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Today's featured article for June 23, 2025

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Picture of the day for June 23, 2025

Geraldine Ulmar (June 23, 1862 – August 13, 1932) was an American singer and actress, best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. In 1879, she made her debut as Josephine in Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore in Boston and soon joined the Boston Ideal Opera Company, where she remained as leading soprano for six years. Ulmar next was hired to play Yum-Yum in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's first American production of The Mikado, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York, from 1885 to 1886. After this she played more Gilbert and Sullivan roles in New York, Germany and England. In London, she originated the leading roles of Elsie Maynard in The Yeomen of the Guard (1888), and Gianetta in The Gondoliers (1889) before leaving D'Oyly Carte in 1890. She remained in London to play leading roles in other works, such as O Mimosa San in The Geisha. She retired from the stage in 1904 and taught singing. She was married for a time to composer Ivan Caryll. The photo shows Ulmar as Yum-Yum in New York in 1886.

Poster credit: Benjamin Joseph Falk; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Length

There are too many events listed for today, creating a big space on the main page. Phoenix2 03:41, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Grand Duke's Official Birthday in Luxembourg

Please add Grand Duke's Official Birthday in Luxembourg. Thanks. --74.14.23.198 04:46, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Midsummer in Estonia

This particular Victory Day of Estonia's is by far outdone by Jaaniõhtu (Midsummer's Eve); some of us Estonians had no immediate idea where that victory took place and Jaaniõhtu is the celebration, please consider changing accordingly. (Come to think of it, Jaaniõhtu is a near exact equivalent of Jāņi in Latvia and Saint Jonas' Festival in Lithuania, both on the main page.) -- Kaf 07:23, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Stand Watie (maintenance); Antarctic Treaty System (appears on December 1)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)
Omitted: Battle of Plassey; Banff National Park; Battle of Cēsis (1919); Gamal Abdel Nasser; Death of Vincent Chin
Included: Edgardo Mortara (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Pierre de Coubertin (2nd appearance, last in 2010); 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Title IX (first appearance; 30th anniversary); Air India Flight 182 (3rd appearance, last in 2006)

—howcheng {chat} 06:02, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Edgardo Mortara; Pierre de Coubertin; 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake; Title IX (ineligible—maintenance); Air India Flight 182
Included: Battle of Moclín (1280) (first appearance); Battle of Springfield (1780) (first appearance); SAT (first appearance); Gamal Abdel Nasser (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game) (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:28, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bhaktivinoda Thakur's centennial death anniversary

Per WP:OTDRULES, I've swapped in an entry on Bhaktivinoda Thakur's centennial death anniversary for the SAT entry, and added his photograph as well. His article has just been significantly upgraded and improved using academic sources, original photos and newly released media. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 06:14, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Battle of Moclín (1280); Battle of Springfield (1780); Gamal Abdel Nasser; Sonic the Hedgehog (series) (blurb previously featured Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game), which is currently ineligible)
Included: Bhaktivinoda Thakur (first appearance; 100th anniversary of death); Battle of Plassey (6th appearance, last in 2011); Banff National Park (9th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Cēsis (1919) (4th appearance, last in 2011); Murder of Vincent Chin (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: SAT (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:43, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of Plassey; Banff National Park; Battle of Cēsis (1919); SAT (ineligible—maintenance); Murder of Vincent Chin
Included: Battle of Moclín (1280) (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Edgardo Mortara (5th appearance last in 2012); Pierre de Coubertin (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Title IX (2nd appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Air India Flight 182 (4th appearance, last in 2012; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:05, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Title IX (maintenance); Murder of Vincent Chin (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Stand Watie
Omitted: Battle of Moclín (1280); Pierre de Coubertin; Title IX (ineligible—maintenance); Air India Flight 182
Included: Battle of Springfield (1780) (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary); Gamal Abdel Nasser (4th appearance, last in 2013; 60th anniversary); Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game) (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)
Repeats: Mortara case (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:38, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've just taken out Mortara case because it was TFA 2 days ago, and replaced it with Pierre de Coubertin. --PFHLai (talk) 05:13, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Stand Watie (maintenance); Battle of Cēsis (1919) (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Bank of Montreal (maintenance; moved from May 19)
Omitted: Jāņi (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Springfield (1780); Pierre de Coubertin; 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake; Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)
Included: Battle of Plassey (7th appearance, last in 2014); Mortara case (6th appearance, last in 2012); Banff National Park (10th appearance, last in 2014); Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons (first appearance); Michèle Mouton (first appearance); V. V. Giri (first appearance); Betty Shabazz (first appearance)
Repeats: Gamal Abdel Nasser (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:53, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Stand Watie
Omitted: Battle of Plassey (ineligible—maintenance); Mortara case; Banff National Park; Gamal Abdel Nasser; Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons; Michèle Mouton; V. V. Giri (moved to June 24); Betty Shabazz
Included: Action of Faial (first appearance); Pierre de Coubertin (5th appearance, last in 2015); Murder of Vincent Chin (3rd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre (first appearance); Li Congyi/Consort Dowager Wang (both: first appearance); Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (first appearance); Frances McDormand (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 20:13, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Deleted: Bhaktivinoda Thakur (used on September 2, his birthday)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Title IX
Omitted: Action of Faial; Pierre de Coubertin; Vincent Chin; 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre; Li Congyi/Consort Dowager Wang; Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; Frances McDormand
Included: Battle of Moclín (1280) (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Stand Watie (3rd appearance, last in 2018; also appeared on December 12, his birthday); SAT (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Air India Flight 182 (5th appearance, last in 2015); 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum/Brexit (both: first appearance); Richard Worsam Meade I (first appearance); Verena Holmes (first appearance); Sanjay Gandhi (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 21:07, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Mortara case (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Moclín (1280); Stand Watie; SAT; Air India Flight 182; 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum (blurb also previously featured Brexit, which is currently ineligible); Richard Worsam Meade I; Verena Holmes
Included: Battle of Springfield (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Banff National Park (11th appearance, last in 2017); Gamal Abdel Nasser (6th appearance, last in 2017); Title IX (3rd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (first appearance); Norman Pritchard (first appearance)
Repeats: Sanjay Gandhi (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 15:52, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)/Sonic the Hedgehog (TFA for 2021)
New articles (unused): Theresienstadt Ghetto and the Red Cross/Maurice Rossel
Omitted: Battle of Springfield; Banff National Park; Gamal Abdel Nasser; Title IX; Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons; Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland; Norman Pritchard; Sanjay Gandhi
Included: Battle of Trapani (first appearance); Stand Watie (4th appearance, last in 2019); Pierre de Coubertin (6th appearance, last in 2018); 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2018); 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Huda Sha'arawi (first appearance); Michèle Mouton (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 70th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 06:38, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Springfield (maintenance); Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)/Sonic the Hedgehog
Omitted: Stand Watie; Pierre de Coubertin; 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake; 2013 Nanga Parbat massacre; Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; Huda Sha'arawi; Michèle Mouton
Included: Battle of Moclín (1280) (5th appearance, last in 2019); Action of Faial (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Title IX (4th appearance, last in 2020; 50th anniversary); Killing of Vincent Chin (4th appearance, last in 2018; 40th anniversary); Frances McDormand (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Sanjay Gandhi (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Betty Shabazz (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 25th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:51, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]