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Appalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the composer Aaron Copland and the choreographer Martha Graham, later arranged as an orchestral work. Copland composed the ballet for Graham upon a commission from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Set in a 19th-century settlement in Pennsylvania, the ballet follows the Bride and the Husbandman as they get married and celebrate with the community. The original choreography was by Graham, with costumes by Edythe Gilfond and sets by Isamu Noguchi. The ballet was well-received at the 1944 premiere, earning Copland the Pulitzer Prize for Music during its 1945 United States tour. The orchestral suite composed in 1945 was played that year by many symphony orchestras; the suite is among Copland's best-known works, and the ballet remains essential in the Martha Graham Dance Company repertoire. A film version of the original production was released in 1958 with Graham as the Bride; a similar recording was released in 1976 with Yuriko. (Full article...)
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- 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.
- 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
- 1652 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope, which will eventually develop into Cape Town.
- 1782 - Rama I succeeds King Taksin of Thailand, who was overthrown in a coup d'etat.
- 1832 - The Black Hawk War begins.
- 1841 - John Tyler is inaugurated as the 10th President of the United States.
- 1862 - American Civil War: In Tennessee. the Battle of Shiloh begins.
- 1895 - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
- 1896 - Opening of the first modern Olympic Games.
- 1909 - Robert Peary allegedly reaches the North Pole.
- 1917 - World War I: United States declares war on Germany (see Wikiquote).
- 1930 - Hostess Twinkies are invented.
- 1931 - Little Orphan Annie debuts on the Blue Network of NBC.
- 1941 - World War II: Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
- 1973 - Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
- 1974 - The California Jam Rock concert begins.
- 1979 - President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
- 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard takes the middleweight boxing title from Marvin Hagler.
- 1994 - The genocide in Rwanda officially begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down by extremists.
- 1998 - Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
2012 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) (maintenance); Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira (maintenance);
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Grand Army of the Republic
- New articles (unused): 1580 Dover Straits earthquake; John Jacob Astor; April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada
- Omitted: Battle of Block Island; Committee of Public Safety; Vancouver; Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia (Yugoslavia ineligible—maintenance); 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
- Included: Battle of Fariskur (first appearance); Declaration of Arbroath (3rd appearance, last in 2005; rescued from Ineligible); Siege of Badajoz (1812) (first appearance); Tony Award (2nd appearance, last in 2010); 2008 Egyptian general strike (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 07:45, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
2013 notes[edit]
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints); Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia
- Omitted: Battle of Fariskur; Declaration of Arbroath; Siege of Badajoz (1812); Tony Award; 2008 Egyptian general strike
- Included: Cape Town (5th appearance, last in 2010); Committee of Public Safety (2nd appearance, last in 2011); John Jacob Astor (first appearance); Salt Lake Temple (first appearance); April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 05:06, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
2014 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Greece (TFA for 2014)
- Omitted: Cape Town; Committee of Public Safety; John Jacob Astor; Salt Lake Temple; April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada
- Included: 1580 Dover Straits earthquake (first appearance); Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) (6th appearance, last in 2010); 1896 Summer Olympics (7th appearance, last in 2010); Tony Award (3rd appearance, last in 2012); 2008 Egyptian general strike (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
—howcheng {chat} 07:57, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
2015 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: John Jacob Astor (maintenance)
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia
- New articles (unused): Azawadi declaration of independence
- Omitted: 1580 Dover Straits earthquake; Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints); 1896 Summer Olympics; Tony Award; 2008 Egyptian general strike
- Included: Cape Town (6th appearance, last in 2013); Committee of Public Safety (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Slater's Knoll (first appearance; 70th anniversary); 1979 Nepalese student protests (first appearance); Rolandas Paksas (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 05:16, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
2016 notes[edit]
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): John Jacob Astor; Robert Peary
- Omitted: Cape Town (ineligible—maintenance); Committee of Public Safety; Battle of Slater's Knoll; 1979 Nepalese student protests; Rolandas Paksas
- Included: Declaration of Arbroath (4th appearance, last in 2012); Grand Army of the Republic (2nd appearance, last in 2004; 150th anniversary); 1896 Summer Olympics (8th appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary); 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
—howcheng {chat} 07:39, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
2017 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Robert Peary (maintenance); Committee of Public Safety (maintenance)
- Omitted: Declaration of Arbroath; Grand Army of the Republic; Invasion of Yugoslavia; 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
- Included: Battle of Fariskur (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Vancouver (5th appearance, last in 2011); Tony Award (4th appearance, last in 2014); Azawadi declaration of independence (first appearance); Raphael (first appearance); Nadar (photographer) (first appearance); Rose O'Neill (first appearance)
- Repeats: 1896 Summer Olympics (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)
—howcheng {chat} 03:56, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
2018 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Declaration of Arbroath (maintenance); 1580 Dover Straits earthquake (maintenance); Grand Army of the Republic (maintenance); Salt Lake Temple (maintenance); 1979 Nepalese student protests (maintenance)
- New articles (ineligible): American entry into World War I (maintenance)
- New articles (unused): Newhall incident
- Omitted: Battle of Fariskur; 1896 Summer Olympics; Tony Award; Azawadi declaration of independence; Raphael; Nadar (photographer); Rose O'Neill
- Included: New York Slave Revolt of 1712 (first appearance); Siege of Badajoz (1812) (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Slater's Knoll (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Jalal Talabani (first appearance); Basil of Trebizond (first appearance); James Mill (first appearance); Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (first appearance)
- Repeats: Vancouver (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)
—howcheng {chat} 03:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
2019 notes[edit]
- New articles (unused): April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests (moved from April 7); Julie Ertz
- Omitted: New York Slave Revolt of 1712; Vancouver (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Slater's Knoll; Jalal Talabani; Basil of Trebizond; James Mill; Donald Wills Douglas Sr.
- Included: Tartan Day (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Pollentia (first appearance); Battle of Greece/Invasion of Yugoslavia (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2016); Newhall incident (first appearance); 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Arvid Horn (first appearance); Jeanne Hébuterne (first appearance); Anita Borg (first appearance)
- Repeats: Siege of Badajoz (1812) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)
—howcheng {chat} 15:50, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
2020 notes[edit]
- New articles (ineligible): Operation Retribution (1941) (TFA for 2020)
- Omitted: Battle of Pollentia; Siege of Badajoz (1812); Battle of Greece; 2009 L'Aquila earthquake; Arvid Horn; Jeanne Hébuterne; Anita Borg
- Included: New York Slave Revolt of 1712 (2nd appearance, last in 2018); 1896 Summer Olympics (10th appearance, last in 2017); Battle of Slater's Knoll (3rd appearance, last in 2018); April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary); Raphael (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 500th birthday); Nadar (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 200th birthday); Julie Ertz (first appearance)
- Repeats: Newhall incident (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 50th anniversary)
—howcheng {chat} 18:29, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
2021 notes[edit]
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Operation Retribution (1941)
- New articles (unused): Anita Pallenberg
- Omitted: New York Slave Revolt of 1712; Battle of Slater's Knoll; Newhall incident; April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada; Raphael; Nadar; Julie Ertz
- Included: Battle of Fariskur (3rd appearance, last in 2017); John Jacob Astor (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Greece (4th appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Henry Barrowe (first appearance); René Lalique (first appearance); Ng Ser Miang (first appearance)
- Repeats: 1896 Summer Olympics (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total; 125th anniversary)
—howcheng {chat} 05:50, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
2022 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Pollentia (maintenance)
- New articles (ineligible): Eurovision Song Contest 1974 (maintenance)
- Omitted: Battle of Fariskur; John Jacob Astor; 1896 Summer Olympics; Battle of Greece; April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests; Henry Barrowe; René Lalique; Ng Ser Miang
- Included: New York Slave Revolt of 1712 (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) (7th appearance, last in 2014); Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Azawadi declaration of independence (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 10th anniversary); Leonora Baroni (first appearance); Philip Henry Gosse (first appearance); Julie Ertz (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 30th birthday)