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Today's featured article for March 13, 2025
Shin Sang-ok, director and producer, in 1964 Pulgasari is an epic monster film directed and produced by Shin Sang-ok (pictured) during his abduction in North Korea. Filmed in 1985 as a co-production between North Korea, Japan, and China, it is supposedly a remake of a lost 1962 South Korean film. The story is set during the Goryeo dynasty and centers on Ami (played by Chang Sŏnhŭi), a peasant who animates the fabled Pulgasari creature (played by Kenpachiro Satsuma) that her late father contrived to overthrow the monarchy. Intended to capitalize on the success of The Return of Godzilla (1984), Pulgasari was Shin's seventh and final film for Kim Jong Il, whose agents kidnapped Shin and Choi Eun-hee in 1978. An international ban on its distribution was imposed when Shin and Choi escaped their North Korean overseers to the United States in 1986. The film was ultimately released on VHS in Japan in 1995 and Japanese theaters in 1998, to critical and commercial success. Pulgasari is now considered a cult classic. (Full article...) Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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1881 - Alexander II of Russia was killed in a Nihilist bombing.
1964 - Kitty Genovese, American murder victim (b. 1935) --George (talk) 22:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request to edit protected page

{{editprotected|Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13}} Please disambiguate Aomori to Aomori Prefecture, as indicated in the article Seikan Tunnel. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done —GFOLEY FOUR— 02:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Krakow Ghetto was in "Nazi-German occupied Poland" not Poland. Its written in antipolonism style with some mythical Nazis from space did it? Why German perpetrator isnt even meantioned? Leocadii (talk) 22:10, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Leocadii (talk) 22:15, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please edit the Mahdist War entry to disambiguate that the Anglo-British force were the ones being sieged, not the besiegers (as the article implies) Seleucus (talk) 04:01, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Deleted: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (fact not supported by related articles)
Omitted: Uranus, Siege of Khartoum, Seikan Tunnel, Phoenix Lights
Included: Battle of Badr (5th appearance, last in 2010; moved from March 17—wrong date), Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (4th appearance, last in 2010), Kraków Ghetto (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible), Murder of Kitty Genovese (first appearance), Dunblane school massacre (6th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:00, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Question:
Are dates before 1582 shown in OTD in Julian or Gregorian? Or do I always have to click on the link to find out? I'm asking because Battle of Badr was previously featured on March 17 (Gregorian) but has now been moved to March 13 (Julian). ... (talk) 04:00, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

They are shown in Julian, because the Gregorian calendar didn't exist at the time. However, that wasn't part of my calculation; the main reason it got moved to March 13 is that the article now shows that date instead of March 17. —howcheng {chat} 06:05, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

New articles (unused): Spanish conquest of Guatemala (appeared as TFA for 21 September 2012)
Omitted: Battle of Badr; Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn); Murder of Kitty Genovese; Dunblane school massacre
Included: Uranus (10th appearance, last in 2011); Siege of Khartoum (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Kapp Putsch (first appearance); Operation Northwoods (first appearance)
Repeats: Kraków Ghetto (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:37, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Uranus; Siege of Khartoum (ineligible—maintenance); Kapp Putsch; Kraków Ghetto; Operation Northwoods
Included: Battle of Badr (6th appearance, last in 2012); Spanish conquest of Guatemala (first appearance); Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (5th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Dien Bien Phu (8th appearance, last in 2010; 60th anniversary); Murder of Kitty Genovese (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 05:19, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of Badr; Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Murder of Kitty Genovese
Included: Kapp Putsch (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Seikan Tunnel (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Pope Francis (first appearance)
Repeats: Spanish conquest of Guatemala (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:41, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Operation Northwoods (maintenance)
New articles (unused): 1985 Kenilworth Road riot
Omitted: Spanish conquest of Guatemala; Kapp Putsch; Seikan Tunnel; Pope Francis
Included: Battle of Badr (7th appearance, last in 2014); Uranus (10th appearance, last in 2013); Kraków Ghetto (6th appearance, last in 2013); 1986 Black Sea incident (first appearance; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 12:04, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Phoenix Lights (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Badr (ineligible—maintenance); Uranus; Kraków Ghetto; 1986 Black Sea incident
Included: Spanish conquest of Guatemala (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Dien Bien Phu (9th appearance, last in 2014); Dunblane school massacre (7th appearance, last in 2012); Pope Francis (2nd appearance, last in 2015)
Repeats: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (4th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:59, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Kraków Ghetto (maintenance)
Omitted: Spanish conquest of Guatemala; Battle of Dien Bien Phu (ineligible—maintenance); Dunblane school massacre; Pope Francis; Mustafa Reşid Pasha; Adolf Anderssen (ineligible—maintenance); Odette Hallowes (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Uranus (11th appearance, last in 2016); Kapp Putsch (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Murder of Kitty Genovese (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Seikan Tunnel (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); Daniel Lambert (first appearance); Benjamin Harrison (first appearance); Helen Renton (first appearance)
Repeats: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (5th consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:24, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Pope Francis (maintenance)
New articles (unused): John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
Omitted: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn); Murder of Kitty Genovese; Seikan Tunnel; Daniel Lambert; Benjamin Harrison; Helen Renton
Included: Spanish conquest of Guatemala (4th appearance, last in 2017); Operation Northwoods (2nd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); 1985 Kenilworth Road riot (first appearance); John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (first appearance; 300th birthday); Hans Gude (first appearance); Anne Acheson (first appearance)
Repeats: Uranus (2nd consecutive appearance, 12 total); Kapp Putsch (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:34, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Kraków Ghetto; Pope Francis
Omitted: Spanish conquest of Guatemala; Uranus; Operation Northwoods; 1985 Luton riot; John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden; Hans Gude; Anne Acheson
Included: Battle of Oosterweel (first appearance); History of Harvard University (first appearance; blurb previously featured Harvard College, which remains ineligible); Battle of Dien Bien Phu (10th appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Dunblane massacre (8th appearance, last in 2017); Daniel Lambert (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 250th birthday); Mustafa Reşid Pasha (2nd appearance, last in 2017; rescued from Ineligible); Encarnacion Alzona (first appearance)
Repeats: Kapp Putsch (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 100th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 21:23, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn) (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Sālote Tupou III (POTD for 2021)
Omitted: History of Harvard University; Kapp Putsch; Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Dunblane massacre; Daniel Lambert; Mustafa Reşid Pasha
Included: Uranus (13th appearance, last in 2019); Kraków Ghetto (7th appearance, last in 2016); 1986 Black Sea incident (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Pope Francis (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Percival Lowell (first appearance); Helen Renton (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 90th birthday)
Repeats: Battle of Oosterweel (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Encarnacion Alzona (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 03:27, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

New articles (ineligible): Iris Calderhead (POTD for 2022)
Omitted: Battle of Oosterweel; Kraków Ghetto; 1986 Black Sea incident; Pope Francis; Percival Lowell; Helen Renton; Encarnacion Alzona
Included: Spanish conquest of Guatemala (5th appearance, last in 2019; 325th anniversary); Battle of Lissa (1811) (first appearance); Kapp Putsch (6th appearance, last in 2020); Seikan Tunnel (4th appearance, last in 2018); John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (first appearance); Sālote Tupou III; Anne Acheson (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 60th anniversary)
Repeats: Uranus (2nd consecutive appearance, 14 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Krakow Ghetto was in "Nazi-German occupied Poland" not Poland. Its written in antipolonism style with some mythical Nazis from space did it? Why German perpetrator isnt even meantioned? Leocadii (talk) 22:04, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2024 notes

Z1720, as per our discussion at Errors (A very morbid selection is what comes to mind. That's not an error; just an observation.), I've had a look through the "yyyy in New Zealand" pages for anything that's more cheerful. There was just one hit (New Zealand's first test cricket victory – 13 March 1956), but the target article is in poor shape. Ah well; I tried! Schwede 66 22:24, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]