Template:Born and died list

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This template properly formats the list of births and deaths in templates for selected anniversaries ("On this day") on the Main Page.

Usage

This template accepts twelve unnamed parameters, in (up to) four groups each of the following:

• a link to a biographical article in bold
• an abbreviation for the life event(s) that took place on this date; see the table below
• the year(s) of the event

{{Born and died list| '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR | '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR | '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR | '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR }}

|Abbreviation|Year(s)|	Resulting output
|b|1985|	b. 1985
|baptised|1985|	bapt. 1985
|baptized|1985|	bapt. 1985
|b.or|1085; 1086|	b. 1085 or 1086
|d|2020|	d. 2020
|d.or|1085; 1086|	d. 1085 or 1086
|dis|2020|	dis. 2020
|bur|2020|	bur. 2020
|int|2020|	int. 2020
|bd|1985; 2020|	b. 1985; d. 2020

Example (August 29)

{{Born and died list | '''[[Abu Taghlib]]''' |d|979| '''[[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]]''' |b|1809| '''[[Ingrid Bergman]]''' |bd|1915; 1982| '''[[Michael Jackson]]''' |b|1958}}

• Abu Taghlib (d. 979)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (b. 1809)
• Ingrid Bergman (b. 1915; d. 1982)
• Michael Jackson (b. 1958)

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