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well i just registered on here .... not sure if this is going to help me but here i go...... I went to an estate sale and was GIVEN this painting. It is an original and has Folton on it...I understand that he painted as well but I am not sure if this is a "real" Fulton. I have looked up a couple of thing w/ his signature and both look diffrent from eachother and on this painting it is in Print not cursive. if anyone has any information to help me find out if i have the real thing please email me at lilmisstx123@yahoo.com i can send you pix of this painting if it may help you to help me find out about the history of this mistirious painting i have.
Thank you, Melissa
2012 notes
edit- Deleted: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (moved to July 5)
- Omitted: Battle of the Gates of Trajan; Leo Frank; Indonesian National Revolution; Radcliffe Line; Michael Phelps
- Included: North River Steamboat (first appearance); Animal Farm (first appearance); Hill 303 massacre (first appearance); Kind of Blue (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident (first appearance)
2013 notes
edit- Omitted: Animal Farm; Hill 303 massacre; Kind of Blue; Lewinsky scandal; 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident
- Included: Battle of the Gates of Trajan (4th appearance, last in 2011); Indonesian National Revolution (5th appearance, last in 2011); Death of Azaria Chamberlain (first appearance); 1999 İzmit earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
- Repeats: North River Steamboat (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)
2014 notes
edit- Omitted: Battle of the Gates of Trajan; Indonesian National Revolution; Death of Azaria Chamberlain; 1999 İzmit earthquake
- Included: Operation Hydra (1943) (first appearance); Radcliffe Line (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Arktika (icebreaker) (first appearance); 2009 Sayano–Shushenskaya power station accident (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
- Repeats: North River Steamboat (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)
2015 notes
edit- Omitted: North River Steamboat; Radcliffe Line; Operation Hydra (1943); Arktika (icebreaker); 2009 Sayano–Shushenskaya power station accident
- Included: Scottish Reformation (first appearance); Battle of Halmstad (first appearance); Leo Frank (4th appearance, last in 2011; 100th anniversary); Indonesian National Revolution (6th appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); Lewinsky scandal (7th appearance, last in 2012)
2016 notes
edit- New articles (ineligible): Grand Duchy of Baden/History of Baden-Württemberg (maintenance)
- Moved to Ineligible: North River Steamboat (maintenance)
- Omitted: Gabon (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Halmstad; Leo Frank; Indonesian National Revolution; Lewinsky scandal
- Included: Battle of the Gates of Trajan (5th appearance, last in 2013); Operation Hydra (1943) (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Death of Azaria Chamberlain (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Michael Phelps (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
- Repeats: Scottish Reformation (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)
2017 notes
edit- New articles (unused): 1915 Galveston hurricane; Quebec Conference, 1943; 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake; Strathfield massacre
- Omitted: Scottish Reformation; Operation Hydra (1943); Death of Azaria Chamberlain (ineligible—maintenance); Michael Phelps
- Included: Battle of Halmstad (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Pike Place Market (first appearance); Radcliffe Line (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 70th anniversary); Arktika (1972 icebreaker) (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 40th anniversary); Nitta Yoshisada (first appearance); Davy Crockett (first appearance); Tarja Turunen (first appearance)
- Repeats: Battle of the Gates of Trajan (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)
2018 notes
edit- Moved to Ineligible: Operation Hydra (1943) (maintenance); Killing of Peter Fechter (maintenance); Strathfield massacre (maintenance); Clinton–Lewinsky scandal (appears on January 26)
- Omitted: Battle of the Gates of Trajan; Battle of Halmstad; Pike Place Market; Radcliffe Line (ineligible—maintenance); Arktika (1972 icebreaker); Nitta Yoshisada (ineligible—maintenance); Davy Crockett; Tarja Turunen
- Included: Battle of Verneuil (first appearance); Scottish Reformation (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Treaty of Bucharest (1916) (first appearance); Animal Farm (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Michael Phelps (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Matthew Boulton (2nd appearance, last in 2017; moved from August 18); Gene Stratton-Porter (first appearance); Korrie Layun Rampan (first appearance)
2019 notes
edit- New articles (unused): Leslie Groves; Maureen O'Hara; Margaret Hamilton (software engineer); Thierry Henry; Paige (wrestler)
- Omitted: Battle of Verneuil; Scottish Reformation; Treaty of Bucharest (1916); Animal Farm; Michael Phelps; Gene Stratton-Porter; Korrie Layun Rampan
- Included: Battle of the Gates of Trajan (7th appearance, last in 2017); Kind of Blue (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); Hurricane Camille (4th appearance, last in 2009; 50th anniversary); 1999 İzmit earthquake (5th appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary); 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary); Li Shouzhen (first appearance); Dawn Mabalon (first appearance)
- Repeats: Matthew Boulton (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)
2020 notes
edit- Moved to Ineligible: 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake (maintenance); Davy Crockett (maintenance)
- Omitted: Battle of the Gates of Trajan; Kind of Blue; Hurricane Camille; 1999 İzmit earthquake; 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident; Li Shouzhen; Matthew Boulton; Dawn Mabalon
- Included: Scottish Reformation (4th appearance, last in 2018); Treaty of Bucharest (1916) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Indonesian National Revolution (7th appearance, last in 2015; 75th anniversary); Arktika (1972 icebreaker) (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Katharina von Zimmern (first appearance); Maureen O'Hara (first appearance; 100th birthday); Tarja Turunen (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
2021 notes
edit- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Stallupönen
- New articles (unused): Robert De Niro
- Omitted: Scottish Reformation; Treaty of Bucharest (1916); Indonesian National Revolution; Arktika (1972 icebreaker); Katharina von Zimmern; Maureen O'Hara; Tarja Turunen
- Included: Battle of Verneuil (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Halmstad (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Pike Place Market (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident (4th appearance, last in 2009); Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (first appearance); Leslie Groves (first appearance; 125th birthday); Thierry Henry (first appearance)
2022 notes
edit- Omitted: Battle of Verneuil; Battle of Halmstad; Pike Place Market; Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident; Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen; Thierry Henry
- Included: Battle of the Gates of Trajan (8th appearance, last in 2019); Scottish Reformation (5th appearance, last in 2020); Indonesian National Revolution (8th appearance, last in 2020); Kind of Blue (5th appearance, last in 2019); Michael Phelps (4th appearance, last in 2018); Matthew Boulton (4th appearance, last in 2019); Maureen O'Hara (2nd appearance, last in 2020)
- Repeats: Leslie Groves (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)
2023 rationale
edit- Lots of tough borderline entries with questionable references that need to be looked
- Two were removed for reference overhaul or content issues.
- Most of the entries are American, so to balance this, all births and deaths are non American.
- No female entries so two of the births and deaths are female.
- First time adding a picture, it is in the public domain and is not fair use. Caption used is welcome to be modified.