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The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft) tall. The pomegranate was originally found only throughout the Mediterranean region. It was introduced into Spanish America in the late 16th century and into California by Spanish settlers in 1769. This photograph shows a number of arils from a pomegranate.

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2012 notes

Omitted: Skanderbeg; Sinn Féin; Albanian Declaration of Independence; South African Airways Flight 295
Included:
Air New Zealand Flight 901 (5th appearance, last in 2010); 2002 Mombasa attacks
(first appearance, last in 2010; 10th anniversary)

Repeats: Chicago Times-Herald race (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

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2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Albanian Declaration of Independence (maintenance)

Omitted:
Air New Zealand Flight 901; 2002 Mombasa attacks

Included:
Wasfi al-Tal (first appearance); John Major
(first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)

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chat} 08:22, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply
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Liberated?

" Skanderbeg and his forces liberated Kruja in Middle Albania and raised the Albanian flag."
Liberty is inappropriate term in this 15th century context.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 07:01, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrote the blurb to better conform to the article text. —chat} 18:30, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply
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2014 notes

Omitted:
Wasfi al-Tal; John Major

Included: Panama (rescued from Ineligible); Royal Society (6th appearance, last in 2012); Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Tehran Conference (3rd appearance, last in 2005; rescued from Ineligible); South African Airways Flight 295 (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

Repeats: Skanderbeg (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

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2015 notes

Omitted: Panama (ineligible—maintenance); Skanderbeg; Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor; Tehran Conference; South African Airways Flight 295

Included: Shi Jingtang (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Sinn Féin (4th appearance, last in 2013); Grand Ole Opry (4th appearance, last in 2013; 90th anniversary); John Major (6th appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)

Repeats: Royal Society (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

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Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist, received the 1938 Nobel Prize in physics for identifying new elements and discovering nuclear reactions by his method of nuclear irradiation and bombardment. He was born in Rome, Italy, on September 29, 1901, and died in Chicago, Illinois, on ***'November 28'***, 1954, 1943 - 1949 103.232.128.16 (talk) 13:24, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible:
Kilmichael Ambush
(maintenance)

Omitted: Royal Society; Sinn Féin (ineligible—maintenance); Grand Ole Opry; John Major

Included:
Wasfi al-Tal (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 2002 Mombasa attacks
(2nd appearance, last in 2012)

Repeats: Shi Jingtang (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

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2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: John Major (maintenance)

Omitted: Navy Day (ineligible—maintenance); Shi Jingtang; Skanderbeg; Tehran Conference; 2002 Mombasa attacks

Included:
Adina Emilia De Zavala (first appearance); Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
(first appearance)

Repeats:
Wasfi al-Tal
(2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

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chat} 20:00, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply
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2018 notes

New articles (unused): LaMia Flight 2933

Omitted:
Adina Emilia De Zavala; Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Included:
`Abdu'l-Bahá (first appearance); Whitney Engen
(first appearance)

Repeats: Chicago Times-Herald race (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

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chat} 22:25, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply
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2019 notes

Omitted:
`Abdu'l-Bahá; Whitney Engen

Included:
Air New Zealand Flight 901 (6th appearance, last in 2012; 40th anniversary); Betty Parris (first appearance); Johann Peter Salomon (first appearance); Keith Miller
(first appearance; 100th birthday)

Repeats: Chicago Times-Herald race (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

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chat} 17:42, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply
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2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: William Blake (maintenance)

Omitted:
Air New Zealand Flight 901; Betty Parris; Johann Peter Salomon; Keith Miller

Included:
Cham–Vietnamese War (1471) (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 550th anniversary); SS Petriana (first appearance); Michel Micombero (first appearance); Manuel I Komnenos (6th appearance, last in 2016; moved from September 24); Matsuo Bashō (first appearance); Helen of Greece and Denmark
(first appearance)

Repeats: Chicago Times-Herald race (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total; 125th anniversary)

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chat} 03:35, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply
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2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Wasfi Tal (maintenance)

Omitted:
Cham–Vietnamese War (1471); Chicago Times-Herald race; SS Petriana; Michel Micombero; Manuel I Komnenos; Matsuo Bashō; Helen of Greece and Denmark

Included: Shi Jingtang (6th appearance, last in 2018); Royal Society (9th appearance, last in 2017); Tehran Conference (6th appearance, last in 2018); South African Airways Flight 295 (4th appearance, last in 2017); Abraham Brueghel; Gregorio Perfecto; ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (3rd appearance, last in 2021; 100th anniversary; also appeared on May 23, his birthday)

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