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July 24: Pioneer Day in Utah, United States (1847)

Charles de Gaulle

1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate in favour of her one-year-old son, James VI.
1920 – Franco-Syrian War: At the Battle of Maysalun forces of the Arab Kingdom of Syria were defeated by a French army moving to occupy the territory allocated to them by the San Remo conference.
1923 – The Treaty of Lausanne was signed to settle part of the partition of the Ottoman Empire, establishing the boundaries of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.
1967 – During a speech in Montreal, French president Charles de Gaulle (pictured) declared "Long live free Quebec!", a statement that was interpreted as support for Quebec independence from Canada.
1998 – A gunman entered the United States Capitol and opened fire, killing two police officers.

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (d. 946)
Simón Bolívar (b. 1783)
Ada Baker (d. 1949)
Ingrid Sischy (d. 2015)

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AMD purchase? So what?

Is the reference to AMD's intent to purchase a company worthy of inclusion on this page? My opinion is "no". Anybody care to second this motion and delete it? Thanks Hu Gadarn 14:51, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Any person or organisation's intent to do anything should never be included. This article is about what has happened, not what might happen. Jim Michael (talk) 15:01, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

Do pornographic "acting" folk really belong here? Do we want a resource that's available to all, including the very young, to include them as important/famous? And are they actors or performers? The term acting implies a certain skill, whereas most-to-all humans are capable of sexually performing. Just a thought.

Also, who is StatQuo (I read his page) and why is he on here as one of the most important/famous people in history? Apparently his "debut" album, due out in 2003, has yet to appear...

Successful porn stars (such as Jenna Jameson and Ron Jeremy) do belong in the Births section of the relevant Day articles. The actor / performer description is disputed. Whether or not Stat Quo is notable enough to be included in the Births section is debatable. Jim Michael (talk) 02:17, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Learn Nothing Day

This observance has been repeatedly added to the article but it clearly does not meet the requirements of WP:DOY. This observance is not the subject of an article and it seems that it is a bit of a "made up" observance observed by a small group. I understand that every observance was "made up" at one time, but this one, right now, doesn't seem to fit. It should not be included in this article. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 11:17, 13 May 2010 (UTC) No article, no place on this article. Trivial nonsense should never be included. Jim Michael (talk) 15:01, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Latvian festivals

why do these keep appearing with links to the Latvian mythology page when the latter has been disputed (and not corrected) for years?The Lesser Merlin (talk) 11:50, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I couldn't tell you why, but speaking for myself I simply hadn't noticed it. Only currently celebrated holidays should be included, per WP:DOY, (although this is frequently ignored on DOY pages, and I'm not about to champion a campaign to remove all ancient holidays) so removing any of these is unlikely to be controversial. I have removed it, and will try and keep and eye out for these. Winston365 (talk) 22:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]