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The motte and keep of Guînes castle in 2012
The motte and keep of Guînes castle in 2012

The siege of Guînes took place from May to July 1352 when a French army under Geoffrey de Charny unsuccessfully attempted to recapture the French castle at Guînes which had been seized by the English the previous January. The siege was part of the Hundred Years' War and took place during the uneasy and ill-kept truce of Calais. The strongly fortified castle had been taken by the English during a period of nominal truce and the English king, Edward III, decided to keep it. Charny led 4,500 men and retook the town but was unable to either recapture or blockade the castle. After two months of fierce fighting, a large English night attack on the French camp inflicted a heavy defeat and the French withdrew. Guînes was incorporated into the Pale of Calais. The threat posed by this enclave caused the French to garrison 60 fortified positions around it, at ruinous expense. The castle was besieged by the French in 1436 and 1514, but was relieved each time, before falling to the French in 1558. (Full article...)

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What does this image have to do with the selected articles? RickK | Talk 05:34, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

It shows directly-elected U.S. senators. Godiva would be a better image<G>. -- Nunh-huh 05:40, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

May 31 is not "Independence Day" in South Africa. It was the date of the Treaty of Vereeneging ending the Boer War (1902), the date of the formation of the Union of South Africa from four British colonies (1910) and the date the Union became the Republic of South Africa (1961). The date was a public holiday as Republic Day until 1994. South Africa gained independence following the passing of the Statute of Westminster in the British parliament on 11 December 1931, a date never formally celebrated with a holiday. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brutus2 (talkcontribs) 13:25, 31 May 2006.

It's not on Public holidays in South Africa. Let's remove it from the Main Page. -- 199.71.174.100 21:18, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to add, Joan of Arc was burned on this day after finding her guilty of heresy.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Phu2734 (talkcontribs).

Joan of Arc is currently already featured on the July 7 selected anniversaries page. Wikipedia's selected anniversaries guidelines states that "Ideally, any particular selected article should only be listed (be an emboldened entry) once in this queue." Therefore, would you like me to remove the July 7 entry that mentions that she was posthumously acquitted of heresy? Or revert your edit here? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 05:08, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tornado outbreak[edit]

Hi. Can we mention the 1985 United States – Canadian tornado outbreak? Thanks. ~AH1(TCU) 19:51, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article is currently tagged with {{Inappropriate tone}} and {{Unreferenced}}, the deciding factor on why it did not make the top five currently displayed. Zzyzx11 (talk) 23:19, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 22:03, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:27, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 08:57, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mavi Marmara[edit]

The wording of the Mavi Marmara hook is quite bizarre. 'Engaged in armed conflict' is an odd wording when you attack a civilian ship on international waters. Just saying 'attack' would be a NPOV wording. Yesterday we had a link to the 'Lod Airport massacre', which at no point uses wording like 'engaged in armed conflict', in spite the fact that the Ben Gurion airport security was clearly more heavily armed than the passengers of Mavi Marmara. --Soman (talk) 11:54, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree that "attack" is NPOV, because conjures up the image of the Israeli Navy ship firing upon the civilian boat. According to the Gaza flotilla raid article, the Navy boarded the Mavi Marmara, whereupon they encountered armed resistance. The people on the other five ships that were boarded responded non-violently. If you can come up with a way of explaining that succinctly, then I'll be happy to change the blurb. howcheng {chat} 18:34, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 08:25, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Trinity Sunday[edit]

Today is Trinity Sunday in the Western rite. It takes precedence over the Feast of the Visitation, so I don't quite understand why the latter is and the former isn't mentioned. Yours in Christ, Revd F.B. --88.107.71.223 (talk) 14:30, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That article has a big orange maintenance tag on it, which per the rules makes it ineligible for inclusion. howcheng {chat} 17:52, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 00:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Should the birthday of Bernard Lewis, who turns 100 today, be listed? --Light show (talk) 17:49, 31 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't think he is notable enough for a birthday inclusion. howcheng {chat} 21:28, 31 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Light show: Now that we are including births/deaths, I've added him into the pool of eligible articles. howcheng {chat} 15:36, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 04:00, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 19:36, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019[edit]

Howcheng,Help! Walt Whitman's 200th birthday! Alanscottwalker (talk) 12:54, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 15:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested death[edit]

Might I suggest Mbaye Diagne (d. 1994) for deaths? Good article rating, under-represented nationality, and an astonishing story. Cheers, Featous (talk) 21:05, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Featous: Thank you for the suggestion. We put him in for this year. howcheng {chat} 17:49, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 17:14, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 07:51, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:48, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]