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193 - Septimus Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
1336 - Tamerlane is born in Transoxiana.
1241 - Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeats the Polish and German armies.
1865 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
1867 - Alaska purchase: By a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
1916 - World War I: Battle of Verdun - German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
1940 - World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
1942 - World War II: Bataan Death March begins for the United States forces who surrender on Corregidor.
1947 - The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
1959 - Mercury program: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts which the news media quickly dub the "Mercury 7".
1967 - The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.
1991 - Georgia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 - Manuel Noriega is convicted of eight crimes.
1999 - Ismail Omar Guelleh is elected president of Djibouti.
1999 - Nigerian President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara is assassinated.
2002 - The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon has her funeral at Westminster Abbey.
2003 - The Ba'ath regime headed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq is deposed.
2006 - Education and Sharing day

1981 - Eric Harris, one of the Columbine High School massacre gunmen (d. 1999)

why is he important? Maybe I'm too optimistic, but most of the other people on here are either famous because of a good deed he or she is solely responsible for. (This guy is part of one) I wouldn't object to having that Columbine happened on the page for April 20th. (It's already there.) There are events that are not in the most positive light here too, which isn't a big deal either. Also if a person doesn't have an article (or a very brief one), doesn't that say something? That's why I removed this one too:

1987 - Jessie McCartney, member of boy band Dreamstreet and actor WB11's Summerland

He can be put back once he has his own article. Sometimes people are important only for a year or too, and then are pretty much forgotten. This article should celebrate people that will be remembered for a long time (like 50 years). I'm not the only one who thinks he's not important: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art19344.asp

2012 notes

Deleted: Septimius Severus (appears on February 4); Chicago Seven (appears on February 18)
Omitted: Battle of Appomattox Court House; Battle of Vimy Ridge (ineligible—TFA for 2012); Deir Yassin massacre; Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara; Firdos Square statue destruction
Included: Henry V of England (3rd appearance, last in 2005; previously was on March 20); Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (first appearance); Marian Anderson (first appearance); Bataan Death March (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Boeing 737 (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 10:30, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Appomattox Court House (Civil War-related picture as POTD for 2013)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles
Omitted: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville; Marian Anderson; Bataan Death March; Boeing 737
Included: Bataan Day in the Philippines (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Vimy Ridge (6th appearance, last in 2011); Vidkun Quisling (2nd appearance, last in 2005); Mercury Seven (first appearance); Firdos Square statue destruction (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Henry V of England (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 600th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:39, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Boeing 737 (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Appomattox Court House; 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes
New articles (unused): Journey of Reconciliation
Omitted: Henry V of England (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Vimy Ridge; Mercury Seven; Firdos Square statue destruction
Included: Aníbal Milhais/Battle of the Lys (1918) (both: first appearance); Marian Anderson (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (5th appearance, last in 2012); Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles (3rd appearance, last in 2010)
Repeats: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:24, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville; Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara
Included: Vidkun Quisling (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Boeing 737 (3rd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Aníbal Milhais/Battle of the Lys (1918) (both: 2nd appearance, 2 total); Marian Anderson (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 10th anniversary)
Note: Battle of Appomattox Court House has its 150th anniversary, but Ulysses S. Grant is TFA for 2015

—howcheng {chat} 07:29, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

New articles (unused): German cruiser Admiral Scheer
Omitted: Marian Anderson; Vidkun Quisling; Boeing 737; Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles
Included: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (4th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Appomattox Court House (6th appearance, last in 2011); Deir Yassin massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Firdos Square statue destruction (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Aníbal Milhais/Battle of the Lys (1918) (both: 3rd appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:11, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

New articles (unused): Civil Rights Act of 1866
Moved to Ineligible: Marian Anderson (maintenance); 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes (maintenance); Mercury Seven (maintenance)
Omitted: Vimy Ridge Day (ineligible—maintenance); Bataan Day (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Appomattox Court House; Aníbal Milhais/Battle of the Lys (1918); Deir Yassin massacre; Firdos Square statue destruction
Included: Battle of Vimy Ridge (7th appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Journey of Reconciliation (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Boeing 737 (4th appearance, last in 2015; 50th anniversary); Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles (5th appearance, last in 2015); Francis Bacon (first appearance); Jørn Utzon (first appearance); Mary Jackson (engineer) (first appearance)
Repeats: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 01:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Aníbal Milhais (maintenance); Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Vimy Ridge; Journey of Reconciliation; Boeing 737; Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla Parker Bowles; Francis Bacon; Jørn Utzon; Mary Jackson (engineer)
Included: Civil Rights Act of 1866 (first appearance); Vidkun Quisling (4th appearance, last in 2015); Deir Yassin massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 70th anniversary); Firdos Square statue destruction (4th appearance, last in 2016); Samuel Fritz (first appearance); Isambard Kingdom Brunel (first appearance); Vilhelm Bjerknes (first appearance)
Repeats: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:00, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Appomattox Court House (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes
Omitted: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville; Vidkun Quisling; Deir Yassin massacre; Firdos Square statue destruction (ineligible—maintenance); Samuel Fritz; Isambard Kingdom Brunel; Vilhelm Bjerknes
Included: Battle of Vimy Ridge (8th appearance, last in 2017); Bataan Death March (5th appearance, last in 2012); Mercury Seven (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible; 60th anniversary); Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (6th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); François Rabelais (first appearance); Charles Proteus Steinmetz (first appearance); Natascha Engel (first appearance)
Repeats: Civil Rights Act of 1866 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:14, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

Hey @Howcheng:, do you think the blurb for Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr would be suitable for inclusion this year? --Mhhossein ^talk 07:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhhossein: I don't think the "Scholarship" section is good enough. Sorry. —howcheng {chat} 16:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: Thanks for the insight. I should have noticed that myself. I will work on the section and make it ready to become qualified. --Mhhossein ^talk 06:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: I have added some more reliable sources for the sake of the verfiability. Can you evaluate the improvements please? The article had never been on the main page. --Mhhossein ^talk 07:02, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhhossein: Look like it's good to go. Nice work! —howcheng {chat} 16:15, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (unused): Jenna Jameson; Nick Adenhart
Omitted: Civil Rights Act of 1866; Battle of Vimy Ridge; Bataan Death March; Mercury Seven; Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara; François Rabelais (ineligible—maintenance); Charles Proteus Steinmetz; Natascha Engel
Included: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (7th appearance, last in 2018); Vidkun Quisling (5th appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary); German cruiser Admiral Scheer (first appearance; 75th anniversary); Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (first appearance; 40th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles (6th appearance, last in 2017); Pope Benedict VIII (first appearance); Henrik Rysensteen (first appearance); Jackie Evancho (first appearance; 20th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 16:38, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Deleted: François Rabelais (birth/death dates uncertain)
Moved to Ineligible: Francis Bacon (maintenance)
Omitted: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville; Vidkun Quisling; German cruiser Admiral Scheer; Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr; Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles; Pope Benedict VIII; Henrik Rysensteen; Jackie Evancho
Included: Civil Rights Act of 1866 (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Vimy Ridge (9th appearance, last in 2019); Deir Yassin massacre (4th appearance, last in 2018); Boeing 737 (5th appearance, last in 2017); Morteza Avini (first appearance); Jean Quintin (first appearance); Mary Jackson (engineer) (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 100th birthday); Vilhelm Bjerknes (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 18:05, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Marian Anderson
Omitted: Civil Rights Act of 1866; Deir Yassin massacre; Boeing 737; Morteza Avini; Jean Quintin; Mary Jackson (engineer); Vilhelm Bjerknes
Included: Day of Valor (rescued from Ineligible); Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (8th appearance, last in 2020); Bataan Death March (6th appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (7th appearance, last in 2019); Al-Muqtafi (first appearance); Charles Proteus Steinmetz (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Nikki Grahame (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Vimy Ridge (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:12, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]