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This template properly formats the list of births and deaths in templates for selected anniversaries ("On this day") on the Main Page.

Usage[edit]

This template accepts twelve unnamed parameters, in (up to) four groups each of the following:

a link to a biographical article in bold
an abbreviation for the life event(s) that took place on this date; see the table below
the year(s) of the event

{{Born and died list| '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR | '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR | '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR | '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR }}

\|Abbreviation\|Year(s)\|	Resulting output
\|b\|1985\|	b. 1985
\|baptised\|1985\|	bapt. 1985
\|baptized\|1985\|	bapt. 1985
\|b.or\|1085; 1086\|	b. 1085 or 1086
\|d\|2020\|	d. 2020
\|d.or\|1085; 1086\|	d. 1085 or 1086
\|dis\|2020\|	dis. 2020
\|bur\|2020\|	bur. 2020
\|int\|2020\|	int. 2020
\|bd\|1985; 2020\|	b. 1985; d. 2020

Example (August 29)[edit]

{{Born and died list | '''[[Abu Taghlib]]''' |d|979| '''[[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]]''' |b|1809| '''[[Ingrid Bergman]]''' |bd|1915; 1982| '''[[Michael Jackson]]''' |b|1958}}

Abu Taghlib (d. 979)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (b. 1809)
Ingrid Bergman (b. 1915; d. 1982)
Michael Jackson (b. 1958)