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July 23: Revolution Day in Egypt 1881 – The International Federation of Gymnastics, the world's oldest international sport federation, was founded in Liège, Belgium. 1952 – Egyptian Army officers in the Free Officers Movement led by Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser staged a military coup that forced King Farouk of Egypt to abdicate. 1970 – Qaboos overthrew his father Said bin Taimur to become Sultan of Oman. 1986 – Sarah Ferguson married Prince Andrew, Duke of York at Westminster Abbey, joining the British Royal Family as the Duchess of York. 1995 – Hale-Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the twentieth century, was discovered by two independent observers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, at a very large distance from the Sun. 2001 – Megawati Sukarnoputri (pictured), daughter of independence leader Sukarno, became the first female president of Indonesia after the People's Consultative Assembly removed Abdurrahman Wahid. More events: July 22 – July 23 – July 24 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 22:34, June 9, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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My apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but Henri Petain is shown as having died twice (1951 and 1955). Uyanga 19:49 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I removed the 1955 Petain entry; I believe the 1951 date to be the correct one. I also removed John Baratta, Coolest guy in Doylestown from the births list, on the assumption that it was bogus. Zoicon5 16 Oct 2003

"1904 - In St. Louis, Missouri, Charles E. Menches invents the ice cream cone during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition." Upon reading Ice cream cone, this can be noted to be false. I'm removing it. Radagast 02:06, Jul 23, 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 ice cream cone 2 NMCR Day? 3 Abby Smith (golfer) 4 User:Mufka changes - Comment/Discussion

[edit] ice cream cone

Well I impersonalised the entry on 23 July because according to this article and the links it is not all too clear who really invented the first ice cream cone. --SabineCretella 10:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NMCR Day?

Can someone please provide sources to verify the existence of National My Chemical Romance Day? Otherwise, I will remove it, as it seems to be some nasty myspace speculation :) --Dark dude 17:37, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Abby Smith (golfer)

Anyone heard of Abby Smith? A quick Google reveals not much at all. Consensus please re: removal Mark5677 05:48, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Mufka changes - Comment/Discussion

Largely agree, except for removal of:

• 1970 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, becomes Sultan of Oman - this would be a valid inclusion here.

Holidays and observances I can take or leave

Mark5677 06:21, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

The reason that one was removed is because, generally, repetitive events, such as presidential elections, changes in kings, etc. are not remarkable in and of themselves. They are fairly routine. Only in the case of assassination or resignation would they be considered notable here. I don't think that was the case with Qaboos ibn Sa’id, but I could be wrong. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 13:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

From my reading of the article, Qaboos ibn Sa’id overthrew his father in 1970 and has reigned ever since. My view is that that would meet the notability criteria. Mark5677 20:12, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll concede that the overthrow gives it some additional notability - so long as this is not the normal succession of power there. Still not sure that it matters all that much but I'll leave it alone. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 03:35, 15 November 2007 (UTC)