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List of Did you know nominations
List of Did you know nominations
No. Article Image Hook Date
1 George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign
(Nomination  • Created)
 
... that during George H. W. Bush's 1992 presidential campaign, he conducted a whistle-stop tour (pictured) on a train named Spirit of America? May 19, 2021
2 Electoral history of John Quincy Adams
(Nomination  • Created)
... that John Quincy Adams was the only American president to be elected as a member of House of Representatives after leaving the presidency? June 22, 2021
3 Ronald Reagan 1980 presidential campaign
(Nomination  • 5x expanded)
  ... that the slogan of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, "Make America Great Again", was also used by Ronald Reagan in his 1980 presidential campaign (campaign button pictured)? June 27, 2021
4 Lyndon B. Johnson 1964 presidential campaign
(Nomination  • Created)
... that although the "Daisy" advertisement (pictured) was aired only once, it is considered to be one of the most important factors for victory in Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign? July 10, 2021
5 List of marches composed by John Philip Sousa
(Nomination  • Created)
... that "The Stars and Stripes Forever", a march composed by John Philip Sousa was made the National March of the United States in 1987? July 12, 2021
6 Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign
(Nomination  • Created)
  ... that despite most of the polls and 50 major political writers predicting victory for Thomas E. Dewey, Harry S. Truman won the 1948 presidential election (candidates pictured)? July 15, 2021
7 Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign
(Nomination  • Created)
  ... that initially given little chance of winning during his 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter (pictured) overcame 16 Democrats to be his party's nominee? July 17, 2021
Mass incidents in China
(Nomination  • Adopted)
... that income inequality in China is considered to be a major cause of mass incidents? July 23, 2021
8 Electoral history of Bill Clinton
(Nomination  • 5x expanded)
  ... that with his victory in the 1996 presidential election, Bill Clinton (pictured) became the first Democrat to win two consecutive presidential elections since Franklin D. Roosevelt? August 19, 2021 (75th birthday of President Bill Clinton)
9 Daisy (advertisement)
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
... that Monique Corzilius did not realize that she was the girl featured in the famous "Daisy" advertisement (pictured) until the 2000s, when she searched for the commercial on the Internet? September 20, 2021
10 Draft Eisenhower movement
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
... that the famous campaign slogan "I Like Ike" (pictured) was associated with the 1952 Draft Eisenhower movement? October 14, 2021 (131st birth anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower)
11 Robert M. La Follette
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
  ... that despite contesting the 1924 presidential election as a third-party candidate, Robert M. La Follette (pictured) received approximately 16.6 percent of the popular vote? November 16, 2021
12 Let Us Continue
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
  ... that Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the "Let Us Continue" address five days after assuming the presidency upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy? November 22, 2021
13 Louis H. Bean
(Nomination  • Created)
... that Mr. Bean accurately predicted the results of many American elections? December 8, 2021
14 William Goebel
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
... that William Goebel was sworn in as Governor of Kentucky a day after being shot? December 12, 2021
15 Ladoga Skerries National Park
(Nomination  • helped in expansion/co-creator)
  ... that Ladoga Skerries National Park (pictured) in Russia has more than 350 species of various liverworts, hornworts and mosses? January 10, 2022
16 George H. W. Bush broccoli comments
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
... that George H. W. Bush hated broccoli so much, he banned it from Air Force One? January 17, 2022
17 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march)
(Nomination  • Created)
... that Nobles of the Mystic Shrine was first conducted with a band of around 6,200 members, the largest band John Philip Sousa ever conducted? February 5, 2022
18 Boy Scouts of America (march)
(Nomination  • Created)
.. that John Philip Sousa composed a march for the Boy Scouts of America (audio featured)? February 8, 2022
19 List of operettas by John Philip Sousa
(Nomination  • Created)
... that El Capitan, an operetta composed by John Philip Sousa, was later described as likely to become "the most enduring American comic opera of the nineteenth century"? February 26, 2022
20 Ike for President (advertisement)
(Nomination  • Created)
... that Disney once created a political advertisement for Dwight D. Eisenhower (featured)? April 11, 2022
21 Richard Dawkins Award
(Nomination  • 5x expanded)
... that the Richard Dawkins Award is awarded for publicly proclaiming "the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead"? April 30, 2022
22 Lunch atop a Skyscraper
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
  ... that the "most famous picture of a lunch break in New York history" (pictured) was actually a publicity stunt? May 27, 2022
23 Joseph Kinnicutt Angell
(Nomination  • created)
... that according to one legal scholar, "no intelligent lawyer could well practice without" the books of Joseph Kinnicutt Angell? June 6, 2022
24 James Markham Ambler
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
... that due to the efforts of James Markham Ambler, the Jeannette expedition became the first Arctic expedition "without a single case of scurvy"? June 17, 2022
25 Margaret Abbott
(Nomination  • improved to GA status)
  ... that Margaret Abbott (pictured) was the first American woman to win an Olympic event, but never realized it? July 4, 2022

Reviewed (QPQ)

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List of Did you know reviews (QPQ)

Simonie Michael‡  • Culture of Ladakh‡  • Matt Moore (baseball)‡  • Forest in Turkey‡  • Air France Flight 343‡  • John Harris (Australian Settler)‡  • Sam Brownback 2008 presidential campaign‡  • Campanha da Legalidade‡  • Buffalo, New York‡  • Scouring (textiles)‡  • Shabbir Ahmad Usmani‡  • Piano Sonata No. 31 (Beethoven)‡  • Coral Bell‡  • 275 Madison Avenue‡  • United Airlines Flight 175‡  • Pete Buttigieg‡  • Max Creutz‡  • Self-Portrait with Cigarette‡  • Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) (second nomination)‡  • Geography of Wisconsin‡  • Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (Telemann)‡  • Political history of the Philippines‡  • John Carter (printer)‡  • Herb Plambeck‡  • West Virginia Music Hall of Fame‡  • Pushbacks in Greece‡  • Roland Böer‡  • Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi‡  • Claudia Belk‡  • Daisy (perfume)‡  • First homosexual movement‡  • Jubilee coinage‡  • Bare-headed laughingthrush‡  • Neither Settler nor Native‡  • Magna Lykseth-Skogman‡  • 1995 Burlington mayoral election‡  • Why We Sleep‡  • Job Abbott —— (37)
Note — A double-dagger sign (‡) indicates that the review is already used as a QPQ.