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Adoration of the Magi in the Snow

... that the Adoration of the Magi in the Snow (pictured), recently re-dated, is now known to be the earliest of Bruegel's snow paintings?
... that the Philly Specials, formed by three football players from the Philadelphia Eagles, have recorded Christmas music with Stevie Nicks and Boyz II Men?
... that heavy spring rains caused a poor harvest of the Dickinson pumpkin, leading to a canned pumpkin shortage for Christmas in 2015?
... that Holiday Seasoning was promoted with the release of holiday seasonings?
... that HMT Night Hawk was sunk on Christmas Day 1914 while trawling for mines off Scarborough, England?
... that the National Gingerbread House Competition, despite its name, has featured gingerbread merry-go-rounds, sea monsters, and even the Statue of Liberty?
... that Pflaumentoffel, edible figures made from prunes, were sold by children in German Christmas markets in the 19th century?
... that "The Christmas Invasion" led to Christmas specials becoming a staple for Doctor Who?
... that A. krampus has been found living in southeastern Brazil?

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Candidate entries

November 15

...that "Desire" was the first Maltese Eurovision entry in 28 years to have lyrics in the Maltese language? (self nom BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:51, 15 November 2006 (UTC))
...that Wyoming Seminary, a private school in Kingston, Pennsylvania, participated in the first nighttime American football game in 1892? (self nom -- not entirely sure it qualifies; I made a pretty major expansion, but the article dates back almost a year. Figured it's worth a shot anyway. Shimeru 10:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC))
...that the travels of a shipment of 29,000 Friendly Floatees lost overboard in the Pacific in 1992 have been used to model the world's ocean currents? (self nom) Yomangani 14:21, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

November 14

... that Margaret Anderson Kelliher has been selected as the next Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives?
... that Laura Callahan is a former senior director of the US Department of Homeland Security who was found to have obtained her academic degrees through a diploma mill? self-nom by Dryman 01:51, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Alternatively:

... that Laura Callahan is a former senior director of the US Department of Homeland Security who was found to have obtained her academic degrees through a diploma mill run out of a converted Motel 6? - Dryman 04:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
...that to honor Roman statesman Lucius Volusius Saturninus who died at 93, the Senate ordered a state funeral and the erection of several statues throughout Rome? self-nom, --Brand спойт 18:58, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
... that the song with which Thor Salden won the Belgian preselections of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 reached number 1 in the Flemish Top 10? - Mgm| 10:57, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

It's relatively short, but according to my MS Word wordcount the text part of the article is over 1000 characters as per the rules. - Mgm| 11:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the 1592 book, Nine Worthies of London, charted the rise of nine tradesmen and apprentices to the nobility? (self-nom) Yomangani 16:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC) - Nom is hardly pithy, feel free to improve upon it.

...that the Scottish mountain Ben More Assynt is home to 27 plant species listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List? (article by Mick Knapton, nom by GeeJo ⁄_(c) • 23:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC))

Alternative:

...that the summit of Ben More Assynt is the highest point in the Scottish county of Sutherland? (article by Mick Knapton, nom by GeeJo ⁄_(c) • 23:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC))

November 13

... that Luton Town Hall was burnt to the ground following a riot at the Peace Day celebrations marking the formal end of World War I on 19 July 1919? GazMan7 09:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

... that the Tatarbunary Uprising was an unsuccessful Bolshevik-inspired peasants' revolt that took place in September in and around the town of Tatarbunary in Budjak (Bessarabia), then part of Romania, and now part of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine? - Jmabel | Talk 05:53, 14 November 2006 (UTC) (Not a self-nom, looks like a rather collective effort, came together fast from several people.)

...that the medieval Armenian sect of Tondrakians denied the immortality of the soul, the afterlife, the church and its feudal rights? --article by User:Eupator, nom by Ghirla 21:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC), please tweak for better English

...that according to the UK's Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, full time workers aged 16 or 17 have the right to paid leave from work, to pursue training towards a qualification? - - - This is a self nom - I don't think that many people are aware of this fact at all, I found this out while reading the act as research for the article. Many people could find it useful. Any thoughts? --Amists 10:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the pen is mightier than the sword, an adage coined in 1839 by Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a play about Cardinal Richelieu, had numerous historical predecessors? -- Kendrick7 00:29, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
- Please expand. --Ghirla 21:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  - Is that better? -- Kendrick7 08:27, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
- It's nicely referenced, but see if you can add any content and refs from academic publications (see Google Scholar, Google Print).--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 23:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the Varmint of Burke's Garden was a coyote that terrorized the community of Burke's Garden, Virginia, in 1952? (another self-nom) --User:AlbertHerring 01:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the ancient Athenian sacred ships included a galley which was believed to be the ship that carried Theseus to Crete to face the Minotaur? (self nom.) Note that the image isn't particularly appropriate, since it depicts a trireme while the hook is about a galley, but it could be useful. --Robth 06:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

...that legendary Marathi writer Ratnakar Matkari combined social realism in supernatural thrillers, which was a pioneering idea at that point of time in Marathi literature? (self-nom) --N R S | /_M\ 17:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis, a book of Aztec herbal remedies in Latin, was returned to Mexico by Pope John Paul II after more than four centuries of changing hands in Europe? --Ptcamn 18:00, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

There is a joke about overdue book fees in there, somewhere. -- Jreferee 07:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the Organizacja Bojowa PPS was first of several paramilitary organizations dedicated to regaining Polish independence and organized by future dictator of Poland, Józef Piłsudski before the First World War? --self-nom by _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 20:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
- Yawn... --Ghirla 21:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  - LOL. There is no WP:YAWN the last time I checked. De gustibus non est disputandum, Ghirla. Or are you not getting enough sleep?--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 05:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
    - "... that the illegal paramilitary Polish organization Organizacja Bojowa PPS took the unusual step of throwing bombs to assassinate Russian Cossacks in 1904 and then later issued postcards? -- Jreferee 06:58, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
      - I don't think that that's the best selection of facts - assassinate don't really applies to fighting police that is trying to trample you underfoot, and postcards were not related to that event and where a rather minor activity. Perhaps:
        ...that in the late 1900s the illegal paramilitary Polish organization Organizacja Bojowa PPS assassinated hundred of Russian officials, policeman and secret agents responsible for repression of Poles in the partitioned Poland? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 16:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
        It's a bit Pole heavy: Polish...Poles...Poland. What about:
        ...that in the late 1900s the illegal paramilitary organization, Organizacja Bojowa PPS, assassinated hundreds of Russian officials, policemen and secret agents responsible for repression in partitioned Poland? Yomangani 17:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
        Sounds good :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 20:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
        In each of the last two versions, "hundred of Russian officials" should either be "hundreds of Russian officials" or else "a hundred Russian officials". Art LaPella 01:19, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
        Corrected. On another note, comments would be appreciated on article's talk page about how to best translate (and rename) the article.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 04:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

November 12

...that the Fairfield Osborn Preserve is formed from ancient volcanic action and is home to a great variety of fauna including bobcat, neotropical migrant birds, and one of the world's largest salamanders. selfnom Anlace 21:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
...that retired Indian footballer, coach and FIFA Centennial Order of Merit awardee, Pradip Kumar Banerjee, at the age of 19 in 1955, was the youngest player to represent a state or country in an international tournament when he played for the Indian Football Team in a quadrangular tournament in Dhaka? (self-nom) -- Chez 06:14, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
- Even though your soruce agrees, I am sure that this is wrong. Plenty of players have played in the FIFA World Cup before they were 19 - Michael Owen for instance and I'm sure many others much younger - just this year I think Lionel Messi and Cesc Fabregas were 19 and might be days or months younger (perhaps) - do you have another source?Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  - Where Messi's concerned, the date of birth in his article would actually have made him 18 for about half the finals. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 05:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
    - Norman Whiteside is the youngest ever to have played in a FIFA World Cup final tournament, at 17 years and 42 days. And if counting the qualifying tournaments, Souleymane Mamam played a match at age 13 years and 310 days (however it is disputed and some sources say 15 years and 310 days). Either way, an age of 19 in an international tournament is nothing. Reading the whole article however, it seems the DYK fact should instead tell about him competing in the Santosh Trophy at age 15 (note how the sentence says "represented a state or a country"). But as FIFA's official records still hold Souleymane Mamam's age as 13 when he played the qualification match, age 15 isn't good enough anyway. – Elisson • T • C • 12:46, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
      - Disregard the last sentences, as the Santosh Trophy isn't an "international tournament". So, if nothing comes up why he would be considered the youngest ever to participate in an international tournament for states or countries, this DYK should be rewritten completely to include another fact that is not disputed. For example that he was awarded as the best Indian footballer of the 20th century. – Elisson • T • C • 15:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
        I read it as him being the youngest player ever at the time (i.e. 1955). Still needs rewriting as that obviously isn't clear. Yomangani 18:18, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
        Nah. From the 1930 World Cup: Carvalho Leite (Brazil) aged 18 years 65 days. Sam Vimes | Address me 18:31, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
...that only two quilts by Harriet Powers, both in public museum collections, survive today? (self-nom) --User:AlbertHerring 21:01, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
- The phrasing of this suggestion is horrible and in general it lacks context. --Peta 00:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  - ...that only two quilts pieced by folk artist Harriet Powers are known to survive? --How's this?

- - - ...that illiterate American slave quilt maker Harriet Powers sold her now-museum-quality quilts in the 1880s for merely a few dollars? -- How about this one. Jreferee 07:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
      - Expand the article abit please.--293.xx.xxx.xx 07:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
        Expanded and ready for DYK. -- Jreferee 18:06, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
...that the Pungoteague River Light, the first screwpile lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay, was also the shortest-lived lighthouse on the Bay, and may have been the shortest-lived lighthouse in the United States? (self-nom again) --User:AlbertHerring 21:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the Pariser Platz (pictured) in Berlin is named after the French capital in memory of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813? --self.nom. by Odengatan 00:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
...that Mountain Mint was used by the Koasati as a treatment for laziness? Melchoir 23:28, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

...that Laments by a 16th century Polish poet Jan Kochanowski, a masterpiece of the Polish Renaissance, were inspired by the death of poet's young daughter, Urszula? --article by User:Logologist, expanded and nom by _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 04:24, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

November 11

...that Manas National Park in Assam, India has recorded 55 species of mammals, 380 species of birds, 50 of reptiles, and 3 species of amphibians? Out of these wildlife, 21 mammals are India’s Schedule I mammals and 31 of them are threatened. (self-nom)Amartyabag 12:01, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

No references. Needs tidying and copyediting. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:28, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the British historical schools television programme How We Used To Live has run for over twenty years, and has covered many major British historical events of the last century? Smeddlesboy 20:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
most of the article consists of the cast list and infoboxes. could you beef up the main text a bit? GeeJo ⁄_(c) • 23:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

November 10

...that the now-defunct Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation was the producer of Japan's only successful civilian airliner, the YS-11? (self-nom) --Sarfa 23:23, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

has no sources. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:48, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

...that the Malaysian Nature Society is responsible for the creation of the Endau Rompin National Park through its 1985/86 Heritage Expeditions? (self nom) __earth 12:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd like the main body to be fattened up more. It's stubby at the moment. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 23:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

November 9

...that Brian Brolly was a British showbusiness entrepreneur who was managing director of Paul and Linda McCartney's MPL Communications and then of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group before co-founding the radio station Classic FM? (recently expanded from obituaries - late entry after a second obit was published)-- ALoan (Talk) 10:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Still a bit short, not sure that it's been expanded enough. GeeJo ⁄_(c) • 23:36, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, it more than doubled in length, and now has five nice paragraphs, but so be it. It is too old now, sadly. -- ALoan (Talk) 00:16, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
...that the career of Andrzej Wróblewski, one of the most prominent Polish painters of the early post-WWII period, was interrupted by his accidental death in the Tatra mountains? --article by User:Radeksz, significantly expanded by User:Ernst Stavro Blofeld and _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 20:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
While the article's good, the nom amounts to "This guy died here", which isn't all that interesting. GeeJo ⁄_(c) • 23:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
What about:
- ...that among the works of Andrzej Wróblewski, a prominent Polish painters of the early post-WWII period, is the series Executions depicting the tragic events of the German occupation of Poland? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 04:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

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