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1921 - Ten socialist parties founded the 2½ International in Vienna.

Proposal

1812 – Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time. (picture) MBelgrano (talk) 01:46, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

New articles (unused): Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Labour Party (UK), John Jay Report
Omitted: Treaty of Berwick (1560), 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Caracazo
Included: Edict of Thessalonica (first appearance), History of Washington, D.C. (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible), Carbon-14 (4th appearance, last in 2010), Godhra train burning/2002 Gujarat violence (1st appearance for train; 2nd appearance for violence, last in 2005, rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Manuel Belgrano/Flag of Argentina (2nd consecutive appearance for both; 2 total for Belgrano, 8 total for flag, which used to be on June 20 but has since been replaced by Flag Day (Argentina); 200th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 18:07, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal

1988 – Sumgait Pogrom: The Armenian community of Baku was in the target of a violent pogrom. Ali55te (talk) 01:55, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 *Repeats: [[Manuel Belgrano]]/[[Flag of Argentina]] (2nd consecutive appearance for both; 2 total for Belgrano, 8 total for flag, which used to be on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 20|June 20]] but has since been replaced by [[Flag Day (Argentina)]]; 200th anniversary)
 <span style="font-family:Verdana; ">—'''[[User:Howcheng|<span style="color:#33C;">howcheng</span>]]'''  <small>{[[User talk:Howcheng|chat]]}</small></span> 18:07, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
+== Proposal ==
+*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sumgait Pogrom]]: The [[Armenian]] community of [[Baku]] was in the target of a violent pogrom. [[User:Ali55te|Ali55te]] ([[User talk:Ali55te|talk]]) 01:55, 1 May 2012 (UTC)