Wikipedia:Featured articles that haven't been on the Main Page/Date connection

A list of Featured Articles with a date connection that have not already appeared on the Main Page. It is intended primarily as an aid to scheduling their appearance. Anniversaries in multiples of 5 are marked in bold; anniversaries in multiples of 25 are highlighted. Note that having a date connection, even a strong one on a major anniversary, is not a guarantee for appearance. In many cases it is not a primary consideration – various factors need to be considered when selecting articles, including (but not limited to), the quality of the article, how long it has been waiting, the importance of the topic, representation on the main page and article diversity. Several of the older Featured Articles fall short of current quality requirements and, with an ever-increasing number to choose from, may never appear on the Front Page without an extensive reworking.

The dates mentioned here may not be the only possible date connections for an article — a ship, for example, might have date connections for its launch, commissioning, sinking etc. Nor does the appearance of an article here mean that it will – or will only – appear on the given date.

All articles within Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page should either appear here or at the page listing articles without date connections.

For more information, see WP:TFA/R. Today is: – next free TFA slot is: Today's featured article/July 2024

January

 * 1, 1921 – York Park (opening)
 * 6, 1935 – Ian Meckiff (birth)
 * 29, 1965 – Dominik Hašek (birth) (50th)

February

 * 4, 2008 – Rumours (album) (release)
 * 4, 2008 – Made in the Dark (release)
 * 5, 2014 – Sardines (Inside No. 9) (broadcast)
 * 7, 1941 – No. 450 Squadron RAAF (establishment)
 * 14, 1804 – Battle of Pulo Aura
 * 20, 1902 – SS Kroonland (launch)
 * 26, 2014 - Last Gasp (Inside No. 9) (broadcast date)
 * 27, 2001 – The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages (release)
 * 28, 1893 – USS Indiana (BB-1) / Indiana-class battleship (launch of first in class)
 * 28, 2008 – Martin Keamy (first appearance)

March

 * 2, 2008 – 2008 UAW-Dodge 400
 * 4, 2014 – South Park: The Stick of Truth (release)
 * 6 – Cleveland Centennial half dollar (Cleveland incorporation)
 * 6, 1896 – Les Holden (birth)
 * 6, 1988 – Operation Flavius
 * 6, 2008 – The Other Woman (Lost) (broadcast)
 * 7, 1908 – Nassau-class battleship (launch of lead ship)
 * 7, 1950 – J. R. Richard (birth)
 * 8, 1924 – Louie B. Nunn (birth)
 * 8, 1982 - Hex Enduction Hour (release)
 * 8, 1994 – Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt (release)
 * 9, 1987 – All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) (release)
 * 10, 1787 - William Etty (birth)
 * 10, 1919 – John Plagis (birth)
 * 11, 1942 – No. 36 Squadron RAAF (establishment)
 * 12, 2013 – God of War: Ascension
 * 13, 2003 – Final Fantasy X-2 (release)
 * 13, 2012 – Journey (2012 video game) (release)
 * 19, 2016 – University of Washington station (opened)
 * 20, 1912 – HMS Queen Mary (launch)
 * 20, 1989 – Monkey Gone to Heaven (release)
 * 20, 2006 – Development of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (release)
 * 20, 2008 – Meet Kevin Johnson (broadcast)
 * 22, 1868 – Ben Crosby (birth)
 * 22, 1911 – Kaiser-class battleship (launch of first in class)
 * 23, 2003 – 2003 Cricket World Cup Final (match played)
 * 24, 1898 – USS Kearsarge (BB-5) (launch)
 * 25, 2010 – Flotilla (video game) (release)
 * 27, 2016 - The Boat Races 2016 (date)
 * 28, 1914 – Japanese battleship Fusō (launch)
 * 29, 1921 – Sam Loxton / Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (birth)
 * 30, 1912 – SMS Seydlitz (launch)]]
 * 31, 1958 - Dr. No (novel) (publication)
 * 31, 2002 – Diorama (Silverchair album) (release)

April

 * 1, 1974 – Greater Manchester (creation)
 * 1, 2001 – Deadalive (broadcast)
 * 2, 1931 – Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō (launch)
 * 4, 1900 – Hector Waller (birth)
 * 5, 1939 – HMS Illustrious (87) (launch)
 * 5, 2008 – Partners in Crime (Doctor Who) (broadcast)
 * 7, 1910 – Moltke-class battlecruiser (launch of lead ship)
 * 7, 1925 – USS Saratoga (CV-3) (launch)
 * 9, 1948 – Chandralekha (1948 film) (release)
 * 11, 1951 – President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur
 * 11, 2015 – The Boat Races 2015 (race date)
 * 13, 1901 – Ellis Wackett (birth)
 * 13, 1957 – Mark Tonelli (birth)
 * 14, 1925 – Rod Steiger (birth)
 * 14, 1994 – 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
 * 14, 2006 – Flow (video game) (release)
 * 17, 1943 - Operation Mincemeat (start)
 * 17, 1944 – Take Ichi convoy (start)
 * 17, 1979 – Eric Brewer (ice hockey) (birth)
 * 19, 1890 – Edgar Towner (birth) (125th)
 * 19, 1989 – USS Iowa turret explosion
 * 20, 2005 – Super Columbine Massacre RPG!'' (release)
 * 25, 1979 – Of Human Feelings (release)
 * 26, 1943 – No. 79 Squadron RAAF (formation)
 * 26, 2009 – Into Temptation (film) (release)
 * 27, 1912 – SMS König Albert (launch)
 * 29, 1911 – HMS Princess Royal (1911) (launch)

May

 * 10, 1974 – Too Much Too Soon (album) (release)
 * 10, 2012 – Say Hello to My Little Friend (broadcast)
 * 12, 1867 – Hugh Trumble (birth)
 * 15, 1941 – Operation Brevity (start)
 * 16, 2007 – Greatest Hits (Lost) (broadcast)
 * 17, 1226 – Ralph Neville (appointed Lord Chancellor)
 * 17, 1894 – Raymond Brownell (birth)
 * 17, 2007 – All Hell Breaks Loose (Supernatural) (broadcast)
 * 18, 1904 – Frederick Scherger (birth)
 * 19, 1898 – Peresvet-class battleship (launch of first ship in class)
 * 25, 1864 – Herbie Hewett (birth)
 * 26, 1988 – Joel Selwood (birth)
 * 27, 2007 - 2007 Coca-Cola 600 (date of race)
 * 31, 1907 – Valston Hancock (birth)

June

 * 1, 1905 – Lewis and Clark Exposition dollar (start of exposition)
 * 2, 2007 – Dream Days at the Hotel Existence (release)
 * 3, 1925 – David Evans (RAAF officer) (birth)
 * 3, 1986 – Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (release)
 * 5, 1916 – Sid Barnes with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (birth)
 * 6 2003 – The Boat Race 2003 (race date)
 * 8, 1096 – Gerard (archbishop of York) (consecration)
 * 8, 1912 – SS Minnesotan (launch)
 * 8, 1919 – Bill Newton (birth)
 * 9, 1922 – Spalding War Memorial (unveiling)
 * 9, 1991 – CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (first won)
 * 9, 2009 - The Ecstatic (release)
 * 10, 1893 – USS Massachusetts (BB-2) (launch)
 * 10, 1948 – First Test, 1948 Ashes series (start)
 * 13, 1944 – Battle of Villers-Bocage
 * 15, 1944 – Bombing of Yawata (June 1944)
 * 17, 1776 – Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment (foundation)
 * 17, 1896 – Cedric Howell (birth)
 * 20, 1997 – Final Fantasy Tactics (release)
 * 21, 1919 – SMS Derfflinger / SMS Hindenburg / SMS Seydlitz (scuttled at Scapa Flow)
 * 21, 1990 – No Depression (album) (release) (25th)
 * 22, 1901 – SMS Prinz Adalbert (1901) (launch)
 * 24, 1884 – HMS Calliope (1884) (launch)
 * 24, 1948 – Second Test, 1948 Ashes series (first day)
 * 25, 1925 - York City War Memorial (unveiling)
 * 30, 1910 – SMS Oldenburg (launch)

July

 * 1, 1896 - SMS Kaiser Friedrich III (launch)
 * 1, 1908 – SMS Westfalen (launch)
 * 5, 1988 – South of Heaven (release)
 * 6, 1758 - HMS Levant (1758) (launch)
 * 7, 2000 – Final Fantasy IX (release)
 * 7, 2004 – Making Waves (TV series) (first episode)
 * 7, 2007 – Tales of Monkey Island (release)
 * 8, 1948 – Third Test, 1948 Ashes series (first day)
 * 9, 1863 – Battle of Corydon
 * 9, 2002 – By the Way (release)
 * 18, 1953 – Bernard Quatermass (first appearance)
 * 19, 2006 – The Halo Graphic Novel (publication)
 * 20, 1900 – Maurice Leyland (birth)
 * 21, 1943 – Montana-class battleship (project cancellation)
 * 27, 1920 – Dick Cresswell (birth)
 * 27, 1962 – Neil Brooks (birth)
 * 27, 1983 – New York Dolls (album) (release)
 * 29, 1914 - Yugoslav monitor Drava (launch date)
 * 30, 2008 – Fantasy Black Channel (release)
 * 31, 1795 - HMS Emerald (1795) (launch)

August

 * 1, 1894 – Fuji-class battleship (first ship laid down)
 * 1, 1915 – SMS Hindenburg (launch) (100th)
 * 4, 1959 – Mark Kerry (birth)
 * 6, 1910 - Lion-class battlecruiser (launch of first ship)
 * 7, 1942 – Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo
 * 8, 1940 – Japanese battleship Yamato / Yamato-class battleship (launch) (75th)
 * 8, 2006 – Jihad (song) (release)
 * 9, 1887 – Walter Peeler (birth)
 * 14, 2003 – Hurricane Erika (2003) (formation)
 * 15, 1799 – USS Congress (1799) (launch)
 * 15, 1916 – HMS Furious (47) (launch)
 * 15, 1997 – Ontario Highway 403 (opening)
 * 19, 1901 – SMS Schwaben (launch)
 * 20, 1998 – Operation Infinite Reach (executed)
 * 21, 1891 – Stanley Goble (birth)
 * 21, 1942 – Battle of the Tenaru
 * 22, 1918 – HMS Hood (launch)
 * 22, 1993 - Hurricane Emily (1993) (formation)
 * 24, 1909 – William Hely (birth)
 * 26, 1898 – Frank Bladin (birth)
 * 27, 1908 – Don Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (birth)
 * 27, 1942 – USS Iowa (BB-61) (launch)
 * 28, 1913 – Lindsay Hassett with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (birth)
 * 29, 1903 – Russian battleship Slava (launch)
 * 29, 1972 – Tropical Storm Carrie (1972) (formation)
 * 31, 1924 – Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (birth)

September

 * 1, 1876 – Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway (groundbreaking)
 * 2, 1896 – Russian battleship Rostislav (launch)
 * 3, 2003 – Tropical Storm Henri (2003) (formation)
 * 4, 2003 – Typhoon Maemi (formation)
 * 7, 1998 – Internationalist (album) (release)
 * 7, 2003 – Characters of Carnivàle (first broadcast)
 * 8, 1925 – Peter Sellers (birth)
 * 8, 2007 – Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007) (formation)
 * 8, 2007 – Kala (album) (release)
 * 9, 1805 - HMS Alceste (1806) (launch)
 * 9, 1927 – The Cat and the Canary (1927 film) (release)
 * 10, 1908 - HMS St Vincent (1908) (launch)
 * 11, 1914 – HMS Hermes (95) (launch)
 * 11, 2002 – Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (release)
 * 12, 1999 – But I'm a Cheerleader (release)
 * 12, 2002 – Tropical Storm Hanna (2002) (formation)
 * 13, 1993 – Animaniacs (first episode)
 * 13, 2004 – Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne (formation)
 * 13, 2005 – Pilot (Supernatural) / Supernatural (season 1) (first episode broadcast)
 * 14, 1900 – USS Princess Matoika (launch)
 * 14, 1999 – Kampung Boy (TV series) (first episode)
 * 14, 2003 – Carnivàle (first episode)
 * 15, 1830 – Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
 * 17, 1993 – Deep Throat (The X-Files episode) (broadcast)
 * 20, 1996 – Persona (series) (first game released)
 * 20, 2005 – Myst V: End of Ages (release)
 * 21, 1926 – Don Dunstan (birth)
 * 23, 2006 – Eyes of the Insane (release)
 * 24, 2001 – Ico (release)
 * 25, 1909 – SMS Helgoland (launch)
 * 25, 2007 – Halo 3 (release)
 * 26, 1908 – SMS Rheinland (launch)
 * 26, 1943 – Ian Chappell (birth)
 * 26, 1996 – The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (first episode)
 * 26, 2006 – Rob-B-Hood (release)
 * 27, 1886 – Valley Parade (opening)
 * 28, 1999 – Homeworld (release)
 * 28, 2004 – What You Waiting For? (release)
 * 28, 2007 – Conan (2007 video game) (release)
 * 29, 2006 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
 * 30, 1909 – SMS Ostfriesland (launch)
 * 30, 1995 – Seiken Densetsu 3 (release)
 * 30, 1999 – Age of Empires II (release)
 * 30, 2000 – Muhammad al-Durrah incident

October

 * 1, 1998 – M-553 (Michigan highway) (establishment)
 * 1, 2010 – Enthiran (Tail film) release date
 * 2, 1941 – Battle of Moscow (anniversary)
 * 10, 1995 – Tragic Kingdom (release)
 * 10, 2014 – Hurricane Fay (formed)
 * 11, 1996 – Home (The X-Files) (broadcast)
 * 13, 1997 – Fuck the Millennium (release)
 * 13, 1999 – Hurricane Irene (1999) (formation)
 * 14, 1918 – Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (birth)
 * 19, 1933 – Brian Booth (birth)
 * 21, 1957 – Steve Lukather (birth)
 * 21, 1971 – Interstate 675 (Michigan) (opened)
 * 21, 2003 – Empires: Dawn of the Modern World (release)
 * 22, 2006 – 2006 Subway 500 (event)
 * 24, 1796 – Battle of Schliengen (date)
 * 25, 1944 – Fusō-class battleship (loss of both ships)
 * 26, 1894 – Florence Nagle
 * 26, 1978 – CM Punk (birth) (Check FAR)
 * 26, 2004 – Still Reigning (release)
 * 27, 1941 – Finn M. W. Caspersen
 * 27, 2005 – Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (release)
 * 29, 1988 – Sega Genesis (release)
 * 30, 1857 – Tourette syndrome (Tourette's birthday)
 * 30, 1885 – Ezra Pound (birth)
 * 30, 2005 – Rejoined (broadcast)
 * 30, 2007 – Halo: Contact Harvest (publication)

November

 * 1, 1940 – Japanese battleship Musashi (launch) (75th)
 * 1, 1942 – Matanikau Offensive (start)
 * 2, 1865 – Warren G. Harding (birth)
 * 2, 1892 – Garnet Malley (birth)
 * 2, 1903 – Frank Jenner
 * 2, 1905 – Allan Walters (birth)
 * 3, 1915 – Japanese battleship Yamashiro (launch) (100th)
 * 3, 1942 – Koli Point action (start)
 * 5, 1841 – Nikolai Kulikovsky (birth)
 * 5, 1993 - Ice (The X-Files) (transmission date)
 * 6, 1894 – Russian battleship Poltava (1894) (launch)
 * 7, 1899 – Kentucky gubernatorial election, 1899
 * 7, 1982 – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album) (release)
 * 7. 1995 - Slug (song) (release)
 * 8, 1883 – Arnold Bax (birth)
 * 8, 1898 – Russian battleship Oslyabya (launch)
 * 8, 2011 – Formula, Vol. 1 (release)
 * 9, 1900 – SMS Mecklenburg (launch)
 * 9, 1919 – Nagato-class battleship (launch)
 * 10, 1969 – Sesame Street research (first broadcast (tenuous))
 * 11, 1911 – SMS Kaiserin (launch)
 * 11, 1922 - Kurt Vonnegut (birth)
 * 11, 1923 – P. K. van der Byl (birth) (but see WP:TFANO)
 * 11, 1926 – U.S. Route 2 in Michigan / U.S. Route 8 / U.S. Route 16 in Michigan / U.S. Route 23 in Michigan / U.S. Route 30 in Iowa / U.S. Route 31 in Michigan / U.S. Route 41 in Michigan / U.S. Route 131 / U.S. Route 141
 * 11, 2004 – Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (release)
 * 12, 1952 – Ernie Fletcher (birth)
 * 13, 1992 – Dietrich v The Queen (decision)
 * 15, 2007 – Fresh Blood (Supernatural) (broadcast)
 * 17, 2004 – Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (release)
 * 18, 1923 - Alan Shepard (birth)
 * 19, 1831 – James A. Garfield (date of birth)
 * 20, 1926 – Tôn Thất Đính (birth) (but see this discussion)
 * 20, 2007 – Halo 3 Original Soundtrack (release)
 * 22, 1910 – John Wilton (general) (birth)
 * 22, 1994 – Sega Saturn (release)
 * 26, 1901 - William Sterling Parsons (birth)
 * 26, 2007 – Over the Rainbow (Connie Talbot album) (release)
 * 27, 1909 – SMS Thüringen (launch)
 * 28, 1919 – Early life of Keith Miller / Keith Miller in the 1946–47 Australian cricket season
 * 30, 1944 – HMS Vanguard (23) (launch)

December

 * 1, 1871 – Archie MacLaren (birth)
 * 1, 1920 – George Andrew Davis Jr. (birth)
 * 1, 2007 – 2007 ACC Championship Game
 * 2, 1917 – HMS Argus (I49) (launch)
 * 8, 1914 – Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (birth)
 * 8, 1942 – HMS Indefatigable (R10) (launch)
 * 12, 1921 – Japanese battleship Tosa (launch)
 * 12, 1991 – Sega CD (release)
 * 13, 1908 – SMS Posen (launch)
 * 13, 1967 – Scott Zolak (birth)
 * 15, 1913 – HMS Tiger (1913) (launch)
 * 15, 1916 – Brian Eaton (birth)
 * 15, 1942 – Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
 * 15, 2011 – Final Fantasy XIII-2 (release)
 * 16, 1882 – Jack Hobbs (birth)
 * 17, 1906 – SMS Schleswig-Holstein (launch)
 * 17, 2009 – Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy (release)
 * 21, 1826 – Fredonian Rebellion
 * 24, 1166 – John, King of England (birth)
 * 25, 1975 – Marcus Trescothick (birth)
 * 27, 1985 – Paul Stastny (birth)
 * 28, 1962 - Operation Grandslam (start)
 * 28, 2008 – 2008 Humanitarian Bowl