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These are a good entries but their article's are still stubs. --mav 06:49, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

1954 - Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
2002 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin became Prime Minister of France

Roger Bannister is no longer a stub. Posted. -- PFHLai 12:12, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the Hindenburg disaster

Why don't we put this picture as the picture for today? Good quality. WB 06:13, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

I tried. It didn't look too nice on screen at 80~100px. Looks great when it's bigger, though. -- PFHLai 06:22, 2005 May 6 (UTC)

True. Lacking details. Something else would be rather better. Thanks anyway. WB 06:31, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Still a little hard to tell what that is at 100px. We'll use this pic this year. -- PFHLai 12:12, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Chancellorville

Why is the battle of Chancellorville termed decisive victory (an expression nowhere found in the article itself)? A decisive battle is a battle which directly impact the final outcome of a war. Chancellorville did no such thing. Fornadan (t) 11:25, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Deleted: George V of the United Kingdom (appears on June 22); Channel Tunnel (appears on December 1)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bob Hope
Omitted: Italian Renaissance; Battle of Chancellorsville; Phoenix Park Murders; LZ 129 Hindenburg
Included: Siege of Cuzco (first appearance); Christopher Smart's asylum confinement (2nd appearance, last in 2008); Grand Palace (first appearance); The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (first appearance)
Repeats: Assassination of Pim Fortuyn (first appearance; blurb previously featured Pim Fortuyn; 2nd consecutive appearance for blurb, 2 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 12:02, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Deleted: Battle of Chancellorsville (moved to May 3 and combined with Stonewall Jackson)
Moved to Ineligible: Italian Renaissance (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Battle of Corregidor (maintenance)
Omitted: Siege of Cuzco; Christopher Smart's asylum confinement; The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power; Assassination of Pim Fortuyn
Included: Action of 6 May 1801 (first appearance); Chinese Exclusion Act (3rd appearance, last in 2011); LZ 129 Hindenburg (6th appearance, last in 2011); Bob Hope (2nd appearance, last in 2004); Korean Martyrs (first appearance as blurb; listed as observance on September 20)
Repeats: Grand Palace (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:18, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Four minute mile

Accepted that as it stands, the tag for Roger Bannister is not suitable for main page, as it requires a lot of work (I don't have the source materials or time to do this myself at present). But could the bold article be change to Four minute mile, which is in better shape? This year will be the 60th anniversary. Optimist on the run (talk) 10:36, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Grand Palace; Action of 6 May 1801; Chinese Exclusion Act; LZ 129 Hindenburg; Bob Hope; Korean Martyrs (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Siege of Cuzco (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Phoenix Park Murders (4th appearance, last in 2011); Four-minute mile (first appearance; blurb previously featured Roger Bannister, which is ineligible, and is making its 5th appearance, last in 2008; 60th anniversary); The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Assassination of Pim Fortuyn (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 08:10, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Siege of Cuzco; Phoenix Park Murders; Four-minute mile; Assassination of Pim Fortuyn
Included: Christopher Smart's asylum confinement (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Chinese Exclusion Act (5th appearance, last in 2013); LZ 129 Hindenburg (7th appearance, last in 2013); Ariel Castro kidnappings (first appearance)
Repeats: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:54, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Christopher Smart's asylum confinement; Chinese Exclusion Act; LZ 129 Hindenburg; Ariel Castro kidnappings
Included: Siege of Cuzco (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Grand Palace (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Bob Hope (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Assassination of Pim Fortuyn (3rd appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:02, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Chinese Exclusion Act (maintenance)
Omitted: Saint George's Day (ineligible—maintenance); Siege of Cuzco; Grand Palace; Bob Hope; The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power; Assassination of Pim Fortuyn (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Christopher Smart's asylum confinement (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Action of 6 May 1801 (2nd appearance, last in 2013); LZ 129 Hindenburg (8th appearance, last in 2015; 80th anniversary); Four-minute mile (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Ariel Castro kidnappings (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Henry David Thoreau (first appearance); Rosemary Cramp (first appearance); George Clooney (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 02:44, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Christopher Smart's asylum confinement; Action of 6 May 1801; LZ 129 Hindenburg; Ariel Castro kidnappings; Henry David Thoreau; Rosemary Cramp; George Clooney
Included: Grand Palace (4th appearance, last in 2016); Phoenix Park Murders (5th appearance, last in 2014); Bob Hope (4th appearance, last in 2016); 2010 Flash Crash (first appearance); James Tyrrell (first appearance); Jean Senebier (first appearance); Martin Brodeur (first appearance)
Repeats: Four-minute mile (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:59, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Grand Palace; Phoenix Park Murders; Bob Hope; 2010 Flash Crash; Jean Senebier; Martin Brodeur
Included: Siege of Cusco (4th appearance, last in 2016); Action of 6 May 1801 (3rd appearance, last in 2017); The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (5th appearance, last in 2016); Ariel Castro kidnappings (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (first appearance); Grant McLennan (first appearance)
Repeats: Roger Bannister/Four-minute mile Bannister: 5th appearance, last in 2008, was previously ineligible; Mile: 3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); James Tyrrell (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:43, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (unused): Widerøe Flight 710
Omitted: Action of 6 May 1801; Roger Bannister/Four-minute mile; The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power; Ariel Castro kidnappings; James Tyrrell; Ernst Ludwig Kirchner; Grant McLennan
Included: Grand Palace (4th appearance, last in 2018); LZ 129 Hindenburg (9th appearance, last in 2017); Bob Hope (5th appearance, last in 2018); 2010 flash crash (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Pope Marcellus II (first appearance); Jean Senebier (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Novera Ahmed (first appearance)
Repeats: Siege of Cusco (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:55, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Death of Mark Saunders (TFA for 2021)
Omitted: Siege of Cusco; LZ 129 Hindenburg; 2010 flash crash; Pope Marcellus II; Jean Senebier (moved to July 22); Novera Ahmed
Included: Asylum confinement of Christopher Smart (4th appearance, last in 2017); Phoenix Park Murders (6th appearance, last in 2018); The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power; (6th appearance, last in 2019; 30th anniversary) Giaches de Wert (first appearance; 425th anniversary); Victor Grignard (first appearance; 150th birthday); George Clooney (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 60th birthday)
Repeats: Grand Palace (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Bob Hope (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 80th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:47, 8 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Propose removing the following. I do not think this is one of the most notable things that has happened around the world on this date.

2008 – British barrister Mark Saunders was shot dead by police after a five-hour siege at his home in Chelsea, London.

--Whizz40 (talk) 09:02, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Asylum confinement of Christopher Smart; Grand Palace; Phoenix Park Murders; Bob Hope; The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power; Giaches de Wert; Victor Grignard; George Clooney
Included: Action of 6 May 1801 (4th appearance, last in 2019); Chinese Exclusion Act (6th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); SY Aurora's drift (first appearance); Widerøe Flight 710 (first appearance); Death of Mark Saunders (first appearance); Henry David Thoreau (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Martin Brodeur (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 50th birthday); Reg Grundy (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:28, 7 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]