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Today's featured article for July 23, 2024

Flask from Iznik, c. 1560–1580

Empire of the Sultans was a touring exhibition from 1995 to 2004 displaying objects from the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. Around two hundred exhibits, including calligraphy, textiles, pottery (example pictured), weapons, and metalwork, illustrated the art and daily life of six centuries of the Ottoman Empire. Many of the objects had been created for the leaders of the empire, the sultans. Two of the calligraphic pieces were the work of sultans themselves. In the 1990s, the exhibition was hosted by institutions in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Israel, and its first catalogue was published by J. M. Rogers. The exhibits visited thirteen cities in the United States from 2000 to 2004, despite controversies in the wake of the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War. Critics described the exhibition as wide-ranging and informative. They praised it for showing beautiful art works – naming the calligraphy in particular – and for presenting a fresh view of Islam. (Full article...)

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Picture of the day for July 23, 2024

The 1964–1985 military dictatorship in Brazil engaged in censorship of media, artists, journalists, and others it deemed "subversive", "dangerous" or "immoral""'. The political system installed by the 1964 coup d'état also set out to censor material that went against what it called "morality and good manners". The constitution of 1967 established censorship as an official, centralized activity of the Brazilian federal government. There were several protests against the practice, including the Cultura contra Censura protest of February 1968, which is depicted here. In the photograph are Tônia Carrero, Eva Wilma, Odete Lara, Norma Bengell and Cacilda Becker.

Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden

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← Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/July 22 * Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/July 24 →

Both Vera Rubin and Andrew Lange's Wikipedia articles show them as being born on July 23 but they are not listed in the Birthday section on this page.

Ronelling (talk) 13:53, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As per the Selected anniversaries guidelines, births and deaths can be used only on centennials. Or are you talking about the July 23 article instead? Then you should post your message on Talk:July 23 instead of here. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (talk) 15:00, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Wilfred Rhodes; Qaboos bin Said al Said; Gimli Glider; Comet Hale–Bopp; European Coal and Steel Community
Included: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); July Crisis (first appearance); Treblinka extermination camp (first appearance); Sri Lankan Civil War (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Sarah, Duchess of York (4th appearance, last in 2008)

—howcheng {chat} 05:58, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Vanessa L. Williams
Omitted: International Federation of Gymnastics; July Crisis; Treblinka extermination camp; Sri Lankan Civil War (ineligible—maintenance); Sarah, Duchess of York
Included: Typographer (typewriter) (first appearance); Welles Declaration (first appearance); Qaboos bin Said al Said (4th appearance as blurb, last in 2011); Gimli Glider (6th appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); Megawati Sukarnoputri (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 21:39, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: International Federation of Gymnastics (maintenance)
Omitted: Welles Declaration; Qaboos bin Said al Said; Gimli Glider; Megawati Sukarnoputri
Included: July Crisis (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Wilfred Rhodes (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Treblinka extermination camp (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Vanessa L. Williams (2nd appearance, last in 2009; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Typographer (typewriter) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:22, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Wilfred Rhodes; Treblinka extermination camp; Vanessa L. Williams
Included: Welles Declaration (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 75th anniversary); Comet Hale–Bopp (6th appearance, last in 2011; 20th anniversary); Solar storm of 2012 (first appearance)
Repeats: Typographer (typewriter) (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total); July Crisis (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:30, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Welles Declaration; Comet Hale–Bopp; Solar storm of 2012
Included: Treblinka extermination camp (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Qaboos bin Said al Said (5th appearance as blurb, last in 2013); Sarah, Duchess of York (5th appearance, last in 2012; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Typographer (typewriter) (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total); July Crisis (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:24, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Black July (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Glenville shootout; Kini Kapahu Wilson; Olivia Manning
Omitted: Typographer (typewriter); July Crisis; Qaboos bin Said al Said (ineligible—maintenance); Sarah, Duchess of York (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Henry Halleck (first appearance); Communist Party of China (first appearance); Metapolitefsi (first appearance); European Coal and Steel Community (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (first appearance); Apolinario Mabini (first appearance); Amy Winehouse (first appearance)
Repeats: Treblinka extermination camp (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 03:53, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Deleted: Kini Kapahu Wilson (moved to July 24)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sarah, Duchess of York/Prince Andrew, Duke of York
New articles (unused): Battle of Chios (1319); Twilight Zone accident
Omitted: Henry Halleck; Treblinka extermination camp; Metapolitefsi; European Coal and Steel Community; Bonaventura Peeters the Elder; Apolinario Mabini (ineligible—maintenance); Amy Winehouse
Included: Typographer (typewriter) (5th appearance, last in 2016); Eastbourne manslaughter (first appearance); Glenville shootout (first appearance; 50th anniveresary); Megawati Sukarnoputri (5th appearance, last in 2013); John Day (printer) (first appearance); Vera Rubin (first appearance); Olivia Manning (first appearance)
Repeats: Communist Party of China (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:37, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

John William Finn

This page was in birthdays but the article says he was born July 24th. I have replaced him with Franz Berwald for now, if anyone finds a better article then please change it. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 09:33, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On second thoughts I put Vera Rubin there, which is a better article. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 09:40, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Filelakeshoe, thanks for catching my mistake. Please replace Vera Rubin with Red Dutton. Rubin was featured last year and we try not to repeat. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 13:01, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK, done – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 13:04, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]