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I have something to add to this page: Matthias Corvinus was elected for King of Hungary on this day, on the ice of the river Danube, in 1458.

Slight correction: command line interface should be changed to command-line interface (note the hyphen) to avoid the redirect. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 07:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you have another reason, redirects are not normally changed if they are not broken. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:41, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Deleted: Henry Knox (wrong date—moved to January 27)
Omitted: Caligula, Operation Coburg, Macintosh, Cyclone Klaus
Included: California Gold Rush (11th appearance, last in 2010), Battle of Spion Kop (first appearance), 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (first appearance), Shoichi Yokoi (2nd appearance, last in 2010), Uğur Mumcu (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:47, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Deleted: Macintosh (moved to January 22 and combined with 1984 (advertisement))
Omitted: Battle of Spion Kop; 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash; Shoichi Yokoi
Included: Caligula (6th appearance, last in 2011); Kosmos 954 (first appearance); Domodedovo International Airport bombing (first appearance)
Repeats: California Gold Rush (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total); Uğur Mumcu (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 00:24, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: California Gold Rush; Kosmos 954; Uğur Mumcu; Domodedovo International Airport bombing
Included: University of Calcutta (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Spion Kop (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Operation Coburg (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Cyclone Klaus (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Caligula (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:42, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Added and deleted: Chilembwe uprising (moved to January 23)
Omitted: University of Calcutta; Battle of Spion Kop; Operation Coburg; Cyclone Klaus
Included: Matthias Corvinus (first appearance); California Gold Rush (13th appearance, last in 2013); Ted Bundy (first appearance); Domodedovo International Airport bombing (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Caligula (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:44, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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"1989 – American serial killer Ted Bundy was executed via lethal injection in Florida for the homicides of at least 30 women."

Bundy was executed in the electric chair. His Wiki biography confirms this. It should state: 1989 – American serial killer Ted Bundy was executed via electric chair in Florida for the homicides of at least 30 women. Cresconius (talk) 00:38, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I will correct this shortly. — east718 | talk | 03:24, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Ted Bundy was executed via the electric chair, according to our own article and any source I can find. Please correct the "On this day..." listing! Pianoman320 (talk) 02:26, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've corrected this error. — east718 | talk | 03:25, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Caligula; California Gold Rush; Ted Bundy; Domodedovo International Airport bombing
Included: University of Calcutta (5th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Spion Kop (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Kosmos 954 (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Uğur Mumcu (4th appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Matthias Corvinus (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:51, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Shoichi Yokoi (maintenance); Cyclone Klaus (maintenance)
Omitted: University of Calcutta; Battle of Spion Kop; Uğur Mumcu
Included: Caligula (9th appearance, last in 2015); California Gold Rush (14th appearance, last in 2015); Domodedovo International Airport bombing (3rd appearance, last in 2015)
Repeats: Matthias Corvinus (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Kosmos 954 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)