Talk:June 30
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June 30: Independence Day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960)
- 1864 - U.S. National Parks: Abraham Lincoln granted Yosemite Valley to California for "public ... recreation".
- 1905 - Albert Einstein (pictured) published the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" and introduced the theory of special relativity.
- 1908 - The Tunguska impact event occurred in Siberia.
- 1934 - Adolf Hitler violently purged his political rivals on the Night of the Long Knives.
- 1971 - The Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurised during reentry, killing cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgi Dobrovolski and Viktor Patsayev.
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[edit] Self Reference
While it is true that we generally avoid self-references, I checked with the admin responsible for the change, and he explained the logic in this case:
- First the newest software version automatically changes a self reference to bold, so users won't end up reloading the same page needlessly.
- Second, the standard is to bold the article's name where it appears in the first sentence, so this bolding fits well.
- Third, and most interesting, by identifying the date as a link, each user will see the date reference as per the date preferences he or she set on her preference page. This gives the article a much more international appeal. Rklawton 04:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
