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Chandos portrait

The Chandos portrait is the most famous of the portraits that are believed to depict William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Painted between 1600 and 1610, it may have served as the basis for the engraved portrait of Shakespeare used in his First Folio in 1623. John Taylor (c. 1580–1653) is thought by several scholars to have painted the portrait. It is named for the 3rd Duke of Chandos, who formerly owned the painting. The portrait was given to the National Portrait Gallery, London, on its foundation in 1856, and it is listed as the first work in its collection.

Image: National Portrait Gallery, retouched by Dcoetzee

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Since the The Merry Wives of Windsor article doesn't mention the date it was first performed, why is it listed here? RickK | Talk 05:51, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Whooops ! I missed that. Thanks. It's now gone. -- PFHLai 10:25, 2005 Apr 23 (UTC)

Shakesepere

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This page contains nonesense about the Conch Republic and not the birth/death of Will Shakespere? I know births/deaths are only to be included if no other event sare to be found but a doing both on the same date of year is quite notable and its certainly more mentionable than that Conch rubbish? Robdurbar 08:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for posting here. (I was about to copy-&-paste the few objections from Talk:MainPage.) This should remind whichever admin updating the template in 2007 to look for something good. We have about 350 days to improve the stubs in Polish Constitution of 1935, Rhythm Night Club fire or the Treaty of Oliwa, and Baedeker Blitz. -- PFHLai 11:38, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Or Algiers putsch? We have less than 2 weeks left to bump off the Conch Republic. --PFHLai 19:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, this facetious declaration of independence has already been replaced by a serious declaration of declaration in an edit about a week ago. --PFHLai 13:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yom HaZikaron date

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Once again, as we did last week with Yom HaShoah, we come to the dispute over whether the date is observed on Saturday night/Sunday or Sunday night/Monday. Israel seems to be doing the latter but most calendars again report it on its "traditional" date, 4 Iyar, Sat PM/Sunday. Yom Haatzmaut immediately follows. Obviously Israel is the authority on when we observe its Memorial Day and its Independence Day, but is this a new concept of moving "secular" legal holidays if they fall adjacent to the Sabbath? and, if not, why were the calendars unaware? --Valley2city₪‽ 19:24, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please fix the Gregorian date in the Yom Hazikaron article as necessary. SA/OTD will follow. Thanks. --PFHLai 13:22, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Max Planck's 150th birthday

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Max Planck
Max Planck

Can we have Dr. Planck's picture (right) today instead of William Rowan Hamilton's, please? --199.71.174.100 (talk) 05:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 05:20, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Soyuz 1 is making its first appearance because Vladimir Komarov is on April 24. This should be removed from here in 2013 and combined with Komarov's death on the 24th. —howcheng {chat} 04:35, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 05:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 06:07, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Columbia University protests of 1968 no longer eligible (maintenance); replaced with Algiers putsch of 1961 (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total). —howcheng {chat} 16:24, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 22 April 2014

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1979 – Activist Blair Peach suffered fatal head injuries after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall, London, against a National Front election meeting in the town hall. needs to be changed to: 1979 – Activist Blair Peach suffered fatal head injuries when he was knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall, London, against a National Front election meeting in the town hall. ( he died "after" being knocked unconscious, but suffered fatal injuries at the time he was knocked unconscious) Awien (talk) 08:01, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:25, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! This almost ubiquitous misuse of "after" really bugs me ("two people were killed after a collision on Highway 1": really unlucky, first in a collision, then someone or something killed them! Poor things!). Awien (talk) 16:28, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:28, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 06:16, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Um... why do we have nothing listed for the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death? :-/ Stolengood (talk)
Because nobody bothered to put it in? I certainly didn't notice. —howcheng {chat} 22:51, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:05, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Main Building

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I refimproved the page Main Building (University of Notre Dame) and added all the appropriate citations. Can it be moved back to the stagin area? @Howcheng Eccekevin (talk) 03:55, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 03:18, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 18:12, 23 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

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2021 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 06:45, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 02:16, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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