Talk:March 21

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March 21: Fast of Esther (Judaism, 2024); Oltenia Day in Romania

Scottish Cup

1874 – Queen's Park defeated Clydesdale 2–0 in the final of the inaugural Scottish Cup (trophy pictured).
1913 – More than 360 were killed and 20,000 homes were destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
1968 – War of Attrition: The Battle of Karameh took place between the Israel Defense Forces and allied troops of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Jordanian Armed Forces.
1980 – The American soap opera Dallas aired the episode "A House Divided", which led to eight months of international speculation on "Who shot J.R.?"
2019 – A major explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng, China, killed 78 people and injured 640 others.

Ælla of Northumbria and Osberht of Northumbria (d. 867)
Alice Henry (b. 1857)
Al Williamson (b. 1931)
Chinua Achebe (d. 2013)

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My entry about Doonesbury comic strip[edit]

The other day, I added an event to both March 21 and also October 26. The latter was the first time the Doonesbury comic strip was published. The former was the first time it was published on a Sunday.

My addition was removed with a note about needing a citation.

1. Why does this need a citation? Looking at dozens of other events on the same day, most of them don't have citations and are not well-known dates/events. March 21 is the day that President Carter announced the boycott of the 1980 Olympics. Oh, really? Where's the citation for that? I have no way to verify that.

2. For my entry, I can include a link to an archive showing the first comic or the first Sunday comic for Doonesbury. Would that be enough? But, looking at the documentation, it's not clear how I should add a citation. Help, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zonker.in.geneva (talk • contribs) 21:28, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Zonker.in.geneva: Since you missed edit notice on this page, I'll point you directly to WP:DOYCITE. I reverted your re-addition of the material because while the "source" you provided was indeed a link to that comic strip, it did nothing to support the claim you made and as such was not a source. WP:V is <- that way. Toddst1 (talk) 21:52, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

truant day holidays[edit]

not a real thing.--142.163.194.73 (talk) 22:10, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

let's take it out. 2607:FEA8:FF01:5C5B:70DE:9CEE:2056:C019 (talk) 02:02, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"international colour day"[edit]

it's an industry promotion day. Shouldn't be here 2607:FEA8:FF01:5C5B:70DE:9CEE:2056:C019 (talk) 02:03, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]