Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/October 16

A possible candidate, esp. with Sesame Street listed as an SelAnniv for November 10th: --PFHLai 06:24, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1958 - The first episode of Blue Peter, a popular, long-running children's television programme, was first broadcast on BBC, with Christopher Trace and Leila Williams as the original presenters.

The Bill
Is it possible to get The Bill mentioned on this date? The Bill is a long-running police procedural drama that currently airs on ITV. It was on this date in 1984 that the programme was first broadcast making it 26 years old this year --5 albert square (talk) 23:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Only if an assertion can be made that it is the world's and/or the UK's longest running police procedural television series – or at least some other significant record. And this is stated somewhere in the lead section and not buried somewhere in the body of the article. Otherwise, it increases the chances that someone else might remove it on grounds that it is "not internationally significant or interesting enough". Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:20, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, if we take it from when the pilot (Woodentop (The Bill) was aired, then I think yes it is the UK's longest running police procedural. Is it ok to take it from when the pilot was broadcast in 1983?


 * If not, then I think there may be another route. When Trudie Goodwin left the series in 2007, she held the record for the longest time someone has portrayed a policewoman.  Could that be counted as a significant record for the programme too?  --5 albert square (talk) 10:56, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Saturday is the 200th anniversity of the death of the founder of Breslov chassidism, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. His influence is still very strong today. His writings are noted for their profound insight into human nature. Franz Kafka's Metamorphesis was based on one of his stories, and his works strongly influenced Spinoza's philosophy. Rebele | Talk The only way to win the game is to not play the game. 08:05, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

16 October - Polish Pope

 * 1978 – Karol Józef Wojtyła, a cardinal from Kraków, Poland, became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century and the first ever from a Slavic country.

I do not understand why the above is not visible in the "on this day" page. It appears in the source but not on the main page. Is there a caching issue? In any case I consider the Pope event more important than TV show The Bill. Could someone fix this please? -84user (talk) 01:03, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I see what happened: this edit moved the Pope to a commented section. Maybe next year? For other days might I suggest using BBC's On this day page to get ideas for events to include? -84user (talk) 01:17, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:22, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: The Walt Disney Company (maintenance); Liaquat Ali Khan (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
 * Omitted: Ricimer; Marie Antoinette; Burning of Parliament; Margaret Sanger; Long March; Reinhold Messner
 * Included: Queen's University (first appearance); John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (first appearance); Warsaw Ghetto (10th appearance, last in 2010); Pope John Paul II (7th appearance, last in 2009); Estadio Mateo Flores (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:38, 15 October 2013 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Luby's massacre
 * Omitted: Queen's University; John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; Warsaw Ghetto; Pope John Paul II; Estadio Mateo Flores
 * Included: Marie Antoinette (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Girton College, Cambridge (first appearance); Liaquat Ali Khan (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); 1968 Olympics Black Power salute (first appearance); Balibo Five (first appearance)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:35, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Cardiff Giant (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Marie Antoinette; Girton College, Cambridge; Liaquat Ali Khan (ineligible—maintenance); 1968 Olympics Black Power salute; Balibo Five
 * Included: Ricimer (9th appearance, last in 2011); Burning of Parliament (2nd appearance, last in 2011); The Walt Disney Company (first appearance); Long March (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 80th anniversary); The Bill (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 30th anniversary)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:52, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Lao Airlines Flight 301
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Cardiff Giant
 * Omitted: Ricimer; Burning of Parliament (ineligible—TFA for 2015); The Walt Disney Company; Long March; The Bill
 * Included: Carlo Gesualdo (first appearance); Battle of Wattignies (first appearance); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Balibo Five (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); Million Man March (2nd appearance, last in 2009; 20th anniversary)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:52, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (maintenance); The Walt Disney Company (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Burning of Parliament
 * Omitted: World Food Day (ineligible—maintenance); Carlo Gesualdo; Battle of Wattignies; Food and Agriculture Organization; Balibo Five; Million Man March
 * Included: Marie Antoinette (4th appearance, last in 2013); Queen's University (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 175th anniversary); Margaret Sanger (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 100th anniversary); Reinhold Messner (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 20th anniversary)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 03:21, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: William T. G. Morton (maintenance); Food and Agriculture Organization (maintenance); 1968 Olympics Black Power salute (maintenance); Million Man March (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Jadwiga of Poland (moved from November 16)
 * Omitted: Marie Antoinette (ineligible—maintenance); Queen's University; Margaret Sanger; Reinhold Messner (ineligible—maintenance); Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
 * Included: Battle on the Raxa (first appearance); Girton College, Cambridge (2nd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Warsaw Ghetto (10th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); 596 (nuclear test) (first appearance); Lao Airlines Flight 301 (first appearance); Pedro González de Lara (first appearance); Lucy Stanton (abolitionist) (first appearance); Pamela C. Rasmussen (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:29, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Balibo Five (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Raid of the Ghetto of Rome (appearing on DYK); Linda November
 * Omitted: Battle on the Raxa; Girton College, Cambridge; Warsaw Ghetto; 596 (nuclear test); Lao Airlines Flight 301; Pamela C. Rasmussen
 * Included: Jadwiga of Poland (7th appearance, last in 2016; moved from November 16); Marie Antoinette (6th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible; 225th anniversary); Brigham Young University (first appearance); The Walt Disney Company (2nd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Pope John Paul II (8th appearance, last in 2012; 40th anniversary); Angela Lansbury (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Pedro González de Lara (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Lucy Stanton (abolitionist) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:40, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Girton College, Cambridge (POTD for 2019); Daphne Caruana Galizia (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Jadwiga of Poland; Marie Antoinette; Brigham Young University; The Walt Disney Company; Pope John Paul II; Pedro González de Lara; Lucy Stanton (abolitionist); Angela Lansbury
 * Included: Battle of Leipzig (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Partition of Bengal (1905) (first appearance); Raid of the Ghetto of Rome (first appearance); Project 596 (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Luby's shooting (first appearance); John Cook (regicide) (first appearance); Kathleen Winsor (first appearance; 100th birthday); Tessa Munt (first appearance; 60th birthday)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:41, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle on the Raxa (maintenance); Warsaw Ghetto (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Girton College, Cambridge; Emmerdale; Daphne Caruana Galizia
 * Omitted: Battle of Leipzig; Partition of Bengal (1905); Project 596; Luby's shooting; John Cook (regicide); Kathleen Winsor; Tessa Munt
 * Included: Jadwiga of Poland (8th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Wattignies (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Burning of Parliament (3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); The Bill (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Johann Rudolf Stadler (first appearance); Veerapandiya Kattabomman (first appearance); Paul Monette (first appearance; 75th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:43, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Deleted: Pope John Paul II (moved to October 22)
 * Omitted: Jadwiga of Poland; Battle of Wattignies; Burning of Parliament; Raid of the Ghetto of Rome; The Bill; Johann Rudolf Stadler; Veerapandiya Kattabomman; Paul Monette
 * Included: Marie Antoinette (6th appearance, last in 2018); Girton College, Cambridge (3rd appearance, last in 2017); The Walt Disney Company (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Project 596 (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Luby's shooting (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 30th anniversary); Shams al-Din Juvayni (first appearance); John Hunter (surgeon) (first appearance); Hema Malini (first appearance)