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Original route of the Circle Line (grey) following Nicoll Highway (pink), and the realigned route (orange)
Original route of the Circle Line (grey) following Nicoll Highway (pink), and the realigned route (orange)

The Nicoll Highway collapse occurred in Singapore on 20 April 2004 when a Mass Rapid Transit tunnel construction site caved in near the highway next to the Merdeka Bridge. Four workers were killed and three were injured, delaying the construction of the Circle Line. The collapse was caused by a poorly designed strut-waler support system, a lack of monitoring and proper management of data caused by human error, and organisational failures of the construction contractors and the Land Transport Authority. Following the incident, the collapsed site was refilled, and the highway was reinstated and reopened to traffic on 4 December 2004. The authorities revised their construction safety measures to be above industry standards. The Circle Line tunnels were realigned (map pictured), with Nicoll Highway station rebuilt underneath Republic Avenue, to the south of the original site. The station and tunnels opened on 17 April 2010, three years later than planned. (Full article...)

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Tarazona

Tarazona is a town and municipality, and the capital of the comarca Tarazona y el Moncayo in Aragon, Spain. It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarazona. Located on the river Queiles, a tributary of the Ebro, Tarazona was an important regional centre of ancient Rome, known as Turiaso, located around 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Bilbilis. The city later came under the rule of the Visigoths, who called it Tirasona. This view of Tarazona was taken from the city's episcopal palace, and shows Tarazona Cathedral and its seminary, the Old Bullfight Arena, and the Sanctuary of the Lady of the River.

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Please do not add Hitler's birthday to the MainPage. We don't do birthdays unless we don't have enough historic anniversaries to feature. Thanks. -- PFHLai 11:20, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)


what about chron blazing day! im high

I think you mean Bicycle Day on April 19. -- 199.71.174.100 08:22, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Missing Word[edit]

This is missing a "the" before Baha'i Faith. —Cuiviénen, Thursday, 20 April 2006 @ 01:50 UTC

Fixed. -- PFHLai 00:38, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

420[edit]

Why is the 420 (cannabis culture) anniversary omitted from today’s anniversaries? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.242.114.115 (talk • contribs) 11:29, 2006 April 20.

'Coz it's not significant enough, and LSD was already featured very recently on April 16. Furthermore, the wikipage needs to be cleaned up -- problem pages will not get featured on MainPage. -- PFHLai 00:38, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Considerable work has been done to the 420 (cannabis culture) article over the past year. Its observance among the counterculture is notable, with many private and public celebrations taking place. Please consider for inclusion. — Hiplibrarianship 06:39, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It seems pretty significant to me, and perhaps celebrated by more people than many holidays listen in selected anniversaries. Since there isn't much competition for space, I'm going to go ahead and add it. Please feel free to modify or revert. However, the recent inclusion of LSD and the alleged poor quality of the article itself are not valid reasons to omit it. I agree with Hiplibrarianship that the article has undergone considerable improvement from last year. Savidan 20:33, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Birthday[edit]

I am a new user and unable to edit this page, but discovered that filipina singer Regine Velasquez is listed here as having a birthday on April 20 AND April 22. The link to her wiki page suggests the actual birthdate is April 22. Could someone with the proper authority/credentials please remove her from the April 20 page? Thanks.. Autonutt 01:40, 21 April 2007 (UTC)autonutt[reply]

She isn't listed in this template (which is the only thing that is protected). If you meant somewhere else, then you probably have the capacity to fix that yourself. Savidan 18:00, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

a candidate for 2009[edit]

Next year will be the 10th anniversary for the Columbine High School massacre. --199.71.174.100 (talk) 03:42, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:30, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 09:04, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

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2015 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:24, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 06:48, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 request[edit]

I have written a new article about Bacatá, the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation, that was conquered by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and his heavily reduced troops on this day, 480 years ago. Added the selected anniversary for April 20. Rationale for addition:

  • 480 years ago makes a nice rounded number
  • next to the much better known Aztec Empire, Maya civilization and Inca Empire, the Muisca had the fourth well-developed pre-Columbian civilisation of the New World
  • the first conquest of the Muisca settlements, after a strenuous expedition from Santa Marta up the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, the heaviest of the four great expeditions by the Spanish conquistadors
  • the most important of the Muisca Confederation settlements, referred to in popular literature as "capital", but that would be an unscientific wording, as there was no central authority in Muisca society
  • article is built new, with references and extensive bibliography, see alsos, main articles and reviewed links

Cheers, Tisquesusa (talk) 22:41, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 03:35, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

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2020 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 16:35, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:09, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:19, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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