User talk:MattKingston/Biography portal template

Biography portal On this day... articles:

Current practice is to format the pages like so (from May 23):

Born: Died:
 * 1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist.
 * 1810 - Margaret Fuller, journalist and feminist
 * 1908 - John Bardeen, physicist.
 * 1701 - Captain Kidd, Scottish pirate.
 * 1841 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian.
 * 1906 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer.

Notice that:
 * each page contains three births and deaths.
 * births and deaths are from the corresponding List of historical anniversaries page.
 * People are selected to represent as much diversity as possible (different countries, professions, time periods, etc...)
 * Currently or recently living people aren't included, this page is intended to cover people who wouldn't be in the In the news... section.