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Today's featured article for September 4, 2024
Cover of the first issue Battle Birds was an American air-war pulp magazine, published by Popular Publications. It was launched at the end of 1932, but did not sell well, and in 1934 the publisher turned it into an air-war hero pulp titled Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds. Robert Sidney Bowen, an established pulp writer, provided the lead novel each month, and also wrote the short stories that filled out the issue. Bowen's stories were set in the future, with the United States menaced by an Asian empire called the Black Invaders. The change was not successful enough to be extended beyond the initial plan of a year, and Bowen wrote a novel in which, unusually for pulp fiction, Dusty Ayres finally defeated the invaders, to end the series. The magazine ceased publication with the July/August 1935 issue. It restarted in 1940, under the original title, Battle Birds, and lasted for another four years. All the cover art was painted by Frederick Blakeslee. (Full article...) Recently featured: Laysan honeycreeper Falcon's Fury Gothic boxwood miniature Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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2012 notes

Omitted: Odoacer/Romulus Augustulus; Los Angeles/Pueblo de Los Angeles (LA ineligible—maintenance); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Arkansas National Guard and the integration of Central High School; 2010 Canterbury earthquake
Included: New Caledonia (first appearance); Siege of Fort Harrison (first appearance; 200th anniversary); Albanian Revolt of 1912 (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Forth Road Bridge (first appearance); 2007 bomb plot in Germany (first appearance)

All five articles making their OTD debuts! —howcheng {chat} 06:24, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 4 September 2012

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2007 German AQ bomb plot suspects were convicted, so it is not appropriate to the word "alleged" to describe them: delete the word "alleged".

108.234.185.147 (talk) 02:49, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 03:05, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: New Caledonia; Siege of Fort Harrison; Albanian Revolt of 1912; Forth Road Bridge; Google; 2007 bomb plot in Germany
Included: Treaty of Alcáçovas (first appearance); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Geronimo (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Peekskill Riots (first appearance); 2010 Canterbury earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:08, 3 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Treaty of Alcáçovas; Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Geronimo; Peekskill Riots; 2010 Canterbury earthquake
Included: Battle of Montaperti (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); New Caledonia (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Eastman Kodak (first appearance); Forth Road Bridge (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Brian Mulroney (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 07:05, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of Montaperti; New Caledonia; Eastman Kodak; Forth Road Bridge; Brian Mulroney
Included: Odoacer (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Los Angeles/Pueblo de Los Ángeles (LA: 5th appearance; Pueblo: 2nd appearance; both last in 2011); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Albanian Revolt of 1912 (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Google (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 08:25, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Treaty of Alcáçovas (maintenance); Geronimo (maintenance); Forth Road Bridge (maintenance)
Omitted: Odoacer; Los Angeles; Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Google
Included: Battle of Montaperti (8th appearance, last in 2014); Siege of Fort Harrison (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Brian Mulroney (4th appearance, last in 2014); 2010 Canterbury earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Albanian Revolt of 1912 (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:48, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Los Angeles/Pueblo de Los Ángeles (both: maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Montaperti; Siege of Fort Harrison; Albanian Revolt of 1912; Brian Mulroney (ineligible—maintenance); 2010 Canterbury earthquake
Included: Odoacer (3rd appearance, last in 2015); New Caledonia (4th appearance, last in 2014); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (4th appearance, last in 2015); Arkansas National Guard and the integration of Central High School (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 60th anniversary); 2007 bomb plot in Germany (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary); Anna of Trebizond (first appearance); Sushilkumar Shinde (first appearance); Steve Irwin (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:16, 4 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Peekskill riots (maintenance); Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Los Angeles
Omitted: Odoacer; New Caledonia (ineligible—maintenance); Arkansas National Guard and the integration of Central High School; 2007 bomb plot in Germany; Anna of Trebizond; Sushilkumar Shinde; Steve Irwin (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Lenzen (first appearance); Siege of Fort Harrison (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Albanian revolt of 1912 (4th appearance, last in 2016); Google (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 20th anniversary); Paul Harvey (first appearance); Syed Mustafa Siraj (first appearance)
Repeats: Anna of Trebizond (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 175th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:31, 4 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Montaperti (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Sasha (DJ) (TFA for 2019)
Omitted: Battle of Lenzen; Siege of Fort Harrison; Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Google (ineligible—maintenance); Anna of Trebizond; Paul Harvey; Syed Mustafa Siraj
Included: Odoacer/Fall of the Western Roman Empire (Odoacer: 4th appearance, last in 2017; Fall: first appearance); Los Angeles (6th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Kowloon (first appearance); 2010 Canterbury earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2016); Stephen Whitney (first appearance); Denis Tomlinson (first appearance); Joan Rivers (first appearance)
Repeats: Albanian revolt of 1912 (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:35, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Lenzen (maintenance); Kodak (maintenance); Paul Harvey (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sasha (DJ)
Omitted: Odoacer/Fall of the Western Roman Empire; Los Angeles; Albanian revolt of 1912; 2010 Canterbury earthquake (oops); Stephen Whitney; Denis Tomlinson; Joan Rivers
Included: Siege of Malta (1798–1800) (first appearance); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (6th appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Grand Couronné (first appearance); Golden Dragon massacre (first appearance); 2007 bomb plot in Germany (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Anna of Trebizond (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Émile Bouchard (first appearance); Steve Irwin (2nd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 20:12, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Pauline Adams (POTD for 2021)
New articles (unused): Franjo Krežma; Lloyd Cadena
Omitted: Siege of Malta (1798–1800); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies; Battle of Grand Couronné (deleted—moved to September 13); Golden Dragon massacre; 2007 bomb plot in Germany; Anna of Trebizond; Émile Bouchard; Steve Irwin
Included: Odoacer/Fall of the Western Roman Empire (Odoacer: 5th appearance; Fall: 2nd; both last in 2019); Battle of Kowloon (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Albanian revolt of 1912 (6th appearance, last in 2019); Little Rock Nine (6th appearance, last in 2010; blurb previously featured Arkansas National Guard and the integration of Central High School, which is currently ineligible due to a possible copyvio); 2010 Canterbury earthquake (5th appearance, last in 2019); Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon (first appearance); Bert Olmstead (first appearance); Beyoncé (first appearance; 40th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 00:19, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Odoacer; Albanian revolt of 1912; Little Rock Nine; 2010 Canterbury earthquake; Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon; Bert Olmstead
Included: Siege of Malta (1798–1800) (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (7th appearance, last in 2020); A Handful of Dust (first appearance); Golden Dragon massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Pope Boniface I (first appearance; 1600th anniversary); Anna Anachoutlou (4th appearance, last in 2020)
Repeats: Battle of Kowloon (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Beyoncé (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:16, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]