Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/August 5

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1295 depiction of Alice arriving at Acre Alice of Champagne (c. 1193 – 1246) was the eldest daughter of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem and Count Henry II of Champagne. In 1210, Alice married her stepbrother King Hugh I of Cyprus, receiving the County of Jaffa as dowry. After her husband's death in 1218, she assumed the regency for their infant son, King Henry I. Her attempts to bolster her claim to Champagne and Brie in France failed. Due to a debate with her uncle Philip of Ibelin, she left Cyprus in 1223. In exile, she married Bohemond, the heir apparent to the Principality of Antioch and the County of Tripoli, but their marriage was annulled. In 1229, she unsuccessfully laid claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem against the absent Conrad II. In 1240, she married Raoul of Nesle and the High Court of Jerusalem proclaimed them regents for Conrad in 1243, although their power was nominal. Raoul left the kingdom, and Alice, before the end of the year. Alice retained the regency until her death in 1246. (Full article...) Recently featured: Aston Martin Rapide Free and Candid Disquisitions Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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2012 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Income tax in the United States
• Omitted: First Partition of Poland; Transatlantic telegraph cable (ineligible—maintenance); History of Plaid Cymru; Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968); Knin (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Battle of Maserfield (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Bertha Benz (first appearance); Battle of Romani (first appearance); 1949 Ambato earthquake (first appearance); Marilyn Monroe (5th appearance, last in 2010; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:59, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Maserfield; Bertha Benz; Battle of Romani; 1949 Ambato earthquake; Marilyn Monroe (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: List of emperors of the Han Dynasty (first appearance); St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (4th appearance, last in 2010); Income tax in the United States (first appearance); History of Plaid Cymru (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing (5th appearance, last in 2010; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:36, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 August 2013

I would like to see the birth of Ivar Aasen on the main page. He created one of Norway's official languages, Nynorsk; this is his 200 years anniversary. His centenial is the inspiration for the official 2013 Language year in Norway. Suggested . 1813. Linguist Ivar Aasen who created the Nynorsk language was born. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 08:13, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Iselilja (talk) 08:13, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Not done: Sorry, it looks like we were too late for this one. For next time, it's probably best to make the request a few days before so that the admins who regularly deal with this section of the main page notice it. If it's more than two days before the page is displayed on the main page, you should be able to edit it yourself as well. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 06:01, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

I actually did it, I just didn't see it until 21:00 UTC. —howcheng {chat} 07:03, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Marilyn Monroe
• Omitted: List of emperors of the Han dynasty; St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; Income tax in the United States; History of Plaid Cymru; 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing
• Included: Siege of Algeciras (1278) (first appearance); John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (first appearance); Battle of Mobile Bay (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Battle of Romani (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 2010 Badakhshan massacre (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:15, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Henry I of England (TFA for 2015)
• Omitted: Siege of Algeciras (1278); John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie; Battle of Mobile Bay; Battle of Romani; 2010 Badakhshan massacre (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Battle of Maserfield (4th appearance, last in 2012); St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (5th appearance, last in 2013); History of Plaid Cymru (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 90th anniversary); Marilyn Monroe (6th appearance, last in 2012); Operation Storm (first appearance; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:18, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Maserfield; St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; History of Plaid Cymru; Marilyn Monroe; Operation Storm
• Included: List of emperors of the Han dynasty (2nd appearance, last in 2013); First Partition of Poland (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Bertha Benz (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Romani (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968) (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:31, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Suggestion for On this Day

English composer George Butterworth, killed 100 years ago today, 5 August 1916, by a sniper at the Battle of the Somme. Cnbrb (talk) 08:47, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

@Cnbrb:  Done. —howcheng {chat} 15:54, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you - just made it in time! Cnbrb (talk) 11:05, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (maintenance); Income tax in the United States (maintenance); History of Plaid Cymru (maintenance); 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing (maintenance)
• Omitted: List of emperors of the Han dynasty; First Partition of Poland; Bertha Benz; Battle of Romani; Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968)
• Included: Henry I of England (6th appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Castiglione (first appearance); Francis Ronalds (first appearance); 1949 Ambato earthquake (first appearance); Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting (first appearance); Euthymius I of Constantinople (first appearance); Richard Ottley (first appearance); Eddie Nolan (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:55, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• New articles (unused): Lachine massacre; 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill
• Omitted: Henry I of England; Francis Ronalds; 1949 Ambato earthquake; Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting; Euthymius I of Constantinople; Richard Ottley; Eddie Nolan
• Included: Siege of Algeciras (1278–79) (2nd appearance, last in 2014); John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (2nd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Bertha Benz (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Battle of Romani (4th appearance, last in 2016); Marilyn Monroe/Death of Marilyn Monroe (Monroe: 7th appearance, last in 2015; Death: 3rd appearance, last in 2009 (was previously ineligible)); Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (first appearance); Ivar Aasen (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Soichiro Honda (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:26, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Mobile Bay (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Edward the Elder/Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians; Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent; Harry Trott
• Omitted: Siege of Algeciras (1278–79); John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie; Battle of Romani; Marilyn Monroe/Death of Marilyn Monroe; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe; Ivar Aasen; Soichiro Honda
• Included: List of emperors of the Han dynasty (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Lachine massacre (first appearance); First Partition of Poland (4th appearance, last in 2016); 1949 Ambato earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 70th anniversary); Euthymius I of Constantinople (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Tom Thomson (first appearance); Pete Burns (first appearance; 60th birthday)
• Repeats: Bertha Benz (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:15, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Edward the Elder/Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (date not cited); St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (maintenance); Battle of Castiglione (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Ruth Asawa (date not certain)
• Omitted: List of emperors of the Han dynasty; Lachine massacre; First Partition of Poland; Bertha Benz; 1949 Ambato earthquake; Euthymius I of Constantinople; Tom Thomson; Pete Burns
• Included: Francis Ronalds (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Romani (5th appearance, last in 2018); Marilyn Monroe/Death of Marilyn Monroe (MM: 8th appearance; Death: 4th; both last in 2018); 1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash (first appearance); Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (first appearance); Harry Trott (first appearance); Alec Guinness (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:37, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Ruth Asawa
• Omitted: Francis Ronalds; Battle of Romani; Marilyn Monroe/Death of Marilyn Monroe; 1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash
• Included: Battle of Maserfield (5th appearance, last in 2015); Bertha Benz (5th appearance, last in 2019); Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968) (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Juno (spacecraft) (first appearance)
• Repeats: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Harry Trott (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Alec Guinness (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

Births and deaths didn't get changed this year. —howcheng {chat} 07:07, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• New articles (unused): Battle of Petrovaradin; Bhimsen Thapa
• Omitted: Battle of Maserfield; Bertha Benz; Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968); Juno (spacecraft); Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent; Harry Trott; Alec Guinness
• Included: List of emperors of the Han dynasty (4th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Romani (6th appearance, last in 2020); 1949 Ambato earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2019); Marilyn Monroe/Death of Marilyn Monroe (MM: 9th appearance; Death: 5th; both last in 2020); Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Euthymius I of Constantinople (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Edvard August Vainio (first appearance); Ruth Asawa (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 19:11, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

2023 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Romani; 1949 Ambato earthquake; Marilyn Monroe/Death of Marilyn Monroe; Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting; Euthymius I of Constantinople; Edvard August Vainio; Ruth Asawa
• Included: Henry I of England (7th appearance, last in 2017); Lachine massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Lonesome Cowboys police raid (first appearance); Magic: The Gathering (first appearance); Dorothy Thomas (entrepreneur) (first appearance); Jerry Pentland (first appearance); Jacquetta Hawkes (first appearance); Kirk Urso (first appearance)
• Repeats: List of emperors of the Han dynasty (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

Heart ^(talk) 01:19, 17 August 2023 (UTC)