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• 1881 - Alexander II of Russia was killed in a Nihilist bombing.
• 1964 - Kitty Genovese, American murder victim (b. 1935) --George (talk) 22:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

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{{editprotected|Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13}} Please disambiguate Aomori to Aomori Prefecture, as indicated in the article Seikan Tunnel. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Done —GFOLEY FOUR— 02:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Krakow Ghetto was in "Nazi-German occupied Poland" not Poland. Its written in antipolonism style with some mythical Nazis from space did it? Why German perpetrator isnt even meantioned? Leocadii (talk) 22:10, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Leocadii (talk) 22:15, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Please edit the Mahdist War entry to disambiguate that the Anglo-British force were the ones being sieged, not the besiegers (as the article implies) Seleucus (talk) 04:01, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Deleted: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (fact not supported by related articles)
• Omitted: Uranus, Siege of Khartoum, Seikan Tunnel, Phoenix Lights
• Included: Battle of Badr (5th appearance, last in 2010; moved from March 17—wrong date), Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (4th appearance, last in 2010), Kraków Ghetto (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible), Murder of Kitty Genovese (first appearance), Dunblane school massacre (6th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:00, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Question:
Are dates before 1582 shown in OTD in Julian or Gregorian? Or do I always have to click on the link to find out? I'm asking because Battle of Badr was previously featured on March 17 (Gregorian) but has now been moved to March 13 (Julian). ... (talk) 04:00, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

They are shown in Julian, because the Gregorian calendar didn't exist at the time. However, that wasn't part of my calculation; the main reason it got moved to March 13 is that the article now shows that date instead of March 17. —howcheng {chat} 06:05, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• New articles (unused): Spanish conquest of Guatemala (appeared as TFA for 21 September 2012)
• Omitted: Battle of Badr; Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn); Murder of Kitty Genovese; Dunblane school massacre
• Included: Uranus (10th appearance, last in 2011); Siege of Khartoum (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Kapp Putsch (first appearance); Operation Northwoods (first appearance)
• Repeats: Kraków Ghetto (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:37, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Uranus; Siege of Khartoum (ineligible—maintenance); Kapp Putsch; Kraków Ghetto; Operation Northwoods
• Included: Battle of Badr (6th appearance, last in 2012); Spanish conquest of Guatemala (first appearance); Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (5th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Dien Bien Phu (8th appearance, last in 2010; 60th anniversary); Murder of Kitty Genovese (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:19, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Badr; Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Murder of Kitty Genovese
• Included: Kapp Putsch (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Seikan Tunnel (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Pope Francis (first appearance)
• Repeats: Spanish conquest of Guatemala (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:41, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Operation Northwoods (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): 1985 Kenilworth Road riot
• Omitted: Spanish conquest of Guatemala; Kapp Putsch; Seikan Tunnel; Pope Francis
• Included: Battle of Badr (7th appearance, last in 2014); Uranus (10th appearance, last in 2013); Kraków Ghetto (6th appearance, last in 2013); 1986 Black Sea incident (first appearance; 30th anniversary)
• Repeats: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 12:04, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Phoenix Lights (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Badr (ineligible—maintenance); Uranus; Kraków Ghetto; 1986 Black Sea incident
• Included: Spanish conquest of Guatemala (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Dien Bien Phu (9th appearance, last in 2014); Dunblane school massacre (7th appearance, last in 2012); Pope Francis (2nd appearance, last in 2015)
• Repeats: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (4th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:59, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Kraków Ghetto (maintenance)
• Omitted: Spanish conquest of Guatemala; Battle of Dien Bien Phu (ineligible—maintenance); Dunblane school massacre; Pope Francis; Mustafa Reşid Pasha; Adolf Anderssen (ineligible—maintenance); Odette Hallowes (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Uranus (11th appearance, last in 2016); Kapp Putsch (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Murder of Kitty Genovese (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Seikan Tunnel (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); Daniel Lambert (first appearance); Benjamin Harrison (first appearance); Helen Renton (first appearance)
• Repeats: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (5th consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:24, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Pope Francis (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
• Omitted: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn); Murder of Kitty Genovese; Seikan Tunnel; Daniel Lambert; Benjamin Harrison; Helen Renton
• Included: Spanish conquest of Guatemala (4th appearance, last in 2017); Operation Northwoods (2nd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); 1985 Kenilworth Road riot (first appearance); John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (first appearance; 300th birthday); Hans Gude (first appearance); Anne Acheson (first appearance)
• Repeats: Uranus (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total); Kapp Putsch (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:34, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Kraków Ghetto; Pope Francis
• Omitted: Spanish conquest of Guatemala; Uranus; Operation Northwoods; 1985 Luton riot; John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden; Hans Gude; Anne Acheson
• Included: Battle of Oosterweel (first appearance); History of Harvard University (first appearance; blurb previously featured Harvard College, which remains ineligible); Battle of Dien Bien Phu (10th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Dunblane massacre (8th appearance, last in 2017); Daniel Lambert (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 250th birthday); Mustafa Reşid Pasha (2nd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Encarnacion Alzona (first appearance)
• Repeats: Kapp Putsch (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 21:23, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Sālote Tupou III (POTD for 2021)
• Omitted: History of Harvard University; Kapp Putsch; Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Dunblane massacre; Daniel Lambert; Mustafa Reşid Pasha
• Included: Uranus (13th appearance, last in 2019); Kraków Ghetto (7th appearance, last in 2016); 1986 Black Sea incident (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Pope Francis (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Percival Lowell (first appearance); Helen Renton (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 90th birthday)
• Repeats: Battle of Oosterweel (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Encarnacion Alzona (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 03:27, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Iris Calderhead (POTD for 2022)
• Omitted: Battle of Oosterweel; Kraków Ghetto; 1986 Black Sea incident; Pope Francis; Percival Lowell; Helen Renton; Encarnacion Alzona
• Included: Spanish conquest of Guatemala (5th appearance, last in 2019; 325th anniversary); Battle of Lissa (1811) (first appearance); Kapp Putsch (6th appearance, last in 2020); Seikan Tunnel (4th appearance, last in 2018); John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (first appearance); Sālote Tupou III; Anne Acheson (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 60th anniversary)
• Repeats: Uranus (2nd consecutive appearance, 14 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Krakow Ghetto was in "Nazi-German occupied Poland" not Poland. Its written in antipolonism style with some mythical Nazis from space did it? Why German perpetrator isnt even meantioned? Leocadii (talk) 22:04, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

2024 notes

Z1720, as per our discussion at Errors (A very morbid selection is what comes to mind. That's not an error; just an observation.), I've had a look through the "yyyy in New Zealand" pages for anything that's more cheerful. There was just one hit (New Zealand's first test cricket victory – 13 March 1956), but the target article is in poor shape. Ah well; I tried! Schwede66 22:24, 12 March 2024 (UTC)