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Date	Process	Result
March 4, 2017	Good article nominee	Listed
July 19, 2017	WikiProject A-class review	Not approved
September 13, 2017	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 29, 2018	WikiProject A-class review	Approved
October 21, 2018	Featured article candidate	Promoted
July 29, 2019	Good topic candidate	Promoted
A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on December 8, 2016.
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