Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 19




 * 1919 - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk moved to Samsun from Istanbul by an old ship called Bandirma with his few friends to work separately from Ottoman Government in order to prepare the nation to the Independence War.
 * Date still not found on Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Samsun or Bandirma. -- PFHLai 17:20, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * 1674 - Jan III Sobieski was elected by the szlachta to become King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
 * 1780 - Never-explained complete darkness fell on Eastern Canada and the New England states at 2 pm.
 * New England's Dark Day is too stubby. -- PFHLai 17:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

For 2025:
 * 1925 - Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) is born, as Malcolm Little. He would go on to become a prominent leader of disaffected blacks in the United States in the 1950s and 60s —Preceding unsigned comment added by John Abbe (talk • contribs) 13:19, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:32, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Tariff of 1828; Franklin's lost expedition; Parks Canada; Sierra Gorda; 2010 Thai military crackdown
 * Included: Catherine of Aragon (9th appearance, last in 2010); New England's Dark Day (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Bank of Montreal (4th appearance, last in 2006); Happy Birthday, Mr. President (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Croatian independence referendum, 1991 (first appearance)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:41, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Tariff of 1828 (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Catherine of Aragon; New England's Dark Day; Bank of Montreal; Happy Birthday, Mr. President; Croatian independence referendum, 1991
 * Included: Prome Kingdom (first appearance); Celsius (first appearance); Battle of The Cedars (first appearance); Parks Canada (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Sierra Gorda (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2010 Thai military crackdown (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:41, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Prome Kingdom; Battle of The Cedars; Parks Canada; 2010 Thai military crackdown (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Pope Gregory II (first appearance); Franklin's lost expedition (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Happy Birthday, Mr. President (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Sierra Gorda (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
 * Repeats: Celsius (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:29, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Celsius; Franklin's lost expedition; Happy Birthday, Mr. President; Sierra Gorda
 * Included: Catherine of Aragon (10th appearance, last in 2012); New England's Dark Day (4th appearance, last in 2012); Parks Canada (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Croatian independence referendum, 1991 (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
 * Repeats: Pope Gregory II (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 1300th anniversary)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:45, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Prome Kingdom (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Pope Gregory II; New England's Dark Day
 * Included: Battle of The Cedars (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Franklin's lost expedition (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
 * Repeats: Catherine of Aragon (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total); Parks Canada (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Croatian independence referendum, 1991 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:39, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Bank of Montreal (moved to June 23; wrong date)
 * New articles (unused): Refugio oil spill
 * Omitted: Greek genocide (ineligible—maintenance); Catherine of Aragon (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of The Cedars; Franklin's lost expedition; Parks Canada; Croatian independence referendum, 1991
 * Included: Ashina Jiesheshuai (first appearance); Celsius (3rd appearance, last in 2014); New England's Dark Day (5th appearance, last in 2015); Happy Birthday, Mr. President (3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Sierra Gorda (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary); Helena of Moscow (first appearance); Nellie Melba (first appearance); Nathaniel Hawthorne (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:18, 19 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Ashina Jiesheshuai; New England's Dark Day; Happy Birthday, Mr. President; Helena of Moscow; Nellie Melba; Nathaniel Hawthorne
 * Included: Pope Gregory II (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Franklin's lost expedition (4th appearance, last in 2016); Refugio oil spill (first appearance); Claude Vignon (first appearance); Mariam-uz-Zamani (first appearance); Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Celsius (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 275th anniversary); Sierra Gorda (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:08, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Catherine of Aragon (moved to June 11: more appropriate date)
 * Omitted: Pope Gregory II; Celsius; Sierra Gorda; Refugio oil spill; Claude Vignon; Mariam-uz-Zamani; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
 * Included: Anne of Kiev (first appearance); Invasion of Jamaica (first appearance); Parks Canada (5th appearance, last in 2016); 1991 Croatian independence referendum (4th appearance, last in 2016); Dunstan (first appearance); George Washington Whistler (first appearance); John Gorton (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Franklin's lost expedition (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:08, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Nora Ephron
 * Omitted: Ho Chi Minh (ineligible—maintenance); Anne of Kiev; Invasion of Jamaica; Parks Canada; 1991 Croatian independence referendum; Dunstan; George Washington Whistler; John Gorton
 * Included: Ashina Jiesheshuai (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Battle of the Cedars (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Refugio oil spill (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Alcuin (first appearance); Nicholas Winton (first appearance); Jeffrey Catherine Jones (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Franklin's lost expedition (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 175th anniversary)

2021 notes

 * New articles (unused): Ruth Ella Moore; Erin Phillips
 * Omitted: Ashina Jiesheshuai; Battle of the Cedars; Franklin's lost expedition; Refugio oil spill; Alcuin; Nicholas Winton
 * Included: Pope Gregory II (4th appearance, last in 2018); Celsius (5th appearance, last in 2018); Parks Canada (6th appearance, last in 2018); 1991 Croatian independence referendum (5th appearance, last in 2019; 30th anniversary); Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (first appearance); Mariam-uz-Zamani (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Nora Ephron (first appearance; 80th birthday)
 * Repeats: Jeffrey Catherine Jones (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 10th anniversary) — howcheng  {chat} 07:39, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:58, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Anne of Kiev (maintenance); Happy Birthday, Mr. President (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Pope Gregory II; Parks Canada; 1991 Croatian independence referendum; Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; Mariam-uz-Zamani; Nora Ephron; Jeffrey Catherine Jones
 * Included: Invasion of Jamaica (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Tariff of Abominations (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Sierra Gorda (5th appearance, last in 2018; 25th anniversary); 2010 Thai military crackdown (3rd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Helena of Moscow (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Ruth Ella Moore (first appearance); John Gorton (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 20th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Celsius (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)