Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 8

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 * 1927 – The French tried to beat Charles Lindbergh in the race for a Transatlantic flight, with their biplane The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc), piloted by WWI warhero Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, but the plane and its crew disappeared over the Atlantic and were never heard from again. --Elonka 11:25, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Uh, if they crashed in the Ocean before they completed their trip, then it doesn't count. ;)--KrossTalk 21:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Sétif massacre
the Sétif massacre should be included here. --Soman (talk) 12:56, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:17, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Chinese Exclusion Act (moved to May 8—wrong date)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Antoine Lavoisier (maintenance)
 * Omitted: The White Bird; Sétif and Guelma massacre; Huế Phật Đản shootings
 * Included: Klaipėda Convention (first appearance); German Instrument of Surrender (5th appearance, last in 2010); Sabena Flight 571 hijacking (first appearance); Loughgall Ambush (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Hernando de Soto (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:17, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Coca-Cola (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Hernando de Soto; Klaipėda Convention; German Instrument of Surrender; Sabena Flight 571; 1984 Summer Olympics boycott
 * Included: Antoine Lavoisier (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Versailles rail accident (first appearance); Sétif and Guelma massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Huế Phật Đản shootings (4th appearance, last in 2011); Hard Hat Riot (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Loughgall Ambush (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 11:05, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Antoine Lavoisier; Versailles rail accident; Sétif and Guelma massacre; Huế Phật Đản shootings; Hard Hat Riot; Loughgall Ambush
 * Included: Battle of Jinyang (first appearance); Coca-Cola (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Klaipėda Convention (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 90th anniversary); Sabena Flight 571 (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); 1984 Summer Olympics boycott (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 30th anniversary)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:52, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Jinyang; Klaipėda Convention; Sabena Flight 571; 1984 Summer Olympics boycott
 * Included: Antoine Lavoisier (8th appearance, last in 2013); L'Oiseau Blanc (2nd appearance, last in 2011); German Instrument of Surrender (6th appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary); Huế Phật Đản shootings (5th appearance, last in 2013)
 * Repeats: Coca-Cola (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 10:41, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Jinyang (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Antoine Lavoisier; L'Oiseau Blanc; German Instrument of Surrender; Huế Phật Đản shootings
 * Included: Versailles rail accident (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Klaipėda Convention (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Sétif and Guelma massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Sabena Flight 571 (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
 * Repeats: Coca-Cola (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:48, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: German Instrument of Surrender (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Versailles rail accident; Coca-Cola (ineligible—maintenance); Klaipėda Convention; Sabena Flight 571
 * Included: Antoine Lavoisier (9th appearance, last in 2015); L'Oiseau Blanc (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 90th anniversary); Hard Hat Riot (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Loughgall ambush (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 30th anniversary); Fern Hobbs (first appearance); Friedrich Hayek (first appearance); Beatrice Worsley (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Sétif and Guelma massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 21:52, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: 1984 Summer Olympics boycott (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Antoine Lavoisier (ineligible—maintenance); L'Oiseau Blanc; Hard Hat Riot; Fern Hobbs; Friedrich Hayek (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Versailles rail accident (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Klaipėda Convention (4th appearance, last in 2016); Huế Phật Đản shootings (6th appearance, last in 2015); Thomas Drury (1551–1603) (first appearance); Helena Blavatsky (2nd appearance, last in 2017; also appeared on August 12, her birthday)
 * Repeats: Sétif and Guelma massacre (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total); Loughgall ambush (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Beatrice Worsley (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:50, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Klaipėda Convention; Sétif and Guelma massacre; Loughgall ambush; Thomas Drury (1551–1603); Helena Blavatsky; Beatrice Worsley
 * Included: L'Oiseau Blanc (4th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (first appearance); Sabena Flight 571 (4th appearance, last in 2016); Edward Foxe (first appearance); Jacques Heim (first appearance); Ethel D. Allen (first appearance; 90th birthday)
 * Repeats: Versailles rail accident (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Huế Phật Đản shootings (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 22:08, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Pope Boniface IV (date of death disputed)
 * New articles (unused): Jack Charlton; Anthony Field; Soeman Hs
 * Omitted: L'Oiseau Blanc; Battle of the Kerch Peninsula; Huế Phật Đản shootings; Sabena Flight 571; Jacques Heim; Ethel D. Allen
 * Included: Klaipėda Convention (5th appearance, last in 2018); Sétif and Guelma massacre (6th appearance, last in 2018; 75th anniversary); Hard Hat Riot (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary); Harry S. Truman (first appearance); Gordon McClymont (first appearance; 100th birthday)
 * Repeats: Versailles rail accident (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Edward Foxe (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:41, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Klaipėda Convention; Sétif and Guelma massacre; Hard Hat Riot; Edward Foxe; Harry S. Truman; Gordon McClymont
 * Included: Battle of Gravia Inn (first appearance; 200th anniversary); Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to the United States (first appearance); Sabena Flight 571 (5th appearance, last in 2019); Loughgall ambush (5th appearance, last in 2018); Ali Bey al-Kabir (first appearance); Friedrich Hayek (2nd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Soeman Hs (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Versailles rail accident (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Truganini (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Versailles rail accident; Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to the United States; Loughgall ambush; Ali Bey al-Kabir; Friedrich Hayek; Soeman Hs
 * Included: L'Oiseau Blanc (5th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of the Kerch Peninsula (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); Tollund Man (first appearance); Thomas Drury (1551–1603) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Helena Blavatsky (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Beatrice Worsley (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 50th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Battle of Gravia Inn (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Sabena Flight 571 (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 50th anniversary)