diff --git a/activities/education/education.sources b/activities/education/education.sources
index 6c5b250b8a..c38340ad9f 100644
--- a/activities/education/education.sources
+++ b/activities/education/education.sources
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ contact/local:[]
 
 news/*/news:[education]
 news/*/.news:[education]
+news/nl/nl:[education]
+news/nl/.nl:[education]
 events/*/event:[education]
-d_day:[]
diff --git a/at/at.sources b/at/at.sources
index 88df3045b2..d50c1a05c5 100644
--- a/at/at.sources
+++ b/at/at.sources
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ about/people/groups:[]
 about/people/volunteers:[]
 activities/*/project:[]
 campaigns/*/project:[]
+
 news/*/news:[at]
 news/*/.news:[at]
 news/nl/nl:[at]
 news/nl/.nl:[at]
 events/*/event:[at]
-d_day:[]
diff --git a/build/HELP b/build/HELP
index 6df00e7ad2..a346f6a4c6 100644
--- a/build/HELP
+++ b/build/HELP
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ build_main.sh [options] tree_maker [input_dir] "destination_dir"
   Note: if destination_dir is set via previous options, and only one paramter
   is given, then this parameter will be interpreted as input_dir
 
-build_main.sh [options] wakeup_news [date]
+build_main.sh [options] wakeup [date]
   News items that are in the future at the time of their commit are not
   considered for the content of dependent files (e.g. news.html, index.html).
   This function performs a `touch` on all files which are to be released at
   the presented date, thus forcing a subsequent buildrun to rebuild dependent
   files even though the input files may not have changed their content.
+  The same goes for events which start today (have to be moved from future to
+  current events) or ended yesterday (have to be moved from current to past
+  events).
   The date option defaults to the present date, if given it must adhere to
   the form YYYY-MM-DD.
 
diff --git a/build/arguments.sh b/build/arguments.sh
index 3f8353185c..2d27342cfa 100755
--- a/build/arguments.sh
+++ b/build/arguments.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if [ -z "$inc_arguments" ]; then
         [ "$#" -gt 0 ] && shift 1 && workfile="$1"
         [ "$#" -gt 0 ] && shift 1 && processor="$1"
         ;;
-      wakeup_news)
+      wakeup)
         command="$1$command"
         [ "$#" -gt 0 ] && shift 1 && today="$1"
         ;;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if [ -z "$inc_arguments" ]; then
     process_file)    [ -z "$workfile" ]    && die "Need at least input file" ;;
     build_xmlstream) [ -z "$workfile" ]    && die "Missing xhtml file name" ;;
     tree_maker)      [ -z "$target" ]      && die "Missing target location" ;;
-    wakeup_news)     true;;
+    wakeup)          true;;
     *help*)          print_help; exit 0 ;;
     *)               die "Urecognised command or no command given" ;;
   esac
diff --git a/build/build_main.sh b/build/build_main.sh
index e71d2d75e7..cdac4122f1 100755
--- a/build/build_main.sh
+++ b/build/build_main.sh
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ case "$command" in
   process_file)    process_file "$workfile" "$processor" ;;
   build_xmlstream) build_xmlstream "$(get_shortname "$workfile")" "$(get_language "$workfile")" ;;
   tree_maker)      tree_maker "$tree" "$target" ;;
-  wakeup_news)     wakeup_news "$today" ;;
+  wakeup)          wakeup "$today" ;;
 esac
diff --git a/build/stirrups.sh b/build/stirrups.sh
index e6843ac96d..0fbf39fb09 100755
--- a/build/stirrups.sh
+++ b/build/stirrups.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 inc_stirrups=true
 [ -z "$inc_misc" ] && . "$basedir/build/misc.sh"
-# [ -z "$inc_sources" ] && . "$basedir/build/sources.sh"
 
 dir_maker(){
   # set up directory tree for output
@@ -24,12 +23,23 @@ dir_maker(){
   done
 }
 
-wakeup_news(){
+wakeup(){
   # Performs a `touch` on all files which are to be released at the
   # presented date.
   today="$1"
 
-  find "$basedir" -name '*.xml' \
+  # All news with today's date
+  find "${basedir}/news" -name '*.xml' \
   | xargs egrep -l "<[^>]+ date=[\"']${today}[\"'][^>]*>" \
   | xargs touch -c 2>&- || true
+
+  # All events which start today
+  find "${basedir}/events" -name '*.xml' \
+  | xargs egrep -l "<[^>]+ start=[\"']${today}[\"'][^>]*>" \
+  | xargs touch -c 2>&- || true
+
+  # All events which ended yesterday
+  find "${basedir}/events" -name '*.xml' \
+  | xargs egrep -l "<[^>]+ end=[\"']$(date -d "${today} -1 day" +%F)[\"'][^>]*>" \
+  | xargs touch -c 2>&- || true
 }
diff --git a/de/de.sources b/de/de.sources
index 4e28f0a5e9..3f089e68af 100644
--- a/de/de.sources
+++ b/de/de.sources
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ about/people/groups:[]
 about/people/volunteers:[]
 activities/*/project:[]
 campaigns/*/project:[]
+
 news/*/news:[de]
 news/*/.news:[de]
 news/nl/nl:[de]
 news/nl/.nl:[de]
 events/*/event:[de]
-d_day:[]
diff --git a/ee/ee.sources b/ee/ee.sources
index 8d048f86eb..81c9ecdca1 100644
--- a/ee/ee.sources
+++ b/ee/ee.sources
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ about/people/groups:[]
 about/people/volunteers:[]
 activities/*/project:[]
 campaigns/*/project:[]
+
 news/*/news:[ee]
 news/*/.news:[ee]
 news/nl/nl:[ee]
 news/nl/.nl:[ee]
 events/*/event:[ee]
-d_day:[]
diff --git a/events/events.sources b/events/events.sources
index d27993808a..6b298dd765 100644
--- a/events/events.sources
+++ b/events/events.sources
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 events/*/event:[]
 events/*/*/event:[]
-d_day:[]
diff --git a/fellowship/index.sources b/fellowship/index.sources
index b7d0391282..f471fd295e 100644
--- a/fellowship/index.sources
+++ b/fellowship/index.sources
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 events/*/event:[fellowship]
-d_day:[]
diff --git a/fi/fi.sources b/fi/fi.sources
index 663cf73847..0dc418c95a 100644
--- a/fi/fi.sources
+++ b/fi/fi.sources
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ about/people/groups:[]
 about/people/volunteers:[]
 activities/*/project:[]
 campaigns/*/project:[]
+
 news/*/news:[fi]
 news/*/.news:[fi]
 news/nl/nl:[fi]
 news/nl/.nl:[fi]
 events/*/event:[fi]
-d_day:[]
diff --git a/fr/fr.sources b/fr/fr.sources
index 7d8995aabb..cdfb72157a 100644
--- a/fr/fr.sources
+++ b/fr/fr.sources
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ about/people/volunteers:[]
 activities/*/project:[]
 campaigns/*/project:[]
 contact/local:[]
+
 news/*/news:[fr]
 news/*/.news:[fr]
 news/nl/nl:[fr]
 news/nl/.nl:[fr]
 events/*/event:[fr]
-d_day:[]
diff --git a/index.sources b/index.sources
index 348f2575dc..40d2e9f75a 100644
--- a/index.sources
+++ b/index.sources
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ news/2019/news:[frontpage]
 news/2019/.news:[frontpage]
 events/2019/event:[frontpage]
 tools/frontpage/:[]
-d_day:[]
 tools/static-elements/element-:[]
diff --git a/it/it.sources b/it/it.sources
index 2ba4c38dce..efac40bd73 100644
--- a/it/it.sources
+++ b/it/it.sources
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ about/people/volunteers:[]
 activities/*/project:[]
 campaigns/*/project:[]
 contact/local:[]
+
 news/*/news:[it]
 news/*/.news:[it]
 news/nl/nl:[it]
diff --git a/uk/uk.sources b/uk/uk.sources
index dfb3b01155..38a9799ac5 100644
--- a/uk/uk.sources
+++ b/uk/uk.sources
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ about/people/volunteers:[]
 activities/*/project:[]
 campaigns/*/project:[]
 contact/local:[]
+
 news/*/news:[gb]
 news/*/.news:[gb]
 news/nl/nl:[gb]
 news/nl/.nl:[gb]
 events/*/event:[gb]
-d_day:[]