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

== Usage ==
This template accepts nine unnamed parameters, in three 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
<pre>
{{Born and died list| '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR | '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR | '''[[ARTICLENAME]]''' | ABBREVIATION | YEAR }}
</pre>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 
|-
! &#124;Abbreviation&#124;Year(s)&#124; !! Resulting output
|-
| &#124;b&#124;1985&#124; || {{SelAnnivAbbr|b|1985}}
|-
| &#124;b.or&#124;1085; 1086&#124; || {{SelAnnivAbbr/sandbox|b.or|1085; 1086}}
|-
| &#124;d&#124;2020&#124; || {{SelAnnivAbbr|d|2020}}
|-
| &#124;d.or&#124;1085; 1086&#124; || {{SelAnnivAbbr/sandbox|d.or|1085; 1086}}
|-
| &#124;dis&#124;2020&#124; || {{SelAnnivAbbr|dis|2020}}
|-
| &#124;bur&#124;2020&#124; || {{SelAnnivAbbr|bur|2020}}
|-
| &#124;int&#124;2020&#124; || {{SelAnnivAbbr|int|2020}}
|-
| &#124;bd&#124;1985; 2020&#124; || {{SelAnnivAbbr|bd|1985; 2020}}
|}

=== Example (August&nbsp;29) ===
<pre>
{{Born and died list | '''[[Abu Taghlib]]''' |d|979| '''[[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]]''' |b|1809| '''[[Ingrid Bergman]]''' |bd|1915; 1982}}
</pre>
{{Born and died list| '''[[Abu Taghlib]]''' |d|979| '''[[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]]''' |b|1809| '''[[Ingrid Bergman]]''' |bd|1915; 1982}}
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