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Today's featured article for March 7, 2025

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Picture of the day for March 7, 2025

SpaceX CRS-20, also known as SpX-20, was a Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 7 March 2020 and was the final flight of Dragon 1. The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by Space X. The CRS-20 was the final flight before the first use of Dragon 2 and was the end of the phase 1 missions. CRS-20 used Dragon capsule C112, which previously flew to the ISS on CRS-10 and CRS-16 and was launched aboard Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 on 7 March 2020. CRS-20 arrived at the ISS on 9 March 2020 and was captured by the station's robotic arm, the last capture of the Dragon spacecraft. The CRS-20 mission carried 1977 kg (4358 lbs) of cargo to the ISS.

credit: NASA Johnson Space Center

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Future candidates: Bloody Sunday (1965) (a stub as of February 28, 2004)

Today 'Bloody Sunday (1965)' redirects to Selma to Montgomery marches, a fairly decent article on the events of the series of march attempts, including the first. I'd like to see it on selected anniversaries, especially this year for the 40th anniversary. (I'd fit it in, but the page is locked.) -- ke4roh 17:57, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)

Posted. Thank you for your suggestion, ke4roh. :-) -- PFHLai 07:16, 2005 Mar 7 (UTC)

Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music

I'm a law student (doing intellectual property no less) and even I don't think this is important enough to be here! Mangostar (talk) 03:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Napoleon's Title

As pointed out by Shipman7 on Talk:March 7, Napoleon Bonaparte did not crown himself Napoleon I until he became emporer, which happened on December 2, 1804, according to the Napoleon I of France article. Kentholke (talk) 19:44, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Pea Ridge
Omitted: Marcus Aurelius/Lucius Verus, Daniel Webster (ineligible—maintenance), José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, William, Prince of Albania, Kepler (spacecraft)
Included: Étienne Tempier (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible), North Carolina State University (2nd appearance, last in 2010), Operation Truong Cong Dinh (first appearance), We Are the World (first appearance), 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:49, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Étienne Tempier; North Carolina State University; We Are the World; 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting
Included: Sol Invictus (first appearance); Battle of Pea Ridge (7th appearance, last in 2009); José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Kepler (spacecraft) (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Operation Truong Cong Dinh (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:25, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Deleted: Klaus Fuchs (moved to March 1)
Omitted: Sol Invictus; Battle of Pea Ridge; Operation Truong Cong Dinh; Kepler (spacecraft)
Included: Marcus Aurelius/Lucius Verus (both: 8th appearance, last in 2011); Étienne Tempier (3rd appearance, last in 2012); William, Prince of Albania (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Selma to Montgomery marches (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:03, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Marcus Aurelius/Lucius Verus; Étienne Tempier; William, Prince of Albania
Included: Sol Invictus (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Ludendorff Bridge (3rd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 70th anniversary); We Are the World (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Selma to Montgomery marches (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:58, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Sol Invictus; José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco; Ludendorff Bridge; Selma to Montgomery marches
Included: Étienne Tempier (4th appearance, last in 2014); Daniel Webster (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Remilitarization of the Rhineland (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 80th anniversary); 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: We Are the World (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:17, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineliglble: Sol Invictus (maintenance); William, Prince of Albania (maintenance)
Omitted: Étienne Tempier (ineligible—maintenance); Daniel Webster; Remilitarization of the Rhineland; 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting
Included: Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) (first appearance); Battle of Pea Ridge (8th appearance, last in 2013); José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (5th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Remagen (first appearance)
Repeats: We Are the World (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: North Carolina State University (maintenance)
Omitted: Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573); Battle of Pea Ridge; Battle of Remagen; We Are the World; Reinhard Heydrich; Divine (performer); Cool Papa Bell
Included: Sol Invictus (3rd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); Condemnations of 1210–1277 (first appearance; blurb previously featured Étienne Tempier, which is currently ineligible and is making its 5th appearance, last in 2016); Daniel Webster (3rd appearance, last in 2016); SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (first appearance); Operation Truong Cong Dinh (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Ludwig Mond (first appearance); Boris Kustodiev (first appearance); E. Pauline Johnson (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:31, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Pea Ridge (maintenance)
Omitted: Sol Invictus; Condemnations of 1210–1277; Daniel Webster; SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse; Operation Truong Cong Dinh; Ludwig Mond; Boris Kustodiev; E. Pauline Johnson
Included: Battle of Craonne (first appearance); José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (6th appearance, last in 2017); German submarine U-47 (1938) (2nd appearance, last in 2014; previously appeared on October 14); We Are the World (5th appearance, last in 2017); 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Robert Townsend (spy) (first appearance); Mochtar Lubis (first appearance); Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:20, 7 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: E. Pauline Johnson (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Craonne; José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco; German submarine U-47 (1938); We Are the World; 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting; Robert Townsend (spy); Mochtar Lubis; Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
Included: Perpetua and Felicity (first appearance); Condemnations of 1210–1277 (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of Remagen (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary); Selma to Montgomery marches (7th appearance, last in 2015); Ewald Christian von Kleist (first appearance); Harriet Jacobs (first appearance); Hideki Noda (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:19, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Condemnations of 1210–1277; Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573); SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse; Battle of Remagen; Selma to Montgomery marches; Ewald Christian von Kleist; Harriet Jacobs; Hideki Noda
Included: Sol Invictus (4th appearance, last in 2018; 1700th anniversary); Daniel Webster (4th appearance, last in 2018); José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (7th appearance, last in 2019); German submarine U-47 (1938) (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Massereene Barracks shooting (4th appearance, last in 2019); Boris Kustodiev (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Cool Papa Bell (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:51, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

New articles (unused): Increase A. Lapham; Tom Acker
Omitted: Sol Invictus; Daniel Webster; José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco; German submarine U-47 (1938); Massereene Barracks shooting; Boris Kustodiev; Nicolas Dupont-Aignan; Cool Papa Bell
Included: Condemnations of 1210–1277 (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Battle of Craonne (2nd appearance, last in 2019); We Are the World (6th appearance, last in 2019); Kepler space telescope (3rd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Heraclianus (first appearance); Harriet Jacobs (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 125th anniversary); Viv Richards (first appearance; 70th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 05:00, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]