Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/September 12

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[edit] Laconia incident

I think the notice on the main page is a bad summary of the incident and what made it important. "The Laconia incident: RMS Laconia, carrying some 80 civilians and 268 British soldiers, and about 1800 Italian POWs with 160 Polish soldiers on guard, was struck by a torpedo from a U-boat off the coast of West Africa and sank." Adding something like "The U-boat was sank while trying to rescue survivors from the Laconia." might help, especially as it would be of little note had the U-boat not tried to rescue people and got sunk in the process. --Prosfilaes 19:47, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

The U-boat (actually four Axis subs) was bombed, but was not sunk. There were further casualties among the survivors as a result of the bombing. In any event, the article was in flux but is much more accurate and readable now. Too bad we didn't get there before it scrolled off! --Dhartung | Talk 22:53, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

[copied from Talk:Main Page. -- PFHLai 16:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)]

[edit] 2007 Ethiopian new year

September 12, 2007 will be 1 January 2000 in the Ethiopian calendar, if someone can think of a way of wording that for inclusion. Thanks, BanyanTree 02:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)