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The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was a bridge collapse that happened on March 26, 2024, at 1:28 a.m. Eastern Time, the main spans and the three nearest northeast approach spans of the Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Patapsco River in the Baltimore metropolitan area of Maryland, United States, collapsed after the container ship Dali struck one of its piers. Six members of a maintenance crew working on the roadway were killed, while two more were rescued from the river. The collapse blocked most shipping to and from the Port of Baltimore for 11 weeks. Maryland Governor Wes Moore called the event a "global crisis" that had affected more than 8,000 jobs. The economic impact of the closure of the waterway has been estimated at $15 million per day.

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1707 - The Act of Union with Scotland becomes law, making England and Scotland one country.

Already Posted. -- PFHLai 19:23, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)

1953 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.

Not posted, 'coz both linked pages look stubby, and Polio makes no mention of the date. -- PFHLai 19:23, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)

Date still not mentioned on either pages. -- PFHLai 18:17, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1484 - William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop's Fables.

Based on the date in Caxton's epilogue. See http://www.bartleby.com/39/7.html & http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13182/13182-8.txt. Not in the main text of any wikiarticles yet. --76.64.78.141 22:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but until it is added to those articles, it cannot be mentioned here yet. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 03:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Act of Union

In light of this year's anniversary being a big deal, I had bumped it up from the commented-out section (I assume it had been up on a previous March 26.) Looking now, there's no cited basis for March 26, 1707, only the date it entered force, so I'll pull it back. The Tom 20:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of Bangladesh Liberation war entry by YellowMonkey

YelloMonkey claims that the 1971 entry on Bangladesh Liberation War must go, since according to his claim, the article is unreferenced. However, the article is appropriately referenced. As a comparison, Biological_Weapons_Convention does not have ANY references at all. I checked out other entries in the article, and most of them are pathetically referenced, or not referenced at all.

I'd request other users to look into this, and would also request YellowMonkey not to keep removing the entry without discussing here. Thanks. --Ragib (talk) 06:25, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some other examples:

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor - no citations AT ALL.
Aesop's Fables - has missing references.
1812 Caracas earthquake - half the article is unreferenced.

If Yellowmonkey has a problem with the Bangladesh war article, he should first start by marking the particular locations there. Instead, he is removing the entry based on his subjective interpretation of references. As shown above, none of the other anniversary articles listed on MP are well referenced, and some are missing references completely. So, please apply the same standard to all articles and don't apply subjective judgement without discussion. --Ragib (talk) 06:30, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, contrary to YM's claim, the Bangladesh Liberation War article is well wikified. I assume he was referring to some other article? --Ragib (talk) 06:35, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

YellowMonkey's disputing the POV issues with the article. —Dark 06:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article is heavily sourced to involved parties, not independent sources, and is unwikified in heaps of places (Operation Searchlight)_and I don't buy WP:OTHERCRAP YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 07:32, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article is indeed poorly and sparsely sourced with large sections of it with no references at all. Regardless of any other issues, I would say it's not of a high enough quality to be featured on the MP. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:01, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for finally clarifying which article you object to. From YM's ambiguous comments about unwikified content, it was not clear which article he was referring to. Since the entry was primarily on the start of BLW, the only conclusion I could draw was that YM was referring to the BLW article. It would have helped to clarify the issue if it were discussed here or at WP:ERRORS (Which YM did later).--Ragib (talk) 20:30, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There are actually two articles bolded on the 1971 entry. Is there an objection to both the Bangladesh Liberation War and Operation Searchlight articles? Zzyzx11 (talk) 08:09, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BLW is double dated and already went on MP three months ago, so it's double-dipping YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 08:16, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day... section on December 16, 2005, March 26, 2007, December 16, 2007, March 26, 2008, March 26, 2009, and December 16, 2009. YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 08:18, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My interpretation of "any particular selected article should only be listed (be an emboldened entry) once in this queue" has always been that it refers to the calendar year from January 1 to December 31. Which means it officially hasn't double dipped in 2010, but unfortunately the ball was dropped in 2007 and 2009. But if you're interpretation is different, I will not edit war with you on this one. Just make sure you look at what image is currently being shown. Zzyzx11 (talk) 08:27, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So it doesn't get a go in Dec 2010? YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 08:34, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The only other time BLW article can get to the OTD section of MP is December 16. If the norm is not to double dip, then perhaps it shouldn't be listed in the OTD section on Dec 16 this year. However, I do want to point out that December 16 is also the end of another related but different war, namely the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 which started officially in early December and lasted for 10-13 days. (and the end is celebrated in India as Vijay Dibash and in Bangladesh as Victory Day (Bangladesh). Just because BLW was listed today, it shouldn't automatically preclude these other entries on the OTD section for Dec 16 (unless other important events fill out the section). --Ragib (talk) 20:30, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Jack Kevorkian
Omitted: Book of Mormon; Polio vaccine; Chipko movement; Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty; ROKS Cheonan sinking
Included: Aesop's Fables (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Adrianople (1913) (first appearance); Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War (first appearance); Narita International Airport (first appearance); Heaven's Gate (religious group) (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:50, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Jack Kevorkian added later for balance. —howcheng {chat} 01:41, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Deleted: Acts of Union 1707 (wrong date; appears on May 1)
Omitted: Aesop's Fables; Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War; Heaven's Gate (religious group); Jack Kevorkian
Included: Theodosius (son of Maurice) (first appearance); North-West Rebellion (first appearance); The Young and the Restless (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Battle of Adrianople (1913) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 100th anniversary); Narita International Airport (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:02, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

New articles (unused): Siege of Algeciras (1342–44); Combat of the Thirty
Omitted: Theodosius (son of Maurice); Aesop's Fables; North-West Rebellion; Battle of Adrianople (1913); The Young and the Restless; Narita International Airport
Included: Saladin (3rd appearance, last in 2005; previously appeared on May 22); Book of Mormon (2nd appearance, last in 2011); First Battle of Gaza (2nd appearance, last in 2004); Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Chipko movement (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:55, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Heaven's Gate (religious group) (maintenance)
Omitted: Saladin; Book of Mormon; First Battle of Gaza; Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War; Chipko movement
Included: Combat of the Thirty (first appearance); Elbridge Gerry (first appearance); North-West Rebellion (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Polio vaccine (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 08:00, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Combat of the Thirty; Gerrymander; North-West Rebellion; Polio vaccine; Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty
Included: Siege of Algeciras (1342–44) (first appearance); Aesop's Fables (6th appearance, last in 2013); Book of Mormon (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Narita International Airport (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Jack Kevorkian (3rd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 06:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Siege of Adrianople (1912–13) (maintenance); Heaven's Gate (religious group) (maintenance)
Omitted: Siege of Algeciras (1342–44); Aesop's Fables; Book of Mormon; Narita International Airport; Jack Kevorkian
Included: Saladin (4th appearance, last in 2014); Elbridge Gerry (2nd appearance, last in 2015); First Battle of Gaza (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 100th anniversary); Chipko movement (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 'Adud al-Dawla (first appearance); Richard Dawkins (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:44, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Aesop's Fables (maintenance); The Young and the Restless (maintenance); Narita International Airport (maintenance)
Omitted: Saladin (ineligible—maintenance); Elbridge Gerry; First Battle of Gaza; Chipko movement (ineligible—maintenance); ROKS Cheonan sinking; 'Adud al-Dawla; Richard Dawkins
Included: Independence Day (Bangladesh) (first appearance); Theodosius (son of Maurice) (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Combat of the Thirty (2nd appearance, last in 2015); North-West Rebellion (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Polio vaccine (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Bangladesh Liberation War (8th appearance, last in 2010); Conrad Gessner (first appearance); James Hutton (first appearance); Eazy-E (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:21, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Book of Mormon (maintenance); ROKS Cheonan sinking (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Heaven's Gate (religious group)
Omitted: Theodosius (son of Maurice); Combat of the Thirty; North-West Rebellion; Polio vaccine; Bangladesh Liberation War; Conrad Gessner; James Hutton; Eazy-E
Included: Siege of Algeciras (1342–44) (2nd appearance, last in 2016); William Caxton/Aesop's Fables (Caxton: first appearance; Fables: 7th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 80th anniversary); Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 40th anniversary); Jack Kevorkian (4th appearance, last in 2016; 20th anniversary); Julie-Victoire Daubié (first appearance); Fred Karno (first appearance); Constantin Fehrenbach (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 15:49, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Heaven's Gate (religious group) (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Diana Wynne Jones
Omitted: Siege of Algeciras (1342–44); William Caxton/Aesop's Fables; Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War; Jack Kevorkian; Julie-Victoire Daubié; Fred Karno; Constantin Fehrenbach
Included: Safavid occupation of Basra (first appearance); Aceh War (first appearance); Polio vaccine (4th appearance, last in 2018); ROKS Cheonan sinking/ROKS Cheonan (Sinking: 3rd appearance, last in 2017; Ship: first appearance); Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (first appearance); Chonghou (first appearance); Eazy-E (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 25th anniversary)
Repeats: Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Independence Day (Bangladesh) (ineligible—maintenance); Safavid occupation of Basra; Aceh War; Polio vaccine; Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty; ROKS Cheonan sinking; Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld; Chonghou; Eazy-E
Included: Combat of the Thirty (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Brunner Mine disaster (first appearance; 125th anniversary); First Battle of Gaza (4th appearance, last in 2017); Bangladesh Liberation War (9th appearance, last in 2018; 50th anniversary); Jack Kevorkian (5th appearance, last in 2019); Julie-Victoire Daubié (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Richard Dawkins (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 80th birthday); Diana Wynne Jones (first appearance; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 23:40, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Combat of the Thirty; Brunner Mine disaster; First Battle of Gaza; Jack Kevorkian; Julie-Victoire Daubié; Richard Dawkins; Diana Wynne Jones
Included: Safavid occupation of Basra (2nd appearance, last in 2020); North-West Rebellion (4th appearance, last in 2018); Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913) (3rd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Biological Weapons Convention (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Heaven's Gate (religious group) (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 25th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Jacob van Eyck (first appearance); James Hutton (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 125th anniversary); Guido Stampacchia (first appearance; 100th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 16:08, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]