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Today's featured article for July 30, 2024
A near-contemporary image of the English assault on Caen In 1345–1347, the Hundred Years' War between the English and the French flared up. Determined to renew the conflict, the English king, Edward III, despatched a small force to south-west France where they won victories at Bergerac and Auberoche. In 1346 an English army of 10,000 men landed in northern Normandy, devastated the region, and stormed and sacked Caen. They then cut a swath to within 20 miles (32 km) of Paris, turned north, and inflicted a heavy defeat on the French army at the Battle of Crécy. They exploited this by laying siege to Calais. The period from the English victory outside Bergerac to the start of the siege of Calais is known as Edward III's annus mirabilis (year of marvels). After an eleven-month siege, which stretched both countries' financial and military resources to the limit, the town fell, and for more than two hundred years it served as an English entrepôt into northern France. ( This article is part of a featured topic: Hundred Years' War, 1345–1347.) Recently featured: Yugoslav monitor Sava Darkness on the Edge of Town Aston Martin DB9 Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk –  – history – watch
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What was special about England winning the World Cup? -- Just my 2 cents -- Hemanshu 03:06, 30 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Especially when the first world cup was on the same day in 1930, so I've changed it. Gentgeen 20:00, 30 July 2005 (UTC) reply

In births for July 30, 1991 Moiez Ismail was listed, however I was not able to find any valid information for who this person is. It may be a spelling error or some sort of frivolous edit.

• Omitted: History of Baghdad; Brother Jonathan (steamer); Black Tom explosion; 1930 FIFA World Cup
• Included: House of Burgesses (5th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Emperor Meiji/ Emperor Taishō (first appearance for both; 100th anniversary); Jimmy Hoffa (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Qana airstrike (6th consecutive appearance, 6 total)

— howcheng { chat} 08:42, 29 July 2012 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: House of Burgesses of Virginia; Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; Emperor Meiji/ Emperor Taishō; Jimmy Hoffa; Qana airstrike
• Included: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Black Tom explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 1930 FIFA World Cup (7th appearance, last in 2011); 2012 India blackouts (first appearance)
• Repeats: History of Baghdad (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

— howcheng { chat} 06:29, 29 July 2013 (UTC) reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Battle of Warsaw (1656)
• Omitted: Vanuatu (ineligible—maintenance); History of Baghdad; Brother Jonathan (steamer); Black Tom explosion
• Included: Battle of Ajnadayn (first appearance); Nathaniel Bacon (colonist) (first appearance); Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (7th appearance as blurb, last in 2012)
• Repeats: 1930 FIFA World Cup (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); 2012 India blackouts (2nd consecutive, 2 total)

— howcheng { chat} 07:14, 29 July 2014 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: House of Burgesses (maintenance)
• Omitted: Battle of Ajnadayn (deleted—exact date unknown); Nathaniel Bacon (colonist); Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; 1930 FIFA World Cup; 2012 India blackouts
• Included: Vanuatu (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Warsaw (1656) (4th appearance, last in 2010); Brother Jonathan (steamer) (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 150th anniversary); Emperor Meiji/ Emperor Taishō (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2012); Jimmy Hoffa (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 40th anniversary); Qana airstrike (7th appearance, last in 2012)

— howcheng { chat} 08:09, 28 July 2015 (UTC) reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): USS Indianapolis (CA-35); Volkswagen Beetle
• Omitted: Battle of Warsaw (1656); Brother Jonathan (steamer); Emperor Meiji/ Emperor Taishō; Jimmy Hoffa
• Included: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (8th appearance as blurb, last in 2014); Malden Island (6th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Black Tom explosion (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Royal Question (first appearance)
• Repeats: Qana airstrike (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total; 10th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 16:37, 29 July 2016 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: History of Baghdad (maintenance); Emperor Meiji/ Emperor Taishō (both: maintenance); USS Indianapolis (CA-35) (maintenance); Volkswagen Beetle (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Hope Solo
• Omitted: Malden Island; Black Tom explosion; Qana airstrike
• Included: Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel) (2nd appearance, last in 2014); 1930 FIFA World Cup (9th appearance, last in 2014); 2012 India blackouts (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Jacob Baradaeus (first appearance); Emily Brontë (first appearance); Claudette Colbert (first appearance)
• Repeats: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (2nd consecutive appearance as blurb; 15 total); Royal Question (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

— howcheng { chat} 02:15, 30 July 2017 (UTC) reply

• New articles (ineligible): Friendship Day (moved from July 20)
• New articles (unused): Kate Bush (would have included her as it's her 60th birthday, but that would have meant 3 births, so someone had to get the short end of the stick)
• Omitted: Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel)/ Bacon's Rebellion; Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; Royal Question; 2012 India blackouts; Jacob Baradaeus; Claudette Colbert
• Included: Battle of Warsaw (1656) (5th appearance, last in 2015); Brother Jonathan (steamer) (4th appearance, last in 2015); Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland (first appearance); 2014 Malin landslide (first appearance); Harold Davidson (first appearance); Katherine Reutter (first appearance; 30th birthday)
• Repeats: 1930 FIFA World Cup Final/ 1930 FIFA World Cup (Final: first appearance; Cup: 2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total); Emily Brontë (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 200th birthday)

— howcheng { chat} 16:05, 30 July 2018 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Kate Bush (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): George Pickett; Casey Stengel; Joyce Kilmer;
• Omitted: Battle of Warsaw (1656); Brother Jonathan (steamer); 1930 FIFA World Cup Final; Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland; Emily Brontë; Harold Davidson; Katherine Reutter
• Included: Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia)/ Bacon's Rebellion (both: 3rd appearance; Bacon: last in 2017; Rebellion: last in 2016 and previously appeared on September 19); Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (18th appearance, last in 2019 as observance; let's delete this for next year); Royal Question (4th appearance, last in 2017); Qana airstrike (9th appearance, last in 2016); Tatwine (first appearance); Lê Văn Duyệt (first appearance); Smedley Butler (first appearance)
• Repeats: 2014 Malin landslide (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

— howcheng { chat} 18:05, 5 August 2019 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Warsaw (1656) (maintenance); 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations (maintenance)
• Omitted: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; 2014 Malin landslide; Tatwine; Lê Văn Duyệt; Smedley Butler
• Included: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (5th appearance, last in 2018); 1930 FIFA World Cup Final/ 1930 FIFA World Cup (Final: 2nd appearance, WC: 11th, both last in 2018; 90th anniversary); Jacob Baradaeus (first appearance); Walter Schuck (first appearance; 100th birthday); Ian Gow (first appearance; 30th anniversary)
• Repeats: Bacon's Rebellion (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Royal Question (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 70th anniversary); Qana airstrike (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

— howcheng { chat} 16:27, 31 July 2020 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: Bacon's Rebellion (ineligible—maintenance); Royal Question; Qana airstrike; Jacob Baradaeus; Walter Schuck; Ian Gow
• Included: Black Tom explosion (4th appearance, last in 2016); 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 40th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); 2014 Malin landslide (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Giorgio Vasari (first appearance); Lê Văn Duyệt (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Claudette Colbert (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 25th anniversary)
• Repeats: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); 1930 FIFA World Cup Final/ 1930 FIFA World Cup (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Final: 3 total; Cup: 12 total)

— howcheng { chat} 06:16, 1 August 2021 (UTC) reply

• Omitted: Friendship Day (ineligible—maintenance); Black Tom explosion; 2014 Malin landslide; Giorgio Vasari; Lê Văn Duyệt; Claudette Colbert
• Included: Royal question (6th appearance, last in 2020); Jimmy Hoffa (4th appearance, last in 2015); Tatwine (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Walter Schuck (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Hope Solo (first appearance)
• Repeats: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total); 1930 FIFA World Cup (3rd consecutive appearance, 13 total); 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

— howcheng { chat} 16:37, 2 August 2022 (UTC) reply

• New articles (unused): Mochitsura Hashimoto/ USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
• Omitted: Jimmy Hoffa; 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations; Tatwine; Hope Solo
• Included: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (6th appearance on July 30, last in 2019; 23 total); 2006 Qana airstrike (11th appearance, last in 2020); Jacob Baradaeus (3rd appearance, last in 2020); Smedley Butler (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Maeve Binchy (first appearance on July 30; 3 total)
• Repeats: Brother Jonathan (steamer) (4rd consecutive appearance, 8 total); 1930 FIFA World Cup (4rd consecutive appearance, 14 total); Royal question (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total on July 30; 7 total); Walter Schuck (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

Heart ^(talk) 07:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC) reply