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1997 - London, scientists reported their DNA analysis findings from a Neanderthal skeleton which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

Another candidate:

1985 - Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.

-- PFHLai 00:48, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Here's one for today's date:

1999 – The United States defeated China in women's football to win the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. MuZemike 02:57, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jul 10th birth anniversary of Nikola tesla/Global energy Independence Day

July 10th is the birth anniversary of great inventor Nikolla Tesla(1856-1943) Also,Global Energy Independence Day for Clean Green alternative energy/Please remeber! Thanks! Edsonbrasil (talk) 01:57, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: William the Silent (ineligible—maintenance); Vellore Mutiny; Battle of Britain; Chicago Freedom Movement; Seveso disaster (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Langport (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Bloody Sunday (1921) (first appearance); Jedwabne pogrom (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Telstar (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible; 50th anniversary); John Paul Getty III (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 18:05, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

New articles (unused): Prince of Ning rebellion (recently appeared on DYK)
Omitted: Battle of Langport; Bloody Sunday (1921); Meher Baba; Jedwabne pogrom; Telstar (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Fort William College (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Death Valley National Park (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 100th anniversary); Akutan Zero (first appearance); News International phone hacking scandal (first appearance)
Repeats: John Paul Getty III (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:31, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

New articles (unused): Battle of Northampton (1460)
Omitted: Fort William College; Death Valley National Park; Akutan Zero; John Paul Getty III; News International phone hacking scandal
Included: Prince of Ning rebellion (first appearance); Lady Jane Grey (4th appearance, last in 2010); Vellore Mutiny (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Britain (7th appearance, last in 2011); Chicago Freedom Movement (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 09:58, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Prince of Ning rebellion; Lady Jane Grey; Vellore Mutiny; Battle of Britain; Chicago Freedom Movement
Included: Battle of Northampton (1460) (first appearance); Fort William College (4th appearance, last in 2013); Meher Baba (6th appearance, last in 2012); Jedwabne pogrom (4th appearance, last in 2012); Telstar (6th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 06:25, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Battle of Northampton (1460); Fort William College; Meher Baba; Telstar
Included: Battle of Langport (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Vellore mutiny (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Bloody Sunday (1921) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); News International phone hacking scandal (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Jedwabne pogrom (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 11:59, 9 July 2016 (UTC) 4/5 articles on this day are related to Britain.27.66.130.72 (talk) 15:56, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Northampton (1460) (maintenance); Telstar (maintenance)
Omitted: Silence Day (ineligible—maintenance); The Bahamas (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Langport; Vellore mutiny; Bloody Sunday (1921); Jedwabne pogrom
Included: Prince of Ning rebellion (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Fort William College (5th appearance, last in 2015); Akutan Zero (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Chicago Freedom Movement (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Hadrian (first appearance); Nikola Tesla (first appearance); Eunice Kennedy Shriver (first appearance)
Repeats: News International phone hacking scandal (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:44, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Prince of Ning rebellion image

The current image of the Zhengde Emperor that is being used to illustrate the rebellion is low quality and doesn't render well at thumbnail sizes. How about using File:明武宗画像.jpg in the future? The focus on the face means it works better at small sizes. --diff (talk) 14:29, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]