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The joint declaration by FDR and Churchill that was issued as a plain, typed press release on August 14, 1941 would later be called the "Atlantic Charter" by a Socialist London newspaper. There was never an actual signed legal document. That wasn't the real purpose of "Operation Riviera" which would later be called the "Atlantic Conference" but it was good press, and it helped cover the fact that the U.S. (still technically neutral at the time) was engaging in war plans with one of the belligerents engaged in World War II military conflicts. For more details, see "discussion" related to Wikipedia entry of "Atlantic Charter."

The 5th anniversary of this event is being covered very widely in hte media... I'm surprised not to see it in today's OTD. Radagast (talk) 14:16, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remember that the selected articles (bolded items) on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much their subjects are important or significant. Because there is only room for about five events each day, any article that has a bunch of cleanup, dispute, or "requesting sources and verification" tags, like this article, gets lower priority, even if it is only five years old. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 14:48, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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howcheng {chat} 09:30, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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howcheng {chat} 06:36, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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howcheng {chat} 07:10, 13 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

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howcheng {chat} 06:19, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

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howcheng {chat} 02:00, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Victory over Japan Day

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Victory over Japan Day says this was the day the Japanese formally surrendered in Japan, August 15, there, and August 14 in the United States and the day older people remember the celebration. It seems to me this should be on the Main Page today with clarification.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 23:38, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Items are listed on the date they happened in the locality that they happened in. The surrender ceremony took place in Japan on the 15th, so we list it on the 15th. howcheng {chat}

2017 notes

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howcheng {chat} 07:01, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

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howcheng {chat} 16:20, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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howcheng {chat} 22:57, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

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howcheng {chat} 18:19, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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howcheng {chat} 22:39, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

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howcheng {chat} 18:06, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 rationale

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  • Relatively good assortment to choose from
  • Avoided the Atlantic Charter
  • 10th anniversary of Rabaa massacre

Heart (talk) 16:14, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]