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Today's featured article for June 26, 2024

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Picture of the day for June 26, 2024

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin,

Kelvin scale

of temperature is named in his honour.

He is seen here resting on a binnacle (the stand for a marine compass) of his invention, and holding a marine azimuth mirror. Kelvin's balls have been removed or not yet put in; they are the iron balls meant to help balance out the magnetic fields around the binnacle, since a metal ship can easily pull the compass needle off of true north.

Photograph credit: T. & R. Annan & Sons; restored by Adam Cuerden

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I think you mean

Benedict XII. Benedict XII was already quite dead by this time. JRP

12:11, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

2006 is the CN Tower's 30th Anniversary

A good candidate:

world's tallest structures
, was opened.

--PFHLai 08:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would be nice if this can be featured in 2006, in lieu of

Saint Lawrence Seaway. -- 199.71.174.100 04:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply

]

Sunthorn Phu Day

Please add " Sunthorn Phu Day in Thailand ". Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 21:49, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Whiteley

Death in 2005 Spa-Franks (talk) 19:52, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted:
Julian the Apostate; 1907 Tiflis bank robbery; Battle of Belleau Wood; United Nations; Mari Alkatiri

Included: Siege of Fort Mose (first appearance); Fluorine (first appearance); The Lottery (first appearance); Ich bin ein Berliner (6th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Veronica Guerin (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—

chat} 16:19, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply

]

2013 notes

Omitted: Julian (emperor); Siege of Fort Mose; The Lottery; Veronica Guerin

Included: 1906 French Grand Prix (first appearance); 1907 Tiflis bank robbery (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Lawrence v. Texas (2nd appearance, last in 2004; rescued from Ineligible; 10th anniversary)

Repeats: Fluorine (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Ich bin ein Berliner (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 50th anniversary)

—
chat} 16:13, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply
]

2014 notes

New articles (unused): United States v. Windsor/Hollingsworth v. Perry

Omitted: 1906 French Grand Prix; 1907 Tiflis bank robbery; Ich bin ein Berliner; Lawrence v. Texas

Included: En no Gyōja (first appearance); Siege of Fort Mose (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Fluorine (2nd appearance, last in 2012); United Nations (5th appearance, last in 2011); Veronica Guerin (3rd appearance, last in 2012)

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chat} 16:47, 25 June 2014 (UTC)[reply
]

2015 notes

Deleted:
Saint Lawrence Seaway (moved to April 25
)

New articles (unused): Battle of Köse Dağ

Omitted: En no Gyōja; Siege of Fort Mose; Veronica Guerin

Included: Przemysł II (first appearance); Battle of Belleau Wood (4th appearance, last in 2011); Ingemar Johansson (first appearance)

Repeats: Fluorine (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); United Nations (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 70th anniversary)

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chat} 00:06, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply
]

2016 notes

Added and deleted: Richard Matt/2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape (not notable enough)

Omitted: Przemysł II; Fluorine; Battle of Belleau Wood; United Nations; Ingemar Johansson

Included: Sunthorn Phu (rescued from Ineligible); Julian (emperor) (4th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Köse Dağ (first appearance); Siege of Fort Mose (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 1906 French Grand Prix (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Mari Alkatiri (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 10th anniversary)

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chat} 06:07, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply
]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: En no Gyōja (maintenance); Ingemar Johansson (maintenance); Ich bin ein Berliner (maintenance)

Omitted: Sunthorn Phu (ineligible—maintenance); Julian (emperor); Battle of Köse Dağ; 1906 French Grand Prix; Mari Alkatiri

Included:
George IV of the United Kingdom (first appearance); Elvy Kalep (first appearance); Gilberto Gil
(first appearance)

—
chat} 07:55, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply
]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: The Lottery (maintenance)

Omitted:
George IV of the United Kingdom; Elvy Kalep; Yevgeny Primakov
(ineligible—maintenance)

Included:
Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin (first appearance); Daoud Corm (first appearance); Richie Powell
(first appearance)

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chat} 16:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply
]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Julian (emperor) (maintenance)

Omitted:
Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin; Daoud Corm; Richie Powell

Included: Battle of Köse Dağ (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Bangui (first appearance); 1906 French Grand Prix (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Focke-Wulf Fw 61 (2nd appearance, last in 2008); United States v. Windsor (first appearance); Robert the Lotharingian (first appearance); Abner Doubleday (first appearance; 200th birthday); Violette Szabo (first appearance)

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chat} 21:41, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Obergefell v. Hodges (maintenance)

New articles (ineligible): Juliana Morell (maintenance)

New articles (unused): John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)

Omitted: Battle of Köse Dağ; Bangui; 1906 French Grand Prix; Focke-Wulf Fw 61; United States v. Windsor; Robert the Lotharingian; Abner Doubleday; Violette Szabo

Included:
Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (first appearance); Mary Rodgers
(first appearance)

—
chat} 00:44, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply
]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: John Stevens (inventor, born 1749) (date not in source)

Omitted:
Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin; Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia; Mary Rodgers

Included: Przemysł II (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Bangui (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Veronica Guerin (5th appearance, last in 2017; 25th anniversary); Obergefell v. Hodges (2nd appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); Henrietta of England (first appearance); Elvy Kalep (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Violette Szabo (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 100th birthday)

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chat} 20:58, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply
]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Grumman F6F Hellcat (maintenance)

Omitted: Przemysł II; Bangui; Veronica Guerin; Obergefell v. Hodges; Henrietta of England; Elvy Kalep; Violette Szabo

Included:
Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Ebenezer Pemberton (2nd appearance, last in 2019); David Goldblatt
(first appearance)

—
chat} 06:25, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply
]

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