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It says here that Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 was the first to be televised. Surely that depends on what part of the occasion was being shown? I know that the cameras weren't in Westminster Abbey for George VI's actual coronation in 1937, but the journey to/from the abbey in the state coach was shown on the BBC television service, which started in 1936. Arwel 10:14, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

"1800 - The first smallpox vaccination was administered in North America." Looking at the article it was administered in Europe before this date. Is the first time it was administered in North America really important? Secretlondon 17:28, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Plus, the linked article doesn't seem to mention this fact.217.154.66.11 12:18, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Stand Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender in the War Between the States, on June 25, 1865.

June 23, 1865, Watie's article says. -- 64.229.204.28 13:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

1953 item should be in past tense. -- 64.229.204.28 13:16, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

I've made some of these changes. Broken Segue 15:33, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

1774 & 1966 items should be in past tense. --64.229.207.249 15:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

yeah got them, thanks. Broken Segue 15:36, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for fixing. Please consider also the request at Talk:Main Page#On this day: June 2. --64.229.207.249 15:38, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Malformated backformation

Latest comment: 18 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The word "coronated" on the reference to HM Queen Elizabeth II should be "crowned"; the former is a non-existent back-formation.

--81.178.91.6 15:51, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

It's already fixed. Empty your cache, please. -- 64.229.207.249 16:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Toxoplasma gondii is associated with Alzheimers (and other pathogens)

Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This information doesn't seem to appear in either the Alzheimers article or Toxoplasma gondii. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.161.217 (talk) 01:36, 2 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

2012 notes

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Mrkonjić Grad incident (maintenance)
Omitted: Quartering Acts; Battle of Diamond Rock; Charles Rolls; 1919 United States anarchist bombings; Air Canada Flight 797; Bhutan Broadcasting Service
Included: Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 (4th appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Ridgeway (first appearance); Grover Cleveland/Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (first appearance for both); Benno Ohnesorg/Movement 2 June (Ohnesorg: 2nd appearance, last in 2010; Movement: first appearance); Cumbria shootings (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:15, 1 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash
Omitted: Battle of Ridgeway; Grover Cleveland/Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston; Benno Ohnesorg/Movement 2 June; Bhutan Broadcasting Service; Cumbria shootings
Included: Recollects (first appearance); Battle of Diamond Rock (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Charles Rolls (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Air Canada Flight 797 (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:20, 1 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Deleted: Vandals (date is better suited to Genseric, but that article is ineligible)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Scott O'Grady
Omitted: Recollects (ineligible—maintenance); Prague Slavic Congress, 1848; Charles Rolls; Air Canada Flight 797
Included: Siege of Antioch (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); 1919 United States anarchist bombings (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Benno Ohnesorg/2 June Movement (Ohnesorg: 3rd appearance, Movement: 2nd appearance, both last in 2012); 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash (first appearance; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Diamond Rock (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:21, 1 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Quartering Acts (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Indian Citizenship Act
Omitted: Battle of Diamond Rock; 1919 United States anarchist bombings; Benno Ohnesorg; 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash
Included: Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 (6th appearance, last in 2013); Grover Cleveland/Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2012); Charles Rolls (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Scott O'Grady (first appearance; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Siege of Antioch (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:28, 1 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

Comment-2016

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

howcheng: I checked the lists and I found no changes necessary eligibles and Ineligibles stayed at their place. Mhhossein (talk) 17:20, 30 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Siege of Antioch; Prague Slavic Congress, 1848; Grover Cleveland; Charles Rolls; Scott O'Grady
Included: Battle of Diamond Rock (4th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Ridgeway (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 150th anniversary); Benno Ohnesorg/2 June Movement (Ohnesorg: 4th appearance; Movement: 3rd appearance; both last in 2014); Bhutan Broadcasting Service (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Cumbria shootings (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 06:58, 31 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Siege of Antioch (maintenance); Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 (maintenance); Charles Rolls (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Ridgeway (ineligible—maintenance); Bhutan Broadcasting Service (ineligible—maintenance); Cumbria shootings
Included: Indian Citizenship Act (4th appearance, last in 2009); Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (first appearance); 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Thomas Hardy (first appearance); George S. Kaufman (first appearance); Abby Wambach (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Diamond Rock (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Benno Ohnesorg/2 June Movement (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Ohnesorg: 5 total; Movement: 4 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:27, 2 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Indian Citizenship Act; Benno Ohnesorg/2 June Movement; 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash; Thomas Hardy (ineligible—maintenance); George S. Kaufman; Abby Wambach
Included: Grover Cleveland (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup) (first appearance); Cumbria shootings (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Rutger von Ascheberg (first appearance); Ogata Kōrin (first appearance); Gilbert Baker (artist) (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Diamond Rock (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:51, 3 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Grover Cleveland; Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Battle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup); Cumbria shootings; Rutger von Ascheberg; Ogata Kōrin; Gilbert Baker (artist)
Included: Sack of Rome (455) (first appearance); 1919 United States anarchist bombings (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 100th anniversary); Death of Benno Ohnesorg (6th appearance, last in 2017); 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 25th anniversary); Al-Muwaffaq (first appearance); William Salmon (first appearance); Adelaide Casely-Hayford (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Diamond Rock (4th consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:11, 3 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Battle of Diamond Rock; 1919 United States anarchist bombings; 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash; Al-Muwaffaq; William Salmon; Adelaide Casely-Hayford
Included: Festa della Repubblica (rescued from Ineligible); Grover Cleveland/Frances Cleveland (Grover: 2nd appearance, last in 2018; Frances: 3rd, last in 2015, was previously ineligible); Scott O'Grady (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 25th anniversary); Cumbria shootings (4th appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Bernard of Wąbrzeźno (first appearance); Daniel Pollen (first appearance); Abby Wambach (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th birthday)
Repeats: Sack of Rome (455) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Death of Benno Ohnesorg/2 June Movement (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:19, 3 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup) (maintenance)
Omitted: Sack of Rome (455); Death of Benno Ohnesorg; Scott O'Grady; Cumbria shootings; Bernard of Wąbrzeźno; Daniel Pollen; Abby Wambach
Included: Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793/François Hanriot (both: first appearance); Indian Citizenship Act (5th appearance, last in 2017); Coronation of Elizabeth II (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Air Canada Flight 797 (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Rutger von Ascheberg (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Gilbert Baker (artist) (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 70th birthday); George S. Kaufman (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary)
Repeats: Grover Cleveland/Frances Cleveland (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Grover: 5 total; Frances: 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:50, 4 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Deleted: Siege of Antioch (moved to October 20)
Omitted: Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793; Grover Cleveland/Frances Cleveland; Indian Citizenship Act; Coronation of Elizabeth II; Air Canada Flight 797; Rutger von Ascheberg; Gilbert Baker (artist); George S. Kaufman
Included: Sack of Rome (455) (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Pemulwuy; 1919 United States anarchist bombings (4th appearance, last in 2019); Killing of Benno Ohnesorg/2 June Movement (Ohnesorg: 8th appearance; Movement: 7th; both last in 2020); 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash (4th appearance, last in 2019); Ogata Kōrin (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Adelaide Casely-Hayford (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:09, 3 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

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