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2008 Krishna Janmashtami falls on August 24, and not on August 28[1].--124.184.230.33 (talk) 04:09, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Feast of Dormition or Assumption

In Macedonia, this holiday is not "Feast of Dormition" but, like in the Western Christianity, "Feast of Assumption" (Uspenie = Assumption). Due to the fact that in some Eastern churches it is "Assumption", and in others it is "Dormition", I would suggest to keep the same format as for the WP:Selected anniversaries/August_15. So the more accurate wording would be:

Feast of the Assumption/Feast of the Dormition (Julian Calendar). Crnorizec (talk) 20:25, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Enceladus Error

Saturn's moon Enceladus was discovered with a forty foot telescope, not a 1.2 meter or 3.9' telescope. This error is also present on the page for Enceladus itself, which uses citation 22 "Herschel, W. (1795) Description of a Forty-feet Reflecting Telescope" to support a statement that, "Enceladus was discovered by Fredrick William Herschel on August 28, 1789, during the first use of his new 1.2 m telescope, then the largest in the world.[22][23]" Raphael Luckom (talk) 20:51, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Please see my comment at WP:ERRORS; 1.2 m is correct. It's an aperture measurement, not a length measurement (40 ft is a length measurement). --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:25, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

2012 notes

• Omitted: St. Augustine, Florida (ineligible—maintenance); Republic of San Marco (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914); August Uprising; Strom Thurmond
• Included: Enceladus (moon) (first appearance); Scientific American (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Silliman University (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Goudi coup (first appearance); Emmett Till (3rd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 04:33, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

2013 notes

• Omitted: Enceladus (moon); Scientific American; Silliman University; Goudi coup; Emmett Till
• Included: Battle of Newburn (3rd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Lohengrin (Wagner) (7th appearance, last in 2010); Toyota (first appearance); I Have a Dream (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 50th anniversary); Stockholm syndrome (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 08:50, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

2014 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Newburn (ineligible—maintenance); Lohengrin (Wagner); I Have a Dream; Stockholm syndrome
• Included: Tom Thumb (locomotive) (first appearance); Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) (5th appearance, last in 2011; 100th anniversary); August Uprising (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 90th anniversary); Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point (first appearance)
• Repeats: Toyota (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Addendum: Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) removed for phrasing issues; replaced by Silliman University (3rd appearance, last in 2012). —howcheng {chat} 07:29, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

2015 request

This year I suggest including the following as it is the 205th anniversary.

A British naval squadron surrendered to a French force at the Battle of Grand Port

This is the only French naval battle, which is commemorated on the Arc de Triomphe. It is the only time a British squadron surrendered to the French in the Napoleonic Wars. Although the Battle finished on the 27th, the squadron did not surrender until the morning of the 28th.

Murfas (talk) 21:06, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

That article is already included on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 27. —howcheng {chat} 07:18, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

References

2015 notes

• New articles (unused): Solar storm of 1859
• Omitted: Tom Thumb (locomotive); Silliman University; August Uprising; Toyota; Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
• Included: Lohengrin (opera) (8th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries (first appearance); Goudi coup (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Emmett Till (4th appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); Stockholm syndrome (2nd appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 07:37, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

transclusion error

There is a missing { before {SelAnnivFooter|Month=August|Day=28}} and I am not authorized to fix it.  Randall Bart   Talk  00:22, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

 Done Thank you. GorillaWarfare (talk) 00:50, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

2016 notes

• Omitted: Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries; Goudi coup; Emmett Till; Stockholm syndrome
• Included: Solar storm of 1859 (first appearance); Silliman University (4th appearance, last in 2014); Toyota (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Career Girls Murders (first appearance)
• Repeats: Lohengrin (opera) (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:24, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries (maintenance); August Uprising (maintenance); Strom Thurmond (maintenance); Stockholm syndrome (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Melissa Rosenberg
• Omitted: Assumption of Mary (ineligible—maintenance); Lohengrin (opera) (ineligible—maintenance); Solar storm of 1859; Silliman University; Toyota (ineligible—maintenance); Career Girls Murders (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Enceladus (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Tom Thumb (locomotive) (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) (5th appearance, last in 2011); I Have a Dream (9th appearance, last in 2013); 243 Ida (first appearance); Augustine of Hippo (first appearance); Sheridan Le Fanu (first appearance); Omayra Sánchez (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 01:32, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

2018 notes

• Deleted: Melissa Rosenberg (date not verifiable)
• New articles (unused): Cristóvão da Gama
• Omitted: Enceladus; Tom Thumb (locomotive); Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914); I Have a Dream; Augustine of Hippo; Sheridan Le Fanu (ineligible—maintenance); Omayra Sánchez
• Included: Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (first appearance); Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (7th appearance, last in 2016; moved from August 1); Goudi coup (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Emmett Till (5th appearance, last in 2015); He Gui (first appearance); Edward Burne-Jones (first appearance); Jack Kirby (first appearance)
• Repeats: 243 Ida (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 15:56, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

2019 notes

• Deleted: Omayra Sánchez (moved to November 16, a more appropriate date)
• Moved to Ineligible: Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (1963) (maintenance; blurb previously featured Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, which is the wrong bridge)
• New articles (unused): Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine; Jean Baptiste Point du Sable; Lindsay Hassett; Shania Twain
• Omitted: Slavery Abolition Act 1833; Goudi coup; Emmett Till; 243 Ida; Edward Burne-Jones; Jack Kirby
• Included: Cristóvão da Gama (first appearance); I Have a Dream (10th appearance, last in 2017); Norrmalmstorg robbery (2nd appearance, last in 2013; blurb previously featured Stockholm syndrome, which is currently ineligible); Johannes Banfi Hunyades (first appearance); Katharine Abraham (first appearance)
• Repeats: Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 400th anniversary); He Gui (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 1100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 23:32, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

2020 notes

• Omitted: Cristóvão da Gama; Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor; I Have a Dream; Norrmalmstorg robbery; He Gui; Johannes Banfi Hunyades; Katharine Abraham
• Included: Battle of Newburn (4th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); September 1859 geomagnetic storm (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Silliman University (5th appearance, last in 2016); Althea Gibson (6th appearance, last in 2019; moved from August 25); 243 Ida (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (first appearance); Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (first appearance); Shania Twain (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 18:13, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

2021 notes

• Deleted: Goudi coup (moved to August 15)
• New articles (unused): Shulamith Firestone
• Omitted: Battle of Newburn; September 1859 geomagnetic storm; Althea Gibson; 243 Ida; Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine; Jean Baptiste Point du Sable; Shania Twain
• Included: Enceladus (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (8th appearance, last in 2018); I Have a Dream (11th appearance, last in 2019); Norrmalmstorg robbery (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Johannes Banfi Hunyades (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Vittorio Sella (first appearance); Béla Guttmann (first appearance; 40th anniversary)
• Repeats: Silliman University (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:40, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

2022 notes

• Moved to Ineligible: Edward Burne-Jones (maintenance); Shania Twain (maintenance)
• Omitted: Enceladus; Slavery Abolition Act 1833; Silliman University (ineligible—maintenance); I Have a Dream; Norrmalmstorg robbery; Johannes Banfi Hunyades; Vittorio Sella; Béla Guttmann
• Included: Julius Nepos (3rd appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible; blurb also previously featured Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus), which remains ineligible); Battle of Newburn (5th appearance, last in 2020); Althea Gibson (7th appearance, last in 2020); Ryugyong Hotel; 243 Ida (4th appearance, last in 2020); Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Lindsay Hassett (first appearance); Jack Kirby (2nd appearance, last in 2018)

—howcheng {chat} 17:56, 12 September 2022 (UTC)