Frequently asked questions Q1: Why is [Insert event here], an event that is "more important and significant" than all the others that are currently listed, not posted? A1: Relative article quality along with the mix of topics already listed are often deciding factors in what gets posted. Any given day of the year can have a great many important or significant historical events. The problem is that there is generally only room on the Main Page to list about 5 events at a time, so not everything can be posted. As stated on Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page, the items and events posted on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much important or significant their subjects are. It is easier for admins to select a well-written, cited, verifiable article over a poor one versus trying to determine objectively how much a subject is important or significant. Keep in mind that the quality requirements only apply to the selected bolded article, not the other links. Thus, an event may qualify for multiple dates in a year if there is an article written in a summary style and an article providing detailed content; if one of those pages have cleanup issues, the other page can be bolded as an alternate. Another criterion is to maintain some variety of topics, and not exhibit, just for example, tech-centrism, or the belief that the world stops at the edge of the English-speaking world. Many days have a large pool of potential articles, so they will rotate in and out every year to give each one some Main Page exposure. In addition, an event is not posted if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article or featured picture. Q2: There are way too many 20th-century events listed. Why aren't there more events from the 19th century and before? A2: The short, basic reason is the systemic bias of Wikipedia. There are not enough good, well-written articles on 19th-century and earlier events for all 365 days in the year. Currently, a majority of users seem to be generally more interested in writing articles about recent events. If you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias. Q3: This page seems to be biased toward events based in [Insert country or region here]. What can be done about it? A3: This again is attributed to the systemic bias of Wikipedia. Many users are generally more interested in working on good, well-written articles pertaining to their home country. Since this is the English Wikipedia, there will be more English-speaking users, and thus more articles pertaining to English-speaking countries. And if there are more users who are from the United States, there will probably be more well-written articles about events based in the United States. Again, if you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias. Q4: Why is the birthday/death anniversary of [Insert name here] not listed? A4: There are only four slots available for birth and death anniversaries. As with the events, article quality and diversity in time period, geography, and reason for notability are all contributing factors in whether an article gets selected for inclusion. Q5: Are the holidays/observances listed in any particular order? A5: Yes, there is a specified order: International observances first, then alphabetically by where observed. Q6: Some of the holidays/observances that are listed have dates in parentheses beside them. What do they mean? A6: There are two reasons that some holidays/observances have dates next to them: Non- Gregorian-based holidays/observances are marked with the current year as a reminder to others that their dates do in fact vary from year to year. National Days, Independence Days, and other holidays celebrating the nationhood of a country are generally marked by the year of the significant historic date being observed.

Today's featured article for July 14, 2024
Greece celebrating their Euro 2004 win The UEFA Euro 2004 final was the final match of Euro 2004, the 12th European Championship, organised by UEFA for the senior men's national association football teams of its member associations. The match was played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, and contested by Portugal and Greece. The two defences ensured that goal-scoring opportunities were limited, and the score was 0–0 at half-time. Greece scored the only goal of the match after 57 minutes when Angelos Basinas took a corner kick to Angelos Charisteas, who sent a header past goalkeeper Ricardo. Several pundits labelled Greece's tournament win the greatest upset in the history of the European Championship, with their pre-tournament bookmakers' odds at 150–1. Greece subsequently failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and did not successfully defend their European Championship in 2008. Portugal eventually won the European Championship in 2016. ( Full article...) Recently featured: Alan Wace Hypericum sechmenii Still Reigning Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk –  – history – watch
Picture of the day for July 14, 2024
Happy Chandler (July 14, 1898 – June 15, 1991) was the 44th governor of Kentucky (1935–1939), a member of the U.S. Senate, the commissioner of baseball, and the 49th governor of Kentucky (1955–1959). In his first term as governor, he oversaw the repeal of the sales tax, replacing the lost revenue with new excise taxes and the state's first income tax, and helped improve the state's education and transportation systems. He resigned as governor so his successor could appoint him to the Senate. A fiscal conservative and disciple of Virginia's Harry F. Byrd, Chandler opposed parts of Roosevelt's New Deal and openly disagreed with the president's decision to prioritize European operations in World War II over the Pacific War. In 1945, he resigned his Senate seat to become the commissioner of baseball, succeeding Kenesaw Mountain Landis. He approved Jackie Robinson's contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, initiating the racial integration of Major League Baseball. Photograph credit: Harris & Ewing; restored by Kentuckian Recently featured: The Death of Marat Village weaver Brooklyn Navy Yard Archive More featured pictures view talk history watch file page create protected version (To create the protected version, replace the first line with {{subst:POTD row and save the page.)

• Omitted: Priestley Riots; First ascent of the Matterhorn; Battle of Taejon; Jane Goodall; Montreal Flood of 1987
• Included: Alien and Sedition Acts (6th appearance, last in 2008); Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring (first appearance); MP3 (first appearance); Plame affair (first appearance)
• Repeats: Rawya Ateya (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

— howcheng { chat} 04:15, 13 July 2012 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Area 51 (date not verified)
• Omitted: Alien and Sedition Acts; Rawya Ateya (ineligible—maintenance); MP3; Springer (killer whale) (ineligible—maintenance)
• Included: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (first appearance); Portolà expedition (first appearance); Mariner 4 (7th appearance, last in 2010)
• Repeats: Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 80th anniversary); Plame affair (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 10th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 00:11, 13 July 2014 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: MP3 (maintenance)
• Omitted: Portolà expedition; Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring; Mariner 4; Plame affair
• Included: Priestley Riots (4th appearance, last in 2011); First ascent of the Matterhorn (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Jane Goodall (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Montreal Flood of 1987 (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
• Repeats: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

— howcheng { chat} 02:12, 13 July 2014 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Mariner 4 (maintenance)
• Omitted: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang; Priestley Riots; Jane Goodall
• Included: Louis VIII of France (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Portolà expedition (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Taejon (first appearance)
• Repeats: First ascent of the Matterhorn (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 150th anniversary); Montreal Flood of 1987 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

— howcheng { chat} 05:42, 12 July 2015 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: Louis VIII of France; Portolá expedition; Battle of Taejon; Montreal Flood of 1987
• Included: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Priestley Riots (5th appearance, last in 2014); Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Plame affair (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
• Repeats: First ascent of the Matterhorn (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

— howcheng { chat} 10:32, 13 July 2016 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Louis VIII of France (maintenance); Portolá expedition (maintenance)
• Deleted: Area 51 (moved to June 25)
• New articles (unused): 2016 Nice attack
• Omitted: Bastille Day (ineligible—maintenance); Emperor Xuanzong of Tang; Priestley Riots (ineligible—maintenance); First ascent of the Matterhorn (ineligible—maintenance); Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring (ineligible—maintenance); Plame affair
• Included: Storming of the Bastille (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Taejon (first appearance); 14 July Revolution (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Montreal flood of 1987 (4th appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); MP3 (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Edward White Benson (first appearance); William Hanna (first appearance); Constance Stokes (first appearance)

— howcheng { chat} 07:26, 14 July 2017 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Alien and Sedition Acts (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Taejon; Montreal flood of 1987; MP3; Edward White Benson; William Hanna; Constance Stokes
• Included: Bastille Day (rescued from Ineligible); Priestley Riots (6th appearance, last in 2016); Plame affair (4th appearance, last in 2016); New Horizons (first appearance); James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley (first appearance); Kate M. Gordon (first appearance); Alphonse Mucha (first appearance)
• Repeats: Storming of the Bastille (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); 14 July Revolution (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 60th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 16:07, 14 July 2018 (UTC) reply

• Deleted: Gleichschaltung (moved to March 6)
• Omitted: 14 July Revolution; Plame affair; New Horizons; James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley; Kate M. Gordon
• Included: Battle of Taejon (5th appearance, last in 2017); Mariner 4 (8th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); 2016 Nice truck attack (first appearance); John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford (first appearance); Howard Webb (first appearance)
• Repeats: Storming of the Bastille (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Priestley Riots (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Alphonse Mucha (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 80th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 15:37, 22 July 2019 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: 14 July Revolution (maintenance); MP3 (maintenance); New Horizons (maintenance)
• New articles (ineligible): Roy Inwood ( TFA for 2020)
• New articles (unused): Herbert Maryon; Constance Stokes
• Omitted: Storming of the Bastille; Battle of Taejon; Mariner 4 (ineligible—maintenance); John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford; Alphonse Mucha; Howard Webb
• Included: Alien and Sedition Acts (7th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Chicago Fire of 1874 (first appearance); Montreal flood of 1987 (5th appearance, last in 2017); Arthur de Gobineau (first appearance); Juliette Wytsman (first appearance); César Tovar (first appearance)
• Repeats: Priestley Riots (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total); 2016 Nice truck attack (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

— howcheng { chat} 18:53, 15 July 2020 (UTC) reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Roy Inwood
• Omitted: Priestley Riots; Alien and Sedition Acts; 2016 Nice truck attack; Arthur de Gobineau; Juliette Wytsman; César Tovar
• Included: Storming of the Bastille (9th appearance, last in 2019); St Mark's Campanile (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Plame affair (5th appearance, last in 2018); Sixto Durán Ballén (first appearance; 100th birthday); Howard Webb (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 50th birthday); Constance Stokes (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 30th anniversary)
• Repeats: Chicago Fire of 1874 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Montreal flood of 1987 (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

• Omitted: Chicago Fire of 1874; Montreal flood of 1987; Plame affair; Sixto Durán Ballén; Howard Webb
• Included: Priestley Riots (9th appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Taejon (6th appearance, last in 2019); Roy Inwood (first appearance); Herbert Maryon (first appearance)
• Repeats: Storming of the Bastille (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total); St Mark's Campanile (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Constance Stokes (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

— howcheng { chat} 06:56, 15 July 2022 (UTC) reply