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Voyager 2 20th Anniversary
Why isn't the Twentieth anniversary of Voyager 2's mission to Neptune in this section? It was the last planet fly-by during the "Grand Tour" of the outer solar system, and it really was an scientifically significant moment. The 1945 story is not nearly as significant, nor is it a major anniversary, which the Neptune fly-by is. Please change this.~Abebenjoe

WP: ERRORS, mean Che, checked Voyager 2, 1945 and Voyager 2 and Neptune fly-by, no patience for it !

                     will send it along to you in mail, one of these days I guess you will change it
                     SelAnniv65.92.98.29 (talk) 19:10, 25 August 2011 (UTC) 25th August, 2011 3:10 p.m.Reply

2012 notes

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Rings of Neptune (moved from August 22—wrong date)
Omitted: George Mouzalon; Galileo Galilei; Uruguay; National Park Service; Battle of Warsaw (1920)
Included: Ommen (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Alcântara (1580) (first appearance); Anglo-Polish military alliance (first appearance); Battle of Milne Bay (first appearance); John Birch (missionary) (3rd appearance, last in 2009)

—howcheng {chat} 09:51, 24 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Ommen; Battle of Alcântara (1580); Anglo-Polish military alliance; Battle of Milne Bay; John Birch (missionary)
Included: Honourable Artillery Company (4th appearance, last in 2009); Galileo Galilei (9th appearance, last in 2011); Althea Gibson (3rd appearance, last in 2005; previously appeared on July 6); Rings of Neptune (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; moved from August 22); Aaliyah (2nd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:04, 24 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: George Mouzalon; Honourable Artillery Company; Galileo Galilei; Althea Gibson; Aaliyah
Included: Battle of Alcântara (1580) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Uruguay (3rd appearance as blurb, last in 2010); Battle of Warsaw (1920) (11th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Milne Bay (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Rings of Neptune (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:15, 24 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (ineligible): Belgian Revolution (featured on October 4)
Omitted: Battle of Alcântara (1580); Battle of Milne Bay; Rings of Neptune
Included: Ommen (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Galileo Galilei (10th appearance, last in 2013); George Lincoln Rockwell (first appearance)
Repeats: Uruguay (2nd consecutive appearance as blurb, 4 total); Battle of Warsaw (1920) (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:14, 23 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (ineligible): Battle of Vukovar (featured on November 18)
Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Alcântara (1580) (maintenance); National Park Service (maintenance); John Birch (missionary) (maintenance)
Omitted: Ommen (ineligible—maintenance); Galileo Galilei; Uruguay; George Lincoln Rockwell
Included: George Mouzalon (4th appearance, last in 2013); Honourable Artillery Company (5th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Milne Bay (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Aaliyah (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Battle of Warsaw (1920) (3rd consecutive appearance, 13 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:57, 24 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Galileo Galilei (maintenance); Uruguay (maintenance)
Omitted: Honourable Artillery Company; Battle of Warsaw (1920); Aaliyah
Included: Battle of Zorndorf (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Milne Bay (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 75th anniversary); Althea Gibson (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Rings of Neptune (4th appearance, last in 2014); Agnes Mowinckel (first appearance); Mary Tappan Wright (first appearance); Theresa Andrews (first appearance)
Repeats: George Mouzalon (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:15, 25 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: George Lincoln Rockwell (maintenance)
Omitted: George Mouzalon; Battle of Milne Bay; Althea Gibson; Agnes Mowinckel; Mary Tappan Wright; Theresa Andrews
Included: Matthew Webb (3rd appearance, last in 2008; had disappeared from this page at some point ); Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (first appearance); Aaliyah (4th appearance, last in 2016); Gennadius of Constantinople (first appearance); Karl Friedrich Bahrdt (first appearance); Velma Caldwell Melville (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Zorndorf (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Rings of Neptune (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:09, 25 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Sean Connery; Ricardo Rodríguez (footballer); Ray Jones (footballer, born 1988)
Omitted: Battle of Zorndorf; Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran; Aaliyah; Gennadius of Constantinople; Karl Friedrich Bahrdt; Velma Caldwell Melville
Included: Honourable Artillery Company (6th appearance, last in 2016); Althea Gibson (5th appearance, last in 2017); Henry Morgan (first appearance); Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (first appearance); Babe Siebert (first appearance; 80th anniversary)
Repeats: Matthew Webb (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Rings of Neptune (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:06, 26 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Deleted: Althea Gibson (moved to August 28)
Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Warsaw (1920) (maintenance)
Omitted: Honourable Artillery Company; Matthew Webb; Althea Gibson; Rings of Neptune; Henry Morgan; Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias; Babe Siebert
Included: George Mouzalon (6th appearance, last in 2017); Galileo Galilei (11th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Born to Run (first appearance); Voyager 1 (8th appearance, last in 2018; normally appears on September 5); Emil Theodor Kocher (2nd appearance, last in 2020; also appeared on July 27, his birthday); Sean Connery (first appearance; 90th birthday); Stan McCabe (first appearance)
Repeats: Matthew Webb (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:06, 27 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): John Neal (writer) (TFA for 2021-01-20)
Omitted: Uruguay (ineligible—maintenance); Matthew Webb; Born to Run; Voyager 1 (moved back to normal date); Karl Friedrich Bahrdt; Sean Connery; Stan McCabe
Included: Battle of Zorndorf (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary); Aaliyah/2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash (Aaliyah: 5th appearance, last in 2018; Crash: first appearance; 20th anniversary); Gennadius of Constantinople (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 550th anniversary); Charles Richet (first appearance); Velma Caldwell Melville (2nd appearance, last in 2018)
Repeats: George Mouzalon (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Galileo Galilei (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:49, 26 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): 2011 Monterrey casino attack
Omitted: Galileo Galilei (ineligible—maintenance); Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (ineligible—maintenance); Gennadius of Constantinople; Charles Richet; Velma Caldwell Melville
Included: Battle of Milne Bay (4th appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); Rings of Neptune (7th appearance, last in 2019); Henry Morgan (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Agnes Mowinckel (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
Repeats: George Mouzalon (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Battle of Zorndorf (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Aaliyah/2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash (both: 2nd consecutive apperance; Aaliyah: 6 total; Crash: 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:38, 7 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

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