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1941 - Mass deportations by Soviet Union authorities take place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Even though this event is mentioned in the Timeline of World War II, it is not yet a dated part of any articles. The closest mention is in the Lithuania article, but the article does not date this event. Thus by the guidelines, until this event can be placed and dated in an article, we have to move this event out of the Selected Anniversaries. Ancheta Wis 04:55, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

1985 - TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah - since there's no artlce about this hijacking, can we come up with something else? RickK | Talk 05:04, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

1940 Auschwitz was opened by Nazi Germany I believe this is an incorrect date. The Auschwitz museum [1] says it was opened mid 1940. The Wikipedia article says Auschwitz I was founded on May 20, 1940. This should probably be removed from the list of June 14. Ydorb 23:42, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Mass deportations of Baltic peoples

1941 - Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians begun.
- Why is this not included??? It is the most significant event that took place on this day!
  - Where is the wikipage on this event ? -- 64.229.230.103 17:22, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Flag Day in the US

A link to Flag Day in the United States would be nice, please. Maybe next year. Thanks. -- 64.229.230.103 17:25, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

World Blood Donor Day

June 14th, the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, the scientist who led the initial characterization of the ABO blood groups, is celebrated by international organizations such as the International Society of Blood Transfusion, the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations and the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote blood donation. (See also http://www.wbdd.org/) It's too late this year, but hopefully, we can put World Blood Donor Day on MainPage next year. --199.71.174.100 (talk) 23:56, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perpetrators of the flight 847 hijacking

So although the June 14 page says it was Hezbollah, the article itself is more ambiguos. I edited this page to say it was Hezbollah assuming the June 14 page was enough, and Zzyzx11 reverted it saying:

"the TWA Flight 847 article specifically mentions "Lebanese Shia Islamists" - until the contradiction is corrected on either of those pages, its best to leave no mention here"

So what should it be? I think it should at least meantion "Lebanese Shia Islamists with connection to Hezbollah" as the perpetrators.Ya'ir Hunter (talk) 09:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: California Republic (maintenance)
Omitted: Tran Quang Khai; Battle of Marengo; 1940 Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania; Index Librorum Prohibitorum; Falklands War
Included: Battle of Naseby (4th appearance, last in 2010); Difference engine (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of France (first appearance); Schengen Agreement (2nd appearance, last in 2007; moved from March 26); 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:56, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Deleted: Pledge of Allegiance (appears on October 12)
Omitted: Battle of Naseby; Difference engine; 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot
Included: Tran Quang Khai (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Marengo (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Index Librorum Prohibitorum (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Battle of France (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Schengen Agreement (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:50, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Battle of Marengo; Battle of France; Index Librorum Prohibitorum; Schengen Agreement
Included: California Republic (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Operation Perch (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Falklands War (7th appearance, last in 2011); 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot (2nd anniversary, last in 2012; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Trần Quang Khải (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:44, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced Operation Perch (at TFA) with Battle of France (third appearance). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:04, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

United States Army

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Request that the following anniversary be placed in eligible staging section of the Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 14:

1775 - The United States Army was founded as the Continental Army by an act of the Continental Congress.

--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:33, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 05:18, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Falklands War (maintenance)
Omitted: Trần Quang Khải; California Republic; Battle of France; Falklands War; 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot
Included: Battle of Naseby (5th appearance, last in 2012); United States Army (first appearance); Difference engine (6th appearance, last in 2012); 1940 Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary); Schengen Agreement (4th appearance, last in 2013; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:21, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: United States Army (ineligible—maintenance); Difference engine; 1940 Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania; Schengen Agreement (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Marengo (3rd appearance, last in 2013); California Republic (5th appearance, last in 2014); Index Librorum Prohibitorum (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary); Thabo Mbeki (3rd appearance, last in 2007)
Repeats: Battle of Naseby (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:14, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Friedland (maintenance); 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Thomas Pennant
Omitted: Battle of Naseby; Battle of Marengo; California Republic; Thabo Mbeki (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Trần Quang Khải (4th appearance, last in 2014); Flag of the United States (6th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Charles Babbage (4th appearance, last in 2006; blurb previously featured Difference engine, which is currently ineligible, and last appeared in 2015); Operation Perch (first appearance); Antonio Sacchini (first appearance); Karl Landsteiner (first appearance); Mary Cassatt (first appearance)
Repeats: Index Librorum Prohibitorum (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:17, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Naseby (maintenance)
New articles (unused): W. W. E. Ross
Omitted: Liberation Day (Falkland Islands)/South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (both: ineligible—maintenance); Trần Quang Khải; Flag of the United States (ineligible—maintenance); Charles Babbage; Index Librorum Prohibitorum; Operation Perch; Antonio Sacchini; Karl Landsteiner; Mary Cassatt
Included: Peasants' Revolt (8th appearance, last in 2017; moved from June 12); California Republic (6th appearance, last in 2016); Kingdom of Sarawak (4th appearance, last in 2017; normally appears on September 24); Battle of France/Fall Rot (Battle: 4th appearance, last in 2014; Fall Rot: first appearance); Grenfell Tower fire (first appearance); Henry Vane the Younger (first appearance); Leonidas Polk (first appearance); Emmeline Pankhurst (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:03, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 request

14 June is the 100th anniversary of the Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown. Can we feature this please? Mjroots (talk) 19:34, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Mjroots: That article normally appears on June 15, the date of their landing. —howcheng {chat} 19:29, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That'll be fine. Mjroots (talk) 19:31, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Mary Cassatt (maintenance)
Omitted: Peasants' Revolt; California Republic; Kingdom of Sarawak; Battle of France/Fall Rot; Grenfell Tower fire; Henry Vane the Younger; Leonidas Polk; Emmeline Pankhurst
Included: Trần Quang Khải (5th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Marengo (4th appearance, last in 2016); German Naval Laws (first appearance); Monkeys and apes in space (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Index Librorum Prohibitorum (5th appearance, last in 2017); Harriet Beecher Stowe (first appearance); W. W. E. Ross (first appearance; 125th birthday); Qiao Shi (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:40, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Omitted: Flag Day (United States) (ineligible—maintenance); Trần Quang Khải; Battle of Marengo; Monkeys and apes in space; Index Librorum Prohibitorum; Harriet Beecher Stowe; W. W. E. Ross (ineligible—maintenance); Qiao Shi
Included: Peasants' Revolt (9th appearance, last in 2018); Funj Sultanate (first appearance); Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 80th anniversary); Grenfell Tower fire/Grenfell Tower (Fire: 2nd appearance, last in 2018; Tower: first); Thomas Pennant (first appearance); Anna B. Eckstein (first appearance); Mimi Parent (first appearance)
Repeats: German Naval Laws (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:11, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Trần Quang Khải (date not certain)
Omitted: Public holidays in the Falkland Islands (ineligible—stub); Funj Sultanate (ineligible—maintenance); German Naval Laws; Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania; Grenfell Tower fire; Thomas Pennant; Anna B. Eckstein; Mimi Parent
Included: California Republic (7th appearance, last in 2018; 175th anniversary); Battle of France/Fall Rot (Battle: 5th appearance; Fall Rot: 2nd; both last in 2018); Tarkus (first appearance; 50th anniversary); 2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown (first appearance); Harriet Beecher Stowe (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Alois Alzheimer (first appearance); Mary Cassatt (3rd appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Peasants' Revolt (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

2022 notes

New articles (ineligible): Margie Hyams (maintenance)
Omitted: Peasants' Revolt; California Republic; Battle of France/Fall Rot; Tarkus; 2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown; Harriet Beecher Stowe; Alois Alzheimer; Mary Cassatt
Included: Flag of the United States (7th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Charles Babbage (5th appearance, last in 2017; 200th anniversary); German Naval Laws (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Operation Perch (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Index Librorum Prohibitorum (6th appearance, last in 2019); Henry Vane the Younger (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Karl Landsteiner (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Mimi Parent (2nd appearance, last in 2020)

—howcheng {chat} 04:47, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]