Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/September 9

The Grace Hopper Myth
When Grace Hopper recorded the death of that famous moth, she did not, as legend has it, invent the term "computer bug". The word "bug" was already common slang for electronic glitches, especially in radar sets. Hopper was simply making a joke.

How about the Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944?
It was a major shuffle that turned the country's history for 55 years and the event that brought the Bulgarian Communist Party in government, making Bulgaria part of the post-WWII Eastern bloc for the entirety of the Cold War. Also, I think my article is pretty decent in explaining the coup. As a whole, I do believe the event was at least as notable as some revolt of smelly prisoners-gone-bad, a political assassination or the usual car bomb assault, even probably as much as the admission of Cali or the death of a Scottish king. If I get no objections, I'll just be bold and add it in a few hours :) Todor→Bozhinov 16:39, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 11:07, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (maintenance)
 * New articles (unused): Allegheny Airlines Flight 853; 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion (POTD for 2012)
 * Omitted: Stono Rebellion; Battle of Hel (ineligible—maintenance); Official Languages Act (Canada)
 * Included: James IV of Scotland/Battle of Flodden (James: 6th appearance, last in 2010; Battle: 2nd appearance, last in 2007); Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (first appearance); Dubai Metro (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans (all: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); 1990 Batticaloa massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:14, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: California (maintenance); Ahmad Shah Massoud (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans; Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge; 1990 Batticaloa massacre; Dubai Metro
 * Included: Battle of Qatwan (first appearance); Stono Rebellion (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Battle of Flodden (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 600th anniversary; blurb previously also featured James IV of Scotland, which is currently ineligible); Official Languages Act (Canada) (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:47, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: North Korea (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Qatwan; Battle of Flodden; Official Languages Act (Canada); 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion
 * Included: Tajikistan (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Krbava Field (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 (first appearance); 1990 Batticaloa massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Dubai Metro (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
 * Repeats: Stono Rebellion (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:46, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Official Languages Act (Canada) (maintenance)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Hel
 * Omitted: Battle of Krbava Field; Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 (ineligible—maintenance); Dubai Metro (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans (all: 3rd appearance, last in 2012); Anne of Brittany (first appearance); Hurricane Betsy (first appearance; 50th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Stono Rebellion (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); 1990 Batticaloa massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 25th anniversary)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:58, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans; Anne of Brittany; Stono Rebellion; Hurricane Betsy; 1990 Batticaloa massacre (ineligible—maintenance)
 * Included: Battle of Qatwan (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Washington, D.C. (first appearance; 225th anniversary); Amalthea (moon) (first appearance); Battle of Hel (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Ahmad Shah Massoud (5th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:04, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans (Constantius: maintenance); Anne of Brittany (maintenance); Battle of Flodden (maintenance); Hurricane Betsy (maintenance); Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): John Herschel (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Qatwan; Washington, D.C.; Amalthea (moon); Battle of Hel; Ahmad Shah Massoud
 * Included: Battle of Krbava Field (2nd appearance, last in 2014); 1936 Naval Revolt (Portugal) (first appearance); 1954 Chlef earthquake (first appearance); Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Imagine (John Lennon album) (first appearance); Louise Lehzen (first appearance); Colonel Sanders (first appearance); Madge Syers (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:57, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Battle of Saint George
 * Omitted: 1936 Naval Revolt (Portugal); Allegheny Airlines Flight 853; Imagine (John Lennon album); Louise Lehzen; Colonel Sanders; Madge Syers
 * Included: Day of the Foundation of the Republic (North Korea) (firsrt appearance); Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans (4th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Stono Rebellion (5th appearance, last in 2015); Ahmad Shah Massoud (6th appearance, last in 2016); Joseph Leidy (firsrt appearance); Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (firsrt appearance); Neil Davis (cameraman) (firsrt appearance)
 * Repeats: Battle of Krbava Field (2nd appearance, 3 total; 525th anniversary); 1954 Chlef earthquake (2nd appearance, 2 total)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 15:54, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted: 1936 Naval Revolt (moved to September 8); Madge Syers (also appears on September 16)
 * New articles (unused): Thomas Hutchinson (governor); Michelle Williams (actress)
 * Omitted: Day of the Foundation of the Republic (ineligible—maintenance); Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans; Stono Rebellion; 1954 Chlef earthquake; Joseph Leidy; Augustin Pyramus de Candolle; Neil Davis (cameraman)
 * Included: Battle of Saint George (first appearance); Amalthea (moon) (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary); Frank Chance (first appearance); Chaim Topol (first appearance); Edward Teller (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Battle of Krbava Field (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Ahmad Shah Massoud (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:34, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Michelle Williams (actress) (TFA for 2020)
 * Omitted: Independence Day (Tajikistan) (maintenance); Battle of Krbava Field; Amalthea (moon); Allegheny Airlines Flight 853; Ahmad Shah Massoud; Frank Chance; Chaim Topol; Edward Teller
 * Included: Battle of Qatwan (3rd appearance, last in 2016); 1954 Chlef earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2018); San Bruno pipeline explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary); Thomas Hutchinson (governor) (2nd appearance, last in 2020; also appeared on June 3, his death anniversary); Louise Lehzen (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 150th anniversary); Yusuf al-Qaradawi (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Battle of Saint George (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 700th anniversary)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:43, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Qatwan; Battle of Saint George; 1954 Chlef earthquake; San Bruno pipeline explosion; Thomas Hutchinson (governor) (deleted—moved back to original day); Louise Lehzen; Yusuf al-Qaradawi
 * Included: Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans (all: 5th appearance, last in 2018); Washington, D.C. (6th appearance, last in 2016); Battle of Hel (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Imagine (John Lennon album) (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary); Ahmad Shah Massoud (8th appearance, last in 2019; 20th anniversary); Eleanor de' Medici (first appearance)]; Mary Hunter Austin (first appearance); Jacques Lacan (first appearance; 40th anniversary)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 21:09, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Yusuf al-Qaradawi (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Constantine II (emperor)/Constantius II/Constans; Washington, D.C.; Battle of Hel; Imagine (John Lennon album); Ahmad Shah Massoud (ineligible—maintenance); Eleanor de' Medici; Mary Hunter Austin; Jacques Lacan
 * Included: Battle of Qatwan (4th appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Saint George (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Amalthea (moon) (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Singapore Portrait Series currency notes (first appearance); Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Louise Lehzen (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Edward Teller (2nd appearance, last in 2019)