|
|
| (2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) |
| Line 4: |
Line 4: |
| | Use only ONE image at a time | | Use only ONE image at a time |
| | <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| − | File:Menin Gate.jpg|Menin Gate
| + | Image:TabrizRug1.jpg |
| − | File:Brigham Young.jpg|Brigham Young
| + | File: |
| − | File:Simeon II of Bulgaria.jpg|Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
| |
| − | File:Sunset across Machu Picchu.jpg|Machu Picchu | |
| − | File:Machu-Picchu.jpg|Machu Picchu
| |
| − | File:Bombing of Hamburg.ogg|Bombing of Hamburg
| |
| − | File:Harlaw Monument.jpg|Battle of Harlaw monument
| |
| − | File:DetroitSkyline.jpg|The Detroit skyline as seen from Windsor, Ontario
| |
| − | File:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in WEF ,2009 (cropped).jpg|Manmohan Singh
| |
| − | File:Nordwand.jpg|North face of the Eiger
| |
| − | File:Kitchen debate.jpg|[[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]] and [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] debating|alt=A crowd of men surrounds Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon as they hold an impromptu debate.
| |
| − | File:Tragedia en Santiago de Compostela (b).jpg|Rescuers at the Santiago de Compostela derailment
| |
| | </gallery> | | </gallery> |
| | | | |
| Line 24: |
Line 14: |
| | !Reason | | !Reason |
| | |- | | |- |
| − | |'''[[Simón Bolívar|Simón Bolívar Day]]''' in Ecuador and Venezuela; | + | |2019 – [[Abadeh Rug]] |
| − | | observance not mentioned in article | + | |needs more footnotes |
| | |- | | |- |
| − | | [[1411]] – Forces of [[Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles]], and [[Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar]], fought at the '''[[Battle of Harlaw]]''' near [[Inverurie]], Scotland. | + | |1839 – [[Isfahan Rug]] in |
| − | | refimprove section
| + | |refimprove sections |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1701]] – French explorer [[Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac]] established [[Fort Detroit|Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit]] ''(pictured)'', which later grew into the city of '''[[Detroit]]'''.
| |
| − | | more citations needed
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1783]] – The [[Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti]] and the [[Russian Empire]] signed the '''[[Treaty of Georgievsk]]''', establishing Georgia as a [[protectorate]] of Russia.
| |
| − | | lots of CN tags
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1847]] – '''[[Brigham Young]]''' led the first group of [[Mormon pioneers]] into the [[Salt Lake Valley]] of [[Utah]], at the time a part of Mexico.
| |
| − | | multiple issues
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1911]] – In the Peruvian [[Andes]], American explorer [[Hiram Bingham III|Hiram Bingham]] re-discovered '''[[Machu Picchu]]''' ''(pictured)'', then thought to be the "[[Lost city|Lost City]] of the [[Inca Empire|Incas]]".
| |
| − | | refimprove section
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1915]] – The passenger ship '''[[SS Eastland|SS ''Eastland'']]''' rolled over while tied to a dock in the [[Chicago River]], killing 844 passengers and crew, the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the [[Great Lakes]].
| |
| − | | refimprove section
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1927]] – The '''[[Menin Gate]]''' [[war memorial]] in [[Ypres]], Belgium, marking the starting point for one of the main roads out of the town that led [[Allies of World War I|Allied soldiers]] to the front line during [[World War I]], was unveiled.
| |
| − | | refimprove section
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1929]] – The '''[[Kellogg-Briand Pact]]''', an international treaty renouncing war as an instrument of [[foreign policy]], went into effect.
| |
| − | | featured on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 27|August 27]]
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1938]] – A combined German–Austrian team became the first team to climb the north face of the '''[[Eiger]]''', one of the six [[great north faces of the Alps]].
| |
| − | | multiple issues
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1943]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: [[RAF Bomber Command]] began '''[[Bombing of Hamburg in World War II|Operation Gomorrah]]''', the [[strategic bombing]] of [[Hamburg]], Germany, eventually killing at least 50,000 and leaving over a million others homeless.
| |
| − | | refimprove section
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1963]] – '''''[[Bluenose II]]''''', a replica fishing [[schooner]] and [[Bluenose|major Canadian symbol]], was launched in [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia]].
| |
| − | | lots of CN tags
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1977]] – The '''[[Libyan–Egyptian War]]''', a short border war between the two nations, ended after the combatants agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Algeria.
| |
| − | | featured on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 21|July 21]]
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[1991]] – The government of [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|{{nowrap|P. V.}} Narasimha Rao]] and his finance minister [[Manmohan Singh]] introduced reforms that began the ongoing '''[[Economic liberalisation in India|economic liberalisation in India]]'''.
| |
| − | | cleanup required, refimprove section
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[2001]] – [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]: Fourteen members of the [[Black Tigers]] squadron of the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] carried out '''[[Bandaranaike Airport attack|a suicide attack on Bandaranaike International Airport]]''', destroying eight military aircraft and three passenger jets.
| |
| − | | refimprove | |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[2001]] – '''[[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]]''', the last [[List of Bulgarian monarchs|Tsar of Bulgaria]] when he was a child, was sworn in as [[List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria|Prime Minister of Bulgaria]], becoming one of the first monarchs in history to regain political power through a democratic election to a different office.
| |
| − | | unreferenced sections
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[2002]] – Having been convicted of accepting [[bribery|bribe]]s, [[tax evasion|income tax evasion]], and [[racketeering]], '''[[James Traficant]]''' was expelled from the [[United States House of Representatives]].
| |
| − | | refimprove section
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[2007]] – The Libyan government '''[[HIV trial in Libya|extradited six foreign medical workers]]''' who were charged with conspiring to deliberately infect over 400 children with [[HIV]] in 1998.
| |
| − | | unreferenced section
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | | [[2013]] – A Spanish high-speed train '''[[Santiago de Compostela derailment|derailed]]''' at [[Santiago de Compostela]]; 79 died and around 140 were injured<!-- ''(rescue efforts pictured)''-->.
| |
| − | | more citations needed
| |
| | |- | | |- |
| | |} | | |} |
| | | | |
| | ==Eligible== | | ==Eligible== |
| − | * [[1959]] – Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and U.S. Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] held '''[[Kitchen Debate|an impromptu debate]]''' at the opening of the [[American National Exhibition]] at [[Sokolniki Park]] in Moscow. | + | *2008 – In China, Domotex |
| − | * [[1967]] – During a speech in [[Montreal]], French President [[Charles de Gaulle]] declared "'''[[Vive le Québec libre|Long live free Quebec!]]'''", a statement that was interpreted as support for [[Quebec sovereignty movement|Quebec independence]] from Canada.
| + | |
| − | * [[1980]] – At the [[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow Olympics]], Australia's '''[[Quietly Confident Quartet]]''' swimming team won the [[gold medal]] in the '''[[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay]]''', the only time that the United States, who were [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycotting these games]], has not won the event at Olympic level.
| + | * Born/died: '''[[Hossein Arzhangi]]''' (b. 1597){{·}} |
| − | * [[1998]] – A gunman entered the [[United States Capitol]] and '''[[1998 United States Capitol shooting incident|opened fire]]''', killing two police officers.
| + | |
| − | * [[2014]] – Fifty minutes after departing [[Ouagadougou]], Burkina Faso, '''[[Air Algérie Flight 5017]]''' disappeared from radar, and its wreckage was found the next day in Mali, with no survivors of the 116 people aboard.
| |
| − | * Born/died: '''[[Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid]]''' (d. 946){{·}} '''[[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]]''' (b. 1689){{·}} '''[[Zelda Fitzgerald]]''' (b. 1900) | |
| − | {{divhide|end}}
| |
| | </noinclude> | | </noinclude> |
| − | '''[[July 24]]''': '''[[Pioneer Day (Utah)|Pioneer Day]]''' in [[Utah]] ([[1847]])
| |
| | <div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-otd-img"> | | <div style="float:right;margin-left:0.5em;" id="mp-otd-img"> |
| − | {{main page image|File:Fort Détroit.jpg|Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit}} | + | {{main page image|File:TabrizRug1.jpg|''TABRIZ''|width=150}} |
| | </div> | | </div> |
| − | * [[1910]] – [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces captured the city of [[Shkodër]] to put down the '''[[Albanian revolt of 1910]]'''. | + | * 2017 – During the '''[[Domotex]]''', China |
| − | * [[1923]] – The '''[[Treaty of Lausanne]]''' was signed to settle the [[Anatolia]]n part of the [[partitioning of the Ottoman Empire]], establishing the boundaries of modern Turkey.
| + | |
| − | * [[1987]] – [[Iran–Iraq War]]: In opposition to the American [[Operation Earnest Will|plan to protect Kuwaiti tankers]], Iran laid mines and '''[[Bridgeton incident|damaged]]''' the {{SS|Bridgeton}}, resulting in a propaganda victory for Iran.
| + | '''[[Hossein Arzhangi]]''' (d. 2017){{·}} '''[[Amir Hossein Afsari]]''' (b. 1987){{·}} ''' |
| − | * [[2009]] – The '''{{MV|Arctic Sea}}'''<!--[[MV Arctic Sea]]-->, reportedly carrying [[lumber|timber]], was allegedly [[Boarding (attack)|boarded]] by [[Maritime hijacking|hijackers]] off the coast of Sweden, but much speculation remains as to the actual cargo and events.
| |
| − | '''[[Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury]]''' (b. 1660){{·}} '''[[Martin Van Buren]]''' (d. 1862){{·}} '''[[Kini Kapahu Wilson]]''' (d. 1962) | |
| | {{SelAnnivFooter|Month=July|Day=24}} | | {{SelAnnivFooter|Month=July|Day=24}} |
| | <noinclude> | | <noinclude> |
| | </noinclude> | | </noinclude> |
