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Today's featured article for March 12, 2025

CenturyLink Field

The 2020 season for Seattle Sounders FC was their twelfth in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight of professional club soccer in the United States. It was the 37th season played by a professional team bearing the Sounders name. Seattle was the reigning MLS Cup champions and were expected to play 34 matches during the regular season, which began on March 1. The regular season was suspended on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had already caused reduced attendance at an earlier match. MLS play returned with a special tournament in July hosted at a bubble site; Seattle then hosted matches at CenturyLink Field (pictured), their home stadium, behind closed doors. The Sounders only played 22 regular season matches after several were canceled; the 2020 U.S. Open Cup was also canceled. Seattle qualified for the playoffs as the second-placed team in the Western Conference and won a second consecutive conference championship. They lost 3–0 in MLS Cup 2020 against the Columbus Crew SC. (Full article...)

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Picture of the day for March 12, 2025

The Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae endemic to the forests of Mauritius, where it is restricted to the southwestern plateau's forests, cliffs, and ravines. It colonized the island and evolved into a distinct species from other Indian Ocean kestrels, probably during the Gelasian or Early Pleistocene periods. The Mauritius kestrel can reach a size between 26 and 30.5 centimetres (10.2 and 12.0 inches), with a mass of up to 250 grams (8.8 ounces) and rounded wings with a span of approximately 45 centimetres (18 inches). Males are slightly smaller than the females. It is a carnivorous bird, eating geckos, dragonflies, cicadas, cockroaches, crickets, and small birds. It hunts by means of short, swift flights through the forests. In 2022, it was proclaimed the Mauritian national bird to mark the 30th anniversary of the Republic of Mauritius. This Mauritius kestrel was photographed in the Ebony Forest near the village of Chamarel.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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1928 - In California, the failure of the St. Francis Dam killed 400.

1881 - Andrew Watson made his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.

Ben davison 14:48, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

I have a hard time deciding which current item to displace.... They all seem more significant. Anyway, I've added it to the March 12 page. -- PFHLai 18:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps add the death of Sun Yat-sen, and note his involvement in the Republican movement in China? -- 李博杰 | —Talk contribs 05:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

World Day Against Cyber Censorship

We should add this. --bender235 (talk) 11:07, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Temple in Jerusalem (maintenance); 1993 Bombay bombings (maintenance)
Omitted: Bulgarian Exarchate (ineligible—maintenance); Girl Scouts of the USA; Konstantin Päts; Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
Included: Siege of Rome (537–538) (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Canberra (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 100th anniversary); Fireside chats (first appearance; 80th anniversary); 1971 Turkish coup d'état (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:55, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Ignatius of Loyola/Francis Xavier (Ignatius: maintenance)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): St. Francis Dam
Omitted: Andrew Watson (footballer); Canberra; Fireside chats; 1971 Turkish coup d'état
Included: Red River Campaign (first appearance; 150th anniversary); İstiklâl Marşı (first appearance); Salt March (8th appearance, last in 2011); Konstantin Päts (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 80th anniversary)
Repeats: Siege of Rome (537–38) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:20, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Mauritius (ineligible—maintenance); Red River Campaign; İstiklâl Marşı; Konstantin Päts
Included: Andrew Watson (footballer) (7th appearance, last in 2013); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (3rd appearance, last in 2012); 1993 Storm of the Century (first appearance)
Repeats: Siege of Rome (537–38) (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Salt March (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:53, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Siege of Rome (537–538); Salt March; Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay; 1993 Storm of the Century
Included: Red River Campaign (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Girl Scouts of the USA (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Konstantin Päts (3rd appearance, last in 2014); 1993 Bombay bombings (4th appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:46, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Omitted: World Day Against Cyber Censorship (ineligible—maintenance); Red River Campaign; Girl Scouts of the USA (ineligible—maintenance); Konstantin Päts; 1993 Bombay bombings (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Siege of Rome (537–38) (5th appearance, last in 2015); Canberra (4th appearance, last in 2013); Truman Doctrine (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (4th appearance, last in 2015); Charles Boycott (first appearance); Jessica Hardy (first appearance); Lazare Ponticelli (first appearance)
Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:12, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: İstiklal Marşı (maintenance); St. Francis Dam (maintenance); 1993 Storm of the Century (maintenance)
New articles (unused): 2014 East Harlem gas explosion
Omitted: Siege of Rome (537–538); Canberra; Truman Doctrine; Charles Boycott; Jessica Hardy; Lazare Ponticelli
Included: Ignatius of Loyola/Francis Xavier (Ignatius: 2nd appearance as blurb, last in 2011 (also appears as an observance on July 31); Xavier: 4th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Fireside chats (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 1971 Turkish military memorandum (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Tirso de Molina;(first appearance) William Henry Perkin (first appearance); Lise Tréhot (first appearance)
Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (4th consecutive appearance, 10 total); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:33, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Ignatius of Loyola/Francis Xavier (Xavier: ineligible—maintenance); Fireside chats; Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay; Tirso de Molina; William Henry Perkin; Lise Tréhot
Included: Salt March (10th appearance, last in 2015); World Wide Web (3rd appearance, last in 2005; previously appeared on November 13; 30th anniversary); 2014 East Harlem gas explosion (first appearance); Symeon the New Theologian (first appearance); Lilian Faithfull (first appearance); Zhao Wei (first appearance)
Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (5th consecutive appearance, 11 total); 1971 Turkish military memorandum (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:59, 12 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Red River Campaign (maintenance)
Omitted: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856); 1971 Turkish military memorandum; 2014 East Harlem gas explosion; Symeon the New Theologian; Lilian Faithfull; Zhao Wei
Included: Canberra (5th appearance, last in 2017); Winter War; (8th appearance, last in 2014; moved from November 30; blurb previously featured Moscow Peace Treaty, which remains ineligible, and is making its 5th appearance, last in 2008) Stefan Dragutin (first appearance); Gemma Galgani (first appearance); Jack Kerouac (first appearance)
Repeats: Salt March (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total; 80th anniversary); World Wide Web (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 23:36, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Salt March; Winter War; World Wide Web; Gemma Galgani; Jack Kerouac
Included: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (12th appearance, last in 2019); Fireside chats (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (6th appearance, last in 2018); 1971 Turkish military memorandum (5th appearance, last in 2019; 50th anniversary); William Lyon Mackenzie (first appearance); Wally Schirra (first appearance)
Repeats: Canberra (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Stefan Dragutin (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 20:47, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Canberra; Fireside chats; 1971 Turkish military memorandum; Stefan Dragutin; William Lyon Mackenzie; Wally Schirra
Included: Ignatius of Loyola/Francis Xavier (Ignatius: 18th appearance (3rd as blurb); Xavier: 5th; both last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); Konstantin Päts (4th appearance, last in 2018); 2014 East Harlem gas explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Symeon the New Theologian (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 1000th anniversary); Lise Tréhot (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th anniversary); Jack Kerouac (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 100th birthday)
Repeats: Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856) (2nd consecutive appearance, 13 total); Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 70th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 04:54, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]