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Q1: Why is [Insert event here], an event that is "more important and significant" than all the others that are currently listed, not posted?: A1: Relative article quality along with the mix of topics already listed are often deciding factors in what gets posted. Any given day of the year can have a great many important or significant historical events. The problem is that there is generally only room on the Main Page to list about 5 events at a time, so not everything can be posted.

As stated on Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page, the items and events posted on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much important or significant their subjects are. It is easier for admins to select a well-written, cited, verifiable article over a poor one versus trying to determine objectively how much a subject is important or significant.

Keep in mind that the quality requirements only apply to the selected bolded article, not the other links. Thus, an event may qualify for multiple dates in a year if there is an article written in a summary style and an article providing detailed content; if one of those pages have cleanup issues, the other page can be bolded as an alternate.

Another criterion is to maintain some variety of topics, and not exhibit, just for example, tech-centrism, or the belief that the world stops at the edge of the English-speaking world. Many days have a large pool of potential articles, so they will rotate in and out every year to give each one some Main Page exposure. In addition, an event is not posted if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article or featured picture.

Q2: There are way too many 20th-century events listed. Why aren't there more events from the 19th century and before?

A2: The short, basic reason is the systemic bias of Wikipedia. There are not enough good, well-written articles on 19th-century and earlier events for all 365 days in the year. Currently, a majority of users seem to be generally more interested in writing articles about recent events. If you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias.

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Q4: Why is the birthday/death anniversary of [Insert name here] not listed?

A4: There are only four slots available for birth and death anniversaries. As with the events, article quality and diversity in time period, geography, and reason for notability are all contributing factors in whether an article gets selected for inclusion.

Q5: Are the holidays/observances listed in any particular order?

A5: Yes, there is a specified order: International observances first, then alphabetically by where observed.

Q6: Some of the holidays/observances that are listed have dates in parentheses beside them. What do they mean?

A6: There are two reasons that some holidays/observances have dates next to them:

Non-Gregorian-based holidays/observances are marked with the current year as a reminder to others that their dates do in fact vary from year to year.
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Today's featured article for March 30, 2026

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Picture of the day for March 30, 2026

St. Louis Woman is a 1946 American musical by Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The musical opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York on March 30, 1946, and ran for 113 performances. The original cast included Robert Pope (Badfoot), Harold Nicholas (Little Augie), Fayard Nicholas (Barney), June Hawkins (Lilli), Pearl Bailey (Butterfly), Ruby Hill (Della Green), Rex Ingram (Biglow Brown), and Milton J. Williams (Mississippi). The production's scenic designer and costume designer was Lemuel Ayers. It is based upon the novel God Sends Sunday by African-American writer Arna Bontemps. This photograph shows Pearl Bailey in the role of Butterfly.

Photograph credit: Carl Van Vechten; restored by Adam Cuerden]]

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2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Alaska Purchase (maintenance)
Omitted: Florida Territory; Wang Jingwei; Easter Offensive; Reagan assassination attempt
Included: Crawford Long (first appearance); March Days (first appearance); Yonge–University–Spadina line (first appearance); 2009 Lahore police academy attacks (first appearance)
Repeats: Sicilian Vespers (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:30, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Reagan assassination attempt added later for balance. —howcheng {chat} 06:46, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Jeopardy!
Omitted: Crawford Long; Yonge–University–Spadina line; Reagan assassination attempt
Included: Florida Territory (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Wang Jingwei (9th appearance, last in 2011); Darah dan Doa (first appearance)
Repeats: Sicilian Vespers (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total); March Days (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:55, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Yonge–University–Spadina line (maintenance)
Omitted: Florida Territory; March Days; Wang Jingwei; Darah dan Doa
Included: Alaska Purchase (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (first appearance); 2009 Lahore police academy attacks (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Sicilian Vespers (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total); Jeopardy! (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:14, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Sicilian Vespers; Jeopardy!; 2009 Lahore police academy attacks
Included: March Days (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Wang Jingwei (10th appearance, last in 2013); Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan (7th appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Alaska Purchase (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:02, 28 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Alaska Purchase; March Days; Wang Jingwei; Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
Included: Sicilian Vespers (7th appearance, last in 2014); Crawford Long (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Darah dan Doa (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Easter Offensive (3rd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:55, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Wang Jingwei (maintenance)
Omitted: Sicilian Vespers (ineligible—maintenance); Crawford Long; Easter Offensive
Included: Alaska Purchase (5th appearance, last in 2015; 150th anniversary); March Days (4th appearance, last in 2015); 2009 Lahore police academy attacks (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Juan Manuel de Rosas (first appearance); Vincent van Gogh (10th appearance, last in 2015; normally appears on December 23); James Cagney (first appearance)
Repeats: Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total); Darah dan Doa (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:00, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

New articles (unused): DJ AM (TFA for 2018)
Omitted: Alaska Purchase; Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (ineligible—maintenance); Juan Manuel de Rosas; Vincent van Gogh (deleted); James Cagney
Included: Florida Territory (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Easter Offensive (4th appearance, last in 2016); Anna Sewell (first appearance); Stefan Banach (first appearance); Philip Showalter Hench (first appearance)
Repeats: March Days (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 100th anniversary); Darah dan Doa (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); 2009 Lahore police academy attacks (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:29, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Florida Territory; Darah dan Doa; Easter Offensive; Anna Sewell; Stefan Banach; Philip Showalter Hench
Included: Crawford Long (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Thallium (first appearance); Jeopardy! (7th appearance, last in 2014); Kazimierz Łyszczyński (first appearance); Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (first appearance); DJ AM (first appearance)
Repeats: March Days (3rd consecutive appearance; 6 total); 2009 Lahore police academy attacks (3rd consecutive appearance; 5 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:03, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: James Cagney (maintenance)
Omitted: Crawford Long; March Days; Jeopardy!; 2009 Lahore police academy attacks; Kazimierz Łyszczyński; Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun; DJ AM
Included: Alaska Purchase (6th appearance, last in 2017); Darah dan Doa (5th appearance, last in 2018; 70th anniversary); Easter Offensive (5th appearance, last in 2018); Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan (8th appearance, last in 2015); Ralph Sadler (first appearance); Beau Brummell (first appearance); Celine Dion (first appearance)
Repeats: Thallium (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:53, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (unused): Juan Manuel de Rosas
Omitted: Alaska Purchase; Darah dan Doa; Easter Offensive
Included: Florida Territory (4th appearance, last in 2018); March Days (7th appearance, last in 2019); 2009 Lahore police academy attack (6th appearance, last in 2019)
Repeats: Thallium (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total; 40th anniversary); Ralph Sadler (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Beau Brummell (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Celine Dion (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

Somehow didn't finish the births/deaths this year, even though I found a new article. —howcheng {chat} 04:14, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: March Days; Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan; 2009 Lahore police academy attack; Ralph Sadler; Beau Brummell; Celine Dion
Included: Treaty of Fes (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Darah dan Doa (6th appearance, last in 2020); Easter Offensive (6th appearance, last in 2020; 50th anniversary); Juan Manuel de Rosas (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Nicolae Rădescu (first appearance); Fred Korematsu (first appearance)
Repeats: Florida Territory (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 200th anniversary); Thallium (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:45, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]