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Sculpture commemorating the march
Sculpture commemorating the march

The Jarrow March (5–31 October 1936) was a protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the Tyneside town of Jarrow, in North East England, during the 1930s. Around 200 men marched from Jarrow to London to petition the government to restore industry in the town after the closure in 1934 of Palmer's shipyard. Palmer's had launched more than 1,000 ships since 1852. In the 1920s, a combination of mismanagement and changed world trade conditions caused a decline which led to the yard's closure. When plans for its replacement by a steelworks were thwarted, the lack of any large-scale employment in the town led the borough council to organise the march. The House of Commons received the petition but took no action, and the march produced few immediate results. The Jarrovians went home believing that they had failed. In subsequent years the Jarrow March became recognised as a defining event of the 1930s and helped to prepare the way for wide social reform after the Second World War. (Full article...)

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Shy hamlet

The shy hamlet (Hypoplectrus guttavarius) is a small Western Atlantic serranid fish in the Serranidae family. It is found predominantly around rocks and corals in Caribbean inshore areas at low depths, in temperatures of about 22-27 °C (72-80 °F). The shy hamlet has a yellow head and fins followed by a brown-black body. In addition, there are bright blue stripes around the eye and on the snout. The species is carnivorous, feeding on crustaceans as well as other bony fish. This shy hamlet was photographed in an aquarium at the Wilhelma zoological-botanical garden in Stuttgart, Germany.

Photograph credit: H. Zell

2012 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:12, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

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2014 notes[edit]

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2015 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 07:52, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Murder of Selena replaced with USS Missouri (BB-63) (2nd appearance, last in 2012) despite the anniversary because Missing My Baby is TFA. howcheng {chat} 18:06, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

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2017 notes[edit]

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2018 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 02:24, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 17:09, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Error in Chios entry[edit]

See entry on WP:ERRORS regarding the date for the Chios massacre entry. The 31 March date is (a) unsourced, (b) probably a Julian/Old-Style date rather than a Gregorian one, so it shouldn't really appear on this day. Fut.Perf. 08:17, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

Looks like I forgot to change the births/deaths again. howcheng {chat} 20:33, 1 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 request[edit]

Hi Howcheng, could you please consider Royal Australian Air Force for listing on 31 March 2021, the 100th anniversary of its formation? JennyOz (talk) 04:50, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@JennyOz: Unfortunately, I can't verify the date in the source that's in the article. It might be in that site somewhere, but I wasn't about to really dig for it. howcheng {chat} 08:58, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Howcheng - the date was confirmed in existing archived ref at section Inter-war period. I have copied it up to the specific sentence. I have also added a new citation to the Founded date in the infobox. JennyOz (talk) 10:08, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@JennyOz:  Done. howcheng {chat} 21:39, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Howcheng, very much appreciated. JennyOz (talk) 06:54, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 07:18, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 17:16, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 request for 2024+[edit]

Hi, @Howcheng: I'd like to request the addition of International Transgender Day of Visibility to the list of observances. Whoop whoop pull up Bitching Betty ⚧️ Averted crashes 14:41, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. I even brought this up directly in Talk:Main Page [1];
instead of making a through check for the proper place... — Mignof (talk | contribs) 15:58, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]