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Although it may be 'best practice' or somesuch that Ghandi shouldn't be listed on two selected anniversaries articles, this date is a bit America-heavy... What about the rest of the world? -- Graham  :) | Talk 02:24, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

Find some qualifying entries at May 5 that are not already used on other selected anniversaries and are about as major of events as the ones listed on this page. Better yet, do some research and update some articles to make them qualify. --mav 06:33, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

I find it sad to note that every single event in the selected anniversiaries today is related to USA. I'll see if I can't find something else to put in there. ✏ Sverdrup 09:23, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

What about tthe death of Napoleon on 5 May 1821?

Only events go here. --mav 21:25, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

Alan Sheppard's Spaceflight

THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A HIGHLIGHT

1. 1961 - Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes. Abebenjoe 17:01, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Omitted: Kublai Khan (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Hegra Fortress; Mercury-Redstone 3 (ineligible—maintenance); Bobby Sands
• Included: Carnegie Hall (3rd appearance, last in 2010); March of the Iron Will (first appearance); 1991 Washington, D.C. riot (first appearance); Kenya Airways Flight 507 (first appearance)
• Repeats: Expedition of the Thousand (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:10, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

5^th May 1821

I red the FAQ (Q4) but still... IMHO it still seems to me that this date should be here. It is a date of a death of Napoleon Bonaparte. That is an important anniversary at this date. He was a person, who conquered almost the entire Europe... he was in fact tha arch-enemy of Britain... Grand homme, qui est mort sur petite île...
I red the FAQ but I still don't know why he is not there.
Thanks for answer
Niusereset (talk) 14:19, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Articles about Napoleon are featured throughout the year, although it does appear the main article about that man himself is not currently assigned to any date. The anniversary of his death will be eligible to be listed in 2021 on the 200th anniversary. —howcheng {chat} 11:07, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• New articles (Ineligible): History of Crimea
• Omitted: Carnegie Hall; March of the Iron Will; Bobby Sands; 1991 Washington
• Included: Cy Young (4th appearance, last in 2007); Battle of Hegra Fortress (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Alan Shepard (2nd appearance, last in 2004; blurb previously featured Mercury-Redstone 3, which is now ineligible); Iranian Embassy siege (2nd appearance, last in 2011; moved from April 30)
• Repeats: Expedition of the Thousand (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Kenya Airways Flight 507 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 12:00, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Expedition of the Thousand; Cy Young; Battle of Hegra Fortress; Alan Shepard; Iranian Embassy siege
• Included: Battle of the Wilderness (first appearance; 150th anniversary); March of the Iron Will (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Bobby Sands (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Michael P. Fay (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; 20th anniversary); 2010–12 Greek protests (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 08:13, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• Omitted: Cinco de Mayo (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of the Wilderness; March of the Iron Will; Bobby Sands; Michael P. Fay; Anti-austerity movement in Greece
• Included: Second Council of Constantinople (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Expedition of the Thousand (7th appearance, last in 2013); Carnegie Hall (4th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Hegra Fortress (3rd appearance, last in 2013); 1991 Washington, D.C. riot (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 08:16, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Council of Europe
• Moved to Ineligible: Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (maintenance); Kenya Airways Flight 507 (maintenance)
• Omitted: Expedition of the Thousand; Carnegie Hall; Battle of Hegra Fortress
• Included: Mary Dixon Kies (first appearance); Pravda (5th appearance, last in 2008; moved from April 22); Iranian Embassy siege (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: Second Council of Constantinople (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); 1991 Washington, D.C. riot (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:43, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Carnegie Hall (maintenance); Council of Europe (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): United Kingdom general election, 2005 (maintenance)
• Omitted: Pravda; Iranian Embassy siege; 1991 Washington, D.C. riot
• Included: March of the Iron Will (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (2nd appearance, last in 2004; rescued from Ineligible; 25th anniversary); Kenya Airways Flight 507 (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible; 10th anniversary); Søren Kierkegaard (first appearance); Dorothy Garrod (first appearance); Adele (first appearance)
• Repeats: Second Council of Constantinople (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Mary Dixon Kies (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of the Wilderness (maintenance); Pravda (maintenance)
• Omitted: Mary Dixon Kies; March of the Iron Will; Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; Kenya Airways Flight 507; Søren Kierkegaard; Dorothy Garrod
• Included: Cromwell's Act of Grace (first appearance); Battle of Hegra Fortress (4th appearance, last in 2015); Alan Shepard (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Anti-austerity movement in Greece (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Guru Amar Das (first appearance); August Wilhelm von Hofmann (first appearance)
• Repeats: Second Council of Constantinople (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total); Adele (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 30th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 03:50, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Omitted: Second Council of Constantinople; Battle of Hegra Fortress; Alan Shepard; Anti-austerity movement in Greece; Guru Amar Das; August Wilhelm von Hofmann; Adele
• Included: Mary Dixon Kies (3rd appearance, last in 2017); March of the Iron Will (4th appearance, last in 2017); Bobby Sands (4th appearance, last in 2014); Michael P. Fay (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Samuel Cooper (first appearance); Hubert Howe Bancroft (first appearance); Irene Gut Opdyke (first appearance)
• Repeats: Cromwell's Act of Grace (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:34, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Second Council of Constantinople (maintenance); Anti-austerity movement in Greece (maintenance); Søren Kierkegaard (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Battle for Castle Itter
• Omitted: Mary Dixon Kies; March of the Iron Will; Bobby Sands; Michael P. Fay; Samuel Cooper; Hubert Howe Bancroft; Irene Gut Opdyke
• Included: Cy Young/Cy Young's perfect game (Young: 5th appearance, last in 2013; Game: first appearance); Prague uprising (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Iranian Embassy siege (4th appearance, last in 2016; 40th anniversary); Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (first appearance); Henryk Sienkiewicz (first appearance); Pritilata Waddedar (first appearance)
• Repeats: Cromwell's Act of Grace (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:39, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

2021 req

2021 is the 200th anniversary of the death of Napoleon. I've already added it the the page as a hidden entry, just needs unhiding at the time. Mjroots (talk) 05:32, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

@Mjroots: Argh, Napoleon already made an appearance this year, but it is a major anniversary and he's a major historical figure so I guess we can bend the rules. —howcheng {chat} 21:19, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

2021 notes

• New articles (ineligible): Mauthausen concentration camp/Gusen concentration camp (Mauthausen: maintenance)
• Omitted: Cy Young/Cy Young's perfect game; Prague uprising; Iranian Embassy siege; Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis; Henryk Sienkiewicz; Pritilata Waddedar
• Included: March of the Iron Will (5th appearance, last in 2019); Alan Shepard/Mercury-Redstone 3 (Shepard: 4th appearance, last in 2018; MR3: 3rd, last in 2011; 60th anniversary); Bobby Sands (5th appearance, last in 2019; 40th anniversary); 1991 Washington, D.C. riot (4th appearance, last in 2016; 30th anniversary); Napoleon (19th appearance, last in 2021; normally appears on February 26; 200th anniversary); Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler (first appearance); Mavis Batey (first appearance; 100th birthday)
• Repeats: Cromwell's Act of Grace (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:58, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

2022 req

Any chance of getting Lusophone Culture Day onto the holidays list? The Community of Portuguese Language Countries article that is linked is reasonably well sourced and the day itself is referenced in the "History" section. —  AjaxSmack  13:09, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

@AjaxSmack: Done, but ideally Lusophone Culture Day should be its own article focused solely on the observance itself. Might that be possible for next year? —howcheng {chat} 07:27, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

​Thanks. —  AjaxSmack  15:16, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of the Wilderness
• New articles (unused): Netherlands Carillon
• Omitted: Cromwell's Act of Grace; March of the Iron Will; Alan Shepard/Mercury-Redstone 3; Bobby Sands; 1991 Washington, D.C. riot; Napoleon (deleted—moved back to original date); Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler; Mavis Batey
• Included: Carnegie Hall (5th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Aeroflot Flight 1492 (first appearance); Samuel Cooper (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 350th anniversary); William George Beers (first appearance); Irene Gut Opdyke (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 100th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 06:40, 6 May 2022 (UTC)