Talk:August 12

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August 12 Aircraft involved in Japan Air Lines Flight 123 1881 – Franco-American children as young as seven years old began striking against Cabot Mill in Brunswick, Maine, shutting down operations for three days. 1952 – Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions. 1985 – Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (aircraft involved pictured) crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board, including singer Kyu Sakamoto, in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster. 2000 – Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing 118 people. 2016 – The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea. George McGinnis (b. 1950) Mario Balotelli (b. 1990) Les Paul (d. 2009) Una Stubbs (d. 2021) More anniversaries: August 11 August 12 August 13

Dinosaur Sue

Sorry if this is the wrong place, but on Wikipedia's main page, since it is now August 12 in UTC time, it mentions that Sue was discovered today in 1990. But this fact isn't reflected on this page. Is this an oversight or did someone forget to add it? I'd add it myself, but I'm not sure if it would be permitted or not. 67.149.52.125 (talk) 22:16, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

World Elephant Day

As worthwhile an issue as this might be, is this really enough of a "thing" to be here? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 15:02, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Take it out! Elephant hater! 2607:FEA8:FF01:4FA6:1DEE:2F63:B72B:4AE2 (talk) 05:48, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Russian railway troops day

click on that link you see it is on Aug 6; Aug 12 is Russian air force day 2607:FEA8:FF01:4FA6:68F5:BAF8:DC8C:F4C3 (talk) 09:59, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Eclipse

I edited one of the articles that say 1901-present and I put on the solar eclipse in 2026. This is not lowkey appearing on the article 1901-present and I edited again, saying that this is the first eclipse of the century and a trio that won't happen again until we see another eclipse in Spain in 2053. ~2026-20941-09 (talk) 17:10, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

That was me reverting. Please try again and add a reliable source and use formal encyclopedic syntax, e.g. "will not happen" as opposed to "won't happen" Likeanechointheforest (talk) 17:11, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

You also need to ensure that there is a link to an actual Wikipedia article about this event. The edit you did created a red link. Please read WP:EVENTDOY. Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 18:38, 4 April 2026 (UTC)