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What was special about England winning the World Cup? --Just my 2 cents -- Hemanshu 03:06, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Especially when the first world cup was on the same day in 1930, so I've changed it. Gentgeen 20:00, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In births for July 30, 1991 Moiez Ismail was listed, however I was not able to find any valid information for who this person is. It may be a spelling error or some sort of frivolous edit.

2012 notes

Omitted: History of Baghdad; Brother Jonathan (steamer); Black Tom explosion; 1930 FIFA World Cup
Included: House of Burgesses (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Emperor Meiji/Emperor Taishō (first appearance for both; 100th anniversary); Jimmy Hoffa (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Qana airstrike (6th consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:42, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: House of Burgesses of Virginia; Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; Emperor Meiji/Emperor Taishō; Jimmy Hoffa; Qana airstrike
Included: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Black Tom explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 1930 FIFA World Cup (7th appearance, last in 2011); 2012 India blackouts (first appearance)
Repeats: History of Baghdad (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:29, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Warsaw (1656)
Omitted: Vanuatu (ineligible—maintenance); History of Baghdad; Brother Jonathan (steamer); Black Tom explosion
Included: Battle of Ajnadayn (first appearance); Nathaniel Bacon (colonist) (first appearance); Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (7th appearance as blurb, last in 2012)
Repeats: 1930 FIFA World Cup (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); 2012 India blackouts (2nd consecutive, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:14, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: House of Burgesses (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Ajnadayn (deleted—exact date unknown); Nathaniel Bacon (colonist); Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; 1930 FIFA World Cup; 2012 India blackouts
Included: Vanuatu (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Warsaw (1656) (4th appearance, last in 2010); Brother Jonathan (steamer) (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 150th anniversary); Emperor Meiji/Emperor Taishō (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2012); Jimmy Hoffa (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 40th anniversary); Qana airstrike (7th appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 08:09, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): USS Indianapolis (CA-35); Volkswagen Beetle
Omitted: Battle of Warsaw (1656); Brother Jonathan (steamer); Emperor Meiji/Emperor Taishō; Jimmy Hoffa
Included: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (8th appearance as blurb, last in 2014); Malden Island (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Black Tom explosion (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Royal Question (first appearance)
Repeats: Qana airstrike (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:37, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: History of Baghdad (maintenance); Emperor Meiji/Emperor Taishō (both: maintenance); USS Indianapolis (CA-35) (maintenance); Volkswagen Beetle (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Hope Solo
Omitted: Malden Island; Black Tom explosion; Qana airstrike
Included: Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel) (2nd appearance, last in 2014); 1930 FIFA World Cup (9th appearance, last in 2014); 2012 India blackouts (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Jacob Baradaeus (first appearance); Emily Brontë (first appearance); Claudette Colbert (first appearance)
Repeats: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (2nd consecutive appearance as blurb; 15 total); Royal Question (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:15, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

New articles (ineligible): Friendship Day (moved from July 20)
New articles (unused): Kate Bush (would have included her as it's her 60th birthday, but that would have meant 3 births, so someone had to get the short end of the stick)
Omitted: Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel)/Bacon's Rebellion; Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; Royal Question; 2012 India blackouts; Jacob Baradaeus; Claudette Colbert
Included: Battle of Warsaw (1656) (5th appearance, last in 2015); Brother Jonathan (steamer) (4th appearance, last in 2015); Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland (first appearance); 2014 Malin landslide (first appearance); Harold Davidson (first appearance); Katherine Reutter (first appearance; 30th birthday)
Repeats: 1930 FIFA World Cup Final/1930 FIFA World Cup (Final: first appearance; Cup: 2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total); Emily Brontë (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 200th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 16:05, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Kate Bush (maintenance)
New articles (unused): George Pickett; Casey Stengel; Joyce Kilmer;
Omitted: Battle of Warsaw (1656); Brother Jonathan (steamer); 1930 FIFA World Cup Final; Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland; Emily Brontë; Harold Davidson; Katherine Reutter
Included: Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia)/Bacon's Rebellion (both: 3rd appearance; Bacon: last in 2017; Rebellion: last in 2016 and previously appeared on September 19); Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (18th appearance, last in 2019 as observance; let's delete this for next year); Royal Question (4th appearance, last in 2017); Qana airstrike (9th appearance, last in 2016); Tatwine (first appearance); Lê Văn Duyệt (first appearance); Smedley Butler (first appearance)
Repeats: 2014 Malin landslide (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:05, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Warsaw (1656) (maintenance); 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations (maintenance)
Omitted: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; 2014 Malin landslide; Tatwine; Lê Văn Duyệt; Smedley Butler
Included: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (5th appearance, last in 2018); 1930 FIFA World Cup Final/1930 FIFA World Cup (Final: 2nd appearance, WC: 11th, both last in 2018; 90th anniversary); Jacob Baradaeus (first appearance); Walter Schuck (first appearance; 100th birthday); Ian Gow (first appearance; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Bacon's Rebellion (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Royal Question (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 70th anniversary); Qana airstrike (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:27, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Bacon's Rebellion (ineligible—maintenance); Royal Question; Qana airstrike; Jacob Baradaeus; Walter Schuck; Ian Gow
Included: Black Tom explosion (4th appearance, last in 2016); 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 40th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); 2014 Malin landslide (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Giorgio Vasari (first appearance); Lê Văn Duyệt (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Claudette Colbert (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 25th anniversary)
Repeats: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); 1930 FIFA World Cup Final/1930 FIFA World Cup (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Final: 3 total; Cup: 12 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:16, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Friendship Day (ineligible—maintenance); Black Tom explosion; 2014 Malin landslide; Giorgio Vasari; Lê Văn Duyệt; Claudette Colbert
Included: Royal question (6th appearance, last in 2020); Jimmy Hoffa (4th appearance, last in 2015); Tatwine (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Walter Schuck (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Hope Solo (first appearance)
Repeats: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total); 1930 FIFA World Cup (3rd consecutive appearance, 13 total); 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:37, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 notes

New articles (unused): Mochitsura Hashimoto/USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Omitted: Jimmy Hoffa; 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations; Tatwine; Hope Solo
Included: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (6th appearance on July 30, last in 2019; 23 total); 2006 Qana airstrike (11th appearance, last in 2020); Jacob Baradaeus (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Smedley Butler (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Maeve Binchy (first appearance on July 30; 3 total)
Repeats: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (4rd consecutive appearance, 8 total); 1930 FIFA World Cup (4rd consecutive appearance, 14 total); Royal question (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total on July 30; 7 total); Walter Schuck (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

Heart ^(talk) 07:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]