Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/July 1

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• 1690 - Battle of the Boyne as reckoned under Julian calendar.
• 1966 - First colour television transmission in Canada, from Toronto.
• 1968 - Nuclear non-proliferation treaty signed by about sixty countries in Geneva Switzerland
• 1991 - The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved in Prague.
• 1996 - Version 1.0 of PNG, an open source competitor to the GIF image format, is finalised.

The TV and non-proliferation events don't seem to have good reference articles

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A good candidate to bump off the St.Louis Olympics:

• 1569 - The Union of Lublin was signed, merging the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

-- PFHLai 11:48, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hong Kong handover?

Pretty significant compared to other events featured. DHN 10:55, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

This was posted on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 30, because the ceremony and the official handover occurred at 30 June, 4:00 PM UTC. In fact, the Transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong article currently also has 30 June date as its primary date. If possible, all events on the Selected Anniversary pages are based on the Gregorian calendar and UTC. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:43, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] International Criminal Court

How about this one?

• 2002 - The International Criminal Court was established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

Sideshow Bob Roberts (talk) 12:39, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

This article already has been posted this year on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 11, the date of its inaugural session. Would you like it on this date next year? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 14:32, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

On the other hand, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court article has never been featured yet AFAIK, so that is a possibility. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 14:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, right. I didn't realise an article could only be featured once a year. If that's the case, I'd prefer to feature International Criminal Court on 1 July next year. 11 March 2003 was the date the court held its first session but 1 July 2002 is hugely significant: it's the date the ICC officially came into existence, and the court can only prosecute crimes committed on or after that date. Maybe we could feature Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 17 July, the date the treaty was adopted in 1998. Sideshow Bob Roberts (talk) 18:24, 13 March 2008 (UTC)