"77 people were slaughtered in Norway this day last year ==

Of course, since it wasn't in America it is absolutely unimportant and doesn't deserve a mention whatsoever, so it seems. And you lot still protest there is no pro US bias on this joke website.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.99.69.69   

It could be suggested as an item for In The News. But looking at the On This Day section, I tend to agree that it's probably more notable than the arrest of Jeffrey Dahmer, which although important in the US, was surely less significant in terms of a particular day.   

On what basis?

See below.  — 

Oh, I thought the accusations of ""jumping to conclusions and blaming others"" were meant for me. It was on the basis that it's in the (real) news, that's all. So much for trying to open a dialogue with an anon ip. Gosh, I must be stupid.   

No, I indented that reply directly below the original poster's message, not yours.  I replied to you above, with a different indentation level and separate signature.

ITN focuses on major events when they occur, not on subsequent remembrances (excepting rare instances in which they're extremely noteworthy in and of themselves).  — 

The 2011 Norway attacks were added to the 22 July queue and probably will appear on the main page next year.  As noted at Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/July 22, the section's primary maintainer generally avoids listing one-year-old events.
If you disagree with this practice (or wish to suggest any item), you're welcome to participate in the selection process by posting on the relevant dates' talk pages.  In fact, you could have added the item to the active list yourself before the page was automatically protected yesterday.
But I suppose it's easier to jump to conclusions and blame others than it is to collaborate.  — 

 I don't ""do"" collaboration, even if I did, marking the anniversary of one of the worst terror attacks in European history should not be something that requires ""collaboration"". No doubt we can expect the anniversaries of insignificant events in the US to be remembered one year on though. In fact, I'm willing to put money on a bet that the little shooting in the cinema this week gets a mention in one years time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.99.69.69   

In that case, Wikipedia is not the place for you.  You expect this site to collaborate to bring about what you want to see.  Goodbye.    

I'll take that bet.
Note that the 2011 Tucson shooting was added to the 8 January queue but did not appear on the main page this year.  (Conversely, the 2010 Togo national football team attack did appear.)
On what do you base the assertion that U.S. items are treated differently?  — 

On the simple fact that much of the US American population simply does not know, or chooses to disregard the fact that outside of their national borders, there are people who are not US American living in countries that are not part of US America. This is a fact known to the rest of the international community. Also, in response to Kevin. I'm sorry I failed to inform you of my intent to post here as I understand it, yo