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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 Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
- – Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina
- – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
- – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
- – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
- – In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
- – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
- – The Ararat rebellion is suppressed.
- – Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur.
- – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
Who Were Born On ?
- – Nico Minardos, Greek-American actor (d. 2011)
- – Mary Costa, American actress and singer
- – Bryan Magee, English philosopher and politician
- – Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1999)
- – Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (d. 2004)
- – Bryan Kneale, Manx sculptor and academic
- – Harold Bloom, American literary critic
- – Theo Loevendie, Dutch clarinet player and composer
- – K. P. Ummer, Indian actor (d. 2001)
- – Tom Hornbein, American anesthesiologist and mountaineer
