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Today's featured article for June 13, 2024

Wreckage from the Battle of Villers-Bocage

The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place in Normandy, France, on 13 June 1944 during World War II. Following the D-Day landings on 6 June, the Germans established defences in front of Caen. The British attacked to attempt to exploit a gap in the German defences west of the city. They reached Villers-Bocage without incident in the morning but were ambushed by Tiger I tanks as they left the town and numerous tanks, anti-tank guns and transport vehicles were destroyed. The Germans then attacked the town but were repulsed. The British withdrew west of Villers-Bocage that evening and repulsed another attack the next day. The British conduct in the battle was controversial because their withdrawal marked the end of the post–D-Day "scramble for ground" and the start of an attritional battle for Caen. Some historians wrote that the British attack was a failure caused by a lack of conviction among some senior commanders; others judged the British force to be insufficiently strong for the task. (Full article...)

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Picture of the day for June 13, 2024

The Heart Nebula is an emission nebula, 7500 light years from Earth, located in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. Spanning almost 2 degrees in the sky, its shape is driven by stellar winds from the hot stars in its core. The nebula displays glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes, and is also made up of ionised oxygen and sulfur gasses, which cause rich blue and orange colours to be seen in narrowband images. This photograph of the Heart Nebula, with the Fish Head Nebula also visible in the top right corner, is a narrowband image captured on a 70mm scope with a capture period of around 44 hours.

Photograph credit: Ram Samudrala

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Shavuot in Judaism (2005)

If someone can confirm that today is indeed Shavuot, please add it to the MainPage. Thanks. -- 64.229.206.40 12:55, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

From Talk:Main Page ....[edit]

Pioneer 10 has not left the solar system, the first craft to do this will probably be Voyager 1. Pioneer 10 was the first craft to go beyond the orbit of Neptune (and Pluto). Some scientists content that this is the definition of leaving the solar system, but most agree that it will need to pass through the heliopause first. Zerbey 15:21, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC) -- Copied and Pasted here, 14:16, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

US slant[edit]

The selected anniversaries for this day have a strong US-centric slant. Alan Liefting 09:07, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, there are not enough good, well-written articles on other topics that qualify under the criteria. See also Wikipedia:Main Page FAQ#I think that the articles listed on the Main Page are awful. Isn't the Main Page biased towards certain topics? What can be done about it?. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 22:32, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

Deleted: Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (moved to July 31—that day needs more articles)
Omitted: Katharina von Bora; Pioneer 10; Uphaar Cinema fire; 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing
Included: Ludwig II of Bavaria (4th appearance, last in 2010); Mir mine (first appearance); Marcus Sarjeant (first appearance); Montana Freemen (first appearance); Hayabusa (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:45, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

Omitted: Ludwig II of Bavaria; Mir mine (ineligible—maintenance); Marcus Sarjeant; Montana Freemen; Hayabusa
Included: Great Falls (Missouri River) (first appearance); Catalina affair (first appearance); The Long and Winding Road (first appearance); Pioneer 10 (7th appearance, last in 2011; 30th anniversary); 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:40, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Catalina affair no longer eligible; replaced with Katharina von Bora (6th appearance, last in 2011) —howcheng {chat} 02:17, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Catalina affair
Omitted: Great Falls (Missouri River); The Long and Winding Road; Pioneer 10; 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing
Included: Ludwig II of Bavaria (5th appearance, last in 2012); Miranda v. Arizona (7th appearance, last in 2010); Fahd of Saudi Arabia (first appearance); Uphaar Cinema fire (4th appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Katharina von Bora (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:39, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

Omitted: Katharina von Bora; Miranda v. Arizona; Fahd of Saudi Arabia; Uphaar Cinema fire
Included: Edict of Milan (first appearance); Catalina affair (first appearance); Pentagon Papers (7th appearance, last in 2010); Hayabusa (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Ludwig II of Bavaria (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:12, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

New articles (unused): Wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): USS Jeannette (1878)
Omitted: Edict of Milan; Catalina affair; Pentagon Papers; Hayabusa
Included: Katharina von Bora (8th appearance, last in 2014); James J. Braddock (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Miranda v. Arizona (8th appearance, last in 2014; 50th anniversary); 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Ludwig II of Bavaria (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:38, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Uphaar Cinema fire (maintenance); Hayabusa (maintenance); Wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist (maintenance)
Omitted: Katharina von Bora (ineligible—maintenance); Ludwig II of Bavaria (ineligible—maintenance); James J. Braddock (ineligible—maintenance); Miranda v. Arizona (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Edict of Milan (2nd appearance, last in 2015); USS Jeannette (1878) (2nd appearance, last in 2007); Battle of Villers-Bocage/Michael Wittmann (both: first appearance); Marcus Sarjeant (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Veronica Gambara (first appearance); W. B. Yeats (first appearance); Carolyn Eisele (first appearance)
Repeats: 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:43, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

Omitted: Edict of Milan; USS Jeannette (1878); Battle of Villers-Bocage/Michael Wittmann; Marcus Sarjeant; 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing
Included: Great Falls (Missouri River) (2nd appearance, last in 2013); James J. Braddock (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Catalina affair (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Fahd of Saudi Arabia (2nd appearance, last in 2014); 2013 Czech political corruption scandal (first appearance)
Repeats: Veronica Gambara (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); W. B. Yeats (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Carolyn Eisele (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

Oops, I forgot to change the births/deaths. —howcheng {chat} 17:28, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: University of Texas at Dallas (copyvio)
Omitted: Great Falls (Missouri River); James J. Braddock; Catalina affair; Fahd of Saudi Arabia; 2013 Czech political corruption scandal; Veronica Gambara; W. B. Yeats; Carolyn Eisele
Included: Edict of Milan (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Katharina von Bora (9th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); USS Jeannette (1878) (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Mir mine (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Pioneer 10 (8th appearance, last in 2013); Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet (first appearance); Henry Middleton (first appearance); Birger Ruud (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:18, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

Moved to Ineligible: Fahd of Saudi Arabia (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): University of Texas at Dallas
Omitted: Katharina von Bora; USS Jeannette (1878) (ineligible—maintenance); Mir mine; Pioneer 10; Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet; Henry Middleton; Birger Ruud
Included: Great Falls (Missouri River) (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Villers-Bocage/Michael Wittmann (Battle: 2nd appearance, last in 2017; Wittman: first); The Long and Winding Road (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 50th anniversary); June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident (first appearance); Charles Algernon Parsons (first appearance); Karl Blossfeldt (first appearance); Fran Allison (first appearance)
Repeats: Edict of Milan (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 23:30, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Jeannette expedition/USS Jeannette (1878)
New articles (ineligible): Fernando Pessoa (maintenance)
Omitted: Great Falls (Missouri River); Battle of Villers-Bocage/Michael Wittmann; The Long and Winding Road; June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident; Charles Algernon Parsons; Karl Blossfeldt; Fran Allison
Included: Henry Grace à Dieu (first appearance); Pentagon Papers (8th appearance, last in 2015; 50th anniversary); Marcus Sarjeant (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary); Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès (first appearance); Augusto Roa Bastos (first appearance); Malik Meraj Khalid (first appearance)
Repeats: Edict of Milan (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:26, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

New articles (unused): Dodger infield of Garvey, Lopes, Russell and Cey
Omitted: Edict of Milan; Henry Grace à Dieu; Pentagon Papers; Marcus Sarjeant; Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès; Augusto Roa Bastos; Malik Meraj Khalid
Included: Katharina von Bora (10th appearance, last in 2019); Jeannette expedition/USS Jeannette (1878) (Expedition: 3rd appearance, last in 2018, previously appeared on July 8; Jeannette: 4th, last in 2019); James J. Braddock (6th appearance, last in 2018); Catalina affair (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 70th anniversary); Pioneer 10 (9th appearance, last in 2019); Mansur I (first appearance); Charles Algernon Parsons (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Christo and Jeanne-Claude (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]