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1965 - Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov becomes first to walk in space.

British Parliament links to Parliament of the United Kingdom - which did not exist yet. What should we do? Pakaran . 20:24, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I still think this needs to be dealt with... but I don't like doing stuff unilaterally. Pakaran . 20:42, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

The problem is that Parliament of Great Britain, which it was at the time, also redirects to Parliament of the United Kingdom. Warofdreams 20:44, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Ok, screw it then :) Pakaran . 21:11, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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In anniversary 1921 - The Polish-Bolshevik War, which determined the borders between the Republic of Poland and Soviet Russia, formally concluded with the signing of the Peace of Riga. should not be bolded "Peace of Riga" instead of "Polish-Bolshevik War"? --Panairjdde 10:14, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Link-bolding indicates which wikipage is the featured page carrying the date in the text. Either one is fine, since neither has been bolded in the other 365 Sel Anniv templates. Last year, Peace of Riga was a stub, so it wasn't an option. I've switched to this for 2006. Nice to have sth new each year, eh! :-) Polish-Soviet War will be on MainPage later this year as a Featured Article, anyway. -- PFHLai 16:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore, the correct link is Polish-Soviet War, not Polish-Bolshevik War.--Panairjdde 10:16, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It did link to Polish-Soviet War, but I have just re-wikified the line. Better now ? -- PFHLai 16:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. However, mine was just a remark, not a critique. --Panairjdde 13:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Either way, comments and suggestions are always welcome. :-) -- PFHLai 16:23, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign

Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign must be in here. Because this is too importance war in word history. Thanks.--Absar 13:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neighbours

Hi everyone

The Australian soap opera Neighbours celebrates it's 25th anniversary on this date. Is it ok for this to be included? --5 albert square (talk) 20:04, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

New articles (unused): Alexander Severus
Omitted: Battle of Chmielnik; George I of Greece; Tri-State Tornado; Cambodian coup of 1970; Ozone Disco Club fire
Included: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (8th appearance, last in 2010); Jacques de Molay (first appearance); Stanley Cup (4th appearance, last in 2010); Traian Vuia (first appearance); Terri Schiavo case (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:01, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Deleted: George I of Greece (featured on October 30)
Omitted: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (ineligible—maintenance); Jacques de Molay (ineligible—maintenance); Stanley Cup; Traian Vuia; Terri Schiavo case
Included: Alexander Severus (first appearance); Battle of Chmielnik (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Peace of Riga (4th appearance, last in 2008); Operation Menu/Sihanouk Trail (both: first appearance); Neighbours (2nd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 10:42, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Cambodian coup of 1970 (maintenance)
Omitted: Alexander Severus; Peace of Riga; Operation Menu/Sihanouk Trail; Neighbours
Included: Paris Commune (5th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Traian Vuia (2nd appearance, last in 2012); U.S. postal strike of 1970 (first appearance); Ozone Disco Club fire (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Battle of Chmielnik (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:33, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

New articles (unused): New York Conspiracy of 1741
Omitted: Battle of Chmielnik; Traian Vuia; U.S. postal strike of 1970; Ozone Disco Club fire
Included: Stanley Cup (5th appearance, last in 2012); Tri-State Tornado (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 90th anniversary); Neighbours (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 30th anniversary); Terri Schiavo case (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Paris Commune (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:25, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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As a possible swap: 50th anniversary of the first extravehicular activity by Alexey Leonov (1965). Brandmeister^talk 00:18, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I wanted to do that one, but both of those articles are {{refimprove}}, alas. —howcheng {chat} 03:16, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Stanley Cup; Tri-State Tornado; Neighbours; Terri Schiavo case
Included: Battle of Chmielnik (4th appearance, last in 2013); New York Conspiracy of 1741 (first appearance; 275th anniversary); Traian Vuia (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Ozone Disco Club fire (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: Paris Commune (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Judith Kaplan Eisenstein - March 18

Hi, I nominated Judith Kaplan Eisenstein for inclusion on March 18 as she was the first person to celebrate a Bat Mitzvah publicly on March 18 1922. Can you advise if this can be included OTD? Stinglehammer (talk) 19:39, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

New articles (ineligible): White Riot (maintenance)
Deleted: Severus Alexander (moved to March 19)
Omitted: Battle of Chmielnik; New York Conspiracy of 1741 (ineligible—maintenance); Paris Commune (ineligible—maintenance); Traian Vuia; Ozone Disco Club fire
Included: Battle of Neerwinden (1793) (first appearance); Tolpuddle Martyrs (first appearance); Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); U.S. postal strike of 1970 (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Neighbours (4th appearance, last in 2014); Edward the Martyr (first appearance); Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (first appearance); Minnie Pwerle (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:22, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Battle of Neerwinden (1793); Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign; U.S. postal strike of 1970; Neighbours; Edward the Martyr; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Minnie Pwerle
Included: Battle of Chmielnik (5th appearance, last in 2016); Peace of Riga (5th appearance, last in 2013); Pemex (first appearance; 80th anniversary); Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft (first appearance); Matthew III Csák (first appearance); Edgar Cayce (first appearance); Vanessa Williams (2nd appearance, last in 2014; previously appeared on July 23)
Repeats: Tolpuddle Martyrs (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:55, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): John Plankinton; Unita Blackwell
Omitted: Battle of Chmielnik; Tolpuddle Martyrs; Peace of Riga; Pemex; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft
Included: Battle of Neerwinden (1793) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Stanley Cup (6th appearance, last in 2015); Traian Vuia (4th appearance, last in 2016); Sihanouk Trail (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary); Ozone Disco fire (4th appearance, last in 2016)
Repeats: Matthew III Csák (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Edgar Cayce (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Vanessa Williams (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

Apparently I forgot to change any of the births/deaths this year. —howcheng {chat} 15:59, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (unused): White Riot
New articles (ineligible): Alexei Leonov (POTD for 2020)
Omitted: Battle of Neerwinden (1793); Stanley Cup; Traian Vuia; Sihanouk Trail; Matthew III Csák; Edgar Cayce; Vanessa Williams
Included: 1068 Near East earthquake (first appearance); Tolpuddle Martyrs (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign (4th appearance, last in 2017); U.S. postal strike of 1970 (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary); Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 30th anniversary); Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (2nd appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on May 10, his birthday); John Plankinton (first appearance; 200th birthday); Edith Mayo (first appearance; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 18:44, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Peace of Riga (maintenance); Tri-State Tornado (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Alexei Leonov
Omitted: 1068 Near East earthquake; Tolpuddle Martyrs; Naval operations in the Dardanelles campaign; U.S. postal strike of 1970; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft; Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (deleted; moved back to original date); John Plankinton; Edith Mayo
Included: Battle of Chmielnik (6th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Neerwinden (1793) (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Pemex (2nd appearance, last in 2018); White Riot (first appearance); Ozone Disco fire (5th appearance, last in 2019); Matthew III Csák (3rd appearance, last in 2019; 700th anniversary); Charlotte Elliott (first appearance); Hiroh Kikai (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:20, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Battle of Chmielnik; Battle of Neerwinden (1793); Pemex; White Riot; Ozone Disco fire; Matthew III Csák; Charlotte Elliott; Hiroh Kikai
Included: 1068 Near East earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Stanley Cup (7th appearance, last in 2019); Traian Vuia (5th appearance, last in 2019); Alexei Leonov (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Neighbours (5th appearance, last in 2017); Randal Cremer (first appearance); Marcellin Berthelot (first appearance); Unita Blackwell (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:35, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 notes

Suggestion:Güzel İstanbul

On 18 March 1974 Güzel İstanbul was removed from Karaköy Square.