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Apollo 15

Apollo 15 (July 26 – August 7, 1971) was the fourth crewed mission to land on the Moon. It was the first J mission, with a longer stay on the Moon and a greater focus on science, including the first Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). David Scott and James Irwin landed near Hadley Rille and spent 18+1⁄2 hours on extravehicular activity (EVA), collecting 170 pounds (77 kg) of surface material. At the same time, Alfred Worden orbited the Moon, operating the sensors in the SIM bay of the service module. During the return trip, Worden performed the first spacewalk in deep space. The Apollo 15 mission splashed down safely, with all goals accomplished, but was marred when it emerged that the crew had carried unauthorized postal covers to the lunar surface, some of which were sold by a West German stamp dealer. The crew was reprimanded for poor judgment, and did not fly in space again. The mission also saw the collection of the Genesis Rock, thought to be part of the Moon's early crust, and Scott used a hammer and a feather to demonstrate Galileo's theory that absent air resistance, objects fall at the same rate regardless of mass. This photograph, taken by Scott during an EVA on August 2, shows Irwin giving a military salute beside the U.S. flag. The lunar module "Falcon" is in the center, with the LRV on the right.

Photograph credit: David Scott / Johnson Space Center; restored by Bammesk and Basile Morin

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Can we include Independence Day of the Maldives in this day, since on this day, the capital city of Maldives would appear on the main page as the featured picture of the day. --Oblivious 00:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good suggestion. I see that you've done it yourself already. :-) -- PFHLai 13:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Old entries[edit]

Most of the entries are old: See 2005 Maharashtra floods: Mumbai received an unprecedented 944 mm of rain in a single day. Killed hundreds. =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kargil War[edit]

How about : "Cessation of combat activities after the Kargil War; celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas in India" ? While it is on a controversial topic, Kargil War is an extremely well written article, and has no POV disputes whatsoever. Abeer.ag (talk) 18:17, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2010[edit]

Parsifal[edit]

Copied from WP:ERRORS

It is correct, but pointless to write that Bayreuth is in present day Germany (Parsifal article). Bayreuth has been in Germany ever since unification in 1871, thus, it was also Germany when Parsifal was first performed. Jon kare (talk) 12:34, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The current wording may be technically correct but it is misleading as it implies that Bayreuth was not a part of Germany in 1882. Greenshed (talk) 21:15, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Technically speaking, "present-day Germany" didn't exist until the 1990 reunification of East Germany and West Germany. In 1871, Bayreuth was in the Kingdom of Bavaria, part of the German Empire. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 21:56, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Then perhaps "present-day Germany" should be changed to "[[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]], [[German Empire|Germany]]". --174.89.158.237 (talk) 07:27, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 00:03, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

HMS Vestal[edit]

HMS Vestal was the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the Second World War, can we put that in for this year? Matty.007 15:11, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not with that {{unreliable sources}} tag on it. —howcheng {chat} 04:23, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 04:27, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 06:20, 25 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Krishnadevaraya no longer eligible; replaced with Esperanto (4th appearance, last in 2012). —howcheng {chat} 18:26, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 08:09, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:46, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 03:59, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 16:14, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 16:58, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 17:32, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:19, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 17:31, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 notes[edit]

Heart (talk) 14:29, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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