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Today's featured article for August 8, 2024
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield was managing director and chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) from 1910 to 1933, and chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) from 1933 to 1947. At a young age, he held senior positions in the tramway systems of Detroit and New Jersey. In 1907 he was recruited by the UERL, where he integrated the company's management and used advertising and public relations to improve profits. As managing director of the UERL from 1910, he led the take-over of competing companies and operations to form Combine, an integrated transport operation. He was Member of parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne from 1916 to 1920 and President of the Board of Trade between 1916 and 1919. He returned to the UERL and then chaired it and its successor the LPTB during the organisation's greatest period of expansion between the two World Wars, making it an exemplar of the best form of public administration. (Full article...) Recently featured: Blackrocks Brewery Existence Alice of Champagne Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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Richard Nixon's resignation[edit]

2012 notes[edit]

New articles (unused): Studénka train accident
Omitted: Battle of Amiens (1918); ASEAN
Included: Quit India Movement (4th appearance, last in 2010; 70th anniversary); Abbey Road (first appearance); 8888 Uprising (3rd appearance, last in 2010); 2010 Gansu mudslide (first appearance)
Repeats: Mont Blanc (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:24, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (maintenance)
New articles (unused): 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision
Omitted: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin; Quit India Movement (ineligible—maintenance); Abbey Road; 2010 Gansu mudslide
Included: Battle of Amiens (1918) (5th appearance, last in 2011); Zimbabwe African National Union (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Studénka train accident (first appearance)
Repeats: Mont Blanc (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total); 8888 Uprising (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:41, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

Omitted: Battle of Amiens (1918); Zimbabwe African National Union; 8888 Uprising; Studénka train accident
Included: Uraniborg (first appearance); LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (5th appearance, last in 2012); Association of Southeast Asian Nations (7th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision (first appearance)
Repeats: Mont Blanc (4th consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:19, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 8 August 2014[edit]

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please add Georgian-Russian war(august war)starting to this day 146.255.228.218 (talk) 18:30, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The content for today was already selected. I'm not sure the process in which it is chosen but editprotected requests cannot be helpful here. Rjd0060 (talk) 01:19, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. Russo-Georgian War appeared on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 7. —howcheng {chat} 20:15, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

Omitted: Mont Blanc (ineligible—maintenance); LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin; Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ineligible—maintenance); 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision
Included: Battle of Amiens (1918) (6th appearance, last in 2013); Abbey Road (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 8888 Uprising (5th appearance, last in 2013); 2010 Gansu mudslide (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Uraniborg (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:59, 7 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

Omitted: Battle of Amiens (1918); Abbey Road; 8888 Uprising; 2010 Gansu mudslide
Included: Mont Blanc (8th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Convair B-36 Peacemaker (2nd appearance, last in 2006; 70th anniversary); Bois du Cazier (first appearance; 60th anniversary); 2008 Studénka train wreck (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Uraniborg (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:40, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (maintenance)
Omitted: Mont Blanc (ineligible—maintenance); Convair B-36 Peacemaker (ineligible—maintenance); 2008 Studénka train wreck
Included: Zimbabwe African National Union (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 1998 killing of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan (first appearance); 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Sophia Duleep Singh (first appearance); Ernest Lawrence (first appearance); Sheila Varian (first appearance)
Repeats: Uraniborg (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Bois du Cazier (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:07, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Missing Date when viewed from Archive.

Anthony 1l (talk) 03:01, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

Omitted: Bois du Cazier; Zimbabwe African National Union; 1998 killing of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan (even though it's the 30th anniversary because there are 1988 and 2008 items); 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision; Sophia Duleep Singh; Ernest Lawrence; Sheila Varian
Included: Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266 (first appearance); Battle of Amiens (1918) (7th appearance, last in 2015; 100th anniversary); 8888 Uprising (6th appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); 2008 Studénka train wreck (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 20th anniversary); Seo Hui (first appearance); James Tissot (first appearance); Esther Williams (first appearance)
Repeats: Uraniborg (5th consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:47, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

Omitted: Uraniborg; Battle of Amiens (1918); 8888 Uprising; 2008 Studénka train wreck; Seo Hui; James Tissot; Esther Williams
Included: Third Anglo-Afghan War (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Abbey Road (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 50th anniversary); 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 10th anniversary); Western African Ebola virus epidemic (first appearance); Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield (first appearance); Sophia Duleep Singh (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Ernest Lawrence (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
Repeats: Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:00, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Zimbabwe African National Union (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (maintenance)
Omitted: Third Anglo-Afghan War; Abbey Road; 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision; Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield; Sophia Duleep Singh; Ernest Lawrence
Included: Uraniborg (6th appearance, last in 2018); LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (6th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Bois du Cazier (3rd appearance, last in 2017); 2010 Gansu mudslide (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Esther Hobart Morris (first appearance); Earle Page (first appearance); Elisabeth Abegg (first appearance)
Repeats: Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266 (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 21:10, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

New articles (unused): Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Omitted: Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266; LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin; Bois du Cazier; 2010 Gansu mudslide; Esther Hobart Morris; Earle Page; Elisabeth Abegg
Included: Battle of Amiens (1918) (8th appearance, last in 2018); Abbey Road (4th appearance, last in 2019); 2008 Studénka train wreck (4th appearance, last in 2018); Matteo Tafuri (first appearance); Christoph Ludwig Agricola (first appearance); Esther Williams (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th birthday)
Repeats: Uraniborg (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:54, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

Omitted: Uraniborg; Battle of Amiens (1918); Abbey Road; 2008 Studénka train wreck; Matteo Tafuri; Christoph Ludwig Agricola; Esther Williams
Included: Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266 (4th appearance, last in 2020); Third Anglo-Afghan War (2nd appearance, last in 2019); LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (7th appearance, last in 2020); 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision (4th appearance, last in 2019); Western African Ebola virus epidemic (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Earle Page (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Ernest Lawrence (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Sheila Varian (4th appearance, last in 2021; also appears on March 6, her death anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:13, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]