Talk:August 16

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August 16

San Sebastian Church in Manila
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Births and deaths

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I've removed entries for a number of people who have few or no articles in other language wikipedias and thus not internationally well known. This makes the section more manageable. See Days of Year Project talk pages. Those that have been removed have been transferred to the relevant Year in Topic articles, where possible. Deb (talk) 10:49, 19 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

G.E.M. Tang, Hong Kong singer and song-composer, born in 16th August 1991.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.E.M. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ppfoong (talkcontribs) 16:52, 16 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2019

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We need to add National Rum Day in the US to the holidays section. Thekashifmalik (talk) 22:13, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Provide a reliable source and we might consider it. Deb (talk) 08:15, 15 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 16 August 2019

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Hello. Aretha Franklin should be added to the list of deaths. She died on this day in 2018. Thank you! 67.82.28.21 (talk) 13:21, 16 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Just give us the reference and we'll add it. Deb (talk) 15:05, 16 August 2019 (UTC)Reply
  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Sakura CarteletTalk 02:32, 17 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Please add

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--2604:2000:E010:1100:CC86:84E3:530C:D96 (talk) 00:44, 22 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (August 28, 2020). "Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85" – via NYTimes.com.

Simplician

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I removed Saint Simplician from the Christian Feast Days: as his entry says his Feast days is on 14th August. Cuddy2977 (talk) 13:22, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Deb (talk) 18:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

John Tyler

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I am hesitant to remove other people's input without good cause, but the entry for 1841, "U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history" has several problems. First, the assertion that Whigs rioted on the grounds of the White House seems unsubstantiated by anything in Wikipedia that I've been able to find. See, Tyler's National Bank Controversy. Second, even if the Whigs were rioting, what are the criteria for determining which demonstration on the White House grounds was the most violent? I would recommend this anniversary be trimmed to include the bit about the veto, not the demonstration. Eltrace (talk) 13:35, 16 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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He is former Prime Minister of India he died on 2018 on this day for reference see this https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html 49.35.232.33 (talk) 13:07, 5 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Entry has been added, Kiwipete (talk) 07:58, 6 December 2021 (UTC)Reply