Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/August 14

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Today's featured article for August 14, 2024
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ancient Indian region of Gandhara, in present-day northern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Considered to be exceptionally well-preserved and particularly representative of Buddhist monastic architecture of its era, the ruins were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the neighbouring remains of an ancient town in 1980. Pictured here is an aerial view of the complex, showing its various chambers and courtyards. photographed by Muzamil Hussain Toori, retouched by UnpetitproleX Recently featured: ATLAS experiment Archive More featured pictures view talk edit history watch file page create protected version (To create the protected version, replace the first line with {{subst:POTD row and save the page.)

The joint declaration by FDR and Churchill that was issued as a plain, typed press release on August 14, 1941 would later be called the "Atlantic Charter" by a Socialist London newspaper. There was never an actual signed legal document. That wasn't the real purpose of "Operation Riviera" which would later be called the "Atlantic Conference" but it was good press, and it helped cover the fact that the U.S. (still technically neutral at the time) was engaging in war plans with one of the belligerents engaged in World War II military conflicts. For more details, see "discussion" related to Wikipedia entry of "Atlantic Charter."

The 5th anniversary of this event is being covered very widely in hte media... I'm surprised not to see it in today's OTD. Radagast (talk) 14:16, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remember that the selected articles (bolded items) on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much their subjects are important or significant. Because there is only room for about five events each day, any article that has a bunch of cleanup, dispute, or "requesting sources and verification" tags, like this article, gets lower priority, even if it is only five years old. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 14:48, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Omitted:
  Solomos Solomou
• Included: Second Seminole War (4th appearance, last in 2010); The Lost Chord (4th appearance, last in 2010); Carlos the Jackal (5th appearance, last in 2009); Helios Airways Flight 522 (3rd appearance, last in 2009); Youth Olympic Games (first appearance)
• Repeats: The Family (Australian New Age group) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

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