Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/February 5

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Sojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, (c. 1797 – 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. This cabinet card of Truth was produced in around 1864, and is now in the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured:

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2012 notes

• Omitted: Constitution of Mexico, Bill Ponsford, 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision, Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen (blurb previous featured direct effect)
• Included: Welcome Stranger (first appearance), Battle of Keren (first appearance), Novye Aldi massacre (first appearance), 2009 USS Port Royal grounding (first appearance
• Repeats: 1783 Calabrian earthquakes (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:17, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Addendum: Constitution of Mexico added for Main Page balance. —howcheng {chat} 00:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• New articles (unused): 62 Pompeii earthquake
• Omitted: 1783 Calabrian earthquakes; Constitution of Mexico; Battle of Keren; Novye Aldi massacre; 2009 USS Port Royal grounding
• Included: Bakelite (first appearance); Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Third Punic War (first appearance); 2004 Haitian coup d'état (6th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Welcome Stranger (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:39, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Constitution of Mexico (maintenance)
• Omitted: Welcome Stranger; Bakelite (ineligible—maintenance); Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen; Third Punic War (deleted—not a very good date for this article)
• Included: 62 Pompeii earthquake (first appearance); Bill Ponsford (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Keren (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak (first appearance)
• Repeats: 2004 Haitian coup d'état (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 10:31, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

2014 error

Quote: "2008 – Eighty-seven tornadoes {...} killing 56 deaths {...}." How does one kill a death? --Stizzleswick (talk) 00:14, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Sorted. Thanks for noticing. Now sure how I noticed "Eight-seven" (as it read when it first went up) and not this. Dpmuk (talk) 00:19, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: 62 Pompeii earthquake; Bill Ponsford; Battle of Keren; 2004 Haitian coup d'état
• Included: Kashmir Solidarity Day (rescued from Ineligible); 1783 Calabrian earthquakes (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Welcome Stranger (3rd appearance, last in 2013); 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (4th appearance, last in 2011); Markale massacres (first appearance)
• Repeats: 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:50, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: 1783 Calabrian earthquakes; 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision; Markale massacres; 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak
• Included: 62 Pompeii earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Bakelite (2nd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Keren (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Novye Aldi massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Welcome Stranger (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:46, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen (maintenance)
• Omitted: Kashmir Solidarity Day (ineligible—maintenance); 62 Pompeii earthquake; Welcome Stranger; Battle of Keren; Novye Aldi massacre
• Included: 1783 Calabrian earthquakes (4th appearance, last in 2015); Charles XIV John of Sweden (2nd appearance, last in 2004; rescued from Ineligible); Bill Ponsford (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 2009 USS Port Royal grounding (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
• Repeats: Bakelite (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:24, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• New articles (unused): Neymar
• Omitted: 1783 Calabrian earthquakes; Charles XIV John of Sweden (ineligible—maintenance); Bill Ponsford; 2009 USS Port Royal grounding
• Included: Tulip mania (4th appearance, last in 2016; moved from February 3); Welcome Stranger (5th appearance, last in 2016); 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (6th appearance, last in 2015; 60th anniversary); 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Johan Ludvig Runeberg (first appearance); Peg Entwistle (first appearance); Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (first appearance)
• Repeats: Bakelite (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:46, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (ineligible): William Bostock (TFA for 2019)
• Omitted: Tulip mania; Bakelite; 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision; 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak; Johan Ludvig Runeberg; Peg Entwistle; Margaret Oakley Dayhoff
• Included: 62 Pompeii earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Immigration Act of 1917 (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Keren (4th appearance, last in 2016); 2009 USS Port Royal grounding (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 10th anniversary); C. E. Brock (first appearance); Josiah Thomas (first appearance); Neymar (first appearance)
• Repeats: Welcome Stranger (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 150th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:02, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Add

I suggest adding Kashmir Solidarity Day to Feb 5 template. 39.50.212.206 (talk) 03:51, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the suggestion! —howcheng {chat} 16:44, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Omitted: 62 Pompeii earthquake; Welcome Stranger; Immigration Act of 1917; Battle of Keren; 2009 USS Port Royal grounding; C. E. Brock; Josiah Thomas; Neymar
• Included: Kashmir Solidarity Day (first appearance); 1783 Calabrian earthquakes (5th appearance, last in 2017); Charles XIV John of Sweden (3rd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Bill Ponsford (4th appearance, last in 2017); 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (7th appearance, last in 2018); Novye Aldi massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Johan Ludvig Runeberg (2nd appearance, last in 2018); William Bostock (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Francisco Varallo (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:41, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Keren (date not certain)
• Omitted: Kashmir Solidarity Day (ineligible—stub); 1783 Calabrian earthquakes; Charles XIV John of Sweden; Bill Ponsford; Novye Aldi massacre; Johan Ludvig Runeberg; William Bostock; Francisco Varallo
• Included: AD 62 Pompeii earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2019); Welcome Stranger (7th appearance, last in 2019); Bakelite (5th appearance, last in 2018); 2004 Haitian coup d'état (8th appearance, last in 2014); Philipp Spener (first appearance); Koto Matsudaira (first appearance); Gheorghe Hagi (first appearance)
• Repeats: 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:15, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Omitted: AD 62 Pompeii earthquake; Welcome Stranger; Bakelite; 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision; 2004 Haitian coup d'état; Koto Matsudaira; Gheorghe Hagi
• Included: Tulip mania (5th appearance, last in 2018); Charles XIV John (4th appearance, last in 2020); John Edward Bouligny (first appearance); Michael Moutoussis/Aristeidis Moraitinis (aviator) (both: first appearance); Morecambe Bay cockling disaster (first appearance); William Cullen (first appearance); Neymar (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 30th birthday)
• Repeats: Philipp Spener (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:24, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

2023 notes

Copied from WP:ERRORS:

John Edward Bouligny "1861 – In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning."

I am not clear what the blurb is saying here, is it that all the other congressmen resigned? The article doesn't mention anyone's resignation, just that Bouligny retained his seat until 3 March 1861 - Dumelow (talk) 09:36, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 02:51, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes, the three other congressmen (and both senators) resigned or abandoned their seats after Louisiana seceded from the Union at the start of the Civil War. From the lede of the article: "During his term, Louisiana seceded from the Union, but Bouligny remained in Washington and refused to resign. He was the only member of Congress from Louisiana to not resign or vacate his seat after the state seceded." I'll look to make it clear in the body of the article. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 14:56, 6 February 2023 (UTC)