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Canal Hotel bombing

I would like to nominate the Canal Hotel bombing for this year's selected anniversaries. --rxnd ( t | € | c ) 10:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

1812 – War of 1812: American Navy frigate USS Constitution ...

A subtle point: The ship was named Guerrière earlier, when it was in the French navy, but Guerriere by 1812 (no accent). —johndburger 16:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Mean One !, you have to give me more to go on, what's " Canal Hotel bombing ?" like trying to find a needle in a hay stack ! same goes for 'Guerriere ' I can write about the war of 1812 from Canadian point of view, who cares ? ships too, who cares ?

Post Office is making a bloody Mess with the donations I am sending Wikimedia, can't seem to get packages to destination. Fed ex called me and I gave them shit ! who are they to stop mail to U. S. ?

I am gone from home , my Father called, needs help canning the Tomatoes from his garden .

Have a great weekend, try and stay out of trouble ! SelAnniv65.92.98.29 (talk) 22:30, 19 August 2011 (UTC) 19 August 2011 6:29 p.m.

2012 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt (maintenance)
• Omitted: Jacobite Rising of 1745; 1953 Iranian coup d'état; Saudia Flight 163 (ineligible—maintenance); Crown Heights riot; Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2005
• Included: Samlesbury witches (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 400th anniversary); USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere (3rd appearance, last in 2009; 200th anniversary); Amos 'n' Andy (2nd appearance, last in 2004); Dieppe Raid (6th appearance, last in 2010); Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:15, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: 1953 Iranian coup d'état (maintenance)
• Omitted: Samlesbury witches; USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere; Amos 'n' Andy
• Included: Venus (mythology) (5th appearance, last in 2007; moved from August 15); Jacobite rising of 1745 (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) (first appearance)
• Repeats: Dieppe Raid (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:20, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Deleted: Samlesbury witches (moved to August 18 and combined with Pendle witches)
• Omitted: Venus (mythology); Dieppe Raid; Gulf of Sidra incident (1981); Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing
• Included: Augustus (9th appearance, last in 2013; normally appears on January 16 but is included for the bimillennium of his death); John Wesley Hardin (first appearance); 1953 Iranian coup d'état (4th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Soviet space dogs (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2005 (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: Jacobite rising of 1745 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:09, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

2015 notes

• New articles (unused): 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash
• Omitted: Jacobite rising of 1745; 1953 Iranian coup d'état; Soviet space dogs;
• Included: Venus (mythology) (6th appearance, last in 2013); August Revolution (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Pan-European Picnic (first appearance)
• Repeats: John Wesley Hardin (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2005 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 09:17, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) (maintenance)
• Omitted: Venus (mythology) (ineligible—maintenance); John Wesley Hardin (ineligible—maintenance); August Revolution; Pan-European Picnic; Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2005
• Included: Jacobite rising of 1745 (4th appearance, last in 2014); German referendum, 1934 (first appearance); 1953 Iranian coup d'état (5th appearance, last in 2014); Crown Heights riot (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 25th anniversary); 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:32, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Dieppe Raid (maintenance); August Revolution (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Indianapolis Motor Speedway (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Saudia Flight 163; Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)
• Omitted: 1953 Iranian coup d'état; 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash
• Included: The Beatles in the United States (first appearance); Hungerford massacre (first appearance; 30th anniversary); Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Samuel Richardson (first appearance); Tom Wills (first appearance); Paweł Jasienica (first appearance)
• Repeats: Jacobite rising of 1745 (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); German referendum, 1934 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:26, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Soviet space dogs (maintenance); Pan-European Picnic (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break
• Omitted: German referendum, 1934; Hungerford massacre; Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing; Samuel Richardson; Tom Wills; Paweł Jasienica (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Cinema Rex fire (first appearance; 40th anniversary); Crown Heights riot (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005 (4th appearance, last in 2015); Edward Boscawen (first appearance); Gustave Caillebotte (first appearance); Linus Pauling (first appearance)
• Repeats: Jacobite rising of 1745 (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total); The Beatles in the United States (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:07, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• New articles (unused): Bernard Levin; Bill Clinton; John Deacon; Missy Higgins
• Omitted: The Beatles in the United States; Cinema Rex fire; Crown Heights riot; Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005; Edward Boscawen; Gustave Caillebotte; Linus Pauling
• Included: 1934 German referendum (3rd appearance, last in 2017); 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break (first appearance); Tom Wills (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Gene Roddenberry (first appearance); Clay Walker (first appearance; 50th birthday)
• Repeats: Jacobite rising of 1745 (4th consecutive appearance, 7 total); Beatlemania (first appearance; blurb previously featured The Beatles in the United States, which no longer exists, and is making its 3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:41, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Saudia Flight 163 (maintenance); Hungerford massacre (maintenance); Crown Heights riot (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Battle of Lagos (TFA for 2020-08-18)
• Omitted: 1934 German referendum; Beatlemania; 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash; Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break; Tom Wills; Gene Roddenberry; Clay Walker
• Included: Edward I of England (5th appearance, last in 2012; previously appeared on November 16); Tambov Rebellion (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (4th appearance, last in 2017); Abu Yazid (first appearance); C. I. Scofield (first appearance); Aleksander Kreek (first appearance)
• Repeats: Jacobite rising of 1745 (5th consecutive appearance, 8 total; 275th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 04:07, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: 1953 Iranian coup d'état (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Al-Juwayni
• Omitted: Jacobite rising of 1745; Tambov Rebellion; Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing; Abu Yazid; C. I. Scofield; Aleksander Kreek
• Included: Battle of Lagos (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); 1934 German referendum (4th appearance, last in 2019); Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005 (5th appearance, last in 2018); Jan Fyt (first appearance); Tom Wills (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Bill Clinton (first appearance; 75th birthday)
• Repeats: Edward I of England (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:59, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Dieppe Raid (maintenance); Cinema Rex fire (maintenance)
• Omitted: 1934 German referendum; Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) (ineligible—maintenance); Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005; Jan Fyt; Tom Wills; Bill Clinton
• Included: Jacobite rising of 1745 (10th appearance, last in 2020); 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Abu Yazid (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Bernard Levin (first appearance); Linus Pauling (2nd appearance, last in 2018)
• Repeats: Edward I of England (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Battle of Lagos (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:42, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

2023 rationale

• This day needs rapid improvement, I did the best I could with what was given
• I again needed to add another person to b/d. Please make sure this is good!
• Added a new picture, should be in the public domain. Let me know if this needs changed as well.

Heart ^(talk) 04:44, 6 August 2023 (UTC)