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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 Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- – Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
- – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
- – World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
- – The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- – World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
- – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
- – World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMS Jervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
- – World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
- – World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
Who Were Born On ?
- – George Seifert, American football player and coach
- – Michael J. Shapiro, American philosopher, author, and academic
- – Tony Croatto, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
- – David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes English archbishop and academic
- – Arthur Elgort, American photographer
- – Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
- – Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
- – Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor
- – Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress
- – Donna Mills, American actress and producer
