Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/December 9

Can an admin add "(flag pictured)" after the Independence Day in Tanzania entry, as is the usual practice. -- AJR | Talk 00:12, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Milton 400
It's John Milton's 400th birthday. Is the author of Paradise Lost and Areopagitica famous enough to have his quatercentenary posted on SA/OTD? His wikibio doesn't mention anything about the celebrations, though. --PFHLai (talk) 22:16, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Mother of All Demos
In the NLS item, the words “publicly demonstrated” should be linked to The Mother of All Demos. —  crism ( talk )  04:46, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

2011 notes
--  howcheng  {chat} 22:14, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Catholic University of Leuven, Battle of Ayacucho, P. B. S. Pinchback, Doctors' Trial all swapped out and moved to Ineligible for maintenance reasons
 * Tanganyika moved to Ineligible for being a stub
 * Lech Wałęsa moved to Ineligible as it appeared on August 14
 * New articles (not used): Battle of Great Bridge, Cross Mountain Mine disaster, Operation Compass, Kecksburg UFO incident, Rogers Plan
 * Swapped in: Battle of Jerusalem (1917) (first appearance), Spanish Constitution of 1931 (first appearance), NLS (computer system) (2nd appearance, last in 2008), Mumia Abu-Jamal (first appearance, 20th anniversary, just had a recent update so somewhat topical)
 * Left in: Smallpox (3rd consecutive appearance)
 * Note: Lots of US-related articles, otherwise would have put in Cross Mountain (100th anniversary)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Jerusalem (1917); NLS (computer system); Smallpox; Mumia Abu-Jamal
 * Included: P. B. S. Pinchback (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Cross Mountain Mine disaster (first appearance); Operation Compass (first appearance); Rogers Plan (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Spanish Constitution of 1931 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:26, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: P. B. S. Pinchback; Cross Mountain Mine disaster; Spanish Constitution of 1931; Operation Compass; Rogers Plan
 * Included: Battle of Great Bridge (first appearance); Battle of Jerusalem (1917) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Douglas Engelbart (first appearance; blurb previously featured NLS (computer system)); Smallpox (7th appearance, last in 2011); Rod Blagojevich corruption charges (2nd appearance, last in 2009)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:43, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): A Charlie Brown Christmas
 * Omitted: Tanzania (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Great Bridge; Douglas Engelbart/The Mother of All Demos; Rod Blagojevich corruption charges
 * Included: P. B. S. Pinchback (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Spanish Constitution of 1931 (3rd appearance, last in 2012); John Birch Society (4th appearance, last in 2006)
 * Repeats: Battle of Jerusalem (1917) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Smallpox (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:31, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: P. B. S. Pinchback; Battle of Jerusalem (1917); John Birch Society;
 * Included: Battle of Great Bridge (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Operation Compass (2nd appearance, last in 2012); A Charlie Brown Christmas (first appearance; 50th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Spanish Constitution of 1931 (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Smallpox (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:18, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Great Bridge; Spanish Constitution of 1931; Operation Compass; A Charlie Brown Christmas; Smallpox
 * Included: P. B. S. Pinchback (4th appearance, last in 2014); 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State (6th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Jerusalem (4th appearance, last in 2014); Genocide Convention (first appearance); Douglas Engelbart/The Mother of All Demos (Engelbart: 2nd appearance, last in 2013; Demos: first appearance)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:22, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Kecksburg UFO incident (maintenance); A Charlie Brown Christmas (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Impeachment of Park Geun-hye; Denise Phua
 * Omitted: P. B. S. Pinchback; 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State; Genocide Convention; Douglas Engelbart/The Mother of All Demos
 * Included: Battle of Great Bridge (3rd appearance, last in 2015); La Fronde (newspaper) (first appearance; blurb previously featured Marguerite Durand, which is currently ineligible, and last appeared in 2006); Spanish Constitution of 1931 (5th appearance, last in 2015); Smallpox (10th appearance, last in 2015); Al-Biruni (first appearance); Fritz Haber (first appearance); Joan Armatrading (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Battle of Jerusalem (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:42, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: John Birch Society (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Kecksburg UFO incident
 * Omitted: Battle of Great Bridge; La Fronde (newspaper); Battle of Jerusalem; Spanish Constitution of 1931 (ineligible—maintenance); Smallpox; Al-Biruni (deleted—death date not certain); Joan Armatrading
 * Included: Battle of Reading (1688); Newcastle United F.C.; Genocide Convention (2nd appearance, last in 2016; 70th anniversary); Douglas Engelbart/The Mother of All Demos (Engelbart: 3rd appearance; Demos: 2nd appearance; both last in 2016; 50th anniversary); Rod Blagojevich corruption charges (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); Nasr ibn Sayyar (first appearance); Lilias Armstrong (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Fritz Haber (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 150th birthday)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:46, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Topfreedom in Canada; Same-sex marriage in Australia/Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017
 * Omitted: Battle of Reading (1688); Newcastle United F.C.; Genocide Convention; Douglas Engelbart/The Mother of All Demos; Rod Blagojevich corruption charges; Nasr ibn Sayyar; Fritz Haber; Lilias Armstrong
 * Included: Battle of Great Bridge (4th appearance, last in 2017); 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State (7th appearance, last in 2016); Rogers Plan (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary); Smallpox (11th appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary); Impeachment of Park Geun-hye (first appearance); Gertrude of Brunswick (first appearance); Joe Kelley (first appearance); Denise Phua (first appearance; 60th birthday)

2020 notes

 * Moved to Ineligible: P. B. S. Pinchback (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): Alister Murdoch (TFA for 2020); Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Great Bridge; 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State; Rogers Plan; Smallpox; Impeachment of Park Geun-hye; Joe Kelley; Denise Phua
 * Included: La Fronde (newspaper) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Cross Mountain Mine disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Operation Compass (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Same-sex marriage in Australia/Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (both: first appearance); Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado (first appearance); Joan Armatrading (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 70th birthday)
 * Repeats: Gertrude of Brunswick (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:50, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Topfreedom in Canada (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Alister Murdoch; Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
 * Omitted: La Fronde (newspaper); Cross Mountain Mine disaster; Operation Compass; Same-sex marriage in Australia; Gertrude of Brunswick; Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado; Joan Armatrading
 * Included: Newcastle United F.C. (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Jerusalem (6th appearance, last in 2017); Tanganyika Territory (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; blurb previously featured Tanganyika (1961–1964), which remains ineligible, and is making its 4th appearance, last in 2008); Mumia Abu-Jamal (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary); Park Geun-hye/Impeachment of Park Geun-hye (Park: first appearance; Impeachment: 2nd, last in 2019); Vaišvilkas (first appearance); Joe Kelley (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 150th birthday); Feroz Khan Noon (first appearance)