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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 Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- – El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica: A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. 248 are killed and 93 wounded.
- – The United Kingdom general strike begins.
- – Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd’s diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
- – General Strike: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
- – Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang, China.
- – The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
- – Knoebels Amusement Resort is opened in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
- – The United States Numbered Highway System, including U.S. Route 66, is established.
- – Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress and producer (d. 2005)
- – Werner Torkanowsky, German-American conductor (d. 1992)
- – Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises
- – Dirch Passer, Danish actor, singer, and producer (d. 1980)
- – Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala
- – Betsy Jolas, French composer
- – Bill Justis, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (d. 1982)
- – Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006)
- – Ranganath Misra, Indian jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (d. 2012)
- – Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (d. 1986)
