Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/December 14

More variation
All of the current 5 events listed are from the past 100 years or so. What about replacing one of them by by the 13th century St._Lucia's_flood (with Zuider_Zee as selected article)? baszoetekouw (talk) 23:51, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:35, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Omitted: 557 Constantinople earthquake; Montgolfier brothers (ineligible—maintenance); Amundsen's South Pole expedition; Three Gorges Dam; Tino rangatiratanga
 * Included: Toledo War (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Ian Meckiff (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Mariner 2 (4th appearance, last in 2007; 50th anniversary); Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Vargas tragedy (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:32, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Toledo War; Ian Meckiff; Mariner 2; Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas
 * Included: Sweet Dew Incident (first appearance); Alabama (2nd appearance, last in 2009); Amundsen's South Pole expedition (first appearance; blurb is making its 7th appearance, last in 2010 and previously featured Roald Amundsen, which is currently ineligible); Baldwin Hills Reservoir (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Vargas tragedy (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)
 * Note: Japanese battleship Haruna not included despite it having its 100th anniversary because Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi was TFA on December 7

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:58, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Sweet Dew Incident; Alabama; Amundsen's South Pole expedition; Baldwin Hills Dam disaster; Vargas tragedy
 * Included: 557 Constantinople earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Toledo War (4th appearance, last in 2012); Japanese battleship Haruna (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Three Gorges Dam (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 20th anniversary); ALBA (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:36, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: 557 Constantinople earthquake; Toledo War (ineligible—TFA for 2015); Japanese battleship Haruna; Three Gorges Dam; ALBA (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Sweet Dew Incident (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Alabama (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Max Planck (4th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Mariner 2 (5th appearance, last in 2012); Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (first appearance)
 * Repeats: (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:17, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Eugene Cernan
 * Omitted: Alabama; Max Planck; Mariner 2; Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
 * Included: Toledo War (5th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Amundsen's South Pole expedition (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Ian Meckiff (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Muntadhar al-Zaidi (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Sweet Dew Incident (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:10, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Alabama (maintenance); Mariner 2 (maintenance); Three Gorges Dam (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Sweet Dew incident; Amundsen's South Pole expedition; Ian Meckiff; Muntadhar al-Zaidi
 * Included: 557 Constantinople earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Japanese battleship Haruna (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Golan Heights (first appearance); Siege of Tkvarcheli (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Al-Ashraf Khalil (first appearance); Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (first appearance); Helle Thorning-Schmidt (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Toledo War (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 02:48, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Max Planck (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): KaDee Strickland
 * Omitted: Toledo War; Japanese battleship Haruna; Golan Heights; Siege of Tkvarcheli; Al-Ashraf Khalil; Princess Alice of the United Kingdom; Helle Thorning-Schmidt
 * Included: Sweet Dew incident (4th appearance, last in 2016); 1918 United Kingdom general election (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Cathode-ray tube amusement device (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Bush shoeing incident (first appearance; 10th anniversary; blurb previously featured Muntadhar al-Zaidi); Aldfrith of Northumbria (first appearance); Louis Marshall (first appearance); Lupe Vélez (first appearance)
 * Repeats: 557 Constantinople earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:50, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): December 14, 1998 Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
 * Omitted: 557 Constantinople earthquake; Sweet Dew incident; 1918 United Kingdom general election; Cathode-ray tube amusement device; Bush shoeing incident; Aldfrith of Northumbria; Louis Marshall
 * Included: John of the Cross (first appearance); Amundsen's South Pole expedition (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Baldwin Hills Dam disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Vargas tragedy (4th appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); Tino rangatiratanga (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 10th anniversary); Al-Ashraf Khalil (2nd appearance, last in 2017); KaDee Strickland (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Lupe Vélez (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 75th anniversary)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:17, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Omitted: John of the Cross (ineligible—maintenance); Amundsen's South Pole expedition; Baldwin Hills Dam disaster; Vargas tragedy; Tino rangatiratanga; Al-Ashraf Khalil; Lupe Vélez; KaDee Strickland
 * Included: Anne Greene (first appearance); Toledo War (7th appearance, last in 2017); Japanese battleship Haruna (4th appearance, last in 2017); Ian Meckiff; (4th appearance, last in 2016; 60th anniversary) John III of the Sedre (first appearance); Giovanni Battista Cipriani (first appearance); Michael Owen (first appearance)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:41, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Anne Greene; Toledo War; Japanese battleship Haruna; Ian Meckiff; John III of the Sedre; Giovanni Battista Cipriani; Michael Owen
 * Included: Sweet Dew incident (5th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Bean's Station (2nd appearance, last in 2018); 1918 United Kingdom general election (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Golan Heights (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary); December 14, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush (first appearance); Niccolò Perotti (first appearance); DeFord Bailey (first appearance); Kim Beazley (first appearance)