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Seventeen articles were promoted to featured status this week: Tropical Storm Keith (1988) ( nom), Alaska class cruiser ( nom), The Swimming Hole ( nom), USS Iowa (BB-61) ( nom), Northern Bald Ibis ( nom), Operation Brevity ( nom), The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II ( nom), SS Minnesotan ( nom), Woodes Rogers ( nom), Nigel (Bishop of Ely) ( nom), Mother's Milk ( nom), Michael Tritter ( nom), Hellingly Hospital Railway ( nom), Fred Moosally ( nom), Bruce Kingsbury ( nom), Mozart in Italy ( nom) and Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy ( nom).
Twenty-two lists were promoted to featured status this week: BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year ( nom), Timeline of the 1997 Pacific hurricane season ( nom), Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award ( nom), List of UAAP Final Four results ( nom), List of First Ladies of the United States ( nom), List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions ( nom), List of World Series of Poker Main Event Champions ( nom), List of Governors of Bombay ( nom), United States congressional delegations from Indiana ( nom), List of Vampire Knight episodes ( nom), List of actors nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year ( nom), Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (United States) ( nom), List of number-one singles from the 1990s (UK) ( nom), List of Solar System objects in hydrostatic equilibrium ( nom), Numbered highways in Amenia (CDP), New York ( nom), 2008 Summer Olympics venues ( nom), List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing ( nom), Natalie Imbruglia discography ( nom), List of FA Amateur Cup winners ( nom), List of Bleach episodes ( nom), List of Atlanta Braves Opening Day starting pitchers ( nom) and In Flames discography ( nom).
One topic was promoted to featured status this week: USA PATRIOT Act, Title III ( nom).
One portal was promoted to featured status this week: Portal:United Nations ( nom).
The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Banksia ericifolia, Hurricane Dog, Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état, Scout Moor Wind Farm, Music of Athens, Georgia, Samuel Johnson and Woodes Rogers.
One article was delisted this week: 2004 Atlantic hurricane season ( nom).
One list was delisted this week: Battles of the Mexican–American War ( nom).
No topics were delisted this week.
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Australian Wood Duck, 1806 Submarine design, Bingham Canyon Mine, Red-eyed tree frog, F-22 Raptors, 1775 Map of Boston and Dogcart.
Three media files were featured this week:
| Harry Truman announcing surrender of Germany | ( nom) |
| Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis Address | ( nom) |
| È scherzo od è follia | ( nom) |
No featured pictures were demoted this week.
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