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Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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October 29: Republic Day in Turkey (1923)

Marmaray train

1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1960 – A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.
1986 – British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.
1991 – Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.
2013 – The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

George Abbot (b. 1562)
Dirck Coornhert (d. 1590)
Diana Serra Cary (b. 1918)
Jimmy Savile (d. 2011)

More anniversaries:

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1682 - William Penn arrives in Pennsylvania

Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type websites (very bad source). --mav 01:13, 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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1942 - The Alaska Highway is completed.

Happened the day before. --mav 01:13, 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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1998 - In London, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman win a substantial settlement from Express Newspapers for an article that was run on October 5, 1997 that claimed that both were homosexual and their marriage was a sham.

Celebrity news doesn't seem very important in the general scheme of things. This kind of thing happens all the time, why should it be on Wikipedia?

(I made other changes in the edit, if this is overturned please just reinsert it instead of reverting the edit.)

Removed: 1945 - At Gimbels Department Store in New York City the first ballpoint pens go on sale (price: $12.50 each).

The article specifies trhat biros were made in Argentina two years previous to this (and presumably were also sold there, not merely stockpiled indefinately). So the anniversary is of the first US sales, not the first World sales ... and we're not into US-centricism, non? --Tagishsimon

Asterix / M25

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User:Mufka removed the 1959 event of Asterix's first adventures being published. Check here. FYI, in a great many countries the character and adventures of Asterix are part of the popular culture, as it's one of the great comics of the 20th and 21st century. Google acknowleged this by having a special logo on the 50th anniversary October 29. May I politely request you undo your edit? Thanks in advance. Qwrk (talk) 00:19, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This event does not rise to the level of global notability required for inclusion. It is not much more than trivia. In order to be considered, it would have to represent a significant social milestone or break some important record. Even then, it is unlikely to warrant inclusion. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 00:38, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's a reasonable explanation and I couldn't agree more. Having said that, why is the following still included?

1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway. Qwrk (talk) 06:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is rightly on 1986 in the United Kingdom, but should not be on this article. 89.195.196.183 (talk) 13:48, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.188.8.27 (talk) 07:28, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer

I removed the following:

1980 – Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, leaves for New York from his home in Hawaii.

The event for which this person is famous (killing John Lennon) did not occur on this trip, and as such it is not noteworthy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.188.8.27 (talk) 07:34, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cruise Missile Protest

There's an entry here for protests against cruise missiles:

1983 – Over 500,000 people demonstrate against cruise missiles in The Hague, Netherlands.

Unfortunately, none of the links describe the protest. Thus, 'citation needed'; remove it, or link to a page describing the protest.Crispincowan (talk) 23:24, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

European Constitution

The signing of the European Constitution, which appeared on the main page as a selected anniversary yesterday, is not included in this list. If it is included, I think it should note that the constitution was never ratified. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 00:58, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of a Worlds's Series win

@KDTW Flyer, 173.3.78.119, and 64.151.2.245: I think I'm persuaded that the 2014 SF Giants' win isn't notable. But given the recent edit-skirmish, shouldn't we seek consensus here? ... richi (hello) 08:45, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, i'd love to reach a consensus regarding this issue and reach a compromise on this. I am starting to think that maybe the win of a world series isn't quite notable enough to be on the TDIH list. I'm new to the TDIH list on it's notability requirements; I am currently reading up on them. My main purpose for accepting the edit was because of the semi-confusing edit summary the user left behind ("clinching a World Series is not notable since there is one ever year"); that's why I told the person to massage me, --KDTW Flyer (talk) 13:43, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Coup d'etat on Getúlio Vargas

In 1945, on this day, the Brazilian president and dictator during the Estado Novo, Getulio Vargas, was deposed from the power by the military. Silhamma (talk) 00:28, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can add this yourself, as long as you link to the actual article and include a reliable source, as per WP:DOYCITE. Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 07:10, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]