Talk:April 12

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April 12: Cosmonautics Day in Russia; Yuri's Night 1204 – Alexios V fled Constantinople as forces under Boniface the Marquess of Montferrat and Enrico Dandolo the Doge of Venice entered and sacked the Byzantine capital, effectively ending the Fourth Crusade. 1606 – A royal decree established the Union Flag (pictured) to symbolise the Union of the Crowns, merging the designs of the Flag of England and the Flag of Scotland. 1861 – Confederate forces began firing at Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War. 1927 – Chinese Civil War: A large-scale purge of communists from the nationalist Kuomintang began in Shanghai. 1961 – Aboard Vostok 3KA-2, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter outer space, completing one orbit in a time of 108 minutes. More events: April 11 – April 12 – April 13 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 03:12, June 12, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

Contents 1 Personal birthday comment 2 removals 3 45544545 4 Link suggestions 5 Founding of a 1968 church is notable? 6 Imus Event

[edit] Personal birthday comment

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Oh Good. I share my birthday with Shannen Doherty and David Letterman! ÉÍREman 02:49 Apr 20, 2003 (UTC)

Please note an air of extreme lack of excitement in my voice (well, my typing!) at the thought. ÉÍREman

Happy belated, JT. -- Zoe

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[edit] removals

Moved birth from article:

• 1976 - Robert Brown, generalist

This may well be correct, but first, "generalist" isn't exactly helpful, and secondly, Robert Brown is a disambig page that doesn't appear to contain him. Removed until there's an article about this "generalist", whatever that may be. Lupo 10:09, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

• 1991 - Dead, Swedish musician (Mayhem) (b. 1969)

Died April 8th 1991, (and listed there), but also listed here... Samilong (talk) 13:27, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 45544545

[edit] Link suggestions

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[edit] Founding of a 1968 church is notable?

Someone has made an entry regarding a (redlinked) church. I propose that this be deleted. I welcome your thought. Thanks, Hu Gadarn 15:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Seems like little more than another church (http://www.firstcathedral.org/). There doesn't seem to be anything more notable about it than any other large place of worship. -- Borameer ™ 15:42, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Imus Event

"2007 - Veteran talk radio personality Don Imus is fired by CBS Radio, eight days after making racially inflammatory on-air remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team."

While *I* think it isn't very notable, it completely consumed the news for a long time and has led to a few other things. Numerous DJ's have been fined or fired and the effects of that stupid comment has had world changing repercussions (which I must say I find a sad commentary on the world). It's as notable as Janet Jackson's breast (which I don't know if is listed on Wiki though). It has changed the face of radio and what is considered acceptable. -- Borameer ™ 20:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

It was me that boldly removed the Imus Event, and would have done the same to Janet Jacksons breast had it been on the February 1 page. The wardrobe malfunction gets between 3 dozen mentions http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=+breast+halftime+%22Janet+Jackson+%22+site%3Aen.wikipedia.org&btnG=Search&meta= and a hundred http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&as_qdr=all&q=wardrobe.malfunction+OR+breast+%22+Janet+Jackson%22+site%3Aen.wikipedia.org&btnG=Search&meta= dependant on search terms, but does not make a page where it is obviously not of sufficient notability. There is enough that need to be gone boldly without me looking for trouble. --Drappel 21:35, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

I realize that it was you and I was simply adding my comment on its removal, if I thought it was far more notable I would have restored it. That's what these pages are for though, to discuss edits. I too think that about 70% of all Events should be removed but they seem to be notable on some level (such as Led Zeppelin albums, some are actually selected anniversaries!). Dunno, I was just thinking that the most notable thing that has happened on the radio in the past 10 years was that. -- Borameer ™ 21:49, 10 June 2007 (UTC)