Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/March 20

Dachau
As of March 2004 [[Dachau concentration camp] is a stub
 * 1933 - Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed.
 * No longer a stub, and it's now posted. -- PFHLai 21:55, 2005 Mar 19 (UTC)

Fire in Boston
Is there an article about the Great Fire of Boston? If not, let's delete it from this page. RickK | Talk 07:09, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)


 * Not yet, but Boston has that info in it. Item restored. --mav 09:34, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * I removed it as this fire seems not too significant, esp. when compared to Great Boston Fire of 1872 and Cocoanut Grove fire. And, we do have bigger 'old news' items with decent Wikipages to feature this year. -- PFHLai 21:55, 2005 Mar 19 (UTC)

Equinox
I don't know if this is the right place to say this but it's odd how the equinox is considered "2004" since it's really every year. How can we fix this?


 * So does Christmas. See Selected anniversaries/December 25. --mav 17:30, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Actually, the Vernal equinox can be anywhere from March 19 to 22. It's off by a few hours every year, more in a leap year. Please see Gregorian Calendar. -- PFHLai 07:19, 2005 Mar 18 (UTC)

Invasion of Iraq

 * 2003 - Invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, U.S.-led forces entered Iraqi territory.

As of March 19, 2004 there are NPOV and accuracy disputes on that page. When/if this changes then this entry can be placed back in. --mav 22:36, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * The NPOV tag is still on the page 2003 invasion of Iraq this year. This anniversary will probably have to stay off the MainPage for another year. The template is full, anyway. -- PFHLai 21:55, 2005 Mar 19 (UTC)
 * Same problem persists in 2006. --PFHLai 07:24, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Valentine's Alternative

 * Steak and Blowjob day Steak & Blowjob day is a waste of time effort and energy... Because lets face it most men DON'T make an effort on Valentines Day.

Lots of non-Gregorian based observations in 2008
Looks like a bunch of non-Gregorian calendar based holidays and observations that are normally on these Selected anniversaries pages will fall on the same day in 2008. Of course, the WP:SA currently says "a maximum of ... 3 holidays/observances per day", but it would feel POV to pick one or more of these observations to omit this year just to strictly observe the Wikipedia guideline, right? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:01, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:54, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Dutch East India Company; Arts Club of Chicago; Landing on Emirau; Zidovudine
 * Included: Linköping Bloodbath (first appearance); Hundred Days (4th consecutive appearance, last on February 26, 2011—not a particularly relevant date); Uncle Tom's Cabin (6th appearance, last in 2010); Cyclone Larry (2nd appearance, last in 2010)
 * Repeats: Maximinus Thrax (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:10, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (maintenance + short); 2003 invasion of Iraq (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Independence Day in Tunisia (ineligible—maintenance); Maximinus Thrax; Linköping Bloodbath; Hundred Days; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Cyclone Larry
 * Included: Dutch East India Company (6th appearance, last in 2011); Arts Club of Chicago (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 90th anniversary); Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines/Douglas MacArthur (both: first appearance); Zidovudine (8th appearance, last in 2011); Warrington bomb attacks (first appearance)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 01:33, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Arts Club of Chicago; Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines/Douglas MacArthur; Zidovudine; Warrington bomb attacks
 * Included: Tunisia (rescued from Ineligible); Hundred Days (7th appearance, last in 2012); Republican Party (United States) (first appearance); Landing on Emirau (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Cyclone Larry (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
 * Repeats: Dutch East India Company (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

Officially start of the Hundred Days???
One of the item of "On this day" is that "After escaping from exile in Elba, Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) entered Paris, officially beginning his "Hundred Days" rule." Really? Did Napoleon proclaim of Hundred Days rule? Did he perhaps state he would only be back for a short time. With just enough time to travel to Waterloo have a chat with |Wellington and then take a long holiday? The term "Hundred Days" was invented after this period so there never was an official start. Better would it be to say that historians see his arrival in Paris as the start of the Hundred Days. Scafloc (talk) 09:31, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Rewrote it as beginning the period known as the "Hundred Days". Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 15:41, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:39, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Dutch East India Company; Hundred Days (normally would repeat, seeing as it's the 200th anniversary, but Napoleon was just featured on February 26, also for its 200th); Landing on Emirau; Cyclone Larry
 * Included: Maximinus Thrax (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Linköping Bloodbath (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Uncle Tom's Cabin (7th appearance, last in 2012); Arts Club of Chicago (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Warrington bomb attacks (2nd appearance, last in 2013)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:43, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 2003 invasion of Iraq
 * Omitted: Maximinus Thrax; Linköping Bloodbath; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Arts Club of Chicago; Warrington bomb attacks
 * Included: Dutch East India Company (8th appearance, last in 2014); Great Boston Fire of 1760 (first appearance); Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines/Douglas MacArthur (Escape: 2nd appearance; MacArthur: 5th appearance; both last in 2013); Zidovudine (9th appearance, last in 2013); Cyclone Larry (4th appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary)


 * The old ineligible link for the March equinox from 2011 was pointing to a different article, new dedicated article has no cleanups; added to section as well (note: both google and facebook are leading with a March equinox page today). — xaosflux  Talk 05:13, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Reference: http://www.religiouslife.emory.edu/documents/Baha_i%20Holy%20Days%2050%20year%20calendar.pdf  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.22.5.196 (talk) 00:58, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * There has been a mistake with Naw-Rúz (Bahá'í calendar). It varies with the spring equinox and is on March 20 in 2016. It should be included on the March 20 page (it was accidentally placed on the March 21 page).

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: 2003 invasion of Iraq (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Dutch East India Company (ineligible—maintenance); Great Boston Fire of 1760; Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines/Douglas MacArthur; Zidovudine; Cyclone Larry
 * Included: Maximinus Thrax (4th appearance, last in 2015); Linköping Bloodbath (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Hundred Days (8th appearance, last in 2014); Landing on Emirau (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Warrington bomb attacks (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Isaac Newton (first appearance); Amanda Clement (first appearance); Fernando Torres (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:03, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Cyclone Larry (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Linköping Bloodbath (ineligible—maintenance); Hundred Days (ineligible—maintenance); Landing on Emirau; Warrington bomb attacks; Isaac Newton; Amanda Clement; Fernando Torres
 * Included: Uncle Tom's Cabin (8th appearance, last in 2015); USS Langley (CV-1) (first appearance); Zidovudine (10th appearance, last in 2016); Adrienne Lecouvreur (first appearance); Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (first appearance); Willie Brown (politician) (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Maximinus Thrax (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Warrington bomb attacks (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 20th anniversary)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:21, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Great Boston fire of 1760 (maintenance); Isaac Newton (maintenance)
 * Omitted: March equinox (ineligible—maintenance); Tunisia (ineligible—maintenance); USS Langley (CV-1); Zidovudine; Adrienne Lecouvreur; Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck; Willie Brown (politician)
 * Included: Arts Club of Chicago (4th appearance, last in 2015); 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania (first appearance; 80th anniversary); Alexios III of Trebizond (first appearance); Elizabeth Rona (2nd appearance, last in 2017; also appears on July 27, her death anniversary); Ai (poet) (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Maximinus Thrax (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Uncle Tom's Cabin (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total); Warrington bomb attacks (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:45, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Isaac Newton
 * Omitted: Arts Club of Chicago; 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania; Alexios III of Trebizond; Elizabeth Rona; Ai (poet) (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines/Douglas MacArthur (Escape: 3rd appearance, MacArthur: 6th, both last in 2016); Zidovudine (11th appearance, last in 2018); Maurice Csák (first appearance); Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 150th birthday); Dorothy Campbell (first appearance; 75th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Maximinus Thrax (4th consecutive appearance, 7 total); Uncle Tom's Cabin (3rd consecutive appearance, 10 total); Warrington bombings (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:19, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Maximinus Thrax; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines/Douglas MacArthur; Warrington bombings; Maurice Csák; Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck; Dorothy Campbell
 * Included: Republican Party (United States) (2nd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (5th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania (2nd appearance, last in 2019); 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack (first appearance); Muhammad bin Tughluq (first appearance); Isaac Newton (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Eva Burrows (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Zidovudine (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:08, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Elizabeth Rona (appears elsewhere)
 * Omitted: Republican Party (United States); Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property; 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania; Zidovudine; Muhammad bin Tughluq; Isaac Newton; Eva Burrows
 * Included: Maximinus Thrax (8th appearance, last in 2020); Hundred Days (9th appearance, last in 2017); USS Langley (CV-1) (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th anniversary); Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines/Douglas MacArthur (Escape: 4th appearance; MacArthur: 7th; both last in 2020; 80th anniversary); Benjamin Truman (first appearance); Maud Menten (first appearance); S. Arasaratnam (first appearance)
 * Repeats: 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel shooting (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)