Talk:January 8
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- 1198 - Lotario de Conti became Pope Innocent III. His first act was the restoration of the papal power in Rome.
- 1815 - Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans (pictured) two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
- 1889 - Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electric tabulating machine.
- 1989 - British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway in the Kegworth air disaster.
- 2004 - RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, was christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
Recent days: January 7 – January 6 – January 5
birthday of wikipedian mikkalai 8~). Mikkalai 17:22, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
..and of User:Burwellian
Why do people keep simplifying and simplifying the explanations next to peoples' names? It seems all that will be allowed is nationality and profession. No details about why you should care about this person are left. Shall we cut to the chase and replace all entries as with the following?
- 1959 - Paul Hester, Human being.
- 1960 - Igor Kurchatov, Human being.
- 1961 - Calvin Smith, Human being.
- 1966 - Andrew Wood, Human being.
- 1967 - Michelle Forbes, Human being.
- 1969 - R. Kelly, Human being.
- 1971 - Jason Giambi, Human being.
I think the appeal of these pages is that you can glance through and see what interesting people were born or died on a particular day. If we strip away any indication of what makes the interesting, what's the point? I'd very much like to revert all the recent changes toward this trend. Is there some guideline this would break? Sadangel 03:26, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
I dunno, buddy. Can we conclusively say that R. Kelly is a Human Being? Aren't you being a bit fast and loose with your definitions, there? -LE, poster.
2006 - The price of a postage stamp in the United States increases to 39 cents.
I don't think this merits inclusion. Unless having it can be justified I'll remove it in due course. Arcturus 21:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
- I took the bold initiative of removing it. Kingturtle 23:39, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
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- I dunno... for some reason, the price of postage stamps are always put into school yearbooks....~Sushi 05:00, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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