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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
- – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
- – World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
- – The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- – King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
- – Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia. The date refers to the Julian Calendar date, and corresponds with November 7 in the Gregorian calendar.
- – St. Tikhon of Moscow is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- – World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
- – World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
- – World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
- – The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl’s Jr. (d. 2008)
- – Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain (d. 2014)
- – Odette Laure, French actress and singer (d. 2004)
- – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952)
- – Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (d. 1992)
- – Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)
- – Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2008)
- – Andrew Wyeth, American painter (d. 2009)
- – Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)
- – James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)
