Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/March 12


 * 1928 - In California, the failure of the St. Francis Dam killed 400.


 * 1881 - Andrew Watson made his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.

Ben davison 14:48, September 6, 2005 (UTC)


 * I have a hard time deciding which current item to displace.... They all seem more significant. Anyway, I've added it to the March 12 page. -- PFHLai 18:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Perhaps add the death of Sun Yat-sen, and note his involvement in the Republican movement in China? --  李博杰   | —Talk contribs 05:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

World Day Against Cyber Censorship
We should add this. --bender235 (talk) 11:07, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:55, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Temple in Jerusalem (maintenance); 1993 Bombay bombings (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Bulgarian Exarchate (ineligible—maintenance); Girl Scouts of the USA; Konstantin Päts; Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
 * Included: Siege of Rome (537–538) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Canberra (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 100th anniversary); Fireside chats (first appearance; 80th anniversary); 1971 Turkish coup d'état (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
 * Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:20, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Ignatius of Loyola/Francis Xavier (Ignatius: maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): St. Francis Dam
 * Omitted: Andrew Watson (footballer); Canberra; Fireside chats; 1971 Turkish coup d'état
 * Included: Red River Campaign (first appearance; 150th anniversary); İstiklâl Marşı (first appearance); Salt March (8th appearance, last in 2011); Konstantin Päts (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 80th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Siege of Rome (537–38) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 09:53, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Mauritius (ineligible—maintenance); Red River Campaign; İstiklâl Marşı; Konstantin Päts
 * Included: Andrew Watson (footballer) (7th appearance, last in 2013); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (3rd appearance, last in 2012); 1993 Storm of the Century (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Siege of Rome (537–38) (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Salt March (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:46, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Siege of Rome (537–538); Salt March; Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay; 1993 Storm of the Century
 * Included: Red River Campaign (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Girl Scouts of the USA (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Konstantin Päts (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 1993 Bombay bombings (4th appearance, last in 2014)
 * Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:12, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Omitted: World Day Against Cyber Censorship (ineligible—maintenance); Red River Campaign; Girl Scouts of the USA (ineligible—maintenance); Konstantin Päts; 1993 Bombay bombings (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Siege of Rome (537–38) (5th appearance, last in 2015); Canberra (4th appearance, last in 2013); Truman Doctrine (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (4th appearance, last in 2015); Charles Boycott (first appearance); Jessica Hardy (first appearance); Lazare Ponticelli (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:33, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: İstiklal Marşı (maintenance); St. Francis Dam (maintenance); 1993 Storm of the Century (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): 2014 East Harlem gas explosion
 * Omitted: Siege of Rome (537–538); Canberra; Truman Doctrine; Charles Boycott; Jessica Hardy; Lazare Ponticelli
 * Included: Ignatius of Loyola/Francis Xavier (Ignatius: 2nd appearance as blurb, last in 2011 (also appears as an observance on July 31); Xavier: 4th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Fireside chats (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 1971 Turkish military memorandum (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Tirso de Molina;(first appearance) William Henry Perkin (first appearance); Lise Tréhot (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (4th consecutive appearance, 10 total); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:59, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Ignatius of Loyola/Francis Xavier (Xavier: ineligible—maintenance); Fireside chats; Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay; Tirso de Molina; William Henry Perkin; Lise Tréhot
 * Included: Salt March (10th appearance, last in 2015); World Wide Web (3rd appearance, last in 2005; previously appeared on November 13; 30th anniversary); 2014 East Harlem gas explosion (first appearance); Symeon the New Theologian (first appearance); Lilian Faithfull (first appearance); Zhao Wei (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (5th consecutive appearance, 11 total); 1971 Turkish military memorandum (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 23:36, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Red River Campaign (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856); 1971 Turkish military memorandum; 2014 East Harlem gas explosion; Symeon the New Theologian; Lilian Faithfull; Zhao Wei
 * Included: Canberra (5th appearance, last in 2017); Winter War; (8th appearance, last in 2014; moved from November 30; blurb previously featured Moscow Peace Treaty, which remains ineligible, and is making its 5th appearance, last in 2008) Stefan Dragutin (first appearance); Gemma Galgani (first appearance); Jack Kerouac (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Salt March (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total; 80th anniversary); World Wide Web (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 20:47, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Salt March; Winter War; World Wide Web; Gemma Galgani; Jack Kerouac
 * Included: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (12th appearance, last in 2019); Fireside chats (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (6th appearance, last in 2018); 1971 Turkish military memorandum (5th appearance, last in 2019; 50th anniversary); William Lyon Mackenzie (first appearance); Wally Schirra (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Canberra (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Stefan Dragutin (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:54, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Canberra; Fireside chats; 1971 Turkish military memorandum; Stefan Dragutin; William Lyon Mackenzie; Wally Schirra
 * Included: Ignatius of Loyola/Francis Xavier (Ignatius: 18th appearance (3rd as blurb); Xavier: 5th; both last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); Konstantin Päts (4th appearance, last in 2018); 2014 East Harlem gas explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Symeon the New Theologian (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 1000th anniversary); Lise Tréhot (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th anniversary); Jack Kerouac (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 100th birthday)
 * Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (2nd consecutive appearance, 13 total); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 70th anniversary)