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1894 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the kinetoscope, a device for peep-show viewing using photographs that flip in sequence, a precursor to movies
1910 - President William Howard Taft begins the tradition of throwing out the first baseball on opening day

assassination

I do not understand why you would say Booth "mortally shot" Lincoln instead of Booth "assassinated" Lincoln. If you read the definition of assassin, Booth's act fits the description. I just looked in the Columbia Encyclopedia and it uses the word assassin to describe Booth. Please explain your reasoning. Kingturtle 09:25, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The act was not completed all on the 14th - Lincoln was alive for the whole day. So yes he was assassinated by Booth, but that act was not complete until Lincoln was dead. --mav 09:44, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Weapon used

The gun was a Derringer, not a Deringer, which I cant find in any dictionary. Seems we have a mis spellingt on the main page for today, and in the relevant Derringer article too. I'm notusually pedantic, but can we not get the front page right?

TonyClarke 22:11, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Deringer with 1 R seems correct. Please see Deringer and Derringer. -- PFHLai 05:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't it make sense to link to the Abraham Lincoln assassination article somewhere in the blurb? Kelvinc 06:02, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mumbai harbour

I would like the Mumbai harbour explosion to be included in the selected anniversary. Here are some links:

[1]
[2]

=Nichalp (talk · contribs)= 20:02, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Wikipages Mumbai & History of Mumbai lack the relevant info. Please add content to these pages first. The item on the sinking of the Titanic can be moved to April 15th to make way. (see Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/April 15). No rush, though. There is always next year. Thanks. -- PFHLai 16:25, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)

I never knew there was an article on it here since 2003. See Bombay Explosion (1944). Better late than never. =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:47, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

That's still a stub in 2006. -- PFHLai 05:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Freeman & Osama

Hey folks, what do you think about this entry that appeared resently in section Birts? Here it is:
"1991 - Kevin Freeman, Plans to assassinate Osama Bin Laden"
Sounds to me like someone is having fun again, or?
GGenov 09:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Titanic

Surely the sinking of the Titanic should be a noteable date. I think people would be more interested in the sinking of the Titanic than the Georgian language, for example. (no offence to the Georgian Language). Codu ^(t)⁄_(c) • 19:54, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the Titanic hit the iceberg on April 14, and eventually sank on April 15. Thus, it is listed on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 15 instead. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:03, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apollo 13

Discussion merged to Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/April 13#Where's Apollo 13? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:15, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vishu

Vishu: A Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Mangalore and Udupi districts of Karnataka, usually in the second week of April in the Gregorian calendar. -- ♪Karthik♫ ♪Nadar♫ 05:12, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, Vishu is ineligible because it requires maintenance. —howcheng {chat} 11:25, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Battle of Barnet; Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (ineligible—maintenance); 1999 Sydney hailstorm; Republic Protests (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Noah Webster (3rd appearance, last in 2005, rescued from Ineligible); Adana massacre (first appearance); Volvo (first appearance); Quadruplex videotape (4th appearance, last in 2008, rescued from Ineligible); 2010 Yushu earthquake (first appearance)
Repeats: Baptism of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty (first appearance for Baptism; 2nd consecutive appearance for History, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:31, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

South & Southeast Asian traditional New Year festivals

This seems rather tricky to deal with. Most span multiple days, but they don't all fall on the same range. Some are fixed by date; some vary each year. There are a whole lot of relevant articles (see April 14#Holidays and observances and New Year#Mid-April (Northern spring)), but not a central article to conveniently link to. How should this be dealt with? --180.180.148.46 (talk) 09:24, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, we can only feature the articles that are of good quality. That probably will winnow the number of listings to include. If there are still too many, then we'll pick the 2 or 3 best-quality articles and maybe link to April 14#Holidays and observances. —howcheng {chat} 05:10, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Apollo 13
Omitted: Baptism of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty; Noah Webster; Adana massacre; Volvo; Quadruplex videotape (ineligible—maintenance); 2010 Yushu earthquake
Included: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (3rd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Azusa Street Revival (first appearance); Second Spanish Republic (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); 1978 Georgian demonstrations (5th appearance as blurb, last in 2010; 35th anniversary); 1999 Sydney hailstorm (4th appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:02, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Black Sunday (storm) (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Human Genome Project
New articles (unused): Septimius Severus (moved from February 4)
Omitted: N'Ko alphabet (ineligible—maintenance); Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Azusa Street Revival; Second Spanish Republic; 1978 Georgian demonstrations; 1999 Sydney hailstorm
Included: Baptism of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty (Baptism: 2nd appearance, History: 3rd appearance; last in 2012); Battle of Barnet (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Bombay Explosion (1944) (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible; 70th anniversary); Gnassingbé Eyadéma (first appearance); 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:20, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Volvo Cars (maintenance; blurb previously featured Volvo, which is the wrong article)
Omitted: Battle of Barnet; Bombay Explosion (1944); Gnassingbé Eyadéma; 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
Included: Septimius Severus (7th appearance, last in 2014); Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (4th appearance, last in 2013; 150th anniversary); Black Sunday (storm) (first appearance; 80th anniversary); 1999 Sydney hailstorm (5th appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Baptism of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty (2nd consecutive appearance; Baptism: 3 total; History: 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 12:04, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ineligible list

@Howcheng: I checked the ineligible list and I think all of those articles are still not eligible for inclusion. Mhhossein (talk) 13:08, 11 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's no surprise, but thanks for checking. —howcheng {chat} 15:42, 11 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Howcheng: You're welcome and sorry for my delay. What can I do next? Mhhossein (talk) 19:16, 11 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The next step is to make sure all the eligible articles are still eligible. I've taken care of April 14, so if you want to start on April 15 that would be great. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 06:29, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll do that. Mhhossein (talk) 06:50, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Septimius Severus; Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Black Sunday (storm); 1999 Sydney hailstorm
Included: Noah Webster (4th appearance, last in 2012); Adana massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2012); 1978 Georgian demonstrations (6th appearance as blurb, last in 2013); Human Genome Project (2nd appearance, last in 2006)
Repeats: Christianization of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty (3rd consecutive appearance; Christianization: 4 total; History: 5 total; 1050th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 15:45, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Second Spanish Republic (maintenance); The Grapes of Wrath (maintenance)
Omitted: Christianization of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty; Noah Webster (ineligible—maintenance); Adana massacre; 1978 Georgian demonstrations; Human Genome Project (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Barnet (4th appearance, last in 2014); Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (5th appearance, last in 2015); 1944 Bombay explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Gnassingbé Eyadéma; (5th appearance, last in 2014; 50th anniversary) 1999 Sydney hailstorm (6th appearance, last in 2015); Rod Steiger (first appearance); Rachel Carson (first appearance); Sarah Michelle Gellar (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:52, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Battle of Barnet; Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 1944 Bombay explosion; Gnassingbé Eyadéma; 1999 Sydney hailstorm; Rod Steiger; Rachel Carson; Sarah Michelle Gellar
Included: 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg (first appearance); Hauser Dam (first appearance); Razing of Friesoythe (first appearance); Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping (first appearance); Christiaan Huygens (first appearance); Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (first appearance); L. L. Zamenhof (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:17, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 query

Hi Howcheng, the last two entries, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (d. 1794) and Abdul Salam Arif (d. 1966), both seemed to have died 13 April? JennyOz (talk) 16:57, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Septimius Severus (date not certain)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Rachel Carson
New articles (unused): Battle of Forum Gallorum
Omitted: 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg; Hauser Dam; Razing of Friesoythe; Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Christiaan Huygens; Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom; L. L. Zamenhof
Included: N'Ko script (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Barnet (5th appearance, last in 2017); Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (6th appearance, last in 2017); Azusa Street Revival (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 1944 Bombay explosion (3rd appearance, last in 2017); 1999 Sydney hailstorm (7th appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Lucia Visconti (first appearance); William Whitehead (poet) (first appearance); Berry Berenson (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:49, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Deleted: Arthur Matthew Weld Downing (moved to April 13)
Moved to Ineligible: Apollo 13 (TFA for 2020-04-11)
New articles (unused): John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu; John Gielgud; Yakov Dzhugashvili; Lita (wrestler)
Omitted: Battle of Barnet; Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (ineligible—TFA for 2020); Azusa Street Revival; 1944 Bombay explosion; 1999 Sydney hailstorm; Lucia Visconti; William Whitehead (poet); Berry Berenson
Included: Battle of Forum Gallorum (first appearance); Christianization of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty (Christianization: 5th appearance, History: 6th, both last in 2016); Black Sunday (storm) (2nd appearance, last in 2015); 2010 Yushu earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary); Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey (first appearance); V. Gordon Childe (first appearance); M. Visvesvaraya (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:07, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg (may not be a real thing); John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Razing of Friesoythe
Omitted: Pahela Baishakh (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Forum Gallorum; Christianization of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty; Black Sunday (storm); 2010 Yushu earthquake; Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey; V. Gordon Childe; M. Visvesvaraya
Included: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (8th appearance, last in 2019; rescued from Ineligible); Adana massacre (4th appearance, last in 2016); Gnassingbé Eyadéma (6th appearance, last in 2017); Apollo 13 (7th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton (first appearance); Yakov Dzhugashvili (first appearance); Lita (wrestler) (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:47, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Adana massacre; Gnassingbé Eyadéma; Apollo 13; Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton; Yakov Dzhugashvili; Lita (wrestler)
Included: Christianization of Poland/History of Poland during the Piast dynasty (Christianization: 5th appearance; History: 6th; both last in 2020); Battle of Barnet (6th appearance, last in 2019); Hauser Dam (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Razing of Friesoythe (2nd appearance, last in 2018); 1999 Sydney hailstorm (8th appearance, last in 2019); Anne Sullivan (first appearance); John Gielgud (first appearance); M. Visvesvaraya (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 60th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:08, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]