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Today's featured article for April 21, 2026

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 21, 2026

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Picture of the day for April 21, 2026

Elizabeth II, Painting of her as a child

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1894 - Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle, designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen, as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.

This could be featured, but not in 2005, 'coz it's also the Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 21, 2005. -- PFHLai 10:32, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)

The Red Baron...

As the actual article states, the general view is that it's not who actually shot him down, and that it was actually more likely to be an Australian anti-aircraft gunner. I propose to simply remove the sentance and link to more, and just say that he was shot down. --Robert Merkel 02:09, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Shortened as suggested. -- PFHLai 02:44, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)

The Queen

I'm supprised the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II was not included.

We usually don't do birthdays here. Well, may be at 100, 250, etc. Certainly not 80. -- PFHLai 21:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Deleted: Ridván (appears on April 20); Muster (Texas A&M University) (not notable enough for Main Page)
Omitted: Romulus and Remus; Henry VIII of England; Bahá'u'lláh; Brasília (ineligible—maintenance); Nguyen Van Thieu
Included: Laguna Copperplate Inscription (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Manfred von Richthofen (7th appearance, last in 2010); Loch Ness Monster (first appearance); Century 21 Exposition (first appearance); Extrasolar planet (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:58, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Grounation Day (ineligible—maintenance); Manfred von Richthofen; Loch Ness Monster; Century 21 Exposition; Extrasolar planet
Included: Romulus and Remus (4th appearance, last in 2011); Henry VIII of England (8th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of San Jacinto (5th appearance, last in 2009); Bahá'u'lláh (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 150th anniversary); Principality of Hutt River (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Laguna Copperplate Inscription (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:32, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Loch Ness Monster (maintenance)
Omitted: Easter Monday (ineligible—maintenance); Laguna Copperplate Inscription; Henry VIII of England; Bahá'u'lláh; Principality of Hutt River (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Ypiranga incident (first appearance; 100th anniversary); Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Exoplanet (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Romulus and Remus (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Battle of San Jacinto (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:08, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Romulus and Remus; Battle of San Jacinto; Ypiranga incident; Exoplanet
Included: Laguna Copperplate Inscription (4th appearance, last in 2013); Bangkok (first appearance); Manfred von Richthofen (9th appearance, last in 2012); Brasília (8th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:50, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Bangkok; Manfred von Richthofen; Brasília; Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Included: Henry VIII of England (9th appearance, last in 2013); Bahá'u'lláh (4th appearance, last in 2013); Ypiranga incident (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Principality of Hutt River (8th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible)
Repeats: Laguna Copperplate Inscription (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:40, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Bangkok (maintenance); Brasília (maintenance); Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Jean-Marie Le Pen (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Demolition of al-Baqi; Kharkiv Pact
Omitted: Henry VIII of England; Ypiranga incident; Principality of Hutt River (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Wahhabi sack of Karbala (first appearance); Manfred von Richthofen (10th appearance, last in 2015); Century 21 Exposition (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Max Weber (first appearance); John Maynard Keynes (first appearance); Dorothy Eady (first appearance)
Repeats: Laguna Copperplate Inscription (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Bahá'u'lláh (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:49, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Deleted Exoplanet (moved to January 9)
Moved to Ineligible: Romulus and Remus (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Loch Ness Monster
New articles (unused): Wignacourt Aqueduct; Flint water crisis
Omitted: Laguna Copperplate Inscription; Wahhabi sack of Karbala; Bahá'u'lláh; Manfred von Richthofen (ineligible—maintenance); Century 21 Exposition; Max Weber; John Maynard Keynes; Dorothy Eady
Included: Battle of Mutina (first appearance); Henry VIII of England (10th appearance, last in 2016); Demolition of al-Baqi (first appearance); Principality of Hutt River (8th appearance, last in 2016); Kharkiv Pact (first appearance); Bajkam (first appearance); Jan Boeckhorst (first appearance); Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 02:46, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Wahhabi sack of Karbala (maintenance); Flint water crisis (maintenance)
Omitted: Henry VIII of England; Demolition of al-Baqi; Kharkiv Pact; Bajkam; Jan Boeckhorst; Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
Included: Wignacourt Aqueduct (first appearance); Ypiranga incident (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Loch Ness Monster (5th appearance, last in 2012); Bardas (first appearance); Petrus Apianus (first appearance); Cheryl Gillan (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Mutina (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Principality of Hutt River (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:54, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (ineligible): George Washington's reception at Trenton (on DYK on 2020-02-22)
Omitted: Battle of Mutina; Wignacourt Aqueduct; Ypiranga incident; Loch Ness Monster; Bardas; Petrus Apianus; Cheryl Gillan
Included: Battle of San Jacinto (7th appearance, last in 2014); United Airlines Flight 736 (first appearance); Kharkiv Pact (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Anselm of Canterbury (first appearance); Simon de la Loubère (first appearance); Vivian Maier (first appearance)
Repeats: Principality of Hutt River (3rd consecutive appearance, 11 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:24, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Founding of Rome

@Howcheng: I solved the CN in the article Founding of Rome: may it now be inserted into the page? --LukeWiller (talk) 19:27, 21 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

@LukeWiller: Too late for this year, but feel free to move it to the eligible section once the cascade protection is gone. Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 06:55, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done @Howcheng: Thanks to you... :-) --LukeWiller (talk) 17:39, 22 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

2021 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Founding of Rome
Omitted: Battle of San Jacinto; United Airlines Flight 736; Principality of Hutt River; Kharkiv Pact; Anselm of Canterbury; Simon de la Loubère; Vivian Maier
Included: Laguna Copperplate Inscription (7th appearance, last in 2017); George Washington's reception at Trenton (first appearance); Baháʼu'lláh (6th appearance, last in 2017); Nguyễn Văn Thiệu/Battle of Xuân Lộc (NVT: 4th appearance, last in 2015; Battle: first appearance); Max Weber; (2nd appearance, last in 2017); John Maynard Keynes (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary); Dorothy Eady (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:52, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

New articles (ineligible): Gaston Defferre (maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Flint water crisis
Omitted: Laguna Copperplate Inscription; George Washington's reception at Trenton; Baháʼu'lláh; Nguyễn Văn Thiệu/Battle of Xuân Lộc; Max Weber; John Maynard Keynes; Dorothy Eady
Included: Founding of Rome (4th appearance, last in 2006); Henry VIII (11th appearance, last in 2018); Demolition of al-Baqi (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Century 21 Exposition (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary); Pope Alexander II (first appearance); Antonín Kammel (first appearance); Cheryl Gillan (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 70th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 07:11, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]