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The Mercury Seven were a group of American astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for Project Mercury. Announced by NASA on April 9, 1959, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton created a new profession. The Mercury Seven piloted all the spaceflights of the Mercury program that had an astronaut on board from May 1961 to May 1963, and some flew in the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs. Shepard became the first American to enter space in 1961, and in 1971 walked on the Moon. Grissom, after flying Mercury and Gemini missions, died in 1967 in the Apollo 1 fire; the others all survived past retirement from service. Schirra commanded Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo flight. Slayton, grounded with an atrial fibrillation, ultimately flew on the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Glenn became the first American in orbit in 1962, and flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 to become, at age 77, the oldest person to fly in space. (Full article...)

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Maison carrée (French for square house) is an ancient Roman temple in Nîmes, southern France. It is a mid-sized Augustan provincial temple of the Imperial cult, and one of the best-preserved Roman temples to survive in the territory of the former Roman Empire. It was built in early part of the 1st century AD, and dedicated or rededicated to Gaius and Lucius Caesar, grandsons and adopted heirs of Augustus who both died young. The Maison carrée is similar to a Tuscan style Roman temple as described in the writings of Vitruvius, a contemporary Roman writer on architecture. It has undergone several restorations over the centuries.

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why is he important? Maybe I'm too optimistic, but most of the other people on here are either famous because of a good deed he or she is solely responsible for. (This guy is part of one) I wouldn't object to having that Columbine happened on the page for April 20th. (It's already there.) There are events that are not in the most positive light here too, which isn't a big deal either. Also if a person doesn't have an article (or a very brief one), doesn't that say something? That's why I removed this one too:

He can be put back once he has his own article. Sometimes people are important only for a year or too, and then are pretty much forgotten. This article should celebrate people that will be remembered for a long time (like 50 years). I'm not the only one who thinks he's not important: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art19344.asp

2012 notes[edit]

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Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr[edit]

Hey @Howcheng:, do you think the blurb for Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr would be suitable for inclusion this year? --Mhhossein talk 07:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhhossein: I don't think the "Scholarship" section is good enough. Sorry. howcheng {chat} 16:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: Thanks for the insight. I should have noticed that myself. I will work on the section and make it ready to become qualified. --Mhhossein talk 06:43, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: I have added some more reliable sources for the sake of the verfiability. Can you evaluate the improvements please? The article had never been on the main page. --Mhhossein talk 07:02, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Mhhossein: Look like it's good to go. Nice work! howcheng {chat} 16:15, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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