Wikipedia:Did you know/Hall of Fame/Themed sets

On occasion, editors at DYK put together a themed set of hooks. These are some of them.

Frank Sinatra centenary

 * 00:00, 13 December 2015 (UTC)


 * ... that American music critic Robert Christgau called Frank Sinatra (pictured) "the greatest singer of the 20th century"?
 * ... that Frank Sinatra had a number 1 hit with "Oh! What it Seemed to Be" in 1946, and then recorded it again for 1963's Sinatra's Sinatra?
 * ... that Las Vegas casino manager Carl Cohen became a local folk hero after he knocked the caps off Frank Sinatra's front teeth?
 * ... that Frank Sinatra Enterprises was founded in 2007 to manage the singer's recordings at Reprise Records?
 * ... that Frank Sinatra was held at gunpoint at Caesars Palace in 1970?
 * ... that Frank Sinatra, Jr. was first offered the part which was later developed into the Rat Pack-style character Vic Fontaine in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?
 * ... that after Frank Sinatra was happy with his recording of the song "That's Life", producer Jimmy Bowen annoyed him by asking him to do it again?
 * ... that Frank Sinatra was a secret courier for the Haganah?
 * 12:00, 12 December 2015 (UTC)


 * ... that after gaining a job as a singing waiter in 1938, Frank Sinatra (pictured) boasted that he would "become so big that no one could ever touch him"?
 * ... that at his solo nightclub debut at the Riobamba, Frank Sinatra sang two songs "with trembling lips" and brought the house down?
 * ... that Hank Sanicola, a boxer turned music manager, was Frank Sinatra's "song plugger"?
 * ... that Frank Sinatra often visited the barber shop in the basement of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel to play gin rummy with the barber?
 * ... that at age 16, singer Julie Budd was the youngest-ever opening act for Frank Sinatra?
 * ... that Frank Sinatra's 1966 cover of "Summer Wind" was the final top 40 hit for lyricist Johnny Mercer?
 * ... that Frank Sinatra and the 3 Flashes, newly renamed the Hoboken Four, performed in blackface in a short film aired at Radio City Music Hall?
 * ... that publicist Jim Byron once got into a fist fight with Frank Sinatra on the Sunset Strip?


 * Archive: 13 December 2015
 * Discussion: Frank Sinatra centenary
 * Main Page history 2015 December 12

Star Trek 50th anniversary

 * 00:00, 9 September 2016 (UTC)


 * ... that in exchange for the model kit license for Star Trek, Aluminum Model Toys built full-size props of the Galileo (pictured) shuttlecraft?
 * ... that Victor Lundin, who portrayed the first Klingon seen in Star Trek, had auditioned for the role of Spock?
 * ... that Scott Bakula was the only actor considered to play Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise?
 * ... that "World Enough and Time", an episode of the fan production Star Trek: New Voyages, was nominated for both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, competing against professionally made episodes?
 * ... that Ro Laren was intended to be a main character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but actress Michelle Forbes rejected the role?
 * ... that with the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "The Infinite Vulcan", Walter Koenig became the first Star Trek actor to write for the franchise?
 * ... that set designer Linda DeScenna was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction on five occasions, for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, The Color Purple, Rain Man, and Toys?
 * ... that the set used to shoot the Star Trek: Voyager subplot Janeway Lambda one was nicknamed "the Jane Eyre set" by the filming crew?


 * 16:00, 8 September 2016 (UTC)


 * ... that during the development of Spock, both DeForest Kelley and Martin Landau were offered the role before Leonard Nimoy (pictured)?
 * ... that Ronald B. Moore won five Emmy Awards for his work on the Star Trek franchise?
 * ... that the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Family" was the first episode of the franchise not to have any scene set on the bridge?
 * ... that Michael Piller felt that the mention of Spock in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sarek" opened the doors to further references to The Original Series?
 * ... that Star Trek: Starship Creator allowed players to import photographs of themselves into the game?
 * ... that after Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett transported some old Star Trek footage from a film vault, it was sold as film clips by Lincoln Enterprises?
 * ... that prior to casting Andrea Martin as the female Ferengi Ishka on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, David Livingston suggested Wallace Shawn in drag?
 * ... that Gene Roddenberry pranked Steven W. Carabatsos on his first day on Star Trek by inflating a weather balloon in his office?


 * 08:00, 8 September 2016 (UTC)


 * ... that Gene Roddenberry (pictured) was the surviving flight officer from the crash of Pan Am Flight 121 in the Syrian desert in 1947?
 * ... that Don Ingalls first met Gene Roddenberry when they worked at the Los Angeles Police Department, and went on to be credited with writing two episodes of Star Trek?
 * ... that in 1977, it was announced that Star Trek would return to television with the series Phase II?
 * ... that after Bruce Mars`s acting career, which included three appearances on Star Trek, he became a monk in the Self-Realization Fellowship?
 * ... that the novel miniseries Star Trek: The Lost Era was intended to fill in a 70-year gap between the death of Captain Kirk and the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation?
 * ... that Gary Hutzel was nominated for more than 20 Emmy Awards, winning two for Battlestar Galactica and one each for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine?
 * ... that Star Treks Commander Riker used MainView' to advertise its use for other enterprises?
 * ... that the phrase "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it" did not originate in Star Trek, but instead in the parody song "Star Trekkin'?


 * Archive: 9 September 2016
 * Discussion: Here and Here
 * Main Page history 2016 September 8

50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon

 * 00:00, 26 July 2019 (UTC)


 * ... that NASA test pilots Charles Bassett and Elliot See (pictured) are among the fallen astronauts whose names are etched on a plaque on the Moon, placed by the crew of Apollo 15?


 * Archive: 2019 July 25
 * Discussion: 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon
 * Main Page history 2019 July 25

Canada Day 2021
Two half-sets run across Canada Day in the country's local time zones.
 * 00:00, 1 July 2021 (UTC)


 * ... that the flag of Nova Scotia (pictured) was officially recognized in 2013, even though its first documented use was in June 1858?
 * ... that the first use of Je me souviens, the official motto of Quebec, was on a wall of the province's parliament building?
 * ... that John Mercer Johnson, a Father of Canadian Confederation, entertained the public and members of the London Conference of 1866 with poetry readings and ice-skating performances?
 * ... that the song "Canadian Idiot" satirizes American xenophobia?
 * 00:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)


 * ... that the site of Parliament Hill (pictured) was previously called Barrack Hill and had been intended for development as a major military base?
 * ... that Laura Robinson invented Canada's best-selling board game before becoming a successful actress and television producer?
 * ... that Murray Dowey was a clerk and typist for the Toronto Transit Commission before being the goaltender for Canada's gold-medal-winning hockey team at the 1948 Winter Olympics?
 * ... that the Walter Bean Grand River Trail was named after Walter Bean, who created the idea of a continuous trail through the Waterloo region?


 * Discussion: at WikiProject Canada, DYK consensus and DYK prep/queue
 * Main Page history 1 and 2 July 2021.

Yoninah tribute

 * 00:00, 4 July 2021 (UTC)


 * ... that the 2005 birth of Gabi (pictured with mother), the first elephant in Israel conceived through artificial insemination, was viewed live by more than 350,000 people in 108 countries?
 * ... that future cantor David Werdyger was saved from a Nazi firing squad when he sang the Jewish prayer for the dead?
 * ... that Kanfei Nesharim Street is long and wide and straight like a runway, because it was originally built as one?
 * ... that in 1975 Time named Schwester Selma, head nurse at the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, one of the world's "living saints", alongside Mother Teresa and Sister Annie?
 * ... that the Diaspora Yeshiva Band infused rock and bluegrass with Jewish lyrics, creating a music style it called "Hasidic rock" or "Country and Eastern"?
 * ... that Topol, who won a Golden Globe for his performance as Tevye in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, played the role in shows and revivals about 3,500 times?
 * ... that a verse from Psalm 85 has inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace?
 * ... that Bambi delivered more than 35,000 babies?


 * Obituary: Wikipedia Signpost/2021-03-28/Obituary
 * Archive: 4 July 2021
 * Discussion: Yoninah tribute
 * Main Page history 2021 July 3

Feast of Saint James

 * 00:00, 26 July 2023 (UTC)


 * ... that a year when the Feast of Saint James falls on a Sunday is designated a Jacobean Holy Year, and the Holy Door (pictured) at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is unblocked for all to enter?
 * ... that the coat of arms of Santiago de Compostela features a chalice and host from the Galician arms, as well as a star and the tomb of Saint James?
 * ... that the lower level of Santiago de Compostela's Plaza de la Quintana is called the Quintana de Mortos because it was once a cemetery?
 * ... that during a Jacobean Holy Year, the Berenguela Tower lantern is lit throughout the year to act as a lighthouse to guide pilgrims to the cathedral?
 * ... that according to legend the tomb of James the Apostle was forgotten for eight centuries until it was found by Pelagius in the forest Libredón?
 * ... that both the Way of the Lighthouses and the Way of Saint James end at Cape Finisterre in Galicia?
 * ... that the Cross of Saint James is associated with the apostle's appearance at the mythical Battle of Clavijo?
 * ... that Queen Lupa sent the disciples of James the Apostle to Mount Ilicino without telling them about a dragon?


 * Archive: 26 July 2023
 * Discussion: Feast of Saint James
 * Main Page history 2023 July 25

Women's World Cup
A monthlong set celebrating the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.




 * Discussion: Special occasion idea: Women's World Cup

Halloween 2023

 * ... that Night of the Living Dead (film featured) was mistakenly released into the public domain?
 * ... that a variety of the Connecticut field pumpkin is known as "the original commercial jack-o'-lantern pumpkin"?
 * ... that there are nearly one hundred thousand .monsters on the internet?
 * ... that The Faculty Club at UC Berkeley, built in 1902, has been reported to be a hotspot for paranormal activity?
 * ... that British designer Alexander McQueen pressed live worms into a translucent corset to evoke vampirism and undeath for his collection The Hunger?
 * ... that various online retailers removed hundreds of books featuring erotic horror from their stores?
 * ... that "Thriller" is the most popular Halloween song in the United States?
 * ... that film critics accused the MPAA ratings board of having yielded to studio pressure to rate The Exorcist R rather than X?
 * ... that the Circleville Pumpkin Show, the oldest pumpkin show in the United States, has been selecting a Miss Pumpkin since 1933?
 * ... that The Wiccan Web recommends drawing pentagrams on your computer screen with tinctures?


 * Archive: 1 November 2023
 * Discussion: Halloween
 * Main Page History Main Page history/2023 October 31