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Kitty Marion

... that Kitty Marion (pictured) was force-fed over 200 times during a hunger strike?
... that the North Korean destroyer Choe Hyon is the largest ship constructed for the Korean People's Navy?
... that after the release of High and Low, director Akira Kurosawa received telephone calls imitating his film that threatened to kidnap his daughter?
... that May Bradford Shockley is why Silicon Valley is where it is?
... that the conservation of a goat might endanger the survival of Aquilegia paui?
... that Joy Laking predicted in a school writing assignment that within ten years she would be making a living as an artist?
... that the Taiwanese restaurant chain Formosa Chang drew inspiration from McDonald's for its non-greasy atmosphere and corporate practices?
... that Haridas Mitra had his death sentence commuted after the intervention of Mahatma Gandhi?
... that "Steve's Lava Chicken" recently became the shortest song to enter the UK Top 40?

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October 11

... that Indian serial killer Raman Raghav targeted street urchins and beggars sleeping in the open on the roadsides and slums in Mumbai? Rama's arrow 00:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
... that the phrase to grab the brass ring comes from the brass ring dispenser, which presents rings to Carousel riders to grab and possibly win prizes? (self nom) ++Lar: t/c 04:39, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Shelter was an experimental city car of the early 1950s designed and built by a Dutch engineering student with financial backing by the government of the Netherlands? Yet another self-nom by Lucky 6.9 08:20, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 10

...that Hamel, a town located in the South West of Western Australia, owes its name to solicitor and politician Lancel Victor de Hamel (1849-1894), the former owner of the land where the townsite is situated? Article by Orderinchaos78 (talk · contribs), nomination by Michaelas10 (T|C) 19:29, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...the Dunkeld Lectern, looted from Edinburgh in 1544, was stolen from by the Scottish independence group, Siol nan Gaidheal in 1984, and hidden in a highland grave for 15 years? (self nom - sorry, 1 day out - I was trying to get a picture - still a great story though) Legis 07:31, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Please shorten. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 07:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Shortened. Legis 09:14, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - Belongs under 4 October, go by the day of substantial expansion, not day of nomination. ++Lar: t/c 10:27, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

... that local farmers would drive rock laden wagons onto the Ada Covered Bridge to prevent it from washing away during floods? (self nom) ++Lar: t/c 01:37, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that in the Battle of Stone Houses, fought in 1837, a band of American Indians defeated a group of Texas Rangers by smoking them out of their shelter? (self-nom)--AlbertHerring 06:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that the famous Russian orientalist of Azeri origin, Muhammad Ali Kazim-bey, was converted to Christianity by Scottish Presbyterian missionaries in 1821? --article by User:Parishan, nom by Ghirla ^-трёп- 07:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that a specimen of Australia's largest mushroom Phlebopus marginatus from Western Victoria weighed in at 29 kg, and caps can sometimes reach 1 metre across? (self nom) Cas Liber 11:56, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that Yakov Bulgakov, Catherine II's emissary in Istanbul, managed to obtain a plan of the Turkish naval offensive while being imprisoned in Yedikule during the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792? --self-nom by Ghirla ^-трёп- 14:54, 10 October 2006 (UTC), please tweak my nom[reply]

...that Francesco Xanto Avelli was unusual among Umbrian maiolica painters because he signed and dated much of his work? (another self-nom) --AlbertHerring 20:59, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Holophusikon was a museum of natural curiosities and ethnographic items collected by Ashton Lever and exhibited in London from 1775, sold by lottery in 1786, and finally dispersed at an auction to 1806? -- ALoan (Talk) 22:13, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that Second World War Czech fighter pilot František Fajtl flew for the French Air Force, commanded a Czech squadron in the Royal Air Force, and commanded a Czech unit formed by the Soviet Union? (expanded stub today from obituaries) -- ALoan (Talk) 22:13, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that modernization of the Ostkreuz station (pictured) in Berlin, the busiest interchange station of the city's transportation system, has been proposed since 1937 and is due to start next year? --article by ProhibitOnions, nom by Kusma (討論) 08:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 9

...that the Liverpool Irish was the popular name for a battalion of the British King's Regiment raised by Liverpool's large Irish community in 1860, and that it served in the First World War, landed at Juno Beach on 6 June 1944, and now forms a troop in the Royal Artillery? SoLando (Talk) 23:42, 9 October 2006 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]
...that the 1989 Glasnost Bowl was an attempt to schedule an American college football game in Soviet Russia at Moscow's Dynamo Stadium? -- (self nom), Bobak 22:47, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Stub.--Peta 01:31, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stub? It's over 1000 characters (w/o spaces), the only reason I left the "stub" is that there's the possibility for more information. --Bobak 03:43, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is indeed a stub. Please expand. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 15:01, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

... that St Enodoc Church, in the village of Trebetherick, Cornwall was used for more than two centuries while it was virtually engulfed in a sand dune? Churchgoers had to be lowered through a hole in the roof. The church was not finally excavated until about 1870.Verne Equinox 23:03, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Stubby stub. Please expand. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 15:01, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Bangladeshi musician and composer Samar Das, who composed over 2,000 songs and was the music director of over 50 films, also played a prominent role in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 organizing clandestine radio station broadcasts? article by User:Jibanmanab, nom by--Carabinieri^T_T^a_a^l_l^k_k 20:50, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Article needs categories and references.--Peta 01:37, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - I have added category and references. (But it was already categorized under Bangladeshi composers). --Ragib 01:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
... that the 1938 United States women’s high jump and shotput champion Gretel Bergmann had left Germany, because she was discriminated against for being Jewish and vowed never to return, and did not even do so, in order to attend the festivities of a sports complex in Berlin-Wilmersdorf being named after her? article by User:Ekki01 nom by --Carabinieri ^T_T^a_a^l_l^k_k 20:37, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
... that the The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring police and corrections officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty? (Article created by User: Chainclaw at 12:16 a.m, self nomination)
- The article does not make it clear why this group is of interest to an encyclopedia reader.--Peta 05:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
... that Edwin B. Hart studied physiological chemistry under Nobel Laureate Albrecht Kossel before he returned to the United States to lead research that would lead to controlling both anemia and goiter? Chris 12:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]
... that the single-grain experiment conducted between 1907 and 1911 would lead to the development of modern human nutrition? Chris 13:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC) (self-nom)[reply]
... that the "O. P. Q. Letters" were written anonymously in a failed attempt to incite an insurrection in Texas in 1834? (self-nom) --AlbertHerring 20:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
... that Shahzia Sikander, 2006 recipient of a MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant", is a Pakistan-born American artist who specializes in Indian and Persian miniature painting? -- (self nom) NYArtsnWords 03:28, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that a redecoration of a dressing room at the Royal Cockpit-in-Court theatre in London in 1662, using green baize to cover the walls, may be the origin of the theatrical green room? -- ALoan (Talk) 10:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Or

...that the Cockpit-in-Court theatre in the Palace of Whitehall was used to stage court masques for the Stuart Kings of England, but was originally built by Henry VIII as a venue for cockfighting? -- ALoan (Talk) 10:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 8

... that the name of the endangered language isolate Huave spoken in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec probably comes from a Zapotec word meaning "people of the sea", but that the Huave people who call themselves Ikoots refer to their language as ombeayiiüts "our language"? (Huave created today by User:Maunus (selfnomination))

...that in order to demonstrate the versatility of the Holman Projector, a British anti-aircraft mortar, a trial was staged in front of Prime Minister Winston Churchill using a number of beer bottles as ammunition? (expand from stub by GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 15:22, 8 October 2006 (UTC))[reply]
...that "Ernold Same", a song from Blur's 1995 album The Great Escape, was narrated by the current Mayor of London Ken Livingstone? (self-nominated, just created article complete with video link to song) (Dsims209 15:00, 8 October 2006 (UTC))[reply]
...that the famous Victor Jubilee Palace, a landmark in the Cooch Behar city, was designed after the model of Buckingham Palace of London in 1887 during the reign of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan? (self-nominated) Amartyabag 06:33, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article on the said palace is missing! Which article are you nominating?--Dwaipayan (talk) 11:51, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming from your contributions that it's actually Cooch Behar you wish to submit, the article isn't new, and hasn't been a stub since September 6, 2006. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 15:25, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

File:GoMa.jpg

...that the Golden Madonna of Essen is oldest preserved sculpture of the Virgin Mary? (self-nom, translation of a FA on the German Wikipedia. thumb to the right).--Janneman 00:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...that the Kennedia nigricans or the Black Coral Pea is a robust Western Australian species of climbing plant that spreads to over 18m²(200 ft²)? Gnangarra 04:35, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Needs a taxobox. Mgiganteus1 15:27, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done Gnangarra 23:59, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article needs a bit of work, it is mostly comprised of an incomplete list.--Peta 05:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Its growing almost as quick as the plant does Gnangarra 10:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that SKAMP were pressured not to perform "You Got Style" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, but instead recorded what was then Lithuania's best result? (self nom - BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC))[reply]
...that the founders of the Indian spice manufacturing company MDH were popularly known as "Deggi Mirch Wale" (the Pot Chilli People)? - self-nom - Longhairandabeard 19:41, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that the Michigan State University School of Hospitality Business created the United States' first Master of Business Administration program in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management? — Created by a new user, Guff15, and nominated by Lovelac7 02:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 7

...that 51 nations participated in the FIBA World Championship as of the 2006 tournament? --self nomination by Howard the Duck 17:08, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- This is a list with 3-4 sentences. Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 23:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Agreed.--Peta 01:34, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    - So I'll convert the tables into paragraphs? --Howard the Duck 04:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
      - I've expanded the lead, summarizing the entire article. --Howard the Duck 04:50, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

October 6

...that "Strazdas" was performed in the minority Samogitian language at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999? (self nom, perhaps not the greatest of tags - BigHaz - Schreit mich an 02:54, 6 October 2006 (UTC))[reply]
- Can you improve it?--Peta 01:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - The article, or the tag? I'll see what I can do about the article, but the tag could have "the only time this language has been used at Eurovision" stuck onto the end of it with no trouble at all. If any other tags suggest themselves, you'll be the first to know :P BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:56, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Alternative to the "only time..." addition would be "and was responsible for Lithuania's first points in Eurovision history". BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:58, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that the My Opera Community, a support community for people using the Opera web browser, currently has over 500,000 subscribed members, and over 1000 new members join each day? Kc4 17:59, 6 October 2006 (UTC) edited for clarity by GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 18:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- The article fails to mention why this website is of any encyclopedic interest.--Peta 05:18, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sounds a little not NPOV to me. Michaelas10 (T|C) 21:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

...that Robert Henderson was granted 640 acres in what is now known as Budgewoi, New South Wales on 11 August 1843, where he had a dairy? (stub up-grade - partial self-nom)Todd661 08:15, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Needs to be wikikied.--Peta 22:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 *...that [[Second World War]] [[Czech]] [[fighter aircraft|fighter pilot]] '''[[František Fajtl]]''' flew for the [[French Air Force]], commanded a Czech [[squadron]] in the [[Royal Air Force]], and commanded a Czech unit formed by the [[Soviet Union]]? (expanded stub today from obituaries) -- [[User:ALoan|ALoan]] [[User talk:ALoan|(Talk)]] 22:13, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
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+*...that modernization of the '''[[Ostkreuz]]''' station (pictured) in [[Berlin]], the busiest interchange station of the city's transportation system, has been proposed since 1937 and is due to start next year? --article by [[User:ProhibitOnions|ProhibitOnions]], nom by [[User:Kusma|Kusma]] [[User_talk:Kusma|(討論)]] 08:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
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