Wikipedia:Goings-on/January 4, 2009

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Goings-on in the week starting Sunday, January 4, 2009
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New featured content
Articles that gained featured status
 * Stanley Goble (January 6)
 * USS Iowa turret explosion (January 6)
 * New South Greenland (January 10)
 * Toa Payoh ritual murders (January 10)
 * The Simpsons Hit & Run (January 10)
 * Coenred of Mercia (January 10)
 * New York State Route 311 (January 10)
 * 2003 Insight Bowl (January 10)

Lists that gained featured status
 * List of Houston Astros Opening Day starting pitchers (January 4)
 * Timeline of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season (January 4)
 * List of Houston Astros managers (January 4)
 * List of NBA All-Stars (January 4)
 * List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty (January 4)
 * Ballon d'Or (January 4)
 * List of Montreal Canadiens head coaches (January 4)
 * List of No Country for Old Men awards and nominations (January 4)
 * List of Governors of Indiana (January 4)
 * NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout (January 4)
 * List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2008 (January 4)
 * List of districts of West Bengal (January 4)
 * List of Prime Ministers of Canada by time in office (January 4)
 * List of Boston Latin School alumni (January 4)
 * The Kills discography (January 4)
 * List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama (January 4)
 * List of Bleach episodes (season 9) (January 6)
 * List of Texas Rangers managers (January 6)
 * Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) (January 6)
 * List of Texas Aggie terms (January 10)
 * Highlander: The Series (season 2) (January 10)
 * List of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (January 10)
 * List of first overall Major League Baseball draft picks (January 10)
 * Eminem discography (January 10)
 * List of Pittsburgh Pirates managers and owners (January 10)
 * Darwin Medal (January 10)
 * List of awards and nominations received by Alanis Morissette (January 10)

Pictures that gained featured status
 * Social dance (January 10)
 * Caledonia, New York 1892 (January 10)
 * Snells law wavefronts (January 10)
 * Mazda6/Mazda Atenza (January 10)
 * Singel, Amsterdam (January 10)
 * Gothic plate armour (January 10)
 * Jamison Valley, Blue Mountains (January 10)
 * Scandinavia in winter (January 10)
 * American Empire (January 10)
 * Hot Springs of Pamukkale Turkey (January 9)
 * Impact Sprinkler Mechanism in Action (January 8)
 * The Dakota, 1890 (January 8)
 * White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) (January 6)
 * Illustration of camera obscura (January 6)
 * Quarterback Shea Smith (January 6)
 * World War I trenches at Dead Sea (January 6)

Portals that gained featured status

Sounds that gained featured status

Topics that gained featured status


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