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Dred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857. The Scotts claimed that they should be granted freedom because Dred had lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal, and laws in those jurisdictions said that slave holders gave up their rights to slaves if they stayed for an extended period.

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Please add Duanwu Festival

Besides of Juneteenth, today (this year only) is Duanwu Festival in China. Yao Ziyuan 02:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Currently, there are no references on the article, and I currently am a little too busy to verify it at the moment. Could you please add some to the article, along with a table of future dates like what is on Chinese New Year? Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
New articles (unused): Soviet occupation of Hungary
Omitted: Baseball; Kuwait; Patent Cooperation Treaty; Shishou incident
Included: Battle of Seven Oaks (first appearance); Lou Gehrig (4th appearance, last in 2009); Garfield (5th appearance, last in 2008); Svalbard Global Seed Vault (first appearance)
Repeats: 1987 Hipercor bombing (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:39, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Juneteenth (ineligible—maintenance); Lou Gehrig; Garfield (ineligible—maintenance); 1987 Hipercor bombing; Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Included: Yellow badge (first appearance); Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Soviet occupation of Hungary (first appearance as blurb, 3 total); Operation Panther's Claw (2nd appearance, last in 2010)
Repeats: Battle of Seven Oaks (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 10:34, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Battle of Seven Oaks; Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Soviet occupation of Hungary; Operation Panther's Claw
Included: Juneteenth (rescued from Ineligible); Baseball (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Maximilian I of Mexico (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Kuwait (8th appearance as blurb, last in 2011); Shishou incident (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Yellow badge (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:52, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Baseball; Maximilian I of Mexico; Kuwait; Shishou incident
Included: Battle of Seven Oaks (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of the Philippine Sea (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); 1987 Hipercor bombing (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling (first appearance)
Repeats: Yellow badge (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:22, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): 2005 United States Grand Prix
Omitted: Yellow badge; Battle of the Philippine Sea; 1987 Hipercor bombing; Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling
Included: Louise of the Netherlands (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Lou Gehrig (5th appearance, last in 2012); Patent Cooperation Treaty (4th appearance, last in 2011); Svalbard Global Seed Vault (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Seven Oaks (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 200th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:16, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Yellow badge (maintenance); Battle of the Philippine Sea (maintenance); Kuwait (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Seven Oaks; Louise of the Netherlands (ineligible—maintenance); Lou Gehrig; Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Included: Baseball (4th appearance, last in 2014); Maximilian I of Mexico (5th appearance, last in 2014); Patent Cooperation Treaty (4th appearance, last in 2011); 1987 Hipercor bombing (4th appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); Shishou incident (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Guru Hargobind (first appearance); Sarah Rosetta Wakeman (first appearance); Doris Sands Johnson (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 08:20, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Day of the Independent Hungary (deleted—no source found to support date); Baseball; Maximilian I of Mexico (ineligible—maintenance); 1987 Hipercor bombing; Shishou incident; Guru Hargobind; Sarah Rosetta Wakeman; Doris Sands Johnson
Included: Battle of Höchstädt (1800) (first appearance); Battle of Seven Oaks (5th appearance, last in 2016); Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (9th appearance, last in 2013); Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (first appearance); Mary Tenney Gray (first appearance); Nick Drake (first appearance)
Repeats: Patent Cooperation Treaty (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:28, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): Julian Assange
Omitted: Battle of Höchstädt (1800); Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Patent Cooperation Treaty; Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall; Mary Tenney Gray; Nick Drake
Included: Nicene Creed (first appearance); Lou Gehrig (6th appearance, last in 2016; 80th anniversary); 1987 Hipercor bombing (5th appearance, last in 2017); Operation Panther's Claw (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary); Leo Jud (first appearance); Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (first appearance); Erna Schneider Hoover (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Seven Oaks (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (ineligible): May Whitty (maintenance)
Omitted: Nicene Creed; Battle of Seven Oaks; Lou Gehrig; 1987 Hipercor bombing; Operation Panther's Claw; Leo Jud (ineligible—maintenance); Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig; Erna Schneider Hoover
Included: Baseball (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Maximilian I of Mexico (6th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Patent Cooperation Treaty (6th appearance, last in 2018; 50th anniversary); Garfield (6th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 10th anniversary); Guru Hargobind (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Aage Bohr (first appearance); Len Bias (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:35, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Maximilian I of Mexico; Patent Cooperation Treaty; Garfield; Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling; Guru Hargobind; Aage Bohr; Len Bias
Included: Battle of Höchstädt (1800) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (10th appearance, last in 2018); Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (first appearance); Svalbard Global Seed Vault (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Friedrich Sertürner (first appearance); Evangelos Zappas (first appearance); Doris Sands Johnson (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 100th birthday)
Repeats: Baseball (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 175th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 00:53, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Nicene Creed (maintenance); Battle of Seven Oaks (maintenance); Garfield (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Höchstädt (1800) (ineligible—maintenance); Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Svalbard Global Seed Vault; Friedrich Sertürner; Evangelos Zappas; Doris Sands Johnson
Included: Maximilian I of Mexico (7th appearance, last in 2020); Patent Cooperation Treaty (7th appearance, last in 2020); Julian Assange (first appearance; 10th anniversary); Guru Hargobind (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Sarah Rosetta Wakeman (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Aage Bohr (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 100th anniversary)
Repeats: Baseball (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:54, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]