 | On28 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Foley (artist), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that as a World War II rifleman, William Foley protected his sketches during wartime by storing them in a cardboard tube that originally held a mortar shell? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Foley (artist). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On29 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Anna Baetjer, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Anna Baetjer discovered the link between chromium exposure and cancer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Baetjer. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On30 October 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kay Smith (artist), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Kay Smith, Illinois Artist Laureate, continues to paint at 90 years of age? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kay Smith (artist). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On1 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article James Dietz, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that James Dietz worked as a commercial illustrator creating movie posters and book covers before switching to historical subjects? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Dietz. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On8 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sacred Twenty, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the few years after the formation of the exclusively female Sacred Twenty (pictured), military nursing tasks during World War I were still often done by untrained men? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On11 November 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sidney Riesenberg, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Sidney Riesenberg's Over the Top for You was featured at an exhibit of World War I posters at the Smithsonian American Art Museum? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sidney Riesenberg. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
| On 4 June, 2014, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jason Healey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Jason Healey predicted that the National Security Agency would be "shredded by the computer security community" for its failure to expose the Heartbleed security bug? |
| On9 June 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William P. Levine, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a Dachau concentration camp survivor recognized Major General William P. Levine nearly 40 years later because Levine had carried him in his arms? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William P. Levine. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On20 July 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John C. McManus, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that American military history expert John C. McManus is the author of Grunts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John C. McManus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On August 6, 2014, Did you know' was updated with a fact from the article Autumn Sandeen, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... was the first US service member to publicly have her gender identification changed on all her military records? |
| On August 12, 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gitz Rice, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that composer and entertainer Gitz Rice, serving with the Canadian Armed Forces on the World War I front lines, rescued a piano from shellfire? |
| On August 27, 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bernard Perlin, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was that Bernard Perlin created some of the best-known World War II propaganda produced by America's Office of War Information? |
| On29 August 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Robinson (aviator), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that aviator John Robinson was initially a janitor at the first aviation school he attended? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Robinson (aviator). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On6 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abraham Lincoln, what would you do?, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the composition "Abraham Lincoln, what would you do?" was intended to build support for U.S. involvement in World War I? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abraham Lincoln, what would you do?. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On 17 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ron Capps appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section. The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know ... that Ron Capps served in five war zones in ten years before founding the Veterans Writing Project?" |
| On24 October 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zenon B. Lukosius, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in World War II, Zenon B. Lukosius and his crew mates captured the U-505 submarine, which had an important German code book on board? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zenon B. Lukosius. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On 13 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article My Belgian Rose, which GLAM PMML recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was "... that the "War Edition" of the sheet music for "My Belgian Rose" was physically smaller in order to conserve paper for World War I?" A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2014/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/My Belgian Rose. |
| On 19 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey, ..., which GLAM PMML recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was that Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey was published just before the 100th anniversary of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914 on which it was based? |
| A fact from Charles Buckles Falls appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 17 December 2014 The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know ... that Charles Buckles Falls' signature – an f within a black, square box – became so well recognized that he was eventually able to drop the f entirely?" |
| On5 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elinor Otto, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the "Last Rosie the Riveter", Elinor Otto, built airplanes for almost fifty years and retired at the age of 95? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elinor Otto. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On 16 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jason Redman, which was recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that while recovering at the National Naval Medical Center, Lieutenant Jason Redman hung a sign on his door that attracted the attention of President George W. Bush? |
| On20 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Battle for Outpost Vegas, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Battle for Outpost Vegas and the surrounding outposts are considered the bloodiest fighting to date in western Korea during the Korean War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Battle for Outpost Vegas. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On20 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brenda Sexton, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite having "little film-industry credibility", Brenda Sexton increased filmmaking-related spending in Illinois by 147 percent in her first year at the Illinois Film Office? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brenda Sexton. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On21 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William F. Mullen III, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that during Operation Iraqi Freedom, U.S. soldiers such as William F. Mullen III (pictured) worked with the local population in Falluja, al-Anbar to resist insurgent groups such as al-Qaeda? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William F. Mullen III. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On23 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bryan Anderson (author), which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that triple amputee Bryan Anderson credits his smoking habit with saving his right hand? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bryan Anderson (author). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On26 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bob Drury, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Bob Drury earned $20 for his first published news story? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bob Drury. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On10 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frank M. Hume, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Colonel Frank M. Hume formed his own army, which would later be designated Company L of Maine's National Guard? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frank M. Hume. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On28 February 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Maxie Ponder, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James Maxie Ponder, St. Petersburg, Florida's first African-American physician, began a medical practice out of his home and accepted payment in poultry, vegetables, and ham? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Maxie Ponder. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On4 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clayton Knight, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Clayton Knight, a World War I aviator and artist, wrote and illustrated children's books with his wife Katherine Sturges Dodge? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clayton Knight. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. |
| On7 December 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richard L. Alexander, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ...that an ace member of the Eagle Squadrons, Richard L. Alexander, was one of the first pilots of the P-47 Thunderbolt? |
| On21 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richard Haine, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dickie Haine flew in the RAF's first night fighter patrol of World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Haine. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Richard Haine), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On12 July 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elizabeth L. Gardner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Elizabeth L. Gardner served as a WASP during World War II and was the subject of an iconic photo (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth L. Gardner. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Elizabeth L. Gardner), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
