Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/April 7


 * 1795 - France adopts the metre as the unit of length
 * 1922 - Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome oil reserves in Wyoming.
 * 1927 - First long distance public television broadcast (Washington, DC to New York City; image was of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
 * 1939 - World War II: Italy invades Albania.
 * 1940 - Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
 * 1948 - The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
 * 1953 - Dag Hammarskjöld is elected United Nations Secretary General.
 * 1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his"domino theory" speech during a news conference.
 * 1956 - Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
 * 1963 - Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a Socialist republic and Josip Broz Tito is named President for life.
 * 1964 - IBM announces the System/360
 * 1969 - The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1.
 * 1980 - The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979.
 * 1983 - During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk (duration: 4 hours, 10 minutes).
 * 1990 - Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal but the convictions were later reversed after an appeal.
 * 1994 - Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
 * 1999 - Kosovo War: Kosovo's main border crossings are closed by Serbian forces to prevent ethnic Albanians from leaving.
 * 2000 - Mars Odyssey is launched.

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:50, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): World Health Organization; Request for Comments
 * Omitted: Charles University in Prague; Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven); Battle of Shiloh; Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen, Booker T. Washington; Samashki massacre
 * Included: St John Passion (first appearance); Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) (first appearance); Ba'ath Party (4th appearance, last in 2006); Federal Express Flight 705 (first appearance); 2001 Mars Odyssey (first appearance)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:03, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Booker T. Washington (maintenance)
 * Omitted: St John Passion; Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67); Ba'ath Party; Federal Express Flight 705; 2001 Mars Odyssey
 * Included: American pioneers to the Northwest Territory (first appearance; 225th anniversary); Battle of Shiloh (2nd appearance, last in 2011); World Health Organization (4th appearance, last in 2010); Winston Churchill (8th appearance, last in 2008); Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 (first appearance)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:14, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Samashki massacre (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Booker T. Washington
 * Omitted: American pioneers to the Northwest Territory; Battle of Shiloh; World Health Organization; Winston Churchill; Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010
 * Included: Charles University in Prague (8th appearance, last in 2011); St John Passion (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen (expedition: first appearance; Nansen: 2nd appearance, last in 2011); Request for Comments (4th appearance, last in 2007); Rwandan Genocide (3rd appearance, last in 2006)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:05, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Spanish protectorate in Morocco
 * Omitted: Charles University in Prague; St John Passion; Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen; Request for Comments; Rwandan Genocide
 * Included: Billie Holiday (first appearance; 100th birth anniversary); Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) (4th appearance, last in 2011); Booker T. Washington (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Winston Churchill (9th appearance, last in 2013); Samashki massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Billie Holiday; Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67); Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven); Booker T. Washington; Winston Churchill; Samashki massacre
 * Included: Empress Matilda (2nd appearance, last in 2013; moved from November 1); St John Passion (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen (expedition: 2ndappearance; Nansen: 3rd appearance; both last in 2014); Spanish protectorate in Morocco (first appearance; 60th anniversary); Rwandan Genocide (4th appearance, last in 2014)

National Beer Day (United States)
For future consideration: National Beer Day (United States) - it is quite small of an article, but it is referenced and includes a quote from FDR. — xaosflux  Talk 22:17, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:00, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Burmese–Siamese War (1765–67) (maintenance); Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) (maintenance); Booker T. Washington (maintenance); Winston Churchill (maintenance); 2001 Mars Odyssey (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Empress Matilda; St John Passion; Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen; Spanish protectorate in Morocco (ineligible—maintenance); Rwandan genocide (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: National Beer Day (United States) (first appearance); Charles University (9th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Shiloh (4th appearance, last in 2013); Operation Ten-Go (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Ba'ath Party (5th appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary); April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests (first appearance); Berengar I of Italy (first appearance); El Greco (first appearance); Dave Arneson (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 03:42, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Request for Comments (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): 2017 Stockholm attack (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): South Pacific (musical); Bruce W. Klunder; Francis Ford Coppola
 * Omitted: World Health Day (ineligible—maintenance); Charles University (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Shiloh; Operation Ten-Go; Ba'ath Party; April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests; Berengar I of Italy (ineligible—maintenance); El Greco
 * Included: St John Passion (4th appearance, last in 2016); American pioneers to the Northwest Territory (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen (Expedition: 3rd appearance; Nansen: 4th appearance; both last in 2016); World Health Organization (5th appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Toussaint Louverture (first appaerance); John Bernard Flannagan (first appaerance)
 * Repeats: Dave Arneson (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:02, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted: April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests (moved to April 6)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Francis Ford Coppola (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Request for Comments (this was temporarily deleted as the date was missing from the article at the time)
 * Omitted: St John Passion; American pioneers to the Northwest Territory; Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen; World Health Organization; Toussaint Louverture; John Bernard Flannagan
 * Included: Empress Matilda (3rd appearance, last in 2016); South Pacific (musical) (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Rwandan genocide (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); 2017 Stockholm truck attack (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (first appearance); Joseph Lyons (first appearance; 80th birthday)
 * Repeats: Dave Arneson (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 10th anniversary)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 22:53, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Federal Express Flight 705 (maintenance; was actually restored from accidental deletion)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Berengar I of Italy
 * Omitted: South Pacific (musical) (ineligible—TFA for 2020}; Rwandan genocide; 2017 Stockholm truck attack; John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; Joseph Lyons; Dave Arneson
 * Included: St John Passion (5th appearance, last in 2018); Japanese battleship Yamato/Operation Ten-Go (Yamato: 5th appearance, last in 2007; Ten-Go: 3rd appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary); Samashki massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 25th anniversary); Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); George the Standard-Bearer (first appearance); Randall Davidson (first appearance); Francis Ford Coppola (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Empress Matilda (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:49, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: American pioneers to the Northwest Territory (maintenance); Request for Comments (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): South Pacific (musical)
 * New articles (unused): Martha Ray
 * Omitted: Empress Matilda (ineligible—facts not certain); St John Passion (ineligible—maintenance); Japanese battleship Yamato; Samashki massacre; Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010; Randall Davidson; Francis Ford Coppola
 * Included: Battle of Shiloh (5th appearance, last in 2017); Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen (Expedition: 4th appearance; Nansen: 5th; both last in 2018); World Health Organization (6th appearance, last in 2018); Rwandan genocide (6th appearance, last in 2019); 2017 Stockholm truck attack (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Bert Ironmonger (first appearance); Santa Barraza (first appearance; 70th birthday)
 * Repeats: George the Standard-Bearer (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 1200th anniversary)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:37, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Winston Churchill
 * Omitted: World Health Organization; Rwandan genocide; 2017 Stockholm truck attack; George the Standard-Bearer; Bert Ironmonger; Santa Barraza
 * Included: South Pacific (musical) (2nd appearance, last in 2019; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Loc Ninh (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Samashki massacre (4th appearance, last in 2020); Berengar I of Italy (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Martha Ray (first appearance); Joseph Lyons (2nd appearance, last in 2019)
 * Repeats: Battle of Shiloh (2nd consecutive appearance; 6 total); Nansen's Fram expedition/Fridtjof Nansen (2nd consecutive appearance; Expedition: 5 total; Nansen: 6 total)