coldstream Guards item was moved to this SA date but it's at August 23. --184.207.0.92 (talk) 06:39, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. I just checked the history of SA for August 23; it was moved here because August 13 the correct date. --184.207.0.92 (talk) 06:50, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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howcheng {chat} 22:49, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

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howcheng {chat} 06:29, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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2022 notes

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howcheng {chat} 17:59, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 rationale

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  • The 1779 fact has multiple {cn} tags so I avoided adding it.
  • There is an overwhelming number of sea-related facts.
  • I chose the 2010 fact over Opha May Johnson, due to both being about marines and another sea incident.
  • Good mix of b/d with anniversaries!

Heart (talk) 15:49, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]