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Guallatiri is a stratovolcano in Chile that is 6,060–6,071 m (19,880–19,918 ft) high. It is located southwest of, or possibly within, the Nevados de Quimsachata volcanic group. The summit, surrounded by numerous fumaroles, may be a lava dome or volcanic plug, while the lower flanks of the volcano are covered by lava flows and lava domes. The volcano's eruptions have produced mostly dacite along with andesite and rhyolite. Past glaciation has left moraines on Guallatiri. A large eruption took place approximately 2,600 years ago. Guallatiri has been active since prehistoric times, with the latest known eruption in 1960. Fumarolic and seismic activity is ongoing and has resulted in the deposition of sulfur and other minerals on the volcano. It is covered by an ice cap above 5,500–5,800 m (18,000–19,000 ft) elevation that has retreated and broken up into separate ice bodies. Part of Lauca National Park, Guallatiri is monitored by the Chilean National Geology and Mining Service. (Full article...)

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Picea omorika, commonly known as the Pančić spruce or the Serbian spruce, is a species of coniferous tree endemic to the valley of the Drina in western Serbia, and eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a total range of only about 60 hectares (150 acres) at altitudes of 800 to 1,600 metres (2,625 to 5,249 ft). The species was originally discovered near the Serbian village of Zaovine on Mount Tara in 1875, and named by the Serbian botanist Josif Pančić. It is a medium-sized evergreen tree that generally grows to a height of around 20 metres (66 ft), with a trunk diameter of up to 1 metre (3 ft). It has buff-brown shoots with dense hair coverage and needle-like leaves. Its cones are fusiform in shape and grow to a length of 4 to 7 centimetres (2 to 3 in). They are dark purple when young, maturing to dark brown, and have stiff scales. This young female P. omorika cone, with a length of 22 millimetres (0.87 in), was photographed near Keila, Estonia.

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Oklahoma bombing[edit]

This template says that Oklahoma was the largest domestic terrorist attack in U.S. History, but the lead section of the article itself says it's only the second biggest. Which one is it, and why are they different? plattopus^{is this thing on?} 05:04, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)

I don't know what is first and what is second. I've rewritten that item on the template to remove the inconsistency. Hope it's better now. -- PFHLai 06:15, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)

Venezuelan War of Independence[edit]

This is a good topic, but we need a good page with what happened on 1810 April 19:

Venezuela achieved de facto independence, beginning the Venezuelan War of Independence (a stub).

Info on History of Venezuela seems rather sketchy. Maybe next year. -- PFHLai 18:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Divine Mercy Sunday[edit]

Today is also Divine Mercy Sunday. --Ambrosiaster (talk) 09:24, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glenn T. Seaborg[edit]

Born 100 years ago on this day. Went on to win the Noble Prize in Chemistry for discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements (elements with atomic numbers above 92). Article looks good. AIRcorn (talk) 01:34, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

Omitted: Ælfheah of Canterbury (still listed for his feast day); List of diplomatic missions of the United States; Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (should be used in 2013 for the 70th anniversary); Oklahoma City bombing
Included: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (3rd appearance, last in 2009); First Republic of Venezuela (first appearance); Baltimore riot of 1861 (first appearance); Salyut 1 (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Glenn T. Seaborg (first appearance; 100th anniversary of birth; remove in 2013)
Repeats: Advance Australia Fair (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:26, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

New articles (ineligible): Kishinev pogrom (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Pisonian conspiracy
Omitted: First Republic of Venezuela; Baltimore riot of 1861 (ineligible—maintenance); Salyut 1; Advance Australia Fair
Included: Battles of Lexington and Concord (8th appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Teugen-Hausen (first appearance); Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (7th appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); USS Iowa turret explosion (2nd appearance, 2 total)
Repeats: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 300th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:49, 18 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: First Republic of Venezuela (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Baltimore riot of 1861
Omitted: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Battles of Lexington and Concord; Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; USS Iowa turret explosion (normally would have kept this on for the 25th anniversary, but Waco siege hasn't been on yet and it was also previously ineligible)
Included: Pisonian conspiracy (first appearance); April Revolution (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Advance Australia Fair (4th appearance, last in 2012; 30th anniversary); Waco siege (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Battle of Teugen-Hausen (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:31, 18 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Vicennial (20th anniversary) of the Oklahoma City bombing[edit]

This will be the first anniversary divisible by ten (20th anniversary) of the Oklahoma City bombing since the decennial in 2005. This might be worthy of inclusion as this is the first significant anniversary in awhile. Dustin (talk) 04:12, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

Deleted: Ælfheah of Canterbury (as blurb; article remains listed in observances)
Omitted: Pisonian conspiracy (ineligible—maintenance); Advance Australia Fair; Waco siege (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (5th appearance, last in 2013); Mae West (first appearance); Oklahoma City bombing (8th appearance, last in 2011; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Teugen-Hausen (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total); April Revolution (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 10:21, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

Omitted: Battle of Teugen-Hausen; Mae West; April Revolution; Oklahoma City bombing
Included: Constantine VI (first appearance); Baltimore riot of 1861 (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (8th appearance, last in 2013); USS Iowa turret explosion (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:00, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: Pope Benedict XVI is eligible now. Mhhossein (talk) 12:26, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Mae West (maintenance); April Revolution (maintenance); Salyut 1 (maintenance)
Omitted: Constantine VI (ineligible—maintenance); Baltimore riot of 1861 (ineligible—maintenance); Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (ineligible—maintenance); USS Iowa turret explosion
Included: Battles of Lexington and Concord (9th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Teugen-Hausen (4th appearance, last in 2015); Advance Australia Fair (5th appearance, last in 2014); Pope Benedict XVI (first appearance); Sarah Bagley (first appearance); Benjamin Disraeli (first appearance); Jiroemon Kimura (first appearance)
Repeats: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:05, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

Omitted: Battles of Lexington and Concord; Battle of Teugen-Hausen; Advance Australia Fair; Pope Benedict XVI (ineligible—maintenance); Sarah Bagley; Benjamin Disraeli; Jiroemon Kimura
Included: Constantine VI (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Kishinev pogrom (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Mae West (2nd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Salyut 1 (7th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Uesugi Kenshin (first appearance); Sydney Barnes (first appearance); Denis O'Brien (first appearance)
Repeats: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (4th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 10:13, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

Omitted: Constantine VI; Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Kishinev pogrom; Mae West; Uesugi Kenshin; Sydney Barnes; Denis O'Brien
Included: List of diplomatic missions of the United States (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Teugen-Hausen (5th appearance, last in 2017); Grace Kelly (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Death of Freddie Gray (first appearance); Eanflæd (first appearance); Benjamin Rush (first appearance); Hermine Braunsteiner (first appearance)
Repeats: Salyut 1 (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:18, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

New articles (unused): Glenn T. Seaborg (actually had appeared before); Aaron Hernandez
Omitted: List of diplomatic missions of the United States; Battle of Teugen-Hausen; Grace Kelly; Salyut 1; Death of Freddie Gray; Eanflæd; Benjamin Rush; Hermine Braunsteiner
Included: Pisonian conspiracy (2nd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (9th appearance, last in 2018); Kishinev pogrom (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Advance Australia Fair (6th appearance, last in 2017); Oklahoma City bombing (9th appearance, last in 2015; 25th anniversary); Jagat Gosain (first appearance); Elizabeth Dilling (first appearance); Michel Roux (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 19:04, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

Omitted: Pisonian conspiracy; Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; Kishinev pogrom; Oklahoma City bombing; Jagat Gosain; Elizabeth Dilling; Michel Roux
Included: Constantine VI (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Teugen-Hausen (6th appearance, last in 2019); Mae West (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Salyut 1 (9th appearance, last in 2019; 50th anniversary); George St Lo (first appearance); Sarah Bagley (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
Repeats: Advance Australia Fair (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Michel Roux (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 80th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 07:20, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Glenn T. Seaborg (POTD for 2022)
Omitted: Constantine VI; Battle of Teugen-Hausen; Mae West; Salyut 1; Advance Australia Fair; George St Lo; Sarah Bagley; Michel Roux
Included: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (10th appearance, last in 2020); Battles of Lexington and Concord (10th appearance, last in 2017); Kishinev pogrom (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Grace Kelly (4th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Xuân Lộc (2nd appearance, last in 2021; normally appears on April 21); Ernst Rüdin (first appearance); Jiroemon Kimura (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 125th birthday); Kwon Ki-ok (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:29, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]