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Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year . Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
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Historical Events Of
- – SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
- – Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 11 meters at an altitude of one meter.
- – The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”.
- – Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
- – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
- – The first Grand Prix motor racing event held.
- – Central railway station, Sydney opens.
- – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
- – First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Camilla Spira, German actress (d. 1997)
- – Ozzie Nelson, American actor, singer, and bandleader (d. 1975)
- – Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)
- – Franz Biebl, German composer and educator (d. 2001)
- – Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator (d. 1971)
- – Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 1946)
- – Earle Cabell, American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1975)
- – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (d. 1968)
- – Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)
- – Klaus Mann, German-American author, playwright, and critic (d. 1949)
