Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/April 6


 * 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
 * 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
 * 1652 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope, which will eventually develop into Cape Town.
 * 1782 - Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Thailand, who was overthrown in a coup d'etat.
 * 1832 - The Black Hawk War begins.
 * 1841 - John Tyler is inaugurated as the 10th President of the United States.
 * 1862 - American Civil War: In Tennessee. the Battle of Shiloh begins.
 * 1895 - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
 * 1896 - Opening of the first modern Olympic Games.
 * 1909 - Robert Peary allegedly reaches the North Pole.
 * 1917 - World War I: United States declares war on Germany (see Wikiquote).
 * 1930 - Hostess Twinkies are invented.
 * 1931 - Little Orphan Annie debuts on the Blue Network of NBC.
 * 1941 - World War II: Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
 * 1973 - Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
 * 1974 - The California Jam Rock concert begins.
 * 1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
 * 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard takes the middleweight boxing title from Marvin Hagler.
 * 1994 - The genocide in Rwanda officially begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down by extremists.
 * 1998 - Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) (maintenance); Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira (maintenance);
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Grand Army of the Republic
 * New articles (unused): 1580 Dover Straits earthquake; John Jacob Astor; April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada
 * Omitted: Battle of Block Island; Committee of Public Safety; Vancouver; Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia (Yugoslavia ineligible—maintenance); 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
 * Included: Battle of Fariskur (first appearance); Declaration of Arbroath (3rd appearance, last in 2005; rescued from Ineligible); Siege of Badajoz (1812) (first appearance); Tony Award (2nd appearance, last in 2010); 2008 Egyptian general strike (first appearance)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:06, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints); Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia
 * Omitted: Battle of Fariskur; Declaration of Arbroath; Siege of Badajoz (1812); Tony Award; 2008 Egyptian general strike
 * Included: Cape Town (5th appearance, last in 2010); Committee of Public Safety (2nd appearance, last in 2011); John Jacob Astor (first appearance); Salt Lake Temple (first appearance); April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada (first appearance)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:57, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Greece (TFA for 2014)
 * Omitted: Cape Town; Committee of Public Safety; John Jacob Astor; Salt Lake Temple; April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada
 * Included: 1580 Dover Straits earthquake (first appearance); Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) (6th appearance, last in 2010); 1896 Summer Olympics (7th appearance, last in 2010); Tony Award (3rd appearance, last in 2012); 2008 Egyptian general strike (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:16, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: John Jacob Astor (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia
 * New articles (unused): Azawadi declaration of independence
 * Omitted: 1580 Dover Straits earthquake; Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints); 1896 Summer Olympics; Tony Award; 2008 Egyptian general strike
 * Included: Cape Town (6th appearance, last in 2013); Committee of Public Safety (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Slater's Knoll (first appearance; 70th anniversary); 1979 Nepalese student protests (first appearance); Rolandas Paksas (first appearance)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:39, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): John Jacob Astor; Robert Peary
 * Omitted: Cape Town (ineligible—maintenance); Committee of Public Safety; Battle of Slater's Knoll; 1979 Nepalese student protests; Rolandas Paksas
 * Included: Declaration of Arbroath (4th appearance, last in 2012); Grand Army of the Republic (2nd appearance, last in 2004; 150th anniversary); 1896 Summer Olympics (8th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary); 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 03:56, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Robert Peary (maintenance); Committee of Public Safety (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Declaration of Arbroath; Grand Army of the Republic; Invasion of Yugoslavia; 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
 * Included: Battle of Fariskur (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Vancouver (5th appearance, last in 2011); Tony Award (4th appearance, last in 2014); Azawadi declaration of independence (first appearance); Raphael (first appearance); Nadar (photographer) (first appearance); Rose O'Neill (first appearance)
 * Repeats: 1896 Summer Olympics (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 03:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Declaration of Arbroath (maintenance); 1580 Dover Straits earthquake (maintenance); Grand Army of the Republic (maintenance); Salt Lake Temple (maintenance); 1979 Nepalese student protests (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): American entry into World War I (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Newhall incident
 * Omitted: Battle of Fariskur; 1896 Summer Olympics; Tony Award; Azawadi declaration of independence; Raphael; Nadar (photographer); Rose O'Neill
 * Included: New York Slave Revolt of 1712 (first appearance); Siege of Badajoz (1812) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Slater's Knoll (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Jalal Talabani (first appearance); Basil of Trebizond (first appearance); James Mill (first appearance); Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Vancouver (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:50, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests (moved from April 7); Julie Ertz
 * Omitted: New York Slave Revolt of 1712; Vancouver (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Slater's Knoll; Jalal Talabani; Basil of Trebizond; James Mill; Donald Wills Douglas Sr.
 * Included: Tartan Day (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Pollentia (first appearance); Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2016); Newhall incident (first appearance); 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Arvid Horn (first appearance); Jeanne Hébuterne (first appearance); Anita Borg (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Siege of Badajoz (1812) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:29, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Operation Retribution (1941) (TFA for 2020)
 * Omitted: Battle of Pollentia; Siege of Badajoz (1812); Battle of Greece; 2009 L'Aquila earthquake; Arvid Horn; Jeanne Hébuterne; Anita Borg
 * Included: New York Slave Revolt of 1712 (2nd appearance, last in 2018); 1896 Summer Olympics (10th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Slater's Knoll (3rd appearance, last in 2018); April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary); Raphael (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 500th birthday); Nadar (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 200th birthday); Julie Ertz (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Newhall incident (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 50th anniversary)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:50, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Operation Retribution (1941)
 * New articles (unused): Anita Pallenberg
 * Omitted: New York Slave Revolt of 1712; Battle of Slater's Knoll; Newhall incident; April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada; Raphael; Nadar; Julie Ertz
 * Included: Battle of Fariskur (3rd appearance, last in 2017); John Jacob Astor (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Greece (4th appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Henry Barrowe (first appearance); René Lalique (first appearance); Ng Ser Miang (first appearance)
 * Repeats: 1896 Summer Olympics (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total; 125th anniversary)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:27, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Pollentia (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): Eurovision Song Contest 1974 (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Fariskur; John Jacob Astor; 1896 Summer Olympics; Battle of Greece; April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests; Henry Barrowe; René Lalique; Ng Ser Miang
 * Included: New York Slave Revolt of 1712 (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) (7th appearance, last in 2014); Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Azawadi declaration of independence (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 10th anniversary); Leonora Baroni (first appearance); Philip Henry Gosse (first appearance); Julie Ertz (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 30th birthday)